Anybody remember (in no particular order):

1. The old one wire telephone system and party lines
2. US221 as a gravel road south to Roanoke
3. The upgrade of US221 up Bent Mountain using convict labor
4. Dr. Jones, the chiropractor, weekly visits to Floyd
5. The shirt factory
6. The covered bridge on Possum Holler Road
7. The military airplane crash near Rocky Knob during WW2
8. Hearing Archie Naff preach
9. Experiences with Miss Nellie B. Slusher the school teacher
10. Going to school the Oxford’s Academy building and using slates instead
of paper
11. Going to school in the building now the "rag shop" and the
constructyion of the new high school
12. The fourth of July parades in Floyd.
13. The loafers sitting on the courthouse cement wall chewing tobacco and
having spitting contests
14. The moonshine stills
15. Tall tales by some "really old timers"
16. Building the Blue Ridge Parkway
17. The copper mines
18. The Civil War and WW1 Vets honored at a July 4 celebration
19. WW2 Victory Bond and savings stamps auctions
20. Country music performers at the Floyd High School auditorium
21. Collecting milk weed pods and aluminum drives during WW2
22. The FFA boys packing wool and processing turkeys at the school
23. Curtis Turner
24. Tom Rakes Chevrolet dealership
25. The all day "Big Meeting" at Pine Creek Church

Jack Spangler
Ellicott City, MD