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LOGGER'S SHEET
LOGGER: Greg Wood
REEL NUMBER: 3B              
STAGE: Tennessee Talk
DATE: 7-5-86                 
PRESENTOR: Belanus
GROUP NAME: Occupational Folklore
REGION/STYLE: Tennessee

PERFORMER(S)   INSTRUMENT/OCCUPATION
Robert Rains   }
Charles Myers   } sawmillers
A.J. Anderson   }

Contents
1. Rains - started with grandfather in family operation
2. Myers - started helping father at age 16 → coal mines → state park system
3. Anderson - Learned from father as well; also discusses
60,000 acre state park in, Cumberland mts.
4. Rains - portable mills ("ground hog")
5. Sawmill terminology and occupations
{ Sawyer  
{ log turners  
{ tailers, etc.
6. materials - oaks; soft woods; some trees not very plentiful
7. Rains - mother's side of family produced many carpenters
8. Myers - talks about sawing process
9. - cutting logs; mules transporting carts
- portable mills
- logging with tractors, skidders
- rolling on log carriage
10. Myers - waste in old days
11. Discussions of OSHA safety standards
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