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,...
Category: On This Date
September 6:Happy Birthday! Joseph Eli Alexander
Joseph Eli Alexander was born on this day in 1874, in Tyrrell County, to Dr. Abner and Dora Spruill Alexander. He attended the Columbia Preparatory School in Tyrrell County, and the Williamston Academy in...
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:Happy Birthday! Albert Israel Butner
Albert Israel Butner was born on this day in 1821, in Bethania, to Heinrich H. and Salome S. Butner. When he was 12 years old, he entered the Salem Boys School and attended school...
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: Happy Birthday! Clifton Edward Pleasants Sr.
Clifton Edward Pleasants Sr. was born in 1910, in Guilford County, to Edward Oliver and Lida Cozart Thomas Pleasants. He graduated from R. J. Reynolds High School and from the University of North Carolina....
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...
September 3: Happy Birthday! Louisa Kirkman Stanton
Louisa Kirkman Stanton was born on this day in 1853, in Guilford County, to Leven and Rachel Gardner Kirkman. Louisa came to Winston-Salem in 1880, and was married to Julius Stanton in 1884. Louisa’s...
September 3,1928: Miller Municipal Airport Dedicated
Winston-Salem’s first airfield was named Maynard Field. It was home to air shows and derbies and many young pilots learned to fly in the field beside the Kernersville Road. But city officials were already...
September 2:Happy Birthday! Maude “Maxine” Walker
Maude “Maxine” Walker was born on this day in 1919, in Forsyth County, to Mr. and Mrs. John Walker. Maxine became enamored with airplanes and flying when she was a young girl living in...