1947
[19 Oct] Car Talk with John and J. Van Henderson
Recorded by J. Van Henderson;
coverted to .mp3 from a cassette recording (made from an original
wax record)
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.mp3 sound file [4.3 MB]
J. Van and John
Henderson discuss John's car. John says that the car has no
vibration, or at least you can't hear any vibration for the
rattling. John tells us about his career "selling drugs"
-- but not narcotics, as that might land him in "the clink".
J. Van and John
Henderson are the sons of Artemas H. Henderson and Esther Burgess
Phillips Henderson.
Relevant
to: Artemas
H. Henderson family
1947
[24 Dec] Christmas Eve Massacre in Greensboro
Recorded by J. Van Henderson;
coverted to .mp3 from a cassette recording (made from an original
wax record)
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.mp3 sound file [6.3 MB]
Radio New Bulletin:
Tenant Joe DeSantis goes on a Christmas Eve shooting spree and
kills members of his landlord's family, then commits suicide
at the Central Fire Station on N. Green Street in Greensboro,
NC. Charles Henderson, son of Artemas H. Henderson and Esther
Burgess Phillips Henderson, was Assistant Fire Chief at the
Greensboro Fire Department.
Relevant
to: Artemas
H. Henderson family
1949
[23 Sep] Tower Rescue
Recorded by J. Van Henderson;
coverted to .mp3 from a cassette recording (made from an original
wax record)
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.mp3 sound file [5.4 MB]
W-BIG in Greensboro
NC broadcasts the story of the rescue of M. L. Harper, a painter
who fell while painting the station's radio tower. Harper was
recscued by Charles Henderson and Roma Fortune of the Greensboro
Fire Department. Both men were presented with awards by Coronet
Magazine, who carried the story. Charles Henderson, son of Artemas
H. Henderson and Esther Burgess Phillips Henderson, was Assistant
Fire Chief at the Greensboro Fire Department.
Relevant
to: Artemas
H. Henderson family
1950
[26 Feb] A Fly on the Wall in Apartment B
Recorded by J. Van Henderson;
coverted to .mp3 from a cassette recording (made from an original
wax record)
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Thelma Henderson
Schoolfield and Blanche Allred Henderson gossip about mutual
acquaintances (Mr. M and Cabel) and what they've been doing
("Went down to Momma's and listened to a bunch of screamin'
young'uns.") in the continuing saga of Apartment B. Thelma
is the daughter of Artemas H. Henderson and Mary Ethel Carrico
Henderson. Blanche Allred Henderson is the wife of J. Van Henderson.
Relevant
to: Artemas
H. Henderson family
1950
[11 Mar] Blanche Goes to Chapel Hill on Business
Recorded by J. Van Henderson;
coverted to .mp3 from a cassette recording (made from an original
wax record)
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J. Van interviews
his wife Blanche Allred Henderson about her recent business
trip to Chapel Hill. Among the things he asks, "What did
you have to drink?" (a "loaded" question) and
"Are you nervous?" When she replies that she is, he
tells her to "Just talk...". J. Van Henderson is the
son of Artemas H. Henderson and Esther Burgess Phillips Henderson.
Relevant
to: Artemas
H. Henderson family
1954
[30 Jan] Charles "Pete" Henderson plays "Shake
a Hand"
Recorded by J. Van Henderson;
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wax record)
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January
30, 1954. Twelve-year-old
Charles "Pete" Henderson serenades the family with
a rendition of "Shake a Hand" played on a painfully
out-of-tune piano. Pete is the son of Charles and Jessica Low
Henderson, and the grandson of Artemas H. Henderson.
Relevant
to: Artemas
H. Henderson family
1954
[30 Jan] Her Name is "Boss"
Recorded by J. Van Henderson;
coverted to .mp3 from a cassette recording (made from an original
wax record)
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January
30, 1954. Four-and-a-half
year-old Timothy Henderson tells us how his glasses got broken
and calls baby sister Lizbeth Henderson "Lizzy the Hungry
Steam Shovel". When asked what his mother's name is, he
replies "Momma...I don't know her name," but he ends
by telling us "Her name is Boss!"
Timothy is the son
of Charles and Jessica Low Henderson, and the grandson of Artemas
H. Henderson.
Relevant
to: Artemas
H. Henderson family
1954
[18 Aug] Ed Henderson Celebrates 17 Years at Schiffman's Jewelers
Recorded by J. Van Henderson;
coverted to .mp3 from a cassette recording (made from an original
wax record)
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.mp3 sound file [5.4 MB]
Newly certified
gemologist (CG) J. Edwin Henderson celebrates 17 years at Schiffman's
Jewelers in Greensboro, NC. Ed is the son of Artemas H. Henderson
and Esther Burgess Phillips Henderson.
Relevant
to: Artemas
H. Henderson family
