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C: Well, the cost then I know was $200 a month. My parents had to pay a little
 more because of the extra care for me.

B: Was the age of six very young for a young lady to leave home?

C: It was real young, but my mother was sick and my father wanted to be
 sure that I was well taken care of.

B: Mrs. Crumpton, being there at that age, do you recall any time that stands
 out in your mind about being a girl at that school?

C: Yes. I enjoyed Baldwin Haven. Baldwin Haven was just like a home. I was
 admitted to sing in the Glee Club in Baldwin Haven. We were taught how to
 cook and how to clean a home.

B: Let us go back to your former first five years. Your father and mother's
 names please.

C: My mother's name is Mrs. Jessie Stedmyre. My father's name is Frank Stedmyre.

B: What did he do for a living?

C: He was a railroad porter on 39 and 40. That was a train that came through
 here from St. Petersburg going to Jacksonville. He went through Gainesville
 every other day.

B: And what did your mother do?

C: My mother was a home person. I was the only child.

B: Tell me something about your parents.

C: Well, they were very sweet parents. They cared for me very much. I was
 brought up very strict in the home. I had to go to church. When I was
 home in the summertime I had to go to Sunday School, and stay through
 morning service on Sunday.

B: Now you say a strict home, what does that mean?

C: A strict home was this: there were certain hours I had to be at home.
 I could not go out and come home whenever I pleased. That was not allowed
 in my home.

B: I see. Being such a young person away from home, and being in a boarding
 school, do you think that made you more of a responsible person or a
 better person or did it make you a little distant from your family?

C: I was not distant at all because my family visited me quite often. When
 school was out, I came home. I was home on the holidays. We were in school
 nine months of the year but on the holidays we were allowed to come home.

B: What was your transportation?

C: I came on the train with my father. He would bring me on the train.