M: Well, you mentioned a lot of the stores that were
 around the square and your place was very close to them.
 Do you recall the 1938 fire? Did you come out to see
 it?

P: Oh yeah.

M: How did you know there was a fire?

P: There were fire alarms all over town. Everybody knew
 there was a fire. In those days, fire was nothing like
 now. They used to all go for that.

M: What reaction did you have?

P: Well, people talked and sat around the courthouse square
 when Cox burned out. Thomas Hardware Store over there
 on the side had a big fire too.

M: Were you ever fearful that it might spread to your place?

P: No, I was too far from it. The fire I had was in '33,
 way down there on the corner where I'm at now. The store
 was a frame house.

M: The '38 fire, then, was more a social event.

P: Yes. Cox burned out before he moved to the corner where
 he is now. It used to be a drug store, McCollum Drug
 Store.

M: Where was Cox at that time?

P: He moved in there after the fire.

M: What are the other things that have post cards and things
 Parker?

P: That's where Cox's was, around in the neighborhood. I
 don't know if it is in same building, but right there.

M: Then he moved down later after the fire. What did you
 do for recreation in your free time? Did you ever go swimming
 to the springs in the area?

P: We didn't have very many springs way back then I first came
 in. We didn't even have a Glen Springs until later on.