Elder Interview-Woodrow Woody Webster
Name/Title
Elder Interview-Woodrow "Woody" WebsterEntry/Object ID
A.2008.001.492Tags
Needs Accession Sheet, Needs Location, Needs Photo, Needs Further ResearchDescription
Webster, Woodrow "Woody" Wilson Born 10/21/1912 Parents: Isaac Newton Webster and Josephine (Hill) Webster Maternal grandparents: Cornelius Hill and Shalishia (Skenandore) Hill Father use to farm and garden, he was the Town Chairman for Hobart for 14 years. He went to the Mission School, then to Hampton and Carlile. Mother went to School in Hampton; she learned how to play Piano. She came back to Oneida when she was about 21 or 22 years old. Father is 6 years older than mother. Parents got married in 1906. They went to work in schools in South Dakota and Minnesota. They moved back to Oneida, built a house and started their family. Mother use to make Lace. The Nuns from Holy Apostles Church taught his mother the Lace makings and appointed her to teach other women the Lace making. They got paid from the Wealthy people on New York, the started the Lace Making. The lace making went on until 1916. They stopped it all. Some of the Lace Making was done for the Holy Apostle’s Church. His parents belonged to the Holy Apostle’s Church. Grandfather and 2 other men went to school to become Priest. Grandfather was ordained a Deacon for the Holy Apostle’s Church. Woody went to the Mission School; from there he went to High View School. Graduated from 8th grade. Then went on to High School at Green Bay East High. Got a Scholarship and went to school in Milwaukee, for 2 years. Went into the service. Joined into these things called Walk-A-Thons, was into that for 3 years. There was a favorite song that made a hit. Moved to Detroit for 10 years. Joined the Navy, was in the service for a few years. When he got out of the service, he moved back to Oneida. He became a Diesel instructor. He went to Virginia for L. S. training, to New Orleans for training and San Pan for training too. The war ended while he was in Okinawa. The he came back home to Oneida. He was known at Wisconsin Dells as Red Stone. When he came back to Oneida, no one around here knew him by that name. Woody was Tribal Secretary for 4 years. The biggest change that he has seen, is, gaming.Recording Type
Audio/VisualCollection
Elder InterviewsCataloged By
Gerzetich, Courtney (Cottrell)Category
Digital Media, Military