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Interview with Hazel Moate-----Index Timer 0-5 minutes 10-15 15-20 20-25 25-30 J0-35 Introduction, early childhood. Haz 1 • s parents divorced when. she was 2 years old ( 190 J) •. Many house}te pers came and went during this time. Th Yakima Indians would ride through ~aJcima every fall to pick huckleberries in the mountains •• Hazel ' s father remarried wh n she wae 7. He marri d his 1st wife • s sister,, who had two daughters (Ethel and Della) from a previous marriag • Chores, the orchard, and schools . The girls tended the gard n, .took care of the chickens,. and helped with the washing. They also sorted mill nds at the lumberyard . At th ir house in Fruitval , th y had all kinds of fruit tr es,, and grap s and berri s, too . Hazel and D lla started school at age 7i because their father wouldn't allow them to go earlier. Hazel m t her future husband , George H •. oate (1886-1979) , at her aunt and uncle's ranch in Low r Wachee during World War I. Her father took Hazel and Della to Tacoma to visit f~·ends, relatives, and Gorge in 1918. Hazel and Geo· g married a few weeka afte ·the Armistice. Her · stepmoth r had~ a'washing machine, so she didn't hav much scrubbing to do. How Hazel' 's motb.er becaz;ne a nursen arly married .life, Wh n Hazel ' s :father became too crippled with arthritis to ork, her mother too~ a correspondence cours to becom a ractical nurse. The n.ewly-w d Rasel and George li d t h r parent's house until he had built a garag . for a n w hous • Th y lived in that, with no el ctrici ty, until th house was built, and was promptly sold. Babies, camping trips. Th ir f ir t daughter, .abel, was born in the second house G or built . G orge bought Hazel an lectric washing m chin to make washing easier. Th y had three more d u ht rs during thi t'me (4 kids 1919-1926), and Hazel b f ed them all. The family went on camping trip , and eek-long trips to the coast. More babies , the Depression, and th cabin. Young George was born in 19)1, which mad old G orge very ha py. Ru h bad to postpon her wedding, because Hazel wa pr gnant again. Bobby as born at about the tim Ruth want d to get marri d (1940). The family owned a cabin at Rimrock Lake, and called th ir rowboa~Damfino (it had Wh re' George? on the other side). They los . everything exc pt their hous and the cabin during the Depre sion, Early Yakima . Italian workmen and chaingangs laid streetcar tracks on, Yakima's dirt streets. Th kids would stare at them on their way to school. Th Qircus always had a big parade . 35- 40 40- 46 50-55 55-60 6o-65 Pr sid nts oosev l t .and Taft also had parades. .ore childhood memories , th trip to the beach. There us d to be a great deal .of sag brush around Fruitv. ale, and th y had big tr s to climb on• Th y ould •have big b.onf'ires in th spring after th orchards were prune • Back to adult lif ••• th family mad a big trip to the beach and had to sleep in,a wash .house . They old their cabinaft r th D pr ssion. Georg looks for work, disast r strikes, Hazel finds work. G orge went to Oour d'alene and tayed with his broth r whil working their. Bobby drowned in: an irrigation. ditch (1942)near th ir house. Hazel worked im a cannery a part • of th war effort , but didn•t like it. Sh later st rt d fostering ohildr n , and adopted on of them. They moved away from the ditch, and George got back into b.usiness by building homes for th returning GI•s End of Sid On Some of t he intervi w was lost becaus th tap ran out. Opinions, schools . . Haz 1 giv s a lon.g opinion on childraising, wom n working · out i d th home, and the ffects of divorce on childr n. Sh ov d going to school , and lik d many of h r t ach r , v n th on s with a r putation for crabbiness. More on school, sports .... H r :favor t subjects wer ancient history, English, sp lling, ··;; math, r ading. Last liked were geometry, . g ography,history , and writi stories. Sh liked sport , and played bas t ball , !loll~ ~r 1 : , baseball,, t nnie. Her fath r built a 'rt tenni$ court in th ir yard . Haz 1 was happy with h r marriag , her family, but not with h r early chi~dhood. Mor on arly Yakima, .. canning Haz 1 was born on N. Front Str et, which was on of th main st eta, along with let and 2nd. Later, Nach a Ave . wa built i th a park down the middl • The city · u d to b covered with irrigatiorr ditch s . Now th water runs pip • Her mother cann d all the frui in their orchard. Haz 1 an D lla used to g t tog ther to can peach_s -- 100 q arts in a day! · 65- nd Styl s , clubs , family network Haz 1 got marri d 1.n high toplace shoes , and a ros atin flapper dress . H r mother wor white blous s and long dark skirts. They order d their cloth s from Sears Roebuck. Her par nts (father, mother , and stepmoth r , whom sh thinks of as mother) were from Poynette , Wisconsin. An uncle became a professor in Spokane, another had a ranch in Low r Nach s. Hazel b longs to - several club a th Royal Neigh-bors and the Past Oracl Club , and the Women's Century · Club, g n ral and homemaker's. Her mother was a charter memb_r o£ the Yakima Royal ighbors, and also b long d to th om n ' s Christian Temperance Union.
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Title | Moate, Hazel Collins Oral History Interview, 1983 |
Interviewer | Ellis, Karen |
Date | 1983-04-06 |
Description | 46 minute oral history with Hazel Collins Moate, conducted for a Women in the West (HST 398 course) at Washington State University. Discusses her childhood in Yakima with father, step-mother, and step-sisters in which she shared chores with that included gardening, canning, taking care of the chickens, and splitting wood. Had no refrigeration; root cellar was used to keep food that included potatoes, carrots, and canned food. Discusses the entertainment in Yakima as a child and adult: circuses, swimming in the irrigation ditches, Sunday buggy rides, and going to the grocery store. Married young - had six biological children, one drowned, then adopted a little boy later in life; social clubs were important to life in the west and so was raising children. |
Subject | Canning & preserving; Clubs; Women domestics |
Coverage | North and Central America--United States--Washington (State)--Yakima County--Yakima |
Type | Sound |
Genre | Interviews |
Publisher | Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries: https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc |
Rights | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
Rights Notes | In copyright. Item is in copyright until 95 years after 2011 publication date. |
Identifier | ua194b06f51 |
Source | Is found in Archives 194, Women in the West Oral Histories https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc/finders/ua194.htm at Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC) https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc |
Holding Institution | Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries |
Contributors | Digitization and description funded through a National Endowment for the Humanities We the People grant for Washington Womens History to the Washington Womens History Consortium, a part of the Washington State Historical Society. |
Language | English |
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Title | ua194b06f51_Abstract |
Full Text | Interview with Hazel Moate-----Index Timer 0-5 minutes 10-15 15-20 20-25 25-30 J0-35 Introduction, early childhood. Haz 1 • s parents divorced when. she was 2 years old ( 190 J) •. Many house}te pers came and went during this time. Th Yakima Indians would ride through ~aJcima every fall to pick huckleberries in the mountains •• Hazel ' s father remarried wh n she wae 7. He marri d his 1st wife • s sister,, who had two daughters (Ethel and Della) from a previous marriag • Chores, the orchard, and schools . The girls tended the gard n, .took care of the chickens,. and helped with the washing. They also sorted mill nds at the lumberyard . At th ir house in Fruitval , th y had all kinds of fruit tr es,, and grap s and berri s, too . Hazel and D lla started school at age 7i because their father wouldn't allow them to go earlier. Hazel m t her future husband , George H •. oate (1886-1979) , at her aunt and uncle's ranch in Low r Wachee during World War I. Her father took Hazel and Della to Tacoma to visit f~·ends, relatives, and Gorge in 1918. Hazel and Geo· g married a few weeka afte ·the Armistice. Her · stepmoth r had~ a'washing machine, so she didn't hav much scrubbing to do. How Hazel' 's motb.er becaz;ne a nursen arly married .life, Wh n Hazel ' s :father became too crippled with arthritis to ork, her mother too~ a correspondence cours to becom a ractical nurse. The n.ewly-w d Rasel and George li d t h r parent's house until he had built a garag . for a n w hous • Th y lived in that, with no el ctrici ty, until th house was built, and was promptly sold. Babies, camping trips. Th ir f ir t daughter, .abel, was born in the second house G or built . G orge bought Hazel an lectric washing m chin to make washing easier. Th y had three more d u ht rs during thi t'me (4 kids 1919-1926), and Hazel b f ed them all. The family went on camping trip , and eek-long trips to the coast. More babies , the Depression, and th cabin. Young George was born in 19)1, which mad old G orge very ha py. Ru h bad to postpon her wedding, because Hazel wa pr gnant again. Bobby as born at about the tim Ruth want d to get marri d (1940). The family owned a cabin at Rimrock Lake, and called th ir rowboa~Damfino (it had Wh re' George? on the other side). They los . everything exc pt their hous and the cabin during the Depre sion, Early Yakima . Italian workmen and chaingangs laid streetcar tracks on, Yakima's dirt streets. Th kids would stare at them on their way to school. Th Qircus always had a big parade . 35- 40 40- 46 50-55 55-60 6o-65 Pr sid nts oosev l t .and Taft also had parades. .ore childhood memories , th trip to the beach. There us d to be a great deal .of sag brush around Fruitv. ale, and th y had big tr s to climb on• Th y ould •have big b.onf'ires in th spring after th orchards were prune • Back to adult lif ••• th family mad a big trip to the beach and had to sleep in,a wash .house . They old their cabinaft r th D pr ssion. Georg looks for work, disast r strikes, Hazel finds work. G orge went to Oour d'alene and tayed with his broth r whil working their. Bobby drowned in: an irrigation. ditch (1942)near th ir house. Hazel worked im a cannery a part • of th war effort , but didn•t like it. Sh later st rt d fostering ohildr n , and adopted on of them. They moved away from the ditch, and George got back into b.usiness by building homes for th returning GI•s End of Sid On Some of t he intervi w was lost becaus th tap ran out. Opinions, schools . . Haz 1 giv s a lon.g opinion on childraising, wom n working · out i d th home, and the ffects of divorce on childr n. Sh ov d going to school , and lik d many of h r t ach r , v n th on s with a r putation for crabbiness. More on school, sports .... H r :favor t subjects wer ancient history, English, sp lling, ··;; math, r ading. Last liked were geometry, . g ography,history , and writi stories. Sh liked sport , and played bas t ball , !loll~ ~r 1 : , baseball,, t nnie. Her fath r built a 'rt tenni$ court in th ir yard . Haz 1 was happy with h r marriag , her family, but not with h r early chi~dhood. Mor on arly Yakima, .. canning Haz 1 was born on N. Front Str et, which was on of th main st eta, along with let and 2nd. Later, Nach a Ave . wa built i th a park down the middl • The city · u d to b covered with irrigatiorr ditch s . Now th water runs pip • Her mother cann d all the frui in their orchard. Haz 1 an D lla used to g t tog ther to can peach_s -- 100 q arts in a day! · 65- nd Styl s , clubs , family network Haz 1 got marri d 1.n high toplace shoes , and a ros atin flapper dress . H r mother wor white blous s and long dark skirts. They order d their cloth s from Sears Roebuck. Her par nts (father, mother , and stepmoth r , whom sh thinks of as mother) were from Poynette , Wisconsin. An uncle became a professor in Spokane, another had a ranch in Low r Nach s. Hazel b longs to - several club a th Royal Neigh-bors and the Past Oracl Club , and the Women's Century · Club, g n ral and homemaker's. Her mother was a charter memb_r o£ the Yakima Royal ighbors, and also b long d to th om n ' s Christian Temperance Union. |
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