photo by Dennis Dalman The “good old days” were often days filled with work and drudgery when housewives of the past had to use rather crude old irons to iron clothes on a rustic ironing board as pictured above. The irons to the left of the fabric had to be heated on wood stoves before using. Those on the right are electric contraptions. At the base of the ironing board is a wash board on which clothes were laboriously washed by hand. This outside exhibit was featured by the St. Joseph Area Historical Society Museum as part of the Millstream Arts Festival Sept. 28.