Wilson, Johnnie Lee and Grady 1982-04-16
Johnnie Lee Wilson recalls her girlhood, and she and her husband Grady reminisce about life in Slaton during the 1930s.
General Interview Information
Interviewee Name: Johnnie Lee and Grady Wilson
Additional Parties Recorded: None
Date: April 16, 1982
Location: Slaton, Texas
Interviewer: Richard Mason
Length: 1 hour 30 minutes
Abstract
Tape 1, Side 1: Born: Lubbock, Texas (1908),
James Andrew Caldwell, father,
Panic (1909),
Lulu Levina Carter, mother,
Parents,
First meeting,
Age at marriage,
Land prices (1900s),
Railroad,
Slaton, Texas,
Track laid,
Fuels,
Wood,
Cow chips,
Mesquite roots,
Blizzard (1918),
Slaton started (1911),
Higby Hotel,
First automobile,
Mother,
Taught herself to drive,
Dr. M. C. Overton,
Crops raised,
Feed,
Pie melons,
Maize,
Sudan,
Father,
Personality,
Family decision-makers,
Childhood behavior.
Tape 1, Side 2: Mother,
Childcare,
Blueback speller,
Rabbits,
Childhood chores,
House burned (1918),
New house built (1922),
Burr switch,
Train travel,
Slaton,
German settlers,
Funerals,
Physicians,
Dr. M. C. Overton (again).
Tape 2, Side 1: J. W. Bounze,
Community,
Helpfulness,
Harvey Hollander, carpenter,
Hog butchering,
Meat curing,
Stock market crash,
Depression (1930s),
Sausage making,
Farming,
First tractor (1936),
Automobiles,
Milk and egg economy,
Tony’s Place,
Grady Wilson,
To Slaton (1917),
Immigrant cars,
Grady Wilson,
Father.
Tape 2, Side 2: Blank
Range Dates: 1908-1940
Bulk Dates: 1917-1936
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