| OCR Text |
Show Betsy Bamberger Less r 1-27-83 p.l5 We were very comfortable during the Depress ion. ~ve never suffered. Dad didn't believe in the Stock Market 1 SO he neve r had ver y much money in the stock market. Of course, the r L ilro~d went into receivership and :he was very concerned about that. And then later on, of course, he wa s terribly concerned about the problem,with the unions. That really was a -- L Well, during the depressionyears, the unions. BL Yeah, but even later on, after the war, and so forth, the unions concerned him. And of course trucking was a tremendous competition to the railroad. To their own railrodd. And he eventually sold the railroad to the Murchisons from Texas. Murchison. Yes, they were oil people in Texas. And then of course the railroad, at thut point, the railroad was disbanded. I think he had run buses off of public transporation.back and forth and he disbanded those. I don't remember the exact timing because I was away. L Areyou getting antsy, do you have to go? BL I have a few more minutes. L In the 30s, amongst the group you grew up with. What was taboo, in your point of view. What are things that yyou wouldn't--couldn't do, growing up. BL Well. Of course, I was brought up very strictly. But, ah. L \{hat does that mean, to be brought up very strictly. BL I mean, my tim~, I was end side one begin side two BL Hard for me to remember specifically , but of course , I was not-- I was not permitted to go out much after school. I had to come right home. I had a very very strict rulings Jbout my doing my homework ~nd my obligations and what was expected of me. I was very highly restricted. I would people I went with and all of this was very carefully controlled. L Chosen, sort of, or chaperoned. Did you go out on dates. BL Went out a lttl ~it, yes. But I had to be in at a certain time. And my father was very strict about my being in. I had to be in my midnight wheni was a young girl. And I was penalized if I didn't get ack on time. Of course, there was always such concern about whether or not people were decent. L Would petting be decent or indecent. BL Oh, terrible. I wasn't even allowed to kiss anybody good night. Or any of these sort of things. very strict. L Would holding hands be possible. BL Well, I suppose, but my father was very very strict about anything. And, of course the idea, I remember once there was an avalanche, when people went up |
