Blast from the Past: West Fourth Street in 1963
Here’s view of West Fourth Street, facing east and taken from Spring Street, dated January 1963. There have been a few changes in the look of this street over the last 55 years. How...
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Twin-City Profile: Phillip Hardin Lybrook
Phillip Hardin Lybrook was born in 1868 in Patrick County, Virginia, to Judge Andrew Murray Lybrook and Mary Josephine Reynolds Lybrook. Phillip was the oldest child of at least eight children. His mother, Mary...
October Feast: Pickled Okra
Many people spend the hot days of August and September in their kitchens, canning and freezing the bounty from their gardens. Hot, dry, summer days usually produce a good okra crop. In addition to...
Photo Essay: Dixie Classic Fair in 1957
The Dixie Classic Fair ran for five days in 1957, from Tuesday, October 8th to Saturday, October 12th. Miss North Carolina, Elaine Herndon, opened the fair at 9:30 a.m. Wayne Corpening, the Fair Commissioner, was...
Flashback to 1918: Draft Board Registration
September 12, 1918, was the date of the fourth scheduled selective draft registration in Winston-Salem. The other dates of the draft registration were June 5, 1917, June 5, 1918, and August 24, 1918. The...
Happy 50th Birthday, Groves Stadium!
Dedication day for the new Groves Stadium, September 14th, 1968, was a hot, early fall day. It was called the “new” Groves Stadium because it was a new stadium for Wake Forest University and...
September Feast: Colorful Spiral Pasta Salad
Colorful Spiral Pasta Salad Ingredients: 1 package (12 ounces) tricolor spiral pasta 4 cups fresh broccoli florets 1 pint grape tomatoes 1 can (6 ounces) pitted ripe olives, drained 1/8 teaspoon salt 1/8 teaspoon...
Christmas in September?
Is it Christmas in September? No, but there was a gift involved with this photograph. Thanks to a very generous donor, this photograph was recently purchased and donated to the Forsyth County Public Library Photograph Collection....
Flashback to 1937: Forsyth County Gets All-Steel School Buses
The Twin City Sentinel newspaper had exciting news in its September 6, 1937 edition. The news article on page one announced that Forsyth County students will be riding in style and in greater safety when the...
August Feast: Chicken and Wild Rice Casserole
There are many chicken and wild rice casserole recipes, with lots of variations concerning the composition of the casserole and the types of vegetables that are added. This is a recipe that came from...