SummeyG Cassette 1, Side 2
Media
Part of Interview: Summey, George C.
Title
SummeyG Cassette 1, Side 2
Source
George C. Summey Interview
Date
1988-08-10
Description
Cassette 1
Side 2
00:16: There was a local community store in Clemson. Another local establishment was run by Major Abbot where shoes and clothes could be purchased.
2:37: The conversation briefly turns to Jane Prince. She lived near the Cochran's. She was a very elderly woman by the time Mr. Summey moved to Calhoun. Jane Prince was a remarkable person and visitors walked away feeling "blessed" to have met her.
4:06: Mr. Summey begins to recall various local houses, individuals, and street names. The Boggs's, Crawford's, Cochran's, and King's are discussed.
8:30: Cliff Crawford owned a cleaning business.
11:20: He can remember first getting telephone service in the late 1930's. There was electricity in the house that he had built in 1929, but no indoor plumbing.
14:00: Mr. Summey was part owner of a construction business named Newton & Summey for twenty years before going out on his own to do contracting work. The aforementioned business became Clemson Lumber Company.
15:05: There is a local street named for him. He owned much of the adjacent property and built several houses there. The land was sold to him by Eva and Gracia Payne.
18:30: Various aspects of local church life are again covered. Local minister's annual salaries were not sufficient to live on alone; pastor's usually took on other work to compliment their incomes. Services lasted two hours or so. The Wesleyan Church was opposed to drinking, smoking, dancing, and card playing. In the old days women wore no makeup or jewelry and never cut their hair. By the time Mr. Summey joined the congregation in 1922, services were held on every consecutive Sunday. He didn't attend any other denominational church except for on special occasions. There were records for the church dating back 25 years or so in 1988. He is unaware of any records that exist prior to that time period.
29:30: Audio ends.
Side 2
00:16: There was a local community store in Clemson. Another local establishment was run by Major Abbot where shoes and clothes could be purchased.
2:37: The conversation briefly turns to Jane Prince. She lived near the Cochran's. She was a very elderly woman by the time Mr. Summey moved to Calhoun. Jane Prince was a remarkable person and visitors walked away feeling "blessed" to have met her.
4:06: Mr. Summey begins to recall various local houses, individuals, and street names. The Boggs's, Crawford's, Cochran's, and King's are discussed.
8:30: Cliff Crawford owned a cleaning business.
11:20: He can remember first getting telephone service in the late 1930's. There was electricity in the house that he had built in 1929, but no indoor plumbing.
14:00: Mr. Summey was part owner of a construction business named Newton & Summey for twenty years before going out on his own to do contracting work. The aforementioned business became Clemson Lumber Company.
15:05: There is a local street named for him. He owned much of the adjacent property and built several houses there. The land was sold to him by Eva and Gracia Payne.
18:30: Various aspects of local church life are again covered. Local minister's annual salaries were not sufficient to live on alone; pastor's usually took on other work to compliment their incomes. Services lasted two hours or so. The Wesleyan Church was opposed to drinking, smoking, dancing, and card playing. In the old days women wore no makeup or jewelry and never cut their hair. By the time Mr. Summey joined the congregation in 1922, services were held on every consecutive Sunday. He didn't attend any other denominational church except for on special occasions. There were records for the church dating back 25 years or so in 1988. He is unaware of any records that exist prior to that time period.
29:30: Audio ends.
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