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Tags: 716, 9/27/11, Bluefield Sanitarium, chores, games, Growing up in Bland County, Halloween, holidays, Kody Sarver, Lower Wolf Creek, Mary Byrd, paddle, pranks, Railroad, Roue 61, telephone, West Virginia Business School

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: 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: 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: 0301, 2/28/00, 301, Baptist Church, beans, Bessie, Biographical, blacksmith, Bland County, Bluefield, Clearfork, corn, costumes, Curtis, Dublin, Elmor Fox, Evelyn Wolfe, Frankie Carver, garden outhouse, Grapefield, James, John Smith, Knoxsville, Laurel, Life in Bland County, Lucretia Williams, McConnel, Miss Boggle, Miss Bowright, Miss Stowers, Model A Ford, Mr. Price, Natasha Looney & April Bradshaw, North Carolina, Palmer, potatoes, Preacher Newton, Railroads, Rocky Gap, rotary button, Roy Akers, Scott County, Stewart, Stinsons, Sunday School, Tazewell County, telephone, This is an interview with Evelyn Wolfe about her life in Bland County., Valentines Day, Virginia Hardwood Company, washing machine, Weiss County, William Williams, WWI, 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: 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: 2/15/98, 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: 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: 10/25/95, 120, beerjoint, Bluefield, cable, casino, East River Mountain Lookout, gift shop, information center, interstate, log cabin, Mr. Poe., museum, overlook, perk, picnic areas, radio towers, Raymond Woody, Recreation, Rocky Gap, scenic railroad, Tabitha Roesch, telephone, television, This is an interview with Raymond Woody about the East River Mountain Lookout.

Tags: 0103, 10/27/97, 103, Amos and Andy, Andrew Ferguson, Babtist Parson, barbershop, barbershop discussions, Bastian, Bastian garment factories, Bernard Chewey Conley, Bernard Drayton Conley, Biography, Bland County, Bluefield, Bob Conley, Bonnie Sue Nelson Conley, Carroll's store, CCC Camps, Charlie Taylor, Christmas, Cliff Conley, Clinch Valley., Colonial Theater, D.E. Conley, dance hall, Dry Fork, East River Mountain, Eisenhower, Family/People, Fanning's, first radio, games, Gene Autry, Goldie Conely, Great Depression, Grenada Theater, Greyhound Corporation, Halloween pranks, home life, Honaker Church, Honaker's grocery sotre, Howard Stowers, Ida Eustus Conley, Isaac Conley, Isabelle Brookman, Iwo Jima, Jean Conley, June-Gail Conley, Kentucky, Korean War, Laurel, Lena Conley, Loraine Conley, Mayberry Tunnel, Methodist Church of Rocky Gap, Mr. Ed, Mr. French, Mr. Tom Booth, Nancy Conley, New Deal PWA, North Carolina, Palmer Carroll's store, Peterstown, President Johnson, President Kennedy, President Nixon, Princeton Avenue, Railroad, Ralph Tiller's, Richlands, Roanoke, Rocky Gap, Roosevelt, Sam Newberry, school life, State Theater on Raleigh Street, Stowers Grocery, Sutphin's Grocery, taxes, telephone, television, This is an interview with Thurman Conley about his life and experiences in Bland County., Thurman Conley, toys, Truman, Verlin Shrader, Vietnam, Virginia, Watergate, Watt Conley, Westmoreland Coal Company, Williamson, Winston-Salem, Wolf Creek, WVA, WWI

Tags: 0063, 11/4/94, 63, Albert Wolfe, and Mildred Morris about No Business Creek., arithmetic, Author Wolfe, Bessy Mustard, Bland High, Bland., Brian, buses, Carl DeHart, Carrol Hall, Christmas, Cloyd Morris, Community, Crandon, Crocket Morris, Crystal, Cynthia, Dennis Wolfe, Drive-in-movies, Easter, electricity, Eloise Mustard, English, geography, Giles, Halloween, history, Hollybrook School, Janet Arglin, Janet Wolfe, John Wolfe, Johnny Wolfe, Larry Wolfe, Linda Sarver, Linda Wolfe, literature, Little Creek, Mack Wolfe, Martha Wolfe, Martha Wolfe/ Sammie Morris/ Mildred Morris, Mason Mustard, Mildred Morris, Mildred Mouvs, Nancy Smith, Naomi Alice Mustard, No Business, Pam Phillips, Pam Wolfe, Parsonage, Pulaski, Randolf Morris, reading, Robert Morris, Ross Morris, Rush Mustard, Sammie Morris, Sammie Mouvs, T.V., telephone, This is an interview with Martha Wolfe, Timothy, Tultex, Valentines Day, Vance Mustard, Virginia, Virginia Beach, Ward Wolfe, William Leighton, writing