COLLECTION NAME:
Oral Histories - KOHC 1974-1979
Record
Filename:
1976OH79.14b - Mrs. Edgar Metzger.mp3
Identifier:
1976OH79.14b
Title:
Mary Irene Scopes Metzger (Side B)
Biographical Sketch:
Mary Irene Scopes Metzger was born March 2, 1892 in Jackson, TN. She married Edgar Metzger (Metzger Meat Packing) and the couple resided in Paducah, KY and had 4 children; Louise Metzger, Edgar Metzger, Charles L Metzger, and Mary Ellen Metzger. She is the sister of John T. Scopes of Scopes Monkey Trial fame. She passed away on June 25, 1989 and was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery in Paducah, KY.
Description:
Mary Irene Metzger remembers her life in Paducah. She gives the history of the Metzger Meat Packing Company, making sausage and head cheese, changes in health standards in the meat packing business. She talks about the lifestyle in Paducah, ethnic groups, opera houses, clothing and shoe stores, other businesses, and the location of Labelle Park. Mrs. Metzger talks about forms of entertainment, minstrel and stage shows and types of radio programs that she remembers listening to. She comments on experiences during the flood of 1937. She also speaks of teaching, schools she taught, beginning of the School Lunch Program. Other topics included in this recording are the early days of Brazelton School, World War I and World War II, the 1913 flood, German settlement, business practices and inspections, the open market (market house), and the poor (welfare system) in Paducah.
Date:
9/5/1978
Creator:
Mary Irene Scopes Metzger
Subject:
Food industry
Subject:
Education -- Paducah (KY)
Subject:
Floods
Subject:
History -- Paducah (KY)
Publisher:
Kentucky Oral History Commission
Contributor:
Mary Ann Smith
Type:
Oral History
Format:
audio/mpeg
Language:
English
Coverage:
McCracken County
Rights:
Permission must be obtained from The Kentucky Oral History Commission, part of the Kentucky Historical Society, prior to reuse of these recordings.
Duration:
29 minutes
Bit Rate/Frequency:
64kbps