Code,518013
Speaker,Marg Osborn Morgan
Date,3/9/10
Interviewer,FX O'Grady
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0,Introduce project and Marg Osborn Morgan
1,"Where Marg was born - Akron (near University of Akron) - Moved to dairy farm at age 3, location in Everett"
2,Dairy farm was on Riverview Road … League Park memories:
3,Marg talks about going to League Park to see the Indians baseball games with a neighbor and her mom
4,Favorite memories as League Park … to be down near the field and the players
5,"Marg talks about the 3 buildings on the farm: 1) farm house, 2) machinery, 3) cow barn ... Too much milk memory … lived there from age 3-6"
6,Can't remember how many cows … memory about helping dad and friend clear brush … 4 year-old Marg had a small ax and her mom was angry when she saw it
7,"Clearing brush for the cows … 25 or 30 cows, her dad milked them all"
8,"Dad did all the milking, mom only worked in the house ... 3 buildings"
9,Marg explains how they took all of the milk cans to the end of the road each day where the dairy would pick them up … why they moved from the dairy farm
10,Dad started working for Summit County when she was six and they moved away from the dairy farm… moved down Riverview Road
11,"Moved to Riverview Road, they dug a basement, bought a 4-wall building and moved it there: 4646 Riverview Road"
12,Vegetable garden … just for their family
13,"Dad made wine, too. Young Marg (age 5 or 6) at the dairy farmland her young cousin go accidentally drunk on the wine not knowing it already fermented … got spanked for it"
14,"got spanked for drinking the wine at age 5 or 6 … Dad grew up on a farm, his dad died when he was very young."
15,Dad grew up on the Stewart Farm with stepfather and his mom … a lot of cattle and always had good things to eat .. Has pictures of the barn and cattle
16,Marg has photos of the Stewart Farm … Let her know if you'd like to see the photos
17,"Dad would get up very early to milk the cows and work on the farm, all by himself … Had to ride team of horses to Mr. Carter's (owner) farm to get supplies"
18,Marg describes a memory of riding the cart with a team of horses when the brakes failed and dad had to climb out onto the harness to stop the runaway horses .. Dad was frightened
19,"Girls are closer to their Dads… Mom was a good piano player, helped her Dad. Had a square dance orchestra on Saturday nights, including Marge who played piano and trumpet"
20,Marg took over playing trumpet  for an old musician who worked for Barnum and Bailey Circus ... Trumpet was stolen from her grandson's car
21,They would eat sweet delicious apples and popcorn while listening to mom play piano … playing in Square Dance Orchestra at GAR Hall.
22,Men and Women would go in different directions in the GAR Hall ... Saturday Night entertainment
23,"Marg went to a one-room schoolhouse for grades 1-2, then eventually the Boston Township High School .. One-room schoolhouse memories: 15-20 kids, grades 1-8 all together in one room"
24,Some of the older 8th grade boys were too old for the one-room schoolhouse and they would aggravate the teacher (Marg was a 1st or 2nd grader then)
25,"Marg explains where the one-room schoolhouse building is located on Everett Road next to the Church… it's still there, since converted into a small house, used by the Park now"
26,"Marg describes what Everett looked like then: gasoline station, grocery store, post office  … ""one big happy family"" … Dance Hall upstairs, bar downstairs"
27,"Saturday nights at Dance Hall … family farming but not big commercial farms, except Stewart Farm"
28,Stewart Farm sold and became a commercial farm (instead of cattle farm) … crops to market ...
29,"Going to grocery store ... Hitch the horse to a mudboat, a wooden box cart .. Mud roads …"
30,Mudboat horse and cart was the only way to grocery store … rough ride  ..
31,"Dad never talked about the farm later in life (he was quiet ... but he never mentioned it, so he must have disliked it) ... Garden for family only"
32,"Most farms just had a garden for their own family, but some sold them to market"
33,Her friend's dad Mr. Zalay (sp?) was domineering person … her friend was never allowed to go out with their friends
34,"Marg recalls her few memories on the farm … Everett is ""nothing like it used to be… it was like family … everybody helped each other"""
35,It was during the Depression so people all helped each other… 2 pairs of shoes a year is all they could afford …
36,"Marg learned to be a seamstress from her mom and is still a seamstress for her son … 4H Clubs, learned to cook and sew"
37,Her husband always worked on automobiles as a mechanic … Hudson Motor Cars
38,"Worked in Cleveland for distributor for Hudson Motor Cars .. Started their own business, Morgan Motors … Has two schoolteacher sons"
39,Her husband went back to Bigalow (sp?) Motors… Marg went to work there too doing title work ... Son was principal of Stow High School and basketball coach
40,"CAROLINE INTERVIEW QUESTIONS: Caroline asks more about the one-room schoolhouse … Marg talked about walking to school at one-room schoolhouse, describes rows of student desks by grade level"
41,Marg as student brought her lunch … and dipped into well for water … Marg described ho the teacher would teach each grade level
42,"Marg said there were never over 20 students in the one-room schoolhouse … ""an experience she will never forget."""
43,"Caroline asks about the Dance Hall…. Marg describes the Dance Hall and what was on each level of the building: bar and dance hall, etc. .. Fights by the boys at the Dance Hall"
44,Caroline asks about Marg's Swan (Sp?) ancestors .. Marg doesn't know much about them… that was several generations back
45,"Caroline asks about what Marg likes about the Valley… Marg said it was her home for 19 years until she got married… rode bike to store to buy licorice … no money for dolls, sewed her own clothes …"
46,"4H contest in Peninsula, material 10¢ a yard, dress costs her 23¢... she told the judges and they all laughed, but said it was still beautiful"
47,Marg recalls using computers when they came out .. But never wants to see another computer! She's 80 plus years old... General Store on Riverview Road
48,Marg recalls buying penny candy at Post Office in glass display case ... A bag of candy for pennies ... Describes Post Office store and candy counter
49,"Mail carrier who took her to League Park worked at that Post Office ... Mostly a post office, not a store except for the candy counter and a few other item and gas pump outside"
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