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Tags: 3/31/10, 671, Adam and Allison conducted an interview with Elmer Chewning about Mechanicsburg at the Mechanicsburg Community Center. He told us about his life and about how things in Mechanicsburg were when he was growing up., Allison Babbitt and Lauren Faulkner, Elmer Chewning, Elmer Chewning Interview, Lauren, Mechanicsburg

Tags: 336, 4/15/01, Biographical, Bland Co., chores, Christmas, Edna Conley, gardening, Hollybrook School, Joey Begley, Korean War, Life in Bland County, Mechanicsburg, Pearisburg, Pres. Eisenhower, Pres. Kennedy, Pres. Truman, This is an interview with Edna Conley about her life in Bland County., Vietnam War

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: 11/27/99, 297, Biographical, Bland Co., Farming, gardening, James Williams, Life in Bland County, Mechanicsburg, Miller King, Route 42, This is an interview with Miller King about his life in Bland County.

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: 12/27/99, 280, Biography, Bland County, Brushfork, Burke’s Garden, Burkeville, Ceres, Comptor, Davidson Farm, Dismal Falls, Family/People, Frerzzer, garden, Giles, Harmon, Hickory Hill, Hogback Mountain, Hollybrook, Jennifer Belcher, Joe Compton, Mechanicsburg, Mercer, Monroe, Morehead, Narrows, Norfolk Virgina, Ohio, Peggy Trump, Peggy Trumph, Piedmont area, Rich Mountain, Rocky Gap, Rt. 42, Saltville, Shucking Machine, Tazewell County, Timber, Tompsons, Tunnel, West Virgina, Will Davidson, Willow Brook, Wlaker’s Creek, Wolfe creek Vally, Wythe

Tags: 12/30/99, 279, A.D. Burton, Athens, Bible, Billy French, Biography, Bland, Bland County, Bland Court House, Bora French, Buckhorn Mtn., Burkes Garden, buttermilk, Castlewood, Charlie Taylor, Clarence Tolbert, Clearfork, Clovis Clark, Coke oven, College Avenue, Connie Cecil, coon dogs, cows.Wytheville, Depression, Dotson Clark, East End Church, East River Mtn., Edith French, Emma Tynes, Family/People, Farming, Floyd Co., Galax, gardening, Garland Updike, Gene Slaughter, Gene Tolbert, Gunter and Roy Day, Hardy, Hicksville, Homer Brewer, Jennifer Belcher, Jerry Clark, Judge Sexton, lumber company, Mack Daniel Ferguson, Maryland, Mechanicsburg, Melinda Beicher, Melinda Belcher, Moe Saunders, North Carolina, Pal Saunders, Princeton, Railroad, Rev. Fred Saunders, rhiner, Richmond, Rocky Gap, Sam Mitchem, Sear and Roebuck, South Carolina, Sutphins, Virginia, West Virginia, whiskey, Wolf Creek

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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 12/12/96, 187, A.D. Burton, Ailees Wright, Anne Bivens, Bastain, Bill Tracy, Bland, Bluefield, Bobby Newberry, Brushy Mountain, Burton School House, Carol's, Ceres, Chapel, East River Mountain, Elian Kinser, Elmer, Ethel Weddle, Evelyn French, Everette, Geneva Stowers, Helen Bowling, Hollybrook, John, Junior King., Kelly Wolfe, Margie Stowers, Mechanicsburg, Narrows, New River Rebels, Nona Turner, Pembrook, Penver, Recreation, Richcreek, Ripplemead, Rocky Gap, Rocky Gap School, Round Bottom, Sports, Steven Black, This is an interview with Virgie Bailey about sports at Rocky Gap School many years ago., VA, Virgie Bailey, Ward Wolfe, Wolf Creek

Tags: 11/28/95, 137, Charlie Sarver, Christmas, Community, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Gradic Stowers, Hollybrook, Jesse James, Lee Hankins Jr., Mechanicsburg, Nixon, No Business, NRA, Thanksgiving, This is an interview with Charlie Sarver about No Business., Watergate., Wolf Creek Mountain, WWI

Tags: 10/23/95, 128, Ada Belle Wright, Ada Viola Wright, Albert Wright, Alvis Edward Wright, Annie Marie Wright, Annie Wright, Azara Ann, Bastian, Betty Belle, Biography, Bland County, Bluefield, Bogle Cemetary, Bristol, Canada, Charles Herbert Wright, Charles M. wright, Charles Monrow, CM Wright, Cora Wright, Crandon, David Oliver Wright, David Wright, DeHart School House, Donald E. Wright, Dr. William McComas, Dr. WM Wright, Earnest Lee Wright, Edna Wright, Edward Jurgan Williams, Edwin Randall, Eilliam Olney Wright, Eisenhower, Eliza Susan wright, Emma, Emma Wright, Ethel Wright, Family/People, Flat Top Mountain, Ford, Francis Wright, francis wright Jr., Frank J. Wright, Frisk, George Wright, Giles County, Great Depression, Grover Cleveland Wright, Hollybrook, Hoover, HowardSarver, Ina Cathleen Wright, Issiah Walter Wright, Jasper, John B. Wright, John bowman, John Emerson, John Watson Chandler, John Wright, Johnson, Joseph Wrighytt, Kennedy, Kimberling, Lee Johnson, Lilla Jane Chandler, Lilly Wright, loettic Stafford, Margaret Elen, Margaret Wright, Marilda J. Ramsey Wright, Mary Jane, Maude Perkins, Mechanicsburg, Milton Stafford Wright, Minnie Williams, Miola May Wright, Morris M. Wright, Mr. Othy Priutt, Mr. William McComas Wright, Myrtle Claire Wright, Nina Jane Wright, Nixon, Oliver Wright, Pearisburg, Rena Cathleen Hall, Robert Lee Wright, Robert William Wright, Rocky Gap, Roosevelt, Ruby Lee Wright, Sarah Ann Bruce, Sarah Bruce, Shady Grove Methodist Church, Shiloh Methodist Church, Susna Bussey Wright, Tennessee., This is an account of Minnie William's life in Hollybrook and Pinch Creek told in her own words., Thomas Wright Jr., Tonya Bradshaw, Truman, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Una Myrtle Wright, Vance Ramsey, Vietnam, Virginia, Watergate, William brown Wright, William Haven Brown Bicy Cecil Stafford, WWI, 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: 0086, 5/13/95, 86, Allen Burton, Angela Clark, Bill Gusler, Bland High School, Blue Ridge Supply, Bluefield, Chris, Community, EPA, EPA., Galdys Morehead Burton, Hollybrook, Hollybrook Elementary, Jim Crider, Joy, Kenny, Malcolm Friend, manganese nime, Marie Greever, Mason Burton, Maxwell Wright, Mechanicsburg, Melvin Cox, Mike, Minnie Wright, Mrs. Irene Faulkner, Mrs. Trent's store, Otis Wright, Pearisburg, Pepsi Cola, Pulaski, Russell and Georgia Lee Francis, Terina Ramsey, This is an interview with Minnie Wright about the history of Tony's Grocery in Hollybrook., Tony Wright, Tony's Grocery, VA

Tags: 0078, 1/5/95, 78, Ardelia Jane Wolford Mitchell, Aunt Lila, Civil War, Colonel John Compton, Colonel John R. Compton, Community, Compton, Dismal Creek, Gap View, Hattie Compton, Indian Trails, J.B. Upduke, J.R. Compton, Joe Compton, Joseph Carr/Doris Carr, Lizzy Miller, Mechanicsburg, Misses Fannie, Montgomery Ward, Mountain Watchman, Mr. C.T. Hanks, Mr. Hanks., Mr. Houston Compton, Mr. J. Wiley Thorn, Mrs. Compton, National Forest, Rev. J.E. Naft, Sawmill, Squire Thorn, Stephanie Compton, The Old Gap View Home, This is an interview with Joseph Carr and Doris Carr about the history of the old home of Colonel John Compton and surrounding areas., Virginia Militia, Wardmill, Wolford's

Tags: 0032, 1836, 32, Albert Suiter, Alexander Suiter, Allen Taylor Newberry, Bastian, Burkes Garden, Chris Mercer, Clear Fork, Cosby Suiter, Elizabeth Bagel Newberry, Elvia Suiter, Family/People, Frank I. Suiter, Hunting Camp Creek, Jack Music, Jeane Bradberry, Josephine Musick., Lucinda Suiter, Major Albert Updyke, Mechanicsburg, Miss Mary Gray Updyke, Miss Molly Newberry, Molly Tynes, Narrows, None, Rocky Gap, Samuel S. Suiter, The Suiter Family, This is a report about the history of the Suiter family., Virginia, Wytheville

Tags: 0031, 31, 6/8/94, Affordable Dentures, Al Faulkner, Al Faulkner Heating and Plumbing, American Mines, and Ila Tiller about the history of Rocky Gap., B.C. Ethel, Bastian, Bess Tiller, Bill Lambert, Billy Helvey, Black & White Inn, Black Lick, Bland Co., Bluefield Regional Hospital., Bluefield Sanitairum, Boot's Garage, Brook Hill Antique, Brushy Mountain, Buford Tiller, Carol Brothers Store, Carol Sue Tiller, Carol's Garage, Caroll's store, Ceres, Charles Dangerfield, Charles Tiller, Charlie Sutphin, City Park, Claude Stowers, Claude Woodrow, Clearfork, Community, D.C. Taylor, Dan Carol, Dave Conley, Dave Conley Store, Diana Pauline Tiller, Dinky Railroad, Donnie Trail, Dr. F.D. Kelly, Dr. Keglely's, droughts, Dry Fork, East River Metals, East River Mountain Craft, East River Mountain Tunnel, Eastern Star, Edna Lambert, Edward Tiller, Elihu Tiller, Ellen Darlen Tiller, Ellen Morehead, Ellen Wall, Elmar Carol, Ervin Supply, First VA Southwest, First Virginia Southwest, Florence Dangerfield, Ford Coupe, Fox and Thompson, Fred Simpkins, garment factory, Genie Owens, George Hawthorne, George Tiller, Gray Stalnaker, Great Depression, Green Walls Antique, Henry Gibson, Hicksville, History of Rocky Gap, Hollybrook, Howard Stowers, Ila Tiller, Interstate 77, J.H. Lambert, Jamie Trail, Jane Tiller, Jim Owens, Laurel Fork, Liz Helms, Liz Turner, Log House, Mae Greenwall, Margaret Tiller, Masonic Hall, Matilda Shelton, Mechanicsburg, Medical College of Virginia, Mildred Stowers, Model T, Mr. Burkheart, Mr. Graham, Ms. Jane, Nannie Rose Tiller, Narrows, National Central Industrial Supply Company, Norfolk Western, North Gap, NRA, Paul Tiller, Peggy Trumpet, Penacostle Church, Porter Staford, Post Office, PWA, R.P. Staford, R.T. Reynolds, Ralph Harrison Tiller, Ralph Tiller, Ralph Tiller/Bess Tiller/Buford Tiller/Nannie Rose Tiller/George Tiller/Ila Tiller, Reggie McMills, Reniton Construction, Roadster, Robin Tiller, Rocky Gap School, Roosevelt, Rosie Stowers, Saw Mills, Seventh Day Aventist Church, Sharon McCory, Shirley Gail Tiler, Silvia Conley, Smyth Co., Southern Gunod, Stower's Grocery Story, Suiter, Summer Greenwall, Sutphin's Grocery, T.R. Rick Owens, Tazewell, Terry Lambert, This is an interview with George Tiller, Thomas Dangerfield, Tiller's Gulf, Tracy Mitchell, Trumans and Bladwins Construction, Walker Anderson, White Gate, Wilderness, Wolfcreek, WPA, WWII, Wytheville

Tags: 0029, 11/12/93, 29, 4-H, Bland, Bland Courthouse, Camp Obediah, Ceres, Christmas, Civil War, Clubs, East River Mountain, Field Trips, first school bus, grading system, Hollybrook, Laurel Creek., Marion, Mechanicsburg, Mr. Malery, New Years Day, Old One Room School Houses, Ora Gray Stowers, Princeton, Radford College, Rocky Gap, SCA, school events, school materials, school staff, school subjects, Schools, Smith County, Sports, Tammy Caudill, This is an interview with Ora Gray Stowers about the old one room school houses in Rocky Gap., VA, Virginia, Wolfcreek

Tags: 0025, 25, Agee McNeal, Bland, Building, Burton School, C.L. Morehead, Camp Obediah, Ceres, Christie Whitt, Civil War hospital, Clearfork, Confederate, Conrad Tuggle, Dedication Ceremony, Digsby Repass, East River Mountain, Elmo Sadler, Frank Dunn, Giles, Gov. Battle, Graham, History of Rocky Gap School, J.C. Tuggle, J.W. Stowers, James Gollehan, Joe Compton, John A. Pack, John Lambert, Laurel, Long Hollbush, Mechanicsburg, Methodist Church, Mr. Davis, Mr. Harvey, Mr. John Allen Davidson, Mr. Kaylor, Mr. Updike, Mr. Worrell, Mrs, Mrs. Hutchenson, Mrs. Sands, Mrs. Shrader, Mrs. Stowers, Mrs. Tiley Scott, Mrs. Tiller, Nannie Hedrick, Nannie Rose, Pocahontas Hedrick, Porter Stafford, Powers., Princeton, Principals, R.P. Reynolds, Radford College, Raymond Stowers/Ora Gray Stowers, Rex Morehead, Rocky Gap School, Rudy Stowers, School Board, Schoolmaster, Schools, Sunny Point Schol, Sunny Point School, Tammy Sarver, teachers, This is an interview with Raymond and Ora Gray Stowers about the history of Rocky Gap School., Victor Gilly, Virginia Graves, Wiley Hagar, William E. Munsy, Winston Stowers, Wolf Creek, WPA, Wytheville Community College