Carole Hesse and Kim Coe, August 15, 2013

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Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

This collection contains recorded interviews with Boise citizens. Notable topics include Boise Bench history, Greenbelt history, Foothills Levy history, Boise Fire Department history, Boise Police Department history, and personal and political histories of former mayors and councilmembers.

Dates

August 15, 2013

Creator

Hesse, Carole (April 5, 1940) (Person)

Extent

732.1 Megabytes

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Abstract

This interview includes Carole Hesse, her niece Kim Coe, and Carole’s roommate Van Heiselberg (sp?). Van does not answer any question, but does make some comments towards the end. Jim Duran had difficulty controlling the room and it may be difficult to transcribe this interview.

Carole Hesse was born in the early 1940s, her older sister Sharron was good friends with Vicki Linderborn. Sharron’s daughter Kim Coe did extensive research in her mother’s diary and tells some stories she remembers from her mother’s diary and spoken stories. Carole’s father, Kim’s grandfather divorced Carole’s mother and left the family in the 1940s. Carole’s mother worked in offices in Downtown Boise, and raised her children along with an African American house keeper Mrs. Cooper. Carole and Kim remember growing up on the bench with minimal parental oversight, going to restaurants, and staying out late.

Time Index

TIME TOPIC

00:00 Parents moved from the East End to 5th Ave or Grover St.
02:35 Grew up on Grover street.
03:00 Father working for Symms-York Company, and other businesses.
05:00 Early family history of great grand fathers: Captain Layton Baldwin.
08:20 Mr. Farrell building Spanish style homes in the 1930s with building problems.
09:50 Carole’s mother moving from home on Grove street to Grover street.
10:30 Construction worker falling into a cesspool.
12:32 Road construction – dirt roads and sealed tar roads.
13:00 Dogs, sheep and other farming topics
14:40 Lindsay’s market (the Trolley) & the Hawkins.
16:30 Some restaurants featuring Kentucky Fried Chicken
18:10 Hawkins businesses, 5th street market, the Trolley.
19:00 Family story about Pearl Harbor.
19:30 Driving up above Lucky Peak before the dam. Goat herder transient.
20:30 Back to Pearl Harbor story.
21:20 Swimming in the canals, rumors of polio in the water.
22:00 Carole Hesse going to Franklin school (started in 1946), remembers Mrs. Roberts.
23:30 Carole’s growing up in a single parent household.
24:20 Mother working as a secretary in the Idaho State Legislature.
25:10 Family housekeeper, Mrs. Cooper (African American) in the 1930s. Kim remembers Mrs. Cooper’s cooking.
27:00 Day care in the 1970s.
27:30 Recreation by the canals
28:30 Simmons, SW corner of Peasley market.
29:40 Neighbor Wally and Ruth Bailey spousal abuse in the 1960s.
32:15 Rollo Bailey (Ruth’s first husband), interesting character.
33:10 Bailey working for Carole’s mother – other strange stories about Rollo.
35:00 Franklin school and Carole’s family stories about classmates.
36:00 Kim’s mother Sharron’s diary: story from high school, walking home at night.
38:00 Sharron and friend Betty driving by boy’s houses.
38:34 Roller rinks: Mountain View
39:10 Restaurants. Pappy’s box of chicken.
41:15 Pete’s pizza, Chinese restaurants on Orchard (Mandarin palace)
42:30 Franklin and Orchard shopping center.
43:00 Quitting Brownies at Franklin school
44:00 Franklin and Orchard shopping center. Clark’s pet shop.
44:40 Carole says what schools she went to up to high school.
45:30 Taking the buses downtown and back to Grover.
47:30 Kim goes to Hunts and Sons on Broadway to ride ponies in 1960s.
49:00 Playing outside at night. Curfew sneaking into a bakery at night near Crescent Rim. Town and country bakery. Playing in the Train Depot.
52:30 Getting in trouble with curfew. Running from police.
54:30 Carole’s mother dating and her children disapproving of the men.
57:30 Kim’s mother diary, playing at night.
59:00 Parenting, and playing in the 1960s, getting in trouble.
1:00 Mr. and Mrs. Dupont on Grover, color T.V.
1:01 Elderly people having health issues.
1:02 Selling cakes from an easy bake oven to the neighbor.