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Sunday, August 7, 2022 8:24 pm
Dr Howell was my surgeon for years. Great man! I need help again now so who took his place??? Thank you! ?? -
Sunday, July 31, 2022 4:26 pm
My mother, Lutrelle Chipman, worked at the Weeks Plant from the time it was new. She was at Ivy Avenue prior to that. I remember eating in the cafeteria one time with her and I thought it was really pretty and the food was good – especially the pudding for dessert! -
Wednesday, July 20, 2022 3:40 pm
My father worked there until his untimely death 1965. I think his title was general traffic manager. I remember getting to go to Shirley’s beach and mountain properties. He also invited the family to his house for dinner a number of times. He had various pinball machines which he would give me a roll of… -
Monday, July 18, 2022 5:48 pm
I was hired to do news at WTOB in 1975. Bill McGuage was news director and the station was owned by John Woods. He decided to move the station from Thruway to a renovated space on the first floor of a building on West 5th Street sometime in 1976. John Isley of John Boy and… -
Saturday, July 16, 2022 1:53 pm
The photographer stood in the 100 block of W. Fourth St. looking west. -
Thursday, July 14, 2022 9:14 pm
Clarence “Big House” Gaines pictured with a trophy honoring him as CIAA Coach of the Year for the 1966-67 season. Marshall Emery is pictured next to Big House. Emery played for my dad in the 1950s. He was the coach of the Howard University Bison in 1967 and was named the most outstanding coach of… -
Thursday, July 14, 2022 9:08 pm
“Big House” should be separated. Betting this picture is from the 1967 CIAA Tournament in Greensboro. Marshall Emery played for my dad in the 1950s and was the coach of Howard University in 1967. Howard made it to the finals that year and lost to North Carolina A&T, 76-73. Emery is holding up a trophy… -
Comment on Independence Day celebration reenactment in Old Salem, 1973. by Mary Victoria RemishofskyTuesday, July 5, 2022 6:16 amWachovia Historical Society will work diligently to bring back these Fourth of July events. The photos help communicate these currently lost ideas. Thank you. -
Tuesday, June 28, 2022 7:08 pm
I currently live about 500 feet from the Adam Spach rock house. As of now, it just looks like a bunch of rubble. The WHS has cleared out all the bushes and small trees in the area in order to make a historical park, which is pretty exciting. Currently, there is no official public access…
