The Power of Place and Struggles for Justice: Appalachia at Century's Turn
The Twenty-Second Annual Conference of the Appalachian Studies Association
Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center Abingdon, Virginia
March 19 - 21,1999
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IMPORTANT CONFERENCE NOTE! SUBMISSION OF PAPERS TO THE JOURNAL OF APPALACHlANSTUDIES We encourage you to submit your paper for consideration for the "Selected Papers from the ASA Conference" section of the Journal ofAppalachian Studies (FaJl1999 issue). Please bring your paper to the registration table, Make sure your name, address, e-mail address, and pbone number are attached. Ifyou do not bave a cJean copy to submit, please mail two bard copies of your paper (do not send a computer disk) to: Journal ofAppalachian Studies P.O. Box 6825 • West Virginia University Morgantown, WV 26506 E-mail attachments will be accepted; send to [email protected] Deadline for Post-Conference Submission is: APRIL IS, 1999. CONVENERS: U you would like to submit tbe papers . from your panel, bring them to tbe registration table with a note indicating that you are submitting tbem on behalf of tbe entire panel. Please include names, addresses, e-mail addresses, and pbone numbers of all panelists. YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO
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11 :00 A.M.-S:OO P.M. REGISTRATION (Lobby) CONSUL T MAPS INSIDE FRONT COVER FOR ALL ROOM LOCATIONS. 10:00 A.M.-S:OO P.M. EXHIBITS (Exhibit Hall)
10:00 A.M.-S:OO P.M. SILENT AUCTION (Exhibit Hall)
1:00-2:30 P.M. CONCURRENT SESSIONS
1. ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: "SUSTAINABLE CONCEPTS OF FOLK CULTURE & COMMUNITY FOR 21ST CENTURY APPALACHIA: EXPANDING THE DIALOGUE" (Room 232) Sponsored by the Folklife Heritage Committee of the Appalachian Consortium Chair: Richard Blaustein, East Tennessee State University
Participants: Philis Alvic, Lexington, Kentucky; Bill Best, Berea College; Cecelia Conway, Appalachian State University; Margaret Gregg, Jonesborough, Tennessee; Tina Liza Jones, Riner, Virginia; Gerry Milnes, Davis & Elkins College
2. WHOSE PLACE IS IT? APPALACHIAN PLACES & TOURISM (Room 231) Chair: Gene Cox
Underemployment, Housing Deprivation, & Poverty in an Appalachian Tourism County Margaret Foraker, University of Tennessee
"To Build a Wall around These Mountains": The Displaced People of Shenandoah National Park Nancy Martin-Perdue, University of Virginia
A New Wave of Colonization: The Internal Periphery Model & Kentucky's Tourism Industry Stephen Paul Whitaker, CinCinnati, Ohio
Recovering the Story of the Conscientious Objectors in Great Smoky Mountains National Park through Oral History Chris Parker, University of Tennessee
3. TELLING OUR STORY: FOLK HEROES, BALLADS, & PLACE (Room 234) Chair: Norma Myers, East Tennessee State University
Through the Gap into the New Millennium: Tracing the Tracks of an Appalachian Hero Ted Olson, Union College . Extinction Alertl Appalachian Folk Songs Join the Dinosaurs Becki Jones, Columbia Elementary School
Tom Dooley: Myth or Legend In Appalachian Lyrics Jim Crissman, Benedictine University
"The Tragic Yellow Tomb": Topical Ballads of the 1958 Kentucky School Bus Accident Ivan Tribe, University of Rio Grande Appalachian Studies Conference Page 7
FRIDAY (cont.) 4. RACIAL & ETHNIC ISSUES IN APPALACHIA (Room 220) 1:00-2:30 P.M. Chair: Lynda Ann Ewen, Marshall University
Reflections on Race Drawn from the Oral Histories of Older, Black, Female, West Virginia Teachers Rita Wicks-Nelson & Ancella Bickley, Marshall University
Examining Racial Perceptions of Students at Marshall University Travis Williams, Marshall University
Japanese War Brides & Appalachian Assimilation Kyoko Kondo, Marshall University
Blues as an Indicator of Race Relations in the Appalachian Coalfields John Taylor, Marshall University
Beyond the Lahr: Perceptions of Corporate Wisdom & Prejudice Maura Conway, Marshall University
5. QUESTIONS OF PLACE & POLICY (Room 226) Chair: Margaret Feierabend, Bristol, Tennessee
Policy for 21st Century Appalachia: Appraising Rural Development in the East Tennessee Valley Chris Baker, West Virginia Institute of Technology
Johnson City. Tennessee: A Half-Century of Urban Renewal Fred Waage, East Tennessee State University
The Appointment of John Sweeney as Federal Co-Chairman of the Appalachian Regional Commission Philip Grant. Pace University
Reading the Rhetorical Signs: I Think I'm Home Again Irene Moser, College of West Virginia
6. VISIONS OF JUSTICE & THE STRUGGLES FOR WOMEN'S VOICE (Room 224) Chair: Kathy Lyday-Lee, Elon College
Jesse Stuart's Masculinization of the Teaching Profession In "The Thread That Runs So True" Tess Lloyd, East Tennessee State University
If God Can Be a Woman, Anything Can Happen: Feminist Narratives & Social Responsibility in George Ella Lyon's "With a Hammer for My Heart" Marianne Worthington, Cumberland College ' .
"Clear-Cutting": Creative Nonfiction by Four Appalachian Women Writers Ellesa Clay High, West Virginia University
The Untold Story: Social InJustice In Edith Summer Kelly's "Weeds" Phoebe Jackson, University of Michigan Page
FRIDAY (cont.) 7. COMMUNITY ORGANIZING & RESISTANCE IN THE LATE 20TH CENTURY: EXPERIENCES 1 :00-2:30 P.M. & OBSERVATIONS (Room 240) Chair: Mike Maloney, Urban Appalachian Council
Roots of Radicalism: Appalachian Unity & Social Protest in Uptown, Chicago, 1964-1995 Roger Guy, Texas Lutheran University
Putting the "You" in Union: D. J. Stewart & Traditional Radicalism in the Highlands Regional Campaign, 1975-1976 John Hennen, Morehead State University
"O.V.E.C. Stuffs the Carpet Bag with Gee Haw Whimmy Diddles & Yo-Yos": Successful Empowerment in Kentucky, Ohio, & West Virginia Karen Li Simpkins, Marshall University
The Rise &Fall of the Spirit of Resistance in Appalachia: A Short History Richard Drake, Berea, Kentucky
8. STORIES FROM COMMUNITIES I: TEACHING PLACE: THE MOUNTAIN INSTITUTE'S WEST VIRGINIA SCHOLARS PROGRAM (Room 222) Chair: Dave Clark, Mountain Institute
PartiCipants: Anne Payne &graduates of the TMI Scholars Program, Mountain Institute
9. PICTURING PLACE: THE WORK OF SHELBY LEE ADAMS (Executive Auditorium) Chair: Jack Wright, Ohio University
PartiCipants: Kate Black, Nyoka Hawkins, & Katherine Ledford, University of Kentucky; Douglas Powell, Northeastern University
2:45-4:15 P.M. CONCURRENT SESSIONS
10. STORIES FROM COMMUNITIES II: TALES FROM COAL MINING'S HAND-LOADING ERA IN VIRGINIA'S NEW RIVER VALLEY (Executive Auditorium) Chair: Robert Fries, Roanoke Times & World News
PartiCipants: Fred Lawson, Alex Linkous Jr., Sam Huff, Oscar Sherman, Esther "Queen" Jones, &Mabel Nina Montgomery. McCoy, Virginia
11. SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE IN APPALACHIA (Room 220)
Collecting, Seed Saving, Growing, Marketing, & Promoting Heirloom Beans & Tomatoes Bill Best, Berea College
Toward a Definition of Sustainable Agriculture for Appalachia Michael Best, Berea College
Purple October Versus New World Bean Order: Appalachian Gardening & Multinational Capitalism Rodger Cunningham, Berea College
Herb Gatherers &Root Diggers of Western North Carolina David Cozzo, Appalachian State University FRIDAY (cont.) 12. STORIES FROM COMMUNITIES III: THE ASSIMILATION OF HISPANIC CHILDREN IN THE 2;454:15 P.M. ASHE COUNTY SCHOOLS (Room 231) Chair: Donna Risteen, Appalachian State University
Participants: Erica Lian, Alicia Doran, Monica Josey, &Laura Pifer, Appalachian State University
13. PEOPLE, PLACES, & POLICY: THE STRUGGLE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT (Room 234) Chair: Don Davis, Dalton College
Founding the Western North Carolina Alliance: Environmental Lessons for the Next Century Kathryn Newtont, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Environmental Management & Cultural Influences: Landscapes & Humans John Nemeth, Georgia Tech Research Institute I
The Idea of the River: The Flow of Regulated Waters & the Character of Appalachian Peoples Ernest Lee, Carson-Newman College
Economic Sustainable Development Versus Resource Extraction in Tucker County, West Virginia Jesse Gandee, West Virginia University
14. THE WORK OF PLACE ACROSS CULTURES (Room 224) Chair: Tyler Blethen, Western Carolina University
"Our Ireland": A Comparative Analysis of the Mingo War & the Irish Civil War Rebecca Bailey, West Virginia University ,
Culture & Development: A Study of Appalachia & Romania Mihal Radu, Utrecht University
Product Cycles and Developing Regions: A Comparison of Southwest Virginia Appalachian Counties linda Dobkins, Emory & Henry College
15. WOMEN, PLACE, & SOCIAL JUSTICE (Room 233) Chair: Marie Tedesco, East Tennessee State University
Women in Appalachian Community Organizations: Sites of Learning & Change Mary Beth Bingman, University of Tennessee
A Woman's Place Kim Johnson McDade, Appalachian State University
Moving Up down in the Mine: Barriers to Women's Advancement in Underground Coal Mining Suzanne Tallichet, Morehead State University
Women Talk the Talk, but They Can't Walk The Walk: Gender Roles & Coding in a Kentucky Holiness Church Scott Schwartz, Smithsonian Institution Page 10 Appalachian Studies Confere
FRIDAY (cont.) 16. DEFENDING THE COMMUNITY: UNIVERSITY·COMMUNITY COOPERATION IN 2:45-4:15 P.M. ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY/ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION (Room 226) Chair: Melinda Bollar Wagner, Radford University
PartiCipants: David Brady, Nancy Kate Givens, Doris Lucas Link, Kristen Hedrick, & Dana Ste Radford University; Benita Howell, University of Tennessee
17. STORIES FROM COMMUNITIES IV: ROUNDTABLE: CITIZEN POWER: JOINING HANDS FOR DEMOCRACY (Room 240) Chair: Nyoka Hawkins , University of Kentucky
PartiCipants: Activists from eastern Kentucky
18. "OUTSIDERS" IN APPALACHIA: ETHNIC IDENTITY & SOCIAL CHANGE (Room 222) Chair: John Hennen, Morehead State University
The Jews of Keystone: Ethnicity & Social Structure in an Appalachian Boom Town Deb Weiner, West Virginia University .
An Italian Immigrant Railroad Work Camp Community: North Cove, North Carolina Joyce Compton Brown & Les Brown, Gardner-Webb University
No Sense of Place: The Evolving Role of Glassworkers in West Virginia Labor Struggles Ken Fones-Wolf, West Virginia University
19. PRIMITIVE THINGS OF TOIL & LOVE: A CRITICAL LOOK AT FRED CARTER, ONE AMONG MANY UNRECOGNIZED ARTISTS IN APPALACHIA (Room 232) Chair: Jack Wright, Ohio University
Participants: Gurney Norman, University of Kentucky; Loyal Jones, Berea, Kentucky; D.R. Mullins, Abingdon, Virginia; & Roddie Moore, Blue Ridge Institute
4:30-5:30 P.M. 20. PLENARY SESSION: APPALACHIAN CHRONICLE 1969-1999: THE PHOTOGRAPHS OF EARL DOTTER (Executive Auditorium)
Participants: Rob Amberg, Madison County, North Carolina; Candy Carawan, Highlander Research &Education Center; &Earl Dotter, Silver Spring, Maryland
5:30·7:00 P.M. ARTISTS' RECEPTION IN HONOR OF EARL DOnER, JO CARSON, AND HAZEL DICKENS VIEWING OF APPALACHIAN CHRONICLE 1969·1999: THE PHOTOGRAPHS OF EARL DOTTER (Lobby and Upper Level) Partially underwritten through a grant from First Bank and Trust, Abingdon, Virginia
7:00-8:30 P.M. SUPPER & PROGRAM (Grand Ballroom) _
8:30·9:15 P.M. KEYNOTE ADDRESS: LIARS, THIEVES, AND OTHER SINNERS ON THE BENCH JO CARSON (Grand Ballroom)
9:15·11:30 P.M. DANCE (Grand Ballroom) Sponsored by the Folklife Committee of the Appalachian Consortium Band: Richard Blaustein, Tina Liza Jones, Pete Peterson, Gerry Milnes, and friends Callers: Kirby Smith and friends Appalachian Studies Conference Page 11
SATURDAY, MARCH 20
7:00 A.M. JOURNAL OF APPALACHIAN STUDIES EDITORS' BREAKFAST MEETING (ROOM 235)
8:30·11:30 A.M. REGISTRATION (Lobby)
8:30 A.M.-5:00 P.M. EXHIBITS (Exhibit Ha")
8:30 A.M.-S:OO P.M. SILENT AUCTION (Exhibit Ha")
8:30·10:00 A.M. CONCURRENTSESS~NS
21. MUSIC, POETRY, & PLACE (Room 220) Chair: Deborah Thompson, Union College
The Power of Place in Kentucky Old·Time Fiddling: Region, Repertoire, & Style Jeff Todd Titon, Brown University
Time of My UnWeaving: Searching for Voice in Appalachia Laura Leigh Tussey, Marshall University
Gillian Welch: Appalachian "Orp_han Girl" Finds a Place to Call Home Alisa Brandenburg-Basinger, Gray, Tennessee
22. FILM SCREENING: STRANGER WITH A CAMERA (Executive Auditorium) Chair: Elizabeth Barret, Appalshop
Participants: Judi Jennings, Kentucky Foundation for Women, &Jerry Williamson, Appalachian State University
23. COMING TO KNOW A PLACE: FOODWAYS, SCHOOLS, CEMETERIES, & ALTERNATIVE HISTORIES (Room 232) Chair: David Hsiung. Juanita College
An Alternative History of Appalachia Elvin Hatch, University of Califomia at Santa Barbara
Changing Appalachian Foodways: The Importance of Place in Developing Culturally Sensitive Educational Programs Deanna Tribe & Cindy Oliveri, Ohio State University
Boone City Cemetery Kathryn Staley, Appalachian State University .- When the Mission's from Within: The Politics of a Blue Ridge Mountain School Bea Naff, Clemson University
24. STORIES FROM COMMUNITIES V: URBAN APPALACHIANS ORGANIZE FOR JUSTICE (Room 222) Chair: Roberta Campbell, Urban Appalachian Council Page 12 nfe '
SATURDAY (cont.) A Place of Their Own: Appalachian Migrant Organizations in Chicago & Cincinnati 8:30-10:00 A.M. Phil Obermiller, Urban Appalachian Council; Tom Wagner, University of Cincinnati; & Rogel Guy, Texas Lutheran University
Lower Price Hill Environmental leadership CoaJition Pauletta Hansel, Urban Appalachian Council
Youth Environmental Project Donna Jones, Urban Appalachian Council
The Urban Appalachian Council's Strategies for Education Justice Gerri Henderson, Urban Appalachian Council
25. ART & PLACE: QUESTIONS FOR 21ST CENTURY APPALACHIANS (Room 231) Chair: Jean Speer, East Tennessee State University
Out of Appalachia: The Washington Romantic School Helen Payne, Morgantown, West Virginia
The Appalachia That I Know Laura Lawson, Clinch Valley College
Hillbilly & Noble Savage Artists: What Lessons Might They Share? Joy Gritton, Morehead State University
Hillbillies in the Media: Past, Present, & Future Melanie Rice, Appalachian State University
26. EDUCATION FOR YOUNG WOMEN IN RURAL APPALACHIA: THE HIGH ROCKS ACADEMY (Room 234) Chair: Rachel Tompkins, West Virginia University
Discussants: Dan Tompkins, Mountain Institute, Suronda Gonzalez, State University of Ne York at Binghamton, &Benjamin Hawkins, an Appalachian migrant In our nation's capital
27. STORIES FROM COMMUNITIES VI: COAL MINING & COMMUNITY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA (Room 240) Chair: Kathy Shearer, People, Inc., Abingdon, Virginia
Film: The Mountains Will Remember Amy Chenoweth, Wildwood Films, Richmond, Virginia
Southwestern Virginia Coal Mining Life: Comparison of Two Regions Mary Lalone, Radford University • 28. NEW APPROACHES TO OLD METHODS: ETHNOGRAPHY & APPALACHIAN REGIO RESEARCH (Room 233) Chair: Sally Ward Maggard, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Ethnography, Fieldwork, & Citizen Struggles in Appalachia: Challenges & Opportun Todd Nesbitt, Glenville State College Appalachian tudies Conference Page 13
SATURDAY (cont.) ''That's Not Really Self-Employment." Place, Power, & Informal Economy in a Northern 8:30-10:00 A.M. Appalachian Ethnography Anne-Marie Turnage, Lock Haven University
Discussant: Shaunna Scott, University of Kentucky
29. JUST CONNECTIONS: LINKING COMMUNITIES & COLLEGES AS PARTNERS FOR A DEMOCRATIC APPALACHIA (Room 242) Chair: Susan Ambler, Maryville College
Participants: Sally Causey, Rural Resources; Marie Cirillo, Woodland Community Land Trust; Beth Davies, Citizens of Lee Environmental Action Network; Tony Lawson, Lee County, Virginia; & Kathie Shiba, Maryville College
30. ROUNDTABLE: TOWARD A COORDINATED APPALACHIAN SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES MOVEMENT (Room 224) Chair: Jeff Boyer, Appalachian State University
Participants; Betsy Taylor, University of Kentucky, & Susan Williams, Highlander Research & Education Center
31. STORIES FROM COMMUNITIES VII: POWER LINES: 765 KILLER VOLTS VERSUS THE PEOPLE (Room 226) Chair: Jim Minick, Radford University
Participants: Dave Muhly & Donna Muhly, Bland, Virginia; John Dodson, Rocky Gap, Virginia; & Andy Kegley, Wythe County, Virginia
10:00-10:30 A.M. BREAK AND BOOK-5IGNING (Lobby and Upper Level) Sponsored by the University of Tennessee Press & the University of North Carolina Press
10:30 A.M.-NOON CONCURRENT SESSIONS
32. MUSIC AND ART PRESENTATION OF "SAFE AT HOME" & ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN APPALACHIA: HOW THE ACADEMY CAN HELP (Executive Auditorium) Chair: Kate Long, Charleston Gazette
Participants: Stacey Willis, North Carolina Department of Social Services; & Sharon Yates, Stop Abusive Family Environments, McDowell County, West Virginia
33. CHURCHES & THE ATTACHMENT TO PLACE IN FORMER COAL-MINING COMMUNITIES OF THE NEW RIVER VALLEY OF VIRGINIA (Room 220) Chair: Melinda Bollar Wagner, Radford University
Tales from Churches in the Wildwood: Introduction & Methods Marc Eaton, Radford University •
A Way of Life & Popular Culture Symbols Dana Stein & Tami Daly, Radford UniverSity
Jesus' Helping Hand Melissa Lamb & Marc Eaton, Radford University Page 14 AppaJachian Studies Conferen
SATURDAY (cont.) 34. ROUNDTABLE: RONALD L. LEWIS'S TRANSFORMING THE APPALACHIAN 10:30 A.M.-NOON COUNTRYSIDE: RAILROADS, DEFORESTA TION, & SOCIAL CHANGE IN WEST VIRGINI 1880-1920 (Room 222) Chair: Paul Salstrom, Saint Mary of the Woods College
Participants: Altina Waller, University of Connecticut; John Williams, Appalachian State University; Chris Bolgiano, James Madison University; & Ken Ward, Charleston Gazette
Respondent: Ronald Lewis, West Virginia University
35. STORIES FROM COMMUNITIES VIII: THE APPAL CORPS SERVICE LEARNERS: PLANTING SEEDS OF PRIDE IN RURAL COMMUNITIES (Room 242) Chair: Elizabeth Fine, Virginia Tech
The Impact of Transgenerational Service-Learning in Newport on StUdents Elizabeth Fine, Virginia Tech
A Community Member's Perspective on the Appal Corps in Newport Nancy Kate Givens, Newport, Virginia
The Appal Corps: Utilizing Social Networks for Community Betterment Michele Holland, Virginia Tech
History of Community Involvement in Newport Douglas Martin, Newpor:.t. Virginia
The Appal Corps: Utilizing Social Networks for Community Betterment Perry Martin, Newport, Virginia
Service Learning in Rural Communities Marcy Schnitzer, Virginia Tech
36. STORIES FROM COMMUNITIES IX: HOW THE MOUNTAIN MULE-RIDER BECOMES AN ESTABLISHMENT GUY: HARDSCRABBLE STORIES OF THE STRUGGLE FOR JUSTICE PLACE IN EASTERN KENTUCKY (Room 224) Chair: Patricia Smith Jones, Wright State University
PartiCipants: Janet Burks, Dayton. Ohio; Michal Benton Varner, Fairborn, Ohio; & Jill Donnina Oxford, Mississippi
37. MEDICAL CARE IN THE MOUNTAINS (Room 226) Chair: Richard Couto, University of Richmond
Gender & the Company Doctor in Central Appalachia Sandra Barney. Lock Haven University
"A Nursery for the Finest Flower 6f Old American Stock": Medical Practitioners & Appalachian Racial Identity Melanie Beals Goan. University of Kentucky
This Ain't Northern Exposure Tim Thompson, University of Kentucky
A Matter of Theory & Practice: An Oral History of Health Reform In Appalachia Richard Mulcahy, University of Pittsburgh at Titusville AppaJachian Studjes Conference Page 15
SATURDAY (cont.) 38. PUBLIC POLICY INTERVENTIONS & STRUGGLES FOR ECONOMIC JUSTICE IN 10:30-NOON CENTRAL APPALACHIA (Room 231) Chair: Sally Ward Maggard, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Designing Federal Anti-Poverty Programs for Rural Appalachia: lessons from the War on Poverty & the EZIEC Program Sally Ward Maggard, U.S. Department of Agriculture
The Geographic Distribution of Federal Funding in Appalachia Carson Mencken & Steven Gregory, West Virginia University
The Triumph of Place in Appalachia Mary Beth Pudup, University of California at Santa Cruz
39. STORIES FROM COMMUNITIES X: THE EASTERN CHEROKEE: PHYSICAL &CULTURAL SURVIVAL IN THEIR HOMELAND (Room 233) Chair: Barbara Duncan, Franklin, North Carolina
Participants: Jean Bushyhead, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; Sarah Hill, Atlanta History Center; & Freeman Owle, Cherokee, North Carolina •
40. STORIES FROM COMMUNITIES XI: THE STRUGGLE FOR A JUST PLACE: RACE, ETHNICITY, & WHITE PRIVILEGE (Room 240) Chair: Jill Carson, Appalachian African American Cultural Center
"Marchamos pa'ia America": Spanish Immigrants Forging Their Place in Appalachia Suronda Gonzalez, State University of New York at Binghamton
The Power of Place & the Accommodation of Hispanic Newcomers in Southern Appalachia: Is This a Bellwether Case? Ted Hamann, University of Georgia
The Crime of Malachi Hayden: Justice & Racism in a Blue Ridge Community Les Brown, Gardner-Webb University
In Search of Justice: White Privilege in Appalachia Wilburn Hayden, California University of Pennsylvania
41 . CONTEMPORARY APPALACHIAN ECOFEMINISTS: MARILOU AWIAKTA, DENISE GIARDINA, SHARYN MCCRUMB (Room 234) Chair: Anna Elfenbein, West Virginia University
Marilou Awiakta's Se/u: Defending Our Air Anna Elfenbein, West Virginia University
Sharyn McCrumb's Hangman's Beautiful Dapghter. Saving Our Water Lori Jeffrey, Mineral Wells, West Virginia
Denise Giardina's Unquiet Earth: Fighting Mountaintop Removal Teresa Miller, Morgantown, West Virginia
NOON-1:30 P.M. LUNCHEON AND BUSINESS MEETING (Grand Ballroom) PROGRAM: THE POWER OF PLACE: VIRGINIA'S NEW RIVER VALLEY & MCDOWELL COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA Page 16 Appalachian Studies Conferen(
SATURDAY (cont.) CONCURRENT SESSIONS 1:30-2:30 P.M. 42. FILM SCREENING: THE FUTURE OF JOBS & JOB SECURITY: THE CASE OF THE 1993 BITUMINOUS COAL STRIKE (Executive Auditorium) Chair: Jim Dougherty, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Participant: Robert Moore, Saint Joseph's University
43. STORIES FROM COMMUNITIES XII: PENNINGTON GAP: A STUDY IN RACE RELATIONS & RACIAL HISTORY (Room 224) Chair: Jill Carson, Appalachian African American Cultural Center
Participants: Sue Ella Kobak, Lee County, Virginia; Max Williams, Lee County, Virginia; Kathi Shiba, Maryville College
44. THE HANDBOOK ON APPALACHIA PROJECT (Room 220) Chair: Grace Toney Edwards, Radford University
45. COURTROOMS, CULTURE CLASHES, & THE MEDIA: SEARCH FOR JUSTICE (Room 23~ Chair: Paul Eisenhauer, Chestnut Hill College
Sinclair Lewis & the Struggle for Justice in the Marion Textile Strike of 1929 Joyce Compton Brown ,_ Gardner-Webb University
The Mountain Girl Who "Went Modern": Impact of Media Coverage in the Edith Maxwell Case Sharon Hatfield, Athens, Ohio
Justice & Dayton: Trial of the Century Should Be Over Charles Moore, East Tennessee State University
46. LARRY SLEEVIS-APPLEATCHUN ENTREMANURE: AN ENTREMANURE'S MIGRATION TO OUR NATION'S CAPITAL (Room 240) Performer: Benjamin Hawkins, College Park, Maryland
Performance Art (30 minutes) followed by discussion
47. STORIES FROM COMMUNITIES XIII: VOICES OF APPALACHIAN WOMEN (Room 234) Chair: Nelda Pearson, Radford University
Participants: Rebecca Long, Elizabeth Hall, & Suzanne Jessee, Radford University
48. DEVELOPING UNIVERS!TY-COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS IN APPALACHIA (Room 232) Chair: Susan Hunter, West Virginia University • Participants: Michael Dougherty & Jill Kresky, West Virginia University
49. HISTORY & PLACE THROUGH POETRY & MUSIC (Room 242) Chair: Ricky Cox, Radford University
Where Home Could Never Be: The Migration of Mountain People into the Mills of Cenm Carolina Ron Rash, Pendleton, South Carolina Appalachian Studies Conference Page 17
SATURDAY (cont.) Our Grandmother's Music 1:30-2:30 P.M. Rich Kirby & Cari Norris, Appalshop
50. THE POWER OF PLACE IN APPALACHIAN PICTURE BOOK ADAPTATIONS OF FOLKTALES, BALLADS, & LEGENDS (Room 222) Chair: Judy Teaford, College of West Virginia
Participants: Tracy Roberts Haack, Desoto, Texas, & Tina Hanlon, Ferrum College & Hollins University .
51. RETHINKING A REGION'S HISTORY THROUGH FICTION: THE STRUGGLES FOR JUSTICE IN REVISIONIST HISTORICAL NOVELS OF THE CENTRAL APPALACHIAN COAL MINING WARS (Room 226) Chair: Stephen Mooney, Virginia Tech
The Struggle for Justice in Revisionist Historical Novels of the Central Appalachian Coal Mining Wars Stephen Mooney, Virginia Tech
Exploring Women's Contributions to the Struggle for Justice in Appalachia through Denise Giardina's Storming Heaven & The Unquiet Earth Jennifer Mooney, Virginia Tech J The Gay Struggle for Justice iff Appalachia: Hassel Day & Junior Tackett in Denise Giardina's The Unquiet Earth Jeff Mann, Virginia Tech
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52. STORIES FROM COMMUNITIES XJV: ROUNDTABLE: LEVELING THE HILLS OF GALILEE: MOUNTAINTOP REMOVAL IN WEST VIRGINIA (Grand Ballroom) Co-Chairs: Sam Cook, Radford University, and Shirley Stewart, West Virginia University
Participants: B. lloyd, Blacksburg, Virginia; Patrick McGinley, West Virginia University; Shireen Parsons, Appalachian Voices; Shirley Stewart, West Virginia University; & Ken Ward, Charleston Gazette
53. EDUCATION & JUSTICE (Room 220) Chair: Herb Thompson, Emory & Henry Colleg~
An Outsider's View: Rural Appalachian Literacy & Social Justice Katherine Sohn, Pikeville College
Problems & Theories in Determining the Causes of Educational Attitudes & Achievements in Appalachian & Non-Appalachian Pennsylvania Eric Hartman, Lock Haven University
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SATURDAY (cont.) Appalachian College Students & a Multicultural Curriculum 3:30-5:00 P.M. Eric Swank &Hideko Asada, Morehead State University
Appalachian Students-From Coal to Diamonds: An Examination of How Students from West Virginia Fare at West Virginia University Hallie Chillag, West Virginia University
54. FILM SCREENING: THE PRINCIPAL PEOPLE: EASTERN CHEROKEE HISTORY & CULTURE (Room 240) Chair: Ron Ruehl, Fairview, North Carolina
55. WOMEN, WRITING, & REGION (Room 222) Chair: Don Secreast, Radford University
Appalachia: Journaling Journey of Jan Adkins-Bills Jan Adkins-Bills &Shirley Lumpkin, Marshall University
Women of Voice: Female Authors in Appalachia: 1960-1990 Jessica Blackburn, Appalachian State University
56. RELIGION, LIBERTY, & THE STRUGGLE FOR JUSTICE IN APPALACHIA (Room 224) Chair: Chuck Smith. West Virginia State College
The Firing of the Clarksburg, West Virginia, Jehovah's Witnesses: Using Administrative Law to Protect Religious Liberties Chuck Smith, West Virginia State College
The Persecution of the Harlan Six: A Microcosm of the Struggle for Religious Freedom by Jehovah's Witnesses Robert O'Brien, West Virginia Wesleyan College
The Scopes Monkey Trial Never Really Ended: The Assault of Religious Fundamentalists on Freedom in Appalachia James Haught, Charleston Gazette
57. APPALACHIAN ACTIVISTS FOR A NEW CENTURY: THREE ETHNOGRAPHIC STUDIES (Room 226) Chair: Sandra Hayslette, Warren Wilson College
Participants: Julie Borden, Catherine Koskey, & Colleen Stanton, Warren Wilson College
58. A HISTORY OF PLACE & DIVERSITY (Room 242) Chair: Ralph Mann, University of Colorado
Melungeon Origins through Linguistic"Analysis: An Update Anita Puckett, Virginia Tech
Power over Place: Tourism, Conservation, Conservatism, & the Campaign to Protect the Tallulah River, 1900-1913 Wallace Warren, Cornelia-Habersham County Library
Election Ground: The Politics of Place in the Southern Mountains Craig Brashear, University of Georgia Appalachian Studie Conference Page 19
SATURDAY (cont.) Trader & Hunter to Fanner: A Revisionist Look at Early Multicultural Settlement beyond 3:30-5:00 P.M. the Catawba in Western North Carolina Susanne Rolland, Morehead State University
59. APPALACHIAN STUDIES AT CENTURY'S TURN (Executive Auditorium) Chair: Alan Banks, Eastern Kentucky University
"We Make the Road by Walking": liberating Academic Inquiry Linda Tate, Shepherd College
Appalachian Studies Faces the New Millennium: Looking at Our Past, Present, & Future Stephanie Roark, Appalachian State University
Utilizing Electronic Resources to Promote Appalachian Studies George Brosi, Appalachian Books
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60. THE WILGUS STORIES: FAT MONROE, NIGHT RIDE, & MAXINE (Executive Auditorium) Chair: Andrew Garrison, Appalshop
Participants; Roberta Herrin, East Tennessee State University; Grace Toney Edwards, Radford University; John Inscoe, University of Georgia; Chris Holbrook, Alice Lloyd College; Jerry Williamson, Appalachian State University; Helen Lewis, Morganton, Georgia; Ron Eller, Gurney Norman, & Nyoka Hawkins, University of Kentucky; & Jack Wright, Ohio University
61 . POWER IN APPALACHIA: TRADITION, GENDER, &RELIGION (Room 226) Chair: Connie Rice, West Virginia University
Traditional Violence In an Industrial Dispute: The Battle of Blair Mountain Russell Yates, West Virginia University
The KKK & Mob Violence in the Tim~er Town of Cass, West Virginia: The Case of Lawson McMillion, 1924-1925 Teresa Statler-Keener, West Virginia University .,
Personal Management: Problem with the Supervisors Carl etta Savage, West Virginia University
This Land is Home to Catholicism: The Roman Catholic Church, Appalachia, & the Appalachian Pastoral of 1975 William Klaus, West Virginia University
~-~ - SUNDAY (cont.) 62. A PROCESS FOR COMMUNITY LEARNING & ACTION FOR ECONOMIC JUSTICE IN THE 8:30-10:00 A.M. APPALACHIAN REGION: AN INTRODUCTION TO PROJECT EAR (Room 234) Chair: Janice Morrissey, Assessment & Monitoring Alternatives
Participants: Cheryl Brown, Tennessee Industrial Renewal Network; Rick Held, Commission on Religion in Appalachia; & Gary Zuckett, Community Action Committee, Charleston, West Virginia
63. REFOCUSING APPALACHIAN STUDIES: CIVIC PROFESSIONALISM, SOCIOECOLOGICAL JUSTICE, GRASSROOTS GLOBALIZATION (Room 220) Chair: Herb Reid, University of Kentucky
Rethinking the Nation: Region Problematic in Appalachian Studies: Toward a Critical Politics of Place & Representation Herb Reid & Betsy Taylor, University of Kentucky
Miners, Markets, & Multinationals David Rouse, Clinch Valley College
Appreciating Particularity & Difference Wendy Hall, University of Tennessee
Discussant: Mary Hufford, Smithsonian Institution
64. STORIES FROM COMMUNITIES XV: THE POWER OF PLACE & STRUGGLES FOR JUST KNOWING ONE'S SELF (Room 231) Chair: Theresa Burris-Stanley, Radford University
Participants: Deanna Bradley Smith, Maria Melius, & Nicole Owens, Radford University
65. WHERE'S APPALACHIA: SITUATED REPRESENTATIONS OF COAL CAMPS, SUBSISTENCE HOMESTEADS, & CITIES (Room 224) Chair: Emily Satterwhite, Emory University
Are City Slickers Appalachians, Too? Urban Identification & Its Implications for Regional Struggles for Justice Emily Satterwhite, Emory University
Re-Figuring the Other: Class & the Historical Imagination in Denise Giardina's Storming Heaven . Terry Easton, Emory University
Re-Placing Appalachia with (Whose?) "New Gr.0und": the Politics of Culture at the Cumberland Homesteads Stuart Patterson, Emory University
Gold Mining in Appalachia: The Georgia Consolidated, 1900-1905 Ray Rensi, North Georgia College
66. STORIES FROM COMMUNITIES XVI: PLACE & JUSTICE: SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA, 1930-1977 (Room 240) Chair: Franki Patton Rutherford, Big Creek People in Action Appalachian Studies Conference Page 21
SUNDAY (cont.) "People Got to Worry about Their Jobs & Their Homes": The UMW & Opposition to Strip 8:30-10:00 A.M. Mining In Appalachia, 1946-1977 Chad Montrie, Ohio State University
Stepping Out Front: Elizabeth Simpson Drewry's Place in History Lois Lucas, West Virginia State College
On Their Own: West Virginians in the Great Depression, 1930-1932 Kevin Cahill, West Virginia University
Century of Conflict: Women & Coal in Southern West Virginia Karaleah Reichart,· Northwestern University
10:00-10:30 A.M. MORNING BREAK (Lobby and Upper Level)
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67. STORIES FROM COMMUNITIES XVII: MOUNTAINTOP REMOVAL COAL MINING: CAN WE STOP MOUNTAINTOP MASSACRE AND PRESERVE OUR HOMEPLACES? (Executive Auditorium) Chair: John Taylor. Methodist Federation for Social Action
Participants: Larry Gibson, Stanley Heirs Park; Janet Fout & Laura Forman. Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition; Patricia Bragg, West Virginia Organizing Project; &Randy Sprouse. Coal River Mountain Watch
68. ROUNDTABLE: THE POWER OF PLACE IN CHARLES FRAZIER'S COLD MOUNTAIN (Room 220) Chair: Grace Toney Edwards, Radford University
Participants: David Hsiung, Juniata College; John Inscoe, University of Georgia; Allen Paul Speer, Lees-McRae College; Richard Straw, Radford University; & Anne Mitchell Whisnant, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
69. QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS OF GENDER IN APPALACHIA (Room 231) Chair: Lynda Ann Ewen, Marshall University
The legend of Opal Mann: Perceptions of Gender Discrimination in a Glass Factory Roberta Campbell, Marshall University
Stereotypes of Appalachian Women in Popular Media Connie Zirkle, Marshall University
Women's Voices from Buffalo Creek .. Julie Lewis, Marshall University
Female Frequencies in the Foothills: Women in Radio in West Virginia Sharon Wills Brescoach, Marshall University
Identity: Drag Queen & Appalachian Okey Napier, Marshall University
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SUNDAY (cont.) 70. COMING TOGETHER (& APART): SCHOOLING IN 20TH CENTURY SOUTHERN 10:30 A.M.-NOON APPALACHIA (Room 226) Chair: Ted Scott Henson, Western Carolina University
Participants: Beth Leftwich, Margie Koch. & Penny Smith, Western Carolina University
71 . A RETROSPECTIVE VIEW OF JACK WELLER'S YESTERDAY'S PEOPLE (Room 234) Chair: Howard Dorgan, Appalachian State University
Participants: Pat Beaver, Appalachian State University; Loyal Jones, Berea, Kentucky; Helen Lewis, Morganton, Georgia; & Deborah McCauley, East Orange, New Jersey
72. STEREOTYPES, STORMS, & STORIES (Room 224) Chair: Charlie Thompson, Gettysburg College
At Century's Turn, Stereotypes StU! Sell: A Critical Analysis of Bill Bryson's Walk In the Woods M. J. Herzog, Western Carolina University
"A Real Shitstorm Up There at EI Dorado": Pinckney Benedict's Apocalypse Louis Palmer, Michigan Slate University
~ Is Old Jack Really Richard Chase? Charles Perdue, University of Virginia
73. FILM SCREENING: IT'S HARD TO TELL THE SINGER FROM THE SONG (Room 240) Chair: Mimi Pickering, Appalshop
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The Appalachian Studies Conference, an annual gathering of ASA members, is held on a rotating basis at sites in Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. The conference has several purposes: to share work in progress, to foster cooperation between disciplines, and to stimulate new work of significance.
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1998-1999 Appalachian Studtes Association Officers President: Steve Fisher Vice President/President-Elect: James B. Lloyd Program Committee Chair: lal Stanley Vice Program Co-Chairs: Norma Myers and Jane Woodside Local Arrangements Committee Chair: Greg McMillan Secretary and Appalink Editor: Danny Miller Treasurer: Doyle Bickers Archivist: Gerald Roberts Editor, Journal ofAppalachian Studies: Sally Ward Maggard Immediate Past President: Howard Dorgan Website Committee Chair (nominee): Phil Obermiller
Steering Committee includes all of the above, plus: Sandra Barney, Pat Beaver, Fred Hay, Susan Lewis, Michael Maloney, and Barbara Ellen Smith
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Adkins-Bills, Jan, 55 Cunningham, Rodger, II Hawkins, Nyoka, 9,17 Alvic, Philis, I Daly, Tami, 33 Hayden, Wilburn, 40 Amberg, Rob, 20 Davies, Beth, 29 Hayslette, Sandra, 57 Ambler, Su an, 29 Davis, Donald, 13 Hedrick, Kristen, 16 Asada Hideko, 33 Dobkins, Linda, 14 Held, Rick, 62 Bailey, Rebecca, 14 Dodson, John, 31 Henderson, Geri, 24 Baker, Chris, 5 Donnina, Jill, 36 Hennen, John, 7, 18 Banks, Alan, 59 Doran, Alicia, 12 Henson, Ted, 70 Barney, Sandra, 37 Dorgan, Howard, 71 Herrin, Roberta, 60 Barret, Elizabeth, 22 Dotter, Earl, 20 Herzog, Mary, 72 Beaver, Pat, 71 Dougherty, Jim, 42 High, EHesa, 6 Best, Bill, 1, II Dougherty, Michael, 48 Hill, Sarah, 39 Best, Michael, II Drake, Richard, 7 Holbrook, Chris, 60 Buckley, Ancella, 4 Duncan, Barbara, 39 Holland, Michele, 35 Bingman, Mary, 15 Easton, Terry, 6S Howell, Benita, 16 Black, Kate, 9 Eaton, Marc, 33 Hsiung, David, 23, 67 Blackburn, Jessica, 55 Edwards, Grace, 44,60 Huff, Sam, 10 Blaustein, Richard, 1 Eisenhauer, Paul, 45 Hufford, Mary, 63 Blethen, Tyler, 14 Elfenbein, Anna, 41 Hunter, Susan, 48 Bolgiano, Chris, 34 Eller, Ron, 60 Inscoe, John, 60,67 Borden, Julie, 57 Ewen, Lynda, 4, 68 Jackson, Phoebe, 6 Boyer, Jeff, 30 Feierabend, Margaret, S Jackson, Robin, 14 Brady, David, 16 Fine, Elizabeth, 3S Jackson, Stevan, 49 Bragg, Patricia, 67 Fones-Wolf, Ken, 18 Jeffrey, Lori, 41 Brandenburg, Ali a, 21 Foraker, Margaret, 2 Jennings, Judi, 22 Brashear, Craig, 58 Forman, Laura, 67 Jessee, Suzanne, 47 Brescoach, Sharon, 69 Fout, Janet, 67 Jones, Donna, 24 Brosi, George, 59 Freis, Robert, 10 Jones, Esther, 10 Brown, Cheryl, 62 Gandee, Jesse, J3 Jones, Loyal, 19,70 Brown, Joyce, 18 45 Garrison Andrew, 60 Jones, Patricia, 36 Brown, Les, 18, 40 Gibson, Larry, 67 Jones, Reba, 3 Burks, Janet, 36 Givens, Nancy, 16,35 Jones, Tina, 1 Burris, Theresa, 64 Goan, Melanie, 37 Josey, Monjca, 12 Bushyhead, Jean 39 Gonzalez, Suronda, 40 Kegley, Andy, 31 Cahill, Kevin, 66 Grant, Philip, 5 I(jrby, Ricb, 49 Campbell, Roberta, 24,68 Graves, Glenna, 14 Klaus, WilJiam, 61 Carawan, Candy, 20 Gregg, Margaret, 1 Kobak Sue 43 Carson, Jill, 40,43 Gregory Steven, 38 Koch Margie, 70 Causey, Sally, 29 Gritton, Joy, 25 Kondo, Kyoko, 4 Chenoweth, Amy, 27 Guy, Roger, 7,24 Koskey, Catherine, 57 Chillag, Hallie, 53 Haack, Tracy, 50 Kriesky, Jill, 48 Cirillo, Marie, 29 Hall, ELizabeth, 47 LaLone, Mary, 27 Clark, Dave, 8 Hall, Wendy, 63 Lamb, Melissa, 33 Conway, Cecelia, 1 Hamann, Edmund, 40 ~ Lawson, Fred, 10 Conway, Maura, 4 Hanlon, Tina, 50 Lawson, Laura, 25 Cook, Samuel, 52 Hansel, Pauletta, 24 Lawson, Tony, 29 Couto, Richard, 37 Hartman, Eric, S3 Ledford, Katherine, 9 Cox, Gene, 2 Hatch Elvin, 23 Leftwich, Beth, 70 Cox Ricky, 49 Hatfield, Sharon, 4S Lee, Ernest, 13 Cozzo, David, 11 Haught, James, 56 Lewis, Helen, 60, 70 Crissman, Jim, 3 Hawkins, Benjamin, 46 Lewis, Julie, 69 Lewis, Ronald 34 Parker, Chris, 2 Taylor, John, 4 Lian Erica 12 Parsons, Shireen, 52 Teaford, Judy, 50 Link, Doris. 16 Patterson, Stuart, 65 Tedesco, Marie, 15 Linkous. Ie. 10 Payne, Ann, 8 Thompson, Charles, 72 Lloyd., B. . I Payne, Hclen, 25 Thompson, Deborah, 21 Uo. T .6 Pearson, Nelda, 47 Thompson, Herb, 53 32 Perdue, Charles, 72 Thompson, Tim, 37 47 Pickering, Mimi, 73 Titon, Jeff, 21 l oj , 66 Pifer, Laura, 12 Tompkins, Rachel 26 pkin. hirley, SS Powell, Douglas, 9 .Tribe, Deanna, 23 • - le,e, Kathy, 6 Puckett, Anita, 58 Tribe Ivan, 3 .. ard, Salty, 28,38 Pudup, Mary 38 Turnage, Anne-Marie, 28 laloney, Mike, 7 Radu, Mihai 14 Tussey, Laura, 21 :tann, Jeff, 51 Rash, Ron, 49 Varner, Michael, 36 Mann, Ralph, 58 Reichart, Karaleah, 66 Waage, Fred, 5 Martin, Douglas, 3S Reid, Herbert, 63 Wagner, Melinda, 16,33 Martin, Perry, 35 Rensi, Ray, 65 Wagner, Tom 24 Mar-tin-Perdue, Nancy, 2 Rice, Connie, 61 Waller, Altina, 34 McCauley, Deborah, 71 Rice, Melanie, 25 Ward, Ken, 34, 52 McDade, Kim, 15 Risteen, Donna, 12 Warren, Walface, 58 McGinley, Patrick, 52 Roark, Stephanie, 59 Weiner, Deb, 18 Melius, Maria, 64 Rolland, Susanne, 70 Whisnant, Anne, 68 Mencken, Carson, 38 Rouse, David, 63 Whitaker, Stephen, 2 Miller, Teresa, 41 Ruehl, Ron, 54 Wicks-Nelson, Rita, 4 Milnes, Gerry, 1 Rutherford, Fran_ki, 66 Williams, John, 34 Minick, Jim, 31 Salstrom, Paul, 34 WilJiams, Max, 43 Montgomery, Mabel 10 Satterwhite, Emily, 65 Williams, Susan, 30 Montrie, Chad, 66 Savage, Carletta, 61 Williams, Travis, 4 Mooney Jennifer, 51 Schnitzer, Marcy, 35 Williamson, Jerry, 22,60 Mooney, Stephen, 51 Schwartz Scott 15 Willis, Stacey, 32 Moore, Charles, 45 Scott, Shaunna, 28 Worthington, Marianne, 6 Moore, Robert, 42 Secreast, Don, 55 Wright, Jack, 19,60 Moore, Roddie, 19 Shearer, Kathy, 27 Yates, Russell, 61 Morrissey, Janice, 62 herman, Oscar, 10 Yates, Sharon, 32 Moser, Irene 5 hiba, Kathie, 29, 43 Zirkle, Connie, 69 Muhly, Dave, 31 Simpkins, Karen, 7 Zuckett, Gary, 62 Muhly, Donna, 31 Smith, Chuck, 56 Mulcahy, Richard, 37 Smith Deanna, 64 Mullins, D.R., 52 Smith, Penny, 70 Myers, Norma, 3 Sohn, Katherine, 53 aff, Bea, 23 Speer, Allen, 68 apier, Okey, 69 peer, Jean, 25 meth. John, 13 Sprouse, Randy, 67 itt. T odd, 28 Staley, Kathryn, 23 '~"""'~-t. Kathryn, 13 Stanton, Colleen, 57 Gurney, 19,60 Statler-Keener, Teresa, 61 - 29 Stein, Dana, 16, 33 Stewart, Shirley, 52 , 24 Straw, Richard, 68 Swank, Eric, 53 Tallichet, Suzanne, 15 Tate, Linda, 59 Taylor, Betsy, 30,63 Taylor, John, 67