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this was the place that had been hit so badly. As we came closer and closer
to the house they became more and more nervous. I don't think the house was
badly injured, but it lost a few trees. That was the way it was. It just
touched here and...
D: I think that it was a year afterwards that a very small one came down
through at the bottom of the hill, right at the stream, and took quite a
few trees there.
R: But now this again is in the middle of Gainesville and is no longer on the
edge of Gainesville.
D: That's right. We selected this so we wouldn't be so far away; we would like
to have found a place even closer to the University, but it was just not
possible.
R: Well, what are you interested in now, Emma? Your grandchildren are success-
fully into college and into careers of their own. Tell us about your life
today.
D: I'm afraid my life today is one of being entertained a good bit because I
play golf, and I have a group lunch every Wednesday, and the Garden Club
has been a big thing in my life. I joined it because of John, but then I
found I enjoyed it a whole lot.
R: Which club do you belong to?
D: I belong to the Gloriosa, and I was a charter member so we've been together
since forty-eight.
R: Does that mean a lot to you?
D: We're not such good gardeners any more, but we do have a good time. I do a
little bit of church work but not much, and I keep thinking that I'm going
back to the hospital work, but I haven't yet. But the thing is I go away so
much. I went to China last year.
R: Oh, tell us about the trip to China.
D: Ann Little and I-went together and it was an experience I always wanted.
John and I became very fond of the Chinese after we had lived in Taiwan for
a year. John had always been interested in the topography of China.
R: Did we skip over your time in Taiwan?
D: I believe we did?
R: What year did this go on?
D: I believe that was sixty-four or sixty-five. Well, it was the year, just one year.
R: Was he with an international organization?
D: It was a Fulbright with the university. He taught at two universities
there, the Provincial University and the National University.
R: Is that where you got this beautiful rug?
D: Yes.