December 24: Happy Birthday! Elsie Baker Flake
Elsie Baker Flake was born on this day in 1888, in Winston-Salem, to James Anderson and Nannie Jane Baker. Shortly after World War I, Elsie started Flake’s Sandwich Shop in her home on Lexington...
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December 24,1762: First Christmas Eve Candle Service in Wachovia
Brother Johann Michael Graff and his wife Gertraut came to Wachovia in 1762 to be in charge of the Married Couples Choir. He brought with him a small pipe organ from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The...