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In the home of Mr. John Wimbush---------In a few minutes I will be interviewing him to get a better understanding of how regular people lived their lives, coped with changes and crisis, and understood their role in the world, but before I begin I think it is important that we know a little bit about your background, Mr. Wimbush. So, Mr. Wimbush, why don’t we start with the names of your parents?

My father was named William A. Wimbush. My mother was named Lilly Wimbush.

Do you have any brothers and sisters?

It was eleven of us.

How many brothers?

 I had 3 brothers and that would make seven sisters.

Where is your birthplace?

 Granville County

What city in Granville County?

 I guess it was in Oxford. It would probably was at my home, but that would be considered as Oxford.

How long have you lived in Granville County?

I have lived in Granville County all my life.

Can you recall the date of the first television?

I would say it’s somewhere around 1945.

Describe the first television and tell me how it’s different from today’s television?

Yes, I think when I was first introduced to television; my brother had one and he lived in Oxford. I think you could get maybe about two channels and everything was pretty clean. It was all black and white. The jokes and things that were said on television; no curse words and no sexual type stuff did you see on television at that time. But, the television itself was black and white and wasn’t as clear as it is now and no cable.

Name a few household appliances and tell how they have changed your life?

The television- it opened up our vision to things that were going on in other parts of the world. Anytime you have knowledge of the things that’s going on it’s a great impact on your life. The washing machine- I like washing machines and dryers where you can wash your clothes dry them and put them back on our wash your clothes and dry them and put them back on the bed. The telephone has been a very important thing in life. You can get in touch with your friends. With me being a old bachelor I can just stay here and call and not have to travel or walk several miles for my date. I can stay at home on my date and talk and stay in contact with my church members, even though they live on the other end of the county. It just made it so much more comfortable that you can stay and have everything right in front of your dwelling.

We all know that computers are used for many different things in many different places, but do you feel that computers have affected the country in a positive or negative way?

I think they have affected the country in a positive way, but I am frightened by the negative ways that they can be used.

What type of negative ways frightens you?

Hackers, people stealing others identity, people forging stuff, having people come up with dates of young children and leading them off some place and kidnapping them. It’s so many things because it can be used for a criminal act as well as positive. I am thinking about that because they were talking about how many ways people can use computers for the wrong reasons.