Joseph Goode and Dale Hutchens

Joseph Goode and Dale Hutchens

Recorded May 1, 2010 Archived May 1, 2010 41:36 minutes
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Id: ATL000309

Description

Dale Hutchins (53) interviews his uncle Joe Goode (80) about Joe’s childhood, college, and military years. They discuss Joe’s parents and Dale’s mother, Joe’s sister Betty.

Subject Log / Time Code

2:30
Betty, Dale’s mom, was 15 months older than Joe and they were playmates and good friends
3:35
After graduating college in 1952, Joe joined the Special Forces in the Army. Joe went to Howard College in Birmingham which is now Samford University
4:30
Both Joe and Dale have fathers who are pastors
6:00
Joe took singing lessons
8:45
Joe and Betty loved to go to movies and musicals
9:50
Joe’s father, did not let them go to the movies or play baseball on Sundays, but they did anyway
12:00
Joe learned to drive at 15, when the newly elected governor of Alabama lowered the age. Soon after, he was in an accident on a bridge
14:33
Joe helped his dad work in a blacksmith shop
15:30
Joe was a gymnast and taught gymnastics.
18:30
In the Special Forces, Joe was on Courts and Boards and was there when a a man was sent to 5 years in prison for being a homosexual
20:00
Joe’s favorite car is is Buick Lucerne, his least favorite was his 1935 Chevrolet with no brakes
30:00
Jim Ash and John Wood encouraged him to give up law school and stay in sales, a decision Joe now regrets
35:30
Joe was a financial consultant for Bellmark Records when “Whoomp There It Is” was popular
40:00
Both Dale and Joe are members of Lamda Chi Alpha

Participants

  • Joseph Goode
  • Dale Hutchens

Venue / Recording Kit