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Wip Robinson interviews attendees of the 1st Annual Picnic of Virginia DABS. He asks people their name, city of residence, and the color of their mailboxes. Side B. August 7, 1962?

Dr. John Wayland interviewed by Wip Robinson. Topics include James W. Marshall ("Cyclone Jim"); the oldest town in the Shenandoah Valley; the "German Regiment" led by Abraham Bowman of the Shenandoah Valley; Powell's Fort in Massanutten, and the origin of its name; the location and history of Shawnee Springs; The history of the courthouse in Woodstock; the old log church where Muhlenberg and Asbury gave sermons; the Bloody Ford; the story of the John Rhodes family "killed by Indians;" Craney Island; the iron foundry, flour mill and saw mill (Abraham Byrd); the Stony Man and Hawksbill Head, Blue Ridge Mountain Range. Side B.

Wip Robinson, host of the "Noontime "Almanac," on WSHV in Harrisonburg, Virginia, discusses agriculture in Shenandoah County, including poultry reports, and steer and cattle prices in Harrisonburg; interviews Bill Clark of Hardy County, West Virginia, who discusses agriculture in that area. Side A.

Refers to Jane Robinson recovering from an illness. Side B.

Interview with Reverend John G. Dubosq, by Wip Robinson, conducted at the Jollett Hollow Chapel. Dubosq discusses his personal history and the establishment of the Skyline Drive Park. Discusses his work as a singer in blackface as a member of the quartet, Penn City Comedy Four; work as a minister in the Jollet Hollow Mission Church in Jollett Hollow, Page County, Virginia; moonshining and moonshiners; his work at the the church and establishing a men's fellowship; parishioners donating food; recreation in the Blue Ridge Mountains; the impact of the construction of Skyline Drive on people living on the moutain; the settlement communities displaced residents of the Shenandoah National Park.