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That time the governor spent the night in Polkton
The author, Steve Bailey, is outreach coordinator at the Anson County Historical Society. Information for this column came from the notebook of Lilly Bassett Carter Hoffman, 1888-1979. Bob and Betty Carter moved to Wadesboro, where Bob clerked in a store and learned...
Field Notes: Even COVID-19 can’t wilt church garden
The author, John Marek, is executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. Shortly after I began attending New Beginnings Moravian Church in January 2019, I sat down with the interim pastor to discuss where I fit in with the ministry. As we discussed...
Walking the Land: Lovely native tree has two names too many
Here's the latest "Walking the Land" from Becky Dill, amateur naturalist, photographer and Paw barista: The best native tree that nobody grows has three names that people cannot agree on. Do you call it Fringe Tree or Grancy Greybeard or Old Man’s Beard? This...
How sheltering in place leads to #momguilt
The author, Brooke Crump, is a working mom in Mt. Gilead. Corona. A word we will never think of the same again. There’s been a time or two in the past where I’ve had some guilt when it came to a Corona, thanks to my Southern Baptist upbringing, but I dare say that no...
Field Notes: Hunkering down, ‘Gilligan’s Island’ style
The author, John Marek, is executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. As noted in an earlier column, my knowledge of infectious disease comes mostly from questionable high school health classes and the occasional post-apocalyptic horror novel,...
Day-trip to museum proves enlightening
The author, Nils Skudra, is a UNCG graduate student and freelance journalist. He recently visited Mt. Gilead – before the COVID-19 quarantine – and Laura Anderson gave him a tour of the town museum. On March 17, my family and I decided to take a day trip to Mt....
‘Dr. Esta’ blazed trail as pediatrician
The author, Steve Bailey, is outreach coordinator at the Anson County Historical Society. Dr. Esta Joyce Levy Kress and her husband Dr. Jack Kress arrived in Wadesboro in 1940. She was a “baby doctor” and he was a physician at the old Wadesboro Hospital on Morven...
Field Notes: Re-learning lessons from the past
The author, John Marek, is executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. In the midst of this COVID-19 crisis, I’ve been thinking a lot about 1991; specifically, the First Gulf War. In the spring of ’91, I was a 28-year-old sales manager for a...
Taylors were only father-son duo to serve as state’s lieutenant governor
The author, Steve Bailey, is outreach coordinator at the Anson County Historical Society. Hoyt Patrick Taylor Jr., who was born in Wadesboro on April 1, 1924, served as North Carolina’s lieutenant governor from 1969-73, following in the footsteps of his father (a...
Field Notes: A scholarly discussion of TP
The author, John Marek, is executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. Late on the evening of Dec. 19, 1973, Johnny Carson made a joke about a toilet paper shortage on “The Tonight Show.” It was a silly throwaway line in his nightly monologue,...
How Belk’s window displays became ‘the best’
This week, Steve Bailey, outreach coordinator at the Anson County Historical Society, turns over his column to Brothel Dean of Wadesboro, who writes about his dad’s amazing work history with Belk’s of Wadesboro. My father, Joe Dean, began his work career with Belk’s...
North Carolina Business Relief Resources
Re: COVID-19 For all general questions, call Business Link North Carolina (BLNC) at 800.228.8443. BLNC staff are available Monday through Friday, 8:30 am – 4:00 pm. BLNC staff will connect your business to the appropriate organization for assistance. ...