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Oral history and memoirs preserve much more than a single event. They record information about a time and a particular way of life. Buying a loaf of bread for a dime and a 25-pound bag of flour for a dollar, walking 9 ½ miles in 5 hours, watching the Cove Creek gym (and several school buses) go up in flames--these are just a few of the tales related in this collection of oral and written histories.
From boating to finding a first job, from riding a pony to school to joining the Navy, this book contains dozens of memories gathered from the residents of western Watauga County, North Carolina. Concentrating primarily on the decades of the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, these stories focus on the elements of everyday life in a mountain community. They deal with both traditional rural activities--such as berry picking, soap making, trading and bartering--and universal experiences such as school days and dating. The book includes a special section on the war experiences of Watauga County residents both at home and overseas. Contemporary photographs and an index are included.
Contents
Table of Contents
Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part 1: Everyday Life of the People
At Home on Timbered Ridge (Mary Faye Tester)
The Cannery (Nannie Greene)
Growing Up in Bethel (Genevieve Sherwood Henson)
A Boy from Beaver Dams (Dennis Creed)
Good Neighbors, Good Friends (Nannie Greene)
Life at Amantha (Pearl Henson Greene)
Girlie Palmer ... 100 Years Young! (Girlie Palmer)
School Days Circa 1930 (Helen Banner Williams)
The Awesome Aldridges of Foscoe (Catherine Stokes Sheppard)
Howard Cole Remembers (Howard Cole)
DeWitt Brown's Garage (Catherine Stokes Sheppard)
The Wanda Inn (Catherine Stokes Sheppard)
Hattie's Hill (Genevieve Sherwood Henson)
Making Rugs (Peggy Hagaman)
My Memories of Oak Grove (Edna Ward Ellis)
The Conniption Fit (W.T. Payne)
Strawberry Picking (Mary Alice Palmer Hanna)
Race Relations at Cove Creek (Catherine Stokes Sheppard)
Race Relations at Bethel (Genevieve Sherwood Henson)
Recollections of the 1940 Flood (Baxter G. Farthing)
The Day Cove Creek Gym Burned (Hensel Stokes)
My First Job at the Carolina Pharmacy (Reba Cook Farthing)
Boating on the Creek (Hensel Stokes)
The Run-Away Car (Baxter G. Farthing)
A Boy and His Pony (Bill Stokes)
Duck Eggs (Catherine Stokes Sheppard)
Ned Walks (Ned Trivette)
Itch Cure (Odenia Miller Rowe)
The County Home (Nannie Greene)
Earline Huffman Came as a Tourist (Earline Huffman)
George Sigmon Visited Too! (George Sigmon)
Character Building Comes with a Price (Landon Stokes)
The Big Game (Landon Stokes)
Part 2: Law and Order ... and Sometimes Justice
A Post Office Burglary (Jean Ward)
A Burning Cross (Catherine Stokes Sheppard)
An Angry Husband and a Dead Lover (Catherine Stokes Sheppard)
Out on a Limb! (Genevieve Sherwood Henson)
A Pottertown Tale (Council Main)
A Tuffy Tale (Carlton H. Swift)
Another Tuffy Tale (Len Stokes)
Schoolhouse Misdemeanors (Jerry Shull)
A Slap in the Face (Len Stokes)
Part 3: Western Watauga at War
World War I
Three Who Served (Berlin Winebarger, Blaine C. Miller and Edna Ward Ellis)
World War II
A Mountain Boy Leaves Home (Berlin Winebarger)
Navy Life, Laughs and Lingo (Louis Farthing)
Pearl Harbor: December 7, 1941 (Louis Farthing)
Survivors of Pearl Harbor (Catherine Stokes Sheppard)
Blaine Miller, Merchant Marine (Blaine Miller)
The Romingers (Helen Smith Rominger)
Fourteen Down, Eleven to Go (Ralph Stokes)
Luther Martin Bingham (Catherine Stokes Sheppard)
The Home Front (Catherine Stokes Sheppard)
Rationing During World War II (Reba C. Farthing)
Victory Gardens (Nannie Greene)
My Wartime Job (Baxter G. Farthing)
Korea
World War II and Korean War Memoirs (Glenn Farthing)
Basketball or Bullets (Len Stokes)
Richard Minton Remembered (Nannie Greene)
Jackie "Deacon" Mast (Nannie Greene)
Vietnam
John Adams in Vietnam (John Adams)
Part 4: People Who Have Made a Difference
Miss Jennie Love (Ben Mast)
W.R. Trivett: Appalachian Pictureman (Ralph E. Lentz II)
The Golden Girl (Blaine Miller)
Early Recollections of Nora Mast Wilson (Nora Mast Wilson)
Newton Banner (Nannie Greene)
Luther Oliver (Frankie O. Stokes)
Ernest and Lena Hillard (Council Main)
John Bingham: A Tribute to a Coach (Dan Isaacs)
William Howard Walker (Dr. William Howard Mast)
S.F. Horton, the Powerhouse of Cove Creek (Nannie Greene)
Robert G. Shipley (Dr. William Howard Mast)
The Music Woman (Catherine Stokes Sheppard)
Lucille Johnson Hipp: The Flower Lady (Nannie Greene)
A Pioneer in Nuclear Medicine (Nannie Greene)
Dr. Frances Farthing (Glenn Farthing)
Part 5: You Can Get There from Here
Dr. Shelton Dugger (Gene Blair)
Carlock "Carl" Greene: Mid-Atlantic Scouts Hall of Famer (Carlock "Carl" Greene)
Financial Aide to J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott (Kathryn Clay Bodeen)
My Career in the CIA (Carlton H. Swift)
Ray Hicks (Catherine Stokes Sheppard)
Wayne Tester Follows His Dream (Joyce P. Ragan)
Tuning In on the World (Ben Mast)
California, Here I Come! (Odenia Miller Rowe)
Part 6: Preserving Our Heritage
Building Community in Foscoe (Catherine Stokes Sheppard)
Community Preservationists (Nannie Greene)
Saving a Community Landmark (Nannie Greene)
Rescuing the Wilson-Vines House (Catherine Stokes Sheppard)
Valle Crucis Conserves for the Future (Nannie Greene and Catherine Stokes Sheppard)
Stone School Buildings (Catherine Stokes Sheppard)
Opinions on Heritage (Jack and Marian Simpson)
Community Interaction (Sarah Joslin and Nannie Greene)
Appendix: Backward Glances (Catherine Stokes Sheppard)
Index
