Record #:

22860

Author(s):

Kammerer, Roger

Abstract:

In this group of local stories, Vernon Parrish showed a piece of wedding cake in 1935 originally served on January 1, 1854 in Baltimore, MD. In 1940, Deputy Sheriffs investigated a supposed murder at Gardner’s Bridge on the Pitt Craven line. In 1926, "Dare Devil Vee” gave a thrilling show of leaping on speeding cars. On Aug. 28, 1936 the largest dirigible passed over Greenville. Dirigibles and airplanes that flew over Greenville were becoming a nuisance on Sundays interrupting church services. In 1937, Hoot Gibson, the cowboy actor, came to Greenville with the circus. And lastly, the story of Greenville residents witnessing flying saucers on April 11, 1950, and July 27, 1967.

Source:

Greenville Times / Pitt's Past (NC Microforms), Vol. Issue , Apr 11-24 1990, p7

Subject(s):

Pitt County--History