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Tags: 12/6/98, 238, activities, Almer E. Harman, antiques, Athens, Bastian, Beaver, Beaver High School, Bible, Bland County, Bluefield, Bluefield High, Bobby Thompson, Broadway show, Concord College, cook, dairy farm, Depression, drive-ins, drug store, Dutch oven, East River Avenue, elementary school principal, Fareview Junior High, food, freezer, garden, Grey Hound, hairdresser, Illee H. McGlen, Illee Harman, Jefferson Street, John J. McGlen, junior high school, Landmark, Leverit, Levert Trump, Little Orpan Annie, Louisburg, Marion Compton, Mary Belcher, Mary Beth Belcher, Medusa, Mercer County, Morgan Town, movies, Nannie Catherine Dare, New York, Norfolk, North Carolina, Ohio, one-room schools, Palmener Carol’s General Store, Peggy Trump, Pennsylvania, Raleigh, Rocky Gap, Second World War, stove, teacher, tin can alley, Uncle Dave Shufinbaker’s Store, VDOT, Virginia, Walter Sutton Harman, West Virginia, West Virginia Hardwood, Willow Brook, Wilmington, WVU

Tags: 12/13/98, 233, and Nancy Kidd, Archie Kidd, Bland County, chores, Cynthia Kidd, Dan and Ada Wolfe, Darrell, Eric Fleming, games, garden, Grapefield, Halloween, James, Josh Kidd, Joshua Kidd, Kelly and Sally Kidd, Kenneth, Kenneth Kidd, Korean War, Meek Devors, Michael, movies, Nellie Kidd, President Kennedy, President Nixon, Richard, Rocky Gap, School, Sid Kidd, Tazewell County, Vietnam War, Washington County, Watergate, World War I

Tags: “Trail of Lonesome Pine”, 10/17/98, 228, Aunt Ina, Aunt Ruby, Barry Bradshaw, Biography, Bland County, Bland High School, Bluefield, Bobby Sr., breakfast, Bud Elmor, bus, candy, Charles Havens, Christian life, Christmas, Church, clothes, coal stove, cook stove, cost, creek, Dal Davis, Danny Eugene Bradshaw, dating, David Williams, Depression, dolls, Dorris Bradshaw, Drop the handkerchief, Easter, Elizabeth Bradshaw, Ernest Blankenship, Family/People, farm, fishing, flood, Frank Bradshaw, Frank DeHart, Fred Bradshaw, garden, Grandpa Wright, Grocery store, Henry Sarver, Hollybrook, hop scotch, ice skate, Jimmy Williams, John Harry Bird, Jr., Judy Elmor, Lone Ranger, Lord, Matt Bradshaw, Methodist Church, movies, Myterle Claire Wright, Paul Williams, Pearl Blankenship, presents, President Hoover, President Johnson, President Kennedy, President Nixon, Preston Williams, Reba Bradshaw, ring around the rosies, Rita Gail Bradshaw, Roger Hart, Ruth Kegley, Sarver’s Store, Sawmill, sleds, snowstorm, swimming, Teddy Bradshaw, Thanksgiving, tree, Uncle Vance, Valentine’s Day, Vietnam War, Virginia Brown, wash dishes, Watergate, West Virginia, Woody Bradshaw, Wordensville, Zane Harvey Williams

Tags: 226, 4/20/98, Akers, atomic bomb, ball, Batan, Batan Death March, battery radio, beer, bingo, Bland County, Bluefield, brother, candy, Capefield Battle Hospital, Carbaugh, cattle, CCC, chewing gum, children, chores, Christmas, cigarettes, cook stove, corn, cost, country house, creek, cut wood, Depression, dope, Doug Harless, Egleston, Elbert Minnick, electricity, Everett Harless, feed chickens, Field Theatre, fish, fought, Franklin D. Roosevelt, games, garden, Gary Cooper, Gary Harless, gasoline, George Harless, Germans, Glen Harless, Guam, Halloween, hide and seek, High Point, high school, hogs, holidays, home, horses, housewife, hunt, industry, Iris Harless, Japaneese, Japanesse Concentration Camp, Jeremy Harless, Karen Harless, Korean War, L. M. Harless, Lena Rivers Harless, Luther Harless, Marion Harless, married, meal, meats, miner, movie, movie star, New Deal, Nixon, North Carolina, Novis, Okanawa, Orville Harless, paddles, paling fence, paralyzed, Paul Harless, Pearl Harbor, Philipines, play cards, pop corn balls, president, President Eisenhower, President Johnson, President Kennedy, President Truman, PWA, radio, restaurant, Rocky Gap, Roy Harless, Saw Mill, School, school bus, service, set back, Shirley Ann Harless, shoes, shot marbles, sleds, South Gap, Spinner McGhee, Sprucerun, Staffordsville, stock market crash, storms, Sunset Restaurant, switches, teachers, telephone, television, Tilitha Harless, toys, trade., tree, Troutville, Vietnam, Violet Harless, Virginia, wagons, War, Ward Harless, wash dishes, Watergate, wheelchair, Wilburs, winter, wood, World War II, WPA

Tags: 225, 3/7/98, ABC’s, Ada, AEP, Appalachian, apple pies, Arnett, bank, barn, barnyard, baseball, Bastian, bed, bedroom, Belcher, Belcher Furniture, Belcher Lumber Company, Biographical / Dry Fork, Bishop, Blanche Ferguson, Bland, Bland County, Bluefield, bonnet, Bonnie Dodson, brach, Bramwell, Brazil, bread, brick oven, brothers, Buckhorn Mountain, cabbages, cabinets, cakes, carpenter, Cashew Hill, cast iron, cemeteries, chain saw, Charlie Taylor, cheesecloth, chimney, China, Christmas, Church, cloak room, cloth, coal miner, Columbia French, cookies, corn, cover, crane, Creole, D.C., desks, devotion, diningroom, dishes, doctor, dresser, Earth, Eisenhouer, families, Family/People, farm, farm equipment, farmed, farmer, Farming, Fort Chiswell, Franklin County, Fred, French, furniture, games, garden, Georgia, GlenLynn, God, Gordons, government, grades, graduation ceremony, grandma’s, grandpa, Halloween, hay, hearth, Hector, Hill Top, hogs, Honaker’s Store, horse, horses, hospital, house, Howard Stowers, Howard’s Store, Hubert Gordon, Jack Tynes, James, Jefferson National Forest, John and Bonnie Dodson, John Dodson, Junie, kids, kitchen, kraut, land, Lee, Lee’s, Lewis Ferguson, livingroom, log barn, logs, Lord, lunch, M. H. Ferguson, Mac, Mac Ferguson, MacDaniel Ferguson, Mack Harfney Ferguson, mahogany wood, Martha Cobb, Marvin Tynes, Maryland, mattresses, May, May Charles, meat, meat house, mechanic, Mervetta, mild, militia, milk, mill, Miss Black, Miss Morehead, Miss Whitney, Monday, mother, mountain, mountains, movies, Mr. Charles, Mr. Ferguson, Mr. Gray, Mr. Honaker, Mr. Honaker., Mr. Robinson, Mr. Tynes, Mr. Will Gray, mules, Murray, New Orleans, North Carolina, note, nurse, Ohio, one room school, open heart surgery, path, Pearl Gordon, Pennsylvania, Pete Ferguson, pies, pipe, pneumonia, ponies, porch, Post Office, potatoes, pots, pound cake, Prices, Princeton, property, props, punish, recess, record, Reuben Ferguson, Roberta, Rocky Gap, Rocky Gap School, Roosevelt, Ruben Edward, Santa Clause, saw mill, Saw Mill, School, scraper, seed, shanties, Simpson, sink, sisters, slate rock, slave, slavery government, sled, Social Security, songs, South Carolina, spring, spring box, spring house, spring water, stove, straw, substitute teachers, sulpher spring, taxi cab, Tazewell, Tazewell County, teacher, Thelma Smith, This interview is biographical in nature and focuses on life on Dry Fork., tic mattress, Timber, time, trailer, trailers, trees, trench, trough, truck, VA, vegetables, Vernon Cobb, Virginia, Virginia Hardwood, Wagners, wagons, Washington, water, weeds, well water, wheat straw, Willie, winter, wood stove, Work, WV

Tags: 220, 4/10/96, Adner, Alonzo, Amos, Andy, Arver and Ollie Barnett, auction, baby shirts, Bastian, Bastian factory, Bastian Sports Wear, beds, Belcher’s Bridge, Betsy Dent, Beverly Floyd Hall, Beverly Hall, Bill Monroe, Biographical, biscuts, blackberries, Bland, bleach, blue ribbon, Bluefield, bread, bus, butter, cakes, canning book, car, carrots, chairs, Charleston, checkers, chicken, children, chimneys, chores, Christmas tree, Church, churn, cigars, Clarence, Clinton, Color Francis, cooker stove, corn, Corner Diner, country music, cow, creek, custards, Dave, Denita Blankenship, desk, Diamond School, dinner, dish pan, dolls, Dolly, East End School, education, Effie, electricity, factory, Family/People, fire, Florida, flower, food, fox and the goose, Frank Sinatra, fried potatoes, G. I. Joe, garden, garments, Garneth Havens, Grand Ol’ Oprey, grandpa Hall (Joe), Graton, groceries, Hardwood place, hatchet, hide-and-go-seek, holidays, house, Huntington, Icem, infant clothes, Jack, Jan, Jay Fred’s store, Jean Autry, jelly, Jew, Jimmy Dickens., Joe, Kate, Kate Long, kettles, kitchen, lard, Laura, Leonard, Lonzo, Lula Barnette, lumber grader, lunch, Macy Havens, marbles, meal, meals, men’s shirts, milk, Minnie Pearl, movie, Mr. Garret, Mr. Icem, Mr. Lawrence Lurber, Mr. Risen, Mrs. Havens, Mrs. Peery, music, Nell Katherine, New York, news, Nub, oil lamp, oven, paddle, peanut-butter sandwich, peas, Perry Como, phone, pop, popcorn, porch, pot-bellied stove, potatoes, preacher, radio, railroad ties, Railroad track, Reba, record player, Regina Harmon, restaurant, Rich School, Roanoke Fashion, Robert Hottie, Ronnie, Roy Acuff, Roy Rogers, Ruben, Ruby, Santa Clause, Saw Mill, school house, service, seventh grade, show, shows, Shufflebarger’s Store, Shufflebargers, singer, sink, store, stoves, street, tables, tag, taxes, Tazewell, teachers, television, tomatoes, town, toys, trailer, train, trimming, Trina Jackson, Virginia, wash board, wash dishes, West Graham, West Virginia, Witcher Creek, wood stove, Wytheville

Tags: 219, 4/26/98, and Phyllis Woody, Bluefield, Bobby Woody, Carroll Groceries, Charles Branson, Charlie Preston Woody, Check Point Charlie, chores, Christmas, Cisco Kid, Clearfork, coalmines, College Avenue, Colorado, Denver, Digin Jones, Dreama Woody, East River Mountain, Eisenhower, Elvis Presley, Eric Thompson, Family/People, Fourth of July, games, garden, Gene Autry, Gene Shepbarger’s Groceries, Germans, GI Blues, Halloween, Hollybrook, Ickman, Japanese, John L. Lewis, John Woody, Korean War, Life / Coalmines / War, Marion, Mary Elizabeth Woody, Miss Gregory, Miss Hassel Stowers, Miss Pruett, Miss Simpson, Miss Turner, Miss Updike, movies, North Carolina, O.B., Ohio, Ora Gray Stowers, Pearl Harbor, Pocohontas, President Johnson, President Kennedy, President Truman, Raymond, Rescue Squad, Rocky Gap, Roy Rogers, Rural Retreat, Sherman, Taylor’s, Turkey Gap, UMWA, Vietnam War, Vinnie Dot Woody, Virginia, Watha, West Virginia, Wolfcreek, Wytheville, Zorro

Tags: 12/19/96, 1928, 215, Alan Paine, Alice Johnson, Arch Rowe, atomic bomb, Biography, Bland County, chores, Christmas, Coal Mine, court, dates, Family/People, farm, games, garden, Gerald Pain, Germany, Halloween, holidays, house wife, Ivy Johnson, Korean War, Lana Alley, Lana Sue, Larry Paine, Laurel, Lexie Brammer, Marcella Paine, March 20, McDowell, McKinley Paine, movie, Mr. Pain, Nancy Margaret Payne, Nancy Payne, Nancy Rowe, Opal Coleman, Pain, Paine, Pauline Cantrell, Payne, Pearl Harbor, pranks, president, Robert Paine, Robin Payne, Rocky Gap, Rocky Gap School, Roosevelt, School, sewing factory, snow, stories, Terry Paine, Three Stooges, toys, Tracy Browning, War, weather

Tags: 2/19/96, 210, Barnes, Bastian, Bastian Church of God, Bible, Biography, Bishop, Bland, Bland County, Bluefield, Botetourt County, Burkes Garden, chores, Christmas, Clark Gable, Clearfork, Cove Creek, dating, Easter, Edna, Eisenhower, Ella Burton, Ethel Ball, Ethel Neel, Family/People, Franklin D. Roosevelt, fun, garden, George Buchanan, George C. Fox, Gerald Walker, Gilbert, Graton, Great Depression, Green Valley, Halloween, Harriet Elvira, Harriet Stump Buchanan, John, John & Harriet Blessing, John Blessing, Korean War, Levi Neel, Macie Ethel Kidd, Marla Pruett, Mary Walker Neel, Misty Balas, Mount Olivet, Narrows, News Center 6, Oakville, Pearl Harbor, President Johnson, President Kennedy, President Nixon, President Truman, Ray Neel, Rich Snapp, Roanoke, Robert Clay Kidd, Rocky Gap, Roy Roger, Ruth, Stella Blessing, Tazewell County, Thanksgiving, This is an interview with John & Harriet Blessing about their life., Tina, Tultex, Valentines Day, Vietnam War, Virginia, Watergate, Wolf Creek, World War II

Tags: 10/25/97, 209, Annette Kidd, Beverly Gay Looney, Biography, Bland, Bland County, Bland County School, Bland Methodist Church, Bluefield, Bluefield State Theater, Bobbie Lindamood, Brintle, Bristol, Buchanan County, Christmas, Courtney Brizendine, Cynthia Wynn Kidd, Debbie Looney, Easter, Edna Looney, Elma Ruth Looney, entertainment, Everett Looney, Family/People, Farming, Florene Spence Dillow, garden, Gary Allen Looney, Grapefield, Green Valley Methodist Church of God, Guernsey, Guy Dunn Motors, Hampshire, Helen Carter, Hick Looney, International, Ira Rada Lindamood, Jersey, Jimmy Stewart, Justice of the Peace, Lana Turner, Lena Kidd Looney, Linda Sue Looney, Lowell Dean Looney, Maretta & Otho Looney, Maretta Looney, Margaret Blankenship, Margaret Lou Emma Dillow, Narrows, Otho Looney, Paris Looney, Plymouth Rock, Poulan China, Redbrush School, Robert Lindamood, Robert Taylor, Roger Kelley Looney, Sammy Lindamood, Sandra Looney, Sidney Kidd, St. Luke's Hospital, Tazewell, Tennessee, Theodore Roosevelt, This is an interview with Maretta and Otho Looney about their lives., Thomas Grayson Dillow, Vica Stiltner Looney, William Maxwell Lindamood, Wytheville

Tags: 1972 Chevrolet Biscaynne, 207, 5/14/98, Annie Stinson, Arnold Stinson, Biography, Brinda Stinson, Dolly Stinson, entertainment, Family/People, garden, Halloween, Honaker Baptist Church, John Wayne, Johnny Stinson, Michael Dean Nelson, Michael Nelson, Mr. Bird, Mr. Groseclose, Mr. Kegley, Mr. Puckett, Mr. Sweet, Mrs. Gordon, Palmer Carols Store, President Kennedy, President Nixon, Richlands, Rocky Gap, Terry Nelson, Thanksgiving, This is an interview with Terry Nelson about her life., Virginia, Watergate

Tags: 200, 4/15/98, Anne Hager, Arthur, Biography, Bland County, Bluefield Hospital, chores, Christmas, Cleo, Columbus, Darby Elementary, Davie Cassidy, Family/People, fun, garden, Halloween, Jarret, Larry Payne, Lisa, Mike Payne, Nixon, Ohio, Partridge Family, Patty & Sam F. Payne, Pickaway County School, Rick Payne, Robert Dean Payne, Robin, Robin Payne, Rocky Gap, Rose Payne, This is an interview with Rose Payne about her life.

Tags: 10/26/97, 179, Biography, Bluefield, chores, Christmas, Edith Blankenship, Eisenhower, Family/People, Fred Neil, fun, garden, George Washington Bennett, Georgia, Georgia Durham, Graham High School, Halloween, Harry S. Truman, James Edward Neil, Jeremy Burton, Korean War, Mary Elizabeth Bennett, Mary Stowers, Newton and Lena Neil, Pepsi Cola, President Johnson, President Kennedy, Shirley Temple, Tazewell County, Tazewell School, This is an interview with Edith Blankenship about her life., Vietnam War, Virginia

Tags: 10/19/97, 175, Arnold & Ann Stinson, Biography, Bluefield, Brenda, chores, Clearfork, Dela Gay, Dolly, Earl, Ema Jane, Fairy Lee, Family/People, Frank Famins Store, fun, garden, George Smith, George Stowers, Helen, Honaker, J.B., John Ed Smith, Johnny, Julie Stowers, Kathy, Lebanon Hospital, Lucile, Michael Nelson, Mike Nelson, Newton, Palmer Carols Store, Richlands, Rocky Gap, Sara Jane Elizabeth Smith, St. Lukes, Susie, Susie Bell Woodjard Smith, Sutphins, Terry, This is an interview with Arnold & Ann Stinson about their life., West Virginia, Yaegars

Tags: 10/31/97, 174, Bastian, Biography, Bogel, Buchannon County, CCC Camp, chores, Christmas, Claude, Clinton, Easter, Ether, Family/People, Flora Lee Beckner, fun, garden, Germans, God, Grapefield, Great Depression, Halloween, Hazel, Jack, Jack Kidd, Japenese, Jesus Christ, John Kidd Jr., John Thompson Kidd, Korean War, Leigh-Anne Hudson, Nancy Jane Short, Pearl Harbor, President Coolidge, President Eisenhower, President Hoover, President Johnson, President Kennedy, Robert, Roosevelt, stock market, Swords Creek, This is an interview with Flora Lee Beckner about her life and about the CCC Camp., Thurman Kidd, Truman, Vietnam, Vivian Brown, West Virginia, World War II

Tags: 1/27/98, 167, Biography, Bland County, Buchanon County, Bula Stowers, Courtney Brizendine, Cynthia Kidd, Edna, Elma Ruth, Everett, Family/People, Farming, garden, Grapefield, Grapefield School, Harry Foglesong, Hick Looney, Lena Looney, Levica Looney, Mrs., Otho Looney, Paris Looney, Rocky Gap, Sidney Kidd, This is an interview with Otho Looney all about his life.

Tags: 145, 2/10/96, Alaska, Barry, Biography, Bland County, Bluefield, Bobby, canning, Christmas, Claire Wright Williams, Danny, David, Doris, Dow Davis, Easter, Elizabeth Bradshaw, Elizabeth Williams Bradshaw, Eugene Williams, Family/People, Frank Bradshaw, garden, Giles County, Great Depression, Hoolybrook, housekeeper, James H. Williams, Jimmy, John Harry Byrd, John Wright, Jr., Judy, Justice of the Peace, Kimberling, Korean War, Lila Chandler Wright, Lone Ranger, Lonesome Dove, lumberman, Merchant Marines, Mrs. Ruth Kegley, Ohio, Pearl, Pearl Harbor, Pinch Creek, President Eisenhower, President Johnson, President Kennedy, President Nixon, President Roosevelt, President Truman, Preston, radio, Reba, Riley and Ola Belle, Rita, Santa Claus, Sawmill, Sears Roebuck, Sheep Shed's Bay, South Carolina, Teddy, This is an interview with Elizabeth Bradshaw about her life., Tonya Bradshaw, Valentine's Day, Watergate., West Virginia, WWI, York

Tags: 134, 5/3/97, Abe Saunders, Andrew Ferguson, Archie Saunders, Biography, Bland County, Bland Courthouse, Bluefield, Bluefield Sanitarium, Brizillea Berguson, Carnelia Ferguson, childhood games, Christianburg High School, Christmas, Civil Rights Movement, Corneal Saunders, dating, Dr. King, Dry Fork, Easter, Elena Ferguson, Eppie Saunders, Estellia Saunders, Evaleen Charlton, Family/People, Flemin Saunders, Floyd, Floyd County, Franklin County, Franklin Roosevelt, Fred Saunders/ Estella Saunders, Freda Scruggs, Gamelia Ferguson, garden, Ida Cecil, Jim Saunders, Kacelia Williams, Kermit Ferguson, Kwusses, Lillies, Lonnie Saunders, MacDaniel Ferguson, Martha Cobbs, Mose Saunders, NAACP, Norfolk, Octavia Tynes, Pal Saunders, President Hoover., Priscilla Ferguson, Pulaski, Raymond Boone, Rev. Boone, Rev. Raymond Boone, Rocky Gap, Roosevelt Ferguson, school life, Social Security, This is a summary of Fred and Estella's childhood and their life together. It also contains short summaries on their family history and the history of the black community on Dry Fork., Tynes Chapel, United States, Vialee Ferguson, Virginia, Virginia Ferguson, West Virginia, Willie Ferguson, Willious, Woodrow Ferguson, Wytheville