March 9, 1919: Rondthaler Memorial Building Consecrated
Ground was broken for the Rondthaler Memorial Sunday School Building on South Church Street in 1912, and the first services were held there in 1913. The bottom floor of the building was a...
Monthly Archive: March 2014
March 8: Happy Birthday! Herbert Noel Hardy Sr.
Herbert Noel Hardy Sr. was born in Pitt County in 1894. He began his working career at R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company as a buyer. He progressed to supervisor of leaf tobacco buyers, general...
March 8, 2006: Chick-Fil-A at Thruway Opens
Curious onlookers viewing from Interstate 40 the construction underway near Knollwood Street, could only speculate about what was being built in the far end parking lot at Thruway Shopping Center. Finally the building took...
March 7: Happy Birthday! Hiram Sedgwick Cody
Hiram Sedgwick Cody was born in Chicago in 1888. He attended school in Chicago, and graduated from Michigan State University and the University of Michigan. He received a law degree from Northwestern University. Hiram...
March 7,1972: Center Theatre Ends its Run
The Colonial Theatre opened at 427 North Liberty Street in 1926. For the slim price of 35-cents, adults could see the theatre from the inside, and watch the feature film, Lady Windermere’s Fan. They...
March 6: Happy Birthday! Albert B. Gorrell
Albert Burrow Gorrell was born in Guilford County in 1840. He graduated from the University of North Carolina, then enlisted as a private in the North Carolina Regiment Infantry, Company D. He worked in...
March 6, 1963: Jayne Mansfield Comes to Town
The Winston-Salem Journal headline on March 7, 1963 was “Jayne Hits City Like a Twister.” Staff reporter, Roy Thompson, noted in his article that Jayne had a whirlwind visit to Winston-Salem the previous day,...
March 5: Happy Birthday! Pleasant Huber Hanes Sr.
Pleasant Huber Hanes Sr. was born in Winston-Salem in 1880, the son of Pleasant Henderson and Mary Lizora Fortune Hanes. He attended local preparatory schools, received his Bachelor of Science degree from Trinity College...
March 5, 1911: Barber Printing Company Grows
Barber Printing Company announced on this date in 1911 that the company is expanding, but they will be located at the same address. The two-story brick addition to the building at 207-209 West Third...
March 4: Happy Birthday! Dr. Henry Theodore Bahnson
Dr. Henry Theodore Bahnson was born in Pennsylvania in 1845. He was the son of Bishop George F. and Anna Gertrude Bahnson. He moved to Salem with his parents as a child, and attended...