Remembrances, 1987, of life in rural North Carolina in the 1930s and early 1940s by Douglas S. Chamblee, Ph.D. These recollections were compiled for presentation at the 50th reunion of the Wakelon High School Class of 1937. Wakelon High School is in Zebulon, North Carolina. Chamblee described tobacco farming, people he knew, mules he ...
MoreRemembrances, 1987, of life in rural North Carolina in the 1930s and early 1940s by Douglas S. Chamblee, Ph.D. These recollections were compiled for presentation at the 50th reunion of the Wakelon High School Class of 1937. Wakelon High School is in Zebulon, North Carolina. Chamblee described tobacco farming, people he knew, mules he knew, the tenant farming system, everyday experiences during the Great Depression, pastimes during the depression, accidents, school and college experiences, and other topics. Douglas S. Chamblee graduated from Wakelon High School in Zebulon, North Carolina, in 1937. He entered North Carolina State College (later North Carolina State University) in 1939 and graduated in 1943. Chamblee joined the faculty of North Carolina State College as an instructor in the Agronomy Department in forage management and physiology in 1943. He earned his M.S. at N.C. State and then obtained a leave of absence for the Ph.D. degree at Iowa State (1949).
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