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lynnsteen

The S & S stood for Smith & Steen. The Smith part comes from the actual owner of the property, who was Woodrow Smith of Laurinburg. His wife Sadie just happened to be another of the Caulk girls, and sister to my mother. My folks only operated the place for Uncle Woodrow and Aunt Sadie. Now, ...

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Freddie, you're slightly off with your information above. Fuller's Grocery was owned and operated by Marvin Fuller, brother of Wayne's dad Kinchen (known as Buck). Marvin's wife was Lucy Caulk, my mother's sister.

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You've got the right location in mind Freddie, but I wouldn't say it was on a hill. It was directly across highway 74 from the Coca Cola plant, on the backside of the hill on which a Dr. Pearce's house sat.

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If memory serves me correctly, the man who shot Rex Howell was James Diggs.

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On the Family Dollar Store, I suspect that it was Joe Levine who operated it. It just happens that it was Joe's son who created Family Dollar, and the building for the FD store appears to be the location of Levines, Joe's own store I remember from the late 50s.

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I too have a William David Freeman (9/24/1886-5/21/1950) in my family tree, inasmuch as his mother Rebecca Steen is a distant relative of mine. But I list the father of this WD Freeman as William M. Freeman, not William Teague Freeman. This WD Freeman was shop foreman for SAL shops. A quick Ancestry...

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Bruce, if I'm not mistaken, The Diner was located at the intersection of Hamlet Avenue and Raleigh Street (diagonally across from Pop Nettles' service station). It also operated later under the name Pink Platter.

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Was this an April Fool type situation? This was well past my time at HHS, but I thought he was in Hamlet for a good number of years.

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This crew is identified right-to-left, but the player between Sonny Garrison and Coach Pruitt is not identified. I'm unable to make out who it is myself, but I'm pretty sure I knew him. Does anyone know who he is? Another puzzle for me is the caps that are displayed. They would suggest that this is ...

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A search of Ancestry.com indicates that his family lived at 523 Hamlet Avenue in 1920 and 1930 (his father was a blacksmith with the railroad). There is also a 1930 record of him living in Raleigh as a lodger (probably as a student, but not so indicated). In 1940 he is in Marion County, Alabama with...

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Could you possibly be referring to those individuals who got selected to hand crank the old homemade ice cream churns? If so, I have been one!
They were much in demand about this time of year, every year, back in the good ol' days.

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Congrats to Earl on his accomplishment.
I'm sure all had a jolly good time with the event.

Whole lot of "Do You Know" possibilities in that collection. Saw some familiar looking faces, and 3 or 4 that I can actually put names to.

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Good job guys; vast improvement.

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OK, I'll show my stupidity ................ USS Hornet.

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I concur with the above response.
What I'm now curious to hear is just what was this storage shed intended for, as it represents a cube only a little more than 3/8s of an inch on each edge.

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Sounds like a 'paddle' to me.

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The daughter's name was Mica. Thought I had remembered one of the children being a HHS Mascot one year, and sure enough there she is with Class of '63. Don't know the boy's name, but my guess would be Mike Jr.. Have no idea what you're talking 'bout with punishments though!!! Tried to steer clear of...

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Enjoy being able to browse these old Choo-Choos, David. Thanks for the addition.

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'Seaboard' sounds like a good guess to me Bruce.
But that was a good touch you added to the discussion.

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And I saw one here just last week with the logo .................. you dump it, we pump it.

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That was a double good response Bruce.

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@TR4- what happened to your post a couple of weeks ago about the name of a pool shark who visited Atkinsons off and on? I was looking forward to the answer.

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Double concur.

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Bruce, I'm betting that the Lee name you reference is for the company that manufactured the product, as in the manufacturer of Lee jeans for instance.

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@ Wayne
Don't remember that about Mike Stogner, but that wouldn't come as any great surprise!!

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Can't speak to the specifics of Veep's story, but I remember seeing this act myself back in the mid 50s. The cage was in open view, so you didn't have to pay to enter a tent to witness the event. What I most remember about the event though was that the chimp at times would resort to being 'nasty'. I...

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Don't know if he came through this facility, but Arthur McDuffie practiced the fine art back in the day.

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I believe the wreck occurred in Cherryville, NC.

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These photos are painful to look at, even now. Thankfully I didn't have to go through it.

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That's what I figured.
I had not remembered that he was a mail carrier though, especially our mail carrier. But I do remember what he looked like, probably through athletics (the Booster Club). Remember Jim Jr., also through athletics as he was a basketball player coming up behind my class.

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Are we talking about Jim Barbour Sr. here, or Jim Jr. who would have been about HHS Class of '62?

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Great photos.
But I can't place the location for shot #1.
And I'm guessing shot #5 is from the back side of the Coca Cola plant!
What year were these photos made?
Can someone enlighten me?

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@ Freddie I'm beginning to think I need to come before you on bended knee, with hat in hand. After making the previous post, I decided to do some checking in the four Choo Choo yearbooks I have from my high school years. What I found was that in the first two annuals, there were ads for both West Es...

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@ Freddie I believe you have the Bill West move backwards on the Esso station. I'm pretty sure he was at the Hardee's location first, and then moved to Hwy 74/Boyd's Lake Rd location. But I could be wrong. I remember there was a younger Bill West though, just a few years older than me, and I think h...

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I've heard this name Ma Crofton mentioned several times on these Hamlet websites, but I never heard the name mentioned when I was in school there; at least I don't remember it. I started attending school there at the HHS site in the 7th grade in 1954 I believe it was, and I graduated in 1960. During...

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For us out-of-towners Freddie, where is the Senior Center located (without giving away the answer to your question)?

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Also in that area Freddie was a barber shop, the first shop cut I ever had. My dad took all us boys there initially. The shop was operated by Yancey Brigman. He had the reputation of cutting little boys hair by placing a bowl on the head (which he didn't do) as all cuts had that familiar look. But h...

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Incidentally Bill, that was my barber preference also.

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Nah, that couldn't have been a Steen!! Well Donnie, all I can say for sure is that it certainly wasn't me; so it must have been Wayne if it were a Steen. That's what I meant above about some additional seasoning under the ol' man. I can certainly believe that of him. In fact I remember mama telling ...

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Could the player immediately behind Coach Pruitt possibly be Jerry Sims?

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Freddie, the barber shop you referenced was the City Barber Shop if memory serves me correctly. It contained four chairs, with Mr. Stegall who ran the place in the chair nearest Main Street. The other barbers were Boyd Taylor, Ernest Meacham, and Tom Rankin. Swapped many a tale in there myself betwe...

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Yeah, I'm sure he was quite the lady charmer; at least in his own mind. Could have used a few more years of seasoning under our dad for some attitude adjustment, but that was not meant to be. Turned out all right though; left us way too soon. I remember back in '75 when I was living in Illinois and ...

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Yep, his full name was Grady Wayne Steen.

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Based on the directions given on the Richmond Count GenWeb site under the Cemetery heading, I would say there's a good possibility that this is Smith Cemetery.

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Joe, I was told via email just recently by someone living in the area that the Freeman-Leviner Cemetery is located on the south side Osborne Road, between the community of Osborne and Nebo Church Road. Don't know what condition it is in. Is this in agreement with your information? _______________ Ly...

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Very interesting information Joe on Thoroughgood Pate history. I have come across that name myself in some of my research on my Quick ancestral lines, probably a descendant of the individual you highlight. Always thought it a very interesting name. The Pates were influential in the life of Richmond/...

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You obviously are not referring to Sallie Smith Cemetery, which has very good directions on the Richmond County US Genweb site. But I bet T12's husband can direct you to the cemetery in question, as he grew up in this community. So T12, get the ole man to describe its location so you can share it wi...

lynnsteen

Yes it is.
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Lynn Steen
HHS Class of '60

lynnsteen

Think I can answer that. These are my parents. My parents operated (with a little help from yours truly) a little convenience store called S&S Grocery, which was located immediately west of the Coca-Cola Plant on Highway 74 east. The facility handled Esso gasoline. A trailer park was also part o...

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Agree completely Bruce. Very interesting stuff.
But I have a question. I know where most of the 'other smaller communities' are located. But there are three that I am not familiar with. Where are/was Mangum, X-Way, and Midway located?
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Lynn Steen
HHS Class of '60

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