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by Bruce Osburn
Wed December 17, 2014, 6:27 pm
Forum: Looking for Information
Topic: Christmas Parade
Replies: 2
Views: 5754

Re: Christmas Parade

The reason I didn't reply to this post earlier is because I thought sure someone would post the date of the first one right away. But this looks like more of a poser than I first suspected. I don't know when the first parade was held but the last one I went to was in Dec. 1952. And I doubt very seri...
by Bruce Osburn
Wed December 17, 2014, 1:31 am
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: Hamlet Choo-Choo's
Replies: 2
Views: 5748

Re: Hamlet Choo-Choo's

Great link David, thanks for posting it. I spent the better part of the early evening surfing through the site. A lot of memories resurfaced as I looked upon the faces of my classmates, back in a time when we were all young and foolish. And although a span of more than 60 years has passed I still re...
by Bruce Osburn
Sun October 5, 2014, 4:45 pm
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: W. D. James rentals 1959
Replies: 3
Views: 5162

Re: W. D. James rentals 1959

Hey! Those rentals seem to be reasonable but I can go one better. In 1960, when I was in between navy hitches, and living in Waycross, Ga., I had room and board at an old tourist court. You know the type, a restaurant surrounded by stand-alone cabins. They were quite common in the 40s and 50s and co...
by Bruce Osburn
Sun September 7, 2014, 7:40 pm
Forum: Hamlet Trivia
Topic: Old Dog:
Replies: 5
Views: 7979

Re: Old Dog:

OK, so I screwed up with "Hump Master" but I do believe that ol' mutt still had a railroad-jargon name. Maybe "car knocker" or "hotbox". Or "Seaboard". Or maybe just a simple "Move, Dog!"
by Bruce Osburn
Sun September 7, 2014, 11:23 am
Forum: Hamlet Trivia
Topic: Old Dog:
Replies: 5
Views: 7979

Re: Old Dog:

Dog's name was "Hump Master".
by Bruce Osburn
Sat August 16, 2014, 4:09 pm
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: Telephones 1965
Replies: 7
Views: 8507

Re: Telephones 1965

@ TR4...Good one! And there's a septic tank service here in Brunswick, Ga. that proudly proclaims in big block letters... "#1 IN THE #2 BUSINESS."
by Bruce Osburn
Fri August 1, 2014, 6:35 pm
Forum: Hamlet Trivia
Topic: Pool Shark
Replies: 6
Views: 8807

Re: Pool Shark

Wayne is right... the children's names are Eddie and Terry. I just talked to brother Kenny and he remembers their last name as Wrape. Oh, well, at least I had their mother's name right.
by Bruce Osburn
Fri August 1, 2014, 12:56 am
Forum: Hamlet Trivia
Topic: Who Was He And what Happened ???
Replies: 4
Views: 6899

Re: Who Was He And what Happened ???

I think the little parakeets served the same purpose as canaries caged up in a coal mine... if one fell over dead it was time to skedaddle.
by Bruce Osburn
Thu July 31, 2014, 11:50 pm
Forum: Hamlet Trivia
Topic: Pool Shark
Replies: 6
Views: 8807

Re: Pool Shark

Wow! I was really off on the kids' ages! I remember them as just young teenagers, certainly not in the late teens.

One of my old memory cells just woke up and I think their mother's name was/is Louise.
by Bruce Osburn
Thu July 31, 2014, 10:33 pm
Forum: Hamlet Trivia
Topic: Pool Shark
Replies: 6
Views: 8807

Re: Pool Shark

I don't know the pool shark you guys are talking about, but I do have a recollection of a pair of brother-sister pool sharks dating back between 1972 and 1976. During that time period my mom lived on Grace Chapel Church road, about a half mile from its intersection with the Gibson highway (NC 381). ...
by Bruce Osburn
Thu July 31, 2014, 9:23 am
Forum: Hamlet Trivia
Topic: Trains
Replies: 16
Views: 17238

Re: Trains

Re freddie hassler's post of today: I understood just the first phrase, which was clear enough, but the rest of the post completely befuddled me. Is that a variation of the once super-secret Navajo code talker's vocabulary? Does Double Over to be rehumped mean what happens when someone drops the soa...
by Bruce Osburn
Wed July 30, 2014, 9:38 am
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: Fairview Heights 1954
Replies: 5
Views: 6990

Re: Fairview Heights 1954

Yep, that's where I received my certificate in spring 1952 for finishing up 8th grade. I wonder whatever happened to that certificate... or even if one was presented.
by Bruce Osburn
Sun July 20, 2014, 10:26 am
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: Hamlet "Old" City Hall
Replies: 10
Views: 10294

Re: Hamlet "Old" City Hall

Virginia used to have a strange drinking law. Way back in the late '50s and '60s there were two alcohol-contents for beer in that state (at least around Norfolk)... 6% for those 21 and over and a 3% near-beer for those between 18 and 21. A really stupid law no matter how you looked at it. After all,...
by Bruce Osburn
Fri July 18, 2014, 11:09 pm
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: Hamlet "Old" City Hall
Replies: 10
Views: 10294

Re: Hamlet "Old" City Hall

I was never arrested for underage drinking but I got giggling silly a couple times before I graduated high school. I worked after school (12th grade, Garner, N.C.) in a little gas station that also sold beer along with gas and oil and nabs (B.R. Poole's Esso station on Garner Road, right across the ...
by Bruce Osburn
Fri July 18, 2014, 4:50 pm
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: Hamlet "Old" City Hall
Replies: 10
Views: 10294

Re: Hamlet "Old" City Hall

sigmore, Hey, just how old were you when you got caught drinking under age? Were you caught before you turned 18 or after the drinking age was raised to 21 back in the '80s?
by Bruce Osburn
Tue July 8, 2014, 1:38 am
Forum: Hamlet Trivia
Topic: Railroad Crossing:
Replies: 8
Views: 9719

Re: Railroad Crossing:

Yes, Hamlet Gin was there alright, on the east side of Bridges Street, between Hamlet Ave. and Highway 74 (Spring St.). It was there in 1948 and by the appearance of the building and equipment it was there many years before 1948. (It was in operation during the time l lived in Hamlet.)
by Bruce Osburn
Sun July 6, 2014, 5:55 pm
Forum: Hamlet Trivia
Topic: Railroad Crossing:
Replies: 8
Views: 9719

Re: Railroad Crossing:

Jody's post raises an interesting point regarding the naming of roads. I lived on the road now known as Gin Mill Road for 5½ years (1948-1953) and during that time it was generally referred to as Lackey Street extension or Bridges Street extension. How it came to be named Gin Mill Road is a mystery ...
by Bruce Osburn
Sat July 5, 2014, 9:13 pm
Forum: Hamlet Trivia
Topic: Railroad Crossing:
Replies: 8
Views: 9719

Re: Railroad Crossing:

I remember the crossing and its location well, although I doubt I ever knew the name or even that it had a name. I was nearly squished near there one day, about 1951 or so, when I was 13 years old, just a few feet from where the tracks crossed Lackey Street extention (now Gin Mill Road). I had barel...
by Bruce Osburn
Fri July 4, 2014, 10:13 am
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: FARMING IN RICHMOND CO. IN 1918
Replies: 0
Views: 2730

FARMING IN RICHMOND CO. IN 1918

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by Bruce Osburn
Thu June 19, 2014, 6:12 pm
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: John Brittingham - Hamlet
Replies: 8
Views: 10370

Re: John Brittingham - Hamlet

Now, that's a rariety... a whole neighborhood of boys and not a single girl. What in the world did you fellows do for fun on Saturday nights... hug and kiss one another?
by Bruce Osburn
Mon March 24, 2014, 4:01 pm
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: The Old Red Caboose
Replies: 8
Views: 9783

Re: The Old Red Caboose

I'm gonna say that is Mr. Lee. My guess is based on looking at the white hat with the Seaboard logo and the name LEE embroidered on it.
by Bruce Osburn
Sat March 22, 2014, 9:20 pm
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: City Lake 1958
Replies: 6
Views: 8470

Re: City Lake 1958

Hey! What the heck is "oily mud" Tom Whitlock is loading onto N.G. trucks? Is that the stuff EPA is now digging up at Super Fund sites around the country? My, how times have changed! Years ago oily waste and other such contaminates were rountinely disposed of in ditches and open storm drai...
by Bruce Osburn
Fri February 7, 2014, 11:15 am
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: Old Snow Picture
Replies: 4
Views: 5449

Re: Old Snow Picture

This photo isn't dated but since gasoline is just 31.9¢ a gallon, I would guess 1970 or earlier.
by Bruce Osburn
Tue January 28, 2014, 2:19 pm
Forum: Hamlet Trivia
Topic: Trains
Replies: 16
Views: 17238

Re: Trains

The Hamlet News Messenger's subheadline is grossly misleading... it's like counting chickens twice. "16 in and 16 out" still adds up to 16 because I doubt all passengers debarked in Hamlet and a completely new passenger train formed with different passengers. And the Rockingham and Bennett...
by Bruce Osburn
Sun January 26, 2014, 7:05 pm
Forum: Hamlet Trivia
Topic: Trains
Replies: 16
Views: 17238

Re: Trains

36?
by Bruce Osburn
Sun January 26, 2014, 7:02 pm
Forum: Hamlet Trivia
Topic: PURPLE TOP
Replies: 11
Views: 13001

Re: PURPLE TOP

Perhaps I can add a bit of info for the Esso station at the intersection of US#74 and then-NC#77. I entered 7th grade at Hamlet Avenue School in Sept. 1950 and left after finishing 9th grade in June 1953. During that time most of my lunch periods were spent there, eating sweet cakes and sipping Peps...
by Bruce Osburn
Thu January 9, 2014, 10:33 am
Forum: Hamlet Trivia
Topic: HAMLET HEDGES
Replies: 18
Views: 22182

Re: HAMLET HEDGES

@ freddie hassler, You must be a few years younger than me because I got my first Yancy Brigman haircut in the early part of 1948 for 25¢. I continued to get my hair cut there until sometime about 1950 when Dad went back into the army. That's when Mom started giving me 50¢ to get my hair cut at a sh...
by Bruce Osburn
Fri December 27, 2013, 8:23 pm
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: HHS 1952 Locker room
Replies: 7
Views: 8182

Re: HHS 1952 Locker room

Looks like J.V. Pruitt chewing out the Junior Varsity after a bad defeat. And the reason I say Junior Varsity is because number 15, Douglas Haynes, was a classmate of mine and we were in 9th grade during the 1952 football season. (Of course this could have been the Varsity team if 9th graders were a...
by Bruce Osburn
Tue November 12, 2013, 1:39 pm
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: WWII Soldiers
Replies: 4
Views: 6354

Re: WWII Soldiers

My twenty-two-year-old uncle Tommy Lee Patrick was killed during the Anzio landing in May 1944. Although he was born in Chesterfield County, S.C., he enlisted in Richmond County.
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by Bruce Osburn
Mon November 4, 2013, 8:36 pm
Forum: Railroad items
Topic: Seaboard Airline Railroad Unknown Year
Replies: 5
Views: 8811

Re: Seaboard Airline Railroad Unknown Year

Looks like a '55 Chevy.
by Bruce Osburn
Sat November 2, 2013, 12:48 pm
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: People in the News - Nov 13, 1956
Replies: 5
Views: 6666

Re: People in the News - Nov 13, 1956

Jean is right... this item was important only to the ones who submitted it -- a not so subtle way of letting folks know how well their children were doing. But, no matter how much we may have thought the parents were bragging, small town newspaper "fluff" items such as this are what today'...
by Bruce Osburn
Mon October 7, 2013, 11:10 pm
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: Hamlet Hospital 1980
Replies: 2
Views: 3612

Re: Hamlet Hospital 1980

In what year was this 60-bed facility built? Was it an addition to the old hospital or a replacement? When were the facilities razed? Google map shows a parking lot where I remember the old hospital used to be (1940s-1950s).
by Bruce Osburn
Sat September 14, 2013, 11:08 am
Forum: Hamlet Trivia
Topic: Train Scchedules
Replies: 4
Views: 8322

Re: Train Scchedules

Who would have thought passengers trains traveled so slowly? Especially over that long stretch of straight track from Hamlet to Wilmington. Four hours!...wow! That's an average speed of less than 30 mph. Maybe a lot of time was spent standing at stations along the way.
by Bruce Osburn
Tue August 13, 2013, 10:57 pm
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: COSTLY FIRE AT HAMLET ...1907
Replies: 0
Views: 2468

COSTLY FIRE AT HAMLET ...1907

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by Bruce Osburn
Tue August 13, 2013, 10:42 pm
Forum: Railroad items
Topic: CHARLESTON, SUMTER and NORTHERN R.R. CONNECTS AT HAMLET.1891
Replies: 1
Views: 5442

CHARLESTON, SUMTER and NORTHERN R.R. CONNECTS AT HAMLET.1891

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by Bruce Osburn
Tue August 13, 2013, 9:08 pm
Forum: Railroad items
Topic: SEABOARD and S.C. WESTERN R.R. CONNECT at McBEE, 1910
Replies: 0
Views: 4319

SEABOARD and S.C. WESTERN R.R. CONNECT at McBEE, 1910

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by Bruce Osburn
Fri August 9, 2013, 10:47 pm
Forum: Hamlet Happenings
Topic: SEABOARD LAYS TRACK TO ATLANTA... 1890
Replies: 0
Views: 3690

SEABOARD LAYS TRACK TO ATLANTA... 1890

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by Bruce Osburn
Fri August 9, 2013, 10:45 am
Forum: Railroad items
Topic: 1st TRAIN ON N. & S.C. R.R... HAMLET TO GEORGETOWN, ..1912
Replies: 2
Views: 6131

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

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by Bruce Osburn
Thu August 8, 2013, 9:55 pm
Forum: Railroad items
Topic: EVALUATION OF CAROLINA CENTRAL..HAMLET TO MONROE..1897
Replies: 0
Views: 4062

EVALUATION OF CAROLINA CENTRAL..HAMLET TO MONROE..1897

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by Bruce Osburn
Thu August 8, 2013, 6:20 pm
Forum: Railroad items
Topic: 1st TRAIN ON N. & S.C. R.R... HAMLET TO GEORGETOWN, ..1912
Replies: 2
Views: 6131

1st TRAIN ON N. & S.C. R.R... HAMLET TO GEORGETOWN, ..1912

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by Bruce Osburn
Wed August 7, 2013, 10:35 am
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: L.A. CORNING BUILDS ICE CREAM PLANT IN SUMTER, S.C. 1922
Replies: 0
Views: 2218

L.A. CORNING BUILDS ICE CREAM PLANT IN SUMTER, S.C. 1922

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by Bruce Osburn
Tue August 6, 2013, 7:34 pm
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: WOMAN SHOOTS INTRUDER, HAMLET... 1922
Replies: 0
Views: 2290

WOMAN SHOOTS INTRUDER, HAMLET... 1922

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by Bruce Osburn
Mon August 5, 2013, 11:32 pm
Forum: Railroad items
Topic: HAMLET SELECTED AS SITE FOR S.A.L. SHOPS...1916
Replies: 0
Views: 4233

HAMLET SELECTED AS SITE FOR S.A.L. SHOPS...1916

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by Bruce Osburn
Mon August 5, 2013, 12:29 pm
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: CYCLONE KILLS 23 IN RICHMOND COUNTY, 1884
Replies: 1
Views: 3027

Re: CYCLONE KILLS 23 IN RICHMOND COUNTY, 1884

The tornado described in the above article was just one of a series of storms that struck Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina on a swath stretching from Alabama and exiting on the North Carolina coast. It was reported that more than 200 were killed and over 5000 homes destroyed. The ...
by Bruce Osburn
Mon August 5, 2013, 11:01 am
Forum: Railroad items
Topic: S.A.L. CRASH KILLS 5 AT HAMLET... 1911
Replies: 1
Views: 5176

S.A.L. CRASH KILLS 5 AT HAMLET... 1911

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by Bruce Osburn
Sun August 4, 2013, 10:04 pm
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: CYCLONE KILLS 23 IN RICHMOND COUNTY, 1884
Replies: 1
Views: 3027

CYCLONE KILLS 23 IN RICHMOND COUNTY, 1884

FROM: NATIONAL REPUBLICAN, Washington City, D.C., Feb. 22, 1884.
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by Bruce Osburn
Sun August 4, 2013, 2:39 pm
Forum: Old Hamlet Stuff
Topic: MAN KILLS WIFE I N HAMLET HOTEL... 1913
Replies: 0
Views: 2397

MAN KILLS WIFE I N HAMLET HOTEL... 1913

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by Bruce Osburn
Wed July 31, 2013, 10:42 pm
Forum: Railroad items
Topic: SEABOARD CHANGES FROM COAL TO WOOD-FIRED ENGINES.. 1902
Replies: 1
Views: 5144

SEABOARD CHANGES FROM COAL TO WOOD-FIRED ENGINES.. 1902

FROM: THE TIMES, Richmond, Va., October 11, 1902. WOOD BURNERS. Colonel Frank Huger, superintendent of the Second Division of the Seaboard Air Line, says an order has been issued for all engines on the Carolina Central from Hamlet to Wilmington to be changed from coal to wood burners on account of t...
by Bruce Osburn
Wed July 31, 2013, 10:28 pm
Forum: Railroad items
Topic: SEABOARD ORDERED TO IMPROVE ROADBED... 1907
Replies: 0
Views: 4098

SEABOARD ORDERED TO IMPROVE ROADBED... 1907

FROM: THE TIMES DISPATCH, Richmond, Va., March 30, 1907. IMPROVE ROADBED. CORPORATION COMMISSION ISSUES PEREMPTORY ORDER. RALEIGH, N.C., March 29. — A peremptory order is issued by the Corporation Commission against the Seaboard Air Line reiterating the charge that the condition of the roadbed on th...
by Bruce Osburn
Tue July 30, 2013, 11:08 pm
Forum: Railroad items
Topic: SEABOARD DISPATCHED BY TELEPHONE... 1909
Replies: 0
Views: 3846

SEABOARD DISPATCHED BY TELEPHONE... 1909

FROM: THE PENSACOLA JOURNAL, Pensacola, Fla., Oct. 23, 1909. OPERATING BY TELEPHONES. NEW PLAN IS ADOPTED BY THE SEABOARD — EXPERIMENT TRIED BETWEEN RALEIGH AND MONROE, N.C. On September 4th, the Seaboard Air Line put into service its new telephone train dispatching circuit between Raleigh and Monro...