Linda Wiggins Williford - Wiregrass Farmer History
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Title
Linda Wiggins Williford - Wiregrass Farmer History
Subject
The Wiregrass Farmer in the 1960s
Description
To read more of Linda Wiggins Williford's interview, click here: https://turnercountyproject.com/2021/04/11/linda-wiggins-williford/
Creator
Sami Mastrario, Turner County Project
Date
March 30, 2021
Oral History Item Type Metadata
Interviewer
Sami Mastrario
Interviewee
Linda Wiggins Williford
Location
Sycamore, Georgia
Transcription
TC Project: Do you remember what year you started working at the Wiregrass?
Linda: I only worked there two summers… in 1964 & 1965.
TC Project: What did you work on?
Linda: I did everything but set-typing; that kind of thing. I wrote weddings. I laid out ads. …
TC Project: So did you actually work the printing press yourself?
Linda: No. Jere Jordan worked the printing press. And F.M. Tison worked the linotype machine. But it was a hot type. He set all the type except for some of the ad type and some of the headlines; some of the big headlines and ad type were set by hand. Some of it was old wooden type and there is no telling how old it was… Most of what I did was society stuff. The news back then was so-and-so visited so-and-so. People called this info in. There were a couple of ladies out in the county that called each week; like a lady in the Amboy community, she would call; the Rebecca community, she would call and tell us so-and-so visited Cordele. So-and-so visited their relative or whatever. That was news! That is mainly what I was in charge of on the paper. But Mrs. Nora always had a weather report listed on the front page.
TC Project: What was your favorite part about working at the Wiregrass? Mrs. Nora Lawrence?
Linda: I enjoyed the experience. I was in “J” [journalism] school at the time and so the experience that I got as far as writing was good. But Mrs. Nora was such a character. And of course, Austin [Saxon] was there too and I had known him forever. He started in the 1950s until 1994. He was so good and no one could ever figure out why he stayed here.
Linda: I only worked there two summers… in 1964 & 1965.
TC Project: What did you work on?
Linda: I did everything but set-typing; that kind of thing. I wrote weddings. I laid out ads. …
TC Project: So did you actually work the printing press yourself?
Linda: No. Jere Jordan worked the printing press. And F.M. Tison worked the linotype machine. But it was a hot type. He set all the type except for some of the ad type and some of the headlines; some of the big headlines and ad type were set by hand. Some of it was old wooden type and there is no telling how old it was… Most of what I did was society stuff. The news back then was so-and-so visited so-and-so. People called this info in. There were a couple of ladies out in the county that called each week; like a lady in the Amboy community, she would call; the Rebecca community, she would call and tell us so-and-so visited Cordele. So-and-so visited their relative or whatever. That was news! That is mainly what I was in charge of on the paper. But Mrs. Nora always had a weather report listed on the front page.
TC Project: What was your favorite part about working at the Wiregrass? Mrs. Nora Lawrence?
Linda: I enjoyed the experience. I was in “J” [journalism] school at the time and so the experience that I got as far as writing was good. But Mrs. Nora was such a character. And of course, Austin [Saxon] was there too and I had known him forever. He started in the 1950s until 1994. He was so good and no one could ever figure out why he stayed here.
Duration
2 minutes, 14 seconds
Collection
Citation
Sami Mastrario, Turner County Project, “Linda Wiggins Williford - Wiregrass Farmer History,” Turner County Project Digital Archive Repository, accessed December 22, 2024, http://turnercountyproject.com/archive/items/show/139.
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