Pondering Kentucky: The Magazine, Issue 18, 1991
Project: Glen Bastin's Pondering Kentucky Oral History Project
Interview Summary
In this issue of Glen Bastin's Pondering Kentucky, a recording of Carl Hurley's new album "Back Home." In this recording, he discusses his childhood in Cornette, Kentucky and how the town has changed during his lifetime.Glen Bastin meets with Kenneth Pitts and Danny Townsend about their old-school methods of producing sorghum molasses.
Bastin then meets with Jimmy Lamar, a country singer from Cloverport in Breckinridge County (Ky.). They discuss his career, his time in the Blackwood Brothers Quartet, and his song "Lucky" and its importance to the state of Kentucky.
Glen Bastin also meets with Mike Barnard, a blind man from Mount Sterling, Kentucky. Mike is skilled in basketball free-throws, memorization of the calendar, and impersonations.
Then, a recording of a sermon by Grady Nutt, a Baptist pastor.
Bastin then tells the story of Cora Wilson Stewart, who strove to fight adult illiteracy in Kentucky. Her work consisted of creating Moonlight Schools, or evening schools for adults.
Glen Bastin then visits the Kentucky Veterans Center and speaks with Larry Arnett about the facilities. Bastin then meets with Dalmeta Smithers, an English woman who fought in the United States military and is the first female in the Kentucky Veterans Center.
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Kenneth Pitts
Danny Townsend
Jimmy Lamar
Mike Barnard
Grady Nutt
Larry Arnett
Dalmeta Smithers
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Kentucky Humor Country music Blackwood Brothers Quartet Basketball Adult education Education VeteransInterview Rights
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