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LOOKING BACK: U.S. Forest Service leases section of Camp’s ’Big Woods’
On March 5, 1946, the signing of a lease on 1,365 acres of The Big Woods, near Como, North Carolina, to the United States Forest ...
Clyde Parker, Author at The Tidewater News
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LOOKING BACK: Major events in 1949
Seventy-five years ago, The Tidewater News — in its final editions of the year 1949 – highlighted some of the major events that took place ...
by Clyde Parker, Friday, December 27, 2024 4:48 pm
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LOOKING BACK: Hercules builds plant in Southampton County
Seventy years ago, The Tidewater News — in its Dec. 11, 1954, edition — reported that Hercules Powder Company, headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, had announced ...
by Clyde Parker, Thursday, December 12, 2024 6:35 pm
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LOOKING BACK: Franklin Lions Club
The Franklin Lions Club was chartered by the International Association of Lions Club on Nov. 29, 1933. The Suffolk Lions Club was the sponsoring organization. ...
by Clyde Parker, Friday, November 22, 2024 4:51 pm
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LOOKING BACK: 1964 Southampton High School Indians football team
Over the years, much has been written about various outstanding area football teams. Sixty years ago, a particularly outstanding team was the 1964 Southampton ...
by Clyde Parker, Wednesday, November 13, 2024 12:06 pm
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LOOKING BACK: Southampton women to vote — for the first time
In October 1920, several meetings were held in Southampton County in reference to women of the county who were anxious to be instructed in the ...
by Clyde Parker, Wednesday, October 23, 2024 5:02 pm
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LOOKING BACK: Southampton County farmers hold meeting
One hundred years ago, on October 3, 1924, the first farmers’ meeting of the year was held in Courland. About four hundred Southampton County ...
by Clyde Parker, Tuesday, October 8, 2024 7:00 pm
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LOOKING BACK: Hurricane Floyd’s devastating impact on Franklin
On Thursday, Sept. 16, 1999, floodwaters caused by heavy rains from Hurricane Floyd devastated many communities in the western part of the greater Tidewater Virginia ...
by Clyde Parker, Wednesday, September 25, 2024 8:00 am
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LOOKING BACK: Delaware Park on the Nottoway
What was and where was Delaware Park? In the 1890s, it was an amusement park and a bathing beach located on the eastern bank of ...
by Clyde Parker, Monday, September 9, 2024 6:11 pm
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LOOKING BACK: TVDC / Industrial development sparks debate
During the mid-1960s, membership in the Tidewater Virginia Development Council (TVDC) was a real “hot potato” with the Franklin City Council, prompting many revealing discussions ...
by Clyde Parker, Thursday, August 29, 2024 3:56 pm
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