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LOOKING BACK: Charles Street Gym

Starting early on in the 1930s, Southampton County School officials were realizing, increasingly, the need for more broad-based school curricula for County students. Pursuant to ... Read more

by Clyde Parker, Tuesday, June 18, 2024 11:00 am

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LOOKING BACK: Roanoke Railway Company

On September 7, 1910, the Roanoke Railway Co., a subsidiary of Camp Manufacturing Co. of Franklin, Va., was chartered to build and operate a railroad ... Read more

by Clyde Parker, Friday, May 31, 2024 4:07 pm

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LOOKING BACK: The ‘Olive’ and the A.S.N.

A major part of Franklin’s early development was due to the existence of the Albemarle Steam Navigation Company (A.S.N.). Its headquarters was in Franklin, and ... Read more

by Clyde Parker, Saturday, May 18, 2024 11:00 am

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LOOKING BACK: Southampton County Buggy Manufacturers

During the early part of the 20th Century, several Southampton County businesses produced horse-drawn buggies, which brought significant commerce to the county. Although the automobile ... Read more

by Clyde Parker, Monday, May 6, 2024 7:01 am

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LOOKING BACK: Bogart-Barrett House

Situated in Southampton County, on the Blackwater River, twelve miles from its mouth at the point where it joins the Nottoway River, in the 1840s, ... Read more

by Clyde Parker, Tuesday, April 23, 2024 5:26 pm

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LOOKING BACK: 100 years of the Franklin Rotary

On April 1, 1924, the organization of a Rotary Club in Franklin was perfected at a luncheon in the dining room of the Virginian Hotel.  ... Read more

by Clyde Parker, Friday, April 5, 2024 3:15 pm

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LOOKING BACK: Dr. Rufus L. Raiford – father of Raiford Memorial Hospital

Dr. Rufus L. Raiford is considered the father of the old Raiford Memorial Hospital — the forerunner of Southampton Memorial Hospital. Rufus Raiford was born ... Read more

by Clyde Parker, Tuesday, April 2, 2024 9:00 am

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LOOKING BACK: Lee Lafayette Thorpe – farmer, businessman

Fifty years ago, in recognition of National Peanut Month, the March 7, 1974 edition of The Tidewater News featured an article about the Thorpe family ... Read more

by Clyde Parker, Friday, March 8, 2024 7:00 am

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LOOKING BACK: Meherrin Valley Bank remodeled

Seventy-five years ago, on Monday, Feb. 21, 1949, several hundred people stormed the Meherrin Valley Bank building in Boykins — located on the southeast corner ... Read more

by Clyde Parker, Sunday, February 25, 2024 8:31 am

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LOOKING BACK: Southampton Kildees organized

Seventy-five years ago, on Jan. 14, 1949, 37 stockholders of the newly organized Southampton Athletic Association met in Franklin Town Hall. The purpose of the ... Read more

by Clyde Parker, Wednesday, January 24, 2024 5:49 pm

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