did you get surplus food from the government?? I loved the dried apricots and peaches. I wasn't too crazy about all the cornmeal -- and there was butter, powdered milk, and dried egg powder (ugh)
I think that changed during WW2 when all that went to the military. So it must have been a WPA project to keep farmers busy and paid.
The first day of school was agony -- after no shoes for the whole summer. Our feet were leather tough.
On the other hand my MIL told about being called uppity because she wore shoes to class in high school. She lived in Water Valley, Mississippi
Mim