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Mrs. Caudle reminisces about life in Thurber and Erath County, Texas, during the 1920s. She also discusses growing up in an ethnically diverse neighborhood, and the various cultural traditions she saw as a child.  

==General Interview Information==

'''Interviewee Name:''' Thelma Sechrist Caudle

'''Additional Parties Recorded:'''

'''Date:''' May 15, 1988

'''Location:''' Lubbock, Texas

'''Interviewer:''' Richard J. Mason

'''Length:''' 1 hour


==Abstract==

'''Tape 1, Side 1:'''
Background,
Birthplace,
Parents,
Cherokee, Erath and Comanche,
County Texas,
Education,
Unimportant to farm families,
Thurber, Texas,
Polander Hill,
Children's Games,
Home brewing,
Ethnic Groups,
Weddings,
Flu Epidemic (1918),
Effects,
Treatment,
Thurber, Texas (again),
Brickrow,
Ex-Ray, Texas,
Thurber, Texas (again),
Education,
Schools,
Segregation,
Methodist Church
<br>

'''Tape 1, Side 2:'''
Methodist Church (continued),
Electricity,
Barreled water,
Downtown Businesses,
Methodist Minister,
Religious Influences,
Wichita Falls, Texas,
Rabies,
Breckenridge, Texas,
Oilfield Work,
Home canning,
Rattlesnake,
Tatum, New Mexico,
Indian arrowheads,
Family visits
<br>

'''Range Dates:''' 1908-1930

'''Bulk Dates:''' 1920s


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