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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: 477, 5/29/05, Alvis, Amanda Sargent, Anthony, Anthony Rife, Ashley Rife, B.J. Davis, Biographical, Buckhannon County, checkers, chores, Christmas, Church, Compton Mountain, Daniel Stowers, Democrat, Eisenhower, electricity, farm, Farming, Fuzz, games, garden, Gerald Payne, Gilda Gay Kennedy, Granville Lundy Rife, Halloween, Hilda, home remedies, Joe Rife, John Crockett, John Glen, John Wayne, Johnson, Jolo, Josh Taylor, Juanita, Junior Keene, Kennedy, Knox Creek, Korean War, Lammon Atwell, Laura June Coleman, Life in Bland County, Louise Octavi Cooper Rife, Lucy, marbles, Marie, Marietta Islands, Marilyn, McDowell County, Merrill, Nixon, Oakie Rife, Orville Gay Hale, Pearl Harbor, Penecostal, pranks, Rocky Gap, Roosevelt, Rosie, School, Sheridan Rife, shooters, slingshot, South Pacific, The Great Depression, Thelma Sparks, This is an interview with Daniel Stowers about his life in Bland County., toys, Travis Rife, Truman, Vietnam, Virginia, wagon, Walter Rife, War, Watergate, White Mountain, Willard Rife, Winnie Elkins Rife, WWII

Tags: 1938, 397, 6/10/03, Agnes Saunders, B.B. Saunders, baseball, Basketball, Biographical, Bluefield, Brooklyn, Calloway, Campbell Cecil, Carlotta, CC Camps, Chappell, checkers, Chicago, chores, Christmas, Church, Church of Christ, coal mining, Connie T. Cecil, courting, cut grass, dancing, dating, Della Fergeson, Dewey, Dickie Sessoms, Eastern Parkway, Ed Sullivan, Eisenhower, Elanor Roosevelt, Eli Myhand, Erasmus High School, Erica, farm, fights, Floyd County, Football, Frank Parker, Franklin County, Franklin Roosevelt, garden, gris mill, Halloween, hockey, holidays, home remedies, housewife, Ida Cecil, Ida Saunders, Jackie Robinson, Jersey City, Jesica, Jewell Cecil, Johnson, Kennedy, Kim, Korean War, Kyle, Lee Powell Saunders, Lexington Avenue, Life in Bland County, Lonnie Price Saunders, Manhattan, Marc, May 24, Memorial Day, memories, mental institution, Monica, Moochie, Morstine, Morstine Colclough, movies, Ms.Lewis, New Deal, New Year’s, New York, Newark, Nixon, Octavia, Petersburg, Pitkin Avenue, Postal Service, pranks, President Truman, restaurant, rock battles, Rocky Gap, Sawmill, School, shows, snowball fight, snowstorm, Sports, Tazewell, telephone, television, This is an interview with Connie T. Cecil about his life in Bland County., toys, train set, Veteran, Vietnam War, Virginia, Watergate, Williamsburg, Willie Mays, WWII

Tags: 3/24/03, 396, Andy Slaughter, Beth Slaughter, Biographical, Bland County, Carthy, Christmas, Church, Church of God, Clint Slaughter, courting, Dearly in the Sun, Dorcas Slaughter, Eisenhower, Eugene Slaughter, Fall Mills, Farming, Franklin Roosevelt, Freddie Ray Slaughter, Gina Slaughter, Haiti May Willis, Halloween, holidays, Hubert Slaughter, Johnson, Kennedy, Laurel Creek, Life in Bland County, mechanic, movies, Mr. Elsie, Mr. Looney, Mrs. Folgeson, Mrs. Pierre, Mrs. Stowers, Nixon, Pearl Harbor, Penecostal, pranks, Rocky Gap, School, Slim, Stadium Drive, Terry Slaughter, This is an interview with Eugene Slaughter about his life in Bland County., Tina Elizabeth Slaughter, Tobacco Road, Tom WIllis, Vernon Taylor, Vietnam War, War, Watergate, WWII

Tags: 1936, 1940s, 1950s, 395, 5/27/02, advice, atomic bomb, baseball, Biographical, Bland County, businesses, carpentry, CCC, Charlie Taylor, chores, Christmas, Church, Cob Willis, cows, David Taylor, David Taylor/Matthew Shrader, Dean, electric washer, electricity, farm, FDR, fishing, Franklin Roosevelt, garden, Germans, Germany, grandparents, hair cut, holiday, home remedies, housekeeper, James Jefferson Willis, Japan, Jean Sheffylbarger, jobs, JT Willis, Kevin, Laurel, Laurel Fork Church of Christ, Life in Bland County, Lisa, lob cabin, Matthew Shrader, Ms. Gregory, Ms. Phillips, Ms. Simpkins, Ms. Stowers, Ms. Tickle, Ms. Walters, New Deal, November 22, Orgray, outhouse, Palmer Carroll, Palmor Carroll’s, party lines, Pearl Harbor, President Nixon, President Truman, PWA, radio, radio shows, rationing, Ricky, Rocky Gap, Royal Mounty, Ruth Willis, School, school bus, school programs, Sherry, Slaughter, stonemason, store, technology, telephone, television, television shows, The Andy Griffith Show, This is an interview with Cob Willis about his life in Bland County., TV, vegetables, Vietnam War, washboard, Watergate, Wilma E Underwood, WPA, WWII

Tags: 12/21/02, 394, 4-H, Angela Davis, Appalachian Power Company, BETA, Bill Jr., Billy Randolph Umbarger Sr., Billy Umbarger, Billy Umbarger/Bonnie Umbarger, Biographical, Bluefield, Bob Patrick, Bonnie Castle Umbarger, Bonnie Umbarger, Burkes Garden, Ceres, Ceres High School, chores, Christmas, Church, courting, Cove Creek, Doloris Anne, Don Davis, Dorothy May, Ebna Irene Lane, electricity, Emma Lane, Evelyn Groseclose, Fairview Methodist Church, FFA, Galbal Orwin, games, GLEE club, Grand Ole Opery, Halloween, Henry Harlow, Iowa Myrtle Seboat, Isaac Howard, J.T. Dunn, Jack Dunn, James Alva Castle, James Garland Castle, James Jackson, Japan, Jerold Wayne, Korea, Leatherwood Coal Company, Life in Bland County, Louise, Madison Harold, Margaret Toggle, Mark Gregory, Mary LIlly Belle Williams Castle, Mr. Thomas, Osama Bin Laden, Pearl Harbor, President Johnson, President Kennedy, President Nixon, President Truman, Ray Davis, Red Oak Community Church, Ruth Crabtree, Saddam hussein, School, Shew Hubert Harlow, Smith County, Sports, This is an interview with Billy and Bonnie Umbarger about their lives in Bland County., Tommy Rae, Vietnam War, Watergate, weather, William James Castle, WWII, Wytheville

Tags: 391, 5/15/02, Betty Lambert, Biographical, Burt Reynolds, Burton School, Christmas, Clara Helvey, Cloyd Blankenship, Della Blankenship, Eisenhower, Elbert Clovis, Elise Wright, games, Harry Fogglesong, Harry Shrader, Helen Bowling, James Muncy Lambert, Jennings Lambert, John Wayne, Johnson, Kennedy, Korean War, Life in Bland County, Luther Bivens, Lynnie Allen Bivens, Margie Stowers, Mollie Neal/Dusty Williams, Nixon, Ora Grey Stowers, Pearl Harbor, Railroad, Rocky Gap, Roosevelt, Round Bottom United Methodist Church, Roy Clovis, School, Sports, This is an interview with Virgie Bailey about her lfie in Bland County., THomas Lambert, Truman, Valentine’s Day, Vietnam War, Virgie Bailey, Watergate, Wolf Creek, Womsley’s General Store, Woodrow Stowers

Tags: 12/19/2001
8/30/2011, 360, Alisha Looney(2001) Kristin French (2011), Basketball, Betsy Cochran, Biographical, blizzards, Bluefield bowling alley, Carl Ellis II, Christmas, Clayter lake, coal, Coal Mines, Ellen Macmillan, Falls Mills Christian Church, Fill Chester Mountain, Gel Watson, Guy Boone, Guy Ellis Boone, Halloween, hog killing, holidays, Holly Elizabeth, John Daniels, John L. Young, Life in Bland County, Main Street United Methodist Church, May Ellem Canal, money, Nemours, Pocahontas Ehibition Mines, Pocahontas Temple, President Eisenhower, President Johnson, President Kennedy, President Nixon, Reda Belcher, Rocky Gap High School, Rocky Gap United Methodist Church, Round Bottom, Sara Lynn, School Pride., snow days, Thanksgiving, This is an interview with Guy Boone about his life in Bland County.
The second interview with Guy Boone is about his career., Watergate, William Chapel Church of Christ, Wolf Creek

Tags: 3/10/01, 334, Biographical, Bland Co., chores, Christmas, gardening, Giles Co., Halloween, Hollybrook, Jessica Conley, Life in Bland County, Mechanicsburg Parsonage, Muster Oil, Odes Wright’s Store, Pres. Johnson, Pres. Kennedy, Pres. Nixon, Radford, This is an interview with Wanda Clemons about her life in Bland County., Wanda Clemons, Watergate

Tags: 2/21/01, 332, Bastian, Bastian Elementary, Biographical, Bland High, Burkes Garden, Ceres, chores, Christmas, courting, Halloween, Life in Bland County, Margie Songer, Mollie Neal, Pearl Harbor, Pres. Kennedy, Pres. Nixon, This is an interview with Margie Songer about her life in Bland County., Watergate, Wytheville

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: 328, 5/24/01, Biographical, Buckhorn Market, chores, Christmas, Easter, Halloween, Hollybrook, home remedies, Homer Lee Wright, Korean War, Life in Bland County, Mollie Neal & Adrianna Faulkner, Narrows, Pres. Eisenhower, Pres. Johnson, Pres. Kennedy, Pres. Nixon, Pres. Truman, Radford, Shiloh United Methodist, This is an interview with Homer Lee Wright about his life in Bland County., Vietnam War, Watergate, Waynesboro, World War II

Tags: 0325, 12/14/00, 325, Bastian, Bastian Elementary, Betsey Ross Bakery, Biographical, Blessing Brothers Grocery, Bluefield, Chatham hill, chores, Christmas, Cussin Hollow, Depression, Dora Coulthard, East River Mountain, Easter, Edna Sarver, Franklin D. Roosevelt, gardening, Grand Ole Opry, Halloween, Jon Sarver, Kingsport, Korean War, Life in Bland County, Little Women, Louisa May Elcot, Marion, Marion Clem Buchanan, Nashville, New Deal, Pearl Harbor, Pres. Eisenhower, Pres. Johnson, Pres. Kennedy, Pres. Nixon, Pres. Truman, Pulaski, Reynolds Aluminum, Roy Rogers, Rural Retreat, school programs, Smith Co., Social Security, This is an interview with Edna Sarver about her life in Bland County., TN, Vietnam War, Watergate

Tags: 0322, 1/9/01, 322, Adriana Faulkner, Alfred Faulkner, Biographical, Bland, Bland Co., Brushy Mountain Hotel, CCC Camps, Chester Faulkner, chores, Christmas, Deer Run Estates, George Faulkner, Halloween, Kimberling, Korean War, Life in Bland County, Log Cabin Restaurant, Lone Ranger, Nola Pruett Faulkner, Pearl Harbor, Pres. Eisenhower, Pres. Kennedy, Pres. Nixon, Pres. Roosevelt, President Johnson, Rocky Gap, Roy Rogers, Skyway, This is an interview with Alfred Faulkner about his life in Bland County., Vietnam War, Watergate, World War II

Tags: 0313, 313, 5/25/00, Annie French, Appomattox, atomic bomb, Augusta, Austria, Bastian, Biographical, Bland Co., California, Canada, chores, Depression, Dink Rooker, East Berlin, East End, Europe, Florida, Franklin Roosevelt, Georgia, GTE, Halloween, Jeffrey Johnson & Ryan Leftwich, Jimmy Pemberton, Joe Dokes, Johnny Bogle Honaker, Korean War, Life in Bland County, Loris Davis Neal, Pearl Harbor, Pres. Eisenhower, Pres. Kennedy, Pres. Nixon, Pres. Truman, PTA, Rhine River, Richard Neal, Richard Wiley, Rocky Gap, Ruritan Club, Sam James Neal, school subjects, Tazewell Co., This is an interview with Richard Neal about his life in Bland County., VA, Watergate, World War II, Yellow River

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: 1/5/00, 291, Angela Williams, barber shop, beans, Biographical, Bland Couny, chickens, Chritsmas, Clearfork, coal, corn, garden, green beans cucumbers, green peppers, hogs wood stove, holidays, Life in Bland County, maters, outhouse, potatoes, Preisdent Kennedy, President Johnson, President Truman, Rocky Gap, Tazwell, Thanksgiving, This is an interview with Walter Hagy about his life in Bland County., toys, Vietnam, Walter Hagy, Watergate, wood, wringer wash-manchine

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: 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: 12/13/98, 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: 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: 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: 10/19/96, 189, Ada Walters, Archie Bunker., Atlantic Coast Line, atomic bomb, Bastian, Battle of the Bulge, Bland County, Bluefield, Camp Lugeon, CCC, Celaness, Celinese, China, civilian life, Clark Gable, Claudit Colebear, Democrat, Depression, Elbert Minick, elementary school, Europe, Evert Harless, Evert Ward Harless, France, Fred Simpkins, General Shepherd, George Harless, Germany, Giles County, Glen Harless, Goodwins Fairy, Greggador, Gregonno, Guam, Guata Canal, Harry Folson, Helen Wadell, Herbert Hoover, high school, Hitler, Hunting Camp, Indianhead, Iris Harless, Japan, Japanese, Julie Parnell, Junior Harless, kamikaze attacks, Korean War, Lina Minick Harless, Luther Harless, Luther Junior Harless, Lynchburg, Marine Corps, Marion, Maryland, Melvin Aliff, Mr. Graham, Narrows, New Deal, New River, Norfolk, North Carolina, Okinawa, old Caldwell place, Oriville Harless, Pacific, Paris Island, Paul Goodman, Paul Harless, Paul Updike, Pearl Harbor, Phillipines, Porter Stafford, President Eisenhower, President Harding, President Johnson, President Kennedy, President Nixon, President Roosevelt, President Truman, Princeton, PWA, Realto, Rebel, Republican, Ricki, Rocky Gap, Rosey Gordon, San Francisco, Sitan, South Carolina, This is an interview with George Harless about World War II., Treasure Island, Tyron Power, U.S. AT Sea Fitaler, Vietnam War, Violet Harless, Virginia, War, Washington, Washington D.C., Watergate, West Virginia, Winding Gulf, World War II, WPA, WWI, WWII, Yankees