Record #:

42694

Author(s):

Green, Jim

Abstract:

Plymouth, North Carolina was founded from properties once part of a plantation owned by Arthur Rhodes called Brick House. In 1807, it became the first incorporated in town in the then newly formed Washington County. Today, the town's largest industry is Domtar Paper Company, LLC.

Source:

North Carolina's Eastern Living Magazine (NoCar F 252.3 N82), Vol. 12 Issue 5, Sep. 2020, p68-69 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Plymouth--Description and travel; Plymouth

Record #:

42786

Author(s):

Green, Jim

Abstract:

After graduating from ECU in 1974, Leroy Bland, a Robersonville native, began his career by starting a marching band for Creswell high School. In 1988, he became band director for Plymouth High School and built a successful program there for 22 years. In 1997, he lost nine band members and one former member in a tragic highway accident just two miles out of town. He retired n 2003.

Source:

North Carolina's Eastern Living Magazine (NoCar F 252.3 N82), Vol. 13 Issue 1, January 2021, p34-35 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Bands (Music); Band directors (high school)--Plymouth; Bland, Leroy

Record #:

42844

Author(s):

Green, Jim

Abstract:

Area planter Arthur Rhodes Founded what was to become Plymouth in 1787. It was the first incorporated town in the newly formed Washington County in 1807. The town saw significant military activity during the Civil War. Weyerhaeuser added greatly to the local economy in 1937. Selling a portion of this business in 2007 to Domtar led to an unfortunate 33 percent reduction in the workforce. Town historian Tom Harrison notes current rebranding efforts

Source:

North Carolina's Eastern Living Magazine (NoCar F 252.3 N82), Vol. 12 Issue 4, July 2020, p26-29 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Plymouth--Description and travel; Plymouth--History

Record #:

42857

Author(s):

Green, Jim

Abstract:

At 76, Barney Conway is Director of Martin County Tourism Development Authority. A Williamston are native, Conway moved to Atlanta in 1971and worked with WGST Radio where their nighttime program became number one mainstay in the Atlanta area.

Source:

North Carolina's Eastern Living Magazine (NoCar F 252.3 N82), Vol. 13 Issue 2, March 2021, p30-32 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Conway, Barney (Martin County); Martin County--People

Record #:

42876

Author(s):

Green, Jim

Abstract:

Bishop Jerry McCrary was licensed and ordained as an Elder on Oct. 11, 1975 at the Annual Conference of the Northeast "B" Division of the UAFWB Denomination, making him the youngest Elder in the history of that denomination. in 1991, McCrary a native and resident of Parmele founded The Youth Conference Inc., designed to assist youth in artistic, academic, social and spiritual development.

Source:

North Carolina's Eastern Living Magazine (NoCar F 252.3 N82), Vol. 12 Issue 6, December 2020, p22-24 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Parmele--People; McCrary, Jerry

Record #:

42959

Author(s):

Green, Jim

Abstract:

Located 10 miles east of Williamston in Williams Township in Martin County, the W.W. Griffin farm house and surrounding farm buildings evoke the character and setting of late 19th and early 20 century farm living in Martin County and eastern North Carolina as a whole. The 6.8 acre complex, which is part of a larger 1200 acre farm was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001. the house is a classic example of the once popular l-housee in eastern North Carolina. Griffin was the first person in the county to grow sweet potatoes on a commercial scale and was a "champion timberman" owing to his extensive business selling timber rights to various lumber companies.

Source:

North Carolina's Eastern Living Magazine (NoCar F 252.3 N82), Vol. 13 Issue 3, May 2021, p24-26 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

National Register of Historic Places--Martin County; Architecture--farm houses--Martin County; Farm buildings--Preservation; Griffin, W.W. (farm)

Record #:

43116

Author(s):

Green, Jim

Abstract:

Located two miles off Interstate 95 on the Roanoke River is a music entertainment venue in two buildings. Bruce Tyler and Michael Hinderliter are mangaing partners.

Source:

North Carolina's Eastern Living Magazine (NoCar F 252.3 N82), Vol. 12 Issue 2, March 2020, p22-24 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Weldon Mills Distillery (entertainment venue); Weldon businesses

Record #:

43750

Author(s):

Green, Jim

Abstract:

John Thompson has been the men's basketball coach for North Carolina Wesleyan University in Rocky Mount for the past 27 years.

Source:

North Carolina's Eastern Living Magazine (NoCar F 252.3 N82), Vol. 14 Issue 5, September 2022, p12-14, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Basketball coahes--North Carolina Wesleyan University