by Wadesboro | Mar 19, 2020 | Wadesboro
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...
by Wadesboro | Mar 12, 2020 | Wadesboro
The author, John Marek, is executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. I watched an excellent little movie called “Freaks” on Netflix the other night. It was a sci-fi/horror mashup about a little girl who is locked up in a dilapidated house by...
by Wadesboro | Mar 5, 2020 | Wadesboro
The author, John Marek, is executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. After my freshman year at Ohio University, I returned home for the summer break and got a job at a local restaurant. It was menial work for minimum wage, but my coworkers were...
by Wadesboro | Mar 5, 2020 | Wadesboro
Editor’s note: The author, Steve Bailey, is outreach coordinator at the Anson County Historical Society. Eliza Jane Pratt, who was born in Morven on March 5, 1902, was elected as a Democrat to the 79th Congress in 1946 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of...
by Wadesboro | Feb 27, 2020 | Wadesboro
Editor’s note: The author, Steve Bailey, outreach coordinator at the Anson County Historical Society, recently accidentally discovered this article and photo about First Lt. Andrew Marshall. Even though Andrew Daniel Marshall was born in West Virginia in 1924, his...
by Wadesboro | Feb 27, 2020 | Wadesboro
The author, John Marek, is executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. The Cattail Trail begins just off the picnic area and loops for two miles along the shore of Mountain Island Lake in Mecklenburg County’s Latta Plantation Park. I have...
