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Margaret
Hulbert Age: 72 Occupation: Homemaker Hometown: McArthur Interviewers: Janelle Caudill, Rebecca Nicholson, and Christina McDaniels |
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Margaret
Hulbert Age: 72 Occupation: Homemaker Hometown: McArthur Interviewers: Janelle Caudill, Rebecca Nicholson, and Christina McDaniels |
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Interview
Interviewer: What is your name?
Margaret: Margaret Hulbert.
Interviewer: When were you born?
Margaret: April 27,1926.
Interviewer: What was your parents' jobs?
Margaret: My father worked at various places. He worked at the brick plant. He worked wherever he could. We were poor people. My mother didn’t work outside of the house. She was a housewife.
Interviewer: How many brothers and sisters did you have?
Margaret: One half sister who lives in Fort Myers, Florida and one brother, Elden Whitecox, who died five years ago.
Interviewer: Where did you live as child?
Margaret: The same house I live in now. Until Dwight and I were married, I lived at 508 Mills Street. I was twenty-five when I started living at this house.
Interviewer: Did World War I, World War II, the Korean conflict,or Vietnam effect your family?
Margaret: My father was at the age in between the wars. He wasn’t drafted, but my brother and husband were in World War II as was my brother–in-law.
Interviewer: Do you remember any national disasters?
Margaret: There were many disasters. There were two or three during the war - the bombings. There were also many floods in Vinton County. So there were a lot of national disasters back then.
Interviewer: Is there any thing you would like to tell us that we haven’t already talked about?
Margaret: I went to McArthur Elementary - the old one where the elementary school is. It was a two-room school. The younger children sat in the front.