July 25: Happy Birthday! George Hanes Rights
George Hanes Rights was born on this day in 1858, in Salem, to Constantine L. and Lizzie Hanes Rights. He attended the Salem Boys School, where his father was a teacher. He left school...
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July 17: Happy Birthday! John Christian Blum
John Christian Blum was born on this day in 1784, in Bethabara, to Jacob and Mary Elizabeth Blum. Christian moved with his parents to Salem in 1787 so that his father could operate the...
May 28: Happy Birthday! Mamie Braddy
Mamie Hegwood was born on this day in 1901, in Salem, to William and Mary Hegwood. She began writing for the Winston-Salem Journal when she was in high school, and was paid for her...
May 27: Happy Birthday! Alfred Horatio Belo
Alfred Horatio Belo was born on this day in 1839, in Salem. He was the son of Edward Frederick and Caroline Amanda Fries Belo. Alfred was educated at Salem Boys’ School, the Masonic Institute...
April 27: Happy Birthday! Roy Thompson
Roy Thompson was born on this day in 1923, in Winston-Salem, to Dr. L. R. and Sarah Thompson. He graduated from R. J. Reynolds High School and UNC. Roy joined the Winston-Salem Journal 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...
February 24: Happy Birthday! Joseph Worth Bacon
Joseph Worth Bacon was born in Albemarle in 1900, and spent his boyhood in Goldsboro. He attended Elon College and Trinity College (Duke University). After graduation he worked as a reporter for the Goldsboro...
February 20: Happy Birthday! William “Bill” H. Ray
Bill Ray was born in Winston-Salem in 1925. As a teenager, he began working as a photographer for the Twin City Sentinel and the Winston-Salem Journal. After serving his country in World War II,...
January 5: Happy Birthday! Gowan Hughes (Nutt) Caldwell
Gowan Hughes “Nutt” Caldwell was born in Durham in 1902. He moved to Winston-Salem as a child and graduated from R. J. Reynolds High School. He served in World War I, dropping out of...