Posted in From the Stacks, History, Memorabilia Moment, Tar Heelia on September 1, 2011 | 5 Comments »
A recent posting on church assemblies in the mountains has led some readers to reflect back on their own summer camp experiences. It also sparked Asheville journalist Jon Elliston to bring Camp Catawba to our attention. Elliston (with the help of illustrator Phil Blank) recently penned a short history of Camp Catawba for the Asheville [...]
Posted in History, Memorabilia Moment, Tar Heelia, tagged acme-mccrary hosiery mill, asheboro nc, mccrary eagles, nra eagle, randolph county nc, textile league baseball on August 30, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Textile league baseball was once huge in the Carolinas, and in 1937 the team representing Asheboro’s Acme-McCrary hosiery mill made it all the way to the national championship tourney in Wichita, Kansas. Here and here are some colorful recollections of the team — hat tip to randolphhistory.wordpress.com – including photos of not only players but [...]
Posted in From the Stacks, History, Just A Bite, Memorabilia Moment, Tar Heelia on August 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
We just received word that Andy Barker, the founder and long-time mayor of Love Valley, died on Thursday. Love Valley is the Iredell County town designed to look like the Old West, a place that draws thousands of horse lovers each year. A quick search in our stacks didn’t yield any photos of Love Valley [...]
Posted in Memorabilia Moment, On This Day, Tar Heelia, tagged clemmons nc, jack nicklaus, lee trevino, pga championships, tanglewood country club on August 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
On this day in 1974: Lee Trevino squeezes out a one-stroke victory over Jack Nicklaus to win the PGA title at Tanglewood Country Club in Clemmons. North Carolina hosted its only other PGA championship in 1936 at Pinehurst No. 2. The next one: Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte in 2017.
Posted in History, Memorabilia Moment, Tar Heelia, tagged carolina theatre, popeye comics, popeye doyle, popeye movies, popeyes chicken, the charlotte news on August 8, 2011 | 2 Comments »
By 1930s standards, this pinback button represents quite an ambitious effort at cross-promotion by the Charlotte News and the Carolina Theatre, not to mention Paramount Pictures and King Features. Popeye first appeared in newspapers in 1929, on screen in 1933, on fried chicken franchises in 1972 (although the chain claimed it had taken its name [...]
Posted in History, Memorabilia Moment, Tar Heelia, tagged merchant ships, ss cranford, u-boats, wilmington nc, wilmington shipbuilding on August 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
“At 19.58 hours on 30 Jul, 1942, the unescorted Cranford was hit by one torpedo from U-155 about 250 miles east-southeast of Barbados, as she was proceeding on a nonevasive course at 8.6 knots because of a lack of fuel and daylight conditions. “The torpedo struck on the starboard side between #2 and #3 [...]
Posted in History, Memorabilia Moment, Tar Heelia, tagged nissen wagons, tobacco industry, waughtown nc, Winston-Salem on July 27, 2011 | 1 Comment »
In a state with notoriously rough roads, the Nissen wagon — a lighter-duty counterpart of the Conestoga — played a crucial part in early production and distribution of tobacco. Founded in 1834, the Nissen Wagon Works grew to cover more than 600 acres in Winston-Salem’s Waughtown community. By 1919 it was turning out 50 [...]
Posted in Memorabilia Moment, On This Day, Tar Heelia on July 22, 2011 | 1 Comment »
“When talk turns to great musicians born or raised in the Carolinas, a name that rarely comes up is George Clinton, the godfather of funk and architect of today’s rock and hip-hop. “To be sure, Clinton, who was born in Kannapolis [on July 22, 1941], didn’t begin blending doo-wop and rock with his early [...]
