March 31, 1949: Eckerd’s Drug Store Opens on Trade Street
Eckerd’s Lunch Counter Eckerd’s Camera Department Eckerd’s Drug Store opened its business at 420 North Trade Street on this date in 1949. The building...
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March 30: Happy Birthday! Frances Strupe Wolff
Frances Strupe Wolff was born in Lewisville in 1911, and graduated from R. J. Reynolds High School. She had postgraduate musical training at several institutions. Mrs. Wolff taught music at Mocksville High School...
March 30,1950: Old Salem Inc. Begins
On this date in 1950, the Board of Trustees of Old Salem, Inc. held its first meeting. They established a nonprofit organization to acquire and preserve or restore “the historical monuments, buildings, sites, locations,...
March 29: Happy Birthday! George Angelos Xekalos
George Angelos Xekalos was born in Crete, Greece, in 1930. He began his working career in 1955 as a bus boy at Town Steak House #2. When the restaurant was available for purchase in...
March 29, 1985: Twin City Sentinel Folds
The last issue of the Twin City Sentinel was published on this day in 1985. The afternoon newspaper ended its run just 36 days short of its 100th birthday. The newspaper’s daily circulation peaked...
March 28: Happy Birthday! Katharine King Johnson
Katharine King Bahnson de Braganca Johnson was born in Leaksville in 1921. She graduated from Salem College, where she was Queen of the May in 1941, the year she graduated. Also in 1941, she...
March 28, 1968: Land Cleared for Convention Center
On this day in 1968, the front page of the Winston-Salem Journal showed a photo of the nearly-cleared 500 block of North Cherry Street. The photograph is facing north, with Marshall Street at left, Cherry...
March 27: Happy Birthday! Guy Rucker Dudley
Guy Rucker Dudley was born in Virginia in 1899. He was a World War I veteran, and served as a commander of the Clyde Bolling Post of the American Legion. Guy was educated at...
March 27,1964: Morris Service Restaurant Sold
Morris Service Restaurant opened in 1930 on the corner of West Fourth and Marshall Streets. The restaurant was named for its first operator, a Mr. Morris, who sold it to Howard Lee within a...
March 26: Happy 100th Birthday! Frank Buxton Jones Jr.
Frank Buxton Jones Jr. was born in Winston-Salem in 1914, to Frank Buxton and Carrie Keith Jones Sr. He was born in his grandfather Keith’s house on Brookstown Avenue. Frank graduated from R. J....