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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: 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: 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: 225, 3/7/98, ABC’s, Ada, AEP, Appalachian, apple pies, Arnett, bank, barn, barnyard, baseball, Bastian, bed, bedroom, Belcher, Belcher Furniture, Belcher Lumber Company, Biographical / Dry Fork, Bishop, Blanche Ferguson, Bland, Bland County, Bluefield, bonnet, Bonnie Dodson, brach, Bramwell, Brazil, bread, brick oven, brothers, Buckhorn Mountain, cabbages, cabinets, cakes, carpenter, Cashew Hill, cast iron, cemeteries, chain saw, Charlie Taylor, cheesecloth, chimney, China, Christmas, Church, cloak room, cloth, coal miner, Columbia French, cookies, corn, cover, crane, Creole, D.C., desks, devotion, diningroom, dishes, doctor, dresser, Earth, Eisenhouer, families, Family/People, farm, farm equipment, farmed, farmer, Farming, Fort Chiswell, Franklin County, Fred, French, furniture, games, garden, Georgia, GlenLynn, God, Gordons, government, grades, graduation ceremony, grandma’s, grandpa, Halloween, hay, hearth, Hector, Hill Top, hogs, Honaker’s Store, horse, horses, hospital, house, Howard Stowers, Howard’s Store, Hubert Gordon, Jack Tynes, James, Jefferson National Forest, John and Bonnie Dodson, John Dodson, Junie, kids, kitchen, kraut, land, Lee, Lee’s, Lewis Ferguson, livingroom, log barn, logs, Lord, lunch, M. H. Ferguson, Mac, Mac Ferguson, MacDaniel Ferguson, Mack Harfney Ferguson, mahogany wood, Martha Cobb, Marvin Tynes, Maryland, mattresses, May, May Charles, meat, meat house, mechanic, Mervetta, mild, militia, milk, mill, Miss Black, Miss Morehead, Miss Whitney, Monday, mother, mountain, mountains, movies, Mr. Charles, Mr. Ferguson, Mr. Gray, Mr. Honaker, Mr. Honaker., Mr. Robinson, Mr. Tynes, Mr. Will Gray, mules, Murray, New Orleans, North Carolina, note, nurse, Ohio, one room school, open heart surgery, path, Pearl Gordon, Pennsylvania, Pete Ferguson, pies, pipe, pneumonia, ponies, porch, Post Office, potatoes, pots, pound cake, Prices, Princeton, property, props, punish, recess, record, Reuben Ferguson, Roberta, Rocky Gap, Rocky Gap School, Roosevelt, Ruben Edward, Santa Clause, saw mill, Saw Mill, School, scraper, seed, shanties, Simpson, sink, sisters, slate rock, slave, slavery government, sled, Social Security, songs, South Carolina, spring, spring box, spring house, spring water, stove, straw, substitute teachers, sulpher spring, taxi cab, Tazewell, Tazewell County, teacher, Thelma Smith, This interview is biographical in nature and focuses on life on Dry Fork., tic mattress, Timber, time, trailer, trailers, trees, trench, trough, truck, VA, vegetables, Vernon Cobb, Virginia, Virginia Hardwood, Wagners, wagons, Washington, water, weeds, well water, wheat straw, Willie, winter, wood stove, Work, WV

Tags: 220, 4/10/96, Adner, Alonzo, Amos, Andy, Arver and Ollie Barnett, auction, baby shirts, Bastian, Bastian factory, Bastian Sports Wear, beds, Belcher’s Bridge, Betsy Dent, Beverly Floyd Hall, Beverly Hall, Bill Monroe, Biographical, biscuts, blackberries, Bland, bleach, blue ribbon, Bluefield, bread, bus, butter, cakes, canning book, car, carrots, chairs, Charleston, checkers, chicken, children, chimneys, chores, Christmas tree, Church, churn, cigars, Clarence, Clinton, Color Francis, cooker stove, corn, Corner Diner, country music, cow, creek, custards, Dave, Denita Blankenship, desk, Diamond School, dinner, dish pan, dolls, Dolly, East End School, education, Effie, electricity, factory, Family/People, fire, Florida, flower, food, fox and the goose, Frank Sinatra, fried potatoes, G. I. Joe, garden, garments, Garneth Havens, Grand Ol’ Oprey, grandpa Hall (Joe), Graton, groceries, Hardwood place, hatchet, hide-and-go-seek, holidays, house, Huntington, Icem, infant clothes, Jack, Jan, Jay Fred’s store, Jean Autry, jelly, Jew, Jimmy Dickens., Joe, Kate, Kate Long, kettles, kitchen, lard, Laura, Leonard, Lonzo, Lula Barnette, lumber grader, lunch, Macy Havens, marbles, meal, meals, men’s shirts, milk, Minnie Pearl, movie, Mr. Garret, Mr. Icem, Mr. Lawrence Lurber, Mr. Risen, Mrs. Havens, Mrs. Peery, music, Nell Katherine, New York, news, Nub, oil lamp, oven, paddle, peanut-butter sandwich, peas, Perry Como, phone, pop, popcorn, porch, pot-bellied stove, potatoes, preacher, radio, railroad ties, Railroad track, Reba, record player, Regina Harmon, restaurant, Rich School, Roanoke Fashion, Robert Hottie, Ronnie, Roy Acuff, Roy Rogers, Ruben, Ruby, Santa Clause, Saw Mill, school house, service, seventh grade, show, shows, Shufflebarger’s Store, Shufflebargers, singer, sink, store, stoves, street, tables, tag, taxes, Tazewell, teachers, television, tomatoes, town, toys, trailer, train, trimming, Trina Jackson, Virginia, wash board, wash dishes, West Graham, West Virginia, Witcher Creek, wood stove, Wytheville