On this date: January 24, 1961. Winston-Salem’s first model home fallout shelter was opened for public examination. Built with federal funds, the shelter was in the basement of the Joseph Warner house, at...
Eunice Hedrick was born in Lexington to O. C. and Margaret Hedrick in 1909. She was the oldest of their seven children and she graduated from Lexington High School and Crim’s Business College in Winston-Salem. ...
On this date: January 23, 1936. The Vienna Choir Boys entertained in Reynolds Auditorium. The program was presented by the Civic Music Association. The photograph shows the interior of Reynolds Auditorium in 1932. Photo...
Archibald “Archie” Kimbrough Davis was born in Winston-Salem in 1911. His parents were Dr. Thomas and Frances Conrad Davis. Archie graduated from UNC with a degree in history, and after graduation he accepted a job...
On this date: January 22, 1928. Winston-Salem Friends (Quaker) Meeting was organized in 1912 through the efforts of Rev. and Mrs. David Sampson. They met first in the home of the Sampsons on N. Cherry...
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...
