Tuesday, August 10, 2010 - Reynolda Manor Library - Wallace Baird & Wayne Biby present: "History of Walkertown"
Wallace Baird is a native of Burke County, NC. After graduating from Drexel High School he attended college and graduate school in Kentucky and Wisconsin. In 1963, he moved from Madison, Wisconsin to Winston-Salem, NC to join the Department of Chemistry of Wake Forest College as professor of physical chemistry. He has lived in Forsyth County since September 1963 and for the past thirty two years has lived on a forestry farm near Walkertown, NC. He now works for the family business Treehugger Forestry Inc. which produces locally and sustainably grown lumber for many wood products. Wayne Biby is a life long resident of Walkertown. He grew up on a tobacco farm helping his grandfather care for the tobacco crop and doing other necessary chores. After graduating from Walkertown High School and Forsyth Technical Institute, he spent the next 37 years working for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. Wayne is a postcard collector and a collector of tobacco memorabilia. He is a member of Morris Chapel United Methodist Church in Walkertown. Both men are members of the Walkertown Area Historical Society.
Tuesday, October 12, 2010 - Reynolda Manor Library- Randell Jones : "In the Footsteps of Daniel Boone"
Randell Jones is the author of In the Footsteps of Daniel Boone, which received the 2006 Willie Parker Peace History Book Award from the North Carolina Society of Historians. He was a featured speaker last fall during Daniel Boone Days on the Appalachian State University campus and in October in Pennsylvania at the Daniel Boone Homestead celebrating Boone’s 275th birthday. He is also an invited member of the Road Scholars Speakers Bureau for the North Carolina Humanities Council.
North Carolina enjoys a remarkable reputation for its history. Our state is rich in stories about people, places, and events that set us apart from all other states. And we have been home to some notable Americans whose lives have become part of the fabric of America’s story. One of those Americans, Daniel Boone, was America’s pioneer hero who lived in North Carolina for 21years. Daniel Boone is an important part of our state’s heritage, a heritage that every North Carolinian should know and appreciate.
The FCHA is excited to present an evening with Mr. Randell Jones!!!
(Other works by Mr Jones included: On the Trail of Daniel Boone, DVD, 2005; In the Footsteps of Davy Crockett, 2006; and Scoundrels,Rogues, and Heroes of the Old North State, 2nd ed. 2007)
This project is made possible by a grant from the North Carolina Humanities Council, a statewide nonprofit and affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. North Carolina Humanities Council www.nchumanities.org
SEPTEMBER 14, 2010- Reynolda Manor Library- An Evening With WWII Veterans
Join us for a fascinating evening with WWII Veterans from our area:
RONALD MACKLIN- Native of Winston-Salem and son of Harold Macklin, a well known architect in Winston Salem from 1920-1947. Attended West End School, Wiley School and Reynolds High School. He graduated from UNC in 1950. Served in WWII for four years. Stationed overseas for two years and 10 months; experienced combat for two years, 127 days. Macklin shot down two German ME109's in early 1943. He participated in ten campaigns: Tunisian, Sicilian, Naples Foggia, Anzio, Rome Arno, North Appenines, Southern France, Rhineland and Central Europe. He participated in the American Theater (Sub Patrol.) Macklin was awarded two Air Medals, two Presidential Citations, the French Croix De Guerre Avec Palme in 1944. He received the French Legion of Honor on April 3, 2009 from the President of France. Macklin worked for Piedmont Airlines from 1953-1988 and worked as an Aviation Consultant from 1988 to 2000 in the US, Mid-Pacific and Far East.
Lauten enlisted in the Army: Sept, 1940 and was ultimately "attached" to Headquarters Company #502, 101st Division in England. He jumped D-day and in Holland, was wounded both times. He was discharged April 1945, as an E-8 and sent to the VA hospital in Fayetteville, NC.
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Howard F. Beeson
Born in 1926 in Forsyth County, NC; Attended: Kernersville School. Inducted: US Army 28 Oct 1944, Camp Croft, SC, Basic Training: Camp Blanding, FL : Military Quantifications: Combat Infantry Badge, MM 30 Cal. Rifle M1. Battles and Campaigns: Rhineland; Central Europe. Decorations and Citations: American Theater Service Medal; Good Conduct Medal; EAME Service Medal with 2 Bronze Stars; Occupation Medal of Germany; World War II Victory Medal. Discharged: 30 Sep 1946. After discharge returned to his father’s farm, later trained as a mechanic under the G. I. Bill. Worked for Coca-Cola, A. Clay Smith Chevrolet and retired from Sears. Participated in the “Triad Flight of Honor” in April 2010
******************************** Ivey Martin Redmon
Born: 1923 in Stokes Co. NC; Attended: Walkertown School. Attended Signal Corp. School in Winston-Salem, 1943. Inducted: Out of Signal Corps School in March 1943 (enlisted 12 Mar 1943 Camp Croft, SC). Served in the Army, 36th Cavalry European Theater of Operations- Served 17 months in combat. EAME Service Medal with 3 Bronze Stars, Good Conduct Medal Discharged: Oct 10, 1945. Went in to the grocery and general merchandise business. Went to school in Kentucky for electrical engineering. . Went into the radio and TV business (store owner). Served as an electrical representative until retirement.
