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Cover story on Dolly Parton.

Additional machine-extracted names mentioned in this issue: Bobby Baker, Jim Barnett, Johnny Bush, Vikki Carr, David Allan Coe, Patsy Coleman, Joe Freeman Coliseum, Tom Conner, Lisa Donnelly, Joe Ely, Freddy Fender, Bob Field, Myron Floren, Harry Freeman, Lalo Gonzalez, Terry Hale, Butch Hancock, Charlie Harris, Pedro Infante, Toni Ingraham, Marlene James, Kris Kristofferson, Darrell McCall, Augie Meyers, John Monfrey, Willie Nelson, Curtis Potter, Doug Sahm, Buddy Spicher, George Strait, Jerry Waddel, Porter Wagoner, Morris Washington.

Goodman discusses her upbringing in Waco, Texas. She also recounts her experiences as a student and later as a teacher in Waco. She also addresses topics such as farming, local religious life and revivias, WWI, the Great Depression, and practices such as canning and refrigeration.

Margaret Carney reminisces about her life in Chilton and Waco during WWI and WWII. She reflects on her work in the USO as a hostess and director of the service club at North Camp Hood and South Camp Hood where she was paid to sing, dance, and play piano for the soldiers. Along with recalling certain popular songs, dances, and momentous events like V-E Day and V-J Day, she discusses the camps' soldiers and German POWs.