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Interview with Beulah West

Tags: Church, Depression Quilt, Education, Entertainment, Flooding, Government Aid Programs, Great Depression Memories, Railroads, Sheep

Interview with Dr. John Ridgeway

Tags: Charles Lindbergh, Education, Great Depression Memories, Lexington Community, Penny Lunch Program, Prohibition, Railroads

Interview with Buddy Rushing

Tags: Agriculture, Education, Entertainment, Highland Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Lone Oak Community, Lone Oak High School, Lucille Futrill, McCracken Road Department, Railroads

Interview with William Wise

Veterinarian

Tags: Great Depression Memories, Military Service, Race Relations, Railroads, Ravenna Churches, Ravenna Schools, World War II Memories

Interview with Robert Welch

Self-Employed Grocer

Tags: Bob's Market, Church, Entertainment, Great Depression Memories, Irvine/Ravenna merger, Korean War, Mason/Barnes Shootout, Military Service, Railroads, Robert Fred Fleagy, Tornado

Interview with Charlie Huss

Retired Ravenna Businessman

Tags: City Government, Ed Hawkins, Entertainment, Great Depression Memories, Holiday Celebrations, L&N Railroad, Race Relations, Railroads, Ravenna Businesses, Ravenna Community, Ravenna Schools, Ravenna- Irvine Relationship, Tornado, Transportation

Interview with William Thompson

Former Mayor of Ravenna

Tags: Church, Great Depression Memories, Mason/Barnes Shootout, Military Conflicts, Railroads, Ravenna Businesses, Ravenna Community, Ravenna History, Ravenna Independent School System, Recreation, Transportation, World War II Memories

Interview with Beverly Thompson

Mayor of Ravenna

Tags: Churches, City Services, Entertainment, Local Businesses, Railroads, Ravenna Community, Ravenna Economy, Recreation, Schools, Television, Tornado

Interview with Harry Thomas

Former L&N Railroad Worker

Tags: "Rally's", Entertainment, Great Depression Memories, Railroads, Ravenna Businesses, Ravenna Community, Round House, Tornado, World War II Memories

Interview with MichaelTate

Teacher

Tags: Church, Estill County Schools, Flooding, Railroads, Ravenna Businesses, Ravenna Community, Ravenna Town Council, Recreation, Tornado

Interview with Richard Snowden

Retired Businessman and Retired Agent for the State Narcotics Department

Tags: Education, Great Depression Memories, Occupational History, Railroads, Ravenna Community, Tornado

Interview with Ruby Keating

Teacher, and Owner and Operator of the Ravenna

Tags: Great Depression Memories, Louise Gibson, Railroads, Ravenna Community, Recreation, Tornado, Town Characters

Interview with Raymond Henderson

Self-Employed

Tags: Great Depression Memories, Hackworth's General Store, Joe Noland, National Guard Service, Old Colonial Hotel, Railroads, Ravenna Businesses, Ravenna- Irvine Merger, Wig-Wam Grocery

Interview with James Griffin

Retired from Carhartt Overall Factory

Tags: African Americans, Carhart Factory, Education, Estill County KY, James Hughes, Mason/Barnes Shootout, Occupational History, Race Relations, Railroads, Ravenna Community, Recreation

Interview with Peggy Garrett

Music Teacher

Tags: Bluegrass Ordinance, Education, Estill County Industries, George Mays, H.P. Moore, Irvine Methodist Church, Music, Railroads, Rationing, Ravenna Community, Roy Richardson, teaching, Tom Bonney, World War II Memories

Interview with David Logue

Retired Teacher

Tags: Churches, Education, Entertainment, Junction City Community, Local Businesses, Railroads, teachers

Interview with Charlie Kidd

Tags: Agriculture, Burke's Bakery, Churches, Civic Organizations, Crime, Great Depression Memories, Henry L. Gragg, Junction City Community, Ku Klux Klan, Local Businesses, Merchants, Railroads, teachers, World War II

Interview with Dr. Dick Browne

Retired

Tags: Boyle County KY, Junction City Community, Local Businesses, Railroads

Interview with Edward Webb

Retired School Administrator

Tags: Basketball, Churches, Crime, Education, Entertainment, Freemasonry, Great Depression Memories, Local Businesses, Public Services, Railroads, Recreation, Science Hill Community, Science Hill High School, Walter Tevis

Interview with Marvin Kendall

Tags: Chevrolet Dealership Operations, Churches, Crime, Education, Entertainment, Farming, General Motors, Local Businesses, Local Government, Railroads, Tornado, Trailer Park, Train Accidents, Walton Community

Interview with James Huey

Doctor

Tags: Churches, Deputy Coroner, Education, Entertainment, Home Deliveries, Hospitals, House Calls, Medicine, Payment, Railroads, Tornado, Walton Community

Interview with Ernest Debord

Elementary School Principal

Tags: Agriculture, Barnette Eldredge, Churches, Education, Local Businesses, Local Government, Public Services, Railroads, Science Hill Community, Science Hill Elementary School, Telephone Exchange, Town Croquet Court

Interview with Louise Conrad

Retired Teacher, EKU Alumni, Class of 1931

Tags: Eastern Annual, Education, EKU, Entertainment, Fire Department, Great Depression Memories, Local Businesses, Railroads, Retirement, taxes, Walton Community

Interview with Lucille Brakefield

Tags: Credit, Drugstore Operations, Education, Great Depression Memories, Railroads, Tornado, Walton Community, Walton High School, World War I

Interview with Snowie Nicely

Housewife

Tags: Crime, Doctors, Flu Epidemic, Great Depression Memories, Livingston Community, Railroads, Rockcastle River, World War II

Interview with Clifford Amyx

Tags: Appalachian Heritage, Coal Strikes, Education, Floods, Ku Klux Klan, Livingston Community, Matt Ford, Old Dixie Highway, Prohibition, Railroads, Recreation, Wendell Berry

Interview with Jim Reis

Columnist for the Kentucky Post Newspaper

Tags: Airport, Burlington Community, Kentucky Post, Maysville KY, Melbourne, Railroads, Silver Grove Community, Walton KY

Interview with Esther Shelton

Tags: Churches, Education, Entertainment, Flooding, Great Depression Memories, Railroads, Silver Grove Community, Taylor Park

Interview with James Remley

Tags: Education, Fire Department, Flooding, Local Businesses, Newport Schools, Railroads, Silver Grove Community

Interview with Frank R. & Naomi R. Fillhardt

Tags: Churches, Education, Entertainment, Farming, Flooding, Great Depression Memories, Medicine, Railroads, Silver Grove Community

Interview with Dorothy & Lee Ellen Bass

Tags: Churches, Education, Flooding, Public Services, Railroads, Silver Grove Community

Interview with Noel Walton

Former County Surveyor in Boone County

Tags: Airport, Boone County KY, Burlington Community, Incorporation, Public Services, Railroads, Steam Ferry

Interview with Eunice Steinoff

Tags: Education, Fire Department, Flooding, Railroads, Recreation, Silver Grove Community

Interview with Eleanora Smith

Tags: Education, Fire Department, Flooding, Railroads, Recreation, Silver Grove Community

Interview with Margaret Pryor

Tags: Doc's Place Restaurant, Doctor Pinguely, Education, Elsie O'Brian, Fishing, Flooding, Local Businesses, Railroads, Silver Grove Community, Taylor Park

Interview with Elsie O'Brien

Tags: C & O Company, Churches, Education, Flooding, Great Depression Memories, Local Businesses, Murder, Political Polls, Railroads, Recreation, Silver Grove Community

Interview with Gerald Losey

Former Mayor of Silver Grove

Tags: Crime, Education, Entertainment, Mayor, Packet Boats, Politics, Railroads, Sanitation District, Silver Grove Community, Tire Business

Interview with Michael King

Superintendent of the Silver Grove School District

Tags: Education, Funding, Railroads, School Buildings, Silver Grove Community, taxes

Interview with Edith Jones

Tags: Education, Entertainment, Fire House Caf, Flooding, House Burning, Merchants, Railroads, Silver Grove Community

Interview with John & Eunice Steinhoff Edwards

Tags: Doc's Restaurant, Education, Entertainment, Flooding, Railroads, Restaurant Operations, Silver Grove Community, Swimming

Interview with Robert Dozier

Principal

Tags: Education, Flooding, International Code, Local Businesses, Military Service, Photography, Railroads, Silver Grove Community

Interview with Raymond DeMoss

Tags: Churches, Education, Entertainment, Fishing, Flooding, Great Depression Memories, Railroads, Silver Grove Community

Interview with Jean Boyer

City Clerk in Silver Grove, KY

Tags: Churches, Education, Entertainment, Floods, Local Business, Railroads, Silver Grove Community, Swimming, Television

Interview with Elmer Borman

Former City Council Member

Tags: Education, Entertainment, Floods, Great Depression Memories, Mayor, Railroads, Silver Grove Community

Interview with J.B. Vanarsdale

Welding and Blacksmith Shop Operator

Tags: Blacksmith Shop Operations, Burgin Community, Calliope, Farming, Great Depression Memories, Railroads, Tobacco

Interview with John Soper Jr.

Tags: Basketball, Berea College, Carlisle Community, Education, Farming, Great Depression Memories, Military Service, Railroads

Interview with Armatha Perkins

Tags: Burgin Community, Education, Entertainment, Great Depression Memories, Opry House, Quilting, Railroads, Shakertown

Interview with Larry Lacey

Manager of the F.A. Neider Company

Tags: Augusta Community, Churches, Education, F.A. Neider Company, Flooding, Railroads, The Ohio River

Interview with Lucille Hawthorne

Tags: Burgin Community, Education, Entertainment, Great Depression Memories, Railroads

Interview with Margaret Heaton

Tags: Burgin Community, Dix River, Education, Entertainment, Railroads

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