44 25 35717 https://archives.countylib.org/files/original/fadb3de5a1cb0d9b820615a0dc6479f7.jpg 7f1a30c6c8032f412baf514939f7f9b7 https://archives.countylib.org/files/original/9891eda8cac97c87784f171cf98f7b83.jpg dde4dbf3275e6e1cd63765e57d2e52ab https://archives.countylib.org/files/original/59cbe1a5ebe2aaafb78ce573c5fd5360.jpg 6b59fa29eaa91204cbdd40352e49bc9e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Joseph M. Hines Collection Subject The topic of the resource Hines, Joseph M. Toms Brook (Va) World War (1939-1945) Description An account of the resource A collection of images and letters associated with Joseph M. Hines. The vast majority are letters from his time serving with the United States Marine Corps in the Pacific Theater during World War Two. Joseph Martin Hines was born in Toms Brook Virginia on December 1, 1923. His parents were Mary Thelma Borden and Duval “Du” Hines. Duval ran a general store in Toms Brook. Joseph Hines attended Toms Brook High School and graduated in 1941. He was a member of the school band, in which he played the clarinet, and of St. Peters Lutheran Church where he sand in the choir. In 1941 he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. He trained at Parris Island in South Carolina in 1942. Later that year he was transferred to San Diego and later Hawaii. In 1944 he was part of the invasion force that landed at Iwo Jima. After the war he lived in Arlington Virginia and married Ruby Beaver. He died in 1969. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Joseph M. Hines Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Joseph M. Hines Collection, Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, Virginia. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Shenandoah County Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1941-1945 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) Relation A related resource Finding Aid available at http://shenandoah.co.lib.va.us/2017-0009.html Language A language of the resource English Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Envelope: PFC. J.M. Hines CO.C.M.B.N.Y. Navy. 1287. c/o FLEET.Po. San Francisco CALIF. Mr. D.D. Hines Toms Brook Virginia Letter: Hi Old Man, Well get off your back and start reading. I know it must have knocked you flat to hear from me. You people must have had quite a time down at the river the other day. Sure am glad you can get a little pleasure once & a while. I think you and mother are pretty fast smellerns (& strittens) ha. I saw James Poland and Pop Strosnider the other day and we had a swell old time but Buddy wasn’t in. I had liberty in Honolulu but didn’t have much fun. I sure will be glad to be back among the white chickens again so Bud and I can grab a leg and feel a breast to see if they any good. Ha. Well Dad how are all my women getting along? Are any of them true to me? They all better wait because they don’t know what they will be missing. And by the way old man if those two McCoy Cats come messing around like they say they do, and I frankly hope they do, they will be tame kittens when I finish with them. But that’s another tale though they say a little tale never hurt anyone. Well I gotta write Mary Frances, and a buddy of mine, so I had better close. Love to all, Joe PS Tell Mother I’ll write soon Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Envelope and Letter (2 pages) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Hi Old Man" Letter Subject The topic of the resource Hines, Joseph M. (1923-1969) Toms Brook (Va) World War (1939-1945) Description An account of the resource Letter sent from Joseph M. Hines, USMC, to his father Duval Hines in Toms Brook Virginia. The letter was sent care of the fleet post office in San Francisco California. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Joseph M. Hines Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Folder 1.9: Letters from Joseph Martin Hines USMC to Duval and Mary Hines, May-October 1945, Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, Virginia Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Shenandoah County Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource July 7, 1945 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Susan Hines Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) Language A language of the resource English Hines Shenandoah County Toms Brook USMC Virginia WWII https://archives.countylib.org/files/original/2a84ad4fbbfd17504bb4a8fa7dd019ff.jpg 00cb2dce4be7ff4c8a4415df07732945 https://archives.countylib.org/files/original/9b4d842f81ba8b308031f6b983c4047e.jpg ef3c6f9b9feabee6006b320e442625eb https://archives.countylib.org/files/original/d16ff11427447206b4770181195ff62a.jpg 5ae37656222c0debc4a93c45560b5a4e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Joseph M. Hines Collection Subject The topic of the resource Hines, Joseph M. Toms Brook (Va) World War (1939-1945) Description An account of the resource A collection of images and letters associated with Joseph M. Hines. The vast majority are letters from his time serving with the United States Marine Corps in the Pacific Theater during World War Two. Joseph Martin Hines was born in Toms Brook Virginia on December 1, 1923. His parents were Mary Thelma Borden and Duval “Du” Hines. Duval ran a general store in Toms Brook. Joseph Hines attended Toms Brook High School and graduated in 1941. He was a member of the school band, in which he played the clarinet, and of St. Peters Lutheran Church where he sand in the choir. In 1941 he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. He trained at Parris Island in South Carolina in 1942. Later that year he was transferred to San Diego and later Hawaii. In 1944 he was part of the invasion force that landed at Iwo Jima. After the war he lived in Arlington Virginia and married Ruby Beaver. He died in 1969. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Joseph M. Hines Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Joseph M. Hines Collection, Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, Virginia. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Shenandoah County Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1941-1945 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) Relation A related resource Finding Aid available at http://shenandoah.co.lib.va.us/2017-0009.html Language A language of the resource English Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Envelope: PFC. J.M. Hines CO.C.M.B.N.Y. NAVY. 128 c/o Fleet. Po. San Francisco Calif. Mrs. D.D. Hines Toms Brook Virginia Letter: Dear Mother & All, I am truly sorry I meant to write yesterday but got my dates mixed so I’m sending my best wishes a day behind. (they say a little a—is good for all) Better late than never I guess. I had liberty Sunday but everything was closed so I couldn’t get a card. I just came from a ball game. We won in the last half of the 11th. We were behind in the last of the 9th the short stop came up with two out and two on the count was 2 strikes, 1 ball and hit a home run. In the last half of the 11th with two out, the third baseman single and the pitcher (who had walked) scored from the second. Score 8 to 7. Did my letter to dad get there yet, I haven’t heard? Sue wrote me so I’ll answer her tonight. Yes I got a picture of her and an Autz girl. No I haven’t gotten the box yet. I think I’ll write Buddy and maybe Bill tonight. I’ll try to write one of you at least once a week, if I write anymore there will be nothing to say at all, as it is there isn’t much. Ask Jayne if she got my letter and see if she blushes. I really gave her the old line something like the Casanova Painter stuff. But don’t worry about the young and innocent blond. I’m a gentleman of the old south and my Father’s son if that makes any diff. All in fun you know. Well gotta stop. Am enclosing one $25 bond. Don’t faint. Love to all, Joe I hope you had a happy anniversary. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Envelope and Letter (2 pages) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Dear Mother & All" Subject The topic of the resource Hines, Joseph M. (1923-1969) Toms Brook (Va) World War (1939-1945) Description An account of the resource Letter sent from Joseph M. Hines, USMC, to his mother Mary Hines and family in Toms Brook Virginia. The letter was sent care of the fleet post office in San Francisco California. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Joseph M. Hines Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Folder 1.9: Letters from Joseph Martin Hines USMC to Duval and Mary Hines, May-October 1945, Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, Virginia Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Shenandoah County Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource July 15, 1945 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Susan Hines Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) Language A language of the resource English Hines Shenandoah County Toms Brook USMC Virginia WWII https://archives.countylib.org/files/original/c060684c8c0a26df759c99c0944b1a0d.jpg ce6c9a747a7abeee8c06ff725de9c119 https://archives.countylib.org/files/original/c01d4c3944dff0a60b67d21d298c048a.jpg 06ba1ae3ad90b5475055e0cb81a47be2 https://archives.countylib.org/files/original/8d3ff8d1c324a077d0793c04ff0ba052.jpg 56fad8c23dfedd990118e9ce638f3013 https://archives.countylib.org/files/original/9444ee9836bd4dff18c4877cdc032e58.jpg 85604f05454c6527e74fb0fd58487d23 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Joseph M. Hines Collection Subject The topic of the resource Hines, Joseph M. Toms Brook (Va) World War (1939-1945) Description An account of the resource A collection of images and letters associated with Joseph M. Hines. The vast majority are letters from his time serving with the United States Marine Corps in the Pacific Theater during World War Two. Joseph Martin Hines was born in Toms Brook Virginia on December 1, 1923. His parents were Mary Thelma Borden and Duval “Du” Hines. Duval ran a general store in Toms Brook. Joseph Hines attended Toms Brook High School and graduated in 1941. He was a member of the school band, in which he played the clarinet, and of St. Peters Lutheran Church where he sand in the choir. In 1941 he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. He trained at Parris Island in South Carolina in 1942. Later that year he was transferred to San Diego and later Hawaii. In 1944 he was part of the invasion force that landed at Iwo Jima. After the war he lived in Arlington Virginia and married Ruby Beaver. He died in 1969. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Joseph M. Hines Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Joseph M. Hines Collection, Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, Virginia. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Shenandoah County Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1941-1945 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) Relation A related resource Finding Aid available at http://shenandoah.co.lib.va.us/2017-0009.html Language A language of the resource English Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Envelope: P.F.C. J.M. Hines Co. C. M.B.N.Y. NAVY. 128 c/o Fleet. Po. San Francisco Calif. Mrs. D.D. Hines Toms Brook Virginia Letter: Dear Mother & All, I hope it don’t take so long for this to get there. Your last one got here in four days. Yes I’m doing guard duty you guessed right. The box came finally but the cookies were buggy. The first bite was good and then I found the bugs. Ha. I heard from Sue and Jayne. Sue is sending a big picture soon. I think Jayne about half believed what I said. She sounded [sont] peeved but I don’t think her deceitful because she said very plainly to my face that she is not my girl. Ha. When I write her again I’ll tell her I’m really disappointed that she won’t be my girl and not to get excited, I won’t pop the question for a few years yet. Did you get the bond? I don’t remember if you said or not. Tell those silly young mothers they should stop acting like A—H--- and be glad they have husbands cause they say about 1 million girls will have to do without after the war. We fellows figure we are duty bound to marry one and keep about ten more happy, if not satisfied (gulp). And by the way a couple of them must have used ropes to get whatever they got (never having seen the [happ? Napp? hapless?] young fathers) because with their looks and personalities to my estimation they belong among the 1 million. Cacte (never could spell it) should be glad and proud she has a husband doing some real work instead of wearing brass and sitting at a desk full of pin ups like M Borden or sitting on his tail like numerous dogfaces I hear of. Who would take care of the people at home if all the young husbands and 4Fs were called? You know I’m blowing off a lot of steam and I really am serious. Tell the Smith Family what I said or read it to them. And you may also tell I get a letter from them occasionally but I don’t think all my mail is getting through. So to the Smith Family a hearty thanks. I don’t think I can get any you film but I’ll try and get Erma the patch. Well I have been rather long winded so I’ll close for now. Love to all, Joe Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Envelope and Letter (3 pages) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Dear Mother & All" Letter Subject The topic of the resource Hines, Joseph M. (1923-1969) Toms Brook (Va) World War (1939-1945) Description An account of the resource Letter sent from Joseph M. Hines, USMC, to his mother Mary Hines and family in Toms Brook Virginia. The letter was sent care of the fleet post office in San Francisco California. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Joseph M. Hines Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Folder 1.9: Letters from Joseph Martin Hines USMC to Duval and Mary Hines, May-October 1945, Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, Virginia Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Shenandoah County Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource July 31, 1945 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Susan Hines Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) Language A language of the resource English Hines Shenandoah County Toms Brook USMC Virginia WWII https://archives.countylib.org/files/original/8cb4b449b5a0820c1e329a9a8b7e132d.jpg 055e1b5910cea6806b1951c51bba14c5 https://archives.countylib.org/files/original/5042b65dda5364e372223f8cc83a0f9b.jpg 5aeeb7b353fd523db11ff45ae37831ba https://archives.countylib.org/files/original/dfed9fa41b7a3729e27b7461e1c9f9ec.jpg 2735275572e758fa71a4ac0d8e9439f4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Joseph M. Hines Collection Subject The topic of the resource Hines, Joseph M. Toms Brook (Va) World War (1939-1945) Description An account of the resource A collection of images and letters associated with Joseph M. Hines. The vast majority are letters from his time serving with the United States Marine Corps in the Pacific Theater during World War Two. Joseph Martin Hines was born in Toms Brook Virginia on December 1, 1923. His parents were Mary Thelma Borden and Duval “Du” Hines. Duval ran a general store in Toms Brook. Joseph Hines attended Toms Brook High School and graduated in 1941. He was a member of the school band, in which he played the clarinet, and of St. Peters Lutheran Church where he sand in the choir. In 1941 he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. He trained at Parris Island in South Carolina in 1942. Later that year he was transferred to San Diego and later Hawaii. In 1944 he was part of the invasion force that landed at Iwo Jima. After the war he lived in Arlington Virginia and married Ruby Beaver. He died in 1969. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Joseph M. Hines Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Joseph M. Hines Collection, Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, Virginia. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Shenandoah County Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1941-1945 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) Relation A related resource Finding Aid available at http://shenandoah.co.lib.va.us/2017-0009.html Language A language of the resource English Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Envelope: P.F.C. J.M. Hines CO.C..M.B.N.Y.. NAVY.128 c/o Fleet. Po. San Francisco Calif. Miss Erma Hines Toms Brook Virgini Letter: Dear Erma, Well pick yourself up after fainting from the shock and try to read what your brother has to say. What have you been doing this summer except movies & Massanutta? I have been walking some very monotonous posts and that’s about all. Now that the war is over I hope it won’t be long till I can get home but don’t hold your breath till I get there. I didn’t write last week. I was on the rifle range. I missed sharpshooter by 5 points after getting above all week. I got expert on the tommy gun. Tell Dad to send me those statement again if he can. The ones I had wore out from carrying them. Tell him to get then notarized. I hope Jayne didn’t take me too seriously about that letter cause you know how I like to tease. Say who is no.1 on your heart parade? You are going to have to teach me to dance when I get home. I don’t dance much better now than when I left. Tell Bill I said to stand by for some hot old times when I get back. Well I gotta hit the sack so write soon. Love, Joe Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Envelope and Letter (2 Pages) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Dear Erma" Letter Subject The topic of the resource Hines, Joseph M. (1923-1969) Toms Brook (Va) World War (1939-1945) Description An account of the resource Letter sent from Joseph M. Hines, USMC, to his sister Erma Hines in Toms Brook Virginia. The letter was sent care of the fleet post office in San Francisco California. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Joseph M. Hines Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Folder 1.9: Letters from Joseph Martin Hines USMC to Duval and Mary Hines, May-October 1945, Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, Virginia Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Shenandoah County Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource August 19, 1945 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Susan Hines Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) Language A language of the resource English Hines Shenandoah County Toms Brook USMC Virginia WWII https://archives.countylib.org/files/original/53d73a9132d4a9df2f86968bde1bdd6e.jpg 97d2fc1406d45067820777c561a2fc0e https://archives.countylib.org/files/original/1be98e8d4f0c9e66fb7c30cf8871a8ee.jpg 5ebc45194c81a95961602c7b9b303988 https://archives.countylib.org/files/original/d902708d9980138c46c1fdc9048aa7ce.jpg af30dc6184bc4afa0c1624a25cb4b33c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Joseph M. Hines Collection Subject The topic of the resource Hines, Joseph M. Toms Brook (Va) World War (1939-1945) Description An account of the resource A collection of images and letters associated with Joseph M. Hines. The vast majority are letters from his time serving with the United States Marine Corps in the Pacific Theater during World War Two. Joseph Martin Hines was born in Toms Brook Virginia on December 1, 1923. His parents were Mary Thelma Borden and Duval “Du” Hines. Duval ran a general store in Toms Brook. Joseph Hines attended Toms Brook High School and graduated in 1941. He was a member of the school band, in which he played the clarinet, and of St. Peters Lutheran Church where he sand in the choir. In 1941 he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. He trained at Parris Island in South Carolina in 1942. Later that year he was transferred to San Diego and later Hawaii. In 1944 he was part of the invasion force that landed at Iwo Jima. After the war he lived in Arlington Virginia and married Ruby Beaver. He died in 1969. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Joseph M. Hines Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Joseph M. Hines Collection, Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, Virginia. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Shenandoah County Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1941-1945 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) Relation A related resource Finding Aid available at http://shenandoah.co.lib.va.us/2017-0009.html Language A language of the resource English Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Envelope: PFC. J.M. Hines CO.B. M.B.N.Y. NAVY. 127 c/o Fleet Po. San Francisco Calf. Mrs. D.D. Hines Toms Brook Virginia Letter: Dear Mother & All, I guess you are worried about me but I’m ok, just got transferred into another company. I’m doing MP duty on a gate now, don’t have to walk a post any more. It’s a lot better now and I have better duty. I don’t have to let them censor my mail any more. I guess they check a few some times. They say we have a chance of getting home sometime in the next 4 mo. The statements will do till I start home but I’ll need more when I do. When you send them put 45 cal pistol m 1911 US Gov. property #279642. It will have to have the serial no. and U.S. Gove prop. instead of Navy prop. The ones you sent will do while I’m here but send the others in a couple of weeks because you can never tell when they will send me home. I hate to be so much trouble but I sure would hate to lose that pistol. I have been waiting to hear form Sis. What’s the dope Erma May, don’t you like your brother anymore? Dad I sure would like to go into business with you, in fact I’m planning on it. Bill H said something about it too. Maybe we can all get together. But I think you and I could really go places. Hope I get home in time for a little hunting. It’s more fun hunting squirrels than Japs but not as much in the shooting. Love to all, Joe Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Envelope and Letter (2 Pages) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Dear Mother & All" Letter Subject The topic of the resource Hines, Joseph M. (1923-1969) Toms Brook (Va) World War (1939-1945) Description An account of the resource Letter sent from Joseph M. Hines, USMC, to his mother Mary Hines and family in Toms Brook Virginia. The letter was sent care of the fleet post office in San Francisco California. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Joseph M. Hines Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Folder 1.9: Letters from Joseph Martin Hines USMC to Duval and Mary Hines, May-October 1945, Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, Virginia Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Shenandoah County Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource September 8, 1945 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Susan Hines Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) Language A language of the resource English Hines Shenandoah County Toms Brook USMC Virginia WWII https://archives.countylib.org/files/original/9670224efd3928b5135eef262dd13ae8.jpg 8c57b89ef97de65a9d5acbbd5dcf7bba https://archives.countylib.org/files/original/f22513290de80eb26ae0225a2c396805.jpg ea40a226476e01ccf7b5187d2766faad Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Joseph M. Hines Collection Subject The topic of the resource Hines, Joseph M. Toms Brook (Va) World War (1939-1945) Description An account of the resource A collection of images and letters associated with Joseph M. Hines. The vast majority are letters from his time serving with the United States Marine Corps in the Pacific Theater during World War Two. Joseph Martin Hines was born in Toms Brook Virginia on December 1, 1923. His parents were Mary Thelma Borden and Duval “Du” Hines. Duval ran a general store in Toms Brook. Joseph Hines attended Toms Brook High School and graduated in 1941. He was a member of the school band, in which he played the clarinet, and of St. Peters Lutheran Church where he sand in the choir. In 1941 he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. He trained at Parris Island in South Carolina in 1942. Later that year he was transferred to San Diego and later Hawaii. In 1944 he was part of the invasion force that landed at Iwo Jima. After the war he lived in Arlington Virginia and married Ruby Beaver. He died in 1969. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Joseph M. Hines Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Joseph M. Hines Collection, Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, Virginia. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Shenandoah County Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1941-1945 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) Relation A related resource Finding Aid available at http://shenandoah.co.lib.va.us/2017-0009.html Language A language of the resource English Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Envelope: PFC. J.M. Hines CO. B. M.B.N.Y.Nacy 128. c/o Fleet Po. San Francio Calif. Mrs. D.D. Hines Toms Brook Va. Letter: Dear Mother & All, I guess you are worried about me but I’m ok, just got transferred into another company. I’m doing MP duty on a gate now, don’t have to walk a post any more. It’s a lot better now and I have better duty. I don’t have to let them censor my mail any more. I guess they check a few some times. They say we have a chance of getting home sometime in the next 4 mo. The statements will do till I start home but I’ll need more when I do. When you send them put 45 cal pistol m 1911 US Gov. property #279642. It will have to have the serial no. and U.S. Gove prop. instead of Navy prop. The ones you sent will do while I’m here but send the others in a couple of weeks because you can never tell when they will send me home. I hate to be so much trouble but I sure would hate to lose that pistol. I have been waiting to hear form Sis. What’s the dope Erma May, don’t you like your brother anymore? Dad I sure would like to go into business with you, in fact I’m planning on it. Bill H said something about it too. Maybe we can all get together. But I think you and I could really go places. Hope I get home in time for a little hunting. It’s more fun hunting squirrels than Japs but not as much in the shooting. Love to all, Joe Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Envelope and Letter Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Dear Mother & All" Letter Subject The topic of the resource Hines, Joseph M. (1923-1969) Toms Brook (Va) World War (1939-1945) Description An account of the resource Letter sent from Joseph M. Hines, USMC, to his mother Mary Hines and family in Toms Brook Virginia. The letter was sent care of the fleet post office in San Francisco California. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Joseph M. Hines Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Folder 1.9: Letters from Joseph Martin Hines USMC to Duval and Mary Hines, May-October 1945, Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, Virginia Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Shenandoah County Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource September 8, 1945 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Susan Hines Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) Language A language of the resource English Hines Shenandoah County Toms Brook USMC Virginia WWII https://archives.countylib.org/files/original/1cdb5e1ffab3a9f2f8c4b57292be0128.jpg 1374c6280bc04f76d3c3a3908f8677b3 https://archives.countylib.org/files/original/ce20aecdec6244eb9b89b368767cab8c.jpg 735d66b357c614e489c57efa4313c502 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Joseph M. Hines Collection Subject The topic of the resource Hines, Joseph M. Toms Brook (Va) World War (1939-1945) Description An account of the resource A collection of images and letters associated with Joseph M. Hines. The vast majority are letters from his time serving with the United States Marine Corps in the Pacific Theater during World War Two. Joseph Martin Hines was born in Toms Brook Virginia on December 1, 1923. His parents were Mary Thelma Borden and Duval “Du” Hines. Duval ran a general store in Toms Brook. Joseph Hines attended Toms Brook High School and graduated in 1941. He was a member of the school band, in which he played the clarinet, and of St. Peters Lutheran Church where he sand in the choir. In 1941 he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. He trained at Parris Island in South Carolina in 1942. Later that year he was transferred to San Diego and later Hawaii. In 1944 he was part of the invasion force that landed at Iwo Jima. After the war he lived in Arlington Virginia and married Ruby Beaver. He died in 1969. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Joseph M. Hines Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Joseph M. Hines Collection, Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, Virginia. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Shenandoah County Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1941-1945 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) Relation A related resource Finding Aid available at http://shenandoah.co.lib.va.us/2017-0009.html Language A language of the resource English Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Envelope: PFC. J.M. Hines L-3. 23-4 Mar. Div. c/o Fleet Po. San Francisco Calif. Mrs. D.D. Hines Toms Brook Virginia Letter: Maui TH Dear Mother & All, I’m back in the 4th and we are leaving tomorrow for the States. I would have written sooner but I thought I would be home or in the states before now. I left the Navy Yard over a week ago and finally got back to the Div. They brought all of the old men back to go home with them. My present address is Co. L3-24th 4 Mar. Div. but don’t write till you hear form me. Love to all, Joe Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Envelope and Letter Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Dear Mother & All" Letter Subject The topic of the resource Hines, Joseph M. (1923-1969) Toms Brook (Va) World War (1939-1945) Description An account of the resource Letter sent from Joseph M. Hines, USMC, to his mother Mary Hines and family in Toms Brook Virginia. The letter was sent care of the fleet post office in San Francisco California. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Joseph M. Hines Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Folder 1.9: Letters from Joseph Martin Hines USMC to Duval and Mary Hines, May-October 1945, Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, Virginia Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Shenandoah County Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource September 19, 1945 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Susan Hines Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) Language A language of the resource English Hines Shenandoah County Toms Brook USMC Virginia WWII https://archives.countylib.org/files/original/e71e391ad3344ea33bba76e54e5c9067.jpg 7d9c005ccd1d6b9d8ae35860375595b3 https://archives.countylib.org/files/original/a5d36d14997f9d3ad0d76e0b2dc19828.jpg 9dfef1593ff555b50d7bf0c835de4f85 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Farms, Factories, and the Frontlines: Shenandoah County in the World Wars Subject The topic of the resource World War, 1939-1945 World War, 1914-1918 Shenandoah County (Va) Description An account of the resource A collection of materials related to World War One and World War Two, primarily focusing on activities in Shenandoah County and soldiers from the area serving overseas. Much of this material was collected through, or for, the local activities of the World War One Centennial Commemoration Commission and the World War Two 75th anniversary commission. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Shenandoah County Library. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Oct. 17, 1943 Dear Family Here it is Sunday but just a working day for me. We came off of ___________ Tuesday and went on a 72 hr leave wed. I didn’t send a wire because I knew it would disappoint _____ if I sent a wire because you would think I was coming. Well they are still cancelled I think we will get them after amphibious training. I’m getting along better since I got my Stripe. I’m Chief scout incharg of two men In my squad. They have our platoon a new Louie and he was the best ever, but he was in an accident and had to have his arm amputated, so we got another today a good guy (2nd Louie) by the name of “Reanolds”) (spe- lled same as “Davis” Reanolds Ha)). Mother I know “Margie” is young and expect her to go out and if she don’t wait for me I’ll understand but up till now she is tops I haven’t found any- thing out here to equal her. Maby I’m growing up I’m almost 20 you know. over I am beginning to feel proud of my outfit and My self we made 30 miles in 9 hours Carrying 60 lbs. and a rifle and I’m bragging now we only lost 30 men out of over ___ and the third lost 200 in 10 ½ hrs. boy were we dead. Boy what a liberty we pitched some and met about 10 girls. ___ of them the best in the bunch took us home and we had a nice dinner and a lot of ____ _____ and faking it. Joe and I washed all the dishes. Joe (Joe ____) is sure some wolfe and a swell guy we usually swap girls every time for some reason but both of those were named Helen so we just stayed as we were. We went back Sat. mor- ing and passed notes under the door till they got dressed and let us in. It was fun but the nei- ghbors thought we had gotten fresh with the girls and that they were trying to keep us out and they were going to call a cop. boy did they have one foot in the gutter. I have been going going to church regular and had communion the 5th in the field. well gotta hit the sack. Love Joe. PS each letter will contain a Marine Corps slang word and meaning scuttlebutt-rumor sack-bed doggie-soldier more next time Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Letter Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter to Duval and Mary Thelma Hines from Joseph M. Hines, USMC Subject The topic of the resource Hines, Joseph Martin Hines, Mary Thelma Borden Hines, Duval World War (1939-1945) Toms Brook (Va) Description An account of the resource Letter from Joseph M. Hines, a Toms Brook native who was then serving in the United States Marine Corps, to his parents Duval and Mary Hines in Toms Brook Virginia. The letter was sent from Camp Joseph H. Pendleton in California on October 17, 1943. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Joseph M. Hines Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Folder 1.6: Letters from Joseph Martin Hines USMC to Duval and Mary Hines, August-December 1943. Joseph M. Hines Collection, 1941-1945, Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, Virginia, USA. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Shenandoah County Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource October 17, 1943 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Letter Hines Marine Shenandoah County Toms Brook Virginia WWII https://archives.countylib.org/files/original/8cf5fb4dfe6551692f822fc918f93401.jpg 0f6d6069544d314214058cf50ab125c7 https://archives.countylib.org/files/original/1e5628e190ac57978f2af66b182b5ab8.jpg b8b737b4dcac12fe708c220eeae4b2b9 https://archives.countylib.org/files/original/99108f596efeec678f6d84417592499d.jpg c42c2a27381af2736f00d96c67278b76 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Joseph M. Hines Collection Subject The topic of the resource Hines, Joseph M. Toms Brook (Va) World War (1939-1945) Description An account of the resource A collection of images and letters associated with Joseph M. Hines. The vast majority are letters from his time serving with the United States Marine Corps in the Pacific Theater during World War Two. Joseph Martin Hines was born in Toms Brook Virginia on December 1, 1923. His parents were Mary Thelma Borden and Duval “Du” Hines. Duval ran a general store in Toms Brook. Joseph Hines attended Toms Brook High School and graduated in 1941. He was a member of the school band, in which he played the clarinet, and of St. Peters Lutheran Church where he sand in the choir. In 1941 he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. He trained at Parris Island in South Carolina in 1942. Later that year he was transferred to San Diego and later Hawaii. In 1944 he was part of the invasion force that landed at Iwo Jima. After the war he lived in Arlington Virginia and married Ruby Beaver. He died in 1969. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Joseph M. Hines Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Joseph M. Hines Collection, Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, Virginia. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Shenandoah County Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1941-1945 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) Relation A related resource Finding Aid available at http://shenandoah.co.lib.va.us/2017-0009.html Language A language of the resource English Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Letter Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data New River Dear Mother, I’m shipping out the last of this week or the first of next. I’ve waited till I got the word on it before I wrote. We are going to the west coast to finish our training. I tried to get home this weekend but I couldn’t get leave because they gave the fellows with wives leaves. I don’t guess I’ll get to write any more till I get there so I send those things home before I leave. It will take a lot longer for letters to get out there because it will take us 7 days. Don’t worry about me. I’ll be all right I Haulde and [hard to read] all the boxes and they were enjoyed by all of the [boys?] the books will be handy on the trip. I’m all right and my feet are better we have had a 40 mile hike since and I didn’t get any more blisters. Well that’s all for now. Love Joe Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Dear Mother" Letter Subject The topic of the resource Hines, Joseph M. (1923-1969) World War (1939-1945) Toms Brook (Va) Description An account of the resource Letter from Joseph M. Hines to his mother Mary Hines of Toms Brook Virginia. The letter was sent from New River Marine Base in North Carolina and is dated December 15 1941. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Joseph M. Hines Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Letter from Joseph Hines, New River North Carolina, to Mary Hines, December 15, 1941, Joseph M. Hines Collection, 1941-1945, Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, Virginia, USA. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Shenandoah County Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource December 15 1941 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Susan Hines Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) Language A language of the resource English Hines Shenandoah County Toms Brook USMC Virginia WWII https://archives.countylib.org/files/original/80b87312b42981169369fffb24071f8a.jpg d9556cee48ad8605f5dc3ad82c742a65 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Forms (Documents) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Tax Assessment Subject The topic of the resource Shenandoah County (Va) Rosenberger, Paul (1799-1875) Murray, Benjamin F. (1827-1888) Distilling industry-Virginia-Shenandoah County Agriculture-Virginia-Shenandoah County Watson, Joseph Jr. (1834-1873) Description An account of the resource Tax assessment in the amount of $30 issued for a distillery operated by Paul "Rosenburg" of Shenandoah County. The assessment was performed by Joseph Watson, Commissioner of the Revenue for Shenandoah County and sent to Benjamin F. Murray, Deputy Sheriff, for collection. Paul Rosenburg (actual Rosenberger) was a farmer living in the northwest portion of Shenandoah County near what is now St. Stephens Lutheran Church. Paul was a farmer who owned 2000 dollars in real estate and 600 in personal property when he was recorded in the 1860 census. He and his wife Catherine had four children. This assessment would have allowed Rosenberger to operate a distillery from November 1861-May 1862. At the time, distilling farm produce into alcohol was a popular and profitable enterprise for many county farmers. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Joseph Watson Jr., Commissioner of the Revenue for Shenandoah County. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Distillery Tax, 1861, Shenandoah County, General Collection, Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, Virginia. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Shenandoah County Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1861 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 21-0728-001 Liquor Shenandoah County Virginia https://archives.countylib.org/files/original/02e93ed43a9b8ce53bc19837e455bd3b.pdf b62a36de3f342158dacfc70f02c8a5cd PDF Text Text �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Clippings Files Subject The topic of the resource Shenandoah County VA Description An account of the resource A collection of newspaper clippings related to Shenandoah County and the surrounding area Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Zachary Hottel Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Shenandoah County Library Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Newspaper Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource Area's superintendent salaries vary by district Subject The topic of the resource School Description An account of the resource Article discussing the salaries of school superintendents in the Shenandoah Valley Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Josette Keelor Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Northern Virginia Daily, p A1&A2 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Shenandoah County Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource July 21 2015 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Not to be republished without permission Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newspaper clipping Language A language of the resource English https://archives.countylib.org/files/original/5dca228404d6451bee84d65888b30e23.pdf ac0ed109ff47e678522ef210d09795eb PDF Text Text �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Clippings Files Subject The topic of the resource Shenandoah County VA Description An account of the resource A collection of newspaper clippings related to Shenandoah County and the surrounding area Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Zachary Hottel Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Shenandoah County Library Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Newspaper Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Educator Spotlights Love of Agriculture Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Northern Virginia Daily p. A1 & A2 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Not to be republished without permission Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Shenandoah County Library Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newspaper Clippings Language A language of the resource English Subject The topic of the resource Agriculture Description An account of the resource Article about Derek Ritenour, Agriculture teacher at Peter Muhlenberg Middle School Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Josette Keelor Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource July 21 2015 https://archives.countylib.org/files/original/c48473a4095326838210ea67cc4fb2e9.pdf e16266726fcb061b477508e64e3a243e PDF Text Text �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Clippings Files Subject The topic of the resource Shenandoah County VA Description An account of the resource A collection of newspaper clippings related to Shenandoah County and the surrounding area Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Zachary Hottel Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Shenandoah County Library Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Newspaper Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Inspiration for Nurses Patient recalls hospital experience worth writing about Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Northern Virginia Daily p. B10 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Not to be republished without permission Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Shenandoah County Library Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newspaper Clippings Language A language of the resource English Subject The topic of the resource Nursing Description An account of the resource Article about the book "Chicken Soup for the Soul: Inspiration for Nurses" and a connection to Shenandoah Memorial Hospital Nurse Ann Richman Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Josette Keelor Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource July 30 2015 https://archives.countylib.org/files/original/ccc34432aba01978230d170eaef50690.pdf c72184495ff6bdab205dcd825f87b54a PDF Text Text �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Clippings Files Subject The topic of the resource Shenandoah County VA Description An account of the resource A collection of newspaper clippings related to Shenandoah County and the surrounding area Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Zachary Hottel Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Shenandoah County Library Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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A1&A2 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Not to be republished without permission Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Shenandoah County Library Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newspaper Clippings Language A language of the resource English Subject The topic of the resource Shenandoah County Library Description An account of the resource Article about children's programs at the Shenandoah County Library Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Josette Keelor Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource July 25 2015 https://archives.countylib.org/files/original/f1c5f0e72696902aaf55d0a7f345471b.pdf 77887882ebfc09432b00a61deaecf9e3 PDF Text Text �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource Safety First Pool Maintenance Ensures Summer Fun July 22 2015 Northern Virginia Daily Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Northern Virginia Daily Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Not to be republished without permission Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Shenandoah County Library Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newspaper Clippings Language A language of the resource English Subject The topic of the resource Town of Woodstock Pool Description An account of the resource Article about safety and maintenance efforts at town pools Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Josette Keelor Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource July 22 2015 https://archives.countylib.org/files/original/691da801273ed08d57a02aa9c93af485.pdf 87c555d89f4ac7466cbe467da48ee4f0 PDF Text Text Josh Leach Hist 441 March 24, 207 Interview with Betty Dellinger Josh Leach: Hello, I am Josh Leach, sitting here with… Betty Dellinger: Betty Dellinger Leach: It is March 24th, 2017. Alright, so my first question for you is just to describe what it was like to grow up in the Bird Haven area. Dellinger: Oh it was, it was my home all the time ya know I lived there, I was born there, not at Bird Haven but in the Basye area. I went to work there when I was about nineteen and I worked there for about nine or ten years, and then I had a baby so I quit working at that time. It was a wonderful place to grow up, it was just, it was just, just a good place. Leach: Could you describe some of the activities you’d do as a kid around the area. Dellinger: I worked at Shrine Mont which is a seasonal resort from the time I was twelve years old till the time I graduated high school. Just in the summer cause I went to school in the winter and worked in the summer. And I worked all the time seven days a week ya know, but that was the way that we did cause we had to do that to buy our things to go to school ya know, so we worked in the summer time my sister and I both. Leach: What did your parents do in the area? Dellinger: My dad worked on a sawmill and my mom was just a housewife. Leach: How did growing up in that area shape your childhood and the opportunities you had after your schooling? Dellinger: Well I never got really very far because I just moved seven miles away when I got married. So I was in that section ya know most of my life. And it was just wonderful people we knew everybody, and everybody, ya know neighbors, got along real good together, it was just a good place. That was before Bryce came in. Leach: Who’s Bryce? Dellinger: Bryce is a ski resort. Leach: Oh okay. Dellinger: We lived close to the ski resort at that time. Leach: Could you explain some of the events that lead you to enter Bird Haven as an employee? Dellinger: Well I got married and I didn’t do anything for several months and then there was an opening at bird haven and I applied for it and I got the job and I lived right there my �husband ran the community store right there at Basie so I started working. He run the store and worked at bird haven Leach: How did you meet your husband? Dellinger: In school, we went to school together and he was from close, ya know close around. Leach: What did you do in Bird Haven? Dellinger: Well to start out with, we worked ten hour days which was a lot ya know at that time. I started hand sanding, everything was hand-sanded ya know everything had to be sanded. You know they made whatever they made. The men you know used the saws and everything to saw it out and it came to us to be hand sanded. So we sat there 10 hours a day hand sanding. And you know sandpaper, all the time we had to keep our fingers wrapped up with Band-Aids all the time because they would bleed from the sandpaper ya know. So we did that 10 hours a day to start with, and then finally several years later I got in to the shipping part of it to you know to pack em and ship em. We ship em all over. Texas and California and everywhere, we shipped out of Bird Haven and they had to be packed. So I got in the packing and that's where I was when I could work. And the post office was right there. We just packed it and the post came and took em, the post office was right there at Bird Haven. It was a pretty neat set up at one time. And before that they made they made different things they made puzzles, and toys, and things like that to begin with. But that was before I started working there. That's how I got started. Leach: How many different departments were there in Bird Haven? You said you worked in the sanding and shipping department. Dellinger: Yea the sanding, and then there was finishing, and we had a finishing department, packing department, and production you know. And the men worked in different, they had lathes that they turned this, these, you know the products on and they had different buildings there. They had lathes and they had a part where they glued, you had to glue the boards together you know to make like that table there had got, had to be glue. They had places where they turn so the spindles and things, they just about everything and quite a few buildings with different departments. And they did the glue, the men did the glue, and then the sanding and they run em through something to finish em, a machine to finish em. Leach: Did most people like you switch from department to department? Dellinger: No. The ones that did the finishing you know they had sprayers where they sprayed the finish on. And if you got in that department you know, you know you had to be a little bit more. You know you had to know what you're doing. So the women in there and they, when they got there they usually stayed there. So it was quite a few different jobs �and you know different departments. You went from one to the other, so it was it was quite an operation at one time. Leach: Did you, could you describe some of the training that you would go through, did you go through training process? Dellinger: I didn’t go through any training when I started, I just started sanding. No, but packing was a little bit you know, a little bit about you know numbers and things like that you know orders that came in that was a little bit more. You know you had to learn a little bit more about that. But no just sanding was sanding. And then they sprayed a sealer on it. They had to be sanded again. So it was really sanding two or three times before. The women would spray a sealer on and then it would you’d have to sand that off and then finish it. So it was sanded a couple times before it got finished, quite an operation. Then you had to let it dry you know. And then I did some inspection too, they had to be inspected before they were sent out. So you know sometimes they had cracks and sometimes they you know weren't sealed just exactly right. They had to be inspected before they were shipped out. I got in on that too so. Leach: What was it like between the workers and the overseers? What were the bosses like? Dellinger: We only had one boss, he was okay. He was, I mean he was alright. He was good to me I mean. His father in-law, oh no his step father is the one that really owned it. But he was just you know he was a manager and he worked there. So I don't think he knew too much about it sometimes that’s the way with a lot of the bosses. But he was all right. He was good to work for. Leach: What was it like between workers? Dellinger: The workers got along real good. It was just like a, almost like a family you know because most of them had been there long time. Some of them was all that they ever really did and they live right around there too you know. Some of them even lived on the Bird Haven property. It was just like a family working together. Leach: How did that translate into family life around the area? Dellinger: Pretty good family life, in fact my mother worked for the owners of the place as a housekeeper. And you know in later years she, they had a big place you know, had big house on there and she cleaned the house and did cooking and things for them. So it's just like a family you know. It's just, well the people, you never change jobs and you know nobody hardly ever quit when you went there you know, you stayed a long time. It was just, just like a big family. Leach: Were there any problems ever within the community because you guys worked so closely together? Dellinger: I don’t think so, not that I know of. Everybody knew everybody, and everybody were related to someone at some point, so yeah, it was a pretty good set up. �Leach: You talked a lot about the workers and you guys sanding, and running the lathe, and spraying. Were you well informed on the business side of it about who was buying and where it was going? Dellinger: Not until, not unless you got into the packing and the shipping part. You know I mean the orders came through that. If you did, if you were sanding, until I started out there I didn't really know a lot about it because the orders came through packing and shipping. You know through the shipping department and the packing department, but if you were just hand sanding our whatever you was doin, we didn't really know anything about the orders. So you had to be in that department. So and it was about three or four women that did that most of the time. Leach: About how big was the total workforce there? Dellinger: I was trying to count em up the other day and I couldn’t. I don’t know it was probably about 15 or 20, something like that maybe 15. Leach: In your department? Dellinger: No in the whole place, whole place. And some of them were really aged you know cause they’d been there the whole time. They were there I think still; most of them were there when they closed you know. It wasn't real big but it was, I mean at that time which was good because you know employment back there wasn’t you know at that time, wasn’t too much you know. If you got a job you usually stayed with it for awhile. Leach: Were most people happy? Dellinger: I think so. I think the workers got along real good and they were happy. A lot of em were family I mean some of em were family, husband and wife, and brothers. It was kind of like you know just like a family. Leach: What kind of lifestyle did that lead into people living? With the compensation that you guys received, what were you able to do outside of work? Dellinger: We didn't do a whole lot, we just worked. That's like, that's what it was you know. A lot of people around there were farmers and you know how that was, you work from dawn till night. It wasn't very much. Most people, well some people back around in there went to Mt. Jackson on Saturday night. You know they had that movie and restaurants and things like that, my family did that a lot. My dad worked at saw mill and on Saturday evenings we would go to Mt. Jackson. But other than that most of em just stayed at home you know cause a lot of em had big families, and you know small children, and they just had to work all the time. My mother came from a big family my dad did too. You know I just, just had to work. But you did have, we did have Saturday nights. We went to Mt. Jackson on Saturday nights just to go to the movie and have a coke or a hamburger or something like that, and that was a big deal. That was a big deal then. Leach: Could you describe best for me the grounds of Bird Haven, like the buildings you would work in. �Dellinger: The buildings were good. They kept them up real good at that time. I mean some of em are old, but you know, and they built a new finishing part while I was working there so that you know that, that was up to date. A lot of the buildings were old but they were well-kept. And I understand some of fell down they are, but they were at that time they were pretty good. Leach: Explain to me some of the items that were most popular that you guys would ship out. Dellinger: We did stools, cobblers benches, magazine racks, folding tables, racks, whatnot racks, bowls; that bowl on the refrigerator is one of em, I got one the living room you'll see that’s the bowls and what else I got? Crickets, back there in the corners a cricket they made. I think that's about all I have. But Cobblers benches was, and you never, you've never worked at anything till you sanded one of those because it was huge. And then we had to sand all, you know, we had to sand everything because it was made there, made everything. The bowls weren't made there. They were shipped to us but we finished em, sanded and finished em, but everything else was made there. And the cobblers bench, that was something shipped too and you had to have special boxes to ship that in and it weighted, it weighed a ton almost you know. But that was something that was the biggest part, biggest thing we made was the cobblers bench. I don't have one of them. I wish I would have gotten one but I didn’t so, and they had to be stained. You know they had to be stained and they stained em with a brush. And then when they were stained, then we had to sand em off and then they had to be sealed, and sand that off. Then they got two coats of finish on top of that. So you can see how much work went into one piece of furniture. Leach: About how long from production to finish would it be for average sized item? Dellinger: Well if you had an order for em right away they went right through which would be maybe a couple of days if you had an order. But if you didn't, you know and you did what was ordered first and then the others just kind of came along and they were stored there until they were needed. But if you needed them, you know, when they went through pretty quick if you had an order for them. It all depended on if you had an order you know what you have an order for. And we made forks and spoons to go with the bowls, yeah. So we had to sand all that get in the prongs of the forks and sandpaper it's quite a job. Leach: What were some of the most popular items, what did people tend to buy the most? Dellinger: I think the bowls were probably the most popular, salad bowls because they made this big salad bowl and the smaller bowls and the forks and spoons to go with them. I think that was probably the most popular. Yeah. The small, you know because they would buy em in sets you know and made different size but bowls big and small ones. I mean we didn't make them we finished making them. And they were quite popular at one time. We shipped a lot of them. Leach: What's your fondest memory of Bird Haven? �Dellinger: I guess the people, I like people. We all work together good. You have some really good people to work with. It was good work. I mean you were inside you weren't outside you know working. It was inside work all the time, was long days but he people were really good, and they were good. We were all friends you know neighbors, worked together in the church a lot. A lot of em you know were in church with us. Leach: How about your least fond memory? Dellinger: Probably my fingers bleedin, cause you can't, you know your ends of your fingers holding sandpaper it didn't take long for them to wear it through. So we have to keep them bandaged all the time. So I think that's probably the worst part. Leach: Could you describe to me what led you to leave Bird Haven. Dellinger: I had a baby. Yeah I had a baby, that's why I left. I left in September of 61 and she was born in November 61. So that's why I left then I stayed at home you know for a couple years and I never went back. I don't know when Bird Haven, somebody asked me that I really don't know when they closed. I know I was working there in 61 so I don't know much about what year they close by. I never been back. And I got on the job [inaudible] after a couple of years so I never knew why, but it did close sometime around that time. But that's why I quit. Leach: Did you stay in contact with some of your coworkers? Dellinger: Oh yeah, oh yeah we went to church together. We were all good friends most of us. In fact I just talked to one last Sunday. I think you all interviewed him, Leroy Polk. Well he was one, I think he and I probably only two that’s left that, everybody was workin there they all passed away. What we were talking about Sunday about Bird Haven. He worked there I think he said he went to work there about '47 so he worked there for a long time. He's up in his nineties now, I think were the only two that’s left that worked there. Leach: When you first started working there were you one of the younger employees? Dellinger: Yes I was probably the youngest; all of em or most of em were older than me. Leach: Was that the trend? Less young people were going there at the time that you did. Dellinger: Yes because the ones that were working there had been there for years. I mean they didn't hire, you know, they didn't hire very many. You know, just if you got a job there you were pretty lucky to get one. And I was just, I was young I think about 19. Yea I was the youngest one there. Leach: Was it hard for people to get jobs in there? Dellinger: Yeah because you know there wasn’t any turn over, you got a job they stayed there. Some of em you know been there for years and years and years and didn’t have the turn �over, unless somebody passed away or something. People got a job they stayed. And it was close to home for most of them, you know, they didn't have far to travel you know they just stayed. Leach: That’s interesting. Dellinger: Yea I hadn’t thought of it in years until just recently. Leach: How has working there impacted the rest of your life.? Dellinger: Well I've worked probably, practically all my life and you know I said, like I said I worked in the summertime. I just wanted you know wanted a job. I just didn't know anything else but work really. And was close to home you know and I didn't, yea I was driving at that time but I probably didn't even have a car. So you know it was just, just an easy place to work. Leach: What about after you left, how did it impact you? Dellinger: Well I had a child to take care of, so that took up my time. And then I went to work and she started to school. And so, I've known work all my life and there never was, until just now since I retired, you know that I hadn’t been working. Then my husband passed away too so that was kind of hard, but I live close to my daughter now. So everything's working out okay. Just being by yaself is not any fun. We were married 63 years, you’re around somebody that long takes a little while to be by yaself. But that's the way it is. Leach: What did [your husband] think about Bird Haven? Dellinger: Oh he liked Bird Haven. He run the community still back there so he was busy but, yea he liked bird haven. Leach: Did a lot of the workers frequent the community store? Dellinger: Yes. Yes, because that was the only store in there at that time. Oh yeah, yea he had a good business. Leach: Could you describe to me kind of the layout of Bird Haven, in that were there separate buildings for separate departments or was it all kind of lumped together? Dellinger: No there were separate buildings. It was kind of you know they were kind of all together but, close together but they weren't, they were different buildings. Where we hand sanded and where they glued the boards together and everything was one part. And when they run lathe was another part. And finishing was separate and packing was separate It was separate buildings and it wasn’t all one big building. Lumber you know they had to keep the lumber dry and they got loads of lumber in. And you know they had to have a place to store that, so it was separate buildings. Leach: Did you, did the different departments interact a lot? Dellinger: No you were too busy. At lunch or something like that you might break or something. But then most of time you were busy you were at it 10 hours a day. �Leach: How was it even affected by the outside world? Did you feel like there were there economic pressures on you guys producing these materials? Dellinger: No not really. It was kind of just by itself I mean just you know, just the only guy we ever saw was the boss. You don't see him very often because he just kind of let you do your own thing. But no I don't I don't think it was. I think it was kinda just like you know like a community. Leach: Can you describe to me a typical day, working there from start to finish? Dellinger: Well when I first started, I started hand sanding and we went in at 7 o'clock in the morning. And, you sit down right away went to work and then you got a break, probably about 10 o'clock you got a break maybe 15 minutes or half an hour. And then when you finished then you went back and started again. And then lunchtime. And then you had a break in the afternoon too. So other than taking our breaks and lunch, you are at it all the time. And the machinery was running you know all the time the machinery that the man used. That was running you know all the time. Leach: What was the atmosphere like? While you were working was there conversation? Dellinger: Oh we could talk, but once you work [inaudible] when you were running those machines you didn't, you know, you couldn't talk too much. And on some of them it was just one man doing it you know like running the lathe. And it was just one man so other than that to break time, lunchtime you didn't really get to see each other. But yeah I was working with another woman, and we worked together, we could talk together while we were working because we were working right there together. But with the machine and everything running, and you didn't have too much of an opportunity. Leach: Were you very close with the other woman you worked with? Dellinger: Oh yea we were good friends, we were really good friends. And then we would go down for lunch, when we would probably go, mostly we would go down to the finishing department and if we didn't have sanding to do, hand sanding to do, then we would go to the finishing department and do a sanding down there. You know sand off the sealer that was on it if we didn't have, especially if you were rush for an order they would send us down there to help with that too. So sometimes we were in both places. All depended on the orders and when they had to get out the kind of thing. It was mostly hand sanding though because you had, everything had to be hand sanded one way or the other one time or the other. But I never did do any of the finishing or anything. I just, packing and hand sanding is mostly what I did Leach: Were there ever any major problems with work? I mean working with wood its flammable so... Dellinger: No I don't think so. Leach: Were there a lot of safety precautions? �Dellinger: Well some ‘specially in the finishing department, had to wear a mask you know for that spray came back on you, you know that kind of thing. Yeah there was there, but I don't think that was for any of the other departments. You know just the people that were spraying they had kind of little booths like they had to and take precautions for that. Other than that I don't think, course you to be careful around that machinery you know, and that was dangerous. I don't remember ever having really bad accidents or anything. People, you know, people knew what they were doing because they were and had been doing it for years so they really knew what were the proper precautions to take. No, other than the spraying part, there wasn't any specifics. Leach: What kind of lessons did you learn besides just the sanding and shipping? What did working for Bird Haven teach you? Dellinger: To get along with other people, I think it was most of it. Because I never did have any problems you know. When you were close with people like that you know I think that helped me in later years because in later years I was cafeteria manager in school. So you know they taught me to get along with people. And just really nice people back there, they were really, really nice people, all of em. Think that helped me a lot. Just because when you’re a manager your main thing you have to get along with people. That really helped me. Leach: Did any of the jobs you had after bird haven resemble the stuff you were doing there? Dellinger: No, nothing I ever, never had any other work like that. And then I worked at a school so you know, I retired from the schools so it was it was quite different from bird haven. Leach: If someone were to come up to you and ask you about Bird Haven what would be the first thing you would tell them? Dellinger: Say, I would say it was a good place to work. And you know I really learned a lot there. It was, it was good to work there, people got along good together and never had any problems you know. It was hard work but it was it was good work. Good place. Leach: How long did you say you were there for? Dellinger: I think about nine or ten years, yeah. Because I know I quit in ‘61 I think I went to work there in ’51 or ‘52 may have been ‘52. So it was 9 or 10 years somewhere around there. Leach: How did they treat workers leaving? Dellinger: Okay, I mean it was alright I’d have probably stayed if I wouldn't had to quit. You know I had I stayed long you know long enough. So yeah you know not very many of them quit. I think the one lady quit and went to the bank to work, so that, you know that was okay if you got another job. They never said anything about that. Yeah it was good people. I mean good people to work for you never got told about anything and that you did everything wrong. So you didn't see the boss very much so you just kind of went on �your own but you knew what to do. So you just went with it. Yeah you could, he never said anything if you had to quit, not very many people did. Leach: When you did see the boss what would he be looking at, what would he say to you? What was your relationship with him the boss? Dellinger: Oh he was okay. Leach: You said he doesn't Come around a lot? Dellinger: So well maybe you could see him once a day maybe, but he lived there in the house you know close. And he'd just come over and just well everybody knew what to do and he just more or less went on his own. You know we'd see him maybe once a day maybe, maybe not that often but he never said anything much to us just kind of let you go your own way. So I guess he thought you knew what you was doing, so go ahead. Leach: Is there anything else you'd like to add anything you think is worth telling about Bird Haven? Dellinger: Just that, you know I really enjoy working there. It's a great place to work and good people to work with never you have any problems. So it was just, just a good place to work I think. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Transcription https://archives.countylib.org/files/original/094b2156cb3abfcdbb2f17b1c74151dc.JPG 2db5f516c82c3a93850f47fc57b73a29 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Fruit and Nut Bowls Description An account of the resource Fruit and Nut Bowls manufactured by the Shenandoah Community Workers at Bird Haven Virginia. https://archives.countylib.org/files/original/c352a5b142dd3119da8e71769026ae95.JPG 307fe17dd516f6c8cf996a3d35e06a15 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Lazy Susan Description An account of the resource "Lazy Susan" manufactured by the Shenandoah Community Workers at Bird Haven Virginia. https://archives.countylib.org/files/original/b6e60fca527d721f544534d5d50cca35.JPG a8d3619ed5ad2a4e0e145f9e48341d0f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Magazine Rack Description An account of the resource Magazine Rack manufactured by the Shenandoah Community Workers at Bird Haven Virginia. https://archives.countylib.org/files/original/86e47cf91f3f1b1d7d0a21d5787e1465.JPG 63a173ab69c859c633288d9c8c2989ec Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Milking Stool Description An account of the resource Milking Stool manufactured by the Shenandoah Community Workers at Bird Haven Virginia. https://archives.countylib.org/files/original/caabc6610e310167506c53e25b8a1a21.JPG bf8ed0251364483a4851c8918aeb4949 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Salad Fork and Spoon Description An account of the resource Salad Fork and Spoon manufactured by the Shenandoah Community Workers at Bird Haven Virginia. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Bird Haven Oral History Collection Subject The topic of the resource Bird Haven (Va) Shenandoah Community Workers Description An account of the resource Sometime in the early 1920s Philadelphia banker and philanthropist William Bernard Clark founded the Shenandoah Community Workers organization near what is now Basye Virginia. This group was designed to provide locals, many of which were economically disadvantaged, with good paying jobs based on their wood working traditions. Clark built a factory on property his grandmother had purchased as a personal retreat and named it Bird Haven Virginia. Initially the community workers focused on wooden toys and puzzles. Many of these featured birds, Hollywood Stars, or animals. Later the company began to produce small wooden furniture, bowls, and kitchen utensils. Bird Haven closed sometime in the early 1960s. Following this, most of the records were lost and much of the site's history was forgotten. This oral history project, conducted as part of a partnership between the Shenandoah County Library, James Madison University, and Bird Haven Farm, is designed to recover some of lost parts of the site's story. It focuses on interviews of 14 members of the Bird Haven community, including several employees and individuals who lived nearby. All interviews and transcriptions were conducted by JMU history students and are available for viewing in person at the Shenandoah County Library's Truban Archives. 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Title A name given to the resource Betty Dellinger Oral History Subject The topic of the resource Dellinger, Betty Bird Haven (Va) Basye (Va) Description An account of the resource Oral history featuring Betty Dellinger of Woodstock Virginia recorded by Joshua Leechof James Madison University. The interview was conducted as part of a project designed to better understand the history of Bird Haven Virginia, the Shenandoah Community Workers, and the surrounding communities. The entry includes a video interview, podcast highlighting the interview, photograph of items manufactured by the Shenandoah Community Workers in Betty Dellinger's possession, and downloadable transcript (under files). 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Title A name given to the resource Pages from Newspapers Past: Ms. Paul Dellinger's 5th Grade Class Woodstock School Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Free Press July 17 2004 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Not to be republished without permission Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Shenandoah County Library Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newspaper Clippings Language A language of the resource English Subject The topic of the resource Woodstock School Description An account of the resource Picture of Mrs. Paul Dellinger's 5th grade class at the Woodstock School. Includes names of pupils. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Judy Stickley Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1950-1951 https://archives.countylib.org/files/original/f0f6404049c287e004cb0a540b3ce423.pdf 7b2f62f0963925bca7ce4b28d5143c45 PDF Text Text Leroy Polk – Bird Haven Interview Transcription Interviewer: Kaitlyn Kissane Interviewee, Narrator 1: Leroy Polk Narrator 2: V. Polk – Leroy Polk’s wife Sound and Video Operator: Emily Schmitt Monday March 20, 2017 This interview was conducted with Mr. Leroy Polk, a ninety-three year old man who worked at Bird Haven gluing lumber and making wood products for fourteen years. His wife of seventyfour years, Mrs. V. Polk, was present during the interview and can be heard speaking, sometimes at the same time, throughout the interview contributing information and helping Leroy remember details. Kaitlyn Kissane (KK): Would you start by telling us your name and your age? Leroy Polk (LP): I’m Leroy Polk and I’m ninety-three years old. KK: How long did you work at Bird Haven? LP: Fourteen years, from 1947 to 1961. KK: What was your job at Bird Haven? LP: Gluing lumber, another guy and me, Harold Barb was his name, we glued all the lumber that was glued from the fourteen years that I worked there. We glued for the things that we made and then also for the ones that turned on a lathe. KK: Okay. LP: Okay *laughs* KK: So, what would – is this okay? Okay. – What would a normal day at Bird Haven have looked like for you? LP: A normal day of what? KK: At Bird Haven. LP: That I worked at Bird Haven? It was nice, I enjoyed it, I enjoy working with wood. Still do, but I’m not able to do it. KK: Did you live in the community of Bird Haven? �LP: Well, not so far away, maybe, well I lived a while at Basye, between Basye and Orkney Springs. But, then we lived maybe five or six miles from there, from Bird Haven. KK: How did you first hear about or get your job at Bird Haven? LP: I was at Basye at a restaurant and I met a man in there and we got to talking. He said his name was Stuart Barb, I told him who I was, I said I was Leroy Polk. I asked him where he worked, he asked where I worked and I said I was, at the time, I was working at an orchard. He said he worked at Bird Haven and I said just where is Bird Haven, he told me where it was. Did I tell you what his name was, he said it was Stuart Barb *laughs*. He said well if you come back tomorrow I’ll give you a job. So, I went back and he hired me, I worked over there then from that’s what I said, 1947. I enjoyed every minute of it. Yeah. I love working with wood. KK: Had you done any work with wood before you got your job there? LP: No. I didn’t. KK: Why do you love working with wood? LP: Because I enjoy doing it, *laughs*, KK: Yeah LP: Making pretty things, I like doing that. KK: What was your favorite thing to make? LP: Well, I liked to do all of it, but wall racks. We made, me and this other guy Harold Barb, he and I worked together and we made a whole slew of wall racks at a time, and magazine rack cradles. We made carpet benches too. And everything was made with a pattern, we glued up the lumber, then planed it, and put it on the pattern of what we were going to make. Then, we sawed it out on a band saw, and sanded it on a drum sander, a big drum sander. Then we sorted it all out. At last, after we got done with that part, it went to the people that hand sanded, they had to sand it smooth and go the way the grain run, because if they went crossways it showed up when they stained it and put lacquer on it. That’s about all I can tell you *laughs* KK: Did your job change at all over the fourteen years that you were there? LP: No. KK: You did the same thing? LP: I did the same thing, this other guy and myself, we worked at the same thing. KK: Did he work there as long as you did? �LP: Yeah, fourteen years. V. Polk (VP): But he’s passed away. KK: What was the community of Bird Haven like? LP: It was just you went there and went down through the woods where the shops were and that’s all that was in there. It was just the shop and the man that owned it *laughs* it wasn’t much of a place, it was just the buildings and the shop. The man owned it lived a little ways from there, that’s about all that was in there. VP: Post office, they had a post office at one time. LP: Oh yeah, it had a post office, in the building, there was a three story building there. They didn’t use, when I was there they didn’t use the top floor because before I went there they made puzzles and birds, wooden birds and puzzles. They painted the birds made of wood and that’s where they got the name of Bird Haven. But, I never got in on that because they has stopped making them when I went there to make bigger things. KK: What were the different buildings? LP: Hmm? KK: What were the different buildings that were there? LP: Different buildings? Yes, there was a big old barn when I went there to go to work there was a big barn, this three-story building, and then on down further was some other building. It had finishing, where they sprayed lacquer and stain on finished things and a dry kiln where they brought lumber from Cash, West Virginia over on a trailer truck. They would put it in there, and down there at the other end was a furnace, that fired through pipes that dried that lumber out. In that furnace room was a man that had a lathe and he turned things on the lathe and another man, Chris Barb, turned on a lathe, and Will Hepner, he turned out on a router trays, like them tray I got over there. He turned that out and then Harold Barb and I would finish them then. We’d get them together and everything then like I said they went to where they hand sanded. Then it went from there to where the women worked in one building and they put stain on them. They would put that stain on there and after it dried a little bit and they assessed that it was all done they would wipe it off with a rag and then, after it dried good, they put lacquer on it to make it nice and slick and shiny. KK: How many people worked at Bird Haven? LP: When I first started I’d say about thirty. But some would leave and then some would come and when it got down to the end there wasn’t too many working there. It went pretty good until towards 1961. Earlier we had all the lumber glued up and everything, Harold Barb and me. There was a step-son, Bernie Clark’s step son, John Gray Paul, they call him Spiz, he kind of messed things up. He would get orders for things to go out and he didn’t send them out, he’d call back �and cancel the orders. That’s what happened to the Bird Haven. He told Harold Barb and me that along about June of ’61 that if we could find another job, we ought to get it, because he was going to close the place up. So, we hunted around, then I heard that there was an opening at the school in Mount Jackson, so I took that job. He let the rest of the people work until right before Christmas nearly then he said were closing the shop. He took some of the things to New Market in a building he had there and he sold out of that. KK: Wow. LP: Yeah, I hated to see it happen, but I think it was all through him that it closed. KK: Do you think that other than the amount of people there did Bird Haven change at all while you were there besides the management? LP: Did it change? No, not more than when he came up there and messed up things. KK: So, the processes were all the same? VP: He’s dead now. The man. LP: Yeah, we worked ten hours a day and half a day on Saturday, ten cents an hour. We made big money *laughs*. When we first went to work there, you worked a month and twenty days and they held the twenty days back on you from there to the end until you quit and then they gave you that twenty days up onto whatever you made then *laughs*. KK: Did you all live, all of the people who worked at Bird Haven, did you all live near each other? LP: No, no they lived, well not too far from one another. They lived around back there, all around there in Basye, where they lived, most of them. One, Stuart Barb and his family, they lived back there, right close from there. KK: Where were you living when you worked at Bird Haven? VP: “McHaney”. LP: Well, when I first started I was living in Mount Herman. Then later moved to “McHaney”. KK: How long did it take you to get to work each day? LP: Twenty minutes, to a half hour. Sometimes if where we went then there was a double ‘S’ down the hill and in the winter time it got icy and it was hard to get around that. Course, that’s not there anymore, they took that out and put a straight through. VP: They’d take turns driving. �KK: Is there anything or any memory that stands out to you the most about your time at Bird Haven? LP: Not, really. KK: Did you enjoy working there? LP: Yes, I did. I would have liked to kept on, if things would have worked better, if it had worked out alright I would have liked to have just kept on working there all the rest ‘til I retired. But, it didn’t work out. KK: Do you know where you guys were sending, shipping things that you were making? Were they going all over? LP: Oh, I don’t know, there were some women that shipped them out when they got orders. They would wrap and pack it, because it was shipped out right there at Bird Haven, from the post office. The mail courier, he would make two trips to Mount Jackson a day from Orkney Springs and he would stop in at Bird Haven at the post office. Then he drove to Mount Jackson two times a day. He would take the things that they had for sale wrapped up and everything, boxed up, he would take it along to Mount Jackson, from there I don’t know where it went. KK: How many different things could you make in a day? Were you guys making a lot? LP: Well, in a day, well it just depends what we were making. We would make so much of it at a time, but I don’t know how long it takes to do it. It just depended on what we were making. KK: What was the easiest thing to make? LP: What did I do? KK: What was the easiest thing that you guys made or the things that didn’t take as long? LP: I don’t really know *laughs* I never thought about timing. We would make how many things at the same time. We didn’t, I don’t know how long it would take us to do it. KK: Is there one thing that you made a lot more of? LP: Yeah, we made more wall racks in a time, then we did things like carpet benches, we made some of them but we didn’t make too many of them at a time. In a time I mean in a couple days or a week, we’d take a while to get that done. VP: It’d take time, work like that, like waiting for it to dry before they could finish it. They would do like one thing one day and maybe something else another day. KK: Was there one thing that you guys made that was really popular, like you made way more of that than anything else? �LP: Yeah, I think wall racks. Carpet benches went good but we didn’t make too many of them at a time-period. Wall racks we made sometimes fifty at a time. KK: What was the process like to make a wall rack? LP: We had to glue up boards, they was planed on one side and then we had a cut-off saw that would cut them up about the length we wanted the things, usually about four feet. We put it through a big band saw to rip them and cut the edges. Then from there it went to a tongue groove machine, it was a big groove machine that Harold would run through on the one side and it would cut a tongue on it. Did you ever hear of tongue grove boards for flooring? Well this machine would do that. He would run it through on one side and I would get it at the other end and turn it over and run it back on the other side on the edge and cut a groove. So, that way when we glued them we would take them to that big glue wheel that had clamps on it. That had a dip in the floor, the glue wheel was so big around that it had to have that dip out in the floor to make it come straight out to where a person was going to work. Put the boards in and tighten up the clamps. But it was in this paper that somebody else said that they poured the glue down in that dip and run the boards around, but that’s not true. That dip was there because the thing was too big around that it had to come. Then we would take the boards and we had a glue pot about the size of a gallon bucket. It was lined on the inside with copper and it was electric and it had little old glue things about as big around as your little finger that were electric and would melt that glue. It had a little brush about an inch wide and Harold Barb, he’d usually hold a board up, dip that there glue, I mean brush in the glue and put it on the one side, on one edge of the board and we’d lay it in the clamps and then he’d get the next one and put it on and put it together there. When we had about the width we wanted the things, he’d tighten up two clamps and I’d tighten up two and we’d do that until we filled up that whole wheel of clamps. Then we’d leave it till the next day, from there we’d plane it, plane the boards and whatever we were going to make, put a pattern on and saw it out on a band saw. Then it went from whoever was supposed to work it. KK: Wow. You’ve described some of the equipment, what was all in the space that you worked in? LP: Well, in this old barn that was there when I went there, but after years later, after they had the fire, after part of the finishing place burned down. I’ll start there and go back to the barn. The dry kiln had pipes that had water went through but it was like baseboard heat you have in the house, water goes through there, hot water baseboard. It goes through your furnace and circulates around and that’s the way the furnace, it was in one end of the building. The dry kiln where the lumber come in from Cash, West Virginia, where they put it in. There was big pipes about two inches through, the water went through there and then on into another room that was all in this one building, a long building, it had finishing where the women would finish making them, putting stain and lacquer on. It heated from that furnace, heated that water through the whole building there. One winter it must have got out of fire and the pipes froze. Some guy, he had a blow torch and he was trying to thaw out the pipes, trying to thaw the ice out of them. He was in the lacquer room and it caught afire, that lacquer caught afire. That’s what burnt that building down, most of the building, it burnt down the one where �the women worked in to put the lacquer and stain and stuff on the things that was made. Then after that they built the building out of cinder blocks. But, it burned up that part, then they built that out of cinder blocks, then they built another one there where the women would do the finishing, then they tore that old barn down. But, that old barn when I started, it had a cut off saw, it had a big rip saw, a planer, this tongue groove machine, and a machine that made dowels. Dowels, them little dowels and big dowels too. After they built that other building. In another part of the barn, that part wasn’t heated, but it was closed in though, the other part was closed in where they did hand sanding. That part had in it a band saw and a smaller rip saw, tables where you’d put the stuff together and a big old drum, big drum sander that ran with an electric motor, and a drill press. I had never seen one like it and never seen one since like it. You did it with your foot, to run the bit, you’d put it down like that you did it with your foot. You had both hands free to hold what you were drilling into. So, I don’t know if they still have that anymore or not, course it’s been sixty years since I’ve been there. KK: Have you been back to that area? You haven’t been there for sixty years? LP: No, I haven’t but that man that called me, that owns it, he called me and invited me back. But, I just haven’t got there yet, I plan on going if nothing happens. I don’t know what he looks like, I never did meet him. Just like I had never met you girls before, but you’re pretty girls. Nice. VP: No, haven’t been back, he’s talked to the man, he wants him to come back. KK: What time would you have gotten there in the morning? LP: About seven-o-clock, maybe sooner than that, because we worked ten hours a day. KK: What would have been the first thing you would have done, then what time did you have lunch, then what did you do then when did you leave? LP: * laughs* We ate lunch about twelve-o-clock. But, we had a half hour to eat lunch, I guess I marked down my time, I reckon, didn’t mark time while eating. I can’t really remember to tell you the truth *laughs* that part. We went to work right as soon as we got there, because we worked ten hours a day, didn’t have too much time to mess around. I’ll get back to the barn, they tore it down after they built the block buildings, they tore that part down. But, the block buildings weren’t like the wooden buildings because the wooden buildings had a metal roof on them. These other old block buildings they had tile roof on them and they were more flat. They were always leaking, they had to be getting up there to put tile on all the time. They weren’t as good a buildings as the original buildings. KK: So, the original building was a barn and were all the different parts of the process all in that one barn? �LP: No, where they finished them, where they put the stain and lacquer and stuff on them, that was in a different building. It was a long building, that building had that part at the end and then the kiln dry in part of it, it was sectioned off, then a boiler room was at the other end, but each one was to itself. But, in another part was where we made the things, in a different building, where we made it and planed it and got it ready, that was in a different part. That was in the old barn but then they tore it down, after they built the others then it was two different buildings there that they had the finishing where they put the stain on and the lacquer, that was in one part of the block building, the other was in the other building. KK: How many buildings were there once they built the new cinder block ones? LP: Just two, but they were sectioned off for different things. It was a pretty long building, it had sections just like you have a room here, like walls for the living room and the kitchen, your bedrooms. That’s the way that was, but it was for the machines, the different machines that we had. It was where you had walls to divide them up. KK: Were you part of the Shenandoah Community Workers? LP: What? KK: Shenandoah Community Workers? LP: Shenandoah Community Workers, what do you mean by that? KK: The group of people that were living and working there, at Bird Haven? LP: Was I in the community with them? VP: They all lived around there, it was a community, Bird Haven was called Bird Haven, but it was community workers that worked there. KK: So, you mentioned that they made the birds and puzzles before you got there, what was different before you got there? What were they doing besides making the birds and puzzles? What else were they doing different before you started working there? LP: Before I started working there they were making, I don’t know when they stopped making the puzzles and wooden birds, things like that. I don’t know what year they stopped making that because they were making things that I helped make they were making them when I got there, when I went to work there. VP: They were making birds, just like little birds, like that little red bird. They would paint them. But, that was before he got there. KK: Were you still making as many products towards the end?Before - �LP: Before we closed? Up till, I’d say five months before it closed we had the things made up that we were making. They wasn’t finished all the way through, like I said, the man that I was working with we had the things made up, when I say made up, we had them already made what we made. From the ones where they went to finish hand sanding, putting the stain and lacquer and stuff like that on the rest of the almost six months, five months I got to say before it closed. VP: They didn’t know that, they just finished what was already made up. KK: Can you tell me about the different things that you have still from Bird Haven that you made? LP: Yeah, I have a magazine cradle, a tray, a stool, and two wall racks that I made there, that come from there. But I don’t have the stamp on them, it was a label, it had a yellow label there. I never even thought about getting them to put it on there. Because the stool and they tray that I have, I made on my own time and I made it out of different wood, I put a walnut and a maple, together in strips. But, I made it on my own time, I made that in about 1955 and that other stuff there too. That stool, children would come, well people would come but they had children, and they would play with it, course they would bump it around and since 1955 *laughs* that’s a lot of playing with, they loosened up some of the legs up there ain’t much I can do about that. Not too bad, not too bad I don’t think. KK: When did you make the wall racks? LP: The wall racks? About the same time, I’d say, course them there I bought them myself, because I made them. Harold Barb and myself made wall racks, we’re the only ones that made them. We glued the lumber, we made the wall racks and we made the stools. VP: When you were making them, sometimes him and the man he was working with, if they wanted something for themselves they would work on Saturday after they had closed. That’s how we got so much stuff, others too if they wanted some they’d buy it. LP: But lazy susans, one man he made, I’ve got pictures here in the paper here, in the paper here *shuffling paper* Do you want to look at them? This here shows were lazy susans, Stuart Barb, he’d turn that on his lathe. But, we’d have to glue it and everything and saw it out on the board. He had a lathe that had a plate on the end of the shaft, it was electric though, I meant it run by electric motor, he would do it out with a chisel. VP: I’ll tell you girls, that was a nosy place. When it all was going, running you’d go insane with all that noise. I don’t know how they did it. LP: Oh, that theres what we got over there, that’s the magazine cradle. We would drill holes, the side is a half inch thick. We had to run them through the boards after we glued them up, we’d run them through this big planer and cut it down to about where you want the thickness. Course, you just have to run it through there, take just a little off at a time, because if you took too much off it would tear holes in it and it wouldn’t be no good. *shuffling paper* There’s another page here, *shuffling paper* if I can find it. *laughs* Oh, that’s just reading there, that’s just reading there. �We made a lot more things than this, it doesn’t have the carpet bench on it. It didn’t have the wall racks on it that we made. The spoons, we made wooden spoons and forks, Stuart Barb, we sawed that out of a thick, Harold and me, we’d saw them out of thick boards, about that big. Course there was a pattern and everything they did with a pattern to cut it out. Then put a thing on there to shape it and saw it out. Then Stuart, he put it on that lathe and he had that chisel that he’d run back and forth like that till he cut them out, shape them out. Then after that he’d saw them out on the band saw and sand them on that big drum sander, shape them up. I don’t have any of them, I made two of them, a knife and a fork, I had sort of like that there, different colored wood, I don’t know what happened to them. KK: What is all that, what is in that paper? LP: Do you want to read it? VP: No, you tell them what they are. LP: This tells about what this is *shuffling paper* VP: Tell her what the pictures are. Tell her what the pictures are, that’s what she wants you to tell her. KK: You can just tell me about the whole paper. LP: Well, this here paper, somebody made it, the Chamber of Commerce. VP: The Chamber of Commerce in Mount Jackson LP: They did this, the Chamber of Commerce, it says in here that they talked to different ones who worked at Bird Haven. But, some of them that they talked to I knew, but some of them I didn’t know. Well, I knowed them but not when they worked there - two men that’s in here they never worked there when I worked there, if they worked there they worked there before I ever went there. I worked from ’47 till when they closed. They had in here about the glue wheel, about having there dip down there and pouring that glue down there and running the boards through it, that’s not so. That there was because the wheel was so big around that it had to have room for it to come up to where it could come right straight out from you where you could put the boards straight in. I’ll give you this paper to let you read, if you want to. KK: Is there anything else in the paper that they got wrong about Bird Haven? LP: No, not that I read. *shuffling paper* Then they got here a doll cradle, well that there was a cradle just like the magazine cradle, more than that. We made it without the dowels inside, the dividers. That there’s got them dowels in it, it was divided for magazines cradle, this would lift them out. Harold and I, we glued the boards, we planed them, we sanded them, then put them together. We drilled holes on the sides, on the ends, we drilled holes in to put screws in. It was �put together with screws in the end pieces. We sanded them, after it was all together we sanded them on a big drum sander. I’d hold it here on my chest, felt like rubbed the hide off, I’d put them on there and rounded them. Well, there’s one, we rounded them there and counter sunk where we’d put the screws in, we’d put them together. When I first went there I think we used just a screw driver like that but then later on they got some that were ratchet screw driver. We put a screw down in there like that, it went pretty good, but sometimes it was pretty hard. But, I enjoyed it, I liked working with wood, make pretty things. I did some of that since I’ve retired, up until a couple years ago, I had to quit. I had a little building out here and I had a couple things in and I made things. VP: He made bird houses and he made churches, like the churches around here. LP: Since I retired I made replicas of seven churches, I have one of where we go to church, St. John’s in Edinburg. I made seven I know. I often wished that I had taken pictures of the things that I made since I retired, but, I never thought about it. I made church bird houses, shaped like a church. I made a lot of things shaped like a church, I made some little banks shaped like a church. Oh, I made, what’s that called, with them covers a crossed, you got them upstairs. You lay them covers across VP: I can’t think of what you made that you got a cover across it. LP: No, it’s about this tall. VP: Honey, I don’t know what you’re thinking about. LP: We just talked about it the other day, you forgetful as I am. VP: No, but I can’t think of it. LP: It’s about this wide and it had them strips of wood that goes through there and its up here. VP: Oh, the magazine racks. LP: No. VP: Not magazine rack but quilt racks. LP: Yeah, I made some of them. KK: Did you use all the things that you have learned at Bird Haven to build stuff once you retired? LP: Did I do what? KK: Use the skills that you learned at Bird Haven, or did you kind of figure it out? �LP: Yeah, I used them. But, then somethings I just figured out by myself. Just like I got a thing out there that we saw somewhere that you can put VP: I’ll show it to you LP: Yeah, she’ll show it you, but we saw it somewhere and my wife said she’d like to have one and I said well you draw it and I’ll make it. So, she did and I made it and we hung it up there on the wall out there. It holds cook books and stuff, there’s a little drawer. VP: It holds books for. We were out one day and I said I want one like that to hold books and he said well if you draw me a picture. I’ll show it to you, that’s where my cooks books are. KK: Were there anything’s like the fire that made people leave Bird Haven, or changed? LP: Yeah, when they had the fire we couldn’t work. So we worked, some of us, we worked in the orchard picking apples until they got things built back up. I had a little ladder when I went to the orchard, well they have ladders. There was one there that was narrow at the bottom as it was at the top. I was up in there and I had a bag of apples hanging here and I was putting apples in and that ladder turned like that and I come down through and I fell over a limb. The bag went on one side and me on the other and I *laughs* I think I busted some ribs. That laid me out for a long while from picking apples. KK: How long was Bird Haven shut down for the fire? LP: Oh, I don’t have no idea. Couple months anyway, I don’t know, I never did keep a count of it really. We was out work until they got it back on with the blocks and stuff. They had to move the machinery. They tore down that old barn then, that three story building as far as I know is probably still there, them old block buildings too I guess, I don’t know. But, I’m sure they still are, but I don’t know what shape they’re in. VP: But we’re going back one day, girls, were going to see it. LP: But then, where the dry kiln was and the boiler room, that didn’t burn, so that might still be there because it had a metal roof on it. ‘Cept they built these block building in one place and they built onto that part. Then they built another over on the same lot but not right against one another. VP: They had hole, somebody working for them back there LP: If she wants to talk she should talk up loud, shouldn’t she? *laughs* VP: No, I should not, I don’t want that going on there. KK: Do you know why the guy wanted to shut it down? Or wanted to stop you all making stuff? LP: No, he didn’t work there, he just *laughs* he didn’t do anything really, but just - �VP: He was a step son LP: I don’t know. Later on they told me that he’d become a judge in Harrisonburg, but he’s not living anymore. I seen him on 81 one time and he had a Studebaker Car. I was coming from Woodstock where I went to go to work after I was working for the school, working on the maintenance. I was coming south on 81 and this car passed me and he motioned for me to pull over. I seen who it was and I pulled over and he said if you ever need a good lawyer or judge well let me know *laughs*. I didn’t really want to, but I didn’t have to have him anyway. I’d been afraid to have him anyway when he messed up that Bird Haven job. KK: Did you ever have to fix any of the equipment in the shop? Did it ever break? LP: Oh, yeah. The band saw blade tore sometimes, one time it tore and I cut my finger here on the knuckle. See that one I can pull that up there, but that one I can’t pull it up any further. Cut the ligaments there, had to have some clamps put on it. One time I ran my thumb in the rip saw, that kind of hurt too *laughs*. I was pushing a board through and it flew someway, it was so quick that I didn’t have time to think about it really. KK: Were there ever any other accidents in Bird Haven? LP: Never anything more than that, couple little things. KK: Was the work physically hard? LP: Hard? Well carrying that lumber was very hard, because you went down to the dry kiln and we carried it up to that barn. You’d have to carry it on your shoulder and then if it had two-inch stuff then we’d carry that he’d get one end, maybe it was twelve or fourteen-foot long. He’d carry one end and I’d get on the other end and we’d carry them boards up. We’d use that for carpet benches, we did the same to glue them together, the same way that we did the other stuff. We ripped it and everything. That was the hardest really, we’d carry it up to that old barn. After they built them block buildings onto that part that was left, the dry kiln and the furnace room, they built on to that right there and we could just go out and go around the corner and get the boards out of the dry kiln. Then didn’t have to carry it so far. KK: How far was the distance that you had to carry it? LP: Before that? When the old barn was still there? Well, about from here over to that house over there. We carried it over our shoulder. Course I wasn’t but twenty-three years old then when I first started *laughs* and I was only so much older fourteen years later. KK: How long had you worked, you worked at an orchard before you started before at Bird Haven? �LP: Couple years I worked on a farm, I grew up on a farm, until I got married. Well, after we got married, we got married the next day after I become nineteen. I married that lovely woman over there for seventy-four years *laughs* VP: *laughs* LP: But I still worked on a farm until I was about twenty-one, then I worked in an orchard after that for couple years then, about two or three years, then I started working at Bird Haven. KK: Did you move to be closer or did you just stay where you were living? LP: No, I stayed where I was at. We lived in Mt. Clifton before we bought here. I drove from Mt. Clifton to Bird Haven for a while too and that there was a little further. It was further than Basye, I mean further than “McHaney”. It was maybe twelve no, about ten miles I reckon from Mt. Clifton to there. I don’t know how many years before it was closed, not too many years in Mt. Clifton though. I’d pick up some guys and take them along, well one man that worked there for two years at the end. The last two years he did the routing because the man that was routing out the trays in the boiler room where Barb had a lathe. His name was Will Hepner and he was working there routing out trays when I went to work there and then he worked until he retired two years before it closed. George Miller, his wife had worked there when I went there but she quit about two years before it closed. Her husband got on and he routed out the trays for the last two years. Betty Donner was one of the girls that did the, helped to do the, she is still living, she was one of them that helped to put the finishing on the, the stain and lacquer on the things that we made. She would work in the packing place wrap them and ship them out, ship the things away. But, she is still living, far as I know she is about the only one that worked there that is still living. Her name is Betty Donner. KK: Were you close with or friends with the other people who worked at Bird Haven? LP: Was a close with what? KK: Were you close with or friends with the other people who worked at Bird Haven? LP: Friendly. KK: Friendly? LP: Yeah I was friendly with them yeah *laughs*. I knew about all of them, well I knew them after I got there *laughs*. I didn’t know some of them before I ever went there though I knew them after I got there *laughs*. KK: Did you LP: Yeah? KK: What were you going to say? �LP: I don’t know *laughs* VP: *laughs* LP: I’m waiting for you. KK: *laughs* What was your favorite part about working there? LP: My favorite part? Going home I guess *laughs* VP: *laughs* LP: I don’t know, I just like to work with wood, that’s all. Make things, nice. I liked being with my co-workers and all. VP: Girls I think you got his whole life’s history *laughs* LP: What do you go to ask up there young lady? All: *laughs* Emily Schmitt (ES): This is all Kati’s interview KK: Well are there more stories that you have about Bird Haven? Did anything funny ever happen there? LP: Oh, I don’t know, not that I know of really. I can’t think of. VP: The Clarks, when they owned it, I think they had some wild parties out there. *laughs* But none of those boys were ever invited. LP: Yeah the Clarks that owned it, they, I guess they did, I don’t know I didn’t get to any of them, the parties. They had parties but they didn’t bother us at all, so Bernie Clark owned it but he stayed, there was a little creek that went through there and he stayed on his house. He would take his wife and they would go over to Harrisonburg about once a week and get their things that they needed and somethings they didn’t need *laughs*. But they had good times, I understand they had good times. Like I say I wasn’t to any of them parties. KK: Who decided what you guys made there? Who came up with the designs for the pieces that you guys made? LP: My boss, Stuart Barb and his son, still lives, his son he’s is younger, he still lives back around Basye. He’s got a house back there, but he didn’t work there though. Course I knew him from the time he was a little bitty baby. But he after he grew up he went when he got out of school and everything he has a sister and another brother, as far as I know, but I don’t know �where they living. Him and his brothers is truck drivers, they hauled, I don’t know – sirens going off over here. KK: Did you, like the people who all worked there, did you guys ever get together? LP: No, we was together enough through the day *laughs* we never got together after that. KK: Have you, after Bird Haven closed, did you ever see them? LP: Yeah, I see them every now and then, but not very often. VP: Like I said they are dead. LP: Yeah, I see Harold Barb, I’d see him every now and then, and the others. But, we just didn’t get together after that too much. They would do their thing and I did mine *laughs* *phone rings* LP: There goes the telephone. VP: Oh, gosh. Lynchburg, I’m not going to answer it LP: Well cut it off. KK: That’s okay. VP: We keep getting prank calls. LP: We get scam calls, calls from scammers. VP: Wait, because it will go on the answering machine and if they don’t leave anything. KK: Anything else you want to say about Bird Haven? LP: No, not that I know of, except that I got to go, I want to go back to Bird Haven before long and meet the man that owns it now. See what else he got back there yet. I’d like to go. It would have been a good time in February if I just did it because the weather was real nice all through February. Not too bad put there now though. But somethings just happened that I didn’t get to go, that’s all. KK: What do you hope to see when you go back there? LP: See what, how things look *laughs* but I understand that the trees, a lot of the trees is cut down. Not much trees there anymore, it was woods and it was an old dirt road that went down around turns to go in and out. I don’t know what the road is now. Like I said I don’t know what �kind of buildings is there anymore. He invited me back but I just haven’t got there, course I don’t think he’s there all the time. VP: He travels. LP: He’s got a job that he travels he says. I got his telephone number though and he’s got mine. VP: I think he must be some kind of salesman, figuring something like that. LP: I don’t know what he looks like, he don’t know what I look like *laughs*. KK: Do you know what happened to all of the equipment and stuff after you guys left? LP: No, I don’t know, I think somebody else owned it before this man did. I heard that the, bought it after it closed, that he had another shop somewhere else in the county, he was going to take the things, the planers and saws and equipment somewhere else, but I don’t know what he left there. I don’t know what he did or what he didn’t. But, I know they left that there glue wheel there because it would have been hard to handle, to take. Unless they tore it all apart, they could have tore it apart, they’d be unable to handle it I think. Sorry I can’t help you any better. KK: No, you helped us so much. I didn’t know a lot about that stuff, so, that was great. LP: Well, I hope it goes alright with you. KK: Oh, that will be great, it’s going to be a really good, really good source of information for our class. LP: Well it was really nice to see you girls too, talking with you, and you can come back to see us anytime. KK: Oh, yeah, I would love to hear about how your trip to Bird Haven goes, you will have to let me know when you guys go. VP: We’ll tell you what we see down there. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Bird Haven Oral History Collection Subject The topic of the resource Bird Haven (Va) Shenandoah Community Workers Description An account of the resource Sometime in the early 1920s Philadelphia banker and philanthropist William Bernard Clark founded the Shenandoah Community Workers organization near what is now Basye Virginia. This group was designed to provide locals, many of which were economically disadvantaged, with good paying jobs based on their wood working traditions. Clark built a factory on property his grandmother had purchased as a personal retreat and named it Bird Haven Virginia. Initially the community workers focused on wooden toys and puzzles. Many of these featured birds, Hollywood Stars, or animals. Later the company began to produce small wooden furniture, bowls, and kitchen utensils. Bird Haven closed sometime in the early 1960s. Following this, most of the records were lost and much of the site's history was forgotten. This oral history project, conducted as part of a partnership between the Shenandoah County Library, James Madison University, and Bird Haven Farm, is designed to recover some of lost parts of the site's story. It focuses on interviews of 14 members of the Bird Haven community, including several employees and individuals who lived nearby. All interviews and transcriptions were conducted by JMU history students and are available for viewing in person at the Shenandoah County Library's Truban Archives. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Shenandoah County Library James Madison University Bird Haven Farm Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Oral History Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Kati Kissane Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Leory Polk Location The location of the interview Edinburg Virginia Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) 1:13:44 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Leroy Polk Oral History Subject The topic of the resource Polk, Leroy Basye (Va) Bird Haven (Va) Description An account of the resource Oral history featuring Leroy Polk of Edinburg Virginia recorded by Kati Kissane of James Madison University. The interview was conducted as part of a project designed to better understand the history of Bird Haven Virginia, the Shenandoah Community Workers, and the surrounding communities. 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