The living room had a set of double windows on the front and a single window on the south side.
Our couch was of black leather. We had a piano, a "Library table" that Daddy had made (which I now have -- 2004). We had some chairs.
In the early 1930's Daddy purchased an Atwater Kent radio -- a table model. It had a loud speaker.
There was a fireplace in the living room in which we burned coal.
Saturday, November 22, 2008
How did your mother spend her day?
Housekeeping in the 1920's was not easy. There was no electricity in our town until about 1928.
On Mondays, Daddy carried Mother, Virginia Nell, & me to the "Big Spring" (down the hill from the Methodist Church). He filled the wash pots with water and built a fire under them. He filled the wash tubs with water. Several ladies with families were there. Laundry was done when Daddy completed the mail route. We took the clothes home and hung them out on the clothes line.
We always had a garden to work, vegetables to eat, and can.
We had a cow so we had our own source of milk & butter. We kept hens -- sometimes had butter & eggs to sell.
We ironed on the end of the dining table, using a "flat iron" -- which was heated on the stove or at the fireplace.
Mother was active in the PTA; she taught Sunday School classes. She served as Daddy's Substitute on the mail route.
During World War II she taught on an "Emergency Certificate."
On Mondays, Daddy carried Mother, Virginia Nell, & me to the "Big Spring" (down the hill from the Methodist Church). He filled the wash pots with water and built a fire under them. He filled the wash tubs with water. Several ladies with families were there. Laundry was done when Daddy completed the mail route. We took the clothes home and hung them out on the clothes line.
We always had a garden to work, vegetables to eat, and can.
We had a cow so we had our own source of milk & butter. We kept hens -- sometimes had butter & eggs to sell.
We ironed on the end of the dining table, using a "flat iron" -- which was heated on the stove or at the fireplace.
Mother was active in the PTA; she taught Sunday School classes. She served as Daddy's Substitute on the mail route.
During World War II she taught on an "Emergency Certificate."
Where did your father go to work and what did he do?
My Dad taught school and farmed when he and Mother married. They both taught at Wylie Branch (in either Marion or Winston County). Daddy built a play box for me -- covered with screen wire to protect me from the children and the flies! I took my first step in that school room.
In 1921 Daddy began his career as a Rural Letter Carrier, serving Rt. #2, Hackleburg. He left home just before 8 A>M> (carrying us to school if the weather was bad). He was home by lunch time.
In the afternoons he did gardening, farming, car repair, yard work, and carpentry.
In 1948 Daddy took a rural route out of Russellville. They spent the rest of their lives in Russellville.
In 1921 Daddy began his career as a Rural Letter Carrier, serving Rt. #2, Hackleburg. He left home just before 8 A>M> (carrying us to school if the weather was bad). He was home by lunch time.
In the afternoons he did gardening, farming, car repair, yard work, and carpentry.
In 1948 Daddy took a rural route out of Russellville. They spent the rest of their lives in Russellville.
What are your earliest memories of church?
We moved to Hackleburg in 1921 so I went to church there all my life.
Once when Virginia Nell was a baby, Mother had carried her outside -- they were sitting on a quilt spread on the grass. The preacher got after me for talking so I went outside -- or else, he sent me out -- and I got a spanking!
We had a "card" class -- each pupil was given a card with a picture on the front that illustrated the story on the back. The cards were printed by The Gospel Advocate Co. of Nashville.
Bro. Gus Nichols held several meetings in Hackleburg. He conducted a children's class prior to the services. He had us memorize the Books of the Bible and he conducted Bible drills.
Other preachers who I heard in my growing up years were V. P. Black, Lindsey Allen, Chester Estes. We attended a tent meeting in Hamilton in which Bro. Marshall Keeble preached. He was a pioneer black preacher.
Once when Virginia Nell was a baby, Mother had carried her outside -- they were sitting on a quilt spread on the grass. The preacher got after me for talking so I went outside -- or else, he sent me out -- and I got a spanking!
We had a "card" class -- each pupil was given a card with a picture on the front that illustrated the story on the back. The cards were printed by The Gospel Advocate Co. of Nashville.
Bro. Gus Nichols held several meetings in Hackleburg. He conducted a children's class prior to the services. He had us memorize the Books of the Bible and he conducted Bible drills.
Other preachers who I heard in my growing up years were V. P. Black, Lindsey Allen, Chester Estes. We attended a tent meeting in Hamilton in which Bro. Marshall Keeble preached. He was a pioneer black preacher.
Where were you baptized and by whom?
Bro. Gus Nichols baptized me in August, 1931. I was baptized in Bear Creek between Hackleburg & Phil Campbell.
Hackleburg usually had preaching only once a month. Some of the preachers were: V. P. Black, Lindsey Allen, Chester Estes.
We attended meetings in Hamilton and I recall Bro. Gus Dunn from Dallas, Texas, and Bro. Gus Dunn, Jr.
We attended a tent meeting in Hamilton with Bro. Marshall Keeble, a black man, preaching.
I later heard him while at Freed-Hardeman. I have one of his tapes.
Hackleburg usually had preaching only once a month. Some of the preachers were: V. P. Black, Lindsey Allen, Chester Estes.
We attended meetings in Hamilton and I recall Bro. Gus Dunn from Dallas, Texas, and Bro. Gus Dunn, Jr.
We attended a tent meeting in Hamilton with Bro. Marshall Keeble, a black man, preaching.
I later heard him while at Freed-Hardeman. I have one of his tapes.
Describe your childhood bedroom.
Virginia Nell and I shared a bedroom and my parents rented the extra bedroom to school teachers for several years. We called them "Boarders."
Mother provided their meals and probably did their laundry.
In my teen years I had the front bedroom. One set of double windows looked out over the front yard. The side windows faced the driveway.
Beyond that was our clothes line and the neighbor's pasture.
Mother provided their meals and probably did their laundry.
In my teen years I had the front bedroom. One set of double windows looked out over the front yard. The side windows faced the driveway.
Beyond that was our clothes line and the neighbor's pasture.
Who gave you your name and why?
My pareents named me.
Mother wanted to name me Eloise but Daddy couldn't pronounce it.
I never had a nick name.
Mother wanted to name me Eloise but Daddy couldn't pronounce it.
I never had a nick name.
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