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Interview with Harvie Bristow

1) Harvie was born in 1944 in the High
Point Memorial Hospital
2) My mama, Mary Alice Bristow was
born at home in 1937
3) A memory of Harvie's is that Mary
Alice asked Harvie how old are you
and Harvie told her 17 years old
and Mary Alice asked him "how
did you get so ugly in that short
of time?" So, Harvie asked Mary
Alice how old was she was. Mary
Alice said 24 years old. And Harvie
asked her the same question-
"How did you get so ugly in that
short amount of time?" And Mary
Alice said "I'm older than you and
I have had more time."
4) Clyde Bristow, Larcie Bristow, uncles,
aunts, and friends worked at Highland
Cotton Mills. Clyde Bristow retired
from the mill. Pawpaw smoked cigars
and chewed tabacco.
5) Larcie Bristow also worked as a Nurse's
aid at the hospital. She also took in
borders at the house. She loved to bake