Life of Gordon VanOrman. Topics include: life in Tyringham growing up, Palmer Lines, putting out chimney fires with salt, WWI, “bullheading”, rabbit hunting, entertainment before TV, Leaman Chemical Paint Lines, square-dances for servicemen, “kitchen hops.”
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Place of interview: Tyringham, MA.
People: Hazel VanOrman, Betty Cernik, Wilbur Clark, Newt and Candace Heath.
Places: Brace Road, Shaker Pond School, Central School, Beartown Mountain, Hayes Pond, Tom Curtin.
This project was completed with help from The Housatonic Heritage Oral History Center at Berkshire Community College, a project of the Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area (Housatonic Heritage) that serves Western Massachusetts and Northwest Connecticut. The Center helps people plan and implement sustainable oral history projects and properly care for their new and existing collections.
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Basic information on interviewee(s): VanOrman, Gordon b. 1933. Currently lives in Tyringham, MA. Born and raised here.
