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by Bill Dennis
Sat September 22, 2012, 1:52 pm
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: East Rockingham News Carrier Boys Enjoy Ball Game
Replies: 0
Views: 3116

East Rockingham News Carrier Boys Enjoy Ball Game

http://www.ourhamlet.org/forum/userpix/23_04091954600x577.jpg East Rockingham News Carrier Boys Enjoy Ball Game. Left to Right: Larry Chambers, Bill Dennis, Wayne Dennis, Isaac Quick, James Moree, Eugene Lyerly, James Grooms, and Charles Deaver With Robin Roberts, star pitcher of the Philadelphia P...
by Bill Dennis
Tue August 28, 2012, 2:23 am
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: Jean Raby Nelson's photo of her dad John Raby
Replies: 1
Views: 3719

Jean Raby Nelson's photo of her dad John Raby

Jean Raby Nelson's photo of her dad John Raby
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by Bill Dennis
Tue August 28, 2012, 2:01 am
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: Hamlet Fire Department mid 60s
Replies: 1
Views: 3596

Hamlet Fire Department mid 60s

Jean Nelson's photo. Hamlet Fire Department

How do you like this for an oldie. I know it is mid 60s
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by Bill Dennis
Tue August 28, 2012, 1:56 am
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: Hamlet Fire Department 1960's Fish Fry
Replies: 0
Views: 2967

Hamlet Fire Department 1960's Fish Fry

Jean Nelson's photo. Hamlet Fire Department
This is a fund raising fish fry the fire dept put on from time to time.
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by Bill Dennis
Sat August 25, 2012, 11:57 pm
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: A Special Place - Hub Grill
Replies: 14
Views: 15814

I remember we would cruise The Hub, Tom & Sarah's & Seago's 4 to 6 times a night and wonder why our dad's would say we put so many miles on the car. The Hub did have good hamburgers but in those days what i like best was we could order a beer and get it before we were old enough to buy it. I...
by Bill Dennis
Thu August 23, 2012, 11:21 pm
Forum: Hamlet Pictures
Topic: MARY LOVE CEMETERY
Replies: 12
Views: 17848

MARY LOVE CEMETERY

RYAN HOLMES DOING A GREAT JOB KEEPING UP MARY LOVE CEMETERY http://www.ourhamlet.org/forum/userpix/23_MARY_LOVE_CEMETERY.jpg http://www.ourhamlet.org/forum/userpix/23_RYAN_HOLMES_DOING_A_GREAT_JOB_KEEPING_UP_MARY_LOVE_CEMETERY1.jpg http://www.ourhamlet.org/forum/userpix/23_RYAN_HOLMES_DOING_A_GREAT_...
by Bill Dennis
Wed June 20, 2012, 11:17 pm
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: Ty Cobb James Field, Hamlet NC 1922
Replies: 4
Views: 6921

Ty Cobb James Field, Hamlet NC 1922

Ty Cobb James Field, Hamlet NC, 1922 http://www.ourhamlet.org/forum/userpix/23_cid_image001_jpg01CD4F32.jpg The players are hard to make out but this photo has been authenticated as taken at James Field, located at the corner of Jefferson Street and Highway 177, in Hamlet, 1922. Ty Cobb was one of t...
by Bill Dennis
Mon June 18, 2012, 12:34 am
Forum: Hamlet Pictures
Topic: Dizzy Gillespie 1917-1993
Replies: 1
Views: 5205

Dizzy Gillespie 1917-1993

Jazz King Dizzy Gillespie is Cheraw’s most famous son. This founder of modern jazz was an innovative trumpeter known for his bent horn, bulging cheeks and sense of humor. Born in Cheraw, South Carolina on Oct. 21, 1917, he was the ninth and last child of James and Lottie Gillespie. His given name wa...
by Bill Dennis
Sat May 26, 2012, 9:10 pm
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: Retouched photo
Replies: 22
Views: 23409

With the curve in the track going behind the hotel. I wonder if it may have been shot from the roof of the theatre.
by Bill Dennis
Fri May 18, 2012, 11:24 pm
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: CLASS OF 1947 Hamlet High School & Hamlet Ave. School
Replies: 7
Views: 11305

3rd Grade Hamlet Ave. School Teacher Jewell Clements

# 1 is Frank Clements with neck tie & tongue stuck out.

check out all the boys pants on the front row.
by Bill Dennis
Wed May 9, 2012, 10:55 pm
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: Tartan Assembly Shop
Replies: 1
Views: 4148

The last two pictures were Tartan Boats in the Hamlet Christmas Parade.
The Boat on it's side is in the test tank checking for leaks.
Frank Clements, Photo's
by Bill Dennis
Wed May 9, 2012, 10:50 pm
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: Tartan Assembly Shop
Replies: 1
Views: 4148

Tartan Assembly Shop

http://www.ourhamlet.org/forum/userpix/23_T37___T42__Tartan_Assembly_Shop.jpg http://www.ourhamlet.org/forum/userpix/23_T37_Tartan_Assembly_Shop.jpg http://www.ourhamlet.org/forum/userpix/23_Tartan_checking_for_leaks.jpg http://www.ourhamlet.org/forum/userpix/23_T42035_Tartan_Corp.jpg http://www.ou...
by Bill Dennis
Wed May 9, 2012, 10:24 pm
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: CLASS OF 1947 Hamlet High School & Hamlet Ave. School
Replies: 7
Views: 11305

These 6 Photo's of Hamlet Ave. School & Hamlet High School were loan to me by Frank Clements, Class of 1947 Hamlet High School
by Bill Dennis
Wed May 9, 2012, 10:18 pm
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: CLASS OF 1947 Hamlet High School & Hamlet Ave. School
Replies: 7
Views: 11305

3rd Grade Hamlet Ave. School Teacher Jewell Clements

http://www.ourhamlet.org/forum/userpix/23_3rd_Grade_Hamlet_Ave_School_Teacher_Jewell_Chavis.jpg 1. Frank Clements 2. Keith Miller 3. Betty Lou Wilson 4. Florence Crotts 5. Lois Brown 6. Dorothy Ketner 7. Dolores Gregson 8. Thomas Curtis 9. Eugene McRae 10. Harold Weatherly 11. 12. 13. Doris Smith 1...
by Bill Dennis
Wed May 9, 2012, 12:18 am
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: CLASS OF 1947 Hamlet High School & Hamlet Ave. School
Replies: 7
Views: 11305

CLASS OF 1947 Hamlet High School & Hamlet Ave. School

Hamlet High School 12th Grade 11-6-1946
CLASS OF 1947 Hamlet High School

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by Bill Dennis
Wed May 9, 2012, 12:02 am
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: Tartan 42 Ft.
Replies: 0
Views: 3812

Tartan 42 Ft.

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by Bill Dennis
Tue May 8, 2012, 11:57 pm
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: Tartan Corp. 1969
Replies: 0
Views: 2879

Tartan Corp. 1969

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by Bill Dennis
Tue May 8, 2012, 10:52 pm
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: Tartan Corp.
Replies: 0
Views: 3020

Tartan Corp.

Tartan Corp.


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by Bill Dennis
Wed April 25, 2012, 9:14 pm
Forum: Looking for Information
Topic: Tell me the name of this cemetery
Replies: 17
Views: 23772

Richmond County, NC Cemetery Index

http://www.ncgenweb.us/richmond/cemeteries.htm
by Bill Dennis
Wed April 25, 2012, 9:05 pm
Forum: Looking for Information
Topic: Tell me the name of this cemetery
Replies: 17
Views: 23772

Rockingham Remembered

The Town Crier

Cemeteries of Richmond County
photos by Bill Dennis 042708


http://rockinghamremembered.com/BDCemet ... ounty.html
by Bill Dennis
Tue February 28, 2012, 9:49 pm
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: TNN's VIDEO MORNING LIVE FROM HAMLET
Replies: 0
Views: 3588

TNN's VIDEO MORNING LIVE FROM HAMLET

TNN's VIDEO MORNING LIVE FROM HAMLET IN 1993 TNN BROADCAST LIVE VIDEO MORNING with Al Wyntor and Katie Haas at the Hamlet Depot in February 1993 during Race Week. It was a very cold day and they set up outside. They interviewed J. A Crowell, President of the National Railroad Museum, as well as othe...
by Bill Dennis
Sat February 18, 2012, 3:31 pm
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: Main St 1962
Replies: 20
Views: 20692

Bruce, now that we are older and need medicine and love to eat, we often have that many cars or more with two Drug stores and a cafe on Main Street.
by Bill Dennis
Fri February 17, 2012, 1:20 am
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: Main St 1962
Replies: 20
Views: 20692

Jimmy Suggs ran the Western Auto when it was on Main Street in the 70's.
It was in all 3 locations I believe.
by Bill Dennis
Thu January 19, 2012, 6:46 pm
Forum: Hamlet Happenings
Topic: WRAL Hamlet has historic railroad history
Replies: 4
Views: 8410

The man with Sam Ballard is Riley Lee Watson, Sr.
by Bill Dennis
Wed January 18, 2012, 10:02 pm
Forum: Hamlet Happenings
Topic: WRAL Hamlet has historic railroad history
Replies: 4
Views: 8410

WRAL Hamlet has historic railroad history

WRAL Hamlet has historic railroad history

http://www.wral.com/lifestyles/travel/video/10606477/
by Bill Dennis
Sun January 1, 2012, 12:08 am
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: Boyd's Lake
Replies: 18
Views: 24777

We would slip into Boyd's Lake late at night, we would go in at the dam and swim out to the diving board and back.
by Bill Dennis
Sun October 2, 2011, 1:59 pm
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: Do You Know Them? Hamlet Hospital School of Nursing Alumni
Replies: 16
Views: 18611

Seated Left to Right: Phyllis Wooten Benton, Eleanor Reaves Williams, Edna Godbold Bowen, Bettie Brice Freeman, Ann Kearns Furr, Pansy Gupyton Herring, Mary Heavner. Second Row Left to Right: Elizabeth "Tiz" Williams Garner, Suzanne McDonald McInnis, Sharon Love Brown, Cheryl Reimel Rachel...
by Bill Dennis
Sun October 2, 2011, 12:09 am
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: Do You Know Them? Hamlet Hospital School of Nursing Alumni
Replies: 16
Views: 18611

Correct

Hamlet Hospital School of Nursing Alumni

Wayne you school be able to name a lot of them!
by Bill Dennis
Sat October 1, 2011, 2:39 pm
Forum: Hamlet Pictures
Topic: Hamlet Hospital School of Nursing Alumni
Replies: 3
Views: 6617

Hamlet Hospital School of Nursing Alumni

http://www.ourhamlet.org/forum/userpix/23_Hamlet_Hospital_School_of_Nursing_Alumni.jpg Hamlet Hospital School of Nursing Alumni enjoyed a Covered Dish Luncheon and Meeting at the Home of Carolyn Herndon in Hamlet, Saturday Oct. 1, 2011. Seated Left to Right: Phyllis Wooten Benton, Eleanor Reaves Wi...
by Bill Dennis
Sun August 7, 2011, 9:46 pm
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: Do you remember??? Buttercup Ice Cream
Replies: 17
Views: 79092

MWJ,
My wife Cheryle worked with your Dad, she was office manager of Buttercup from 1966 till 1976.
by Bill Dennis
Sat August 6, 2011, 10:59 pm
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: Do you remember??? Buttercup Ice Cream
Replies: 17
Views: 79092

sigmore Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2011 1:59 pm Post subject: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Why yes, yes I do remember them little cups of goodness and the little wooden spoon. DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN THEY HAD PICTURES OF COWBOYS ON THE INSIDE OF THE LID?
by Bill Dennis
Sat August 6, 2011, 10:53 pm
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: Do you remember??? Buttercup Ice Cream
Replies: 17
Views: 79092

Mello Buttercup Ice Cream [Coastal Dairy Products, Inc.]

The last time I saw a Mello Buttercup Ice Cream truck was a couple of years ago at the pantry in Hamlet, I went inside to talk with the route salesman and was supprise to see he was selling Maola Ice Cream, he told me that Mello Buttercup Ice Cream [Coastal Dairy Products, Inc.] had sold out to Maol...
by Bill Dennis
Sat August 6, 2011, 10:37 pm
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: Do you remember??? Buttercup Ice Cream
Replies: 17
Views: 79092

Mello Buttercup Ice Cream

http://www.ourhamlet.org/forum/userpix/23_Buttercup__Shirt_Patch.jpg http://www.ourhamlet.org/forum/userpix/23_Buttercup_Uniform_Receipt.jpg http://www.ourhamlet.org/forum/userpix/23_Buttercup_Check_Stub.jpg I went to work for Mello Buttercup Ice Cream [Coastal Dairy Products, Inc., Wilson, N.C.] i...
by Bill Dennis
Sat July 30, 2011, 5:44 pm
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: Do you know??? Hamlet News Messenger last edition
Replies: 7
Views: 10192

Around 1973 or 1974 [ I don't remember which] Barney Martin sold the The Hamlet News - Messenger to a newspaper group with mostly weekly papers out of S.C. and Ga., they changed the name to The Hamlet News, Edward Sweatt from Cheraw, S.C. was one of the owners, The Publisher was Kelvin Mackey from C...
by Bill Dennis
Fri May 20, 2011, 10:11 pm
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: Frank Wetzel
Replies: 6
Views: 9274

Frank Wetzel

Frank Wetzel Family Of Elderly Convicted Killer Wants Him Released - Seen On 9 News Story - WSOC Charlotte www.wsoctv.com http://www.wsoctv.com/news/27965304/detail.html Frank Wetzel Killed Two Highway Patrolmen 53 years ago. Trooper J. L. Reese was killed in Richmond County. Trooper James Brown was...
by Bill Dennis
Fri January 14, 2011, 6:37 pm
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: Peachtree 1972
Replies: 14
Views: 25208

Jody, I agree with you about what goes on at most sporting events, I have been to a number of college basketball & football games and was shocked at the things I have seen and heard at these events. I worked at a lot of NASCAR events at the speedway and worked the dragstrip, but I will say this,...
by Bill Dennis
Fri January 14, 2011, 3:52 pm
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: Terminal Hotel in Hamlet NC
Replies: 3
Views: 11606

Terminal Hotel in Hamlet NC

Before and After Fire in May of 1993 The Terminal Hotel was owned by The Late Jake Covington. The hotel was built around 1912 and its 52 rooms were used to house railroad men and mail clerks when the railroad was going strong. At the time of the fire in 1993 that destroyed the hotel, it was home to ...
by Bill Dennis
Fri January 14, 2011, 12:10 am
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: Peachtree 1972
Replies: 14
Views: 25208

Bruce, you are right it was not anything to be proud of because I was working as a special deputy during the Peachtree Celebration in 1972 at North Carolina Motor Speedway and saw things i could not believe going on at the race tract. I remember a large group of the hippies stormed the chain link fe...
by Bill Dennis
Wed January 5, 2011, 7:32 pm
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: Bradshaw's
Replies: 7
Views: 11292

Earl Bradshaw

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After all those Sausage Dogs Earl Bradshaw is still going strong,
George Crump on Left, Earl Bradshaw on Right
by Bill Dennis
Mon December 27, 2010, 9:54 pm
Forum: Hamlet Pictures
Topic: Jody Meacham Book Signing at The Historic Hamlet Depot
Replies: 7
Views: 11033

Jody Meacham Book Signing at The Historic Hamlet Depot

Jody Meacham Book Signing at The Historic Hamlet Depot and Museum 12-27-2010 http://www.ourhamlet.org/forum/userpix/23_Holiday_Book_Signing.jpg http://www.ourhamlet.org/forum/userpix/23_Beth_Ritter__Jody_Meacham.jpg http://www.ourhamlet.org/forum/userpix/23_Beth_Ritter_on_Right.jpg http://www.ourham...
by Bill Dennis
Sat October 23, 2010, 11:30 pm
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: Please tell me about old Moncure Hospital
Replies: 13
Views: 19055

I remember going to camp out overnight at the old Moncure Hospital in the late 50's. Harry Heaton and myself with a couple other friends were playing in the Old Hospital and one of the boys looked out of the back window and saw a light coming thru the woods. We all looked out and saw someone with a ...
by Bill Dennis
Tue August 31, 2010, 12:53 am
Forum: Hamlet Pictures
Topic: Jean Raby Nelson
Replies: 2
Views: 5462

More Pictures from Jean Raby Nelson

http://www.ourhamlet.org/forum/userpix/23_Jean_Raby_Shirlee_Russ_Gail_Way__Rosalie_McGee.jpg Jean Raby, Shirlee Russ, Gail Way & Rosalie McGee http://www.ourhamlet.org/forum/userpix/23_Delores_Dean__Mike_Howie.jpg http://www.ourhamlet.org/forum/userpix/23_1957_Girl_Scouts_Curved_Bar_recipents.j...
by Bill Dennis
Tue August 31, 2010, 12:30 am
Forum: Hamlet Pictures
Topic: Jean Raby Nelson
Replies: 2
Views: 5462

Jean Raby Nelson

http://www.ourhamlet.org/forum/userpix/23_20633_260438394252_641414252_3144336_2539628_n.jpg http://www.ourhamlet.org/forum/userpix/23_15869_173015659252_641414252_2700559_7330059_n.jpg http://www.ourhamlet.org/forum/userpix/23_20633_255927789252_641414252_3125066_6893177_n.jpg http://www.ourhamlet...
by Bill Dennis
Sun July 4, 2010, 3:33 pm
Forum: Hamlet Pictures
Topic: Boyd House Torned Down Monday July 5, 2010
Replies: 5
Views: 11996

Boyd House Torned Down Monday July 5, 2010

The Boyd House in East Hamlet owned by Scott Waters is To Be Torn Down Monday morning. The city is going to fine him $50.00 a day until the house is torn down, begining this past Friday July 2, 2010. The Boyd House was Torned Down Monday July 5, 2010 http://www.ourhamlet.org/forum/userpix/23_Boyd_Ho...