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23035
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Kammerer relates an article from 1882 written by Jesse L. Smith (1813-1885) of the people and farms of Beaver Dam Township (now Bell Arthur Township). Jesse L. Smith was a farmer and Pitt County Commissioner, who married three times and had 20 children. According to Smith, in 1826 there were 38 white families in Beaver Dam Township, 24 of which lived in log houses and cabins, 12 in small buildings and only two, Archibald Adams and Benjamin Briley, lived in two-story plastered houses. Smith talks about courting and early amusements and games like “Cotton Picking” and “Selling the Thimble.” Smith relates that in 1882 there were 114 families, 84 white and 60 black, living in Beaver Dam Township, plus several good stores and steam sawmills. Cotton and wheat were the big agricultural products at the time.
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23036
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In 1903, the Greenville Graded School Trustees began to educate its own children separate from the county schools. They voted to build a graded school for white children on the old Greenville Male Academy grounds, where Sheppard Memorial Library now sits. R. J. Cobb put up the money to build a brick graded school. The graded school was officially named “The Evans Street School” in 1915. At the same time, a small wooden graded school for blacks was built on Fleming Street. In 1913, “The Model School” was built on Cotanche Street as a training school for teachers. It was torn down in 1931. In 1916, a High School was built at Fifth and Reade Streets. In 1922, the black graded school on Fleming Street burned and it was rebuilt. The West Greenville School was built in 1925 and added to over the years. Also in 1925, additions were put onto the Greenville High School. The older 1916 part of the Greenville High School burned in 1927 and rebuilt. In 1929, the Evans Street School burned and the Third Street School was built afterwards. In 1954, Elmhurst School was built and in 1957, Rose High School was built on Elm Street.
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23037
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In the third installment of this series, Kammerer talks about such nightclubs as the "Elbo," the "Bel-Air Club," and "PGI," the first indoor putt putt course in the US at Colonial Heights. He also talks about the bands “The Tonettes,” and “Little Eva.”
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23039
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Stories told about nightclubs such as \"The Ratskeller,\" \"The Purple and Gold Club,\" \"The Tavern,\" and \"The Castaway Club\" that operated in Greenville during the 1960s.Continued in the next issue.
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This collection of stories includes the story of a young hero, Waddell Fornes, son of H. C. Fornes, saves a train from a washout. In 1871, a hermit in coon skins was discovered living in the swamps of Contentnea Creek. His name was Edward Brown and he had fled to the swamps to escape being drafted in the Civil War. He still thought the War was going on. In 1939, Wyatt Tucker began a rat killing campaign with his rat terriers, Brownie and Jiggsie. They killed 30 wharf rats in his hog pen. And lasly funny tales of Jimmy L. Harrell, the ECU police chief finding a mule upstairs in Slay Hall and a pig in a Jones dorm.
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23041
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The Greenville Municipal building and Fire Station was built on Fifth Street in 1939/40 in the Art Deco style designed by architect, Frank W. Benton and associate, George A. Snyder, of Wilson, NC. The building sits on the site of the homes of James B. Cherry and F. G. James which were razed and materials used to build the auditorium and recreational center at C. M. Eppes School. The Fire Station was completed first in October 1939. The Municipal Building was dedicated on Aug. 29, 1940.
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The old college stadium yielded its final cheers on Nov. 24, 1962. ECTC began its football career in 1932 when C. Kenneth Beatty volunteered to coach 24 college men. They first played in the old baseball diamond where the Austin Building now sits. In 1940 the football team practiced at the new Guy Smith Stadium. In 1949 a stadium holding 3,000 was erected east of the old baseball field, behind what is now Christianbury Gym. The first football game was held on Sept. 15, 1949. The seating grew to 6,000 and in 1960 the first graduation ceremony was held in it and Presidential candidate, John F. Kennedy, gave a speech there. In 1963, a new stadium was built called “Ficklen Stadium.” The old college stadium stands were removed and placed on the north side of Ficklen Stadium.
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Kammerer relates a letter from 1910 written by Robert Williams Smith (1869-1938) about a jug that had been in the Hancock family for 160 years. According to Smith, the story of the jug begins about 1719 when three Hancock brothers settled in Pennsylvania, Maryland and North Carolina. William Hancock settled on Durham’s Creek, Beaufort County and married Bettie Durham. They had a son named Durham Hancock who married and moved to near New Bern. Their son was George Hancock who married and moved to Lenoir County where the site of the town of Grainger is now. George had a son named James Hancock who married and moved to Fork Swamp, Pitt County and raised a large family. The jug then fell into possession of his son Harman Hancock who married and lived near Hancock’s Church. The jug then passed down to his daughter Polly Hancock who was a root doctor and fortune teller. When she died the jug was sold at her estate sale to R. L. Cox for 35 cents. Kammerer gives additions and corrections to the story as found in a published history of the Hancock Family by Jeanette Cox St. Amand.
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23341
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Numerous threats, such as disease, pests, or fire, have been constant in the daily lives of Pitt County ancestors. There are reports of numerous sicknesses and epidemics over the years. The disease that probably caused the greatest fear was Small Pox. Homeopathic cures and tonics, along with family remedies, have existed for all sorts of ailments, many of which are contained in the East Carolina Manuscript Collection of East Carolina University.
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23342
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The Greenville Cotton Mills was first conceived of and organized in May 1900 and received their charter in 1913. A $150,000 factory was constructed in 1914 at the intersection of Dickinson Ave. and Hooker Road. The mill was expanded and doubled in capacity in 1920 and provided numerous jobs to locals. After World War II, the mill was idle and was leased to “American Lady, Inc.” making ladies undergarments. In 1950, the Cotton Mill Hill Park was dedicated by Heber B. Tripp. Also in 1950 the factory was leased to a company making synthetic blanket and carpet yarns. In 1960, the factory was bought by Fieldcrest Mills, Inc.
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23343
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Since 1920, the Tyson-May families have been gathering together as probably the oldest or one of the oldest continuous family reunions held in Pitt County. Reunion founder, Grigg T. Tyson was a farmer who was interested in local history and genealogy. The Tyson-May Reunion has always had distinguished speakers and good food.
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23344
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Farmville’s story begins in the 1830’s and 40’s when several small communities with stores sprung up in the Farmville area. A post office was established there in 1848, and the area was named Farmville by John H. Hines. According to the Gilmer Civil War map dated 1864. Farmville consisted of a school house and several farms with the first general store being built about 1867. Farmville was incorporated around 1870.
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23345
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Winslow’s Tavern was named in honor of Jasper.Edgar Winslow, a leading Greenville citizen. Winslow was a native of Quaker Neck, Wayne Co., NC. He settled in Greenville in 1902 and subsequently established a large horse, mule and livestock business. Winslow was active in the community and was a strong advocate for the farmer. Winslow constructed the subject building in 1910 as a horse and mule sales stables. In addition, the building has been home to a car repair business, car dealership, and the Globe Hardware Store.
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23346
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For many years there have been numerous published and verbal accounts of strange sightings in the Pitt County sky. As early as 1769 objects have been reported to have been seen around Pitt County. Several meteors have fallen throughout the years in Pitt County. As early as 1897 several people have reported seeing strange lights and unidentifiable objects in the sky.
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23347
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Kammerer gives a history of the early years of Pitt County's formation. The present land of Pitt County was created as Bath County in 1696, dividing into Beaufort County in 1712, and formed into Pitt County in 1760. Pitt County was named in honor of William Pitt, the elder, Earl of Chatham, who was then Prime Minister of England.
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