Interview with William Corpew O'Neal 10
February 22, 1996



 permitted me to go on these deer hunts with my friends and their fathers, and they taught
 me what little I know about deer hunting.

C: And you continued to hunt during your adult life, didn't you? 0: I stopped year before last. I became pretty wobbly. I can't walk and coordinate well
 enough now. Not that I couldn't shoot from a stand. I'd just have to sit there and wait.


C: So you graduated from Gainesville High School? 0: Yes.

C: I guess you remember some things about the Depression years in high school times, don't
 you? It was pretty tough on most everybody in town. 0: Yes.

C: Did your father stay on with the Ford agency then? 0: No. We moved back to Miami for two years. C: What year was that?

0: In the late 20's.

C: You weren't even in high school by then? Late 20's, I guess you were. 0: Yes. Dad had bought some property which turned out to be quite valuable and he
 wanted to go back to Miami and develop it and become wealthy on it. He was quite fortunate in that he got out of Miami with something like $25,000.00 instead of a million,
 and came back to Gainesville.

C: So then you were here for life. How long did your dad live? 0: He was ninety-six.

C: Did he go back with the Ford agency when he came back? 0: No. When he came back, he got a real estate broker's license and he had one or two
 ventures in automobile sales. He had partnerships with Ogletree and Tom Bridges. He

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