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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 12. 13.