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Tags: 252, 9/9/99, Bane Crabtree, Sarah Pruett

Tags: 251, 5/15/99, Bastian, Biographical interview conducted with Gene Slaughter., Biography, Bland County, Bluefield, Carroll’s Store, Charlie Taylor, Christmas, Clifford Willis, Cumberland Road, Dorcas White, Falls Mills, Family/People, Freddy Ray Slaughter, Gene Autry, Gene Slaughter, Grandmother Slaughter, Halloween, Harless, Hattie Willis, Heath Slaughter, Hitler., Hubert Slaughter, Jimmy Stuart, Johnny Mac Brown, Lash LaRue, Laurel Creek, movies, Mr. Roosevelt, Palmer Carroll, Pearl Harbor, Puckett, rationing, Rocky Gap, Roy Rogers, Shufflebarger, Tazewell County, Tinia Elizabeth Slaughter, Tom WIllis, VA, weather, WWII

Tags: 250, 4/7/99, Biographical interview conducted with Lula Blankenships, Biography, Bland, Bluefield, chores, Christmas, Courtney Simpkins, Courtney Simpkins & Laura Rife, Dismal Creek, Eleanor Johnson., Emory, Family/People, Farming, Ford, house, Kegley Manor, Laura Rife, Lula Blankenship, Lula K. Mitchell Blankenship, Mechanicsburg, Miller, Mitchell, Mr. Dodson, Robert Blankenship, School, Tap Piano, Trent’s, Virginia

Tags: 249, 4/8/99, Amy Green, Aunt Cecil, Bastian, Bastian Sportswear Factory, Bland High School, CCC Camp, Cecil Robin Bruce, Cedar, Daniel Earnest, Dr. Jane Walker, Eugene Davidson, George Starks, God, Hicksville, Hicksville Train Station, Hotel, Hungry Mother Park, Hunting Camp, Iffy Bastian, Jesse Munsey, John Ashey, John Dale Bruce, John Tolbert Kidd, Johnstown Flood, Kimberling, Maple Atwell Sufflebarger, Mary Belcher, Mrs. Birdie Green Walker, Mrs. Heidi Stowers, Nationwide, New York, Parker Hornbarg, Parkersburg, Paul Looney, Post Office, Railroad, Randolph, School Board Office, Starks family, store, Town Square, VA Hardwood Company, Virginia, Walnut Avenue, Walnut Tree, Yankees, Zareda Earnest

Tags: 248, 5/10/99, Bland, Bland County, Dallas Hubbard, East River Mountain, equipment., Erik Compton, Ford Tandem, logging business, logging convention, Marion Harless, PG Builders, Princeton, Richmond, Roncevere, Rt. 606, Squire, Steve Inscore, Stihl 64, Tim Compton, Turman Lumber, VA, WV

Tags: 247, 5/15/99, Alvie Tabor, Amos Tabor, Arnold Tabor, Barbara Harless, BIll Walter’s place, Birdie Tabor, Bland, Bland County, businesses, Christmas, Clearfork, David Harless, Davidson place, Doug Harless, Dryfork, Earl Tabor, Elsie Harless, Frank Gordon Tabor, Franklin Roosevelt, garden, Grace Tabor, Great Depression, Halloween, Helen Marar Wolfe, Helen Tabor, Homer Tabor, Hoover, James Tabor, Jesse Tabor, Josh Kidd, Josh Kidd & Zane Perkins, Judy Harless, Kimberlin, Korean War, Marion Lee Harless, Myrtle Tabor, Nanny Tabor, Patty Harless, Peggy Harless, President Kennedy, President Nixon, President Truman, Richlands, Roy Tabor, Ruth Tabor, Santa Clause, Skip Harless, Watergate., Wolfe Creek, Zane Perkins

Tags: 246, 4/10/99, Appalachian Power Company, Bastian, Bland County, Bland County Courthouse, Bobby Gross, Ceres, Charles Jasper Miller Starks, Clarence Starks, Dr. Hicks, Eunice Childress, Geneva HIcks Starks, Hicksville, Jessee Wade Hicks, Joseph T. Hicks, Mariah Henderson Maxwell Hicks, Mattiline Starks family, Mechanicsburg, Methodist Church, Pine Grove Methodist Church, railroad depot, Ralph Kidd, Ralph M. Kidd, Rebecca Hicks, Robert Miller Starks, Rocky Gap, Ruby Hylton Kidd, Saw Mills, Susie Gross, Tracey Dye, Tracey M. Dye, Tyler Kidd, voting, Wolf Creek

Tags: 245, 3/22/99, Anguis, April Love, Bedford County, Betty K. Munsey, Bland County, Bluefield, Bob Munsey, Botetaut County, Caba Methodist, Constance Whitt, Craig County, Debbie Munsey, Don Dubrant, Dwight D. Eisenhower, garden, Good Friday, Halloween, June Keffier, Kataba Sanotarium, Katopa, Kayaba, Kennbeck, Mason Keffier, May, Michael Munsey, Miner Keffier, Montgomery County, North Side High School, Oren Spin, Pat Boone, Pecks of Otter, Princeton, Roanoke, Seattle., Shirley Jone, Southern States pig feed, St. Patrick’s Day, Thelma Spin, Top Elementary, VA, Viowa Keffier, Virginia Tech, Wayne Keffier

Tags: 244, 4/9/99, 61 Ford, 63 Impala 409, 64 409 Impala, 64 Fairlane, 64 XL Ford, 66 Fairlane, 66 Super Sport Chevelle, 67 Chevelle, 68 Chevelle, Adam Akers, Al Faulkner, Bastian, Bill Burton, Bill Gross, Bird, Bland, Bluefield, Bob Burton, Bob Gross, Bobby Wimmer, Buford Tuggle, Calvin Weddle, car parts, Charlie Sarver, Clearfork, Corvettes, David Kidd, Doc Kegely, Dodge Charger, Frankie Kidd, Gary Dillow, Gene Dalton, Giles County, Harry Shupe, Jerry Groseclose, Jim Hagy, Jimmy Gregory, John Kinser, John Price Newberry, Johnny Compton, Johnny King, Judy Tolbert, Junior Akers, Larry Stowers, Linda Stowers, Marie Akers, Mary Lou Stowers, Maynard Green, Melissa King, Melvin Cox, Monti Jennings, Ms. Looney, North Carolina, Paul Newberry, Peggy Faulkner, Phillip King, Post Office, Princeton, Radford, Rev. Lee Ellis, Rocky Gap, Roger Looney, Shelby Mustang, Stanley Puckett, Steven Newberry, Stockner, Sunset Restaurant, Super Sport Impala, Tastee Freeze, Teddy Bradshaw, Terry Akers, Tommy King, VA, Wendell Hall, Wylie Akers, Wytheville

Tags: 2/15/99, 243, ABB, Asa Rasnake, Bastain, Bill Parks, Bland, Bland County, Charlie Taylor, Claude Carter, Clearfork, Dean Company, East River Mountain, Homelites, John Kinser, Logging, Matthew Bradshaw, No Business, Ohio, Princeton, Rex Moorehead, Route 61, saws, Stihl, Tazewell, Teddy Bradshaw, Truman Lumber, Virginia Hardwood Lumber Company, weather, Wolf Creek Mountain

Tags: 2/21/99, 242, Alaska, Arizona, Boise City, British, California, Camp Cook, Cape Drake Japan, Captain Brinkman, Chicago, Cleveland, Corporal Hartley, Everett Harless, Filipino, Fort Bellvore, Fort Bragg, Fort Jackson, Fort Knox, Fort Lawton, Fort Majuco, Fort Meade, General Ship Hissleman, George Harless, Greeks, Hokeito, Jeremy Harless, Jeremy R. Harless, Kentucky, Korea, Louisiana, Luther May Harless, MacArthur, Maryland, New York Central Railroad, North Carolina, Northern Japan, Ohio, opium, Orville Harless, Paul Harless, Pee Wee Smith, President Truman, Pu’san Harbor, Richmond, San Francisco, Seattle, Sergeant Baber, Sergeant Wigga, Sergeant Wolky, South Carolina, South Gap, Tadco, Tagus, Thailanders, Tokyo, U.S.N.S. Marine Atered, Virginia, War, Washington, West Virginia

Tags: 2/21/99, 241, Adam Akers, Army, Bland County, Bluefield, cars, Central Europe, Charles Akers, Christmas, Earl Terry Akers, Ella Lambert, England, Fort Veldare, France, General George S. Patton, Germans, Germany, Hazel Stowers, Helen Morehead, Italians, Jake Akers, James B. Akers, Laurel, Lee Akers, Loretta Richardson, Lucille Akers, Lucille Walters, Luella Akers, lunch, Luxenburg, Mae Akers, Mary Akers, Nelsene Marie Stowers, Pearl Harbor, Pee Wee Gills, President Kennedy, prisoners, Queen Mary, Rocky Gap, Roosevelt, Ryeland, Sam Lambert, Sardines, Sash and Door, School, Scotland, service, Tazewell County, Virgie Akers, Virginia, Walter Akers, weapons, Wylie W. Akers

Tags: 12/21/98, 240, Amanda Kitts, Ardelia Repass, Arten Repass, Bastian, Bland, Blessing’s Store, Bruce Repass, Cathleen, Ceres, Charen and Lutheran cemetery, Christmas, Clark Gable, Delaware, Digsby Repass, Eula Kitts Repass, food, France, Freta Repass, games, garden, garmet factory, Holston River, Jimmy Berg, jobs, Lesley Umbarger, Mallie Tibbs, Manuela Young, Mary Belcher, Masonic Lodge, Megenisk’s, Mr. Wagner, Nannie Rose, National Cemetery, North Fork, Odd Fellows, Pete Sands, Ray Tibbs, Rocky Gap, Roger Arten Repass, Rural Retreat, Santa, School, Shirley Temple, Sluss, Smyth County, Sports, St. Lou, Tillson Farm, VA, Valentine’s Day, Will Rogers, Wilmington, Wytheville

Tags: 2/22/99, 239, Alvy Taber, Amos Taber, Arnold Taber, Bertie Taber, Bishop Chapel, Bland, Bland Courthouse, Bluefield, Bob Gibson, Brother Taylor, Christmas, Clearfork, dating, Donald Gibson, Ed Gibson, Elsie Taber, Farming, Frank Taber, games, garden, George Washington, Glenn Hare, Grace Taber, Halloween, Helen Gibson, Helen Taber, Helen Wolf, Homer Taber, house, Jane Gibson, Jewel Gibson, Johnson, Josh Kidd & Zane Perkins, Kennedy, Korean War, Laurel Fork, Lincoln, Mayberry, movies, Myrtle Taber, Nanny Taber, Nixon, Pearl Harbor, radio, Richard Gibson, Rocky Gap, Russia, Ruth Taber, school subjects, Sherwood Goleycomb, Stowersville, Tazewel, Truman, VA, Watergate, Wolfcreek, World War II

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: 2/15/98, 237, animals, B.A. Smith, Bastian, Bluefield, buggy, Burton, Christmas, Church, courting, Depression, Don, drop the hankerchif, Ed, Ethel Phillips, farm, Flat Top Mountain, games, graduation, Grandfather Wright, Grandpa Williams, hard wood lumber company, Hollybrook, J.D. Halvey, J.D. Harvey, Lester Chandler, Matt Bradshaw, Mechanicsburg, Metty Repass, Minnie Williams, movie, movie house, Mr. Courty Harvey, Mr. D.C. Nunn, Mr. Farlow, Mr. John French, Mr. Port Chelveys, Mr. T.R. Ramsey, Mrs. Oathy Powers, Ms. Marion Rathford, Narrows, Oathy Pruett, oxen, pheasant, Pinch Creek, Princeton, Pulaski, radio, Railroad, recess, Rich Creek, Rocky Gap, School, stores, Tam, teachers, telephone, television, train, wagon, Walkie Talkie, Walter Chandler, Wardensville, West Virginia, Winchester, Wolf Creek

Tags: 12/5/98, 236, Bland, Bland County, Caterpillar, chain saws, Charlie Taylor, D.E. Conley, Doug Harless, dozers, English Ott, English Ott Mill, Ether, Everett Harless, Franklin, horses, International, Jeremy Harless, John Deere, Jr., L. M. Harless, L.M. Harless, Logging, Marion Harless, Martinsville, Massey Ferguson, McCulloch, mill, mines, Poplar, R.H.H.O.E., Railroads, Remington, Rocky Gap, Route 42, saws, skidders, Smiths, South Gap, Swedish, Timber, track loader, trees, trucks, Virginia, Virginia Hardwood, Virginia Hardwood Lumber Company

Tags: 11/27/98, 235, Bill Clinton, Bluefield Hospital, Bruce Blessing, Bud Abbott, C.L. Taylor’s Store, Carroll’s Store, Charles Wilson and Linnie Kinser Wilson, Cove Creek, Fannon’s Beer Joint.Clark Gable, Giles Memorial hospital, Gulf War, Hazel Stowers, J.C. Belcher, Kennedy, Korean War, Lee Royals, Lou Costello, Mary Wilson Belcher and Joseph W. Belcher, Ms. Fogelsong, Nannie Bell Carper Belcher and William Thurston Belcher, Ora Gray Stowers, Patsy Neal, President Bush, Puckett’s Store, Round Bottom Virginia, Ruby Billups, Saddam Hussein., Sammy Belcher, Spiro Agnew, Susan Kinder, Virginia Morehead, Westgate Shopping Center, Wilson Belcher, Woodrow Stowers, World War II

Tags: 12/8/98, 234, American Power Company, Baptist Valley, Bastian, Bland, Bogle School, Burkes Garden, Ceres, Claypool Hill, Dr. Walker, Dry Fork., Georgie Havens, GIV.Clark Gable, Grand Ole Opry, Jami Price & Tonia White, Kingsport, Korean War, Lawerence Welt, M.C. and Beatrice Stacy, Macness Products, Narrows, Pembrooke, President Nixon and Watergate, President Truman, Princeton, PWA and CCC, Roosevelt, Suitor, Tony, Virginia Hardwood Lumber Company, Wise County, Wolfe Creek, WPA

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: 12/15/98, 232, Appalachian Trail, Appalachian Trail Hikers, baby chicks, banjo, bass, Bastian, beans, Bill Erwin, Bluefield, bluegrass, Bruce Shufflebarger, candy, Champagne, cigarettes, conductors, cornbread, diner, dobro, fiddle, food, gas station, Grocery store, guitar, gum, hamburgers, Honey Bees, hot dogs, ice cream, instruments, interstate, Jan Long, Kate Childress, Kidd Brothers grocery store, Levi Long, Lundy Childress, Maine, mandolin, Mexico, Mitch Looney, Mr. Kidd, Mrs. Bruce, Mrs. Jessie Johnston, musicians, overseas, Parkersburg, Post Office, Postmasters, produce, Railroad, rattlesnake, Sawmill, service station, The Corner Diner, Train Depot, United States, Virginia Hardwood Lumber Company, Virginia Hardwood Mill, world, Zareda Ernest

Tags: 12/16/98, 231, animals, Armond’s Branch, banks, books, Bruce Cook, candy, canned food, cattle, clothes, coalmines, corn, cornbread, cows, Doris Steele, Dryfork, dumplings., English, farm, Godfry’s store, Great Depression, Henry Bishop, hogs, horses, Iaegar, Lakie Rice, milk, mountain, mules, New Year’s Eve, potatoes, President Roosevelt, Snowbirds, state roads, Stephanie Rice, stores, The Great Depression, winter

Tags: 10/13/98, 229, arithmatic, Basketball, Bastian, Bastian Elementary School, bell, black board, Bland, Bland County, Bland High School, Blane Whirl, Bluefield, Boyscouts, certificate, Christmas, coal, college campus, Community, cooked meals, Dean, death, Depression, diplomas, Doctor Wagner, Dr. Alma Shuffelbarger, Dr. Charles Starks, Dr. Danny Neal, Easter break, education, eleventh, emergency training, entertainments, erasers, exams, excercise, field day, fire, first grade, games, ghost stories, grades, graduation exercises, Gralin Updite, Hady Stowers, Hanes Bruce, hay rides, Hazel Stowers, hikes, holidays, Holly Starks, homemade school bus, ice, iron stove, Jack Kaylor, James Morehead, jobs, kindergarden, Kittylee Morehead, knife, Lillias Kidd, Little Creek, lunches, May, medical doctor, meeting, money, movies, Mr. Gilly, mud, music, Neda Hudson, one room school, Osh Gosh, parents, parties, pay, picnics, plays, primary level, principal, programs, punishment, Radford University, rain, Ralph Kidd, reading, recess, Red Cross, Richmond, Rocky Gap, Ruth Groseclose, School, School Board, Schools, second grade, Senior play, seventh grade, sixth grade, skunk., snow, spelling bees, sports teams, spring, study, substitute teachers, Suiter, Superintendent, tag, Tazewell, Tazewell County, teacher, teacher’s degree, teaching assignment, Thanksgiving, traveling play groups, truck, upper elementary, vall, Virginia, water, weather board, Wisconsin, wood, World War II, writing

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: 227, 3/28/98, 42, angels, apple wine, Army, Athens, Augusta, Baptist Church, barbershop, baskets, beans, blackberry wine, Bland, blood root, buckets, bunny, burning child, canning, Carla Ferguson, Carol’s, carpenter, CCC Camps, Charlie Roberts, Cherokee, chickens, children, chinquipins, chores, Christian, Christmas programs, Church, Conley’s, cook, cooking, corn wine, costumes, cot, courting, creek, Dandelion wine, dead people, Dismal Creek, Dry Fork, electricity, Evaline Charleton and Violea(Charleton)Ferguson, Family/People, farm, favorite food, ginseng, Gladys, Harriett Elizabeth Charleton, Hills, Hinton, Hoanaker House, Hoanaker’s, hogs, Hollybrook, horses, hospital, huckleberries, jazz, jelly, John and Bonnie Dodson, Johnny Williams, Joseph, Lane Ferguson, Lick Skillet, lighter knots, Log House, lumber, lye soap, Marvin, Marvin Carver, Mary, Methodist Church, mirrors, mountains, Mrs. Granny Woods, Mrs. Jones, Nate, No Business, Noah Charleton, Oliver William Charleton, Pal Saunders, pine knots, plane crash, ploughing, poke sallet, potatoe wine, powerline, pressure can, Priceton, quilting frames Mr. Robertson, radio, rhubard, Richmond, Rocky Gap, Santa Clause, sasafrass, Saunders, School, shepherds, slave, stores, strawberries, strawberry wine, T model four, tea berries, This is an interview with Nate Charleton and his 3 sisters in their home up Dry Fork., train, Tynes Chapel, Victrola, Wansley, water source, weather, Wilderness Road, wise men, Wolf Creek