Interview with Harriet Louisa (Wade) Blake Stratton

Harriet Louisa (Wade) Blake Stratton was interviewed on December 9, 1968 at the Cooper Rest Haven in St. George, Washington County, Utah by Fielding H. Harris, a representative of Voices of Remembrance Foundation. She related her personal history of living in various parts of England, Utah and Nevada. Her husband, Grant Stratton, also participated.

FH:Would you please give your [full] name?

HS:My name is Harriet Louisa (Wade) Blake Stratton.

FH:[What is] your birth date?

HS:[I was born] January 10, 1890.

FH:What is the place of your birth?

HS:[I was born in] Yorkshire, England.

FH:What was the name of the town?

HS:It was Farsley.

FH:[That is spelled] F-A-R-S-L-E-Y.

FH:What was your father's name?

HS:[His name was] Solomon Wade.is name wHHis

FH:[What was] your mother's [full] name?

HS:[Her name was] Sarah Elizabeth ["Lizzie"] (Truman) [Wade].

FH:[Will] you tell what you remember about your early life in England?

HS:There was plenty to eat --pie, cake and anything that was eatable. I always had a good Christmas and we had a good father and mother.

FH:Did you live in a little town?

HS:It really wasn't a little town. It had a town street and then you would come down a-ways and then there were more houses.

FH:Was it a small village?

HS:Yes.

FH:Did you have a lot of girlfriends?

HS:Yes.

FH:Did you attend church?

HS:I never missed church.

FH:What church did you belong to when you were born?

HS:We joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in England.

FH:Was this after you heard the gospel?

HS:Yes. It was just a few weeks after --.

FH:[Did] you belong to the Church of England first?

HS:Yes. We joined the Church of England even when we were Mormons.

FH:[Did] you go to the Church of England even after you became Mormons?

HS:[The church] had big fancy windows.

FH:Was it one of those old-time churches?

HS:It was there when I was over there [the] last time.

FH:Tell a little about your home life.

HS:We did a little bit of everything. There isn't anything I haven't made or done.

FH:Tell about some of the things you made. Did you do your own sewing?

HS:Yes, I did my own sewing, knitting, crocheting and I made quilts. I made about fifty quilts. I have twelve in the drawer, but they are down at my daughters right now [in Leeds, Washington County, Utah]. They have the top on them, but they aren't finished.

GS:[Inaudible]

FH:You need to finish the quilts. [Did] you bring them to America with you?

HS:No.

FH:[Did] you make them after you [arrived] in America?

HS:Yes.

FH:How old were you when you heard about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- day Saints, [the] Mormon Church?

HS:I guess I would have been about fifteen [years old].

FH:Did you hear the missionaries teach?

HS:Part of it was about preaching. It really wasn't preaching. My brother [Edwin Truman] was next to me. He had double pneumonia and when he started getting better and walking around, the elders picked him up. [Laughter] They got to know all about it. There was something else I was going to tell you.

FH:When the elders picked him up, did they bring him home?

HS:They brought him [home].

FH:Did they start to preach to him?

HS:They went on preaching. Then he told about the [condition of] my mother. She had these chronic rheumatics. She said it would be a miracle if she was ever healed. She went a time or two to meetings; she didn't go straight away. One of the elders called her and told her she could be healed if she had faith enough. He talked to her and found out what she knew all about the gospel. It was a couple of weeks later she went to Blackford [England] and was baptized. After we 00:07:00came [back] from [the] baptism, they had a blessing afterwards.

FH:Was she confirmed a member of the church?

HS:Yes.

FH:What happened [afterwards]?

HS:They brought twelve elders down from the headquarters and they [were] all 00:08:00around in a group and prayed over her. My mother said she could feel electricity running clear through her. After they [were] through with the blessing, they told her that was it. She still sat on the chair they had put her on and there were twelve elders and the president [there]. One of the young elders said, "Sister Wade, are you going to sit on that chair all night?" It kind of broke [the situation] up and she got up. She had never walked, but was carried down 00:09:00there. She had it that bad.

FH:[Was] she carried there?

HS:Yes and then she walked back. My father came home that night. He was a carpenter. He said, "Say, "Lizzie," has there been a miracle tonight?" He didn't 00:10:00know anything about it. We hadn't told him anything about these places. I don't know if mother started telling him that night or when they finished telling about it.

FH:She was healed. [Did] he know beforehand that there had been a miracle?

HS:Not until he had [come] into the house.

FH:He knew before they told him though.

HS:Yes.

FH:Wonderful!

HS:They told it in church and all over.

FH:Did all of the family [join] the church or did just part of them?

HS:They are all in. They are all married and sealed in the church, all but one and we haven't gotten him in yet.

FH:How long did you stay in England after you joined the church? [Was it] about 00:11:00six years?

HS:We stayed until 1911.

FH:Were you active in the church in England?

HS:Every day [that] I could go I took part in everything.

FH: [Did] you know right away it was the true church?

HS:That was the way we felt about it. We have never gone away from it.

FH:Did you have much trouble getting to America?

HS:No. All we had to do was send in applications and, next, we were on the boat sailing.

FH:Did you come on a big ship?

HS:Oh yes! It was an Atlantic steamer. We were second-class [passengers]. Third- class [passengers] had to go below.

FH:Did you have a good trip?

HS:Yes

FH:Did you get seasick?

HS:Part of the time I did. There must have been some [kind of] an accident because the engines stopped. I never asked about it because I was too young. We 00:13:00were always being told we were too young. [Laughter] We had music on the boat.

FH:Did you dance?

HS:Yes, I could dance. I was corrected and told to quit [dancing], but I didn't listen.

FH:You didn't listen. [Did] you like to dance?

HS:Yes.

FH:Do you remember how long it took you to come across the ocean?

HS:It took one week.

FH:Where did you land?

HS:[We landed in] New York [City, New York].

FH:[Did] you stay in New York?

HS:No, we didn't. We booked a boat --.

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FH:[Did] you stay a week at the Fort and spend a week in Montreal, Canada?

HS:Yes. After we stayed in Montreal for a week, we went on the train to Chicago [Illinois] and were a week on the train.

FH:[Did] you [come] from Montreal to Salt Lake City [Salt Lake County, Utah]?

HS:We went through all of the [cities].

FH:How did you like that trip?

HS:Oh, it was trying.

FH:Was it a little different than in England?

HS:It was nothing like England, but it was different.

FH:How did you feel about America after you got here? Did you like the looks of it?

HS:We came right on to Salt Lake City. When we [arrived] there, they were all in summer clothes, dressed up and looked fine. When we landed in Ohio, we had our 00:16:00winter clothes on. When we got here, they were all dressed up and we were like tramps! [Laughter]

FH:[Did] you feel rather conspicuous?

HS:Yes.

FH:Where did you go to after you got here?

HS:When we got there, my father had rented a twelve-room house, but he couldn't [pay the rent]. We had to pass on the money to go in there.

FH:[Do] you mean that you had to exchange your money?

HS:Yes.

FH:[Did] you have to pay rent?

HS:I guess dad paid it. I don't know.

FH:[Did] you have a twelve-room home to go to in Salt Lake City?

HS:Yes.

FH:[Did] you stay at the Wilson Hotel? How long did you stay there?

HS:It was not very long, just until [inaudible]. [Laughter]

FH:Where did you go to make your home?

HS:I stayed in Salt Lake City for a year and then I married my husband.

FH:[Is] that where you met him?

HS:Yes.

FH:Tell how you met him.

HS:There was a baptism [going] on and about all the people it could hold were there.

FH:Was it in the baptismal font [at the Salt Lake] Tabernacle?

HS:Yes. They had it in the font there. No, it was in the swimming pool.

FH:In the swimming pool!

HS:Yes, the swimming pool.

FH:Do you know the name of [the swimming pool]?

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FH:Where did you meet your husband?

HS:It was at church again. [Laughter] All the men were this way and this way. The women were sitting on the steps and [inaudible] were there. [Inaudible] was 00:19:00there and sat between us. I asked him [why] did he come to America He said, "I came for two purposes." I said, "What are the two purposes [inaudible]. [Inaudible]" He said, "I came first to preach the gospel and second to get me a wife."

I was a little clever in those days. I said, "How will I do?" [Inaudible] [Laughter] He never left us all that day. We tried to get rid of him. [Laughter] We had to go to church to be confirmed. It was a kind of church.

FH:[Did] he [go] with you?

HS:No, we went on without him. It was required that they walk in a row behind 00:21:00us. It was a sneaky [inaudible].

FH:Did you spot the one you wanted?

HS:Not right away. It was a day or two [later] because he kept visiting our home.

FH:Was his name Blake?

HS:Sure. Joseph Edward Blake [was his name].

FH:Where was his home?

HS:It was in St. George, of all places.

FH:Did he take a shine to you and find you?

HS:[He] must have because we were married a year after.

FH:[Did] he court you for a year?

HS:Yes.

FH:Did he take you to different places?

HS:We went to the Salt Palace, we went to Windermere and we went to [the Great] Salt Lake and danced on the floor [at Saltair]. I can't remember [where else we went]. [Inaudible] We went to the Salt Lake Theatre two or three times.

FH:Were you married in the temple?

HS:Yes, in the Salt Lake Temple.

[Joseph Edward and Harriet Louisa (Wade) Blake were married October 3, 1912 in the Salt Lake Temple, Salt Lake County, Utah.]

FH:Where did he take you to live after you [were] married? Did he take you to St. George?

HS:He brought me home to St. George.

FH:He brought you all the way down here to St. George. How did you like St. George? Was it a little different than Salt Lake [City]?

HS:To tell you the truth, I didn't have time to think about it. I went straight to the [St. George] Temple and everybody wanted to mother me. [Inaudible]

FH:[Did] they treat you [very] good?

HS:I [inaudible] and tended my business.

FH:[Did] you start having a family?

HS:That wasn't until a year after we were married. I had a boy [Melvin Blake].

FH:How many children did you have?

HS:We had nine children, three boys and six girls. I have to try and remember 00:25:00that one. It will come back to me. [Children were: Melvin, Verda, Grace, Clara, Ernst, Lanora, Truman, Eula and Roberta Blake.]

FH:Alright. Were you active in your ward here?

HS:We went to church when they had the older group every Sunday morning. I would go all day long until they shut up at night. That was [the] Fourth Ward. I don't know what ward it was before that.

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FH:How much [education] did you have before you [were] married?

HS:I have it on the sheet.

FH:[Did] you go to school in England?

HS:Sure, I went up to the ninth grade. I was asked to be a [inaudible] teacher.

FH:Did you like to teach?

HS:I liked to do anything that there is to do.

FH:Were you about fifteen [years old] when you got out of school?

HS:No, because I went a bit longer. I went until I was eighteen [years old]. I went until the second grade [year] of college. I could have been a teacher there.

FH:[Did] you want to teach then?

HS:I couldn't stomach it. [Inaudible] [Laughter]

FH:What did you do to have fun while you were growing up?

HS:We went streetcar riding and ate fish and chips. We went to band concerts and [inaudible].

FH:Did you do a lot of things that the young folks do in England?

HS:Yes. They didn't do much entertaining here.

FH:What do you remember about your father?

HS:When he would come from work he would bring us a pocketful of whatever there was. He would buy us pork pot pies.

FH:Did you look in his pockets for sweets?

HS:No.

FH:[Laughter]

HS:I haven't been interested in sweets for years.

FH:What about when you were [younger] and your daddy would come home?

HS:We were all treated alike. Everyone gathered around.

FH:How many brothers and sisters did you have?

HS:I told you once. There are ten brothers and sisters -- five girls and five boys.

FH:Where are your brothers and sisters now? Did they all come to America?

HS:Yes, they all came to America. They are all dead but one, and that is a sister [Olive Wade][who] is two years younger than me.

FH:Tell about your mother.

HS:I can't remember about it. [Laughter] She was a good woman. She always made 00:30:00our clothing and umbrellas. She [made] everything for us to wear.

FH:Was she a good cook?

HS:Marvelous! She was the best cook on earth!

FH:Could she make Yorkshire pudding?

HS:Yes, she could make anything. I liked the puddings and anything she cooked.

FH:Could she really fix a spread [at] Thanksgiving and Christmas?

HS:Yes. Every Sunday we had big pieces of meat.

FH:Did she ever bake tarts for you?

HS:I can make tarts myself. [Laughter]

FH:You can?

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HS:What would you like?

FH:Your children are all --.

HS:Yes. They all go to the temple so many days a week and they are all active in the church. My son-in-law [Royal] is the bishop. He is one of bishop's counselors.

FH:Are your daughters active in the different church organizations?

HS:Yes, they are. One [Roberta] is a genealogist and she is the biggest [best] 00:32:00one they have there.

FH:[Does] she lives in Las Vegas [Nevada]?

GS:She lives in North Las VegasHS:No, not North Las Vegas, just Las Vegas on West Charleston [Street].

FH:Can you think of her name?

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HS:[Her name is] Roberta (Blake) Barnum. [She lives at] 4522 West Charleston Boulevard in Las Vegas, Nevada.

FH:She is the one that likes genealogy work.

HS:She does a lot of it.

FH:Have all of your children been active [in the church]?

HS:Sure. They are all active except the middle boy [Ernst].

FH:The middle boy doesn't care much about [church].

HS:[Inaudible] but no further. You can't push him over that last step.

FH:Have you lived in St. George all of your married life?

HS:Yes.

FH:That has been quite a few years.

HS:I guess it has.

FH:You came here in 1911.

HS:It was a week after we got married up there until now.

FH:Have you seen a lot of changes in St. George?

HS:Oh boy, lots!

FH:It doesn't look much like it did when you came here.

HS:No, it doesn't.

FH:Was the [St. George] Temple in the center of town when you came?

HS:Yes, it was in the center.

FH:Now the town has grown up around it.

HS:[Inaudible]

FH:There weren't many houses down here [at that time].

HS:No, there weren't. I can remember when there was only my brother-in-law's house, a red brick one up there, just below the temple.

FH:If you could tell your children and your descendants how you would like them to live and [give] counsel [to] them, what would you tell them?

HS:[To live] just like we live now!

FH:How is that?

HS:[To] live a religious [life] and never turn out the temple.

FH:[Do] you want them to stay close to the church?

HS:Yes, stay close to the church and I think they will do it. I don't think I have a grandchild or great-grandchild this far behind.

FH:Are they all active?

HS:They are all doing their duty, as far as I know.

FH:What happened to your husband [Joseph Edward] Blake?

HS:He died of cancer. He was two years dying.

[Joseph Edward Blake died February 3, 1958 in Henderson, Clark County, Nevada.]

FH:That is the hard way.

HS:Yes.

FH:While you were married, what did he do for a living?

HS:He had a ranch.

FH:Was it near St. George?

HS:No. He owned [the] Blue Diamond [Ranch in Diamond Valley, Washington County, Utah.]

FH:Did you have cattle out there?

HS:We had cattle and any [animal] that came along on four legs.

FH:Did you live out at the ranch part of the time?

HS:I was there after he was hurt. [The] cancer was [the result of his injury]. 00:38:00After he was hurt I went to work. He wouldn't hear tell of it, but I told him I had as much right to work as he had. [Laughter] At first, he wouldn't wear a shirt I bought [for him]. There were a lot of [times] you had to pull tricks on [him]. He finally got used to it.

FH:[Did] he get to where he would accept [you working]? He probably was glad you were able to take over.

HS:I took over and went to work.

FH:Were the children all raised by then?

HS:They were nearly all raised and we were able to get along. There were three children home [at this time.] There was enough left.

FH:Sure. Did they help you?

HS:Yes, [in] every way -- work, money and anything they had. We would not have survived to begin with, but they did their share [to help].

FH:You must have a pretty wonderful family.

HS:I have the best family in the world. I can tell you that.

FH:Are you prejudiced?

HS:No.

FH:Tell all of [your children] how you feel about them.

HS:They all know. They don't [me] need telling.

FH:Alright. They still need to hear it on this tape.

HS:I [have] already told them on post cards.

FH:That is fine. Would you like to bear your testimony to them?

HS:Sure.

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HS:We joined the church, came here and worked. I joined the church when my mother was ill and that was the first batch [group]. I always felt this was the 00:41:00right church and didn't want another [church]. We stayed close all of the time. I can't think of much more to say.

FH:How [do] you feel about the prophet and the president of the church?

HS:We know the prophet was the real one and the church is the first to put Christ --.

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FH:Would you like to give your testimony?

HS:No!

FH:You wouldn't?

HS:I would slap anybody who interfered.

FH:Okay. [Do] you think it was the finest thing that ever happened?

HS:The best [that] I want and the best all my children want. There it is. We were never brought up to be rough or rowdy.

FH:[Were you] gentile English people [who] came to America to live?

HS:That is the way we came -- to change to a different life.

FH:Was it a big change?

HS:Yes. Sometimes it was too big of a change for me.

FH:Do you like it here?

HS:I wouldn't go back [to England other than] to visit. I like to visit there.

FH:Are you happy and satisfied with America?

HS:Yes, I always have been. That is why I [am always] saying, "Why do people say 00:43:00how bored they get?" There is no cause for it that I [can] see.

FH:It pays to be happy with what you have.

HS:We and all of the family have been happy and contented. Never did my husband give a [inaudible] about a thing. When there was a program in the tabernacle, instead of going to these doings they were pulling on me, we went to the program.

FH:[Did] you support the church activities?

HS:Yes.

FH:After your husband, [Joseph Edward] Blake, died, what happened to you?

HS:I worked for awhile. I went to live [in Las Vegas, Nevada] with my daughter [Roberta], the [youngest] one. We were happy and getting along fine for about five years. Then one day I came home -- I don't like telling this, it is tattle tales. They were at home and Odean [Barnum] said to "Bert" [Roberta], "Are we 00:45:00going on that trip?" She said, "Sure." We went on the trip and got to my home town [St. George] and all the doors were all locked up. They didn't take me to my home on Second South and Second East [Streets]. The car stopped here at [Cooper] Rest Haven. I was a bit bewildered and said, "Why are we stopping 00:46:00here?" My daughter said, "Everything is alright." He didn't say much. I don't think he liked it. I said, "Why is everything alright?" [She said], "Everything is paid for and everything is done. All you have to do is get your clothes and [things]." I thought: my gosh! I lived there all that time. After they [left], I got all of my clothes out and [was] shown [to] the room I [was] to have.

I didn't say anything for a time or two, but he [Odean] brought me $10.00. I 00:47:00said, "What is that for?" He said, "That is for your pay here." I didn't know if I could draw more or less. I didn't question, but that hurt me worse than anything. She is a beautiful girl and it is a shame to think of it.

FH:Sometimes these [situations] are kind of hard.

HS:It has been for me because I have not liked it. I don't like the place and I can't settle down. I want to scream at them. I can't help it. It is just there.

FH:There is something we have missed. Tell about the trip you took back to England.

HS:[Laughter] When we first landed in England --.

FH:Who went with you?

HS:Mary Adams [a friend from St. George] went with me. She is still living.

FH:What happened when you first landed there?

HS:We caught [a] bus and went to the place we [were] to go [to].

FH:Did you go on a boat?

HS:Yes. We went on [the Queen Mary] first. Then when we got off of the boat 00:49:00[and] went by train. I had a brother who lived in Bromley [England]. I stayed at his place and my partner went to [visit] her folks.

FH:[Were] you [able] to visit with them?

HS:Yes. We went back and forth from there. [Inaudible] She had to go further out in the country than I had to.

FH:Were her folks also from England?

HS:Yes.

FH:How long did you stay over there?

HS:I stayed there three months.

FH:You had a nice visit.

HS:It cost $600.00! We saw everything and didn't miss a thing.

FH:It was worth it then.

HS:We went to all of the buildings and places [like the] Notre Dame Cathedral [in Paris, France].

FH:Did you go to Madame Tussaud's [museum in London, England]?

HS:We didn't go there. It didn't interest me. We did go to a castle and I think it was in Paris [France]. You could go into the gates and the gates were tall. 00:51:00[Inaudible] We had our pictures taken. I could tell you a lot, if I could remember.

FH:[Did] you have a wonderful time?

HS:Yes. It was a wonderful time.

FH:Did the English cooking seem good to you?

HS:[Laughter] I thought when I got there I would have some meat and potato pie, but I never [had] any. [Laughter] That was so funny. The things I thought I would get when I got there, I couldn't remember later. We got along without, but they were good meals. We had Yorkshire pudding with everything. We went from 00:52:00England to Wales and then back to England and prince, what did they call the prince? He happened to be playing polo. [Inaudible] We stopped and saw that. What a good looking [fellow]. [Laughter] We went to Clyde and we went to 00:53:00[inaudible] and we [went] to a Scottish castle.

FH:Did you go up to Scotland?

HS:Yes. We [were] up there and then we went from there to [inaudible]. [Inaudible] We went to Gloucester [Scotland] by another boat to Isle of --. It 00:54:00is a different name than Isle of Man [between England and Ireland]. We stayed there a week dancing and doing one thing and another.

FH:Were you having a good time?

HS:Yes. We stopped at a castle and it cost the man [who] built it two million dollars. They made it out of [inaudible]. After that, we [spent] two afternoons 00:55:00here [doing] scenic traveling. [Inaudible]

FH:You had a general tour of England.

HS:All of these little places were interesting. One place was on the lake. One place on the lake [was] where [inaudible]. [Inaudible] the mean ones were 00:56:00waiting in the brush and they went back to Scotland and massacred the whole clan.

FH:The clan?

HS:Yes, and they are all buried in this place on the lake. They murdered all of them, boys and anybody [who] was with them. After we left that castle 00:57:00[inaudible] stayed with those people there. [Inaudible] [drew] a diagram of a shotgun [inaudible].

FH:There were different kinds of weapons.

HS:[Inaudible] down and down and ended up with a cannon. [Inaudible] in the 00:58:00olden days when there was trouble. One of their sons had a [inaudible] castle. I don't know what they did to the old man, but they had him in the rocking chair and placed him in the murder place. Afterward, we came back on the trains, got 00:59:00on a big ship and came back [to America].

FH:Was it a big liner?

HS:Yes.

FH:Did you [travel] second-class passage?

GS:Did you come second-class?

FH:How did you come this time?

HS:We came back on top of the deck! We had a good time. Some of [the passengers] were sick.

FH:Did you get sick?

HS:No. Everybody [was] sick but me.

FH:You had a good trip all of the way. [Did] it take you about a week to come back on the boat?

GS:That is what she said.

HS:I guess it was. I forget some things. I came back home to St. George.

FH:[While] you lived here in Cooper Rest Haven, did you meet a fellow here?

HS:[Laughter] Fools tick [inaudible].

GS:Tell them and they will believe you. [Laughter]

HS:One day I was sitting on the porch. I couldn't travel far with a bum leg so I had been sitting there a long time. Here comes this [fellow] and he sat down [next] to me. We talked back and forth like when you visit. It went on for how 01:01:00many days?

GS:It went on until [November] 22nd.

HS:[Laughter] I am ashamed to tell you -- at our ages. We had a nice wedding.

FH:Did he ask you to marry him?

HS:Yes, he asked me to marry him and I don't think he was expecting it [my answer]. I said, "Sure!" [Laughter] I wasn't thinking about him; I was thinking when I would do it. I hadn't given him a reason. The reason was I was so damned 01:02:00sick of being around with just one. I was determined I would not live alone anymore. That worked quickly. [Laughter]

GS:[Laughter]

FH:Are you sorry now?

HS:No! [Laughter]

FH:That must have been three weeks ago. When were you married?

GS:It was November 22, [1968].

FH:That was last month.

HS:It was that quick and I was determined I wouldn't be single any longer. [Laughter] I can't tell you how many times I made eyes at him. [Laughter] Grant Stratton was the [fellow] I was going to have.

FH:[Did] they fix you up in a nice comfortable place together?

HS:We are comfortable here.

FH:[Do] you look forward to a lot of happiness?

HS:I just go on my impulse all of the time. It is a wonder I haven't gotten in more trouble than [I have]. [Laughter] Do you want any more [that] I can tell you?

FH:Are you happy together?

HS:Sure. We go out together a lot.

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FH:[Did] they put streamers, ribbons and pom-poms all around [and] fix up the rest home nice for your wedding?

HS:Yes

FH:[Did] they made a big [event] of it and treat you [very] nice?

HS:After it was over, one of the brothers gave me this ring and another brother brought him his. My other rings were so tight [that] I had to [use] my teeth to pull them off. [Laughter] After the ceremony we had a dance. They made it all complete and it was right good.

FH:[Did] they have a dance here? That is [very] nice. They had a big write-up in the paper about it, too.

HS:Did they? [Laughter] I didn't know [that]. My family and my husband's family were at the wedding and we all enjoyed it.

FH:That is wonderful.

HS:I don't think I could remember it all because there is so much [that has] gone [on] before.

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