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Tags: 1/6/03, 400, Biographical, Bland, Charles Davidson, Charlotte AnnElliot, Christmas, Church, Dinky, Donald Gibson, Dry Fork Baptist Church, games, Gene Schefferbarter, Halloween, holidays, Kayla Gibson/Jessica Barnette, Life in Bland County, movie, movies, Mr. Cummon, Newton, Palmer Carols, pranks, Rocky Gap, School, Series, Steve Gibson, Sunday School, This is an interview with Donald Gibson about his life in Bland County., Tim Gibson, Toler’s, Walter Davidson

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: 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: 1942, 254, 5/20/99, Adam Akers/Zane Perkins, Aldeman, Austinville, baseball, Basketball, bicycle, Biographical interview conducted with Junior Shockley., Biography, Bird Farm, Bland County, Bobby Bane, boot camp, Buckner’s Bay, buggy, Cambridge Maryland, Carroll County, chores, Christmas, coal heating, Coolidge, country store, dairy farms, Dale Smith Shockley, dates, Debbie Davis, Department of Agriculture, destroyer escort., Dolores Thompson, Dorothy Shaffers Humphry, Easter, electricity, Ellis Alderman, Family/People, Farming, feeding, fire crackers, fishing, floods, Fourth of July, Fredericksburg, games, garden, George Bird, Grayson County, Halloween, highway department, Hillsville, Hillsville Theater, hogs, holidays, honeymoon, Japan, John Smith Shockley, Junior Shockley, King George, lead mines, marbles, Max Meadows, milk cows, movies, Navy, New River, oil lamps, Pacific, pranks, Pulaski Hospital, Rex Morehead, Roosevelt, Roy Rogers, running water, Shockley School, sled, snow storms, Soil Conservation Agent, Spotsylvania, spring, Stafford, Tates, tennis, Texas, toys, Virginia Beach, wagon, Wytheville

Tags: 251, 5/15/99, Bastian, Biographical interview conducted with Gene Slaughter., Biography, Bland County, Bluefield, Carroll’s Store, Charlie Taylor, Christmas, Clifford Willis, Cumberland Road, Dorcas White, Falls Mills, Family/People, Freddy Ray Slaughter, Gene Autry, Gene Slaughter, Grandmother Slaughter, Halloween, Harless, Hattie Willis, Heath Slaughter, Hitler., Hubert Slaughter, Jimmy Stuart, Johnny Mac Brown, Lash LaRue, Laurel Creek, movies, Mr. Roosevelt, Palmer Carroll, Pearl Harbor, Puckett, rationing, Rocky Gap, Roy Rogers, Shufflebarger, Tazewell County, Tinia Elizabeth Slaughter, Tom WIllis, VA, weather, 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: 12/6/98, 238, activities, Almer E. Harman, antiques, Athens, Bastian, Beaver, Beaver High School, Bible, Bland County, Bluefield, Bluefield High, Bobby Thompson, Broadway show, Concord College, cook, dairy farm, Depression, drive-ins, drug store, Dutch oven, East River Avenue, elementary school principal, Fareview Junior High, food, freezer, garden, Grey Hound, hairdresser, Illee H. McGlen, Illee Harman, Jefferson Street, John J. McGlen, junior high school, Landmark, Leverit, Levert Trump, Little Orpan Annie, Louisburg, Marion Compton, Mary Belcher, Mary Beth Belcher, Medusa, Mercer County, Morgan Town, movies, Nannie Catherine Dare, New York, Norfolk, North Carolina, Ohio, one-room schools, Palmener Carol’s General Store, Peggy Trump, Pennsylvania, Raleigh, Rocky Gap, Second World War, stove, teacher, tin can alley, Uncle Dave Shufinbaker’s Store, VDOT, Virginia, Walter Sutton Harman, West Virginia, West Virginia Hardwood, Willow Brook, Wilmington, WVU

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: 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: 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: 219, 4/26/98, and Phyllis Woody, Bluefield, Bobby Woody, Carroll Groceries, Charles Branson, Charlie Preston Woody, Check Point Charlie, chores, Christmas, Cisco Kid, Clearfork, coalmines, College Avenue, Colorado, Denver, Digin Jones, Dreama Woody, East River Mountain, Eisenhower, Elvis Presley, Eric Thompson, Family/People, Fourth of July, games, garden, Gene Autry, Gene Shepbarger’s Groceries, Germans, GI Blues, Halloween, Hollybrook, Ickman, Japanese, John L. Lewis, John Woody, Korean War, Life / Coalmines / War, Marion, Mary Elizabeth Woody, Miss Gregory, Miss Hassel Stowers, Miss Pruett, Miss Simpson, Miss Turner, Miss Updike, movies, North Carolina, O.B., Ohio, Ora Gray Stowers, Pearl Harbor, Pocohontas, President Johnson, President Kennedy, President Truman, Raymond, Rescue Squad, Rocky Gap, Roy Rogers, Rural Retreat, Sherman, Taylor’s, Turkey Gap, UMWA, Vietnam War, Vinnie Dot Woody, Virginia, Watha, West Virginia, Wolfcreek, Wytheville, Zorro