my mother still talks about the day they got electricity and the joys of it, they got it in the late 1940's
to be able to have light on demand,
not having to keep the kerosene refrigerator working
and a washing machine that would start, she had such a hard time with the old maytag gas motor starting and would many times have to go to the field and get Dad to come in and start the washer,
also they no longer had to take the radio battery to town to get it charge for the radio to work,
and to be able to have a fan in the summer time.
I think propane was nearly an equally joy as the
wood cook stove no longer was needed in to be used in the summer time, and to have
hot water,
also electricity allowed them to have pressurized
water, and thus indoor plumbing, no more trips to the out house in the cold,