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{SPEAKER name="Doris Harris"}
One brother dead.
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{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"}
One. And your mom and dad?
{SPEAKER name="Doris Harris"}
Yeah. Both of them dead now.
{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"}
Okay. What school did you attend growing up in Calvert County?
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{SPEAKER name="Doris Harris"}
What school? I don't know, what name of that school I was? Name of [[inaudible]] Was an old school. I think Peel School,
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{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"}
Pierce?
{SPEAKER name="Doris Harris"}
Old Peel School. [[In Lusby??]]
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{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"}
Okay. What was a typical day at school? What are some of the activities you would do or what were some of your subjects in school or some of your teachers?
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{SPEAKER name="Doris Harris"}
Ooh, that's a lot! I think one name, Miss Jones, she was a woman. I can't remember.
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{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"}
What were some of the activities you would do at school? What type of games would you play?
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{SPEAKER name="Doris Harris"}
We would play, ah, volleyball, kicking ball and softball.
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{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"}
Did you have to walk to school or did you catch the bus or how did you get to school?
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{SPEAKER name="Doris Harris"}
We catch the bus.
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{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"}
Catch the bus? Okay. What church did your family attend when you were growing up, or did they attend church?
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{SPEAKER name="Doris Harris"}
St John Church.
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{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"}
St John's?
{SPEAKER name="Doris Harris"}
Down in Lusby.
{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"}
Okay. And who was the minister for St John's?
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{SPEAKER name="Doris Harris"}
[[?]] Might have been Reverend, Reverend Mason.
{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"}
Reverend Mason?
{SPEAKER name="Doris Harris"}
Uh-huh, I think.
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{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"}
When growing up, who was the disciplinarian in your family, your mother or your father? When one of the kids did something wrong who would punish them?
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{SPEAKER name="Doris Harris"}
My father.
{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"}
Your father? [[laughs]]
{SPEAKER name="Doris Harris"}
Mmm.
[[She laughs]]
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{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"}
As a child growing up, what were some of the [[oh?]] mischief you would get into, some of the things that you were punished for?
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{SPEAKER name="Doris Harris"}
Oh, showing off. Teasing my sister and brother. And I used to get the beating.
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{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"}
Okay.
{SPEAKER name="Doris Harris"}
Mm-hmm.
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{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"}
Okay. What role did your mom and dad play in the church, or your sisters and brothers? Were they on the choir, ushers, or what did they do? What activities were they in for the church?
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{SPEAKER name="Doris Harris"}
Nothing. They just would go church every Sunday, that's all. They weren't in nothing.
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{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"}
Okay. What church do you attend today?
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{SPEAKER name="Doris Harris"}
Brooks. Yeah, a Methodist church.
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{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"}
And the minister at Brooks, or the pastor at Brooks?
{SPEAKER name="Doris Harris"}
Pastor Baylou, John.
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{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"}
Are you in any activities for Brooks Church, are you a choir member, usher or, what auxiliaries or groups are you with in the church?
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{SPEAKER name="Doris Harris"}
An usher.
{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"}
Usher?
{SPEAKER name="Doris Harris"}
Uh-huh, usher.
{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"}
Are you with any of the organizations in Brooks Church?
{SPEAKER name="Doris Harris"}
No.
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{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"}
Okay. Are you married?
{SPEAKER name="Doris Harris"}
Yeah.
{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"}
And your husband's name?
{SPEAKER name="Doris Harris"}
George Harris.
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{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"}
Do you have children?
{SPEAKER name="Doris Harris"}
Five.
{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"}
Five? Okay. What do you do for fun, activities?
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{SPEAKER name="Doris Harris"}
Oh, well, most, go to the movies and look at television.
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