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Remembering Geoff Tennant

We heard of the sudden, unexpected passing of friend Geoff Tennant this morning at McDonald’s. Shock registered on…

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Remembering Henry & Another Tuskegee Airman

Fran discovered another story of a living Tuskegee Airman, Lt. Col. Harry Stewart. She recorded it so we…

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Remembering Tuskegee Airman Robert Friend 

We don’t know Robert Friend, but I’d like to share with you that he was a Tuskegee Airman who just…

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Remembering Sears Roebuck

Another surprising demise is the venerable, ubiquitous Sears stores and their catalog. I remember when it was Sears, Roebuck…

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The Ascent of Womankind 

In observing with satisfaction the Ascent of Womankind in my lifetime, I think I should enlarge upon that…

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Remembering Dick, Jimmy & Norme  

The last one of then Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle’s Tokyo Raiders has died, aged 103 years. I suppose that demonstrates…

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Tryon’s Jockey Fire Hydrants

Back in the late 90s, when I was President of the Polk County Historical Association and Richard Cannon…

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Remembering Pete & Bernice 

Two more friends are now gone from this life. I had known Bernice Wilson Culbreth nearly all of my life,…

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Welcomed to Tryon by the Mayor Himself 

Nothing like being welcomed to Tryon by the Mayor himself! Alan Peoples is a “friend of long standing”…

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Remember When: Remembering Byron Brewer

I knew Byron Brewer only by name and reputation; probably saw him only a few times. However, I…