Story as told by Zela Asay's daughter, Joy Marostica
The wash tub in the Asay home was an important piece of equipment. Not only did Grandmother wash clothes and kids in it, but it was on occasion used to store apples. One evening when my mother was a teenager, a group of friends dropped by to invite her to a dance. Wanting to appear a lady of leisure she said, “I’d love to go but first, Âlbert, would you please draw my bâth?” Twelve year old Ab promptly replied, “Sure, Zeke, (Zela hated that nickname), but I’ll have to dump the apples out first.”
I recall seeing apples stored in that bathtub, even after indoor plumbing came to the Asay home on Kansas Avenue. Grandmother Asay taught me to sort through the apples and remove any that had bad spots. Her teaching tool to me was "one bad apple spoils the tub".
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