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Tags: 712, 9/9/11, Bland High School, Hunter Stanley, John Michael Mustard, JTPA Program, Life in Bland County, Police, Rockets

Tags: 711, 9/22/11, Advanced diploma, Basketball, Bland High School, Cluxi, dairy farm, French, German immigrant, gold, Graves, Hollybrook Elementary, homecoming, Hunter Stanley, Indians, Lake Morehead, Latin, Life in Bland County, Meagan Bradshaw, murder, No Business, Richmond, Rockets. Eagles, School rivals, slaves, Wesendonck

Tags: 3/4/07, 510, Audrey Blessing, Bastian, Bastian Elementary, Bastian Union Church, Bill Bruce, Bland County, Bland High School, Bluefield College, Bud Blessing, Christmas, Denise Hershel, Denver Conley, Depression, Eddie Kid, Franklin D. Roosevelt, German, GIV, Grand Ole Opry, Halloween, Harber Lumber Company, Harped Hoover, Ira Kid, Iraq, Japanese, Jim Kitts, John Bruce, John Wayne, Korean War, Larry Kid, Lob and Adner, Mark Blessing, Mildred Kid, Mr. Wright, Mrs. Dunn, Mrs. Kegley, New Deal, Pearl Harbor, President Eisenhower, President Johnson, President Kennedy, President Nixon, President Truman, Ralph Reynolds, Stella, Stella Kits, Suiter, Sylvie Homan, VA, Vietnam War, Virginia Tech, Watergate, WW2

Tags: 5/29/06, 501, and John Ferguson about desegregation., Beckley County, Bland High School, Bluefield, Bluefield State, Desegregation, Dry Fork, Edna Bosham, Gloria Bonds, Gordons, Grand Ole Opery, Hinton, John Ferguson, John Kaylor, Matt Ferguson, Nate Gore, Newberry Funeral Home, Roanoke, Rocky Gap, School, Sports, Tazewell County High School, This is an interview with Gloria Bonds, Upward Bound, Virginia Tech, West Virginia State Fair, Wytheville

Tags: 05/30/04, 433, Alma Dillow, Bland Co., Bland Correctional Farm, Bland High School, David Gore, Elenaor Dillow, Farming, Farming in Bland County, Garland Dillow, Grand Old Opry, Great Depression, Helen Kidd, James Dillow, JC Dillow, Laraine Newberry, Larry Dillow, Pamela Gore, Rita Jo Bradshaw, Trinity Methodist Church

Tags: 373, 4/7/02, Amos and Andy Show, Anthony Conley, Bastian, Bastian School, Bill French, Biographical, Bland, Bland County, Bland High School, Bluefield Sanitarium, Bruces Hill, Brushy Mountain, Buddy Lucas, CC camp, Ceres, Christmas, Claude Stowers, Clear Fork, Colonia Theater, Delano Roosevelt, Desi and Lucy, Earnest Lucas, Errol Flynn, Farming, garden, Grace Kidd, Harry Dean Lucas, Hazel Stowers, hide and seek, Hunting Camp Creek, James W. Conley, Jamie Conley, Jevette Buchanan, kick the can, Life in Bland County, Lillith Kidd, lumberman, Miss Flora Eagle, Miss Hattie Stowers, Miss Phyllis Kidd, Miss Ruth Groseclose, Mollie Neal & Dusty Williams, Mr. & Mrs. Henderson Kidd, Patty Whitehead, Pearl Harbor, Phyllis Conley, President Eisenhower, Ruth Groseclose, Shewie, Snow Ice Cream, Suiter School, This is an interview with Bill French about his life in Bland County., Wolf Creek, Woolworths five and dime

Tags: 1/13/02, 1930’s, 359, Barry, Biographical, Bland High School, Bluefield West Virginia, Burkes Garden, Burkes Garden High School, Ceres, cheese, Cow Milking, dairy farm, Davis Pruett, Frasier, garden, Great Depression, Hugh and Sadie Akers, Hunting, Jean Lambert, Lambert, Levi Shuy, Life in Bland County, Mamie Neal, Morton, Mrs. Jeanie Gore, outhouse, Pearl Harbor, Pete Newberry, Shakespeare, Tazewell County, Terrence Gore, This is an interview with Mrs. Jeanie Gore about her life in Bland County., Wagner Auditorium, Woodrow Boone, World War II, Wytheville

Tags: 12/29/01, 349, Adria, Bastain, Bastain Union, Biographical, Bland County, Bland High School, Bluefield, Briston, Burkes Gardn, CCC, Christmas, Elizabeth Neal, Great Depression, Harvy Rasnake, Hunting Camp Creek, James Edward Rasnake, Korean War, Life in Bland County, Mary’s Adventist, Mattie Elizabeth Bogle, N&W, Narrows, Pearl Harbor, President Truman, Ronoke, Rosa Pruett, Rosie Miles, Rufus Bogle, Russell County, Sylvia Pauley, Tazewell County, Tennessee, This is an interview with Rosa Pruett about her life in Bland County., Tyler Pruett, Valentines Day, Virginia, Virginia Hardwood Lumber Company, WPA, WWII

Tags: & Judy Elmore, & Judy Elmore about their lives in Bland County., 2/24/01, 331, Adriana Faulkner, berry picking, Biographical, Bland Co., Bland High School, Bluefield, Christmas, Doris Bradshaw, Doris Dillow, Easter, gardening, Gone With the Wind, Halloween, Hollybrook, John Wayne, Korean War, Lana Turner, Life in Bland County, Marylyn Monroe, Mechanicsburg, Mickey Mantle, NC, Pinch Creek, playground games, Pres. Eisenhower, Pres. Nixon, Pres. Roosevelt, Pres. Truman, Pulaski Co., Reba Bradshaw, Rufus Havens, Sparta, Texas, Thanksgiving, This is an interview with Reba Bradshaw, Watergate, Wytheville

Tags: 0319, 12/29/00, 319, 4th of July, Biographical, Bland, Bland High School, Burkes Garden, Captain Sam Newberry, Chilhowie, Christmas, Clearfork, Easter, Eisenhower, FFA, Geraldine Scott Bowen, Ingrid Bergamn, Jeananne Hoge, Jeff Hoge, Jessica Bowen, Johnson: Nixon, Kennedy, Life in Bland County, Lucy Kidd Newberry, M.H. Bowen Jr, M.H. Bowen Jr., M.H. Bowen Sr, Mary Elizabeth, Maytag, Meek Hoge, Meek Hoge III, Mill Wall, Pearl Harbor, Roosevelt, Tazewell County, Theater Barber Shop, This is an interview with M.H. Bowen Jr. about his life in Bland County., Thompson Crockett Bowen, Tiffany Lee, Valentines, Virginia Newberry Bowen, William Allan Newberry, World War II

Tags: 1/2/00, 290, Benjamin Leighton & Jeffrey Johnson, Biographical, Bland, Bland High School, Bluefield, Ceres, Christmas, Christmas program, Darnell Miller, Divides, Don Umbarger, Easter, Eleanor Johnson, fruit basket, Harry Byrd, Hollybrook, Hollybrook School, homecoming, J.D. Clark, Jesus, John Finley, Life in Bland County, Lodeska French, Lord’s Prayer, McNeal Church, Mechanicsburg, Nettie French, No Business, one-room school, Pearl Harbor, Pledge of Allegiance, Pumpkin Center, Radford school, Rev. Don White, Rev. Kegley, revival, Rocky Gap, Route 606, Route 608, Ruth Crabtree, Silver Creek, South Gap, tap plans, Ted Anders, television, This is an interview with Eleanor Johnson about her life in Bland County., Virginia Brown, Walkers Creek, weather, Wessendock United Methodist Church, White Sulphur Spring, Wilderness Road

Tags: 11/30/99, 283, Betty K. Munsey, Biographical, Bird Cemetary, Bland, Bland High School, Cemetery, Dairy Cows, Elizabeth Bird, farm, Floyd County, garden, Indian Village, Life in Bland County, Montana, Mr. George Bird, Mr. Woodrow, North Carolina, Radford College, Range Eternal, Richmond, Rural Electrification, This is an interview with Elizabeth Bird about her life in Bland County., Virgina, Walker Mountain, Washington area, Wolfe Creek

Tags: 10/25/99, 1950’s, 260, advice, arithmatic, Bastian, Bastian Elementary School, Bibliography, bicycles, Biographical interview of Mellissie, Bland High School, Bluefield, Ceres, children, Chinese Checkers, chores, Christiansburg, Christmas, Commissioner of Revenue, courting, Cynthia Akers and Kara Perkins, David Newberry Kidd, electricity, games, Halloween, Helen Hardy, hide and seek, Ira S. Kidd, Jimmy Ray Gibson, John W. Kidd, John Wayne, Kidd Cheverolet, Korean War, life in Bland Co, lunch, Mary Margaret, Mellisie Kidd Gibson, Mildred Newberry Kidd, movies, Mr. Dow Davis, Mrs. Marie Groseclose, Mrs. Rosa Byrd, mud pies, Narrows, Old Maid, out house, paper dolls, party lines, peer pressure, pranks, President Eisenhower, President Kennedy, President Nixon, President Truman, Pulaski Community Hospital, punishment, radio, Railroad, rationing, Red Skeleton, Riner, Rook, Saw Mill, shape the world is in, shows, telephone, television, Valentine’s Day, vdgetables, Virginia, W.S. Newberry, Watergate, weather, writing, WWII

Tags: 257, 4-H club, 9/11/99, Armor Dial, Backstreet, Bay of Pigs, Beer Garden, Ben Bird Jr., Ben Lee Bird, Bland Co., Bland Co. Fair, Bland High School, Bob Larson, Bristol, Buck Collins, Carl Stock, Carolyn Baine, CBS, Claude Stowers, Clyde Elliott, Dall Davis, Daniel Boone District, Depression, Dramatics Club, Dunn Motors, Eastern Kentucky, Eddie Hubb, Fayette Grayson, FFA, Florida, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Game Commission of Virginia, Germans, Glenwood Park, Gone With the Wind, Grover Hamilton, Guy Dunn, Halloween, Helen Harley, Hercules Potter Co., Hollybrook, Hop-Along Cassidy, Ike Pauley, Illinois, Inland Fisheries, J.T. Dunn, Jack Kennedy, Japan, Jim Munsey, Kidd Chevrolet, King College, Korean campaign, Life and the Bland County Fair, Lux Soap, Lux Theatre, Margie Blankenship, Mechanicsburg, Nannie Burton Bird, Nanny Sawyer, North Carolina, Patrick Co., Pearl Harbor, Pete Newberry, Poplar Hill, President Kennedy, Radford, Radford Arsenal, Ralph Reynolds, Richmond, Roanoke, Robbie Morehead, Rocky Marciano, Rosa Jones Bird, Rosa Mann, Ruth Kegley, Server King, Sid Caesar, Southwest Virginia, TN, Tom Dunn, Tommy Dunn, Victor Gilly, Virginia Brown, Virginia Grayson, Wagner Auditorium, Walker Creek, Warren Newberry, Wayne Thompson, Whitt Price, William Washington Bird, Wilwald Theatre, Woodrow Bird, Woodson Thompson, World War II

Tags: 256, 9/10/99, Allen Woodyard, Arthur King, Auburn, Barbara Place, Basketball, Bastian, Bill, Bill Monroe, Biology, Bland Correctional Center, Bland High School, Bob, bookkeeping, canning, CCC, Ceres, Charles, Charlie Barbara Farm, Charlie Barbers, Chemistry, chores, Christmas, churning butter, Correctional, creek, Dollins, Dr. Kegley, Dr. Webner, Dublin, Dublin High School, Dublin Theatre, Earl, Edna May, electricity, Elvis, Emeryl, English, Fanning Farm, Farming, FDR, fishing, Florence Gertrude Hamilton Jenning, Fred, games, gardening, GED, George Farris, Georgie Bird, Giles, Grand ‘Ole Opry, Great Depression, Greenville Farm, Hamlen Jenning, heat, Highland, Hoover, Jack King, Jane Stafford, John Wayne, Korean War, Laura Bridges, Life and the Bland County Fair, Lorraine Tolbert, Lou, lunch, Maggie Leona, Margaret Thompson, Martha Pruett, Mary Stuart, Math, Mechanicsburg, Methodist Church, Motten B, Mr. Ed Hamlen, Mrs Franklin, Mrs. Labellops, Mrs. Via, Ms, Ms. Ethel Billops, Ms. Gregory, Ms. Hilly Munsey, Ms. Lydia Stuart, Ms. Meryl Stuart, Ms. Ramsey, National Gypsum, Nellie Live, Orson Willy Jenning, Pearl Harbor, plumbing, President Johnson, President Kennedy, Pulaski, PWA, Radford, Rev. Anderson, Rita Locust, Robbie Morehead, Rocky Gap High School, Roosevelt, rummie, running water, School, Science, Shorthand, snow, stock market, telephone, Thanksgiving, Tommy Dollins, toys, TV, Typing, Walker Creek, Walker School House, Wally Edna Jenning, West Virginia, White Gate, World War I, World War II, WPA, wrestling

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: 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: 223, 5/5/98, Anthony Brizendine, Ban Mill, Barry Brizendine, Bastian, Bastian Elementary School, Bastian Post Office, Bastian Union Church, Bessy Brizendine, Betty Blessing, Biographical, Biography, Bland County, Bland High School, Blessing Brothers, Bluefield, Bluefield Sanitarium Hospital, Brenda Brizendine Porter, Bruce Farm, Camilla Dunn, Carter Cemetary, Chuck Barter’s Store, Civilian Conservation Camps, Colley’s Service Station, Courtney Brizendine, Craft, Craig County, dating, David Malden, Doctor Davidson, Doctor Walker, Donald Brizendine, Earle Crabtree, Edith Snow Dunn, Erma Stowers Brizendine, Family/People, Farming, Faye Kidd, Forest Fire Trails, Fort Chiswell, Garland Updike, GIV, Hardwood Company, Harold Brizendine, Hercules Powder, holidays, Hunting Camp Creek, Jay Fred’s store, Judy Brizendine Puckett, Kay Chiller’s Restaurant, Kidd’s Grocery Store, Miss. Umbarger, Mrs. Altizer, Mrs. George Peery, Mrs. Munsey, NC., New Castle, Ohio, Renia Conley Compton, Robert E. Dunn, Robin Brizendine, Rocky Gap, Rocky Gap High School, Rosie Gordon, school subjects, Smokey Mountains, Sparta, Sports, State Theater, Tazewell, Tultex, Walter Brizendine, Woodrow Brizendine, WV., Wytheville

Tags: 222, 4/29/98, Avon, Bilouiox, Bland Beta Club, Bland County School Board, Bland High School, Buchanan, Central Office, conventions, Courtney Simpkins, dances, Dr. John Harris, English, Florida, Fort McGruder, Fred Simpkins, George Washington Inn, Georgia, Harry Millirons, Holly Boone, James Sink, John Marshall Hotel, Kathy Mauldin, Marion Senior High School, Mississippi, Mr. Garland UpDyke, Mr. Ron Pauley, Mrs. Maryanne Davidson, Nashville, National Beta Convention, Norfolk, Opry Land Hotel, Orlando, Quiz Bowl, raising money, Ralphy Kidd, Ramada, Rex Morehead, Richmond, Roanoke, Robert Starks, Rocky Gap Beta History, Rocky Gap High School, Ruth Belcher Morehead, Sara Boone, School, Scrapbook, Scrapbook Award, Senior Beta Club, Shenandoah, South Carolina, Spartanburg, Sweepstake Trophy, Tennesee, This is a history of the Beta Club of Rocky Gap High School, Tim Havens, Tracy Walker, Valentine’s Day, Virginia, Virginia Beta Council, Williamsburg

Tags: 10/29/97, 204, ABB, Bastian, Bland County, Bland High School, Ceres, Chad Williams, Christmas, David Williams, Earl Scrubs, English, God, Hollybrook School, John Harry Bird, Lester Flat, Marge Blankenship, Mechanicsburg, Miss Billups, Mr. Grallen Updike, Mr. James Sink, Mr. Whitt, Mrs. Louise Bird, Mrs. Nora Ramsey, Rocky Gap, Rocky Gap High School, Schools, Thanksgiving, This is an interview with David Williams about going to school at Hollybrook., Tomcat Thomas

Tags: 191, 2/15/96, Baltimore, Bastain, Beth Hull, Biography, Bland High School, Bluefield, Family/People, Fort Blackamore, Frank Hall, Harry Frank Hall, Hazel Stowers, Hellen Gregory Hall, Jay Fred Hall Sr., Jean Hall Alexander, Jey Fred Hall, Jr., Maryland, Miss Virginia Brown, Mrs. Pierce Kegley, Patty Stowers, Peggy Ann Tolbert Hall., Rebecca Stacy Hall, Scott County, Sr., This is an interview with Jay Fred Hall Sr. about his life., Virginia

Tags: 10/24/96, 183, Arizona, Author Beamer, Biography, Bishop Mine, Bland County, Bland High School, Bluefield, Charleston, Christmas, Claud Stowers, Depression, East River Mountain., Easter, Edna, Ellen Wright, Elvira Brown, Family/People, Florence Kathy, Gary, George "Dod" Faulkner, Georgie Bonoam, Giles County, Hazel Short, Hollybrook, Irene Vest, Jessie, Jessie Bailey, Jessie Hart Finley, Joe Clintsloe, Martha Williams, Methodist, Minnie Viola Faulkner, No Business, Olean Munsey, Pearisburg, Roger, Roosevelt, Ruth Janelle, Shannell Ball, Shannon Hart, Shuler Hart, Silver Creek, Springville, Tessa Nelson, This is an interview with Jessie Hart Finley about her life., Tylene Ball, Tyler Jackson, Valentine's Day, Virginia, Wayne, Wayne Stowers, West Virginia, William Preston Hart, Willmarine

Tags: 1/2/00, 181, Appalachian line, Arvey, Bank of Bland, Bastian, Bastian Elementary, Blanche, Bland High School, Bluebird Inn, Bluefield, Bluestone Bedding, Bob Dunn, Bob Levitt, Brian Childress, Brown Johnston, Cathy Looney, Charlie Rasnake, Clarence Starks, Community, Daniel, Ellis, Eunice Childress, Eunice Childress., Greyhound, Harvey Gross, Hicksville Church, Joe Childress, John Short, Jr., Kathy Starks, Keith Dunn, Kinner Kitts, Lil, Lin, Marlene Looney, Mike, Mr. Aus (Arthur) Bruce, Mr. Paul Bruce, Mr. Sargeant, P.F. Shrader, Pure Oil, Taubie Childress, This is an interview with Eunice Childress about The Bluebird Inn., Trailways, Union 76, Virginia, Walter Sargeant, Watha

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