by Wadesboro | Dec 23, 2019 | Wadesboro
A “Wetherelves’ Nollaig Sguelachdan” Christmas memory by John Witherspoon. How can a little white dog and a bedroom full of flies start something like this? Well, like the phrase in quotes above, it’s complicated and mysterious. Witherspoon is supposed to be a Scot...
by Wadesboro | Dec 19, 2019 | Wadesboro
We continue our series of stories about local artists with this feature on Michael Phillips written by Beth Davis Traywick. At age 15 Michael Phillips began a successful career in hairstyling. For more than 40 years he owned, operated and managed First Edition...
by Wadesboro | Dec 19, 2019 | Wadesboro
Editor’s note: The author, Steve Bailey, is outreach coordinator at the Anson County Historical Society. We learn something every day and I recently learned a lot from my Historical Society guest, Jim Walker of Chicago, who is compiling a book on the famous baseball...
by Wadesboro | Dec 19, 2019 | Wadesboro
The author, John Marek, is executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. What will the new Charlotte MLS team mean for rural communities around the region? When George Shinn brought the original NBA Charlotte Hornets to town in 1988, it was...
by Wadesboro | Dec 12, 2019 | Wadesboro
By Emily Granholm Wadesboro has a new catering business, Milestone Full Service Catering, established in 2014 by Chad and Lilly Fowler. Originally from Maryland, they moved to Anson County this past April and purchased a beautiful home in Wadesboro. They’ve worked in...
by Wadesboro | Dec 12, 2019 | Wadesboro
Editor’s note: The author, Steve Bailey, is outreach coordinator at the Anson County Historical Society. Research for this article was compiled by Timothy Guy Martin in September 2019. He collaborated with Kenneth David Martin, both being direct descendants of James...
