Tape number:V31
Name: Joe Lee Fleet Edwards, Leah Rubenett Fleet Waller, Robert H. Fleet Jr., Alex McDonald Fleet
Location: Irvington
Date of Birth: Joe Lee 4/29/1919, Leah 6/20/1923, Robert 8/17/1927, Alex 9/23/1928
Date of Recording:7/01/05
Recorded By: Suzanne and Grayson Mattingly
Log Sheet by: Grayson Mattingly
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1/22 | SW | Jo Lee talks about steamboat coming into Carters Creek running down to meet steamboats |
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2/31 | SW | Leah talks about excitment when steamboat would come in . Jo Lee and Leah continue to talk about the event - going to the store and getting water. Robert talks aboutt watching them unload cows and calves. Alex Fleet remembers wagons used to pick up and deliver goods to wharf. People off of the boat would go to the Irvington Beach Hotel. |
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5/40 | L | Joe Lee talks about Irvington Beach Hotel . How mother was married on the lawn, how everything for the wedding came down from Baltimore |
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7/23 | ST | Joe Lee talks about how her husband traveled on the steamer. Leah would travel from Baltimore to Virginia Beach - put car on the boat. Talks about food on the steamer Pancakes, salt fish all very good. |
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9/33 | L | Joe Lee talks about town of Irvington, towns provided everything - stores, schools, entertainment. |
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10/51 | F,L | Alex talks about his grandfather McDonald Lee who started the bank, news paper in the town. Very well know and important Irvington resident Irvington had the first sidewalks. Joe Lee talks about helping her mother collect fees for street lights. Alex talks about the "Chesapeake League" baseball group. |
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13/49 | SW | Alex tells about how he and Bob and others would bring bucketts of water to Adams Floating Theater in exchange for ticket to see the show. Ten Knights in the Bar Room one of the shows. |
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15/40 | SW | Joe Lee tells funny story about what happen during one of the shows. |
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17/22 | L | Joe Lee talks about sucessful people that came out of the Old Chesapeake Academy. |
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19/03 | L | Joe Lee describes the the old Irvington Beach Hotel as well as the one that replaced the old hotel. What people did when they came to the hotel. |
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21/00 | L | Joe Lee tells funny story about group of men that got a block of ice to cool drinks - block of ice slide down stairs of hotel |
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22/00 | L | Bob talks about ice plant in Irvington - Leah talks about people that would come around and deliver ice and fish. |
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24/00 | L | Alex talks about 4th of July celebration in Irvington - boat races, crowning of Queen of Rappahannock - politicians |
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25/14 | L,F,R | Alex talks about going to Kurkland Grove, take their own furniture, food - stay in cabin or tent. Talks about what he did at age of 10. Joe Leah talked about "prominading" - good food |
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29/24 | F | Group talks about how they met their husbands, wives |
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31/00 | L | Group talks about White Stone Beach |
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31/47 | R | Alex talks about the two churchs in Irvington - how the boys in the family went to the Baptist Church and all the girls went to the Methodist Church. |
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37/00 | L | Lizard story |
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39/00 | L | Goose pin story - how Lee Williams was saved from the goose - |
