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{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"}
Describe, uh, as far as your family, growing up, how did, um, the community and changing of the environment, um, affect your family? Um, wars, how did that affect your family?

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{SPEAKER name="Ruth Smith"}
What, as of having some of the family to go to—

{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"}
—to war, and—

{SPEAKER name="Ruth Smith"}
None of them ever went.

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{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"}
None of your brothers were in the military?

{SPEAKER name="Ruth Smith"}
No.

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{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"}
What were some of your favorite hangouts as a child?

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{SPEAKER name="Ruth Smith"}
A child, teenager, or—?

{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"}
Uh, yes, a teenager.

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{SPEAKER name="Ruth Smith"}
Oh Lord, what do you know?

{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"}
[[laughter]]


{SPEAKER name="Ruth Smith"}
[[ ? ]] at the clubs. No particular ones.

{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"}
What sort of clubs?

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{SPEAKER name="Ruth Smith"}
Um, it was a, [[laughter]]. Now it's, um, it's called, [[ ? ]] Well the place didn't [[ ? ]]. They always called 'Bird in Foot' and 'Duke's'.

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{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"}
OK. [[laughter]] What were some of your favorite childhood sports and games?

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{SPEAKER name="Ruth Smith"}
We really, I didn't really have any favorite games. I mean, we would play dodgeball and, and a little softball, and that was it. We didn't have too much leisure time really.

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{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"}
Who were some of your, um, idols as a child? Folks that you looked up to?

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{SPEAKER name="Ruth Smith"}
My Uncle [[ ? ]].

{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"}
His last name is?

{SPEAKER name="Ruth Smith"}
[[ ? ]]

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{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"}
Ok. And why was [[ ? ]]— why was, why did you admire him?

{SPEAKER name="Ruth Smith"}
He played the piano.

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{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"}
Ok. Is he still living?

{SPEAKER name="Ruth Smith"}
Yes.

{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"}
Ok.

{SPEAKER name="Ruth Smith"}
And he's still playing piano for us.

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{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"}
Where, for? You're at Carol Weston?

{SPEAKER name="Ruth Smith"}
Uh, uh-nuh, yeah, I just, you know, visit Carol Weston. My membership was at Brooks.

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{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"}
Ok. Oh, you said "us," so do you have a group that you're with?

{SPEAKER name="Ruth Smith"}
Mhmm.

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{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"}
What's the name of your group?

{SPEAKER name="Ruth Smith"}
The Wayward Travelers.

{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"}
OK.

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{SPEAKER name="Shelia Montague Parker"}
How did your family celebrate the holidays?