April 17: Happy Birthday! Thomas Augustus Fraser Jr.
The Rt. Rev. Thomas A. Fraser was born in Atlanta in 1915. He attended public schools in Brooklyn, N. Y. He studied for a year at the University of Jena in Germany, and graduated...
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April 16: Happy Birthday! John Paul Hoffman
John Paul Hoffman was born on this day in 1894, in Virginia, to John T. and Laura Hoffman. He came from a large family, with many brothers and sisters. He settled in Winston-Salem in...
April 15: Happy Birthday! Jeanne “Jan” North Hill
Jeanne “Jan” North Hill was born on this day in 1959, the daughter of William and Jeanne Hill. She was a 1977 graduate of R. J. Reynolds High School. She graduated from St. Andrews...
April 14: Happy Birthday! Hans Heidemann
Hans Heidemann was born in Germany on this day in 1911. He came to the United States in 1926. His parents played a variety of musical instruments, and Hans began taking piano lessons...
April 13: Happy Birthday! Valeria Woodward
Miss Valeria Woodward’s name is probably not familiar to most people reading this feature. But to four generations of women in Winston-Salem, they thought they didn’t have an Easter hat unless “Miss Vallie” had...
April 12: Happy Birthday! Rufus Alexander Shore
Rufus Alexander Shore was born on this day in 1863, in Winston-Salem, to Jonas and Elizabeth Thomas Shore. Rufus worked in the newspaper field as a young man, and began his career as an...
April 11: Happy Birthday! Fred Wilson Pfaff
Fred Wilson Pfaff was born on this day in 1907, in Winston-Salem, to Samuel and Mary Ann Wilson Pfaff. Fred graduated from R. J. Reynolds High School and Moravian College in Bethlehem, Pa. After...
April 10: Happy Birthday! Madison Doughty Stockton
Madison Doughty Stockton was born in Kernersville on this day in 1861, and was the son of John and Martha Stockton. He moved to Winston with his family in 1869 and went to school...
April 9: Happy Birthday! Kathleen Hall
Kathleen Hall was born in High Point in 1891. After college, she began her teaching career at Thomasville, from 1913 to 1924. Her next teaching position was in 1924 at Forest Park, then she...
April 8: Happy Birthday! Efird Levin Hine
Hine’s Shoe Store Efird L. Hine Efird Levin Hine was born in Winston-Salem on this day in 1890. His parents were Gilbert C. and...