LOOKING BACK
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 ...
Clyde Parker, Author at The Tidewater News
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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 ...
by Clyde Parker, Monday, February 17, 2025 5:41 pm
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LOOKING BACK: Remembering Dr. Patsy Rainey Joyner
Dr. Patsy Rainey Joyner was a native of Isle of Wight County, and a graduate of Windsor High School. While working full-time jobs during her ...
by Clyde Parker, Tuesday, February 4, 2025 5:00 pm
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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 ...
by Clyde Parker, Friday, January 10, 2025 2:03 pm
LOOKING BACK
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
LOOKING BACK
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
LOOKING BACK
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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