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Town of Calhoun, South Carolina Oral History Collection

MegginsonI Cassette 1, Side 2

Media

Part of Interview: Megginson, Ina S.

Title

MegginsonI Cassette 1, Side 2

Source

Ina S. Megginson Interview

Date

1988-08-22

Description

Cassette 1

Side 2

00:07: Mrs. Megginson is speaking mid-sentence. She states that the Sloan store's selection tended to cater toward men.

00:59: Mrs. Megginson states that many Calhoun boys attended Clemson. She names Aubrey, Waymon, and Bob. Waymon and Bob were two of her brothers.

2:25: Megginson wants to know who the Federal Board Men were. After World War I, the government set up a system whereby men could get additional education. Fifteen or so stayed at the Smith hotel.

3:20: Her brother-in-law Jack Elmore worked in the Treasurer's Office at Clemson College.

4:03: Mrs. Megginson remembers that "Shorty" Schilleter and Mr. Harcombe were both Mess Officers.

5:00: Mrs. Megginson recalls some of her neighbors in Calhoun. An individual named Crawford, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Boggs, Mrs. Pike, Mrs. McCollum (Mrs. Pike's daughter), Earl Boggs, the Cochran's, and Eva and Gracia Payne and their mother.

7:00: Mrs. Megginson worked as a secretary in the Extension Office at Clemson College. She had three bosses: Mr. Rawl (Horticulture), Mr. Gooding (Poultry), and Charlie Morgan (Experiment Station). She worked 8:30-5pm during the week with a half day on Saturday.

9:30: Her sister Ethel worked with the bulletin business on campus, and her brother-in-law Charlie Bennett was a Horticulturalist.

10:50: Megginson thanks his mother for the interview.

10:56: Interviewer's Notes--Megginson wishes to clarify some of the names that may have been mentioned but not elaborated on. Ina S. Megginson's siblings were: Waymon Smith, Robert F. Smith, Ethel (married Jack Elmore), Lucille (married Charlie Bennett), Ann (married Cecile Paitt), Edna (married a Plyler), and John Smith. Megginson adds that Mamie Cochran Crawford was the daughter of John Wesley Cochran.

11:50: Audio ends.

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