March 5, 1911: Barber Printing Company Grows
Barber Printing Company announced on this date in 1911 that the company is expanding, but they will be located at the same address. The two-story brick addition to the building at 207-209 West Third...
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March 4: Happy Birthday! Dr. Henry Theodore Bahnson
Dr. Henry Theodore Bahnson was born in Pennsylvania in 1845. He was the son of Bishop George F. and Anna Gertrude Bahnson. He moved to Salem with his parents as a child, and attended...
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...
March 3: Happy Birthday! Augustus G. Fogle
Augustus G. Fogle was born in Salem in 1820. During his lifetime of 77 years, he had many occupations and traveled many miles. Augustus was a woodworker, and made over 40 pulpits for churches...
March 3, 1969: Phillips Building Authorized
On this date in 1969, the Board of Aldermen authorized the sale of the block bounded by Church, Third, Fourth and Chestnut Streets to the D. L. Phillips Investment Builders of Charlotte for $266,000....
March 2: Happy Birthday! John Wesley Clay
John Wesley Clay was born in Caldwell County in 1880. He began his working career at age 11 as a printer’s devil on the Hickory Press and Carolinian. After his marriage to Myrtle...
March 2, 1981: Soup Kitchen Opens
Winston-Salem’s first free soup kitchen in more than 50 years opened on this day in 1981. The city had a soup kitchen at the start of the Great Depression in 1930, but it was...
March 1: Happy Birthday! Rev. Wilburn Thomas Hendrix
Rev. Wilburn Thomas Hendrix was born in Clay County in 1921. He served as a Baptist minister at several Baptist churches, including Northwest Baptist Church. In all, he served North Carolina Baptist churches for...
March 1, 1928: Wachovia Historical Society to enlarge its Salem Hall
The big announcement that the Wachovia Historical Society had received a gift of $10,500 from two “interested friends,” came at the 1928 annual meeting. The money was to be used for the enlargement...
February 28: Happy Birthday! John Israel Nissen
John Israel Nissen was born in Waughtown in 1841 to John Philip and Mary Ann Elizabeth Vawter Nissen. His father, John Philip Nissen, established the Nissen Wagon Manufacturing Company in 1834. John Israel’s grandfather,...