September 13,1925: New First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church was organized in 1871 and the first church building was constructed in 1876. The church was located on Second Street. A new church was built in 1901, next to the old...
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September 12,1963: “Pocketbooks” at the Public Library
Library Director, Paul Ballance, announced on this day in 1963 that the library has a new book rack at the library. In fact, the new book rack was attracting a lot of attention, particularly...
September 11,1919:New Anchor Store Opens
The ad shown above is only half of the full newspaper page that was devoted to advertising the new Anchor Store that opened on this day in 1919. Located at 120-122 West Fourth Street,...
September 10,1907:First Meeting of New YWCA
The first meeting of the new YWCA association was held on this day in 1907. The association met in a room located over the Brown-Rogers Hardware Store, located near the corner of West Fourth...
September 9,1957:Educational TV Comes to Winston-Salem
On this day in 1957, students in three local high schools turned on the television for some of their lectures for the first time. R. J. Reynolds, Atkins and Gray High Schools were the...
September 8, 1954: Train Engine Moves to Tanglewood Park
On this day in 1954, Tanglewood Park added a new feature to the park grounds. Train engine 542 was moved to Tanglewood Park, where it was placed on rails and situated so that children...
September 7, 2012: Special Recognition for Whitaker School
On this day in 2012, Whitaker Elementary School was recognized as a 2012 National Blue Ribbon School. The school was one of 269 schools in the country, and one of nine in North Carolina,...
September 6,1937:New School Buses
School children found out on this day in 1937 that they may soon be riding in one of the new all-steel school buses received recently in Forsyth County, as shown in the photo above....
September 5,1950:Wedding at Southside Park
On this day in 1950, Winston-Salem Cardinals ace relief baseball pitcher, Bobby Gene Tiefenauer, married Rosemarie Henson. The marriage took place at the ball field, Southside Park, at home plate before the baseball game....
September 4,1953:Baptist Retirement Home Planned
On this day in 1953, an announcement appeared in the Winston-Salem Journal that a 34-acre tract of land was recently purchased on Reynolds Park Road. The land is the future site of the North...