October 20: Happy Birthday! Annie Becker Hege
Annie Becker Hege was born on this day in 1906, in South Carolina, to August Ferdinand and Catherine Handrich Becker. She moved to Winston-Salem in 1922 and attended business school. She worked in the...
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October 20,1957: Buildings Open on West Fourth Street
The opening of a new building on West Fourth Street was announced on this day in 1957. The announcement in the Winston-Salem Journal proclaimed the opening during the previous week at 114 and 116 West...
October 19: Happy Birthday! James Francis Malcolm
James “Jim” Francis Malcolm was born on this day in 1917, in Mooresville, to William Franklin and Lottie Gant Malcolm. Jim spend his childhood and youth at the Children’s Home. He graduated from R....
October 19,1971: Bermuda Run Officially Opens
Most of the 218 club members gathered this evening in 1971, for the first official buffet dinner and the election of officers at the new Bermuda Run Country Club. Bermuda Run was constructed on...
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 18,1968: Refurbished Winston Theatre Opens
The Winston Theatre opened on West Fourth Street in 1949, designed by well-known theatre architect Earle Stillwell of Hendersonville. The modern theatre seated 1,000 people and featured the latest look in carpeting and lighting....
October 17: Happy Birthday! Lamb Archibald (L.A.) Reynolds
Lamb Archibald (L.A.) Reynolds was born on this day in 1874, in Forsyth County, to Ferdinand and Henrietta Spaugh Reynolds. He spent all of his life in the Lewisville community, and was active in...
October 17,1958: Groundbreaking for Whitaker Park
John C. Whitaker was chairman of the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Board of Directors from 1952 to 1959. On this day in 1958, he broke ground for the new cigarette plant that would...
October 16: Happy Birthday! Jesse Gray Bowen Jr.
Jesse Gray Bowen Jr. was born on this day in 1913, in Forsyth County, to Jesse G. and Mabel Douglas Bowen. His father owned Jesse G. Bowen and Company, which he founded in 1918....
October 16,1927: New Sunday School Building at Reynolda
A new building was dedicated on this day in 1927 at Reynolda. A Sunday School building was built, named the Katherine Johnston Memorial Building, at Reynolda Presbyterian Church. The new building was occupied the...