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LOOKING BACK: The radio craze
In 1922, a Tidewater News editorial by publishers Paul Scarborough and Joseph P. King, Sr., addressed the radio craze in the Southampton-Isle of Wight-Franklin area, ...
Clyde Parker, Author at The Tidewater News
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LOOKING BACK: Thorpe named ‘Tree Farmer’
Seventy-five years ago, Lee Lafayette Thorpe, a prominent farmer of the Statesville / Newsoms community, was named the 1949-1950 “Outstanding Tree Farmer” for the eastern ...
by Clyde Parker, Thursday, June 19, 2025 10:00 am
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LOOKING BACK: Franklin High School Class of 1950
Seventy-five years ago, forty-two seniors graduated from Franklin High School. Commencement exercises were held on June 4 and 5, 1950. The baccalaureate services were held ...
by Clyde Parker, Wednesday, June 4, 2025 6:03 pm
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LOOKING BACK: Franklin’s liquor history
Up to about 1891, Franklin was a typical “wet” town. In the mid-1830s, when Franklin was first established as a village, liquor manufacture, distribution, and ...
by Clyde Parker, Wednesday, May 28, 2025 6:24 pm
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LOOKING BACK: Della Irving Hayden
Della Irving Hayden was the founder in 1904 of the Franklin Normal & Industrial Institute, which was the predecessor to Hayden High School and Hayden ...
by Clyde Parker, Friday, May 16, 2025 6:00 pm
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LOOKING BACK: Franklin prepares for Centennial/Bicentennial
Fifty years ago, in April 1975, a group of Franklin citizens was planning a centennial celebration to mark Franklin’s 100th anniversary as a town. The ...
by Clyde Parker, Thursday, May 8, 2025 12:00 pm
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LOOKING BACK: Franklin Kildees
In the 1890s, Franklin had a very active town baseball team – and it was named the Franklin Kildees. That name for the team was ...
by Clyde Parker, Friday, April 18, 2025 4:41 pm
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LOOKING BACK: Remembering Fred Rabil
Ten years ago, on March 20, 2015, the legendary Fred Rabil, owner of Fred’s Restaurant in Franklin since 1945, passed away at the age of ...
by Clyde Parker, Thursday, April 10, 2025 5:41 pm
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LOOKING BACK: Hillview Farm 1948
Hillview Farm was an operating farm located in an area encompassed by Old Sedley Road, Fairview Drive, and North High Street. It was bordered on ...
by Clyde Parker, Tuesday, March 4, 2025 5:30 pm
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LOOKING BACK: Rochelle–Prince House
The historic Rochelle–Prince House, located at 22371 Main Street in Courtland, dates back to an early period of Virginia’s history. The first Rochelle, known to ...