Interview with Mayme Seale

Partial Transcript: What do you attribute your long life to?

Segment Synopsis: Seale talks about her father's and her husband's careers in Kentucky Politics.

Keywords: Booneville, Kentucky; County Attorney; Owsley County; Republican

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Partial Transcript: I want to ask you a little bit about your childhood.

Segment Synopsis: Seale talks about her time in Frankfort while her husband worked there.

Keywords: Morrow, Edwin; Politics; Wilder, Don; Willis, Simeon

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Partial Transcript: You said you ran the theater, how long did you run the theater?

Segment Synopsis: Seale discusses running a movie theater for over thirty years. She talks about the day to day management and the difficulty of finding good employees.

Keywords: Booneville, Kentucky; Movie theater; Owsley County

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Partial Transcript: Tell me a little bit about the river.

Segment Synopsis: Seale talks about growing up near the Kentucky River. She describes seeing log rafts coming down the river, the local mill, and race relations.

Keywords: Booneville, Kentucky; Buckhorn Dam; Log raft; Owsley County; Segregation

Subjects: Ferries--Kentucky River (Ky.) Floods--Kentucky Kentucky River (Ky.) Mills and mill work--Kentucky Race relations Timber rafting United States--race relations

Partial Transcript: But our city water comes from the river here.

Segment Synopsis: Seale talks about her trouble finding a good supply of water until she got it from the river. She also details people wanting to run pipes through her property.

Keywords: Booneville, Kentucky; Cistern; Owsley County

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Partial Transcript: How has Booneville changed over the years?

Segment Synopsis: Seale says that the roads in Booneville are better now, the people are still friendly, there are more employment opportunities, but that there are no longer local doctors.

Keywords: Booneville, Kentucky; Doctor; Nunn; Owsley County; Physician; Road condition

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Partial Transcript: I want to thank you for talking to me.

Segment Synopsis: Seale talks about her husband fishing.

Keywords: Dynamite; Trotline

Subjects: Fishing--Kentucky River (Ky.)