On this date: January 28, 1928. Summit Street Pharmacy opened at 454 West End Boulevard, in the Mediterranean-style building at the foot of Summit Street. The top floor housed the Mary Elizabeth Apartments. The...
On this date: January 27, 1928. R. J. Reynolds High School made local history when it graduated its first mid-term class. As another first, the class was also the first high school senior class in...
On this date: January 26, 1915. Local Greek citizens raised money and purchased a United States flag to be flown at the new Twin City Hospital. The flag was received in the city on this day. ...
On this date: January 25, 1910. The announcement of the new Owens Drug Company appeared in the Winston-Salem Journal. The store was located on Third near Main Street, beside Wachovia Bank, and had been...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
On this date: January 19, 1926. Six yellow coaches and 150 highway miles were purchased and operation of the Camel City Coach Company was begun, making three round trips to Charlotte and two to...
