Cleo McDaniel (B)
(4:53) Cleo McDaniel discusses meeting and dating her husband, shopping, World War II, and special events. This interview is part of an oral history project funded by a grant from the Alabama Historical Records Board, managed by the Alabama Department of Archives and History staff, using funds pro...
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(4:53) Cleo McDaniel discusses meeting and dating her husband, shopping, World War II, and special events. This interview is part of an oral history project funded by a grant from the Alabama Historical Records Board, managed by the Alabama Department of Archives and History staff, using funds provided by the National Historical Preservation and Records Commission.Florence-Lauderdale Public Library Digital Archive
Interview with Cleo McDaniel
May 6, 2009
Florence, Alabama
Conducted by Patti Hannah and Rhonda Haygood
Clip 2 of 5
Patti Hannah: Well, tell me about dating and courting.
Cleo McDaniel: Oh, I didn’t do much of that. Let me see, I dated a few ol’ boys [laughs].
PH: Well, how’d you meet Mr. McDaniel?
CM: Well, he, he lived across the road, and we lived down on the Cloverdale Road and he was always down there playing with my brothers, you know. That’s how I met him.
PH: Okay so, how’d he court you?
CM: How’d he court me? Well, he moved to, he left and went to Arkansas, I guess, where his sister lived, and he worked up there for a while and when he’d come home, of course, he’d date me. Well, we’d, finally he’d, he had a little ol’ car and we’d go places in it. The first, first maypole I ever remember seeing and the last one I ever remember seeing, was Lester May carried me. And I think he had a little ol’ car too, I don’t believe, it wasn’t a buggy. Threet’s Crossroads. That was a pretty sight.
PH: How old were you then?
CM: Oh, I was about sixteen [laughs].
PH: So, how did Mr. McDaniel propose?
CM: Oh, I don’t even remember, I don’t remember—you’re asking— [laughs]. Been so long now Patti I don’t remember all them things. You—does your daddy still remember when he proposed? [laughs]
PH: I don’t know [laughs].
CM: You ask him. Ask him.
PH: I’ll ask him. I’ll ask him. Well, did you go into town a lot, or—?
CM: No, we had to go into town, well, we had a car and we’d go to town, not very often.
PH: What was it like then?
CM: Oh, the Surprise Store was there, Rogers, and several places on Court Street. That’s about all I can remember. I remember Rogers. They didn’t call it Rogers then, they called it Surprise Store. And I’ve got a fan in yonder that come from the Surprise Store when it was first opened up. One of Ed’s aunts bought it and she had bought the prettiest pin you ever seen and she give it to me and I used it for a buckle and I lost it.
PH: Well, tell me, the oldest relative you can remember when you were growing up.
CM: My grandmother, I guess.
PH: Okay, and what was her name?
CM: Emmy Adkisson.
PH: What do you remember about her?
CM: I remember going to her house and she had a, she had some strawberries in her garden and she lived in Tennessee now, we used to go back down there to decoration and we’d slip around, the strawberries was next to the fence. And she wouldn’t let us in that garden, but we’d slip around and, and pick, reach through that fence, you know, and pick—. If she caught us, boy she put—
PH: Okay, tell me about any world events when you were growing up, do you remember things that just jumped out at you? Like maybe the wars?
CM: I can kindly remember World War I. I can kindly remember it. I remember—now that’s when I was going to Underwood school, and went to Underwood Sch—, when one day the health officers come out there and they had on suits on like soldiers wore, you know, you know like uniforms and hats, they had hats on. And I never will forget it, Mary Jane Eaton she lived up this side of the school and she jumped out the window and went home [laughs]. But, but we was all scared to death. Thought they was Germans or something [laughs].
PH: Oh no. Oh no. What about World War II and the rationing?
CM: Oh, I remember that. I still got some of them rationing stamps. We used to tell Betty and Gertrude that, ah, they’d better get them a pair of new shoes and you better be careful and take care of them shoes cause that’s all you’re gonna get. You had to have stamps, you know, to get everything.
PH: Did any of your brothers serve in the wars?
CM: My, yeah, I had one brother that did.
PH: Did he serve here or overseas?
CM: Overseas.
PH: Overseas? How about any special events you remember going to, besides the maypole?
CM: Maypole, now that stands out, cause I reckon it’s the first one I’ve ever seen and the last one I’ve ever seen.
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Cleo McDaniel (B)Dating (Social custom); Social life; World War, 1935-1945(4:53) Cleo McDaniel discusses meeting and dating her husband, shopping, World War II, and special events. This interview is part of an oral history project funded by a grant from the Alabama Historical Records Board, managed by the Alabama Department of Archives and History staff, using funds provided by the National Historical Preservation and Records Commission.Florence-Lauderdale Public LibraryFlorence-Lauderdale Public LibraryCleo McDaniel2009-05-06sound; textaudio/mp3 ; text/pdfEnglishIs part of the Florence-Lauderdale Public Library CollectionContact Florence-Lauderdale Public Library for permission to useFlorence-Lauderdale Public Library Digital Archive
Interview with Cleo McDaniel
May 6, 2009
Florence, Alabama
Conducted by Patti Hannah and Rhonda Haygood
Clip 2 of 5
Patti Hannah: Well, tell me about dating and courting.
Cleo McDaniel: Oh, I didn’t do much of that. Let me see, I dated a few ol’ boys [laughs].
PH: Well, how’d you meet Mr. McDaniel?
CM: Well, he, he lived across the road, and we lived down on the Cloverdale Road and he was always down there playing with my brothers, you know. That’s how I met him.
PH: Okay so, how’d he court you?
CM: How’d he court me? Well, he moved to, he left and went to Arkansas, I guess, where his sister lived, and he worked up there for a while and when he’d come home, of course, he’d date me. Well, we’d, finally he’d, he had a little ol’ car and we’d go places in it. The first, first maypole I ever remember seeing and the last one I ever remember seeing, was Lester May carried me. And I think he had a little ol’ car too, I don’t believe, it wasn’t a buggy. Threet’s Crossroads. That was a pretty sight.
PH: How old were you then?
CM: Oh, I was about sixteen [laughs].
PH: So, how did Mr. McDaniel propose?
CM: Oh, I don’t even remember, I don’t remember—you’re asking— [laughs]. Been so long now Patti I don’t remember all them things. You—does your daddy still remember when he proposed? [laughs]
PH: I don’t know [laughs].
CM: You ask him. Ask him.
PH: I’ll ask him. I’ll ask him. Well, did you go into town a lot, or—?
CM: No, we had to go into town, well, we had a car and we’d go to town, not very often.
PH: What was it like then?
CM: Oh, the Surprise Store was there, Rogers, and several places on Court Street. That’s about all I can remember. I remember Rogers. They didn’t call it Rogers then, they called it Surprise Store. And I’ve got a fan in yonder that come from the Surprise Store when it was first opened up. One of Ed’s aunts bought it and she had bought the prettiest pin you ever seen and she give it to me and I used it for a buckle and I lost it.
PH: Well, tell me, the oldest relative you can remember when you were growing up.
CM: My grandmother, I guess.
PH: Okay, and what was her name?
CM: Emmy Adkisson.
PH: What do you remember about her?
CM: I remember going to her house and she had a, she had some strawberries in her garden and she lived in Tennessee now, we used to go back down there to decoration and we’d slip around, the strawberries was next to the fence. And she wouldn’t let us in that garden, but we’d slip around and, and pick, reach through that fence, you know, and pick—. If she caught us, boy she put—
PH: Okay, tell me about any world events when you were growing up, do you remember things that just jumped out at you? Like maybe the wars?
CM: I can kindly remember World War I. I can kindly remember it. I remember—now that’s when I was going to Underwood school, and went to Underwood Sch—, when one day the health officers come out there and they had on suits on like soldiers wore, you know, you know like uniforms and hats, they had hats on. And I never will forget it, Mary Jane Eaton she lived up this side of the school and she jumped out the window and went home [laughs]. But, but we was all scared to death. Thought they was Germans or something [laughs].
PH: Oh no. Oh no. What about World War II and the rationing?
CM: Oh, I remember that. I still got some of them rationing stamps. We used to tell Betty and Gertrude that, ah, they’d better get them a pair of new shoes and you better be careful and take care of them shoes cause that’s all you’re gonna get. You had to have stamps, you know, to get everything.
PH: Did any of your brothers serve in the wars?
CM: My, yeah, I had one brother that did.
PH: Did he serve here or overseas?
CM: Overseas.
PH: Overseas? How about any special events you remember going to, besides the maypole?
CM: Maypole, now that stands out, cause I reckon it’s the first one I’ve ever seen and the last one I’ve ever seen.
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