Wayback Wednesday: A Fountain on Salem Square?
Main Hall and South Building at Salem College are shown in the above photo, dated 1895. These building are a familiar sight, but the fountain at the center of Salem Square is unusual. Here’s...
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May Feast: Salem College-Style Iced Tea
Just in time for the warm spring and summer days, this is a refreshing beverage that combines tea and fruit juices. Salem College-Style Iced Tea Ingredients: 4 sprigs mint 8-12 whole cloves 3 quarts...
Postcard Greetings! Memorial Hall
The home for the inspector, or headmaster, of the Girls’ Boarding School was built in 1810. Located on the corner of Academy and Church Streets, the house was later used for Salem College and...
World War I: Victory Celebration in Winston-Salem
The headline in the Winston-Salem Journal on November 12th, 1918, was “Victory Celebration Continued All Day and Until Late Last Night.” Beneath the headline were these words, “At six o’clock a grand parade was staged in...
WSTT in Forsyth Woman Magazine
If you’ve lived in Winston-Salem for a while and you don’t recognize the name of Hattie Strong, be sure to locate a copy of the May issue of Forsyth Woman Magazine. Hattie did not begin...
December 18: Happy Birthday! Maude Carmichael Williamson
Maude Carmichael Williamson was born on this day in 1890, in Winston-Salem, to Robert Emory and Alice Miller Carmichael. Maude attended Salem Academy and Salem College. She graduated from Salem College in May 1909,...
November 26: Happy Birthday! Anna Marguerite Fries
Anna Marguerite Fries was born on this day in 1892, in Winston-Salem, to Henry E. and Rosa Mickey Fries. She attended Salem Academy and College, and graduated in 1911. After graduation, she traveled abroad...
October 24: Happy Birthday! Hattie Maria Corrin Strong
Hattie Maria Corrin Strong was born on this day in 1864, in Connecticut, to Henry and Maria Belknap Corrin. She attended private schools in New York City. She was married first to Lester B....
October 18: Happy Birthday! Amelia Adelaide Van Vleck
Amelia Adelaide Van Vleck was born on this day in 1834, in Pennsylvania, to Carl Anton and Christiana Susan Kramsch Van Vleck. Her father was a Moravian minister in Pennsylvania when she was born....
October 8: Happy Birthday! Blanche Thomas Sumner Hege
Hattie Blanche Thomas Sumner Hege was born on this day in 1873, in Salem, to H. Clay and Carrie Butner Thomas. Blanche and her family lived for a while in Thomasville. She was the...