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It reminds me a lot of "To Kill a Mockingbird" when i was growing up. We had our own version of Calpurnia as you've also described from your own childhood. My son wouldn't know how to act if he were to experience that lifestyle today. Waking up every morning to the aroma of coffee "perc'ing, not dripping), bacon (or sausage) & eggs with biscuits (and if you were really lucky...tomatoe gravy and buttermilk biscuits)....coming home at lunch (my dad would come home for lunch when he was working in town) and sitting down to a 3 course hot lunch (mostly left-overs from the night before).......those times are sorely missed...there wasn't a silver spoon for me, but it was a time when life was extremely "predictable and without worry". Our biggest problem was fnding enough soda bottles during the week (2¢ on 12oz'ers, 3¢ apiece for 16oz'ers) to have the coinage needed for the movies on Saturday afternoons. Less than a buck would get you in (35¢), a popcorn and coke for another 50¢. Double features running all day long with the likes of Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Boris Karloff, Bela Legosi...or if you were really lucky, a rare Ray Harrihousen movie..
Now adays, kids have no imagination other than what they derive from sitting in front of HD TV or playing video games. We as siblings were racing to be the 1st out the door after breakfast, didn't come back until lunch, and were off again right after lunch....we "knew better" than to lounge around the house because that mistake typically resulted in chores of the variety that'd be considered cruel and unusual punishment for a kid today!
I grew up living on a county lake in Dale County (my parents were contracted caretakers for managing the resources) and there was always an opportunistic fishing hole waiting with my name on it....instead of being subjected to those aforementioned chores...but only if you're were quick! 
