Life

Now days Floresville has grocery stores, a movie place, etc., but they didn't always have that. In order to find out about the old days I did an interview with Mr. Claude Gilley, and here are the results.

Q: What year were you born?
A: I was born April 25, 1921

Q: Where were you born (home, hospital, etc.)?
A: I was born in a hospital, and delivered by Dr. Sparks.

Q: In Wilson County where were most of the people born?
A: Most of the people were born in hospitals.

Q: Where did you go to school?
A: I went to a school called Midway on Highway 87.

Q: Could you describe the school?
A: There was more than one room. The classes only went up to 11th grade, and there was no college.

Q: Could you describe the teachers?
A: Mrs. Lucy Neil and Mrs. May Glass. They were old gray-headed ladies.

Q: What activities did you do after school?
A: I'd come home, change and work.

Q: What did your parents do for living?
A: They farmed.

Q: What did most people do for living?
A: Most people either farmed or sold peanuts.

Q: Did you have a bike or anything like that when you were young?
A: No. I didn't even know what shoes were until I was 14.

Q: What was your way of transportation?
A: To walk 6 miles to town and back.

Q: When did you get your first car?
A: In 1949, when I was 28 years old.

Q: What was your first car?
A: It was a Chevrolet.

Q: Did kids ever play together (baseball, tag, hide and seek)?
A: No. Well, sometimes we played in the old jail.

Q: Where there any festivals or celebrations?
A: Sometimes, but they weren't very big.