Oral history with Ms. Sarah Bernice Arnold

              Oral history with Ms. Sarah Bernice Arnold
F341.5 . M57 vol. 746, pt. 1
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Biography
Ms. Sarah Bernice Arnold was born January 25, 1913, in Saltillo, Mississippi. Her father was a farmer. In 1928, when Ms. Arnold was 15 years old, her father died, making it necessary for her to go to work to help support the family. Ms. Arnold lived through the Depression and the closing of the banks in the 1930s, at which time she went to work sewing, setting cuffs on shirts in a factory in Tupelo.
Her husband, Clarence Arnold, served in the Air Force during World War II. Both Ms. Arnold and her husband later worked in the post office for a number of years. In 1980 Ms. Arnold's husband passed away. They have one son, Robert Edgar Arnold, who is a physician.
As part of a team, Ms. Arnold composed a book of local history regarding the Saltillo area; it is titled The Life and Times of Saltillo.
Table of Contents
I. Childhood
II. High school
III. Sweet gum for chewing gum
IV. The Depression
V. Sewing in the factory in Tupelo
VI. The Fair
VII. World War II
VIII. President Franklin D. Roosevelt
IX. Working at the post office
X. The Tupelo tornado
XI. Saltillo history book
XII. Washing with rain water
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