February 11: Happy Birthday! Ruth Crist Blackwell
Ruth Estelle Crist was born in Salem on this date in 1887. She was the daughter of Harvey S. and Christina Jones Crist, and she was descended from some of the early Moravian settlers...
Monthly Archive: February 2014
February 11, 1956: Ernie Shore Field Named
The new baseball field on the corner of Shorefair Drive and Thirtieth Street was named in honor of Ernie Shore, former Forsyth County Sheriff and Boston Red Sox pitcher. The first baseball game was...
February 10: Happy Birthday! Marvin Ward
Marvin Ward was born in Virginia in 1914. He graduated from East Bend High School and Appalachian State University, and earned a master’s degree in education administration from UNC. Ward worked in the city...
February 10, 1927: Clyde Bolling Post News
On this date in 1927, members of the Clyde Bolling Post of the American Legion, in regular monthly session at the Zinzendorf Hotel, created a fund of $100, to be used for the relief...
February 9: Happy Birthday! Kathryn Grayson
Kathryn Grayson was born in Winston-Salem in 1922, but was known then as Zelma Kathryn Hedrick of Apple Street. Her family moved to St. Louis when she was a child and Kathryn later became...
February 9, 1932: Ideal Dry Goods Relocates
The Ideal Dry Goods store opened on this date in its new location in the Chatham Building on West Fourth Street. The women’s garment business was in its 20th year of operation, and moved...
February 8: Happy Birthday! Edwin L. Stockton Sr.
Edwin L. Stockton Sr. was born in Salem in 1905. He graduated from R. J. Reynolds High School and Moravian College. Edwin served as Secretary-Treasurer of the Southern Province of the Moravian Church...
February 8, 1926: Colonial Theatre Opens
On this day in 1926, the Colonial Theatre opened at 427 North Liberty Street, trademarked by its white columns reminiscent of a colonial mansion. For the slim price of 35 cents, adults could see...
February 7, 1956: Downtown Garage Service Station Opens
The grand opening for the new Downtown Garage Service Station was featured in a large advertisement in the Winston-Salem Journal. Photographs of the 49 service station and garage employees encircled the announcement of the...
February 7: Happy Birthday! Sylvester E. Hough
Photographs showing Sylvester E. Hough are elusive, but as a professional photographer, his name appeared on many cabinet cards (such as the one featured here) of people that he photographed. The photograph shows the...