On Easter Sunday, April 20, 1930, Winston-Salem was treated to an event that had not occurred before. The Easter Sunrise Service was broadcast on WSJS Radio. The station’s first broadcast was on the previous...
Mary Garber was born on this day in 1916, in New York City, to Mason and Grace Garber. She moved to Winston-Salem in 1924, and graduated from R. J. Reynolds High School and Hollins...
As early as 1936, there was a resolution to build a new hospital in the western part of the city. Forsyth Memorial Hospital, built on 77 acres at the end of Hawthorne Road at...
James Edgar Gay Jr. was born on this day in 1898, in Greensboro, to James E. and Margaret Gay. He attended Emory and Henry College, and Trinity College. He received his law degree from...
On this day in 1943, WSJS radio brought into service its 5,000-watt transmitting plant at Old Town. The photo above at left shows a close-up view of the base of one of...
The Rt. Rev. Thomas A. Fraser was born in Atlanta in 1915. He attended public schools in Brooklyn, N. Y. He studied for a year at the University of Jena in Germany, and graduated...
Exterior Lincoln Theatre Interior Lincoln Theatre On this day in 1924, the Lincoln Theatre opened at 311 North Church Street. It was the...
John Paul Hoffman was born on this day in 1894, in Virginia, to John T. and Laura Hoffman. He came from a large family, with many brothers and sisters. He settled in Winston-Salem in...
Bishop-Elect, Dr. J. Kenneth Pfohl, laid the first brick for the new Ardmore Moravian Church on this day in 1931. And, Reverend Edgar Holton, pastor of the church, laid the second brick for the...
Jeanne “Jan” North Hill was born on this day in 1959, the daughter of William and Jeanne Hill. She was a 1977 graduate of R. J. Reynolds High School. She graduated from St. Andrews...
