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The Hub (1957-59) by Russ Lancaster Ahh... The Hub! The nightmare of all parents and the place of places for teenagers with driver's licenses. This was the place to be seen with your girlfriend or the place to see others. The place where rumors began and where romances were both kindled and ended. A...

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Stewart's Candy Kitchen (1947-1963) By Russ Lancaster with lots of help from: Doug Gray, Bruce Osburn, Jean Raby Nelson and Ashley Fetner I started school (first grade) at Hamlet Avenue School in 1947. Back then, it housed all 12 grades including High School. All grades had one thing in common... an...

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The Service Stations (1950s) By Russ Lancaster With lots of help from: Murrie Lee, Doug Gray, Nancy Pollard, Jean Raby Nelson and Thelma Gene Bullock Piland Service stations were plentiful in Hamlet in the 1950’s, even more so than today. But, none of them were Mom and Pop combination fast food stor...

The Vickers House 1950s by Russ Lancaster I lived in many parts of town when I was growing up. My mom and dad were renters back then, not home-owners, and moving was a part of our lives. The best house I ever lived in was the Vickers house on Washington Avenue. It wasn't just the house that made it ...

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Pepsi Cola & Cars a vacation from Hamlet 1952 by: Russ Lancaster In the summer of 1952, between my 10th and 11th birthdays, I had the opportunity to visit Mama Lancaster's house in Louisburg, NC. Mama Lancaster was by dad's mother and though she lived to be 97 years old, she looked older than th...

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Hylan Avenue 1957 by: Russ Lancaster My memories of Hylan Avenue center around 1957. I probably lived there part of 1956 and 1958 as well, but 1957 sticks in my memory because that is where I lived when I got my first drivers license. The house we lived in was in the first block West of Highway 177....

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Skipping School 1957 by: Russ Lancaster In the spring of 1957, I was caught skipping school. It was hard to keep a secret in Hamlet back then and I imagine it is just as hard today. I was caught "fair and square" and paid the appropriate price. I was 15 at the time and nearing the end of t...

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Microscopes & Newspapers Mad Scientists 1953 by: Russ Lancaster Sometime in the fall of 1953, I was 12 years old at the time, I had an afternoon paper route delivering the Charlotte News. I had approximately 50 customers and my route was Hamlet Avenue from Highway 177 to Raleigh Street and then ...

Seven Pines Stables Wild Horses 1980's by: Russ Lancaster Sometime during the early 1980’s, my wife, Helga, decided we needed a horse. She has always been interested in the old West, Indians, the Civil War and such. Maybe that was part of her reasoning. My first experience with a horse was when I wa...

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Stewart Gordon wrote many articles about Hamlet as "The Squire" for the Hamlet News Messenger.
Check them out.

http://ourhamlet.org/html/the_squire.html

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The Grab 1940's - 1970's by: Russ Lancaster The Grab... Just one of the names this place was called. It's official name was Fitzgerald's but most everyone called it "The Grab". It was the company store for the old Seaboard Airline Railroad. And, almost everyone in Hamlet worked for the Rai...

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The Paper Routes by: Russ Lancaster This story could have also been named "The paper boy". I don't think the concept exists in Hamlet anymore these days but it was alive and well in the 40's and 50's. I should know; I was one of that long forgotten breed. The old "paper boy" has ...

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Minturn Avenue 1954-55 The Teen Age Years by Russ Lancaster Two of the best years of my life as a boy in Hamlet were 1954 and 1955 when we lived in the Hugulet house on Minturn Avenue. We lived near the top of the hill in the second block East of Highway 177. This house was big enough for the oldest...

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Ma Crofton by: Russ Lancaster At the site on the corner of King Street and Hamlet Avenue where Hardee's now stands, there used to be a small cafe/grill simply known as Ma Crofton's. It was there before I was born in 1941 and remained there at least until 1959 when I graduated High School and left Ha...

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Cell Phone Drivers August 18, 2002 an editorial by: Russ Lancaster More Editorials Cell phones and drivers don't mix. It's a no-brainer; they just don't go well together. Have you been behind or beside a car lately with the driver being on the cell phone? Chances are pretty darn good that you have. ...

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