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Oral History Interview with Ida Paxton, December 22, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Ida Paxton. Paxton was raised in the Dust Bowl and educated in a one-room schoolhouse. When the war began, her mother sought permission of the ration board to acquire new shoes for the growing children in her family. Paxton left school in the ninth grade and worked at a drugstore soda fountain. At 17 she became engaged to a young soldier who was home on leave. She went with him to Oakland, where he was stationed, and got a j… more
Date: December 22, 2012
Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 18 seconds
Creator: Paxton, Ida
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Ida Paxton, December 22, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Ida Paxton. Paxton was raised in the Dust Bowl and educated in a one-room schoolhouse. When the war began, her mother sought permission of the ration board to acquire new shoes for the growing children in her family. Paxton left school in the ninth grade and worked at a drugstore soda fountain. At 17 she became engaged to a young soldier who was home on leave. She went with him to Oakland, where he was stationed, and got a j… more
Date: December 22, 2012
Creator: Paxton, Ida
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Funeral Program for Shayla D. Carter, December 22, 2012]

Description: Funeral program for Shayla D. Carter, born October 8, 2009 and died December 17, 2012. The funeral was held December 22, 2012 at Lilly of the Valley Missionary Baptist Church, officiated by Rev. Steven R. Owens. Funeral arrangements were made through Lewis Funeral Home and she was buried in Meadowlawn Memorial Park in San Antonio, Texas.
Date: December 22, 2012
Partner: San Antonio Public Library
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