WHO CLEANED THOSE LAUREL UNIFORMS!

       When I was attending Laurel Consolidated School and participating in sports, we didn't have the equipment nor personnel to wash or clean athletic uniforms and etc. after sporting events. 

          Unfortunately, that gruesome task fell on our mothers. Especially difficult was washing those football uniforms. For me, personally, it was with some pride and embarrassment. Our pants in football were white. And, of course, after a game, assuming you played hard and did your job, had lots of grass stains and sometimes a little blood on them. 

       My mother, being the cleaning "addict" that she was went after those pants with vengeance. She would usually soak them over night in bleach and water. Then, before actually washing them, she would scrub the stains with a brush. 

      What was somewhat embarrassing was as our team was running out onto the field before a game, my pants were beyond white-maybe dazzling white--like something from a "TIDE" commercial. They should have hired her as the team manager in charge of uniform cleaning. Even if we wouldn't have won a game, we would have been the brightest and whitest team in the state!