
Tape number: V46
Name: Elsie Carter & William Mattingly, Lucille Hurst Parrish, Suzanne and Marybeth Mattingly
Location: Ditechly Virginia
Date of Birth: Elsie 1899, William 1896, Lucille unknown, Suzanne 12/20/44, Marybeth 5/75
Date of Recording: 7/17/1983
Recorded By: Grayson Mattingly
Log Sheet by: Grayson Mattingly
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00/00 | R | Lucille, William and Elsie talk about Wharton Grove, a Camp meeting grounds located in Lancaster County that they all went to in the summer. |
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2/25 | L | Elsie talks about using horse and buggy to get to high school in Kilmarnock. |
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5/15 | L | Lucille describes recent attempt at fishing crab float |
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7/28 | ST | William and Elsie talk about taking steamer from Baltimore to Ditchley. |
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10/13 | ST | Calves would make noise during entire trip, $1.25 for a meal however they usually packed a lunch of fried chicken. |
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11/44 | L | Elsie and William talk about train travels around the US. |
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13/25 | L | William describes driving Motel T down to Ditchley from Washington DC in 1920. All dirt roads - lots of mud, car broke down in Fredericksburg. |
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19/35 | SW | Story about Goldsboro Hall, Elsie's great uncle - how he rowed out into Dividing Creek to stop steamer and get it back to the wharf to pick up calf he had. |
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23/41 | C | In response to question by Marybeth, William talks about spending summer on the Northern Neck as a child and what he did - Fishing catching eels, flounder, oyster toads, spot, dog sharks - learning about farming. |
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28/05 | C | Elsie talks about games she played as child also about sewing experiences |
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31/42 | F | William and Elsie talk about Grayson and Doris's birthday parties. |
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33/41 | L | William talks about building Washington DC house in 1935 - cost of land and house $15,000.00 |
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40/08 | F | William and Elsie talk about Christmas at their 17th street DC house. |
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46/34 | SW | William describes what it was like when Piakatank Steamer would come into Ditchley Wharf. |
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48/07 | SW | Story about man losing eggs overboard at steamboat wharf. |
