Two years ago, in September 2013, items belonging to the Masonic Temple were being prepared for an auction. The Masonic Temple at 34 Miller Street (photo above) was being emptied of furniture and belongings so that the...
People referred to the business at the corner of Fourth and Spruce Streets as Sosnik’s for years after the name was formally changed to Thalhimers in 1953. Morris Sosnik and his brother-in-law, Samuel Sosnik,...
In addition to spending time at the swimming pool, partaking of delicious summer foods, and enjoying other summertime activities, experiencing a summer camp created anticipation and made many good memories. Camp Lasater was a Boy...
August and heat are synonymous in the South. Sometimes, you just have to cool off, so the old water hole is a great place to meet your buddies and take a dip. Not everyone...
Ah summertime! Just the thought of the endless days of summer helps us make it through the wintertime, through schooldays…either as a student or as a teacher, and through tense and crowded schedules. We...
The stained glass window, shown above and on the Easter post yesterday, resides on the back wall of the William Francis Shaffner vault in Salem Cemetery. The Shaffner vault is also...
Winston-Salem has been called the “Easter City.” Thousands of visitors flock to Winston-Salem during the Easter season. The Moravian Easter Sunrise Services take place throughout the county on Easter Sunday, led by Moravian brass...
Winston-Salem Journal readers opened their newspapers on the first day of 1915, one hundred years ago, and these were the headlines: Russians Cross Carpathians Third Time: French Report Successes in the West…America’s Note of...
Happy New Year’s greetings and thank you for following the Winston-Salem Time Traveler during the first year of the website. In 2015, the format of the website will change a bit. Instead of the...
Henry Straughan Stokes was born on this day in 1880, in Virginia, to Colin and Florence Turpin Stokes. Henry attended the local schools in Prince Edward County and Randolph Macon Academy. He earned a...
