Browse Items (8 total)

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: 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: 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: 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: 2/15/99, 243, ABB, Asa Rasnake, Bastain, Bill Parks, Bland, Bland County, Charlie Taylor, Claude Carter, Clearfork, Dean Company, East River Mountain, Homelites, John Kinser, Logging, Matthew Bradshaw, No Business, Ohio, Princeton, Rex Moorehead, Route 61, saws, Stihl, Tazewell, Teddy Bradshaw, Truman Lumber, Virginia Hardwood Lumber Company, weather, Wolf Creek Mountain

Tags: 227, 3/28/98, 42, angels, apple wine, Army, Athens, Augusta, Baptist Church, barbershop, baskets, beans, blackberry wine, Bland, blood root, buckets, bunny, burning child, canning, Carla Ferguson, Carol’s, carpenter, CCC Camps, Charlie Roberts, Cherokee, chickens, children, chinquipins, chores, Christian, Christmas programs, Church, Conley’s, cook, cooking, corn wine, costumes, cot, courting, creek, Dandelion wine, dead people, Dismal Creek, Dry Fork, electricity, Evaline Charleton and Violea(Charleton)Ferguson, Family/People, farm, favorite food, ginseng, Gladys, Harriett Elizabeth Charleton, Hills, Hinton, Hoanaker House, Hoanaker’s, hogs, Hollybrook, horses, hospital, huckleberries, jazz, jelly, John and Bonnie Dodson, Johnny Williams, Joseph, Lane Ferguson, Lick Skillet, lighter knots, Log House, lumber, lye soap, Marvin, Marvin Carver, Mary, Methodist Church, mirrors, mountains, Mrs. Granny Woods, Mrs. Jones, Nate, No Business, Noah Charleton, Oliver William Charleton, Pal Saunders, pine knots, plane crash, ploughing, poke sallet, potatoe wine, powerline, pressure can, Priceton, quilting frames Mr. Robertson, radio, rhubard, Richmond, Rocky Gap, Santa Clause, sasafrass, Saunders, School, shepherds, slave, stores, strawberries, strawberry wine, T model four, tea berries, This is an interview with Nate Charleton and his 3 sisters in their home up Dry Fork., train, Tynes Chapel, Victrola, Wansley, water source, weather, Wilderness Road, wise men, Wolf Creek

Tags: 12/19/96, 1928, 215, Alan Paine, Alice Johnson, Arch Rowe, atomic bomb, Biography, Bland County, chores, Christmas, Coal Mine, court, dates, Family/People, farm, games, garden, Gerald Pain, Germany, Halloween, holidays, house wife, Ivy Johnson, Korean War, Lana Alley, Lana Sue, Larry Paine, Laurel, Lexie Brammer, Marcella Paine, March 20, McDowell, McKinley Paine, movie, Mr. Pain, Nancy Margaret Payne, Nancy Payne, Nancy Rowe, Opal Coleman, Pain, Paine, Pauline Cantrell, Payne, Pearl Harbor, pranks, president, Robert Paine, Robin Payne, Rocky Gap, Rocky Gap School, Roosevelt, School, sewing factory, snow, stories, Terry Paine, Three Stooges, toys, Tracy Browning, War, weather

Tags: 153, 4/30/97, Bastian, Bertis, Bill Umbarger, Biography, Bluefield Business College, Brady, business school, candy, Carl, CCC Camps, chores, Civil War, Clara Burton, co0al mining, college, dog, dolls, E.C., Earl, electricity, Eli Leedy, Everett, Falls Mills, Family/People, Farming, fireplace, fun, games, Grace, H., H.M. Henderson Kidd, Hicksville, holidays, Jack, Jack Mustard, Kimberlin, livestock, Log House, Loriana, marbles, marriage, Marvin, Mary Ann and Sara French, Mary Ellen Clark, Nana Leedy, Okie, Orwen Sheffey, Peal Harbor, Pinegroove Methodist Church, Salem Church, School, shape country is in, Shawvers Mill, subjects, Suitor, Tazewell County, tea, the Depression, This is an interview with Clara Burton about life in Bland County. She grew up in Hicksville but was born and now lives in Mechanicsburg., train, trap door, weather, Work, WWI, WWII