Roberts, J.B. 2011-08-22
J. B. Roberts talks about his experiences growing up in the 1930s through the 1950s in Plainview, Texas, his education at Baylor University, and different jobs he worked throughout his life
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Interviewee Name: J.B. Roberts
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Date: August 22, 2011
Location: Plainview, Texas
Interviewer: David Marshall
Length: 02:06:17
Abstract
Move from Quanah, Texas to Plainview, Texas, Father’s work, Butane Company, Meteorites, Farming, Irrigation systems in the 1930s, Living in the 1930s, Prices, Old Age Pension and Social Security, Worker projects, Dust storms, Friends, Arrowheads, Water resources, Irrigation systems, Natural springs, Indian history in the area, Problems with trees, World War II era, Women in the 1930s, Farmers’ exemptions, Pilot schools and military bases, Italian prisoner camps, Ethnicity in the early 1900s, Bracero Program, Lescano and Rodriguez families, African American population, Life in the 1930s, Schools, Community, Entertainment, Hunting in the 1930s, For bounty, Snakes, Quail, High School experiences, Athletics, Band, Track, College experiences, Hitchhiking, Bachelor’s degree in business, Changes in universities, Traveling to see friends, College athletics, Chapel at Baylor University, Graduation, Vehicles in the 1940s, Construction business, Economic boom in Plainview, Texas, Farming in the 1950s, Hardships in farming, Construction work, Concrete floors, Building his house in 1960, Building shopping centers, apartments, and post offices, Loans and grants for building, Accumulating properties, Taos property, Ruidoso property, Work crew, Son’s work experience, Post offices, Ruidoso building, Other post offices across Texas, Closing post offices, Postmaster Union, Walmart Distribution Center, Choosing the location--Plainview, Texas, Raising money to buy land, Building the center, Hula dance promise, Tax abatement, Sam Walton, Prices, money, and stocks, Views on competition—Target, Trading in America, Union battles, Hunting, Good at reading people, Truck drivers, Interview ended
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