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Recording, Audio |
Scope & Content |
Interview by Donna Cassel of Clarence S. Hendricks (b. 06/30/1899), son of Abram & Ella Smith Hendricks Digital copy available --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Start time Subject 00:00:00 parents, siblings 00:00:59 jobs, hobbies 00:01:51 home life (rode a motorcycle, "I'd rather work with the tractor than eat") 00:03:41 church (preaching done in German until 12-13 years old) 00:05:21 Sunday school (earned tickets for learning Bible verses) 00:06:19 school (some people stayed in school until they were 20) 00:09:04 Titanic sinking 00:09:47 World War 1 (drafted in 1918, but then the war ended, had some friends treated poorly in Conscientious Objector camps) 00:11:10 courtship/marriage (worked on sister's farm, went to camp meetings together) 00:13:07 travel (first car was a Model T) 00:14:14 past versus present (slower pace in the past, but better technology now) 00:18:56 advice for young people |
Date |
1978 |
Object ID # |
2013.25.462 |
Length of Interview |
00:19:31 |
Manuscript Collection # |
z.Audio |
Notes |
Obituary: Hendricks, Clarence S., 94, Telford, Pa. Born: June 30, 1899, Perkasie, Pa., to Abram H. and Ella Smith Hendricks. Died: Nov. 10, 1993, Quakertown, Pa. Survivors - children: David G., James G., Titus G., Ruth H. Moyer; sister: Naomi Cassel; 5 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren. Predeceased by: Martha Gross Hendricks (wife) and an infant son. Funeral and burial: Nov. 15, Franconia Mennonite Meetinghouse, by John M. Ehst, Russell M. Detweiler, and Floyd M. Hackman. (Gospel Herald, Dec. 14, 1993) |
Source |
Gift of S. Duane Kauffman |
People |
Hendricks, Clarence S., 1899-1993 |