M: Mrs. Tison, could you tell me where you were born?
T: I was born in Monongahela, Pennsylvania.
M: Your parents, were they from Pennsylvania?
T: Yes. My mother's family came from Monongahela, in 18:03.
M: Were their parents from the United States also?
T: My father's parents were from Germany and my mother's parents
were from Pennsylvania. They came with William Penn.
M: How would you characterize your home situation as a young child?
T: Very happy. Three girls and both parents.
M: How old were your sisters? Were you a middle child or. ...
T: No, I'm the oldest one.
M: You're the oldest. Did you have an idea that your parents wanted
you to get an education when you were young? Were they geared toward
education, everybody to school at that time?
T: Well, I never heard that you wouldn't go on to college. A part
of growing up was to go on to college.
M: What do you remember about elementary school? Was it all day long,
ninetionths out of the year at that time?
T: Nine months till 4:00 in the afternoon. A full day with an hour off
at noon for lunch.
M: Most of the kids stayed there at school?
T: No. Most of us went home for lunch.
M: You were in a small town than that. .
T: No, but you went to the school nearest your home.
M: Well, that's like they do now. Well, they're getting away from that,
I guess, with busing. It was like a neighborhood school?
T: Yes.
M: Everybody walked to school?