Name: Ida Mae Stoneburner
Community: Glouster
Date of Interview: May 7, 1998.
Interviewer: Eric Knott
TAPE LOG
00:00:06: Lived here (Glouster) all my life
00:00:23: Father worked in coal mines and mother was a private nurse
00:00:50: Remember the first aeroplane, car ride, old train
00:03:16: There were three movie houses, opera house; shows were more like these days soap operas
00:09:19: Life then; talking was not allowed during the measle times
00:10:53: The Vietnam War and its effects..
00:12:27: My family has lived here all their lives though our kids have moved out now
00:12:54: Chores as a kid were mainly washing dishes
00:14:59: During depression they recycled everything, books would go onto the brothers and sisters
00:15:40: For fun, girls played with dolls and boys flew kites
00:16:46: All kids had nicknames, mine is Id but I don’t like it
00:16:46: Scariest thing that happened to her, brother was caught in a coal mine accident and a sister was caught on a railroad track when a train was approaching
00:19:06: We were so poor, unable to buy coal and so would pick up coal from the roads.