March 23,1999: Linda Davis Named Police Chief
On this day in 1999, Linda Davis took oath as Winston-Salem’s first female police chief. Police Chief Linda Gibson Petree Davis is a native of Winston-Salem and a graduate of R. J. Reynolds High...
Monthly Archive: March 2014
Finding a Winston-Salem Landmark, Clue #2
This monument (look over the car at left) was originally installed in 1904 on the corner of West Fourth and Broad Street. The building at the right is West End Primary School, which faced...
March 22: Happy Birthday! William Neal Reynolds
William Neal Reynolds was born in Patrick County, Virginia, in 1863 to Hardin and Nancy Reynolds. He attended Trinity College (later Duke University), and joined his brother, Richard J. Reynolds, in the tobacco business...
March 22, 1938: Selected Dairies Opens
Selected Dairies was incorporated by T. Holt Haywood, owner of Arden Farms; Thurmond Chatham, owner of Klondike Farms; and John C. Whitaker, owner of Whit-Acres Farm. The business was established to handle the dairy...
Finding a Winston-Salem Landmark, Clue #1
Hunter found this monument while taking a stroll in the West Highlands section of Winston-Salem. The name on the monument is “Wiley,” and it is located at a popular spot where many people walk...
March 21: Happy Birthday! Frank Liipfert Horton
Frank Liipfert Horton was born in Winston-Salem in 1918. He served in the U. S. Navy during World War II. After the war, he returned to Winston-Salem and he and his mother, Theo Taliaferro,...
March 21, 2009: Dash Names its Mascot
The new baseball team, the Dash, announced its mascot in the newspaper on this date in 2009. The new mascot will be named “Bolt,” continuing the theme of quickness in movement. The look of...
March 20: Happy Birthday! William King Hoyt
William King Hoyt was born in Saratoga County, New York, in 1889. He graduated from Swarthmore College and was employed by the Trenton, New Jersey, Times from mid-1912 to 1924. During that time he...
March 20,1936: Admiral Byrd Shares his Adventures
Admiral Richard E. Byrd, in uniform at right, the famous Antarctic explorer, visited Winston-Salem on this date in 1936, and posed for pictures with Klondike Iceberg (the bull). Klondike Iceberg was owned by Thurmond...
March 19: Happy Birthday! Carl Jethro Quate
Carl Jethro Quate was born in Forsyth County to Ed and Laura Branson Quate in 1902. He manufactured brick with his father for many years, at Quate and Sons, Inc. He also worked for...