MixonM Cassette 2, Side 2
Media
Part of Interview: Mixon, Mildred Cochran
Title
MixonM Cassette 2, Side 2
Source
Mildred Cochran Mixon Interview
Date
1988-08-31
Description
Cassette 2
Side 2
00:07: The two continue talking about local revivals. The hymn Just As I Am was often sung during altar call. There was much witnessing and praise. The Wesleyans stressed austerity in regards to appearance. Women were expected to wear long hair, long floor-length dresses, and no makeup. During tent meetings, there usually was singing without the accompaniment of piano or organ. Mrs. Mixon's uncle John Carey was known to do some preaching. He was not a "fire and brimstone" type. He adopted a much more quiet tone.
6:30: At this point the two begin discussing the Smith boarding house (Smith hotel). This establishment was run by Mrs. Mixon's Aunt Louise (W.J. Megginson's grandmother). In the days before running water, Mrs. Mixon and Louise's daughter Edna would help with the operation of the establishment by keeping bowls filled with cold water, cleaning chamber pots, making up beds, providing clean towels, and grinding coffee. Mrs. Mixon can vividly recall the dinner bell that her Aunt Louis would ring before meals. She recalls that most occupants of the boarding house were men. It is at this point that Mrs. Mixon discloses the fact that she met her future husband Floyd at the boarding house while he was living there as a Clemson student. Her Aunt Louis would also take prepared meals to the freight train employees at the local depot.
14:00: Megginson turns the interview towards her experiences in school. She attended the Calhoun-Clemson school. The normal school day lasted from 8am to 3pm. Lunch was brought from home and the children used a water fountain to drink from. A few teachers that she can recall are Edith Mills (Preacher Mill's daughter), Maggie Morrison and her sister, and Kitty Adams. The schools curriculum had eleven grades. A normal class consisted of perhaps a dozen people, though her tenth grade class had around grown to around twenty. The only male teacher she can remember was Ben Blakely, who taught high school math. He did not teach for long; he established a local dry-cleaning business.
20:40: Music lessons--Mrs. Mixon took private piano lessons for a while. She would practice with the piano at her Aunt Louis's boarding house. Megginson states that that piano is now at the Eastern Star meeting hall.
21:30: The conversation moves back toward recollections of school. Mrs. Mixon recalls that science class included the dissection of frogs and that field trips were made to Sloan's pasture for nature studies. She also remembers staying in trouble at school either for talking or general mischief. Writing on the chalkboards after school and dusting the erasers were two of the common punishments. The girls played baseball with the boys. She occasionally went swimming at the YMCA but was not allowed to go to the river to swim.
27:35: Mrs. Mixon relates a story of tragedy. A sister named Eula, who was a lover of animals, kept a small dog as a pet in a barn near the family's home. The dog turned rabid, and on one occasion escaped the barn and bit over a dozen locals before being killed by Norman Boggs. Her sister had been infected by scratches during previous play. The bite victims had to take several rounds of treatments. Dr. Watkins provided the service at "Uncle John's store." The disease had become too advanced in Eula, and she died a short time later.
30:59: The conversation turns toward medical facilities. Dr. Watkins practiced from his home on a hill overlooking the college. The home no longer stands. She cannot remember the dentist.
31:37: Audio ends.
Side 2
00:07: The two continue talking about local revivals. The hymn Just As I Am was often sung during altar call. There was much witnessing and praise. The Wesleyans stressed austerity in regards to appearance. Women were expected to wear long hair, long floor-length dresses, and no makeup. During tent meetings, there usually was singing without the accompaniment of piano or organ. Mrs. Mixon's uncle John Carey was known to do some preaching. He was not a "fire and brimstone" type. He adopted a much more quiet tone.
6:30: At this point the two begin discussing the Smith boarding house (Smith hotel). This establishment was run by Mrs. Mixon's Aunt Louise (W.J. Megginson's grandmother). In the days before running water, Mrs. Mixon and Louise's daughter Edna would help with the operation of the establishment by keeping bowls filled with cold water, cleaning chamber pots, making up beds, providing clean towels, and grinding coffee. Mrs. Mixon can vividly recall the dinner bell that her Aunt Louis would ring before meals. She recalls that most occupants of the boarding house were men. It is at this point that Mrs. Mixon discloses the fact that she met her future husband Floyd at the boarding house while he was living there as a Clemson student. Her Aunt Louis would also take prepared meals to the freight train employees at the local depot.
14:00: Megginson turns the interview towards her experiences in school. She attended the Calhoun-Clemson school. The normal school day lasted from 8am to 3pm. Lunch was brought from home and the children used a water fountain to drink from. A few teachers that she can recall are Edith Mills (Preacher Mill's daughter), Maggie Morrison and her sister, and Kitty Adams. The schools curriculum had eleven grades. A normal class consisted of perhaps a dozen people, though her tenth grade class had around grown to around twenty. The only male teacher she can remember was Ben Blakely, who taught high school math. He did not teach for long; he established a local dry-cleaning business.
20:40: Music lessons--Mrs. Mixon took private piano lessons for a while. She would practice with the piano at her Aunt Louis's boarding house. Megginson states that that piano is now at the Eastern Star meeting hall.
21:30: The conversation moves back toward recollections of school. Mrs. Mixon recalls that science class included the dissection of frogs and that field trips were made to Sloan's pasture for nature studies. She also remembers staying in trouble at school either for talking or general mischief. Writing on the chalkboards after school and dusting the erasers were two of the common punishments. The girls played baseball with the boys. She occasionally went swimming at the YMCA but was not allowed to go to the river to swim.
27:35: Mrs. Mixon relates a story of tragedy. A sister named Eula, who was a lover of animals, kept a small dog as a pet in a barn near the family's home. The dog turned rabid, and on one occasion escaped the barn and bit over a dozen locals before being killed by Norman Boggs. Her sister had been infected by scratches during previous play. The bite victims had to take several rounds of treatments. Dr. Watkins provided the service at "Uncle John's store." The disease had become too advanced in Eula, and she died a short time later.
30:59: The conversation turns toward medical facilities. Dr. Watkins practiced from his home on a hill overlooking the college. The home no longer stands. She cannot remember the dentist.
31:37: Audio ends.
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