Union County Oral Histories
Narrator:
Voelz, James
Record ID:
2007.1.165
Interviewer:
Lawson, Brenda
Interview Place:
La Grande, OR
Transcriptionist:
Minthorn, Micheal
Abstract:
This interview contains memories related to a number of various subjects, some of which include: Piloting and testing airplanes for the U.S. Air Force, attending Eastern Oregon College of Education and then transferring to OSU for a degree in Agricultural Engineering, working for the Soil Conservation Department, candling and selling eggs, "Maggie" the magpie, and coming back to his first love, farming.
Audio:
People:
Badgley, Ralph
Bennett, Mr.
Bennett, Mrs.
Benning
Boelz, Bernie
Burnett
Frost, Jack
Goodwin, Charlie
Goss, M.J.
Hough, Lizzie
Loney, Andy
Voelz, Arnold
Voelz, James G.
Voelz, Lela
Subjects:
Agriculture
Airplanes
Bands
Barns
Cattle
Chickens
Cows
Dances
Eggs
Farming
Farms
Fishing
Gardens
Grocery stores
Hay
Iceboxes
Milking
Officers, Military
Outhouses
Pigs
Pilots, Test
Radio
Railroads
Schools
Snow
Softball
Walking
Wood cutting
World War II
Search Terms:
Ackerman School
Agricultural Engineering
Air Force Cadet
Air Force Reserves
Amos & Andy
Assistant Base Operations Officer
AT—11
AT—6
B—17
B—25
B—26
B—29
Benning Tractor Company
Candling eggs
Central School
Corvallis, OR
Derrick
Eastern Oregon College of Education
EOCE
Fruitdale School
Greenwood Grocery
Greenwood School
Gunnery instructor
Hauling wood
Hobos
Horses
Inlow Hall
Joe's Grocery
La Grande High School
La Grande, OR
Lt. Colonel
Magpie
Motor oil
Oregon State University
OSU
Pennzoil
Petroleum
Snow survey
Soil Conservation
Tyler Creamery
Union County
Union, OR
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