Interview of Edna Scott on her service with the American Red Cross in France in 1918 and 1919 Evelyn McHiggins: This is July 14. We are at Saint Petersburg Beach and I’m talking this morning with Edna Scott of Kansas City. Edna is better known as Scotty to most people. Um, I’m at a little disadvantage, um, Scotty, because I didn’t have a chance to, to meet you and talk to you earlier, so I don’t know very much about you, um. Tell me about, um, how you qualify for membership in WOSL? Edna Scott: Well, you see, I served, I went overseas in 1918. And then I, I came home a year later. I was there the latter part of 1918 and the front part of 1919. I was there a year. Evelyn McHiggins: [00:53] What, uh, activities were you involved in at that time, Scotty? Edna Scott: I went over as a nurse’s aide with the Red Cross. But after…we spent a week in, in London and they had the thing straightened out. They said they needed canteen workers more than they needed, uh, nurse’s aide, and would I transfer to the canteen work, which I did. And I was located at Thule, France the entire time that I was there. And they had an enormous canteen in Thule that ran 24 hours a day. Uh, we worked in the big canteen. It was open 24 hours a day, and then the one on the railroad where all the trains stopped and the boys came off to be served, uh, we served that too, so you were either on, in the big canteen or in this place, which we called the goutte. G-O-U-T-T-E, goutte. And, uh, uh, among the things that I did, of course, I made donuts. I don’t know whether you’ve ever imagined what it would be like to make 40 quarts of flour in a tub with, uh, two dozen eggs and so much of this and that, uh, into donuts. Well, the frying equipment in Thule for donuts was not too good. The grease never got hot, but [laughter] eventually the donuts were cooked and the boys loved’m in spite of their poor quality [laughter]. And that was, and then, uh, of course, and we made salmon sandwiches. Did you ever get tired of salmon? Well, salmon sandwiches were, got pretty tiresome. But I’m sure those boys who came off those trains loved those salmon sandwiches and those donuts which we made. And then any spare time we had in, in the evenings, I must say that there were I don’t know how many large harsp-, hospitals in Thule. A large number of hospit-, where they brought the boys back. And in the evenings, if we were not on duty in the canteen or at the goutte, they took us in a large van to these hospitals and with any boy that was on foot, we were supposed to be friendly and dance and make them feel better because they were sick in the hospital. Evelyn McHiggins: [3:58] Why did you use salmon? Was that because it was canned? Edna Scott: Canned and easy to bring over. That was right. Evelyn McHiggins: Did not have the canned meats that we have today. Edna Scott: Well, I, they s-, they s-, they tell me that out in the camps where they were they used Spam and that kind of thing, but we didn’t in the canteen. Ours was all salmon. Evelyn McHiggins: [4:22] Did you serve just donuts and salmon? Edna Scott: That was, yeah, b-, yes. Those were our foods. And hot chocolate. Evelyn McHiggins: Hot chocolate. Jane Piatt: Coffee? Evelyn McHiggins: Coffee? Edna Scott: Yes, coffee. I didn’t have anything to do with the coffee. Mine was donuts and sandwiches. Evelyn McHiggins: How… Edna Scott: Mainly donuts because I was a country girl, and I knew something about making donuts, although I’d never made them in such quantities in my life, but I was willing to go in with my hands in that tub and mix those donuts up and get them ready to fry. Evelyn McHiggins: [5:02] How old were you, Scotty, when you were over there? Edna Scott: Well, I was, just graduated out of the university. I graduated in June. I volunteered then and went right on over. Evelyn McHiggins: [5:14] And you were a Kansas girl? Edna Scott: I was a Missouri girl. Evelyn McHiggins: Oh, Missouri [laughter]. Edna Scott: I’m a Missouri girl, yes. And I graduated Missouri University in that June. That’s what I did. Evelyn McHiggins: [5:26] What motivated you to, to join? Edna Scott: Oh, all during the, all during the, my university years, everything was for the war. Everything. Because you see that was 1914, 1915, and I stayed out of the university one-half a year, uh, with my, at home because my parents needed me. And then I went back to university and finished, but I made flags when I was in university and sewed stars on for the Red Cross. I, I took a Red Cross course to learn to be a nurse’s aide when I was in university. All that was in my mind, so I, I never got away from it. I still haven’t [laughter]. I’ve been with the Red Cross the entire time since 1918 when I volunteered to go. I’m over a 60-year member of the Red Cross. Evelyn McHiggins: Oh, that’s grand. Edna Scott: Now. Evelyn McHiggins: That’s something to be proud of. Edna Scott: I still work with them. Evelyn McHiggins: Wonderful. [6:35] What type of thing do you now, Scotty? Edna Scott: With the Red Cross? I work with the bloodmobile and have ever since it came to our county at home. I’m on the Red Cross board for the county, and I have been, we had a tornado in that area and I worked with the, uh, Red Cross taking care of those things and serving the meals and so forth. Everything they do in our county, in our little town, I do. Evelyn McHiggins: [7:08] What county is that, uh…? Edna Scott: Macon County, Missouri. And the town is Macon. Macon is the county seat. Evelyn McHiggins: [7:19] What kind of studies did you, uh, pursue at the university [there 7:23]? Edna Scott: Oh, I was going to be a schoolteacher. And that’s the way I ended up [chuckle]. Evelyn McHiggins: Oh, you went, you went back to teaching? Edna Scott: I taught school, after I came home, well, you see, I didn’t teach before I went, uh… Evelyn McHiggins: No. Edna Scott: Uh, but after I came home, I tau-, that’s where I was in Kansas City. I went straight up to Kansas City and, and, in that day, they were short of teachers. It wasn’t hard to get a [chuckle] get a position, I tell you that. And so, and then in 1921, I helped organize the Kansas City unit of the WOSL. I’m a charter member. I’m the only charter member living of that unit, which was organized in 1921. I’ve been a member ever since. My first convention was 1924 in Chicago. And then Louise Wells was president. That’s a long time ago, I can tell you [laughter]. Evelyn McHiggins: [8:21] You’ve probably been an officer in some of the local chapters when… Edna Scott: Oh, I was an officer at home, in Kansas City in everything, and then I was a national officer before I became a president. Evelyn McHiggins: [8:35] What office on the national level did you hold, Scotty? Edna Scott: Oh, you’re going to ask me something that I’ve probably forgotten about. Evelyn McHiggins: Well, that’s all right. Geneva Wiskemann: Maybe vice president? Edna Scott: No. Geneva Wiskemann: No? Edna Scott: No, I was never vice president. You see… Evelyn McHiggins: But you were always in there working. Edna Scott: …when we organized back there, there was nothing but World War I women. Nobody else. And because when I was president, that was before Second World War ever came. Jane Piatt: [9:07] When were you president? Edna Scott: Thirty-seven to ’39. And you see, the Second World War didn’t start until ’40, and so I was president before any of the girls, uh, I should say before most of the girls that are members now, before they ever started to serve, including you [laughter]. Geneva Wiskemann: That’s certainly right. That’s right. Evelyn McHiggins: I’m impressed with the number of World War I representatives that are attending this conference. Edna Scott: Yes, there are a few here. Not very many, though. Every Carry On lists, I go back and le-, read the Carry On, the number of World War I’s that pass away because, well, we’re all a lot older than anybody else, you know? [laughter] Evelyn McHiggins: I think you’re one of the youngest ones here [laughter]. Edna Scott: Well…I got over as soon as possible, see, and that made a difference. Evelyn McHiggins: Yes. Edna Scott: The women that went over with me on the boat, um, in 1918 were all much older than I was. Much older, and, uh, we had quite a trip over. I can tell you we went over on a mail packet. And it was like a tub bouncing back and forth on the waves. Scared to death all the time. And then it blew in my window and soaked all my clothes. We had a lot of fun. Evelyn McHiggins: It must’ve been a small ship. Edna Scott: Oh, just a mail packet. It was just…very small. Evelyn McHiggins: [10:46] How many people went with you, do you remember? Was it… Edna Scott: I think there were just 30 of us. That’s all. Jane Piatt: [10:52] Had the war stopped when you went over? Edna Scott: N-, it was right at the end. Right at the end. Jane Piatt: [10:59] What month, what month did you go over in? Edna Scott: Let’s see, when did they send for me? Y’know, I didn’t think I’d ever get to go because I was way out in the middle of Missouri and, uh, a rural girl besides, and, uh, I didn’t th-, didn’t suppose that they would take me, but with the recommendations of my doctor and so forth and so on, I was young and husky, why they took me. And, uh, I started out in September. Jane Piatt: Well, the war didn’t end until the 11th of November. Edna Scott: November, yes, well, we were… Jane Piatt: So there was still some war scare in the water. Edna Scott: Well, we were s-, we were scared all the way over. Although it’d been much safer then, y’know. Jane Piatt: [11:44] Were you, did you have an escort of any kind? Edna Scott: I don’t remember that we did. I don’t, I was so seasick all the way over that I never got outta my bunk [laughter]. I really didn’t care if we went down [laughter]. I was so seasick. [It was bad 12:08]. Evelyn McHiggins: That j-… Edna Scott: That just about covers it. Evelyn McHiggins: Well, that’s a wonderful story. What, and you came back from, from that experience and taught school then. Edna Scott: Yes, I’ve taught school in Kansas City for 20 years. Jane Piatt: When did you marry? Evelyn McHiggins: [12:25] When did you meet this attractive man you’re traveling with? Edna Scott: Well, we’ve, we’ve known each other practically all our lives. We are both from the same county in Missouri, and we were both in the university at the same time. But I went on and went to France and went back and taught school and he went his way. He’s a, he’s a farmer. He was a farmer. And, uh, so then he became a county agent, if you know what that is. Evelyn McHiggins: Yes. Edna Scott: And then after all this, we got married. Twenty years we knew each other, so we shouldn’t have ever had any problems. Evelyn McHiggins: No. [laughter] That’s a wonderful story. Geneva Wiskemann: [13:08] Were you in the, were you in the room this morning when she, uh, when they, uh, she presented the, uh, award that she had been given at the, uh, um, um, General Pershing Memorial down in, uh, Macon, um. Evelyn McHiggins: No. Edna Scott: Did you see that? Evelyn McHiggins: No, I didn’t, dear. Geneva Wiskemann: It was voted by the body that she, that she should be allowed to keep it because, uh… Edna Scott: Yes. Geneva Wiskemann: …she knew General, she was under General Pershing. Edna Scott: The organization [inaudible 13:33]. Evelyn McHiggins: This says General John J. Pershing, 1860 to 1948, and on the back it says Pershing Memorial Museum. Edna Scott: Laclede, Missouri, I expect. Evelyn McHiggins: Yes. Uh-huh. Right. Edna Scott: Well, that’s about 45 miles from where we live. But we drove over there. Geneva Wiskemann: But the, uh, board at the, uh, at the post board meeting last year voted $100 as a donation toward the museum, so Scotty and M-, and her husband took it over. Edna Scott: We took it over, I presented it to the museum. Geneva Wiskemann: And, uh, the head man wasn’t there when she was there, so several days or weeks later, he came to her home. Edna Scott: Yeah, several weeks later, he came and… Geneva Wiskemann: And brought her that. Evelyn McHiggins: Well, it’s a beautiful th… Edna Scott: He gave it to me, and I said it’s not mine. It belongs to the Women’s Overseas Service League, and I gave him our history to read so he would know something about the old Women’s Overseas Service League. Of course, he’s a younger man and he didn’t, never heard of us. And, uh, he was so pleased that we remembered him, and then because I had met Pershing, why, he was real pleased. Geneva Wiskemann: And then y-, the area director of your area has now placed a, a history at the museum. Edna Scott: Yes. Yes. Yes. She… Geneva Wiskemann: Anyhow, the b-, our, our voting body this morning voted that she should have that. Evelyn McHiggins: Well, I think you should. I noticed it immediately when I, when I saw you this morning. It’s a very impressive medallion. Edna Scott: [Yes, yes 14:58], uh-huh. Geneva Wiskemann: You ought to get that on your… Edna Scott: That’s it. And [Hershel 15:02] gave them some money so they gave him a little one to wear on a chain around his neck. Mr. Scott: Well, it’s the same medallion. It’s just got a little different filigree around it. Edna Scott: Same medallion only smaller. Evelyn McHiggins: [15:10] How did y-, how did you happen to meet, uh, General Pershing? Edna Scott: Well, when I was at Thule, he came for inspection. That was the first time. And then in 1930, when I went to the Paris convention, which I did in 1930, uh, he was the speaker. So, I… Geneva Wiskemann: That was the WOSL convention that was held in Paris in 1930. Edna Scott: Two, two opportunities to see him. He was a very s-, and then after we came home, uh, I can’t remember the year, but anyway, it was the first Omaha convention, uh, we were in Omaha, and of course I went up from Kansas City, and, uh, we, his sisters invited the ho-, the entire group to Lincoln for lunch in their home. His two sisters. They’ve since passed away, of course, and so we drove over from Omaha to Lincoln and had lunch in Pershing’s sisters home. Geneva Wiskemann: [16:15] Was, uh, Pershing there then? Edna Scott: Oh, no. [Inaudible 16:18]. No, he did not return to Missouri to retire. He did not. But you see where he was born, that’s where I went for this, is only about 45 miles from us, and then he went to school in Kirksville, which was a teacher’s college at that time. Mr. Scott: Well, that’s where he got his basic education. Edna Scott: And there’s where he… Mr. Scott: And he taught some. He taught in, I don’t know just where, but it gives it in that, uh, we read it at the memorial. See, they’ve started to, uh, they’ve got this little museum, but they haven’t, uh, raised all the money yet for the, uh, for the, uh, memorial. It hasn’t been started, but that’s what they’re raising now, and the… Edna Scott: They haven’t raised enough money yet. Mr. Scott: But when they raise this money, then they’re going to, it’s going to be… Edna Scott: The Legion is helping them a great deal. And they’re going to Legion convent-, this gentleman’s going to Legion convention this fall again and, and ask again for help. I forget how much they had. Something over a million, wasn’t it, [Hershel 17:29], that they already have? I think. Mr. Scott: Oh, I don’t remember. Edna Scott: I think so. And they’re wanting maybe two million or something to build it. Geneva Wiskemann: You need it. Edna Scott: We saw the location where it’s going to be when we were over there. Evelyn McHiggins: [17:43] Do you remember who was the first president of WOSL that you remember? Edna Scott: Well, Louise Wells in Chicago when I went. Now I didn’t know the very first one. I, I didn’t… Evelyn McHiggins: Mrs. Chew. Edna Scott: I met her later, but I didn’t know her when she was president. ‘Cause she was in Chicago too. But Louise Wells was the president when I went to Chicago in 1924. Evelyn McHiggins: [18:09] What do you remember about Mrs. Chew? There are very few people that would’ve met her and would, could remember her. Edna Scott: No. Evelyn McHiggins: Was she a… Edna Scott: She had served in England, see. But I can’t remember much about her. I can remember Louise. Evelyn McHiggins: That was a long time ago. Edna Scott: Yes. I can remember what Louise looked like. That was before she married, see. She married later. And she married, her name became Louise Wells Clarkson but she’s Louise Wells. She was a tall, nice looking, we were all young then, and, uh, she had pretty brown hair. I remember her very well. Jane Piatt: That was Louise Wells? Edna Scott: Louise Wells, uh-huh. Jane Piatt: [18:56] How many would here have been at that convention? Edna Scott: Oh, I have no idea how many there were of us there. Wasn’t, they were all World War I, of course, and not too many. Jane Piatt: You didn’t have too many units [inaudible 19:11]. Edna Scott: Didn’t have too many units at that time. But we were brand new in Kansas City and up and going [laughter]. We, we’ve always had a very, very active unit in Kansas City until, uh, all the old gals died away. [No wa- 19:32] Evelyn McHiggins: Jane tells me you still have your uniform. Edna Scott: Oh, I do. I wore it Sunday at the memorial service. Jane Piatt: Geneva wasn’t here on Sunday, and I told her that you’d show her the uniform. Edna Scott: Yes. I…I’m sitting on it [laughter]. Mr. Scott: We can’t record that, though, on the… Edna Scott: I’m sitting on it. [laughter] Jane Piatt: But she will describe it. Evelyn McHiggins: Maybe someday, uh, someone will take your picture in that for me. Edna Scott: Oh, I have many pictures [of it 19:57]. Evelyn McHiggins: Oh, I would like that. Jane Piatt: I think I, maybe, you were in Hawaii, weren’t you, Scotty? Edna Scott: Yes. Jane Piatt: I think I got one of you in Hawaii. Edna Scott: And last year they took a wonderful picture of me in San Francisco, at San Mateo in this, and Maryhill Gleason had it enlarged like this and sent it to me. It’s a beautiful picture. Jane Piatt: Wonderful. Edna Scott: ‘Cause it took every… Jane Piatt: I wonder, was it in the, was it in Carry On? Edna Scott: Yes, there was a smaller one in Carry On, but she sent me this nice big one. Mr. Scott: Oh, it was in the Kansas, er, the San Francisco papers though. Jane Piatt: Yeah. Edna Scott: Yeah. Jane Piatt: Geneva is so interested in our organization that she thinks maybe next year she’d like to come to a convention out in, uh, in, uh, at the la, La Posada, uh, because she said she’s never gonna get, catch up on all the history that needs to be recorded. [laughter] Edna Scott: That’s true. Evelyn McHiggins: This is, uh… Edna Scott: That’s [right 20:51]. Evelyn McHiggins: …lovely, this heavy cord, brown and alm-, was it always sort of brown-black? Edna Scott: It’s got a few moth holes in it. Evelyn McHiggins: [Inaudible 20:57] I think it’s lasted well. Jane Piatt: Show her your hat, Scotty. I think that’s one of the most distinctive [inaudible 21:03]. Edna Scott: My hat. This is… Evelyn McHiggins: You have these lovely Red Cross, uh, pins. Jane Piatt: [Inaudible 21:05] your hat [inaudible 21:06]. Edna Scott: This is the hat that I wore in 1918. Oh, where is my pencil. I’ll put it on and show you how pretty it is. Mr. Scott: You’ll mess up your hair. Edna Scott: This is the way I ke-, fold it and keep it between times. It’s just as I wore it in 1918. Evelyn McHiggins: Black felt hat with a 2-inch gold [green, 21:29] rib-, uh, ribbon band. Edna Scott: [You can 21:31] see it. Evelyn McHiggins: Oh, it’s smart. And right in style now. Edna Scott: [Inaudible 21:34] [laughter] Mr. Scott: It’s velour. Edna Scott: With my uniform. Mr. Scott: Velour. Jane Piatt: A velour. Evelyn McHiggins: It is a velour. Edna Scott: It’s velour, yes, it’s velour. Jane Piatt: When we had conventions where it, where it’s hot, like the other day… Edna Scott: Yes, it’s a li-, it was a little warm. Jane Piatt: …and you [wore a 21:48], just a, a, a high [shirt 21:49]… Edna Scott: I wore a white shirt with a blue tie, you see, that’s, I’m wearing the complete uniform. Black gloves, black shoes, and a blue tie and a white shirt, and… Jane Piatt: [22:01] What kind of stockings did you wear in those days? Edna Scott: Well, we wore long s-, black stocking. You wore high-top shoes. Jane Piatt: Yeah. Edna Scott: And our skirts were down to the top of our shoes. There was no leg exposed. You weren’t supposed to expose anything. Evelyn McHiggins: You must’ve been smart because you’ve got this touch of blue here and you’ve got the number two… Edna Scott: Now this two represented the 2nd Army, which was stationed at Thule. That was an enormous headquarters for men, and the 2nd Army was stationed there, and that was the two that I belonged to, the 2nd Army was there. So… [Speaker]: [There’s your 22:40] red cross. Jane Piatt: She’s quite, she, when… Evelyn McHiggins: Oh, she’s smart. [chuckle] She looks smart. Jane Piatt: I’ll tell you, the first convention that I saw you, the first one I ever went to was the one at Wentworth in 19-, was it 71 or some time when we were at Wentworth by the Sea. And I remember seeing you. In fact, I think that was the thing that made me really aware of what WOSL was all about. I’d been sent as a, as a delegate, you know. Edna Scott: Yes. Jane Piatt: And I had my friend with me, and we had a marvelous time. And we were, I, I was so impressed with all of our old World War I members, and, and many of them had their uni-, in those days. Edna Scott: Oh, there were so many [inaudible 23:20]. Jane Piatt: And Lucy [Petrie 23:21]. Edna Scott: Oh, Lucy [Petrie 23:23]. Yes. Jane Piatt: Did her dance up on the table. Edna Scott: Oh, do you know that she still does a little of that? Jane Piatt: Really? She’s in a nursing home now. Edna Scott: I, uh, [Lee Schaefer 23:31] told me the other day that she will still do a little of that. Jane Piatt: East Side, West Side, she does. Edna Scott: Just for fun. Jane Piatt: Jig. Edna Scott: She, of course, her, her mind has slipped. Jane Piatt: Yeah. Edna Scott: But, but she still will do a little of that for the overseas girls. She’s real cute. [Lucy Petrie 23:50]. Jane Piatt: Oh, I sat there and wept, y’know, and th-, then we sang, we were in a basement room for our reunion in the hotel. And we sang all the old songs, and I wish you could’ve seen all the waiters and waitresses standing in the doorway with their eyes just bugging out. Most of those kids had never heard those songs, y’know? Edna Scott: No. Jane Piatt: A Long Way to Tipperary and all those. They’d never heard any of those. [laughter]. We had, and then here was [Petrie 24:12] up on a table, dancing. [laughter]. And Marion… Mr. Scott: She was a… Jane Piatt: …Marion… Mr. Scott: …quite a gal. That’s….[laughter] Jane Piatt: Oh, dear, what was her name? Edna Scott: [Salmon? 24:25] Jane Piatt: No. Edna Scott: No. Jane Piatt: No, no, [inaudible 24:26], and she’s gone. World War I… Edna Scott: Oh. Jane Piatt: …Marion...and she had with her… Edna Scott: Oh, Marion Billings? Jane Piatt: Marion Billings and Mary, um… Edna Scott: Mary, uh… Jane Piatt: Cutter. Edna Scott: Cutter, yes. Jane Piatt: [Well 24:37], she, she was with Marion Billings, and, uh, she was… Edna Scott: Well, you see we… Jane Piatt: …in a wheelchair then. Edna Scott: We have visited Marion Billings home two or three times, [Hershel 24:46] and I. Jane Piatt: I have too. Edna Scott: You have too. Jane Piatt: Yes, I, her… Edna Scott: Yes, you [were in 24:48] that old home with all… Jane Piatt: …she invited me there for lunch. Edna Scott: She has things that… Mr. Scott: She’s a remarkable woman. Edna Scott: …George Washington used and all those things. Jane Piatt: Yeah. And she’s always in the parade in the, uh, town. Edna Scott: Always. Jane Piatt: I can’t think of the name of the town. It’s in Massachusetts. That her father, her great-grandfather started. Edna Scott: It’s not Hayfield, it’s, uh, Hay… Mr. Scott: Hatfield. Jane Piatt: Hatfield! Edna Scott: Hatfield. Hatfield is the town, yes. Jane Piatt: Massachusetts. Edna Scott: [Inaudible 25:11] Jane Piatt: Her father, er, her, her relatives were with the, uh, early people who came in from England. Edna Scott: Back in the 1700s. Yeah. Jane Piatt: Yeah, [into there 25:20], and, uh, they, uh, they, they, they were unhappy because the, um, people in that community didn’t want anybody else in it. They were doing the very same thing to other people that had been done to them in England. So her father left the community and started his own community and opened it to anybody that wanted to come. Edna Scott: Hatfield [inaudible 25:39]. Mr. Scott: [Inaudible 25:40] Jane Piatt: Hatfield. And she had a garden and our entire luncheon was things that she grew in her garden including raspberries. Edna Scott: And she raised tobacco. That was her source of income… Jane Piatt: Yes. Edna Scott: …was tobacco. Jane Piatt: And she was… Edna Scott: She raised tobacco. Jane Piatt: …always in the parade that they had. Many… Mr. Scott: And she [inaudible 25:53] Jane Piatt: …and for many years she walked, and then she finally had to ride. Mr. Scott: She rode in the fire, fire engine. Jane Piatt: Fire engine. [chuckle] She was a delightful person. Mr. Scott: [Oh, yes 26:02] Edna Scott: Oh, she really was. Jane Piatt: And she and her sister, her, her sister was younger than she, but was very arthritic, and she took care, and all of their rugs, or their floors were polished wood floors. It was a very early home. And with, with, um, throw rugs on them, and scared me to death, bu-, and, uh, but she kept warning us about it. But you should see her race around the place. Edna Scott: Yeah. Louisa. Mr. Scott: That home… Edna Scott: That was her sister. Louisa. Jane Piatt: Yeah, [Louisa 26:27]. Mr. Scott: Those homes in that, uh, town, though, I wo-, I first drove in there and kept seein’ these numbers. Well, I says, I thought they were supposed to be street numbers, but anyway, they didn’t correspond. Well, I found out later, that was the time that the home was built. [laughter] Evelyn McHiggins: Like they do in Germany. Speaker: Yeah. Evelyn McHiggins: Uh-huh. Yes. Yes. Edna Scott: Those were the days. Evelyn McHiggins: You sound like you’d do it all over again. Edna Scott: I would. Evelyn McHiggins: You would. Edna Scott: I just told Lena Hitchcock, uh, I said, uh, to Lena, I said, well, it’s a long time back. She said, yes. I said, but I’d do it again. She said, I would too. [laughter] Evelyn McHiggins: It’s a rare time. Edna Scott: Yeah. Great times. Evelyn McHiggins: Well, that’s beautiful story. I really appreciate your giving that to us. Edna Scott: Well, thank you. Evelyn McHiggins: Um, you know that we’re going to use this for educational and historical purposes, and, and, um, first, um, use will probably be for WOSL and certainly you will get… Edna Scott: Well, they’re the ones that should get the credit. Evelyn McHiggins: We will, uh, always give credit to the organization and to you, Scotty. Edna Scott: Oh, well, to me, I don’t, it doesn’t matter about me, but…to the organization. I, last year, it’s what I did. I put on that old uniform I don’t know how many times because they wanted publicity, and I said, well [laughter], they used me for publicity because I would put on my uniform. Jane Piatt: Well, you’re more colorful now. [laughter] Do you have to get a signature [inaudible 28:05]? Mr. Scott: Say that…oh, excuse me. Evelyn McHiggins: Uh, I will send you a form, a p-, a, a document through the mail. Edna Scott: Oh. Evelyn McHiggins: That just says that you release for educational… Edna Scott: Oh. Evelyn McHiggins: …and historical purposes… Edna Scott: Okay. Evelyn McHiggins: …your words today. Edna Scott: Okay. Evelyn McHiggins: And, um, uh, then you can sign that and send it back to me. Edna Scott: I w-, I will. Evelyn McHiggins: And, um, and then we have set it on, for the tape, too, so. Edna Scott: I see. Okay. I will do it. Evelyn McHiggins: Because without that release, I, no one else would be able… /jw