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Marshall Dial Collection, The Stories they Tell: Bub LaFont interview, part two, transcript, 1989

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Part of a collection of interviews between Marshall Dial and various residents of the Bootheel for Dial's radio show, ""Stories They Tell.""CA6033_CD3_Bub LaFont, part two 1 Marshall Dial: This week we’re back in Portageville, Missouri, and last week we were visiting with Bub LaFont and he got so wound up that we decided we’d better come back this week and get with him again. So here we are with Bub, and just before we came on, he was talking about one of the old residents here and that was Mr. Clint Burgess— Bub LaFont: Henry Burgess. Marshall Dial: Henry Burgess, okay. Bub LaFont: Well, Henry and I—Marshall, he and I used to jug fish a lot and back one time, he and I caught three 50-pound catfish up here just north of Marsh Landing one morning, caught them about 8:30 and to be honest, I’ve got a picture though somewhere or another that’s [inaudible 00:39]. But during our jug fishing trips—and then of course I used to duck hunt with him too. Cause, he’s quite a bit older than I am but he was a fine fellow and one day we were going out to Stewart’s about around where Tanner’s store is. You know where the Tanner store is? Marshall Dial: Mm-hmm. Bub LaFont: Along in that vicinity. Some fellow there, he calls me a name, lives there and his buddy naming everyone in back of Stewart’s and went duck hunting that day and come back that afternoon. He’s told...

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Keywords

  1. History, Local
  2. La Font, Bub
  3. Missouri
  4. Missouri Bootheel
  5. Oral Histories
  6. Oral History
  7. Portageville

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