Although Family Dollar was branching out geographically at this time, with 70 to 80 outlets in Georgia, it was still primarily a Carolina chain. Soon, the company began investigating further opportunities in Alabama, Tennessee, the Virginias, Florida, Kentucky, and Mississippi. Because the company ...
had acquired a multimillion-dollar fortune in banking, bootlegging, shipbuilding, and the film industry, and as a skilled player of thestock market. His mother,Rose, was the daughter of John F. (“Honey Fitz”) Fitzgerald, onetime mayor of Boston. They established trust funds for their childr...
“Dana Walden has made incredible contributions to the entertainment industry, overseeing the production and development of many of the most iconic and award-winning shows in history,” said PGA presidents Stephanie Allain and Donald De Line in a joint statement. “Her leadership, first as CEO ...
In North Carolina the schools would sometimes have a fundraiser called “Hat Day” and if you paid a dollar you could wear a hat. Here, instead of Hat Day they have No Uniform Day and you can pay one pound to wear your normal street clothes and leave your uniform at home! Woo-hoo!
St. Mary's Church, 1907. Source:History of St. Mary's Church in Grand Rapids, Mich., 1907. Postcard written by Will to his parentsWilliam Peter and Elizabeth Berles Drueke: "New York 7/5/06. Dear Father amd Mother, As others saw us on the 4th at Coney island. W & R". From ...
In 'Silver Dollar Road,' Raoul Peck constructs a portrait of a Black family in North Carolina trying to save their land from developer encroachment.
We know how the computer introduced us to movie magic. But what’s astonishing is how they changed the whole industry from pure entertainment to becoming a billion-dollar multi-company like Pixar Animations, The Walt Disney Studio, DreamWorks Animation, etc., with the help of computers, animated...
For the afternoon we were back in Santa Fe, shopping in the plaza and visiting Canyon Road, the famous strip of art galleries. Given the many thousand dollar price tags for the artwork, we contented ourselves with window shopping. With the lovely ...
Keith has been interested in family history and genealogy ever since his grandmother convinced him they were descended from one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence (alas, it wasn't true). He's worked on it seriously since about 1998. He's also a technophile and has always tri...
An English pound equal to one Cavalier; an English shilling equal to one quarter of a dollar; English penny equal to two cents; French napoleon of 20 Francs equal to $4; piece of five francs equal to $1; piece of one franc equal to 20 cents. referred to as Fugio cents, the date ...