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by Jody Meacham
Mon February 24, 2014, 1:43 pm
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: Jody Meacham 1968
Replies: 3
Views: 4645

Re: Jody Meacham 1968

Freddie, I did not get the scholarship. My parents and I paid my college expenses. I worked for the Seaboard two summers and one Christmas break, the state highway commission one summer planting grass and cleaning up highways and rest stops, and one summer as a surveyor's helper for some federal age...
by Jody Meacham
Fri February 14, 2014, 6:51 pm
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: Aerial Hamlet pictures by Jim Barbour
Replies: 18
Views: 17826

Re: Aerial Hamlet pictures by Jim Barbour

I did the gym thing. Apparently the double doors didn't lock, so they were chained together but there was enough slack in the chain that both doors would partially swing outward. All you had to do was get to the top of those doors and there was room to drop down between them and the door frame. Also...
by Jody Meacham
Fri February 7, 2014, 3:05 am
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: Hamlet Football 1968
Replies: 10
Views: 10483

Re: Hamlet Football 1968

Freddie, I remember my freshman year when practice started in August, there was a big pile of used shoes in the middle of the dressing room underneath the gym. Everybody tried to find a pair that fit. Mine didn't, and in the first morning practice I got huge bleeding blisters on the backs of my heel...
by Jody Meacham
Thu February 6, 2014, 12:12 pm
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: Aerial Hamlet pictures by Jim Barbour
Replies: 18
Views: 17826

Re: Aerial Hamlet pictures by Jim Barbour

Jim Sr lived at the corner of Boyette and Rollins
by Jody Meacham
Wed February 5, 2014, 3:10 pm
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: Hamlet Football 1968
Replies: 10
Views: 10483

Re: Hamlet Football 1968

Remember some about that game, which was my last, but don't remember how we got our touchdown. The Red Ram defender in the top picture who "vainly tries to break up the play" is me. I remember the play, and I was the only player on our team with that model of Riddell shoes.
by Jody Meacham
Wed February 5, 2014, 3:01 pm
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: Aerial Hamlet pictures by Jim Barbour
Replies: 18
Views: 17826

Re: Aerial Hamlet pictures by Jim Barbour

I believe David is right about the top shot being a reversed negative, and I say that because what looks like the old Cinema is at the top right of the parking lot. Really like the clarity of the second shot over the train station. The decline in passenger train travel is evident in comparison with ...
by Jody Meacham
Wed January 29, 2014, 12:11 pm
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: Hamlet Football 1968
Replies: 10
Views: 10483

Re: Hamlet Football 1968

Veep's right. It was Doug. I apologize because he had a great half.
by Jody Meacham
Tue January 28, 2014, 7:23 pm
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: Hamlet Football 1968
Replies: 10
Views: 10483

Re: Hamlet Football 1968

I think the Honda dealership owner is the same Steve Jones, but not sure. Jones played six seasons as a running back in the National Football League, most of them with the (then) St. Louis Cardinals. I did tackle him once way downfield and was fortunate my helmet did not split open. In the 1968 game...
by Jody Meacham
Mon January 13, 2014, 3:13 pm
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: Rockingham Raceway
Replies: 21
Views: 21568

Re: Rockingham Raceway

Lynn, Foxfire is a community and golf course farther north and near Pinehurst. Go north on 177 or 1 past the current speedway and drag strip to Hoffman. There's a county road that turns off to the left there that runs to Foxfire. Last time I used that road -- maybe a year ago -- there was a sign on ...
by Jody Meacham
Wed January 8, 2014, 3:37 pm
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: Rockingham Raceway
Replies: 21
Views: 21568

Re: Rockingham Raceway

Lynn, you're right about the general location of the track. Take Wiregrass Road -- which is not far out of the photo on the left -- toward the bottom of the picture and you're headed toward Hamlet. Go toward the top of the picture and you're headed to Ledbetter Lake. U.S. 1 runs across the top of th...
by Jody Meacham
Sat December 28, 2013, 3:03 pm
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: HHS 1952 Locker room
Replies: 7
Views: 8182

Re: HHS 1952 Locker room

This is a high quality photograph, an excellent view of what it was like in a real game locker room. Part of it is because it's from an original, not a newspaper photo, so it's in sharp focus.You can see the dust on the floor, on Coach Pruitt's shoes, the chalk on dark uniforms and the shadow behind...
by Jody Meacham
Mon October 28, 2013, 10:50 pm
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: Gulledge Motors 1958
Replies: 2
Views: 3856

Re: Gulledge Motors 1958

I don't think they sold many British cars, either. But I know Dr. Wingate Williamson owned a Morris Minor, which is the car on the left in the photo, as did my father (it may have been the same car sold used). I learned to drive a stick shift in that car. The funny part of the ad, though, is that th...
by Jody Meacham
Mon September 16, 2013, 3:49 pm
Forum: Hamlet Trivia
Topic: Train Scchedules
Replies: 4
Views: 8327

Re: Train Scchedules

Lots of station stops were the biggest factor in slowing the trip -- the trains to Wilmington were locals, after all, not express trains. But that trip was also over a branch line, and even though it was straight and flat, those trains just ran at a slow speed when they were moving. The line had lig...
by Jody Meacham
Fri August 9, 2013, 12:44 pm
Forum: Railroad items
Topic: 1st TRAIN ON N. & S.C. R.R... HAMLET TO GEORGETOWN, ..1912
Replies: 2
Views: 6138

Re: 1st TRAIN ON N. & S.C. R.R... HAMLET TO GEORGETOWN, ..19

One thing I learned from the second story is the Baltimore origins of W.R. Bonsal, who owned(s) the gravel pits served by the Seaboard (now CSX) on the Anson County side of the Pee Dee River.
by Jody Meacham
Tue July 30, 2013, 12:50 pm
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: E.A. LACKEY ADVERTISEMENT... NOV. 20, 1901
Replies: 2
Views: 3715

Re: E.A. LACKEY ADVERTISEMENT... NOV. 20, 1901

One of the things that turned up in great abundance when the foundation was dug for the Seaboard depot's new location were liquor bottles -- many of them from Lackey's distillery -- that were from the lineup of bars along the railroad right of way. The bars thrived because of the large number of rai...
by Jody Meacham
Thu June 20, 2013, 3:51 pm
Forum: Hamlet Trivia
Topic: SIGNIFICANCE OF "air line".
Replies: 2
Views: 5303

Re: SIGNIFICANCE OF "air line".

In railroad terms, which predate the Wright brothers, an air line was the straightest, flatest railroad route. Before air travel became possible and popular, there were other railroads in addition to the Seaboard that used "air line" in their names including the Birmingham and Atlanta Air ...
by Jody Meacham
Sat May 11, 2013, 10:39 am
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: McEachern Murders
Replies: 12
Views: 18550

Exactly. Caldwell forced Vela to call Maceo, and that is covered in one of those links I posted. After she made the call, Caldwell ripped the phone cord out of the wall. Maceo told whoever he was working with at the funeral home that he had to go check on his mother. When he didn't return and nobody...
by Jody Meacham
Fri May 10, 2013, 9:28 pm
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: McEachern Murders
Replies: 12
Views: 18550

You're right, Linda. There are three stories in the series that Cox wrote for the Pilot , and he, too, said Sullivan's suicide couldn't be explained. Sullivan was originally a suspect in the McEachern murders because McEachern was getting ready to testify against him in a lawsuit based on distributi...
by Jody Meacham
Fri May 10, 2013, 2:31 pm
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: McEachern Murders
Replies: 12
Views: 18550

Joey Caldwell, thanks to his wife's testimony against him, was convicted of 57 federal weapons violations, mail fraud and money laundering counts on Sept. 1, 1993. He hanged himself in his jail cell in High Point the night after his conviction. Bobbie Caldwell, Joey's wife, pleaded guilty in January...
by Jody Meacham
Fri May 3, 2013, 3:57 pm
Forum: Hamlet Pictures
Topic: Engine & Caboose Painting project
Replies: 23
Views: 25168

I think it means stop
by Jody Meacham
Fri April 12, 2013, 3:50 pm
Forum: Hamlet Pictures
Topic: Engine & Caboose Painting project
Replies: 23
Views: 25168

There's still some painting left to be done on the diesel in these photos including the engine numbers, SAL heralds and there should be a trim stripe along the top and bottom of the yellow.
by Jody Meacham
Fri March 22, 2013, 10:58 pm
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: Class of 1931
Replies: 9
Views: 10788

I recognized him and sent the picture to Nancy.
by Jody Meacham
Fri March 22, 2013, 7:03 pm
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: Class of 1931
Replies: 9
Views: 10788

I have no idea how many people in this picture are still alive, but my aunt is one of them and she will turn 100 in November.
by Jody Meacham
Wed March 13, 2013, 12:09 pm
Forum: Hamlet Pictures
Topic: Engine & Caboose Painting project
Replies: 23
Views: 25168

It's clear from quotes that the other museum's attorney, William Van O Linda, and its president, Bill Williams, gave to the paper over the course of a year that they were defendants in the suit, not the plaintiffs. So the town sued the museum. The issue that David and Freddie have raised here is the...
by Jody Meacham
Fri March 8, 2013, 6:54 pm
Forum: Hamlet Pictures
Topic: Engine & Caboose Painting project
Replies: 23
Views: 25168

According to the Daily Journal, the city sued the museum in August 2011 to get the museum to paint the engine and caboose. After a year, the suit was settled so that the museum leases the rolling stock to the town for 25 years. The lease costs the town nothing, but allows the town to get state fundi...
by Jody Meacham
Wed February 6, 2013, 9:07 pm
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: William Fetner Furniture
Replies: 13
Views: 17574

Actually Lee broke the bank and they had to wait three years until Julie.
by Jody Meacham
Mon January 21, 2013, 3:13 pm
Forum: Looking for Information
Topic: Hamlet - five SAL lines?
Replies: 7
Views: 10994

http://www.ourhamlet.org/forum/userpix/15_seaboard_map.jpg I think this is one of those questions on which everyone can claim to be correct and the differences in answers attributed to equally valid interpretations. Without question the Seaboard’s lines lead away from the diamond at the passenger s...
by Jody Meacham
Tue January 15, 2013, 8:46 pm
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: William Fetner Furniture
Replies: 13
Views: 17574

I don't remember the exact amount, but it was something along the lines of what Wayne wrote about, less than $100. I think my parents finished the payments about the time Lee came along two years later.
by Jody Meacham
Mon January 14, 2013, 11:05 pm
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: William Fetner Furniture
Replies: 13
Views: 17574

I remember seeing a similar-sized bill from Hamlet Hospital from when I was born in 1951 showing how they paid it off in monthly installments.
by Jody Meacham
Sat January 12, 2013, 8:03 pm
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: Lillian D James
Replies: 4
Views: 6570

Lillian D James -- Sr.
by Jody Meacham
Sun January 6, 2013, 4:50 am
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: William Fetner Furniture
Replies: 13
Views: 17574

I understand.
by Jody Meacham
Fri January 4, 2013, 2:56 pm
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: William Fetner Furniture
Replies: 13
Views: 17574

Sigmore, those of us whose computers have a calculator in the "all programs" list (PCs, don't know about Apple) can figure out the sales tax was 3 percent. Converted to English, that's 3 cents tax on every $1 in purchase price.
by Jody Meacham
Sun December 30, 2012, 1:41 am
Forum: Hamlet Trivia
Topic: Another celebrity railroad traveler
Replies: 18
Views: 23459

Janet, I saw the new movie "Hyde Park on Hudson" earlier today. It's the one with Bill Murray as Franklin Roosevelt and takes place mainly during a visit by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth to Roosevelt's family home on the Hudson River in New York in 1939. These were the royals who took...
by Jody Meacham
Thu December 27, 2012, 2:11 am
Forum: Hamlet Trivia
Topic: Dink
Replies: 22
Views: 25980

I'm beginning to think Hamlet holds the world record for people named Dink.
by Jody Meacham
Mon December 24, 2012, 4:15 pm
Forum: Railroad items
Topic: Train Pictures
Replies: 15
Views: 21501

Shore is: http://www.dictionary.reference.com/browse/surely?s=t sure·ly [shoo r-lee, shur-] adverb 1. firmly; unerringly; without missing, slipping, etc. 2. undoubtedly, assuredly, or certainly: The results are surely encouraging. 3. (in emphatic utterances that are not necessarily sustained by fact...
by Jody Meacham
Tue December 18, 2012, 11:18 pm
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: Swift Company
Replies: 5
Views: 7490

Thanks, Malcolm. Now I recognize it.
by Jody Meacham
Tue December 18, 2012, 10:05 pm
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: Swift Company
Replies: 5
Views: 7490

Anybody know where this building is/was located?
by Jody Meacham
Mon December 17, 2012, 7:58 pm
Forum: Hamlet Trivia
Topic: Dink
Replies: 22
Views: 25980

1. Singletary

2. ?
by Jody Meacham
Mon December 17, 2012, 5:42 pm
Forum: Railroad items
Topic: Train Pictures
Replies: 15
Views: 21501

Thanks, Bruce. The Star had an observation car, but it was a hand-me-down from the Meteor modified to have a diaphragm at both ends so it could run in the middle of the train. It was called a tavern-lounge ( http://www.streamlinerschedules.com/concourse/track2/silverstar197104.html ) and was the lou...
by Jody Meacham
Mon December 17, 2012, 2:05 am
Forum: Railroad items
Topic: Train Pictures
Replies: 15
Views: 21501

Boy, Bruce, what a set of coincidences for posting these two pictures. The bottom shot is one I accidentally stumbled across a few years ago on RailPictures.net, a railroad photo website. I used it on the cover of my book and then put it on my book's website. That decision was based on several coinc...
by Jody Meacham
Sun December 16, 2012, 3:23 am
Forum: Hamlet Trivia
Topic: Another British connection to the Seaboard
Replies: 7
Views: 10759

My bad on the above post: Seaboard trains didn't stop at Yemassee because it was on the Atlantic Coast Line side. The Silver Star doesn't stop there because there are no stops between Columbia and Savannah.
by Jody Meacham
Sat December 15, 2012, 8:03 pm
Forum: Hamlet Trivia
Topic: Another British connection to the Seaboard
Replies: 7
Views: 10759

I had no idea that Somerset Maugham was ever a British spy or that he lived in South Carolina. But Yemassee is on the Seaboard's main line, and he may have ridden its trains. The schedules I've found for the Silver Meteor and Silver Star back then don't include stops in Yemassee, but local trains ma...
by Jody Meacham
Sat December 15, 2012, 7:36 pm
Forum: Hamlet Trivia
Topic: Another celebrity railroad traveler
Replies: 18
Views: 23459

Janet, I, too, thought of "The King's Speech" when writing about this. The man who became king when Edward VIII abdicated was George VI, the movie's central character, Edward's younger brother and the father of the woman who is now queen, Elizabeth II. One of the things the story about the...
by Jody Meacham
Fri December 14, 2012, 4:08 pm
Forum: Hamlet Trivia
Topic: Another British connection to the Seaboard
Replies: 7
Views: 10759

OK, a hint:

The author worked in British Naval Intelligence during World War II, which is why this was a series of spy novels.
by Jody Meacham
Fri December 14, 2012, 2:56 pm
Forum: Hamlet Trivia
Topic: Another celebrity railroad traveler
Replies: 18
Views: 23459

Here's an Associated Press picture from 1941 showing the royals at the Seaboard station in Miami. Note that the caption, which I've pasted below, describes the 8-year-old girl holding the Duchess' hand as Warfield's niece but ignores that both were his nieces. Sandra Southerland, 8, is with the Duke...
by Jody Meacham
Thu December 13, 2012, 6:29 pm
Forum: Hamlet Trivia
Topic: Water Tank
Replies: 4
Views: 7768

I remember when the new water tank was under construction at a point a little earlier than the picture above. The crane was at the top of the big central cylinder that, in the picture, goes into the bottom of the tank. At that point the construction looked like a missile standing there.
by Jody Meacham
Thu December 13, 2012, 6:22 pm
Forum: Hamlet Trivia
Topic: Another British connection to the Seaboard
Replies: 7
Views: 10759

Another British connection to the Seaboard

Establishing a mini-theme here: A famous British author included the Seaboard in his second novel of a series that became one of the most successful book -- and movie -- series of all time. When the book was published in Britain, the series hero traveled from New York to St. Petersburg aboard the Se...
by Jody Meacham
Thu December 13, 2012, 6:10 pm
Forum: Hamlet Trivia
Topic: Another celebrity railroad traveler
Replies: 18
Views: 23459

Indeed I am. I would not be surprised if the Duchess of Windsor was one of the Seaboard's major stockholders at the time, meaning she owned [a part of] the train.
by Jody Meacham
Thu December 13, 2012, 4:29 pm
Forum: Hamlet Trivia
Topic: Another celebrity railroad traveler
Replies: 18
Views: 23459

Right. King Edward VIII gave up the throne to marry Wallis Simpson. Wallis Warfield Simpson to be precise, an American from Baltimore. She is the key to why they would take a Seaboard train, and that's the second part of the answer.
by Jody Meacham
Wed December 12, 2012, 9:19 pm
Forum: Hamlet Trivia
Topic: Another celebrity railroad traveler
Replies: 18
Views: 23459

Another celebrity railroad traveler

Building on Bruce's trivia question about Jackie Gleason and Richard Boone often traveling through Hamlet on Seaboard's Silver Meteor and Silver Star, I have another celebrity trivia question. Many people are aware that the Duke and Duchess of Windsor also once traveled through Hamlet on the Silver ...