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Oak Street The Shortridge House 1945-46 by: Russ Lancaster In the mid 1940's we lived upstairs in a big two story house on Oak Street. I think the house belonged to John Shortridge. I know for sure that he and his family lived downstairs. The street was yet to be paved at the time and we still had i...

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Atkinson's Pool Room 1950's by Russ Lancaster In the 1950's, if you were a teen aged boy, there was a rite of passage you were afforded whether rich or poor and more importantly, you could go through this ritual of becoming a man even before obtaining a driver's license. So, somewhere between the ag...

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Food for Thought by: Russ Lancaster Have you ever been asked the question, "If you were stranded on a deserted island and had just one choice for food until you were found, what would it be?" I have heard the question asked of others many times before and have myself been asked the same qu...

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James Avenue 1969-1974 The Party Years by Russ Lancaster I lived in three houses in 1969. I began the year living just off Bennettsville Road, South of Hamlet. I was in my second year of working for the railroad. That was the year of the great February ice storm which left me without power for 30 da...

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Pop Nettles 1940’s – 1960’s by: Russ Lancaster **note** I first wrote this story back in 1999 and have since heard from one of Pop's relatives who (of course) knew a different Pop Nettles than the one in my memory. So, without further adieu, I will begin with Veep Nettle's memory of his dad so you w...

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McPhail's Hill a kid's challenge 1940's - 1950's by: Russ Lancaster I originally wrote this story back around 1998 or so but it somehow got lost in the shuffle as we moved from site to site before finding a permanent home on the web. .So, I give you a later edition here in March 2002 hoping I can pi...

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Russ passed away this past February. I will continue to post his articles.

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Hamlet High School 1947 - 1959 by: Russ Lancaster Hamlet High School. Now anyone who lived in any small town in America in the later forties through the fifties can relate to Hamlet High School. When I first enrolled there in 1947 it was called Hamlet Avenue School and grades 1 - 12 were all housed ...

Graham’s Feed and Seed 1950’s – 1970’s by: Russ Lancaster I am sure Graham’s Feed and Seed was around both before the 1950’s and well after the 1970’s. My memory of this place is of the period listed above. I am sure the store is around no longer though I have been told that Mr. Graham is still aliv...

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About Me Russ Lancaster I was born in Hamlet in August 1941 and lived there for the most part until 1988. There were brief periods in that 47 year span that I lived elsewhere. In 1947 we lived in Southern Pines for about 4 months. In 1959 I joined the Air Force and spent time in San Antonio and San ...