Clelan remembers that he was often the first one to try something new. Examples are car, radio, electricity using a Delco generator, gasoline powered washing machine, kerosene refrigerator. He says he rode in a plane when people in that area had not even seen many. I’m not sure when that was, but I remember in the late 30’s we would go outside and look up when a plane came over – it was that unusual a novelty to see one.
Maud, on the other hand, discouraged new things. Here’s one dialogue as Clelan remembers it:
She, "Why did you buy a wall clock? We don’t need it. Why did you spend money for it?"
He, "Well, I only paid a dime for it."
He also liked sales, bargains!