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{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"}
Who are some of the other folks in the county that was here when you were growing up, some of the, as folks often say, the second mom and dad who looked after you when mom and dad wasn't around or looked after families?
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{SPEAKER name="Doris Harris"}
Well, I guess it would be my older sister, that's Rosie, Rosa Kay.
{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"}
Rosie? Okay.
{SPEAKER name="Doris Harris"}
Older sister. She take care of us.
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{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"}
Were...you work at the Denton's Seafood House.
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{SPEAKER name="Doris Harris"}
Uh-huh. One Denton.
{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"}
OKay. How long did you, have you worked there?
{SPEAKER name="Doris Harris"}
Eleven years.
{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"}
Eleven years.
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{SPEAKER name="Doris Harris"}
Ah-huh.
{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"}
Ah, what did you do before working at the Seafood House?
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{SPEAKER name="Doris Harris"}
House cleaning.
{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"}
House cleaning? Nearby homes, or...?
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{SPEAKER name="Doris Harris"}
Nearby.
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{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"}
Okay. How did you learn about Denton's Seafood House? From what person? Who told you about that?
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{SPEAKER name="Doris Harris"}
My second cousin-in-law. That would be [[Ashen Beulah??]]
{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"}
Okay. Uh [[pause]]
Do you have any other family members that works at Denton's Seafood House?
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{SPEAKER name="Doris Harris"}
Yeah, one sister.
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{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"}
One sister. And her name?
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{SPEAKER name="Doris Harris"}
[[Maya Grace?]]
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{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"}
Okay. Describe your job, a typical day at the oyster house, what do you do when you first get there. Or, if I'd never worked there before, just tell me what would I have to do to get started.
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{SPEAKER name="Doris Harris"}
First of all you go [[about?]] get your boots on, then you put your apron on, then you go get your bucket where you shuck clam in, and your knife, and then you start working.
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{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"}
Okay. Do you stand, sit, or how is your job performed?
{SPEAKER name="Doris Harris"}
Stand.
{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"}
Stand? What type of tools do you use?
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{SPEAKER name="Doris Harris"}
Just a knife.
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{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"}
A knife?
{SPEAKER name="Doris Harris"}
Ah-huh.
{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"}
Anything else that you might need?
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{SPEAKER name="Doris Harris"}
No, that's all.
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{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"}
Okay.
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