Interview with Lois Beville Cone 37
March 30, 1995



0: Well, let's see I believe that we had prohibition at that time. Did it have any impact on
 Gainesville?

C: I do not know. I would think so. If you bought whiskey, you would have to go outside the
 county, I am sure, because I knew that Alachua County was a dry county. 0: And do you remember when Alachua County became "undry"? C: No, I do not. Became wet? No, I do not. 0: I could not think of the word. What about the depression? Do you have memories of the
 depression?

C: In the 30's?

0: In the 30O's you and your husband were just starting out then. C: Yes, yes. I remember that he made a very small salary and all, but it went a long ways. I do
 not know that we took trips or anything like that, but we certainly did not want for anything. 0: He was employed all that time? He was never unemployed? C: No.

o: Either by his father, or went into business with. C: With my father.

o: Do you have any special memories connected with WW 11? C: I can remember that we would go up to the Red Cross office and roll bandages and fix
 packages to be distributed. And I can remember that we had an airplane watch, and you would volunteer, and I think that was one thing the Junior League sponsored, but anyway, you would volunteer to go and sit for a certain number of hours, and if any airplanes came over from any direction at all. You know, at that time we were afraid probably because a German sub had been sighted off Jacksonville Beach. And I remember the recreation building was built for the soldiers from Camp Blanding. I remember that we were rationed on shoes, sugar, meat, heating oil and gasoline, and we had stamps, and you had to use those
 stamps for other commodities, I am sure.


0: Well, did being rationed interfere with your lifestyle in an9wy

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