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Object ID |
FMH-A0004b |
Object Name |
Audio, Digital |
Description |
Interview (audio) dated February 20, 1980 and April 28, 1980 of Mrs. Hazele Williams Payne (1891-1991). The interviewer is not identified. This is the second part of an interview with Hazele Williams Payne. The first part can be heard at FMH-A0004a in these Archives, followed by other interviews at FMH-A0007a and FMH-A0007b. Mrs. Payne recounts a wide range of topics about life in Fairhope including people, parties, dances, entertainment, bayfront activities, and locations of homes and businesses. This interview centers around a cartoon written in rhyme and illustrated by W. A. Dealy (aka Bill Dealy, William A. Dealy) in 1916 for the PPK Minstrel Show. Dealy revamped the script and illustrations in 1943 and published it "for my Fairhope friends." The booklet is available in these FSTC Archives at 37_2_001-008. As the interviewer reads Dealy's comic poem, Mrs. Payne stops her after every few lines and comments on the people and situations, providing fascinating and many times humorous details about early Fairhope. The interview runs approximately 30 minutes. A transcription of the narration is available through the link below. The transcription was made electronically through Whisper software, and there may be minor errors. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives, Fairhope Museum of History Collection. |
Date |
1980 |
PDF link |
Click here to view the transcript. |
Video link |
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People |
Payne, Hazele Williams Bowen, Michael A. (1869-1953) Bowen, Michael A. (1869-1953) Dealy, William Austin (1888-1958) Dealy, Myrtle Carey (1895-1974) Gaston, James E., Sr. (1890-1966) Gaston, Olive Wood "Piney" Johnson, Axil Johnson, Nettie F. Crawford, Frances Lily Gaston "Frankie" (1889-1972) Gaston, Clara Mershon (1862-1934) Gaston, Ernest B. (1861-1937) Mershon, Arthur Hendrickson (1865-1960) Mershon, Nathaniel L. (1849-1931) Mershon, C. L., M.D. Galbraith, I. M. "Jack" Sheldon, Nick. Dr. Snell, Alice Herring Christopher Rockwell, Reuben Lucier Greeno, Harris S., Dr. (1832-1919) Melville, Alexander J. (1861-1935) Klumpp, Bernie Stimpson, William (1869-1923) Albright, P. Y. Sinclair, Upton Smith, Molasses Ring Pedro, the Goat Wolf, A. J. White, Clarence Otis |
Search Terms |
Interviews Dance Entertainment Party Businesses Houses Mobile Bay PPK Club MInstrel Shows Cartoons Poem Burkel's Pavilion Grand Hotel Point Clear, Alabama |
Title |
Interview, dated 1979 with Hazel Williams Payne about life in early Fairhope. Includes rhymes by W. A. Dealy. Part 2 |