Whaley, Eva White, Claytee D

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Part of an interview with Eva Whaley, May 13, 2013. In this audio clip, Whaley speaks about renting an apartment in a Westside community and purchasing a home through a real estate agent.So then I had this little summer job already working for this Jewish lady on the Strip. My cousin had got this job for me. She owned a motel. So what she would have me do is do the dusting in her—they had a part where they lived—she would have me do the dusting in the office part and then she would have me do her—put the steaks on because them Jews, they ate steaks every day. She showed me how to do it, how to put the steaks on every night for their dinner, and then she would finish the rest of it. So it was like four or five hours that I would work there. What is the name of the motel? I don't even remember. But these people also owned apartments that were on the Westside and these apartments was called—they was right there on C and McWilliams—the Bel Aire; they were called the Bel Aire Apartments. So after we got married then they gave me an apartment— they didn't give it to me; they allowed us to have an apartment there in their apartment complex. So then that's how we go

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