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Tags: 0001, 1, 5/23/93, Bastian, Beckner Grocery, Biographical, Bland County., Colleen Beckner, Dr. Carol Weir, Flora Beckner, Florence Lee Beckner, food stamps, Grapefield Post Office, Great Depression, Great Depression in Grapefield, illness, Jean Beckner, Kelly Beckner, Leroy Beckner, Logging, This is about growing up in Grapefield during the Great Depression., Wytheville

Tags: 3/31/05, 449, Bastian, Biographical, Bland Correctional Farm, Bland County, Christmas, Earl Dunn, Easter, Electrician, Estelle Blankenship, Gene Audry, Great Depression, Halloween, Jack Blankenship, Jessie Rae Hull, Jessie Ray Hull, John F. Kennedy, Johny Ray Hull, Kate Childress, Life, Lucy Blankenship, Nicholas Farmer, Norman Hull, party lines, Pearl Harbor, Rick Hull, Ronald Hull, Seth Hull, Seth Hull and Tiffany Griffith, Shelby Hull, Tiffany Griffith, Valentines Day, William Hull, World War II

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: 390, 5/1/02, Albert Wolfe, Alice Mustard, Bell Clark, Biographical, Bland County, Carl Farlow, Christmas, Clumby Clark, Eisenhower, Fourth of July, Great Depression, Halloween, Hollybrook, Irene Faulkner, James Byrd, James Roby Byrd, John Harry Bird, Johnson, Kennedy, Korean War, Life in Bland County, Lois Bird, Lorene Updike, Macey Saunger, Mary Rosette Byrd, Nixon, Pearl Harbor, Roosevelt, Samantha French, This is an interview with James Roby Byrd., Truman, Vietnam War

Tags: 379, 5/22/02, Alfred Hitchcock, Baptist Church, Biographical, Bland County, Bob Gibson, Bristol, Charels Acres, Christmas, Dry Fork, Elvis Presley, Frank Tabor, Grand Ole Opry, Great Depression, Halloween, Hazel Stower, Jewel Spence, Jewell Spence & Bobby Gibson, Joe Lewis, Joe Wilcott, John F. Kennedy, John Wayne, Korean War, Laurel Frok, Lexington, Life in Bland County, Marille Swords, Mollie Gibsom, North Carolina, Peggy Lambert, Raymond Meadows, Rocky Gap, Rosie Gordon, Russel Asbury, Sear Roebuck Catelog, Shirley Smith, This is an interview with Jewell Spence and Bobby Gibson about their lives in Bland County., Trista Robertson, Valentines Day, Willy Gibson, WWII

Tags: 378, 5/6/02, Artie Kitts, August 11, Bastian, Becky, Ben Bird, Biographical, Bland, Bland County, Blessing, Brushy Mountain, Charley Pauley, Chevrolet, chores, Christmas, construction, courting, dating, Debbie, depot, farm, Farming, fishing, Frankfort, gas, George Allen, Gertrude Pauley, Gordon Pauley: Belle Pauley, Grand Ole Opry, Great Depression, Greens Construction, Harry E. Pauley Sr., Harry Pauley, Hoover, horehound candy, Huntington, Jane Ella Pauley, John F. Kennedy, Johnson, Junior Pauley, Kegley, Kennedy, Lebington, Levi Long, Lexington, Life in Bland County, Lone Ranger, Margret Thompson, marriage, North Carolina, Novas, Olmens, out house, Parkersburg, Pearl Harbor, Post Office, Ralph Mills, Randy Pauley, remedies, Rescue Squad, restaurant, Shrader, Shufflebarger, snow, South Gap, Southern Coal, store, storms, This is an interview with Harry E. Pauley Sr. about his life in Bland County., Thompson, town, Walker’s Creek, Walker’s Mountain, wedding, Will Neal, WWII

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: 315, 5/23/00, Biographical, Bland County, CCC, Clearfork, Cynthia Akers & Kara Perkins, Eva Tuggle, Farmers, First radios, garden, Great Depression, John Davis, New Deal, Rose Davis, Rose Stempson, School Cafeteria, televison, This is an interview with Eva Tuggle about the School Cafeteria.

Tags: 0314, 314, 5/24/00, Arlan Burton, baseball, Baxter Moorehead, bicycle, Biographical, Blacksburg, Bland County, Bluefield, cars, Ceres, cow, dairy buisness, Dalton farm, Defense Powder Plant, electricity, Europe, FDR, firewood, Germans, Great Depression, Hollybrook, iron kettle, Japanese, Joe Lewis, John Burton, Josephine DeHart, Kate Moorehead, Korean War, Lake Moorehead, Life in Bland County, Mr. Maynard Joyce, Natasha Looney & Terra Bradshaw, No Buisness creek, No Business, outhouse, Pearl Harbor, President Eisenhower, President Kennedy, Radford, Repass, Rex Morehead, Rocky Gap, Ruth Sharon Belcher, stock market crash, telephone, televison, This is an interview with Rex Morehead about his life in Bland County., Troy Moorehead, Truman, Valley, Vietnam War, Wilderness, Wolf Creek Mountain, woodstove, WWII

Tags: 0303, 2/28/00, 303, Biographical, cattle, Crandon, Farming, Germans, Great Depression, Jeffrey Johnson & Ryan Leftwich, Kennedy, Life in Bland County, Mr. & Mrs. Bill Bird, Nixon, Pearl Harbor, radio, Rocky Gap, This is an interview with Mr. & Mrs. Bill Bird about their lives in Bland County., Vietnam War, Watergate, World War II

Tags: 11/14/99, 269, Billy French, Biography, Bland, Bluefield, Brunce Brewer, canning, Castle Wood, Churches, Cleveland Ohio, Dryfork, EastEnd Church, Family/People, Floyd, Gardens, Grayson, Great Depression, Hardy Clolumbus Ohio, Homes, Jack Tynes, Jersey City, Jim Hill, John Dodson, Judge Sexton, Lee Tynes/Toots Tynes, Low Gap, Making Whiskey, Maryland, moonshine, Mr. Mack Daniel, Mullins, Noahy Charlton, plane crash, Princenton, Railroad, Rocky Gap, Roy Day, Sam Mitchem, Saw Mills, School Field Trips, Schools, Sutphin Grocery, Tazewell, Virgina, West Virgina, WWII, Wytheville

Tags: 11/5/98, 264, Alaska, Albert Dalton, Amos and Andy, Annie Over, Archie Covington, arithmetic, atom bomb, baseball, Bill Leonard, Biography, Bland County, Bob Mittslefelt, Burkes Garden, canning, CCC Camps, Chestnut Grove Christian Church, chores, Christmas, Church, Clearfork, Darrel Kidd, David Scarce, Deavers, Easter, electricity, Ellis Dickens, English, Everett Looney, Family/People, Farming, Finley Dalton, fishing, gardening, Gene Dalton, geography, Germany, Gertrude Dalton, Grapefield Church of God, Grattan, Great Depression, Gunsmoke, Halloween, hide and go seek, history, Holly Smith, Hughe Cox, James Kidd, James Whitten, Japanese, Kenneth Kidd, Korean War, Laramie, LeeRoy Beckner, Leone Dalton, Lum and Abner, marbles, Margaret Hager, Margaret Hallory, Methodist Parsonage, Mickey Kidd, Miss Lou Gillespie, Misty Balas, Misty Balas and Holly Smith, Nancy Dalton, Nancy Kidd, Nell Kidd, Northwest Passage, Ony Dickens, packing lunch, Pearl Harbor, phone, population boom, pranks, Pulaski County, radio, raising children, rations, reading, Richard Kidd, Rocky Gap, Rofus Dalton, Ruby Dalton, Sadam Hussein, Santa Clause, School, sharecropping, sleighing, spelling, Springville, Stanley Dalton, stock market, Sweeney, tag, Tazewell County, Tazewell Road, television, The Gulf War, Valentine’s Day, Wagon Train, Whitten’s Mill, winter, writing, WWI, WWII

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: 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: 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: 224, 5/6/98, Alberta Harmon, Alvin Sink, Baptist Parsonage, Betty Sue Groseclose, Beulah Brunk, Biographical / Mechanicsburg, Bland, Bland County, Bland Messanger, Boutetart County, Brother Sheffey, Burns Chapel, Carolyn Mustard, Carroll County, Christmas, Church, Clarence Sink, Cloyd’s Mountain, crops, Doris Stowers, Elsie Sink, Emory and Henry College, Family/People, Farming, food, George Sink, George Sink and James Sink, Giles County, Great Depression, Harry Bird, holidays, Holly Smith, James Sink, Joe Sink, Little Creek, log cabins, Lucille Sink, Marvin Sink, Mattie Bishop, meat cutting, Mechanicsburg, Mechanicsburg Cannery, Mechanicsburg Fire, Methodist, Mill Tillis, Miss Louise Bird, Miss Maud Allen, Miss Penly, Miss Sexton, Misty Balas, Misty Balas and Holly Smith, Morgan House, Mr. Brunk, Ms. Pearl Franklin, Newberry Haircut, Nice Wonder Meeting House, Oldie Sink, Patrick Henry Hotel, Phyllis Sue Sink, President Kennedy, Pulaski County, radio entertainment, Roanoke County, Rocky Gap, Rocky Gap Methodist Church, Roy’s Lunch, Sam and Jack Newberry, school in Mechanicsburg, snowstorms, t.v. entertainment, tenant farming, This is a conversation with George Sink and his son James. They are residents of Mechanicsburg., Vance Bird, Viola Sink, Wabash Meeting Place, wages, Walkers Creek, Walkers Mountain, Wilmer Sink, Wilson Sink, World War II

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: 1/24/97, 194, Bastian, Beckley, Biography, Bland County, Buchanan County, CCC, Christmas, Cindy Lou Atha, Clara Atha, Clyde Eugene Looney, Clyde Greever Looney, Debbie LuAnn Atha, Democrats, Doris Adeana Atha, Dwight David Eisenhower, Easter, Family/People, Francis Geraldine Looney, Franklin Roosevelt, Georgia Lee Looney, Glenwood Park, Grapefield, Gratton, Great Depression, Grundy, Halloween, Idell Harmon Looney, Jackofall trades, John Harrison Looney, John Wayne Looney, Kenneth Shrader, Korean War, Mary Carolyn Looney, Mercer County, Michael Edward Looney, Navy, New Deal, Patricia Ann Atha, Phillipines, President Nixon, Princeton, PWA, Raleigh County, Republicans, Rex Allen, Rocky Gap Elementary School, Rocky Gap High School, Roy Atha, Roy Patrick Atha, stock market, Tazewell County, This is an interview with Clara Atha about her life., Vadis Carmel Atha, Valentines Day, Vietnam, Virgie Junedale Looney, Virgie Short, Virginia, Watergate., West Virginia, Western Bluefield, Willie Carolyn Looney, WPA, WWI, WWII

Tags: 10/24/96, 185, American Red Cross, Biography, Bishop's Chapel, Blanche Compton, Bland County, Bland County Fair Association., Bloodmoblies, Bluefield Chapter, Board of Supervisors, Bristol, CCC Camps, Cecil Robinette, Christmas, Clark Gable, Clearfork, Cloyd " Boots" Buford Tiller, Cove Creek, D.E. Conley, Easter, Eloise Stowers, Extension Homemakers, Family/People, Floyd County, Georgia, Germans, Grayson County, Great Depression, H.M. Kinser, Halloween, Herbert Hoover, Homemaker's Club, Honakers, Ilene Wagner, Japanese, Jennifer Becher, Jennifer Belcher, Jim Higgenbotham, John Henry Kinser, Korean War, Laura Stimpson, Letty Strauss Higgenbotham, Lois Kinser, Miller Harrison Kinser, Miss Guy Bruce, Nannie Bourne Kinser, Nannie Rose Tiller, National Association of Federal Retirees, National Association of Postmasters Organization, New Deal, Old Bishop Place, President Eisenhower, President Franklin Roosevelt, President Johnson, President Kennedy, President Nixon, President Truman, Princeton, Regional 30 Area president, Rocky Gap, Senior Citizens, stock market, Sunday School Superintendant, Tazewell County, Thanksgiving, Thirty-Niner's Club, This is an interview with Nannie Rose Tiller about her life., United States, Valentine's Day, Vietnam War, Virginia, Watergate, Wolf Creek, Women's Society, WWII

Tags: 10/29/96, 180, Africa, Andrew, Angela, Annie, atomic bomb, Biography, Bland County, Bluefield, CCC Camp, Ceres, Christmas, Conley, Conley Twigg Dillow, D-Day, Deborah, Della Elizabeth Tickle, Democrats, Diana Huddle, English Channel, Europe, Family/People, France, Franklin Roosevelt, German, Gleaves, Great Depression, Greenhill, Groucho Marx, Guy, Halloween, J.T. Dunn, Jackie Gleason Show, Japanese, Korean War, Kristen Bradshaw, Liberty School, Linda, Lucille Foglesong, Mary, Mennis, Myrtle Stuart, Navy, New Deal, Pacific, Pearl Harbor, Philippine Islands, President Calvin Coolidge, President Eisenhower, President Harding, President Johnson, President Kennedy, President Nixon, President Truman, Republicans, Rhonda, Rocky Gap, Roy Dillow, San Francisco, Teapot Dome Scandal, This is an interview with Roy Dillow about his life., Thurleen, Tula Stowers, Valentines Day, Vietnam War, Virginia, Watergate., WWI, WWII, Wytheville

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: 170, 4/15/96, Appellation Line, Bethany Williams, Bill Brown, Bill Craft, Biography, Celia Smith, Clint Brown, Copperhead, Dr. Richardson, Family/People, Great Depression, Grundy, Johnson, Laurel Creek, Maggie Cradt Brown, Mariah Craft, Nixon, Pearl Harbor, Religion, Rife, Slate Creek, snake bite, Tazewell County, This is the story of a woman raised in a log cabin way back up a holler in Buchanon County., Virginia, Watergate., West Virginia, White Sulfur Springs, Whitewood, WWI, WWII

Tags: 160, 4/30/96, Acheson Harden Company, Bill Gillespie, Biography, Bland County, Bland Street, Bluefield, Bluefield Milling Company, Calvin Coolidge, Colon Gillespie, Crescie's, Delaware, Easter, Eileen Steele, Family/People, George W. Steele, Grand Ole Opry, Graton, Great Depression, Hancock School, Harding, Harding Street, Joe Gillespie, John Steele, Johnson, Justice of the Peace, Linda Gillespie, Madge Steele, Mercer County, Miss Grant, Miss Vinnetti, Miss Wilson, Myrtle Gillespie, Nancy Gillespie, Paul Steele, Pearl Harbor, Preacher Tolbert, President Kennedy, President Nixon, Princeton, Ramsey School, Ray Steele, Roosevelt, Roscoa H. Gillespie, Steele's Grocery, Stinson School, T-Model Ford, Teapot Dome Scandal, Teresa M. Steele, The Grand Ole Opry, This is an interview with Myrtle Gillespie about her life., Truman, Vietnam War., Violet Steele, Virginia, Watergate, West Virginia, Withie Bishop, WWI

Tags: 154, 4/24/96, Ada Simpkins, Alice Coburn, Bastian, Biography, Bland, Bluefield, CCC, Charlie Coburn, Charlie Gregory, Christie Hull, Christmas story, Clarence Millirons, Claude Stowers, cow story, Elizabeth Allen, Family/People, FDR, Germans, Grand Old Opry, Great Depression, Guss Coburn, Japanese, John and Mog Coburn, John Ed Shrader, John Gregory, Junior Coburn, Koren War, Laurel, Margie Blankenship, New Deal, Nixon, Nora Shrader, Paul Coburn, Pauline Gregory., Pearl Harbor, Preacher Parsley, President Eisenhower, President Johnson, President Kennedy, President Truman, PWA, Rocky Gap, Rosa Stowers, Round Bottom, Roy Acuff, Ruth Burress, This is an interview with Waucella Gregory about her life., Vietnam War, Watergate, Waucella Gregory, West Virginia, WPA, WWI, WWII, Zelmer Coburn