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| Clifton, David John, Frances, Wayne On Her Lap, Douglas about 1947 |
Segment 2
After you got out of high school, what did you do?
Well, we got married before too long!
How did you meet dad?
At a restaurant, at a dance in Livingstonville
What kind of a dance?
A square dance at Hasses—Hasses had a boarding house right there and they’d take boarders and some and of course have dances, and of course
my folks went to it, and of course, I had to trail along.
What did you think of him when you first saw him?
Well, I don’t know, he was alright. I liked him, yeah,
Do you remember the first time he asked you to dance?
I don’t remember.
How did you get introduced?
I don’t rermember
Did he have a car at the time?
Oh yeah.
How old was he, then?
Well, he was 5 yrs older than I was. I was 16, he must have been 21.
What did he do? Do you remember what he was doing? Working?
I guess he had trucks then, dump trucks.
Even back then?
Yeah.
Was that the old stone fort where they had the dances?
No, it was right in the village. You know where the hotel was right on this side, they were over on this side.
So you met dad at a dance in Livingstonville. How old were you then? You were 16. So that must have been 1929. So how long did you go with him?
Well, we got married in 1932.
So you went with him for like three years…
Where did you live?
Where did I live, before I got married? Well, I lived with Mother Norm, cause they lived right there in Livingstonville… in quite a big house.
Where did you get married?
Oak hill. Not the Oak Hill Albany way but the Oak Hill Greenville Way.
What do you remember about your marriage?
Well, we just one evening, we could get the license right across the street, and We went and got it and went down and got married.
Did you have anybody at the wedding?
Yeah, we had to have two witnesses
Do you remember who it was? Who were they?
Neighbors.
So where did you live after that?
Well, We didn’t live anyplace. See, we was married the 21st of December
and stayed at mother norms or up to his folks til the spring, and then we rented that nice little house in Gilboa, you know, what its a post office now, they’ve fixed that all up, Betty’s boys have got it and their fixing it all up. and so we lived there for five and a half years, until you were born, til just before you were born.
Renting it?
Renting it, it was paid 15 dollars a month.
To who? Buels?
Yep.
So Laverne was born in 1934, Marilyn was born in 1936 and I was born in 1938.
So you lived there from 1932-1938 roughly. And then what did you do?
Well, then we got on the farm, we bought that, with your grandfather.
And how much did you pay for that?
800$ after awhile. Hundreds of acres. And like I said, he’d just give the money back to us.
Did you go up there before you bought the property?
Well, We’d been there to see his grandmother, see his grandmother lived there, Anna Christiana hubbard lived there til she died.
So what was the house like when you first moved in!
Sieve…
What does that mean?
You could see right through the siding in places.
Was it as big as it is now?
Yeah, well, no, we built on the dining room, and the bedroom we made bigger.
And where the bedroom is there was a little tiny pantry, so we made them bigger, a little bigger.
When did you do that, do you know?
I guess before we moved in.
What was it like around there, at that time, 1938
Well, you didn’t see anyone go by. You know, the school bus, the mailman, Otis and Myrty Hall, and the milkman. That’s about all you’d see go by. Hardly ever see anybody else go by.
So it was a dirt road?
Yeah.
And, you didn’t have any power did you?
We did not have any power til 42.
We had kerosene lamps and washing machine with, See, when we lived at gilboa I had a nice washing machine, electric washing machine, a Maytag, a good one and Lita DeWit had a power one, you know, a Maytag and So we kinda swapped washing machines, of course
She got the better bargain, mine was well kept and her’s wasn't
So when you say power what’s that mean?
Electricity.
That’s what you had in Gilboa.
Oh yeah, we had everything in Gilboa. That was a nice sorta place.
So how did you do your washing up on the hill?
Well, with that power washer.
And how’d you do it? What was it, gasoline?
Yes.
Gasoline engine on it. Hmm.
So, when did you first start having cows, and how did you get them, do you remember?
Well, I think we had cows when we first moved up there. Laverne could tell you a lot of these things better than I could . I’m sure he could. I think we had cows, we used to get cows, oh a guy up towards Stanford who dealt with that, you know, sold cows
Was it welch?
No
And then we got cows from somewhere else, that was welch and I don’t know.
After you got out of high school, what did you do?
Well, we got married before too long!
How did you meet dad?
At a restaurant, at a dance in Livingstonville
What kind of a dance?
A square dance at Hasses—Hasses had a boarding house right there and they’d take boarders and some and of course have dances, and of course
my folks went to it, and of course, I had to trail along.
What did you think of him when you first saw him?
Well, I don’t know, he was alright. I liked him, yeah,
Do you remember the first time he asked you to dance?
I don’t remember.
How did you get introduced?
I don’t rermember
Did he have a car at the time?
Oh yeah.
How old was he, then?
Well, he was 5 yrs older than I was. I was 16, he must have been 21.
What did he do? Do you remember what he was doing? Working?
I guess he had trucks then, dump trucks.
Even back then?
Yeah.
Was that the old stone fort where they had the dances?
No, it was right in the village. You know where the hotel was right on this side, they were over on this side.
So you met dad at a dance in Livingstonville. How old were you then? You were 16. So that must have been 1929. So how long did you go with him?
Well, we got married in 1932.
So you went with him for like three years…
Where did you live?
Where did I live, before I got married? Well, I lived with Mother Norm, cause they lived right there in Livingstonville… in quite a big house.
Where did you get married?
Oak hill. Not the Oak Hill Albany way but the Oak Hill Greenville Way.
What do you remember about your marriage?
Well, we just one evening, we could get the license right across the street, and We went and got it and went down and got married.
Did you have anybody at the wedding?
Yeah, we had to have two witnesses
Do you remember who it was? Who were they?
Neighbors.
So where did you live after that?
Well, We didn’t live anyplace. See, we was married the 21st of December
and stayed at mother norms or up to his folks til the spring, and then we rented that nice little house in Gilboa, you know, what its a post office now, they’ve fixed that all up, Betty’s boys have got it and their fixing it all up. and so we lived there for five and a half years, until you were born, til just before you were born.
Renting it?
Renting it, it was paid 15 dollars a month.
To who? Buels?
Yep.
So Laverne was born in 1934, Marilyn was born in 1936 and I was born in 1938.
So you lived there from 1932-1938 roughly. And then what did you do?
Well, then we got on the farm, we bought that, with your grandfather.
And how much did you pay for that?
800$ after awhile. Hundreds of acres. And like I said, he’d just give the money back to us.
Did you go up there before you bought the property?
Well, We’d been there to see his grandmother, see his grandmother lived there, Anna Christiana hubbard lived there til she died.
So what was the house like when you first moved in!
Sieve…
What does that mean?
You could see right through the siding in places.
Was it as big as it is now?
Yeah, well, no, we built on the dining room, and the bedroom we made bigger.
And where the bedroom is there was a little tiny pantry, so we made them bigger, a little bigger.
When did you do that, do you know?
I guess before we moved in.
What was it like around there, at that time, 1938
Well, you didn’t see anyone go by. You know, the school bus, the mailman, Otis and Myrty Hall, and the milkman. That’s about all you’d see go by. Hardly ever see anybody else go by.
So it was a dirt road?
Yeah.
And, you didn’t have any power did you?
We did not have any power til 42.
We had kerosene lamps and washing machine with, See, when we lived at gilboa I had a nice washing machine, electric washing machine, a Maytag, a good one and Lita DeWit had a power one, you know, a Maytag and So we kinda swapped washing machines, of course
She got the better bargain, mine was well kept and her’s wasn't
So when you say power what’s that mean?
Electricity.
That’s what you had in Gilboa.
Oh yeah, we had everything in Gilboa. That was a nice sorta place.
So how did you do your washing up on the hill?
Well, with that power washer.
And how’d you do it? What was it, gasoline?
Yes.
Gasoline engine on it. Hmm.
So, when did you first start having cows, and how did you get them, do you remember?
Well, I think we had cows when we first moved up there. Laverne could tell you a lot of these things better than I could . I’m sure he could. I think we had cows, we used to get cows, oh a guy up towards Stanford who dealt with that, you know, sold cows
Was it welch?
No
And then we got cows from somewhere else, that was welch and I don’t know.
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