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Tags: "speedys" letters, 1984, A.G. Webber, Absolum Newland, accounting department, August 1984, automobile tires, bank failure, Betty Turnell, bookkeeping machine, brother's surgery, Brown's Business College, cactus, cafeteria, carbon paper, Caterpillar Co., Caterpillar Military Engine Co., changes to Decatur, Chautauqua, choir, cottonwood tree, crystal radio sets, Decatur High School, Decatur IL, Decatur Lumber Co., doctor's office, Dr. N.D. Meyers, Dr. William Barnes, Dune School, education, electronics courses, Fairview Park, Faries Manufacturing Co., First Lutheran Church, Flood, Florida, Forest Grove School, Frank Ware, general labor, George W. Keller, Great Depression, greenhouse, grocery store, hauling coal, Helen Harder, Hilltop Greenhouse, interview, Jackson St. School, Jasper County IL, Johns Hill, lap rugs, Leader Iron Works, Lincoln Coop Apartments, Lincoln Flower Shop, Log Cabin, Louisa Newland, Madam Corolla Lous Tuca, McKinley assassination, mortgage, Mound School, Mr. Barber, Mrs. Frank M. Ware, neighborhood picnic, Nelson Park, new pews, oral history, Payroll, perpetual inventory, Postal Service, pottery, purchasing department, radio diagrams, raising plants, ready-made radios, receptionist, recording, retirement, sales department, short-hand, Signal Depot, singing, small business, Snake Hill, St. Mary's Hospital, Staley Company, Streetcars, succulents, T.T. Springer, toolmaker, Transfer House, truck barn, voice lessons, Warren St. School, Weber Fill, William Shorb, World War I, World War II, WWI, WWII

Tags: 1986, 4-H, Bethany IL, Betty Turnell, big hook, Boy Scouts, childhood, choir, clothing donation, Decatur IL, Decatur Roundhouse, diesel locomotives, electric welding trade, family life, First United Methodist Church, Forsyth IL, grease cup filler, Great Depression, handyman, Hubert Bankson, interview, labor gang, machinist, machinist's helper, March 1986, Marilyn Bankson, Mexico, mission, Mr. and Mrs. William Bankson, Mrs. William Bankson, Music, North Dakota, oral history, passenger trains, recording, steam crane, Steam Locomotives, train wrecks, Trains, travelling, Wabash Railroad, William Bankson, wrecker, wrecking crew

Tags: "Cotton Ball", 1986, African Methodist Episcopal Church, Awards, beauty school, Betty Turnell, bi-centennial celebration, Black History Week, Blue Mound IL, brotherhood week, car cleaner, car oiler, Centennial School, Central Christian Church, Chatanooga TN, Chicago IL, childhood, choir, cosmetology course, Decatur IL, discrimination, Elementary Education, First Baptist Church Westminster Presbyterian Church, First Methodist Church, First Presbyterian Church, food awards, Frankye Morgan, Garden Club of Decatur, gardening, gardening awards, Grant's farm, Home Economics, Illinois Junior Academy of Science, integration, interview, January 1986, Joe Russell, John's Hill School, Josie Russell, Leotyne Price, Lincoln School, Madison IL, master's degree, Moler Beauty College, Museum of Science and Industry, Northwestern University, oral history, Parent-Teacher Association, physical education, PTA award, racial relations, racial tension, recording, Redwood Restaurant, retirement, Roosevelt Junior High School, Rosarian, Science, Science Club, science fair, singing, Smith-Hughes Act, Springfield Civic Garden Club, Springfield Garden Club, St. Paul's Lutheran Church, summer school, summer science course, Teacher, teaching, Tennessee State University, U of I Extension department, weather balloon, Wilberforce University, Woodrow Wilson Junior High School, Xenia OH