April 1, 2015: The Flying Charles Brothers
John P. Charles operated a store, called “The Red Store,” near his home in the Southside neighborhood. He and his wife, Mary Evans Charles, had eight children, four sons and four daughters. Two of...
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April 1: Happy Birthday! Mary Lillian “Mamie” Thomas
Mary Lillian Thomas, known as Mamie, was born in Salem in 1870. Her parents were H. Clay and Carrie Butner Thomas. Mamie graduated from Salem College in 1888. She was also trained as a...
April 1, 1968: Thomas Jefferson Junior High School
Twin City Sentinel readers caught their first glimpse from the air of the new school, Thomas Jefferson Junior High School, in the newspaper on this date in 1968. Bill Ray shot this view of the...