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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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23040
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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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23284
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Napoleon Hill paints murals on buildings in Halifax County, North Carolina. His art reveals historical aspects of eastern North Carolina.
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23285
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The Vollmer Farm, located northeast outside of Raleigh, hosts activities and provides locals with produce. The Vollmer family is a proponent of community supported agriculture.
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23286
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Bertie County's small historical town Aulander has much to offer to visitors and locals alike.
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23287
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Seaboard, a town in Northampton County, is home to Broadnax Diner, a family owned and operated business that serves southern home-cooked food to locals.
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23288
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The Alligator River, which divides Tyrrell and Dare counties, is part of the Intercoastal Waterway and is important for its ecosystem and wildlife.
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23290
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The Chowan River begins in Franklin, VA and is one of the major freshwater contributors to the Albemarle Sound.
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23291
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The Pamlico River has always been an economic hub in eastern North Carolina and boasts a colorful history that includes war, trade, and development.
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