William “Bill” Reynolds Lybrook was born in Forsyth County in 1912. Bill’s great uncle was William Neal Reynolds, and Bill spent a lot of his childhood at his uncle’s home, Tanglewood. He also lived there...
On this date: January 21, 1935. North and South High Schools will attain senior rating with the inauguration of eleventh grade work beginning today. Both schools opened several years ago as junior units and...
Major Hamilton Scales was a native of Rockingham County and was born in 1821. For his livelihood, he made plug tobacco in Rockingham County. At the beginning of the Civil War, he entered the...
On this date: January 20, 1961. An announcement appeared in the Winston-Salem Journal that the new Farmers Cooperative Dairy plant on North Cherry Street will be ready for occupancy sometime in February. The plant has...
Harriet “Hattie” Butner Clemmons was the daughter of Adam Butner of Salem. Adam and his wife ran the Butner Hotel in Salem from 1850 to 1884. Hattie married Edward T. Clemmons, great-grandson of Peter...
On this date: January 19, 1926. Six yellow coaches and 150 highway miles were purchased and operation of the Camel City Coach Company was begun, making three round trips to Charlotte and two to...
Charlotte Preston was born in Stokes County in 1818. She was married at (almost) age 15 in 1832 to John Lewis. She and her husband had 11 children. Her husband died in 1875. She...
On this date: January 18, 1938. The Salem College Library staff began the process of moving 18,000 books from the one-room, second story room in the Old Chapel to a new and completely equipped...
Lulu Parker was born in Mocksville in 1860, and spent her early years in Davie County. She was married about 1880 to R. M. Payne, and moved to Winston-Salem in 1885. Her husband died in...
On this date: January 17, 1917. An announcement was made in the Winston-Salem Journal that approval was given to lay streetcar tracks to the passenger train station by way of Depot Street (later called...
