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: A State of Mind
neighborhood and seeing miles and miles of running roses, wisteria, honeysuckle and azaleas, so many I thought azaleas were a vine. It was a time when women were ladies and men were gentlemen.
“We had the freedom to go where ever we wanted to,” Millie said. “Mother gave us a lot of freedom and raised us basically by herself. (August and Mildred went their separate ways when the children were young and Mildred later remarried Charles Savard, who came into town with the Corps of Engineers.)
But even though there was a lot of freedom, Mildred still had certain expectations of her children, Millie says, and was able to command the correct behavior without even raising her voice or giving any spankings.
Play days were filled with fishing and crabbing with strings, roaming the beaches, bicycles, May pole festivals, and of course, playing the biggest game in town, marbles. “We coveted out marbles,” Millie said. The children stayed in the water till the coming of jellyfish season ran them. Other days were filled with school, sports events, music lessons and of course, church on Sunday. Millie’s mother and grand mother were among the founders of the Clermont Harbor Methodist Church.
Festivals and get togeth-