Interviews with Charles E. Wood and the Golden age Club

Interviews with Charles E. Wood and the Golden age Club on May 5, 1963 by Charles W. Wood. 00:00:16 - Introduction regarding his birth in Kentucky in 1892 and his work in the coal mines as a young teenager. 00:01:20 - Description of the coal mines 00:04:30 - Length of career as a coal miner 00:05:26 - John L. Lewis and Union benefits 00:08:20 - Working conditions 00:11:06 - Specifics of the job 00:12:53 - Mining accidents, cave-ins, and a gas explosion in 1910 00:15:23 - Death of Shirley Kittinger in a cave-in 00:16:34 - Strikes 00:18:59 - Types of coal and details about the mines 00:24:40 - Various jobs he\u27s held 00:25:00 - Timbering and the squeeze 00:27:06 - Flood of 1937, working conditions, and salary 00:31:10 - Interview with the Golden Age Club on March 18, 1963 in Hays, KS by Samuel J. Sackett 00:31:30 - Mingled discussion 00:32:03 - A version of the town naming of Wamego, KS by Mrs. Frank Holcomb of Hays, KS 00:33:27 - Irish relatives coming to visit in Kansas 00:35:17 - Mingled discussion 00:37:03 - Using the moon phase and the zodiac to make farming decisions 00:39:33 - William D. Walburn, experiences moving to Kansas from Oklahoma in a covered wagon in 1897. 00:46:33 - Weather predictions 00:48:01 - Reading fortunes in coffee grounds and tea leaves 00:51:41 - Using bread board scrapings to choose a wife 00:52:54 - Recipe for board fish 00:53:39 - Stone posts, stone houses, and the stone museum 00:57:04 - Mingled discussion 00:59:24 - Mule jokes 01:02:15 - Fish stories 01:04:13 - Mingled discussion 01:08:31 - Making hominy 01:08:42 - Mingled discussionhttps://scholars.fhsu.edu/sackett/1081/thumbnail.jp