Fendley Cassette 2, Side 1
Media
Part of Interview: Fendley Brothers
Title
Fendley Cassette 2, Side 1
Source
Fendley Brothers Interview
Date
1988-08-28
Description
Cassette 2
Side 1
00:07: Their Uncle Frank went to school near an area called Glenn Lakes or Vance Grove.
00:52: There used to be a school in the old Calhoun Wesleyan Methodist Church. The brothers occasionally attended Sunday school at this church, though they were members of the Baptist denomination.
6:00: The subject of religion and tent meetings is brought up. Tent meetings were usually held in summer, and drew people from a wide area. Women carried fans to ward off the heat, though one brother states that in the days prior to air-conditioning, people were used to hot weather. There was no music or piano, just preaching. Each meeting would last two hours or so. Offerings were taken up from the attendants. The brothers' parents attended these meetings, though one sibling admits that as a child he found it quite frightening.
9:50: Megginson steers the conversation towards which individuals owned much of the land that became Calhoun. Aaron Boggs owned all the land on one side north of the railroad. The Sloan family owned much of the other half as it stretched south of the railroad.
11:35: Megginson understands that the Barker family also owned a portion of land in the area. Mr. Barker ran a blacksmith shop as did the Fendley brothers' grandfather. That shop was located behind the Clinkscales livery station.
14:40: Other stores and establishments in town: Martin's store which was across from the Sloan building, and Mr. Miller's (Milford?) print shop.
18:39: Megginson encourages the brothers to talk about the educational system in the Calhoun area. The brothers attended school through the ninth grade, after which they had to begin work. After service in World War II, the brothers attended trade school and later the "Pickens School" to finish. Some of the teachers they can remember are: Mrs. Culpert, Mrs. Morrison, Mrs. Adams, and Mrs. Pitts. An entire class might consist of 20-25 individuals. The school day lasted from 8:30-1:30.
21:40: Megginson is interested if there were any distinctions between professor's children and the rest. The brothers state that their clothes weren't as nice, and they recognized a difference--it was mainly monetary.
25:37: Some of the activities that children took part in for fun were playing in and around the railroad, swimming and fishing at the river, and even tying wagons to bulls in order to be hauled around. The Fendley's had a trained bull that could do this, and it would pull around perhaps a half a dozen wagons at one time.
29:30: When the brothers were children, they really didn't have to work. As they got older, they would help plow fields with mules in the summer for $0.50 a day.
31:30: Audio ends.
Side 1
00:07: Their Uncle Frank went to school near an area called Glenn Lakes or Vance Grove.
00:52: There used to be a school in the old Calhoun Wesleyan Methodist Church. The brothers occasionally attended Sunday school at this church, though they were members of the Baptist denomination.
6:00: The subject of religion and tent meetings is brought up. Tent meetings were usually held in summer, and drew people from a wide area. Women carried fans to ward off the heat, though one brother states that in the days prior to air-conditioning, people were used to hot weather. There was no music or piano, just preaching. Each meeting would last two hours or so. Offerings were taken up from the attendants. The brothers' parents attended these meetings, though one sibling admits that as a child he found it quite frightening.
9:50: Megginson steers the conversation towards which individuals owned much of the land that became Calhoun. Aaron Boggs owned all the land on one side north of the railroad. The Sloan family owned much of the other half as it stretched south of the railroad.
11:35: Megginson understands that the Barker family also owned a portion of land in the area. Mr. Barker ran a blacksmith shop as did the Fendley brothers' grandfather. That shop was located behind the Clinkscales livery station.
14:40: Other stores and establishments in town: Martin's store which was across from the Sloan building, and Mr. Miller's (Milford?) print shop.
18:39: Megginson encourages the brothers to talk about the educational system in the Calhoun area. The brothers attended school through the ninth grade, after which they had to begin work. After service in World War II, the brothers attended trade school and later the "Pickens School" to finish. Some of the teachers they can remember are: Mrs. Culpert, Mrs. Morrison, Mrs. Adams, and Mrs. Pitts. An entire class might consist of 20-25 individuals. The school day lasted from 8:30-1:30.
21:40: Megginson is interested if there were any distinctions between professor's children and the rest. The brothers state that their clothes weren't as nice, and they recognized a difference--it was mainly monetary.
25:37: Some of the activities that children took part in for fun were playing in and around the railroad, swimming and fishing at the river, and even tying wagons to bulls in order to be hauled around. The Fendley's had a trained bull that could do this, and it would pull around perhaps a half a dozen wagons at one time.
29:30: When the brothers were children, they really didn't have to work. As they got older, they would help plow fields with mules in the summer for $0.50 a day.
31:30: Audio ends.
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