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1DTA_int_030.7803Um,1.1767
3 3.9837well can you-4.7578 
5 6.6089can you remember about, Mrs. /RD-NAME-2/, about, uh, when it was?10.0214 
6DTA_se1_ag4_f_0310.7798About how old I was [you mean?]12.1787
7DTA_int_0311.8569[Yeah.]12.1880
8 12.6449You were about twenty-something? Twenty-14.7836
9DTA_se1_ag4_f_0315.1891Yes t- I must- yes, I must of been, uh-17.5961
10DTA_int_0317.8060did you come up all by yourself?19.1948
11DTA_se1_ag4_f_0319.6385to Detroit?20.2905
12DTA_int_0320.4210Yep.20.7241
13DTA_se1_ag4_f_0321.4655No, I was, uh, living in Gary, Indiana when my first husband was killed and my health was bad.27.2560
15 28.6047And29.2650 
17 30.0968that was in nineteen-seventeen.31.8745 
18DTA_int_0332.0890[Mm-hm.]32.5302
19DTA_se1_ag4_f_0332.3688[Nineteen-nineteen] I came to Detroit and I- my brother was here.35.9184
20 36.2588And that's why I came here.37.5504
21DTA_int_0337.9269Mm-hm.38.2388
22DTA_se1_ag4_f_0338.2871/I-/38.7394
23DTA_int_0339.1404Um,39.4633
25 39.8456where'd you live besides41.1565 
27 41.3030Gary and, uh, Tennessee?43.4679 
29 44.8509Have you been all around?46.0002 
30DTA_se1_ag4_f_0347.6404I lived a while in Port Huron.49.8459
31DTA_int_0349.9916Oh, really?50.3693
32DTA_se1_ag4_f_0350.6258Uh-huh.51.2319
33DTA_int_0351.9174Before you came to Detroit [or?]53.4034
34DTA_se1_ag4_f_0353.3582[Oh,] no, no. Since [then.]54.7105
35DTA_int_0354.5566[Since.]54.9762
36DTA_se1_ag4_f_0355.0602I-55.3054
38 55.8194yeah.56.3603 
39DTA_int_0358.6808Um,59.1907
41 59.8885let's see.60.4341 
43 61.3433Can I ask you, what kind of games did you play when you were a kid?64.2763 
44DTA_se1_ag4_f_0365.3778Hm,65.9094
46 67.6067I was very, uh-68.7864 
48 69.0056uh,69.6630 
50 70.1071quite a tomboy. <clears throat>71.6645 
52 71.8138I was good at baseball.73.1431 
54 73.4737Even league [ball.] (laughing)75.3546 
55DTA_int_0374.7432[Oh, yeah?]75.1815
56DTA_se1_ag4_f_0376.5570And-77.3124
58 78.0678and78.6367 
60 81.4281l- let's see. It's been so long.84.0394 
61DTA_int_0384.4502Mm-hm.84.9566
62DTA_se1_ag4_f_0384.9113But, uh,85.9402
63 86.2479I had a game-87.1526
64DTA_int_0387.9686Did you play marbles?88.9478
65DTA_se1_ag4_f_0390.3800no, I didn't- didn't do it. We played jack and-93.2154
67 93.4019played jack rock.94.1993 
68DTA_int_0394.6749Mm-hm.95.0528
70 95.2968How'd you do that?96.1189 
72 97.0802How'd you play jack rock?97.8495 
73DTA_se1_ag4_f_0398.3904You know, the little jacks that [they have] now, and a rubber ball. Just pitch it up and pick102.5015
74DTA_int_0399.8623[Mm-hm.]100.2977
75DTA_se1_ag4_f_03103.1310[like that.]103.7651
76DTA_int_03103.1729Mm-hm.]103.5600
77DTA_se1_ag4_f_03103.9050Uh-huh.104.2594
78DTA_int_03105.1064Um,105.5121
80 106.9949would you ever107.6104 
82 107.7783use a rope108.5735 
84 108.7202and have two [people hold.]109.6574 
85DTA_se1_ag4_f_03109.3637[Oh, yeah.] We used to jump rope.110.8056
86 111.0154And you skip rope with one, you know,113.1604
88 113.3609all alone. [Jumping] in it.115.2260 
89DTA_int_03114.4379[Mm-hm.]114.7553
90DTA_se1_ag4_f_03116.0607Uh,116.5673
92 116.6932yeah. Jump rope,117.7564 
94 118.2646and um, <ts>119.2252 
95DTA_int_03119.2904Did you [/cause-/]120.0831
96DTA_se1_ag4_f_03119.6495[/?/.]119.8780
97DTA_int_03120.5774did you call it anything special when you jumped rope real fast when two [people /?/-]124.6158
98DTA_se1_ag4_f_03124.2940[Hop skipping.]125.0719
99DTA_int_03125.2919Uh-huh.125.6533
101 126.0799And did you ever jump with two ropes127.7822 
103 128.1176at once?128.7417 
104DTA_se1_ag4_f_03131.8164Yeah, how do you mean?133.2433
106 133.5364Run out of this one and run through that one? Keep-136.0701 
107DTA_int_03136.1633[Two of 'em] going at once, so you had to jump twice as fast.139.0949
108DTA_se1_ag4_f_03136.3359k-136.5177
109 139.9022No, I don't-140.8487
111 141.3756mm-mm.141.8699 
112DTA_int_03141.8699No, you never- you never did [that?]143.2913
113DTA_se1_ag4_f_03143.0815[Mm-mm.]143.5371
114DTA_int_03143.4785[Um,]144.0187
115 145.1641<ts>145.2678
117 145.8178did you ever play a game where one person would148.0326 
119 148.2836s-148.5214 
121 149.0344would hide his eyes and everybody else would run away?151.3230 
122DTA_se1_ag4_f_03151.5710Hide-and-go-seek.152.7798
123DTA_int_03152.8078Mm-hm.153.3360
124DTA_se1_ag4_f_03153.4932[Mm.]154.0015
125DTA_int_03153.6284[Suppose you] were it. What would you do155.3197
126 155.5589in hide-and-go-seek?156.5545
128 157.5413You'd go to a?158.2846 
129DTA_se1_ag4_f_03158.8353I'd go to the base and, um,161.1341
131 163.1402uh,163.7991 
133 164.1567count164.6510 
134DTA_int_03164.9588Mm-hm.165.2385
135DTA_se1_ag4_f_03165.3458til everybody was hidden and167.1047
137 167.6084go to look for 'em. Beat 'em to the base. They would-170.1823 
138DTA_int_03173.4027And they'd be- they'd be it?174.6990
139DTA_se1_ag4_f_03174.7597It. Uh-huh.175.5253
140DTA_int_03176.4523Uh,176.9046
142 178.0594what's your favorite TV program?179.6195 
144 180.0597You said you watch three of 'em.181.5379 
146 181.7251What's your favorite?182.6290 
147DTA_se1_ag4_f_03183.9626<ts>184.2166
149 188.3562Well between the three, I-190.2224 
151 190.3810now there's Search For Tomorrow192.2671 
152DTA_int_03192.5072[Mm-hm.]192.8756
153DTA_se1_ag4_f_03192.6518[and] Guiding Light193.6387
154DTA_int_03193.7739[Mm.]194.0414
155DTA_se1_ag4_f_03193.8392[and] uh, Love of Life.195.6251
156DTA_int_03195.7557Mm-hm.196.1127
157DTA_se1_ag4_f_03196.3898Well I guess, I know I've been watching Search for the L-198.5021
159 198.6653l-198.8238 
161 198.9788For Tomorrow the longest.200.6043 
162DTA_int_03200.6155[Mm-hm.]200.8999
163DTA_se1_ag4_f_03200.7721[So], uh, maybe that's my favorite.202.3701
164DTA_int_03202.7325What's it about?203.6003
165DTA_se1_ag4_f_03205.6172Uh-206.4603
166DTA_int_03207.6549I don't have a TV set so I don't [get to watch it.]209.9464
167DTA_se1_ag4_f_03209.2981[uh, some] of the characters, one a- some of-212.0119
168 212.4308Joanne Tate, I think is one of the leading, um,215.4170
170 216.8896m- characters, I guess.218.0521 
172 220.6584Now that, I don't know.222.4163 
174 222.5468It's gonna be-223.3305 
175DTA_int_03226.0778Well [what's,] you know, what does-228.0548
176DTA_se1_ag4_f_03226.4368[/?/.]226.6000
177DTA_int_03228.2507what- what's a storyline in Search for Tomorrow?230.8583
179 232.9753Is there a family or what?234.2195 
180DTA_se1_ag4_f_03236.4017Yes, Joanne Tate [and her-]238.9628
181DTA_int_03238.2260[Mm-hm.]238.5308
182DTA_se1_ag4_f_03240.4642for a long time it was her husband, Arthur, but he died with a heart attack. Now it's her and her daughter, Patti.246.3381
183DTA_int_03246.6036Mm-hm.246.9953
184DTA_se1_ag4_f_03250.1952And then250.9339
186 251.1091it includes Stu Bergman and his wife, Marge, they close friends to255.0970 
188 255.1903Joanne.255.8944 
190 256.8793But /I now- no-/ not too interested in them whenever260.2413 
192 263.3246they come on. I just,265.0172 
194 265.2550I don't know,265.9706 
196 267.0253I'm not so interested.268.2843 
197DTA_int_03268.6433[Mm-hm.]268.9837
198DTA_se1_ag4_f_03268.8345[But] just Joanne270.3359
199 270.8908and Patti.271.7092
200DTA_int_03273.8735Mm-hm. What happens to them?275.3749
202 275.7619What kinds of things?276.6624 
203DTA_se1_ag4_f_03277.8502<ts>277.9661
205 278.3825Well right now, <clears throat>279.9426 
207 281.6515Patti has been to engaged to her283.6136 
209 284.0902fella.284.5938 
210DTA_int_03284.7943[Mm-hm.]285.1469
211DTA_se1_ag4_f_03284.9994[A] doctor, Len Whiting,286.6074
212 288.4503and his mother290.3717
214 293.3137came over294.4095 
216 295.7647and some way, somehow, she's caused them to, um,299.1314 
218 301.2793well, Len wants to,302.6754 
220 303.6294uh, postpone the wedding for a while, but Patti wanted- has called it off.308.3653 
221DTA_int_03308.7244[Mm-hm.]309.1118
222DTA_se1_ag4_f_03309.0368[But it] all- was all.310.5852
223 311.4568That was what, uh, An-313.1504
225 313.3129Andrea wanted, that's his mother.315.2423 
227 316.3205His father's named Sam Reynolds.318.1577 
228DTA_int_03318.3256Mm-hm.318.6286
229DTA_se1_ag4_f_03319.2162And, uh,320.1954
231 322.2128he hates his father.323.7609 
232DTA_int_03323.8681Mm-hm.324.1627
233DTA_se1_ag4_f_03324.1712Something happened years ago when he was six years old.327.0128
235 327.3952He had a twin brother named Timmy.329.2151 
236DTA_int_03329.7118[Mm-hm.]330.0050
237DTA_se1_ag4_f_03329.9497[And,] uh,331.1353
238 332.9416he was in a fire334.5656
240 334.9746and was burned up.335.9585 
242 336.3922And this boy blames- the son blames the father.339.7366 
244 340.6412But I've been waiting for the father to tell just what it was, something- he wasn't at home346.1903 
246 346.6733but I think he was away on the account of348.6935 
248 349.1840the wife.349.9758 
250 350.3675But she fixed it her way.351.8503 
252 353.0486And the, um,353.8657 
254 354.5811son blames him for everything, the father.356.8799 
255DTA_int_03357.2110Mm-hm.357.5793
257 357.8311Mm-hm.358.1529 
258DTA_se1_ag4_f_03358.2368And358.8884
260 359.3139the son is kind of,361.0776 
262 362.2200I don't know362.8629 
264 363.3718whatchu would say, what kind of mind you'd say.365.4432 
266 365.8582Because for a while, he's just367.3632 
268 368.2270busy trying to369.7594 
270 369.8620make up with Patti, and then as soon as he get everything going smooth,373.8471 
272 374.9224he375.4306 
274 376.3399do something different.377.7012 
276 378.4848And it's got her to the place where she don't think there'd be any happiness with him.382.6247 
277DTA_int_03382.9083Mm-hm.383.3436
279 384.2270Sensible girl.385.2094 
281 386.0437Uh,386.4307 
283 386.8907did you ever have a pet?388.0518 
284DTA_se1_ag4_f_03391.1153Uh,391.9773
286 392.3510yes. When we were small.394.5277 
287DTA_int_03394.6863Mm-hm.395.0033
289 395.2042[What kind?]395.5769 
290DTA_se1_ag4_f_03395.3857[We had] a dog.396.3789
291DTA_int_03396.6178Mm-hm.396.9705
293 397.8861What was he like?398.6881 
294DTA_se1_ag4_f_03400.3155Uh, he was a big old shepherd dog named Jack.402.7432
295DTA_int_03403.0650Mm-hm.403.4234
297 404.7343Did he do anything special or just sit around?407.1096 
298DTA_se1_ag4_f_03408.5516He would guard the house. <laugh>410.7778
299DTA_int_03411.1255Did you ever have411.8483
301 411.9881any trouble?412.7295 
302DTA_se1_ag4_f_03413.8637With the [dog?]414.6238
303DTA_int_03414.4471[With-] no, I mean with people coming, when-416.5076
304DTA_se1_ag4_f_03418.1723No, because he stayed out in the421.0283
306 422.3825back.423.0351 
307DTA_int_03423.1797Mm-hm.423.4688
309 428.2241What would he do when somebody came?429.7955 
310DTA_se1_ag4_f_03432.7016Well433.2052
312 433.3917way the house was built, he couldn't get to the front.436.5235 
313DTA_int_03436.5765Mm-hm.436.9495
314DTA_se1_ag4_f_03437.4235But if437.9504
316 438.2450it was438.7923 
318 439.5032somebody he didn't like,440.8717 
320 441.4803or didn't like their voice, he'd442.8791 
322 443.0143come up under the house. See down south the houses were445.7592 
324 446.0001up higher, didn't have basements.447.9834 
326 448.4916At least the house that we lived in.450.2740 
328 450.6750He come under the- under the house and bark the whole time that person's there.454.1779 
329DTA_int_03454.2992Mm-hm.454.6442
331 455.8566He couldn't get out the front. What [was there a ladder] sitting [across?]458.3326 
332DTA_se1_ag4_f_03457.1249[No.]457.5212
334 458.2253[Yes.]458.7716 
335DTA_int_03459.1590That's funny.459.9564
337 460.7071Uh, was there any way when you were a kid, that you were supposed to be able to get a wish?464.8315 
339 468.3518You know, it [didn't work.]469.5152 
340DTA_se1_ag4_f_03469.0302[I know] what you're talking about. Uh,471.2988
341 473.1491let's see.473.9185
343 474.7019Well, lose a tooth, you put it under the pillow and make a wish.478.4272 
344DTA_int_03478.5433Mm-hm.478.9642
345DTA_se1_ag4_f_03479.5524And I think some say if you see a-481.0573
347 481.2135a new moon, if you hold a-482.9434 
349 483.1160a silver483.9879 
351 484.1185coin up and make a wish.485.8106 
352DTA_int_03485.9968Mm-hm.486.4072
353DTA_se1_ag4_f_03487.6755And488.3938
355 488.5551chicken wish bone, [break bet.]490.3825 
356DTA_int_03489.7847[Mm-hm.]490.1592
357DTA_se1_ag4_f_03490.4863[<laugh>]490.8587
358DTA_int_03490.6954[Mm-hm.]491.2382
359 493.6890Right.494.1226
361 494.3662Um,494.8408 
363 497.1472can I ask you about school?498.6986 
365 499.6279What [was your school] like? What is in the- what was the school room like?503.0282 
366DTA_se1_ag4_f_03499.7957[Yeah.]500.1921
367 505.3915Well it was a507.2660
369 507.6419/RD-SCHOOL-2/508.5121 
371 510.6135High School.511.9704 
372DTA_int_03512.3247Mm-hm.512.7514
373DTA_se1_ag4_f_03513.5371Uh,514.2785
375 516.5250well that was a s-517.4451 
377 517.8223a kind of a small town.520.0008 
378DTA_int_03520.2388Mm-hm.520.6945
379DTA_se1_ag4_f_03521.2553And it didn't have a522.6006
381 522.7661elementary schools and junior high like we have here.526.2271 
383 526.5348[The school] had-527.3827 
384DTA_int_03526.5666[Yeah.]526.8206
385DTA_se1_ag4_f_03527.5075building had three rooms.529.2635
386DTA_int_03529.4949Mm-hm.529.8998
387DTA_se1_ag4_f_03530.0405And, uh,531.1410
389 531.4312the elementary,532.3838 
391 532.7181uh,533.4642 
393 534.7558children were in one.536.1632 
395 537.1984And the538.0004 
397 540.8738oh, I done forgot just was what grades would be in the next, and [then]544.5585 
398DTA_int_03544.0671[Mm-h.]544.4038
399DTA_se1_ag4_f_03548.7377the high school550.0526
401 551.3303grades would be in552.6685 
403 553.0707one together.553.9986 
404DTA_int_03554.3343Mm-hm.554.7232
406 554.9405Did you have three teachers?556.0689 
407DTA_se1_ag4_f_03558.1244Three, yes.559.5046
409 559.8201There was three teachers.561.1257 
410DTA_int_03561.6153Mm-hm.561.8417
412 563.4665Uh,563.9794 
414 565.5928let's see.566.1515 
416 566.3007What was in the classroom?567.8721 
418 568.2498Where did the teacher write569.5516 
420 570.5385with chalk? On the?571.6716 
421DTA_se1_ag4_f_03572.1845Blackboard.572.9594
422DTA_int_03573.2814And where did you sit?574.4046
424 574.8574Did you all sit around in your, uh?576.5734 
425DTA_se1_ag4_f_03577.0350Uh, desk. At578.2559
427 578.3724the578.6895 
429 579.8133yeah, in the desk.580.8531 
431 580.9697At the desk.581.7983 
433 582.7679[That's] what we would call it, a desk, a school, uh.585.5284 
434DTA_int_03582.7679[Um,]583.1961
435DTA_se1_ag4_f_03587.6818Yeah, you know, /how this-/588.7732
437 589.8418yeah, we call it a desk.591.2440 
438DTA_int_03591.4132Mm-hm.591.6977
440 592.4111Was the back of one attached to the594.2949 
442 594.4488front of the other?595.2333 
444 596.0353Or did you have those desks where the chair was on the front?598.5953 
445DTA_se1_ag4_f_03601.3035This seat and the back of the other seat was, uh, yes.604.7739
446DTA_int_03606.3313Uh,606.6717
448 606.7882did you ever have a teacher who hollered a lot?608.5267 
449DTA_se1_ag4_f_03613.9667Well,615.1417
451 617.1226no.617.9526 
452DTA_int_03618.7752Mm-hm.619.1612
454 621.5582Did you ever have one you622.3975 
456 622.6260just couldn't stand?623.6534 
458 624.2898Where there any of those teachers that were625.9638 
460 626.1130really bad?626.7051 
461DTA_se1_ag4_f_03627.9793No.628.5994
462DTA_int_03629.9330If you went outside to play,631.6490
464 631.9252uh, what would be out there?633.3793 
466 635.5016Outside the school?636.5204 
468 637.2444Was there a place where you could swing?638.6619 
469DTA_se1_ag4_f_03639.5619Oh, no. We didn't have, it wasn't equipped with swings or anything. We'd go out643.8602
471 644.8205jump rope,645.6971 
472DTA_int_03645.8090[Mm-hm.]646.1307
473DTA_se1_ag4_f_03646.0048[play] ball.646.9561
474DTA_int_03646.9156Mm-hm.647.2120
475DTA_se1_ag4_f_03648.4297That was about it649.3295
477 649.4695on the school grounds. Oh, sometime hiding a- hide a switch.653.8538 
478DTA_int_03654.2358Mm-hm.654.5839
480 656.6348How do you play that?657.2893 
481DTA_se1_ag4_f_03658.9095Uh,659.5359
483 660.7933you have a s-661.6510 
485 662.4486switch663.2786 
486DTA_int_03663.3217Mm-hm.663.7164
487DTA_se1_ag4_f_03664.4641and, um,665.3361
489 665.6391maybe I would hide it667.0707 
491 669.7949under something. And you say, who's hot?672.2620 
493 672.7690And whoever's close, if it was over in that corner, who's hot?675.9436 
495 676.5498And then say, well Mary is. Mary.678.3404 
497 678.7938And who's hot. And everybody'd run- be running over there and maybe Mary would see it or683.3681 
499 683.5437Bessie.684.1312 
501 684.5742She'd grab it. And whoever she's686.3973 
503 686.7949strike with it, they're it.688.2159 
504DTA_int_03688.5154Mm-hm.688.8325
506 689.0750Mm-hm.689.4000 
508 690.1101<ts> And the- then did they have to hide it?691.6383 
509DTA_se1_ag4_f_03691.8415[Yes.]692.3903
510DTA_int_03692.3390[Mm-hm.]692.6278
511 693.8210Uh,694.2781
513 696.0817did you, uh,696.8581 
515 697.5085did you ever sit on-698.5798 
517 698.8411on a board?699.5361 
518DTA_se1_ag4_f_03699.5920Seesaw.700.4018
519DTA_int_03700.4453[Mm-hm.]700.8510
520DTA_se1_ag4_f_03700.8044[Mm.]701.2847
521DTA_int_03701.8069Uh,702.1147
523 702.5250did you- can you tell me about the best teacher you ever had?705.3215 
524DTA_se1_ag4_f_03711.0864Well,711.4578
526 713.0338I went, uh, through this school715.8502 
527DTA_int_03716.0228Mm-hm.716.3958
528DTA_se1_ag4_f_03716.9611all three of the teachers at one time were719.6401
530 720.3184I was in their room.721.5099 
531DTA_int_03721.7976Mm-hm.722.1007
532DTA_se1_ag4_f_03722.4551Mrs. /RD-NAME-2/, I believe the principal is Mr. /RD-NAME-2/, and Mrs. /RD-NAME-2/ was, uh, his wife.728.6403
533DTA_int_03729.0418[Mm-hm.]729.3698
534DTA_se1_ag4_f_03729.2377[She,] I believe was the730.7904
535 734.7819uh, one that I think-736.3303
537 737.2398she had more,738.6154 
539 740.5050let's see h- how would you put that.741.9318 
541 742.2090I guess you'd say consideration for each individual. What I mean, maybe I'm [slow] to speak,747.0221 
542DTA_int_03745.8236[Yeah.]746.0816
543 747.3718[Mm-hm.]747.6940
544DTA_se1_ag4_f_03747.4278[but she] could go along with that. While, uh,749.8543
545 749.9489Mr. /RD-NAME-2/ he want you to speak up, he don't care if your tongue was tied or what. (laughing)754.1390
546DTA_int_03754.2460Mm-hm.754.6564
548 754.7732[Mm-hm.]755.1244 
549DTA_se1_ag4_f_03754.9074[Won't you] just- just- just come on out with it. Then sometime757.7098
550 760.2755you can get, I did at times, get confused763.3494
552 764.1421and if you rush me, or say something then it's just767.6346 
554 768.1242worse than ever.768.9787 
555DTA_int_03769.2678Mm-hm.769.7234
557 769.9019[Mm-hm.]770.1817 
558DTA_se1_ag4_f_03770.1211[<ts>]770.2516
559DTA_int_03771.0070Um,771.5153
561 773.0625did-773.3656 
563 773.9998say, who was the smartest kid in your class?776.2846 
565 776.7073[/Do you remember?/]777.0846 
566DTA_se1_ag4_f_03776.8285[In my class?]777.7798
567DTA_int_03777.6912[Yeah.]778.0456
568DTA_se1_ag4_f_03779.9713Well, I'll tell you781.1410
570 782.6489what.783.4183 
572 785.1343<ts> There was a girl named /RD-NAME-5/787.3569 
574 789.3246and a boy named /RD-NAME-4/,791.3782 
576 794.4530and795.1641 
578 796.6064myself. We used to798.1685 
580 798.7327at the head of the class. At800.2753 
581DTA_int_03800.3639Mm-hm.800.6367
582DTA_se1_ag4_f_03801.1519all times it would be one of the three.803.4202
583DTA_int_03803.5805Mm-hm.803.9069
584DTA_se1_ag4_f_03805.0866/And actually, from-/806.1742
586 806.6544I was out. I had to work quite a bit.808.5989 
588 809.2424Out on the-810.2205 
590 810.8708we lived in town, but we went worked out,812.8619 
592 813.6686my mother worked out on, um,815.3091 
594 815.6075it was after she-816.5952 
596 816.7025she hadn't taught any school then.818.4565 
598 820.0178Worked820.4285 
600 820.5346out on the, uh, truck farms and she'd take my brother and I.823.9042 
601DTA_int_03824.2753Mm-hm.824.5644
602DTA_se1_ag4_f_03824.5644And, uh, naturally,825.6158
603 825.7208we miss a day, we had to go back to the foot of the class. But there wouldn't be no829.6462
605 830.6161time before I'd work my way on back up833.0186 
606DTA_int_03833.4709[Mm-hm.]833.7814
607DTA_se1_ag4_f_03833.7227[to] about three. Anywhere from the third to the head, because there was /RD-NAME-3/ and /RD-NAME-2/ was the only two that, uh,840.8339
608 842.2794you know, that I,843.0814
609DTA_int_03845.0996Mm-hm.845.3980
610DTA_se1_ag4_f_03845.4120um,845.8410
612 846.6570had to worry about.847.7679 
613DTA_int_03848.1829Mm-hm.848.5140
614DTA_se1_ag4_f_03848.7214And.849.1643
615DTA_int_03849.2834Um,849.6929
617 850.1320did you get any special favors cause you were so good?852.6035 
618DTA_se1_ag4_f_03854.7074Well, no. I856.2835
619DTA_int_03856.9308You're /unintelligible/ do it.858.1525
620DTA_se1_ag4_f_03857.4158[This,]857.8264
621 858.3903um,859.1457
623 860.5103would, um,861.5035 
625 863.7277you know, the teachers seemed to, uh, say nice words is all [I could] say.868.4782 
626DTA_int_03867.6550[Mm-hm.]867.9975
627 870.8809Uh,871.1513
629 871.5990what did the teacher do with the dumb kids?873.5803 
630DTA_se1_ag4_f_03875.4478Well876.2043
632 877.0389not much of anything, because we had a girl in that class, she was in that class when I went-882.9468 
634 883.8712when I got-884.5333 
636 885.4717when I went there. And she was887.0392 
638 890.2410uh, was gonna say she was there when I left, but she wasn't.892.7796 
640 893.1992She just in the class. She didn't have a lesson, she just-896.7740 
642 897.0352they didn't do anything about it.898.8537 
643DTA_int_03899.1475Mm-hm.899.5059
644DTA_se1_ag4_f_03899.8282Just leave, you know, how- oh, I don't know whatchu know now, but then-902.2820
646 902.6784anyway, if you in, say like in spelling,905.5099 
648 906.4564if the-907.3284 
650 910.4723you miss, anyway you'd m-911.9279 
652 912.0577m- go, uh,913.3609 
654 913.6151spell down, down, down get to the foot of the class.916.4839 
656 916.9036And that's where she stayed most of the time.918.9759 
657DTA_int_03919.3527Mm-hm.919.7460
658DTA_se1_ag4_f_03919.6404At the foot of the class.920.9645
659DTA_int_03922.4741Poor kid.923.1489
661 923.9196Uh, what time did you get out of school926.2184 
663 926.6299in the afternoon?927.4505 
664DTA_se1_ag4_f_03931.6716It's was s-932.9492
666 933.8763three or four o'clock. It's been a long time, seems [to me like] it's938.2260 
667DTA_int_03937.2887[Mm-hm.]937.6835
668DTA_se1_ag4_f_03938.7762four o'clock.939.9186
669DTA_int_03940.7450And you'd get ready941.7756
671 941.9324to go home about quarter-943.4562 
673 944.1396what?944.4168 
675 945.8101Just before four.946.8937 
677 947.1530Like,947.5167 
679 947.8990what time? Quarter?948.8270 
680DTA_se1_ag4_f_03949.7960You mean, a quarter to four?951.0649
681DTA_int_03951.0649Mm-hm.951.3740
682DTA_se1_ag4_f_03951.3740Mm.951.8310
683DTA_int_03952.5118Um,952.9641
685 954.8723was there a bunch of girls you always hung around with?957.0825 
686DTA_se1_ag4_f_03958.0477When I was in [school?]958.9842
687DTA_int_03958.9142[Mm-hm.]959.2669
688DTA_se1_ag4_f_03959.3246Mm-hm.959.9214
689DTA_int_03960.1546How many of 'em were there about?961.5348
690DTA_se1_ag4_f_03965.8910Oh, about three.967.1679
691DTA_int_03967.3590Mm-hm.967.8162
693 969.0284Do you ever see any of 'em?970.0242 
694DTA_se1_ag4_f_03970.6615No, not for years.972.5321
696 974.8643Well, except975.7611 
698 976.0688one.976.8662 
700 978.4702Lives in Chicago, I see her980.5963 
701DTA_int_03980.8587Mm-hm.981.2375
702DTA_se1_ag4_f_03982.4068uh, pretty often.984.2735
703DTA_int_03984.5611Mm-hm.984.8818
705 987.6490Was there988.3251 
707 988.6609any one girl who was990.1266 
709 990.6072sort of a leader991.6155 
711 991.7461in the group?992.3103 
712DTA_se1_ag4_f_031000.7858Y-1001.7837
714 1002.0696yes.1003.1899 
716 1003.4102It was1004.2495 
718 1004.4687/RD-NAME-4/.1006.0055 
719DTA_int_031006.7379Mm-hm.1007.0876
721 1011.1070How come?1011.7470 
722DTA_se1_ag4_f_031013.0013Pardon?1013.3790
723DTA_int_031013.5608How come? Do you-1014.4888
725 1014.6799do you know w- was there anything about her that made her a leader, or?1017.7188 
726DTA_se1_ag4_f_031020.3690Well,1021.1570
728 1022.5139I don't know. She would just-1024.7793 
730 1032.0751I don't hardly know. She, uh,1034.7076 
732 1036.5592I guess you would say was1037.7715 
734 1038.2378a bit demanding.1039.8066 
735DTA_int_031039.9436Mm-hm.1040.3353
736DTA_se1_ag4_f_031040.3399But1040.5964
738 1042.6994it's been quite a while. But it- I don't,1044.8211 
740 1045.1905I can't remember that1046.4355 
742 1046.7059of any1047.4286 
744 1048.5368the suggestions that she made that I-1051.1340 
746 1051.7402/worth it-/ I was a person that looked like if the majority1055.0547 
748 1055.3205go, I just go ahead on over and hardly-1057.4626 
750 1058.8961if I didn't think, <clears throat> and you know, long as it was nothing that was, uh,1062.3412 
752 1062.7655so bad.1063.6946 
753DTA_int_031063.8438[Mm-hm.]1064.1096
754DTA_se1_ag4_f_031064.0583[Well] I just go ahead, okay go ahead with your way, but if it was too bad then I'd1067.7430
755 1069.6242back up.1070.3189
756DTA_int_031070.9391Mm-hm.1071.2598
758 1072.4359Uh,1072.9208 
760 1073.2659if you could do it all over again,1075.1349 
762 1075.3167say you were a teenager right now,1077.2464 
764 1077.9038what would you do?1078.7818 
765DTA_se1_ag4_f_031081.3788<laugh>1081.9057
766DTA_int_031083.5704What would you be? What would you wanna do with your life?1085.9123
768 1086.7469Would you do anything different?1088.0646 
769DTA_se1_ag4_f_031089.7537Well, yes. I would.1091.2505
771 1091.6421Uh, because when I was a teenager I wanted to be a1095.0025 
773 1095.6926music teacher.1097.0306 
774DTA_int_031097.1987Mm-hm.1097.5531
775DTA_se1_ag4_f_031097.7349And I wanted,1098.8532
777 1099.0071uh, g- maybe that's why I didn't1100.3314 
779 1100.6717get either one, I wanted too much, and I wanted to be a seamstress.1103.8883 
780DTA_int_031104.1859Mm-hm.1104.4844
781DTA_se1_ag4_f_031104.6802But1105.0009
783 1108.6615yes, uh,1109.1791 
785 1109.3983if I had to do it over again, I would1111.0070 
787 1115.1347be in music. I love music.1116.9311 
788DTA_int_031117.2808[Mm-hm.]1117.6585
789DTA_se1_ag4_f_031117.5559[And.]1118.0450
790DTA_int_031118.4558Do you play any instrument?1119.6962
791DTA_se1_ag4_f_031120.5626No.1121.0546
792DTA_int_031122.2498Do you sing? Or did you?1123.4062
793DTA_se1_ag4_f_031123.7886Pardon?1124.2222
794DTA_int_031124.2502Did you sing a lot?1125.2574
795DTA_se1_ag4_f_031126.1573Oh, yes I did.1127.0696
797 1127.3214My younger days, yeah.1128.8165 
798DTA_int_031129.0374Mm-hm.1129.3320
800 1130.6554Uh,1131.0138 
802 1132.4004if you had all the money in the world,1134.4334 
804 1134.9370just sort of dumped in your lap. What would you do with it?1137.3711 
805DTA_se1_ag4_f_031140.1932Hm.1140.7108
807 1142.8681Well I'd get a nice home, a nice car, and put the rest up.1147.4797 
808DTA_int_031147.8154Mm-hm.1148.2351
810 1148.5253Mm-hm.1148.8564 
812 1150.2226Uh,1150.6957 
814 1154.4856what do they call this part of town?1156.0820 
815DTA_se1_ag4_f_031158.5994Krainz1159.4876
817 1160.2221Woods.1160.9767 
818DTA_int_031161.2806/Krainzton Woods?/1162.2689
819DTA_se1_ag4_f_031162.2935Mm-hm.1162.7785
820DTA_int_031163.3194What are the boundaries about?1164.5550
821DTA_se1_ag4_f_031170.8044I1171.4444
823 1172.5262am afraid to say what I1174.2488 
825 1175.1420believe.1176.0840 
827 1177.8962Nevada1179.0759 
829 1181.7338and Ryan Road.1182.9566 
830DTA_int_031183.2923Mm-hm.1183.7117
831DTA_se1_ag4_f_031187.6691And I'm not sure whether Seven Mile or not.1190.2710
832DTA_int_031190.5881Mm-hm.1191.0293
833DTA_se1_ag4_f_031192.1688North, and I don't know what it is East- uh,1194.8906
835 1195.3799further East. I don't [know.]1196.8441 
836DTA_int_031196.4944[Mm-hm.]1196.8136
837DTA_se1_ag4_f_031197.1845I did have a-1198.0611
839 1198.3129a paper with that, I think, with that, uh,1200.9513 
841 1201.2618information. But I don't remember now.1203.1978 
842DTA_int_031204.8758Uh, what are some of the streets of Detroit?1206.8956
843DTA_se1_ag4_f_031208.3310Out here or where? Any- anywhere?1210.4937
844DTA_int_031210.6375Or the ones that come to your mind [immediately.]1212.5419
845DTA_se1_ag4_f_031212.4234[<exhale>]1212.9317
846 1214.3585Atkinson,1215.2755
848 1215.4061Twelfth Street,1216.4132 
850 1219.4441Kendall,1220.1342 
852 1220.7497no that's Allen Park.1222.1590 
854 1224.1268Um,1224.9032 
856 1226.6319Justine,1227.7043 
858 1228.9400Syracuse.1230.0299 
859DTA_int_031234.5432What about the big ones1235.7274
861 1236.0446in Detroit?1236.7394 
862DTA_se1_ag4_f_031237.8270Like Woodward?1238.5366
863DTA_int_031238.8030/inaudible/1239.3276
865 1239.8926Woodward and?1240.5967 
866DTA_se1_ag4_f_031241.8409Woodward, Gratiot, Jefferson,1243.9322
868 1244.2237Michigan.1244.8709 
869DTA_int_031245.1201Mm-hm.1245.4741
871 1245.8242Mm-hm.1246.1366 
873 1247.7453Uh, what about the one that goes out to the [west?]1250.1892 
874DTA_se1_ag4_f_031250.1291Grand River.1250.9358
875DTA_int_031251.0057Mm-hm.1251.3758
877 1252.2974Do you have any special name for the big1253.9985 
879 1254.3855roads that1255.2622 
881 1255.6958you don't have to stop on?1257.1471 
882DTA_se1_ag4_f_031261.6133Uh,1262.0400
884 1263.4132through street.1264.4997 
885DTA_int_031264.8058Okay, or-1265.5793
887 1265.7757or what about the northwestern highways up there?1267.8626 
889 1268.7133What do you call those?1269.6132 
890DTA_se1_ag4_f_031271.5728Express- oh, uh, expressway, a freeway.1274.7249
891DTA_int_031274.8648Mm-hm.1275.2425
893 1276.6471Uh,1276.9269 
895 1278.1392you were born in, uh,1279.5941 
897 1280.8328[Tennessee.]1281.4623 
898DTA_se1_ag4_f_031281.3970[Tennessee.]1282.2176
899DTA_int_031282.2176In Humboldt?1282.9404
900DTA_se1_ag4_f_031283.5792No, I was born in a1284.9408
902 1285.1646little town, Bells, Tennessee. About1287.8683 
904 1288.2553 ten miles below Humboldt, on a farm.1291.0504 
905DTA_int_031291.0775Mm-hm.1291.5288
906DTA_se1_ag4_f_031291.5624And when we were ten years old, my mother moved to, um,1294.8956
908 1295.1611Humboldt.1295.8048 
909DTA_int_031296.0986[Mm-hm.]1296.3915
910DTA_se1_ag4_f_031296.3402[To] have us in a better school.1298.1961
911 1298.6950It was just two of us, my brother and I.1300.8283
912DTA_int_031301.5498And then, uh,1302.2696
914 1303.6015when you left Humboldt did you go to Gary, or?1306.1346 
915DTA_se1_ag4_f_031306.8526I left-1307.3677
916DTA_int_031309.1833It's alright.1309.5374
917DTA_se1_ag4_f_031309.6496left Humboldt.1310.6241
919 1311.1837Yes, I went to Gary, Indiana.1313.1057 
921 1314.7453That's where my1315.5473 
923 1317.5694first husband1319.1035 
925 1320.3951he left and went to1321.8870 
927 1323.2546Pennsylvania.1324.4635 
928DTA_int_031324.8027Mm-hm.1325.1291
929DTA_se1_ag4_f_031325.1291Then he left from there and went to Gary,1326.9487
930 1327.0839where his brother was, and sent for me.1329.1147
931DTA_int_031329.5972Mm-hm.1329.9368
933 1330.5756What happened to him? May I ask?1332.3196 
934DTA_se1_ag4_f_031333.9088September1335.6256
936 1337.3585the twenty-eighth,1338.6548 
938 1339.1771Friday night,1340.2775 
940 1340.5537ten o'clock, nineteen seventeen,1342.9526 
942 1343.3794him and five men was killed in the Illinois Steel Mill.1346.7145 
944 1358.5504His name was /RD-NAME-3/.1360.3462 
945DTA_int_031361.2968Was he from Humboldt?1362.5246
946DTA_se1_ag4_f_031362.7714Oh, yes. We married in Humboldt. He was-1364.7158
948 1364.9379that was his home1365.9349 
950 1366.1473in Humboldt.1366.9307 
951DTA_int_031370.2864And then what did you do?1371.4343
953 1372.1282Did you go home to Humboldt or1373.7120 
955 1374.4068did you stay in Gary?1375.4426 
956DTA_se1_ag4_f_031376.5330I1377.3240
958 1378.5334went back1379.3618 
960 1379.4644to Humboldt.1380.5602 
962 1382.7331And stayed that winter.1384.3033 
964 1384.7801Cause he was, as I said it was September nineteen seventeen.1388.0715 
966 1389.2455And I went back to my mother's house and I spent the1392.3222 
968 1392.5134winter there, but I didn't like it1394.7283 
970 1395.0212anymore.1395.7486 
972 1396.6066So in the spring I came back to Gary1398.9279 
974 1399.0352because he had a brother1400.5593 
976 1402.2369and I had an aunt and a first cousin back- came back to Gary.1405.9160 
978 1407.4158<ts> And I1408.0558 
980 1408.4043stayed there,1409.2315 
982 1410.3721then I sent- I had this1411.5607 
984 1411.6917one child1412.5624 
986 1414.7237and1415.5407 
988 1416.1086I sent for my mother. She came up.1418.2158 
990 1418.3506She was a widow woman then.1419.6935 
992 1420.8324And, uh,1421.9880 
994 1424.9135well she got tired of Gary and she went back to her home in Tennessee. And I came here to-1430.0101 
996 1431.3634my brother was here, and I came here.1433.1644 
997DTA_int_031433.9785Mm-hm.1434.3515
999 1439.8016And, um,1440.5524 
1001 1443.0341then, uh, have you been outside of Detroit on-1445.5326 
1003 1445.8357on trips1446.6600 
1005 1447.2717since then?1447.9294 
1006DTA_se1_ag4_f_031448.8899Mm, [yes.]1449.9748
1007DTA_int_031449.8991[Been] anywhere besides Tennessee?1451.5898
1008DTA_se1_ag4_f_031453.2574Yes.1453.9744
1009DTA_int_031454.2786Where'd you go?1454.8801
1010DTA_se1_ag4_f_031454.9221<laugh>1455.4082
1012 1456.2148Well,1456.7091 
1014 1456.9889the1457.5624 
1016 1458.0101ninth1459.2422 
1018 1460.3080of June1461.2453 
1020 1462.4949we flew from Los Angeles1464.7966 
1022 1464.9320to Honolulu1465.9206 
1024 1466.2097[this year.]1466.8656 
1025DTA_int_031466.3161[Wow.]1466.6775
1026 1467.4919[<laugh> How long were you there?]1469.1744
1027DTA_se1_ag4_f_031467.8603[It was]1468.5356
1029 1468.6848[lovely] trip.1469.5428 
1030 1470.1117We went there on a1471.6384
1032 1472.9385Monday,1473.6892 
1033DTA_int_031473.7918Mm-hm.1474.2535
1034DTA_se1_ag4_f_031474.8876And got back to Los Angeles Friday.1477.1949
1035DTA_int_031477.6071Mm-hm.1477.9550
1037 1478.7617What'd you do? Can you tell me about it?1480.4581 
1038DTA_se1_ag4_f_031480.9338The trip?1481.5215
1039DTA_int_031481.6472Mm-hm.1481.9810
1040DTA_se1_ag4_f_031482.9846Well,1483.8659
1042 1484.1877you see f- um,1485.6938 
1044 1487.9890uh,1488.9846 
1046 1490.5155this church that I- this church of God in Christ, they, um,1493.7068 
1048 1494.2982had a women's convention1495.9023 
1050 1496.1074in Los Angeles.1497.4690 
1051DTA_int_031497.5716Mm-hm.1497.8887
1052DTA_se1_ag4_f_031498.6580Starting-1499.3800
1054 1499.6318it started the fourth of1501.1077 
1056 1501.8560June1502.7180 
1057DTA_int_031502.7664Mm-hm.1503.0929
1058DTA_se1_ag4_f_031503.9834and convened1505.2053
1060 1506.9109the1507.7990 
1062 1511.6934nine- n- I'm about to get- about to forget already. Eighth of June.1515.5232 
1063DTA_int_031515.7885Mm-hm.1516.1336
1064DTA_se1_ag4_f_031517.5697And, uh, then they had a1519.4722
1066 1519.8452<ts>1519.9991 
1068 1520.1921post-convention in1521.8300 
1070 1522.1984Honolulu.1522.9530 
1072 1523.6998And there's a hundred and five1525.2992 
1074 1527.1076went over there, so naturally the, um,1529.6722 
1076 1530.4353<ts>1530.5565 
1078 1531.1021uh,1532.0813 
1080 1534.4267let's see, the lodging,1535.6437 
1082 1537.7431uh,1538.2048 
1084 1538.4566I bet that,1539.2166 
1085DTA_int_031543.1959/everybody's staying there/.1543.9618
1086DTA_se1_ag4_f_031544.0737uh,1544.3625
1088 1544.5960the lodging.1545.6078 
1089DTA_int_031546.3446Mm-hm.1546.5985
1090DTA_se1_ag4_f_031546.8838And the, uh,1548.1288
1092 1548.5345touring1549.3777 
1093DTA_int_031549.6256Mm-hm.1549.9847
1095 1565.8438They took care of that1566.7857 
1097 1566.9336for you?1567.3148 
1098DTA_se1_ag4_f_031569.0724that's the /man I see/.1570.1188
1100 1570.8789Darling1571.5320 
1102 1572.6099Who was that?1573.4399 
1104 1574.9880Oh.1575.3238 
1106 1576.0045I was looking for somebody, but1577.6975 
1108 1578.0425that's1578.3847 
1110 1578.5137one of his friends. That's alright. So anyway, um,1580.8049 
1112 1582.3949<ts>1582.5183 
1114 1582.6934they paid for the, uh,1584.5785 
1116 1585.1460lodging and the touring1586.9097 
1117DTA_int_031587.1802Mm-hm.1587.5125
1118DTA_se1_ag4_f_031588.3925and1589.0080
1120 1589.8671course we had f-1590.5619 
1122 1591.0049furnish-1591.6855 
1124 1591.9395I mean,1592.2778 
1126 1592.3711buy our1592.9726 
1128 1593.3223own meals.1594.0917 
1129DTA_int_031594.3109Mm-hm.1594.6652
1130DTA_se1_ag4_f_031595.6102And the sightseeing, it really was interesting.1598.3753
1131DTA_int_031598.6504Oh, [how lovely.]1599.5807
1132DTA_se1_ag4_f_031598.9628[Mm-hm.] And the Dole pineapple, uh,1601.7013
1133 1603.1539factory.1603.9979
1134DTA_int_031604.2574Yeah.1604.6434
1135DTA_se1_ag4_f_031605.9827And1606.6169
1137 1607.0505we toured Pearl Harbor.1608.4680 
1138DTA_int_031609.3213Did you?1609.7550
1139DTA_se1_ag4_f_031611.3994And, uh, it was quite interesting out in the1614.3076
1141 1614.5282rural district, on the1615.9970 
1143 1616.5612island.1617.1954 
1145 1618.3016You see the grass huts and goats around, standing around.1622.3528 
1146DTA_int_031622.4694Mm-hm.1622.9178
1147DTA_se1_ag4_f_031623.2994And the trees, they were beautiful.1625.2383
1149 1628.1518It was quite an interesting trip, I1630.1476 
1150DTA_int_031630.8314Mm-hm.1631.0832
1151DTA_se1_ag4_f_031631.0832think. Uh-huh.1631.8552
1152DTA_int_031633.6571How do you- l- can I switch the subject now?1636.3685
1154 1636.5146Um, [how do you] celebrate Christmas? When you were a kid, how did you?1639.8319 
1155DTA_se1_ag4_f_031636.6126[Mm-hm.]1637.0915
1156 1641.1841Oh, with, um,1642.3929
1158 1644.8503toys1645.7269 
1159DTA_int_031645.8819Mm-hm.1646.2409
1160DTA_se1_ag4_f_031646.5580and-1647.0989
1162 1647.7097when I was a kid, yeah, toys1649.5283 
1164 1649.7521cake,1650.2137 
1166 1650.3303fruit.1650.9496 
1167DTA_int_031651.1595Mm-hm.1651.4744
1169 1652.6851Did you have a tree?1653.3440 
1170DTA_se1_ag4_f_031654.9002No, we didn't have a trees when we were- the other people that could afford them had them.1659.8853
1171DTA_int_031660.3756[Yeah.]1660.5574
1172DTA_se1_ag4_f_031660.4922[But] we didn't have a [tree.]1662.2445
1173DTA_int_031661.8957[You weren't] in scrub pine territory then.1664.0818
1174 1665.3314You couldn't just go out and cut one down?1666.9366
1175DTA_se1_ag4_f_031668.2329Well they-1668.8157
1177 1668.9649well, no they didn't use those.1670.8685 
1179 1671.0364Or that- no, you know, the hollyhock is what they call a Christmas tree.1674.7443 
1180DTA_int_031674.8600Mm-hm.1675.2516
1182 1676.3093Or, you're [really special.]1677.7921 
1183DTA_se1_ag4_f_031676.7243[Down there.]1677.3818
1184 1677.8807[Uh-huh.]1678.3490
1185DTA_int_031678.2483[I mean,] those get [expensive.]1679.6816
1186DTA_se1_ag4_f_031679.6052[Um,] and, uh,1680.9154
1187 1681.7866but we would1682.3463
1189 1682.4580uh, a lot of times the church would have a Christmas tree and you'd get your gifts under that,1686.9103 
1191 1687.1034[things.]1687.5771 
1192DTA_int_031687.2834[Mm-hm.]1687.5771
1193 1688.7746Um,1689.1430
1195 1690.0515what did you say when you gave each other presents?1692.1544 
1196DTA_se1_ag4_f_031693.9823Uh,1694.7443
1197DTA_int_031695.0847Merry [Christmas?]1695.5894
1198DTA_se1_ag4_f_031695.4588[Merry] Christmas.1696.6152
1199DTA_int_031696.7178And what would you say in the morning when you woke up?1698.8366
1200DTA_se1_ag4_f_031700.5965On Christmas morning?1701.6130
1201DTA_int_031701.7622Yeah.1702.0140
1202DTA_se1_ag4_f_031702.0373Merry Christmas.1703.1836
1203DTA_int_031703.2629Would you ever say Christmas Gift?1704.6059
1204DTA_se1_ag4_f_031704.8856Uh, sure did. I s-1706.3063
1206 1706.6287Christmas Gift.1707.5846 
1208 1709.1373Yes, we did.1710.1474 
1209DTA_int_031710.5746Mm-hm.1710.8590
1211 1711.1443They don't do that in the north, do they?1713.1659 
1212DTA_se1_ag4_f_031714.1494N-1715.1753
1214 1715.3571I don't think I've heard so much of it lately.1717.4881 
1215DTA_int_031717.8005Mm-hm.1718.1968
1217 1718.9522Uh,1719.3210 
1219 1719.6555what do you do on the last day of October?1721.7105 
1221 1722.1268Did you ever go out?1723.1804 
1223 1724.0397[/inaudible./]1724.4751 
1224DTA_se1_ag4_f_031724.1143[Halloween.]1724.7627
1225DTA_int_031724.7578Mm-hm.1725.0516
1226DTA_se1_ag4_f_031725.3500Mm, yes I did.1726.7116
1227DTA_int_031727.2105What would you dress as?1728.2801
1228DTA_se1_ag4_f_031730.9252Well, when I was a1732.2293
1230 1732.4779youngster1733.4749 
1232 1733.6530dress, uh,1734.6287 
1234 1735.1509the women,1735.8690 
1236 1736.2047girls,1736.8016 
1238 1736.9088put on men's clothes.1738.2657 
1239DTA_int_031738.3847Mm-hm.1738.7388
1240DTA_se1_ag4_f_031738.8664And it'd be something different for people.1740.3212
1242 1740.6756<laugh> Not so much now.1742.2024 
1243DTA_int_031743.0595What would do? Would you say anything when you went to the door?1745.5215
1244DTA_se1_ag4_f_031747.8754Uh, no. We didn't do that. This, uh, trick or treat,1751.5090
1245DTA_int_031751.8260Mm-hm.1752.1163
1246DTA_se1_ag4_f_031752.3389uh,1752.7446
1248 1754.1388they're-1754.5157 
1250 1755.8493when I was,1756.9264 
1252 1757.0710you know, a1757.8663 
1254 1758.2565young woman and we'd go out, we didn't go- if you say trick or treat, we just go up and down the streets, just1764.0283 
1256 1764.3501watching the different people in the different costumes.1767.2134 
1257DTA_int_031767.3700Mm-hm.1767.7477
1259 1767.9995Mm-hm.1768.3188 
1260DTA_se1_ag4_f_031768.5497This I notice1769.5149
1262 1769.6688my children and the grandchildren1771.5013 
1264 1771.9621they go to door to door and say trick or treat.1774.1564 
1265DTA_int_031774.3449Mm-hm.1774.6671
1267 1774.9242Mm-hm.1775.1753 
1269 1775.7402<ts> But you didn't?1776.5002 
1270DTA_se1_ag4_f_031776.6168Mm-mm.1777.1904
1271DTA_int_031778.1183Uh,1778.4405
1273 1778.9055when you were a kid, did you ever get into fights?1780.9758 
1274DTA_se1_ag4_f_031783.0873Yes, I did.1784.3276
1275DTA_int_031785.0224Was there such a thing as a fair fight?1786.7235
1277 1789.2034You know, I'm-1789.8855 
1279 1790.4297what were the rules for a fair fight?1792.2195 
1281 1795.6694Among the guys, for instance.1797.1792 
1283 1798.3654Did they say girls fought dirty?1799.9256 
1285 1802.5286[Did the boys used to say girls] fight dirty?1804.6083 
1286DTA_se1_ag4_f_031802.5893[Well,]1803.6953
1287 1805.5074yeah. I think that, you know, cause the girls scratch 'em up pretty bad in the face.1810.0502
1288DTA_int_031810.0922Mm-hm.1810.4838
1290 1810.6051Mm-hm.1810.9258 
1292 1811.8314Uh, what- what couldn't a boy do if he were fighting another boy?1815.3278 
1293DTA_se1_ag4_f_031816.9796He couldn't pull his hair. [<laugh>]1818.9707
1294DTA_int_031818.4344[Mm-hm.]1818.7885
1295 1819.0172Mm-hm. <laugh>1820.2552
1297 1820.5513Okay.1821.1249 
1299 1821.5989Could he kick him?1822.3076 
1300DTA_se1_ag4_f_031822.9744Oh, yeah. They'd kick1824.1075
1302 1824.3640and s- scratching.1825.5856 
1303DTA_int_031826.5928Could he hit him in the stomach?1827.9381
1305 1829.2803Was that alright?1829.9959 
1307 1830.4746Just hit him [anywhere?]1831.4208 
1308DTA_se1_ag4_f_031831.0481[Well,] when they start fighting-1832.9646
1309 1833.0905fighting, when I was a youngster, we,1835.5478
1311 1835.6691you know, your-1836.3592 
1313 1837.0103your stomach went right along with the rest of the body. [They didn't] stop, you [know, to say] well,1841.6919 
1314DTA_int_031839.6589[Mm-hm.]1839.9946
1316 1840.8795[Mm-hm.]1841.2045 
1317DTA_se1_ag4_f_031841.9903I won't hit him here, I won't hit him there. Just hit him wherever he could.1844.8218
1318DTA_int_031844.9804Mm-hm.1845.2561
1319DTA_se1_ag4_f_031845.3161Mm-hm.1845.8477
1320DTA_int_031846.2487Could he hit him with a rock?1847.4901
1321DTA_se1_ag4_f_031847.9238Wasn't supposed to, but they did [that.]1849.8495
1322DTA_int_031849.7824[<laugh>]1850.7272
1323 1851.2018Well,1851.6589
1325 1852.0504uh, if- if somebody did something that he wasn't supposed to,1855.4508 
1327 1855.9824how- what would the other kids do? Would they try to stop him, or?1858.9098 
1328DTA_se1_ag4_f_031860.2632Sometimes they would, and sometimes they wouldn't.1862.7159
1329DTA_int_031862.7718Mm-hm.1863.1495
1331 1863.2708Mm-hm.1863.5599 
1333 1864.3945Were there any rules about1865.6892 
1335 1867.2559how little a person you could start a fight with?1869.6480 
1336DTA_se1_ag4_f_031870.2075Yes, they, uh, you know, plenty times if the,1872.8731
1338 1873.1062uh, if it's a-1874.3267 
1340 1875.1812a child1876.0916 
1342 1876.1942much larger than the little one, the1878.0779 
1344 1878.2041larger1878.6702 
1346 1878.8241kids wouldn't let him fight him. Call him a big bully and they,1881.5883 
1348 1881.7376you know, wouldn't let him fight the little one.1883.3882 
1349DTA_int_031883.5421Mm-hm.1883.8452
1351 1884.0177Mm-hm.1884.3878 
1353 1885.8513Uh,1886.2057 
1355 1886.4342did they of- did they fight one to one, or did they fight in gangs the way they do now?1890.4426 
1356DTA_se1_ag4_f_031892.4365No, they didn't fight in gangs then, not as much as they do n- not like now. Unless- you know, if the sister and brothers,1898.1030
1357DTA_int_031898.6563[Mm-hm.]1898.9523
1358DTA_se1_ag4_f_031898.7588[they would] always1899.6383
1359 1900.0132jump in because, uh,1901.1229
1361 1901.4027that was the one thing I was bad about. My brother'd get out1904.7087 
1363 1905.0689and somebody'd tell me some-1906.6943 
1365 1907.0366he was the oldest, but they'd say,1908.8738 
1367 1909.2375/RD-NAME-2/1909.8755 
1369 1910.0337uh, somebody's b-1911.3956 
1371 1911.6847calling name, /RD-NAME-2/, and somebody1913.5460 
1373 1914.0033fighting /RD-NAME-1/.1914.8267 
1374DTA_int_031915.1531Mm-hm.1915.3816
1375DTA_se1_ag4_f_031915.4142And I'd go right around the corner if I was- if it was around behind the house or something,1920.4019
1377 1920.5091and I'd go to fighting1921.8743 
1378DTA_int_031922.0910Mm-hm.1922.3943
1379DTA_se1_ag4_f_031922.8790uh, for my brother. And I have been,1924.8188
1381 1925.0286you know,1925.6222 
1383 1925.9472running around there fighting so fast, I'd be fighting one that's trying to help my brother. And they'd [stop] me and that,1930.8669 
1384DTA_int_031929.8418[Mm-hm.]1930.0900
1385 1931.2717[Mm-hm.]1931.5373
1386DTA_se1_ag4_f_031931.4023[but I] didn't know. I was a g-1932.5447
1387 1934.0461I was more of a fighter than my brother.1935.9487
1388DTA_int_031936.2424[Mm-hm.]1936.4629
1389DTA_se1_ag4_f_031936.3248[But see,] I think I was shutting my eyes, I didn't seem to feel the licks, but. <laugh>1940.1371
1390DTA_int_031940.1855Mm-hm.1940.5382
1392 1940.6985[Mm-hm.]1941.1556 
1393DTA_se1_ag4_f_031940.8990[Yeah, but.]1941.6637
1394DTA_int_031941.9528Uh,1942.2348
1396 1942.4517did-1942.6747 
1398 1942.8733what did fights start about?1944.0717 
1400 1945.4157Did they call names?1946.3110 
1401DTA_se1_ag4_f_031947.4394They didn't call names like the do now.1949.3558
1403 1949.6460Mm.1950.1105 
1405 1950.4854[But,]1950.8910 
1406DTA_int_031950.6206[What] did-1951.1988
1407 1951.3900did they play The Dozens when they- when you were a kid?1953.9471
1409 1954.5805Or is that a new thing?1955.6343 
1410DTA_se1_ag4_f_031956.6415Yes, they played The Dozens,1958.6699
1412 1958.9340uh,1959.5962 
1414 1959.7034but I tell you, they were-1961.2095 
1416 1961.4100uh, children were more1962.9255 
1418 1964.7852uh, say, like, um,1966.3472 
1420 1967.5363my1967.8906 
1422 1968.0632neighbor,1968.9455 
1424 1969.5284uh, things that I shouldn't do or say1971.8086 
1426 1972.2702I would have to be careful that my neighbor didn't hear, because she'd tell my mother.1976.4699 
1428 1976.8362But the children don't have to worry about who hear what they say nowadays. But1980.7854 
1430 1981.0006back then, I-1981.8912 
1432 1982.4880and they didn't say as much. Didn't swear, uh, [anything] like they do. I don't mean to say they didn't swear at all,1988.8960 
1433DTA_int_031985.1936[Mm-hm.]1985.4874
1434DTA_se1_ag4_f_031989.9749but they certainly was more careful.1991.4643
1435DTA_int_031991.9373Mm-hm.1992.2261
1437 1992.9212About who [heard it.]1993.8638 
1438DTA_se1_ag4_f_031993.6299[Uh,] who heard. Uh-huh.1994.7723
1439DTA_int_031995.7313Uh,1996.0344
1441 1996.1556did the girls play The Dozens as well as the boys? Or was it j- just mainly a male thing?2000.5006 
1442DTA_se1_ag4_f_032002.4357Uh,2003.4400
1444 2003.7164there was different groups.2005.6701 
1445DTA_int_032005.8706Mm-hm.2006.3902
1446DTA_se1_ag4_f_032006.7193Both boys and girls would d-2008.3933
1448 2008.5005play The Dozens, and fight more than the others.2010.6093 
1449DTA_int_032010.6559Mm-hm.2011.1408
1451 2011.9428Mm-hm.2012.2459 
1453 2013.5795Uh,2013.9133 
1455 2014.0551have you ever been in the hospital?2015.4757 
1456DTA_se1_ag4_f_032017.0564Yes.2017.6253
1457DTA_int_032018.6005What was the worst illness you ever had?2020.5902
1459 2021.8557Can you tell me about it?2022.7836 
1460DTA_se1_ag4_f_032026.6689Uh,2027.5875
1462 2030.2500once2031.1686 
1464 2032.5052I was there for a miscarriage.2035.3119 
1465DTA_int_032035.8030Mm-hm.2036.1807
1466DTA_se1_ag4_f_032036.6190The baby had died.2037.9153
1467DTA_int_032038.1413<ts>2038.2187
1469 2038.3489Oh.2038.7698 
1470DTA_se1_ag4_f_032039.6685And,2040.2094
1472 2041.8033I've only been in the hospital twice.2044.1301 
1473DTA_int_032044.4083Mm-hm.2044.8606
1474DTA_se1_ag4_f_032045.2616Once in nineteen seventeen, I had the-2047.3972
1476 2047.7842a eye taken out.2049.1085 
1477DTA_int_032050.0907Mm-hm.2050.4767
1479 2053.1263What happened?2053.8490 
1480DTA_se1_ag4_f_032055.4204[To-]2055.8108
1481DTA_int_032055.4900[And why] did you have to have your eye?2056.7897
1482DTA_se1_ag4_f_032057.8202The eye?2058.3377
1483DTA_int_032058.4590Mm-hm.2058.7623
1484DTA_se1_ag4_f_032060.8511When I was six months old2062.3758
1486 2062.6136we lived in the country.2063.7385 
1487DTA_int_032064.0183Mm-hm.2064.2887
1488DTA_se1_ag4_f_032064.6944My mother2065.2446
1490 2065.8321and, uh, grandmother2067.5519 
1492 2067.7804they came home from the field.2069.4049 
1493DTA_int_032069.4049Mm-hm.2069.7271
1494DTA_se1_ag4_f_032071.3794And I was2072.4344
1496 2074.0076crying, so my grandmother thought maybe2076.3819 
1498 2077.1224a2077.2437 
1500 2077.4675pin was sticking me, you know, on the /drive/ or something. She searched me, no.2080.8659 
1502 2081.2529So she laid me across her lap2082.7777 
1504 2083.1724and got me to sleep.2084.4221 
1506 2085.0656She didn't know what was the matter with me.2086.7023 
1508 2087.1172So2087.5835 
1510 2087.7048I went to sleep,2088.5348 
1512 2089.0197when I woke up,2089.8815 
1514 2090.1473I woke up screaming. She searched me again and my eye2093.1094 
1516 2093.5430ball had swollen out from under the lid and she discovered it was my eye.2097.4516 
1518 2098.1744Well now, there were th-2099.3355 
1520 2099.5919two other children2100.9474 
1521DTA_int_032101.3657Mm-hm.2101.6603
1522DTA_se1_ag4_f_032102.0605m-2102.2051
1524 2102.3310my brother2103.1621 
1526 2103.3066which was a year and four months older than I was,2105.8899 
1527DTA_int_032106.1510Mm-hm.2106.4354
1528DTA_se1_ag4_f_032106.4354and another child, a year old.2108.5861
1529DTA_int_032108.9778Mm.2109.1694
1530DTA_se1_ag4_f_032109.4628And the little girl, six years old, was sposta have been taking care of all of us, but2113.4871
1532 2113.9329they feel that some ways, some how, one of those children must've stuck a stick in my eye.2118.2039 
1533DTA_int_032118.2600[Mm-hm.]2118.5677
1534DTA_se1_ag4_f_032118.4745[But] I wasn't old enough to tell it, and I don't know if they-2121.0243
1535 2121.7191they were- I was six months old.2123.1676
1537 2123.5686So then I went on through with an eye from2126.5762 
1539 2127.6253six months to nineteen seventeen.2129.7341 
1540DTA_int_032130.0465[Mm-hm.]2130.3309
1541DTA_se1_ag4_f_032130.1211[Nineteen] seventeen, it began to give me trouble.2132.5598
1542DTA_int_032132.7474[Mm-hm.]2133.0225
1543DTA_se1_ag4_f_032132.9153[And I] went to the eye doctor,2134.3981
1544 2134.8691even if I get a letter from my mother, just to read long enough to read that letter, my eyes would ache. So,2140.9930
1546 2141.3535so he said that I'd have to have that eye taken out.2143.8959 
1547DTA_int_032144.4788[Hm.]2144.7026
1548DTA_se1_ag4_f_032144.6047[Then] it was gonna affect2146.0315
1549 2146.3579the other one. So that's why I had it taken out.2148.4346
1550DTA_int_032148.6652Mm-hm.2148.9870
1552 2149.4253Mm-hm.2149.7446 
1554 2150.7962Um,2151.1967 
1556 2151.5966<ts> were you ever in a situation where you thought you might die?2154.3384 
1558 2156.3108Or be killed?2157.2062 
1560 2159.8156Did you ever- did you ever get to the point where if you get- you know, that this is it.2162.8978 
1562 2163.1441I'm not gonna get through this one alive.2164.7217 
1563DTA_se1_ag4_f_032172.0945Mm,2172.6773
1565 2173.0039no, I don't remember ever2175.3305 
1567 2175.9211coming to-2176.8677 
1569 2178.0287I remember being so sick I thought I was gonna die, I [guess.]2182.1134 
1570DTA_int_032181.7824[Mm-hm.]2182.0944
1571 2184.9402Well, uh,2185.5791
1573 2186.0174<ts> some people say whatever is gonna happen is gonna happen.2189.3262 
1575 2189.9800What do you think about that?2191.0396 
1576DTA_se1_ag4_f_032194.1265<ts>2194.3410
1578 2195.6850I don't2196.2818 
1580 2197.3823know. I'm afraid you can, uh,2200.4732 
1582 2204.6866shun, you know, sometime or careful thinking you can shun danger, or.2209.2126 
1583DTA_int_032209.3712Mm-hm.2209.8002
1584DTA_se1_ag4_f_032210.1919I don't know, sometime I believe a person can do things to shorten his days.2214.6791
1585DTA_int_032214.8539Mm-hm.2215.2223
1587 2215.4415Mm-hm.2215.7679 
1589 2216.8228Think some people do?2217.8160 
1591 2218.1331Mm-hm.2218.3849 
1592DTA_se1_ag4_f_032218.4875Yes. I kind of believe that.2220.5395
1593DTA_int_032221.5323Well, thank you very much. Do you have any questions you'd like to ask me?2225.0866
1594DTA_se1_ag4_f_032225.7487What did you say this was about? No wonder /RD-NAME-2/- /wonder did that she knows was-/ <laugh>2231.1226
1596 2231.4490was going through this.2232.6847 
1597DTA_int_032233.1043Well, um,2233.9446
1599 2235.1793what it's for is to find out how Detroit people speak.2238.6636 
1600DTA_se1_ag4_f_032239.6008[Oh.]2240.5062
1601DTA_int_032239.8526[And do you know, two] thirds of the people in Detroit are from somewhere else?2242.9014
1602DTA_se1_ag4_f_032243.1869[Yes, I imagine] so. Yeah, I believe that. [/Yeah./]2245.9753
1603DTA_int_032243.7138[<laugh>]2244.3853
1605 2245.6070[Yeah,] so, uh,2246.7121 
1606 2247.8125we just want to find out2248.8896
1608 2249.3710what people in Detroit talk like2251.2595 
1610 2251.8330so that we can tell what to do with these2253.8159 
1612 2254.2682people who are moving in.2255.5878 
1613DTA_se1_ag4_f_032256.5064[Oh.]2257.0799
1614DTA_int_032256.7022[You know,] the2257.2944
1615 2257.9604th-2258.2085
1617 2258.6132Negro kids who come up from the south.2260.6136 
1618DTA_se1_ag4_f_032260.7395[Uh-huh.]2261.3824
1619DTA_int_032261.2329[The southern] whites.2262.1655
1620 2262.3194People who live in southern Detroit,2263.9607
1622 2264.1193you know,2264.4981 
1624 2264.9644we wanna know, okay.2266.0695 
1626 2266.5451What can we tell the teachers2267.9891 
1627DTA_se1_ag4_f_032268.5781<ts> [I see, uh-huh.]2270.6549
1628DTA_int_032269.0408[to teach them.]2270.0480
1629 2271.5402This sort of thing.2272.4565