Robert H. Allred, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Benjamin Bahlmann, August 18, 2001: Saving the legacy tape no. 360 and 361

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ROBERT H. ALLRED ROB: Well, it marks the time- it was a time when there was a lot of- I gu th y d II it the WP A. Because I remember when they moved people from the east up on th mountain work party for the government. We grew about everything we ate in those days. We didn't really have to go to the store for much. In fact, my mother would churn butter out of some of the milk we made. We had to separate it with a hard crank separator she sold to the store. What little we had to have, some sugars and salt, stuff like that, but we grew our own beef, and vegetables. BEN: Okay, so during that time period, as far as you know, you always had- ROB: We pretty much all had it. I think our skimpest years that I can remember, when it really got a little tight on us: a rattle snake scared a horse my dad was riding, which threw him, and broke his leg. And the bone came right out. And he about missed two years while getting that leg rebuilt. That was some of our skimpest years, I think. BEN: Do you remember the Depression having an effect? A specific effect on your family- not so much you, but looking back, any hard times for your mother and father or anything that you see now? ROB: Well, I don't know if we paid attention as much. Things were different. For instance, my wife's father started teaching college for $100 a month. That was it. That's all you made. That was it. BEN: Isn't that how much they still make now, teachers here? ROB: Well, you know, by the time he retired from down there his top salary was only 7