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Tags: 10/31/96, 184, Alfred Havens, Biography, Bland County, Bluefield, Brian Keith Williams, Chad Williams, David and Jean Williams, David Earl Williams, David Timothy Williams, Doc Nunn, Donnie Mandal Williams, Family/People, Hollybrook, James Harvey Williams, Kimberlin Creek, Korean War, Lessie Brown Kimberling, Myrtle Clare Williams, Naimo Jean Williams, Nora Jane Kimberling, North Carolina, Pearl Harbor, Pinch Creek, President Eisenhower, President Truman, Rebuplican., Rufus Havens, Sears and Roebuck, Sparta, Steve Jeffery Williams, Sunday dinner, This is an interview with David and Jean Williams about their childhood life.

Tags: 182, 3/5/96, Atlantic City, Baltimore Colts, Bland County, Bob Hope, Bringing the band back to Bland County, Broadway show, Carowinds, Christmas parade, concert, Concord College, Europe, Florida, Forbush, George Wythe, Greenbrier, Homestead, Hotel Roanoke, JMU, London, Louis Armstrong., Macies Thanksgiving Day Parade, Maureen McGovern, Melissa Leedy, Misc., Mr. Bob Correll, Mt. Airy, Myrtle Beach, Nashville, New York Giants, North Carolina, Patrick County, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Eagles, Ray Bolger, Roby, Rocky Gap VFW, Smothers Brothers, This is an interview with Mr. Correll about bringing the band back to Bland County., Wytheville, York

Tags: 10/28/97, 168, AIDED, AK-47, D Troop First Cavalry second platoon, Danann, DMZ, Douglas MacArthur, Florida, Fort Bragg, Fort Ustus, Georgia, GI's, Helicopter Crew Chief, Huey Gun ship, Jeremy Harless, Korea, Kuwait, Michael Dillow, North Carolina, North Vietnamese, On K, Saigon, Saudia Arabia, South Vietnamese, Tazewell County, This is an interview with Michael Dillow about being in the service during Vietnam., United States Government, USO, Veterans, Vietnam, Virginia, War, Washington

Tags: '39 Chevrolet, 166, 1951 Oldsmobile, 4/30/97, atom bomb, Augusta County Virginia, Betty, Biography, Bland County, Brushy Mountain, California, Ceres, Ceres High School, Chaplin, Christmas, Civil War, entertainment, Eugene Orr, Family/People, Farming, fire department, flooding, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Fred Simpkins, Gary Cooper, Gayle Matthews, Germans, Goldsboro, Gordon Junior High, Gwen Thompson, Halloween, household chores, Japanese, Jews, John Atwell, John Thompson, Laura Atwell, Laurel Fork Creek, Mangus Lee Thompson, Marion, McDonald Douglas, Mount Vernon High School, Mr. Thomas, Mrs, Mrs. White, Navy, North Carolina, Oldsmobile Star fire '88, Patrick Pace, Pearl Harbor, Poor Valley, Radio Shack, rationing, Robert MacMillan, Rocky Gap, Roger Suda, Russians, Sarah, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, snow storms, South Carolina, Starger, This is an interview with John Thompson about growing up in Washington D.C. and Ceres, Tom and Lily King, United States, victory gardens, Virginia, Virginia., Waddle, Walkers Mountain, Washington D.C., William Thompson, World War II, Wytheville

Tags: 157, 4/22/96, atomic bomb, Bill Wyatt/ Veineda Wyatt, Biography, Bland County, California, Camp Stuart, Cleveland, Coca Cola Company, Detroit, Egglandfield, Family/People, Florida, Fort Bragg, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Georgia, Gone With the Wind, Hiroshima, Holston River, Hoover, Hopalong Cassidy, Hungry Mother's Park, Kentucky, Long Island, McDowell, Nagasaki, North Carolina, Ohio, Saltville, Saltville High School, Social Securities Act, Spars, The Victory Letter, This is an interview with Bill and Veineda Wyatt about their lives., Tom Hexy, Truman., Vicki Wyatt/ Nick Bruffey, Vietnam War, Virginia, war materials, Washington, Washington Monument, Waves, Wax, Welch, William Lloyd, WPA, WWI

Tags: 156, 4/19/96, Amanda Clark, Anna Ruth Perkins, Apartment for Peggy, Arthur Jr. Perkins, Arthur Rodament, Baby Snoots, Baptist Church, Bessie Emily Carver, Biography, Bland, Camp Obediah, Charlotte Shrader, Clarence Boels, Clark Gable, Clear Fork, Dalphina May Perkins, Dan Carver, Darnell Miller, Debbie Louise Perkins, Debbie Vise Perkins, Dorothy Evelyn Perkins, Emmet Lloyd Clark, Family/People, Farmville, Fay Perkins, FDR, George Perkins, Gone With the Wind, Harling County, Heaton, Jerry Clark, Johnny Dan Perkins, Kentucky, Keokee, Maxine Louise Perkins, Mitchell County, Motorola, Mrs. Alscreer, Mrs. Redman, Mrs. Smith, North Carolina, Pearisburg, Pearisburg Hospital, Perkins, Perry Mason, Pete Newberry, Poplar, President Kennedy, Retha Jean Clark, Robert Park Perkins, Rocky Gap, Sudie Perkins, This is an interview with Charlotte Shrader about her life., Virginia, Vista Carver, WWII.

Tags: 150, 4/5/96, Adolph Hitler, Bastian, Biography, black market, Bland County, Bland High School, Bluefield, Brian Payne, Brown Field, Cabit, Canada, CCC Camp, Cherokee Indian, Clear Fork, Clyde Sarver, Converse., Dave Conley, Dummy Burse, Dutch Irish, Dyst Bowl, East River Mountain, Elizabeth Tolliver, F4UI fighter planes, Family/People, FDR, Fredericksburg, George Washington, Germans, Glenn Hare, Grand Ole Opry, Grandpa Jones, Great Depression, Idnell Lambert, John Lambert, Katharine Mercer, KKK, Lone Ranger, Lucille Mercer, Mack Wiseman, Minnie Pearl, Model-T Ford, Montgomery Ward's, Mr. Coburn, Mr. Reynolds, Mrs. Ferguson, Mrs. Gregory's store, Narrows, Nashville, New Deal, Nickelodeon, Nike, North Carolina, Pansy Ball, Pearl Harbor, Pulaski, PWA, Quantico, Quantico Base, Ralph Graves, Rocky Gap, Rocky Gap High School, Ruby Shrader, Sears Catalog, Silby Conley, Snowball, Suitor, This is an interview with Pansy Ball about her life in Bland County., Turner Field, VE Day, Virginia, West Virginia, Wolf Creek, WPA, WWII

Tags: 148, 3/28/99, a resident of the Pinch Creek section of Bland County., Angela Willams, Anheuser Busch, Barbra, best times, Biographical interview with Jack Agee, Biography, Bland County, Bob Patrick, Boggle Hollow, Brenda, Buick, Christmas, Clark Stowers, Claude Stowers, Cody, Colorado, Corpus Christi, D.C., Dale City, Dale Davis, Dallas, deer hunting, Donald Curr, Dorothy Agee, Easter, Eddison Blankenship’s store, Eleanor Robson, Ethel Phillips, Floyd County, Georgia Mustard, Germany, Giles County, Grundy, Halloween, Havillena pigs, Hollybrook, Jack Agee, James Agee, Jessica, Jr., Kathy, Khruschev, Kimberling Branch, Kimberling Creek, Kimberling Valley, Lauren Faulkner, Lena Burton, Louisiana, Marge Blankenship, Marge Thompson, Marie Groseclose, Marsha, May Day demonstrations, Memorial Day, Mont Miller, Montana, Mrs. Mustard, Mrs. Stewart, Myrtle Stewart, New Orleans, New Year’s Day, North Carolina, old Bland High School, Paul Agee, Pocahontas Fuel Company, Pocy Fuel, Pontiac, Portugal, President Johnson, President Kennedy, President Nixon, Princeton, Reston, Rose Agee, Rossa Smith, Rt. 612, Russians, Slate Creek, Texas, Thanksgiving, United States, Vietnam War, Virginia, Virginia Hardwood, Virginia Stafford, Volkswagen, Wagner Auditorium, Washington, Watergate, West Virginia, Wise County, Wolf Creek, worst times, Wyoming

Tags: 1/25/96, 141, Americans, Arizona, atomic bomb, Autobahn, Bastain, Biography, Bland, Bland High School, Burkes Garden, CCC Camp, China., Christmas, Cleveland, Communists, Easter, Eisenhower, F.D.R., Family/People, Flip Wilson, Gene Godfrey, Geraldine Peery, Germans, Halloween, Hardwood Lumber Company, Harvard Law School, Hawaii, Hunting Camp Creek, Japanese, Korea, Korean War, Kristen Bradshaw, Kronkite, Lash LaRue, Lydia Peery, Marine Corps, Melanie, Mrs. Groseclose, Mrs. Muncy, North Carolina, one-room schoolhouse, Pearl Harbor, President Johnson, President Kennedy, President Nixon, Reverend Byrd, Rich Creek, Roy Rogers, Rpcky Gap, Suiter, Tennessee, This is an interview with Wayne Peery about his life in Bland County., Truman, Vietnam War, Virginia, Vivian Brown, Ward Peery, Watergate, Wayne Peery

Tags: 12/15/95, 138, Albert Sarver, Biography, Bland, Bland County, Bluefield, Brian Ball, CCC, Cherokee Indian, Clara King, Clarence Sarver, Clark, Clyde Sarver, Conley, Craig County, Dave Conley, Dory Skeenes, Dutch, Edith Payne, Elizabeth Allen, Family/People, Floyd Sarver, Franklin Roosevelt, Geleva Bell Clark, German, Giles Sarver, Glen Ball, Great Depression, Hazel Stowers, Honaker's, Japanese, John William Sarver, Korean War, Lawrence and the wrestler, Methodist Church, Narrows, North Carolina, Old Dirt Road, Pansy Ball, Pat Nelson, Pearl Harbor, Pearl Patterson, Phyllis Umbarger, President Calvin Coolidge, President Eisenhower, President Harding, President Hoover, President Johnson, President Kennedy, President Truman, Pulaski, PWA, Randy and Larry, Rev. Parks, Rocky Gap, Rosie Gordon, Round Bottom, Sherri, St. Lukes, This is an interview with Pansy Ball about her life., White House., Wolf Creek, WPA, WWI, WWII, Wytheville

Tags: 10/15/96, 133, annie-over, Archie Olmer Lundy, atomic bomb, Betty Joyce Blessing, Biography, Bland County, blind man.'s bluff, Bluefield, Bobby George Rupert, Buckhorn Mountain, Carroll's Grocery, Charlie Tayolr's Store, Chris DeHart, Christmas, Clark Gable, Clear Fork, Craig Fannon Beer Joint, Danville, Dr. Davidson, Drop the handkerchief, Easter, Eisenhower, Family/People, Ford, Gene Autry, George Lockhard Smith, Germans, Gone With the Wind, Grand Ole Opry, Great Depression, Grenada Theater, Halloween, Halloween Carnival, Hazel Stowers, hood-de-hide, Japanese, Johnson, Julie Lundy, Kennedy, Korean War, Linda Lundy, Mabel Pruett, Maw Perkins, Mr. Malden, Mr. Porterfield, Mrs. Gregory, Mrs. Joedon, Mrs. Tickle, New Deal, Nixon, North Carolina, Ora Gray Stowers, Pearl Harbor, Priscilla Bell Widjard Smith, Robbie Gross, Robert Wilson Gorss, Rocky Gap, Roosevelt, Rosie Warden, Ruby Phillips, Ruth Morehead, Sarah Jane Elizabeth Stowers Smith, school subjects, Susie Gross, Susie Lundy, The Lone Ranger, This is an interview with Susie Gross about her life growing up in Bland County., Timmy Lundy, Truman, VA, Vietnam War, Watergate., WWII

Tags: 0115, 10/19/95, 115, Bluefield Daily Telegraph, Community, Crystal Woody, Hillsville, North Carolina, Phyllis Looney/ Watha Woody, Raymond Woody, Rocky Gap, Rt. 52, This is an interview with Phyllis Looney and Watha Woody about Charley Woody's produce market., tunnel., Woody's Produce Market

Tags: 0103, 10/27/97, 103, Amos and Andy, Andrew Ferguson, Babtist Parson, barbershop, barbershop discussions, Bastian, Bastian garment factories, Bernard Chewey Conley, Bernard Drayton Conley, Biography, Bland County, Bluefield, Bob Conley, Bonnie Sue Nelson Conley, Carroll's store, CCC Camps, Charlie Taylor, Christmas, Cliff Conley, Clinch Valley., Colonial Theater, D.E. Conley, dance hall, Dry Fork, East River Mountain, Eisenhower, Family/People, Fanning's, first radio, games, Gene Autry, Goldie Conely, Great Depression, Grenada Theater, Greyhound Corporation, Halloween pranks, home life, Honaker Church, Honaker's grocery sotre, Howard Stowers, Ida Eustus Conley, Isaac Conley, Isabelle Brookman, Iwo Jima, Jean Conley, June-Gail Conley, Kentucky, Korean War, Laurel, Lena Conley, Loraine Conley, Mayberry Tunnel, Methodist Church of Rocky Gap, Mr. Ed, Mr. French, Mr. Tom Booth, Nancy Conley, New Deal PWA, North Carolina, Palmer Carroll's store, Peterstown, President Johnson, President Kennedy, President Nixon, Princeton Avenue, Railroad, Ralph Tiller's, Richlands, Roanoke, Rocky Gap, Roosevelt, Sam Newberry, school life, State Theater on Raleigh Street, Stowers Grocery, Sutphin's Grocery, taxes, telephone, television, This is an interview with Thurman Conley about his life and experiences in Bland County., Thurman Conley, toys, Truman, Verlin Shrader, Vietnam, Virginia, Watergate, Watt Conley, Westmoreland Coal Company, Williamson, Winston-Salem, Wolf Creek, WVA, WWI

Tags: 0096, 4/21/97, 96, Appomatox., Bastian, Bastian Union Church, Bland County, Board of Supervisors, Boston, Botetourt County, Canada, Captain George Starks, CCC Camp, Clearfork, Community, Confederate Army, Depression, Doctor Bishop, F.E. Bastian, Fincastle, Florida, Foot Cavalry, Foot Soldiers, General Lee, George Miller, Grundy, Guh Bruce, Guy Bruce, Hunting Camp, Hunting Camp Creek, James Starks, Kimberling Hotel, Korea, Louisiana, Mississippi River, Mr. Meeks, New Market, New River-Holston Western, New York, North Carolina, Northern Army, Railroad, Raleigh and Grayson Turnpike, Rocky Gap, Saltville, Shreveport, South Carolina, Southwest Virginia, State Game Department, Sulfer Springs, This is an interview with Guy Bruce about the history of Bastian., Tracy Lambert, Virginia, Virginia Hardwood Lumber Company, Wolf Creek

Tags: "the manor place", 0091, 5/28/95, 91, A-Model, Anna Ruth, Arthur J. R. Perkins, Arthur R. Perkins, Asheville, B-2 Bomber, Bastian, Beech Mountain, Bessie Carver, Bessie Emory, Biography, Bland County, Bonnie Faye, Buicks, C.L. Taylor's, Cadillacs, Carroll's, Carter County, Charlotte Shrader, Chevrolet, Christmas, Clark Gable, Clear Fork, Clint Eastwood, Cranberry, Cranberry School, Cubans, Curtis Creek Baptist Church, Curtis Creek Road, Curtis Creek School, Debbie Louise Richardson, Debbie Louisie, Delphina Mae Perkins, Dorothy Evelynn Perkins, Dry Fork, Easter, Family/People, Germans, Grace Montgomery, Halloween, Harlan., Heaton, Heaton School, Honaker Church, Howard's Store, Hugo, Indian Village, Interstate 77, Japanese, Jerry and Retha (kids), Johnny Dan, Kentucky, Lambert's Grocery, Laurel, Mae Perkins, Maxine Loyce, Mitchell County, Mountain Motel, New River, North Carolina, North Gap, Pearl Harbor, President Kennedy, President Roosevelt, Racer Fork, Robert Clarence, Rocky Gap, Roy Rogers, Sadie Jeanette, T-Model, Tennessee, This is an interview with Charlotte Shrader about her life before and after she came to Bland County., United States, Vanrealt, Wizard of Oz, Wolf Creek, WWII

Tags: 0087, 5/16/95, 87, baptism, Brother Proffitt, Brother Terry, Charles Clark/ Judy Clark, Charleston, Charlie Conley, Charlottesville, Christmas plays, Churches, Daniel Clark, David Johnson, Dedication, Dismal Swamp, Don Johnson, Dr. McConnell, Dublin, E.T. Hall, Easter, God., Hollybrook School House, Holy Ghost, Little Creek Dublin, Mac Hamilton, Mechanicsburg, New River, New Year's Service, North Carolina, Northern Lights, Paul Deaton, Pearisburg, Pumpkin Center, Resurrection of Jesus Christ, Richmond, South Carolina, Southeastern Conference of the Apostolic Church of the Lord Jesus Christ, Southwest Virginia, Tennessee, This is a history of the Wilderness Lighthouse Church., Tommy Ramsey, VA, Wallace French, West Virginia, Wilderness Church, Wytheville

Tags: 0027, 27, 3/27/97, Admiral Odendoff, Air Force base, Alkitraz, American flag, American Forces, American GI's, Article of War, atomic bomb, basic training, Bastian, Bland County, Bland High School, California, Canadian border, Charlie Munsey, Chicago, Derrick Hall, Europe, Harry S. Truman, Hawaii, Hiroshima, Hitler, James Quarter, Japan, Japanese, Japanese suicide planes, Jay Fred Hall, kamikaze attacks, Kentucky, Lithuwanian Islands, Maryland, Midwesterners, Mussolini, Nagasaki, New York, New Zealand, North Carolina, Ohio, Okinawa invasion, Pearl Harbor, Pennsylvania, prisoners, Sampson, San Francisco, Senica Lake, South Carolina, South Pacific, Sr., Sr. about World War II., Stubblinsville, submarines, Sunday School, Tennessee, This is an interview with Jay Fred Hall, Tokyo, train, Treasure Island, United States, United States Navy, US Air Force, US LSD 211, US Tennessee, Vice Admiral, Virginia, War, West Virginia, World War II, Yankees, Zamar