Interview of Education in the 1930s
1) When and where were you born? I was born the 12th of October, 1919 in Lincoln, VT. Five generations of Purintons have been born and raised in Lincoln.I had two brothers, John and George. John was five years older than me and George was three years older. John died a couple years ago, but George is still alive and well and living up in West Lincoln making maple syrup.My father worked up in the woods clearing land and he also helped out on a farm. My mother mostly stayed at home and cooked and cleaned, like most women did in those days. She would often get together with the ladies from town to bake and sew while sharing the latest gossip.I remember getting up around 5:00 every morning to go outside and get wood for the fire. There was always plenty of work for us kids to do. The boys always did the hard labor, for example, the wood. The girls mostly stayed inside, helping their mother with whatever chores she needed to have done. We only had three boys in our family, so what I remember about what girls did is based on what our friend Carol Ann Rose told us. Carol was two years older than me but she was really go
It was so big compared to that tiny little schoolhouse in Lincoln that I attended grammar school in. The communities are more developed, even little towns like Lincoln. No school meant that there was more work that needed to be done and we needed to get an early start on it. Especially in a small Vermont town, people did not have much money, not like they do now. I remember a few days that I went home with red knuckles, then got spanked at home for misbehaving in school. I liked that a lot because I made a lot friends from other towns that I would not have met otherwise. Of course people still did get divorced, but not as much as they do now. That’s another problem these days, parents just don’t care about their kids. I remember many a white Christmas spent outside with our cousins from New York throwing snowballs at each other. Family would often come to visit for Christmas. 11) Do you remember anything else about growing up?Only school-related stuff, but I understand that’s the reason you’re here anyway.
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