June 14: Happy Birthday! Alphia Burns Temple
Alphia Burns Temple was born on this day in 1898, in West Virginia, to C. H. and Betty Lee Burns. Alphia was married in 1914 to Edward Oscar Temple Sr., who passed away in...
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June 11: Happy Birthday! Reverend Clifford Hinshaw Peace
Clifford Hinshaw Peace was born on this day in 1909, in Glenola, to June and Bessie Hinshaw Peace. He received his A. B. degree from High Point College and his B. D. degree from...
May 1: Happy Birthday! Bowman Gray
Bowman Gray was born on this day in 1874 in Winston, the son of James Alexander and Aurelia Bowman Gray. He attended the local schools, and the University of North Carolina in 1890-1891. His...
April 28: Happy Birthday! Egbert Lawrence Davis Sr.
Egbert Lawrence Davis Sr. was born on this day in 1882, in Yadkin County. He attended the schools in Yadkin County, including the Yadkin Valley Collegiate Institute, and graduated from Wake Forest College School...
April 26,1961: Winston Cigarettes are Shipped
The first shipment of Winston cigarettes left Whitaker Park on this day in 1961. Photo shows the new Whitaker Park Manufacturing Plant. Photo courtesy of Forsyth County Public Library Photograph Collection.
April 23,1929: R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Has a New Home
As the tobacco business grew, so did the need for a larger office force for R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. Winston’s City Hall was located on the corner of Main and Fourth Street. When...
April 4: Happy 100th Birthday! Colin Stokes
Colin Stokes was born on this day in Winston-Salem in 1914, the son of Henry Straughan and Eloise Brown Stokes. Colin graduated from R. J. Reynolds High School, the McCallie School, and UNC, with...
March 22: Happy Birthday! William Neal Reynolds
William Neal Reynolds was born in Patrick County, Virginia, in 1863 to Hardin and Nancy Reynolds. He attended Trinity College (later Duke University), and joined his brother, Richard J. Reynolds, in the tobacco business...
March 8: Happy Birthday! Herbert Noel Hardy Sr.
Herbert Noel Hardy Sr. was born in Pitt County in 1894. He began his working career at R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company as a buyer. He progressed to supervisor of leaf tobacco buyers, general...
March 4, 1949: RJR Manufactures King-Size Cigarette
On this date in 1949, R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company announced in the Winston-Salem Journal that the company has begun manufacturing a “king-size” cigarette, named Cavalier. The cigarette will be available for purchase the...