Interview with Archie Jackson 6
April 4, 2001

 When you went on the Sheriff s Department, who was the sheriff then?

 J: Joe Crevasse.

B: How long were you with the Sheriff s Department?

 J: Twenty-seven years.

B: That's a long time. You saw lots of changes. Who was Sheriff after him?

 J: Lou Endr Then Steve Oelrich. He was elected in November 1976.

B: When you joined the department, how big was it?

 J: Not big at all. Probably



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B: You retired from the Sheriff's Department, and that was a closed page. Tell me
 about what you've done since you retired.

 J: I attend a lot of car shows. I have a good friend, Jimmy Brooker, that I was born
 and raised with. We got to car shows. He has an interest in cars. I've restored a '50 Ford, and he's in the process of restoring one at this time. He has a '56 Ford
 that he has restored. He's really good at it, and he has helped me with a lot of it. B: Can you get all the parts for these cars now?

 J: You can go to Dennis Carpenter in Charlotte, N.C., and get just anything but the
 car. There are a multitude of places in the country now that have opened up, but Carpenter in Charlotte bought the Ford molds. He is the authorized Ford
 reproduction man in the United States.

B: So he can make anything.

 J: Yes. He is a multi, multi millionaire. He has got a barn as big as this one acre
 here full of nothing but Cushman motor scooters. He is also Cushman motor scooter parts representative. You can get everything you want for the car, and there are a lot of junk yards around. There is one just north of town. He has
 twenty '50 Fords in it.

B: So that's your main interest now.


J: Iwork in the yard.

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