News & Observer Index, 1926-1992

Rogers, Dennis (Column)

Black history center in Sedalia to be a first for state - Ja 28 85 1C
School's founder (Palmer) stressed dignity, struggled for rights - Ja 29 85 1C
Wilmington (Railroad) museum a ticket to railroad memories - Ja 31 85 1C
'A little law' takes lawyer (Eure) through a lot of years - Fe 5 85 1C
Crocker Dunn remembered for century-old good deeds - Fe 14 85 1C
'Slick talker,' Kinston farmers color their futures gold (Gray; Midgette) - Fe 19 85 1C
Bill Bailey rediscovered painful memories on Iwo Jima - Mr 11 85 1C
Reunion on sands of Iwo Jima puts ghosts to rest - Mr 12 85 1C
Many who gave up on Fayetteville are missing out - Ap 2 85 1C
Confederate soldier nearly caused torching of Raleigh - Ap 4 85 1C
Archaeologist finds treasures hidden under Fayetteville - Ap 9 85 1C
the summer of 1898 in Raleigh was the worst of times (Spanish-American war) - Ap 11 85 1C
Soldiers buried overseas recalled in Reidsville cemetery - Ap 15 85 1C
Volunteers test mettle during long night of fighting fire - Ap 22 85 1C
A Beaufort tale: Faith got the man; hope died for Charity - Ap 23 85 1C
'Senator Sam' a true hero, both as soldier and statesman - Ap 30 85 1C
Nursing service helps families care for patients at home - My 2 85 1C
She (Golden) lent substance, seasoning to Salter Path's history - My 14 85 1C
A killing and a lynch mob is one of stories of Salter Path - My 16 85 1C
N.C. - where independence has a touch of orneriness - My 20 85 1C
Hobgood lives on despite railroads' final departure - My 21 85 1C
N.C. highway markers bill the obscure and the famous - Jn 10 85 1C
Memorial to Wolfe shows his mother's independence - Jn 18 85 1C
Glory days end for Kicking Machine of Croatan - Jn 25 85 1C
I tell you, UNC was the 1st state university, honest - Se 16 85 1C
Kinston's Stallings Field to buzz with fliers once again - Oc 8 85 1C
Program seeks Wilson's return to days as 'City of Trees' - Oc 31 85 1C
'Unsinkable' Proteus now diving attraction off Ocracoke - No 4 85 1C
Concert to benefit man (Hamer) who has touched many lives - No 7 85 1C
Nameless storm off coast gave birth to lifesaving service - No 14 85 1C

Rogers, Dennis (Column)

Brave men of Pea Island safeguarded life in the storms - Ja 14 86 1C
Call it what you will, new center is Carolina-blue luxury - Fe 3 86 1C
Piece of Britain buried with seamen at Ocracoke cemetery - Ap 7 86 1C
the story behind the (Henry Lawson Wyatt) statue - one of many to remember - My 26 86 1C
Was the Lost Colony lost, or only misplaced by history? - Jn 30 86 1C
Smallest U.S. hospital (Robersonville Community) is good medicine for N.C. town - Jy 17 86 1C
Museum curator hopes to cultivate Fayetteville's rich past (Museum of the Cape Fear) - Jy 21 86 1C
Historian tries to keep road from overrunning arsenal ruins - Jy 24 86 1C
Traveling preacher's (Wilkie) way with words delightful, inspiring - Jy 31 86 1C
Lumbee Indians preserve legend of Henry Berry Lowrie - Au 4 86 1C
Archives hold keys to history - the way it really was - Au 7 86 1C
Sharecropper-turned-executive (Edwards) stays close to his roots - Au 12 86 1C
'Big Boy' Henry learned to live, as well as sing, the blues - Au 18 86 1C
'Big Boy' uses blues to help make life a little more rosy - Au 19 86 1C
N.C. helped John Paul Jones get his name, commission - Se 1 1C
Man holds this truth to be evident: Document is authentic (copy of Declaration of Independence) - Se 4 86 1C
Uzzle family of Johnston teaches a lesson in dedication - Se 15 86 1C
Flying career lifted hero (Armstrong) far from Martin County fields - No 6 86 1C
1930s films of small-town N.C. open window on past - No 13 86 1C
Blackbeard's enduring legend helps color N.C. folklore - No 17 86 1C
Under the dome: Roark may lead Sanford's N.C. staff - No 22 86 1
Folks with heart give ex-schoolteacher bounty of books - De 2 86 1C
Nighttime effort railroaded the railroad out of Goldsboro - De 4 86 1C
Polecat Branch owes name to little stinker, Charlie says - De 8 86 1C
Wright brothers' inventiveness took flight at an early age - De 16 86 1C
With wine and song, club toasts flying - and not flying - De 22 86 1C
High-flyin' Yeager still soaring to new flight records - De 23 86 1C

Rogers, Dennis (Column)

Even fellows' jeers won't make thriving artist suffer (Bliven) - Ja 14 82 33
Neighborliness is an institution in Lenoir community - Ja 26 82 19
Waccamaw sound battle cry in fight for Indian heritage - Fe 11 82 1C
This dancer (Thomas) climbed to the big time in a small time - Fe 15 82 1C
Inventor's tragic past yields to new life (Dillingham) - Fe 16 82 1C
Country singer's (Reagan's) sad serenades a plea to the heart - Mr 1 82 1C
Self-sufficient country boy (Hardee) lives off love of tinkering - Mr 2 82 1C
Town growing by leaps and bounds...or so the mayor says (St. Lewis) - Mr 4 82 1C
Woman (Duke) attains what others thought was out of reach - Mr 8 82 1C
Diggers seek story of a waterfront building in Bath - Mr 15 82 1C
Man (Bey) fishes up farming method that foils catfish experts - Mr 18 82 1C
Trying to save a place made for making memories (Temple Theater) - Mr 22 82 1C
Ex-communications chief (Pitts) recalls White House years - Mr 29 82 1C
Ex-White House staffer taps his memory of presidents - Mr 30 82 1C
Woman's (McCoy's) green thumb plucks the exotic - Ap 5 82 1C
Carolina confusion has travelers making trek to wrong Greenville - Ap 8 82 1C
ABC officer (Bunting) high on bustin' bootleggers incognito - My 3 82 1C
Town took day to honor (African) brigade's fight for freedom - My 4 82 1C
Death comes to the lifesavers' home on the cape - My 25 82 1C
Out of blacksmith's grubby shop comes beauty of art (Timberlake) - Jn 7 82 1C
That shifty, thieving, stuck-up loser named (Sir Walter) Raleigh - Jn 10 82 1C
Charlie from China still waits for promised passport - Jy 6 82 1C
Crossroads' folk can't buy time for country store (Wooten's) - Jy 12 82 1C
Town (Roanoke Rapids) restores vigor to power station sapped of energy - Jy 19 82 1C
College (St. Andrews) helps disabled break barriers to fulfillment - Au 5 82 1C
Racing legend in Bath is strange tale of devil's holey ground - Se 16 82 1C
Johnston (Coats Country) museum rife with memories of country life - Se 27 82 1C
Family bookstore turns new leaf to aid ECU students (University Book Exchange) - No 30 82 1C
N. C. slave girl (Morgan) helped change course of U. S. history - De 21 82 1C

Rogers, Dennis (Column)

Robbers ravage soldier's grave, memory for bounty (Mangum) - Ja 30 84 1C
A century later, the saga of Millie-Christine is still told - Ja 31 84 1C
Adding facts to the fire in the Confederate flag ruckus - Fe 23 84 1C
Town shines spotlight on editor's 54 years with Scouts - Mr 1 84 1C
'Indian kettles' illustrate state's industrial past - Mr 19 84 1C
Columbia won't forget gentle teacher's (VanHorne's) enduring lesson - Mr 20 84 1C
Pair connect troubled Indian children to social agencies - Mr 27 84 1C
Southern Pines produces a presidential alternative - Mr 29 84 1C
Innovative ideas turn working forest into profit for state (Bladen
Lakes State Forest) - Ap 16 84 1C
Exciting museum takes shape at railroading mecca - Ap 19 84 1C
Lost Colony settlers still missing after four centuries - Ap 26 84 1C
Transfer of USS North Carolina paid off for everyone - My 7 84 1C
General from N.C. (Lee) immortalized by D-Day troops - Jn 5 84 1C
Ayden's barbecue dynasty pits cousins against cousins - Jn 11 84 1C
Story of courage, faith embedded in Roanoke history (Cartwright) - Jn 19 84 1C
Wood whittled by strong hands yields lifelike wildlife (Althauser) - Jn 25 84 1C
(Poplar Grove) Plantation the perfect ticket for rainy day at the
beach - Jn 28 84 1C
Theater's tarnished grandeur still can be saved (Wilson Theater) - Jy 2 84 1C
Researcher abandons romance with Lost Colony theory - Au 16 84 1C
the Southern Sportsman loses his best friend, Fracas - Oc 2 84 1C
(Cape Lookout) Lighthouse's fall at hands of novice spy remembered - No 5 84 1C
Dying buildings to live in history as well as memory (Edgecombe Co.
project) - No 15 84 1C
MacDonald story more than a TV drama for some - No 19 84 1C
Man (Smith) starts writing courses, umpteenth career at age 70 - No 26 84 1C

Rogers, Dennis (Column)

'Black diamonds' still lure dreamers back to Deep River - Mr 10 87 1C
Rare ivy (Lewis Heartleaf) piques student interest, creeps into state protection - Mr 23 87 1C
Small house (Bennett house) in Durham a big key to the Civil War's end - Mr 26 87 1C
Louisburg College celebrating 200 years of quiet success - Ap 6 87 1C
Spirit, begone! Charlotte NBA team needs a better name - Ap 21 87 1C
Fort Macon Bread Mutiny proves dough is dear to some men - Ap 23 87 1C
Small archaeological find unearths broad images of the past (Bath) - My 7 87 1C
Cliffs of the Neuse park displays its timeless spring beauty - My 14 87 1C
German POW camps in N.C. have distinguished history - Jn 8 87 1C
Dream palace that eluded 18th-century governor a reality (Tryon Palace) - Jn 22 87 1C
Settlers searched for wealth, found Charles Town instead - Jn 29 87 1C
Craftsman (Simmons) carved place in history with handmade boats - Jy 2 87 1C
Legend of Blackbeard's treasure lives on along N.C. coast - Jy 23 87 1C
Folk school keeps touch with heritage of service, idealism - Au 3 87 1C
Fanciful tale of Virginia Dare hidden in 'the state's attic' - Au 27 87 1C
Southern heroine (Greenhow) stole men's hearts and their secrets - Se 21 87 1C
Business education tool right on target with way-off deli - Se 28 87 1C
UFO sightings in Johnston County are all in the family - No 9 87 1C
Craftsman (Reams) carves comfortable niche in Johnston County - No 19 87 1C
Sedalia historic site revives legacy of black prep school - No 24 87 1C
Biltmore House a reminder of Vanderbilts' limitless wealth - De 7 87 1C

Rogers, Dennis (Column)

Carteret preens at Atlantic Beach horror film's premiere (Fall Break) - Ja 9 84 1C
Little Baltimore named for men who stood by their post - Ja 10 84 1C
Niece recalls Houdini, whose fame remains inescapable - Ja 16 84 1C
New veterinarian (Loomis) prefers his menagerie of patients - Ja 17 84 1C

Rogers, Dennis (Column)

Craftsman (Spiron) carves decoys too good to take hunting - Ja 20 83 1C
Center (Vet Center, Fayetteville) helps veterans live with aftershock of Vietnam - Ja 24 83 1C
'First Vietnam refugee' slithers into N. C. museum (python) - Ja 27 83 1C
Footprint analyst tracks down the truth in crimes - Fe 7 83 1C
Screenwriter reels off his version of Bishop mystery - Fe 8 83 1C
Professor logs Lincoln legends, lore and legacy - Fe 10 83 1C
Residents' giving should help them stay in the pink (Pink Hill Medical Center) - Fe 17 83 1C
Indians' sacred ground still is something special - Mr 21 83 1C
Greenville looks to the past in saving architecture - Ap 4 83 1C
Treacherous Tar Heel raided Rebels, robbed Yanks - Ap 7 83 1C
Born hustler opens heart, botanical wonder to visitors (de Hart) - Ap 19 83 1C
Preposterous idea nudges culture into Wilmington - Ap 21 83 1C
History lives, pride grows in ECU manuscript collection - Ap 26 83 1C
Young woman (Paton) watched a life end as Dixie came down - My 5 83 1C
Consultant (Foster) falls hook, line and sinker for aquaculture - My 10 83 1C
Fighters rehearsed for Revolution in War of Regulation (Alamance ) - Jn 2 83 1C
At heart of gory 'Fall Break' is filmmaker's (Cooper's) fantasy - Jn 7 83 1C
Butcher's (Pelletier's) old-time approach makes him a cut above - Jn 14 83 1C
Swansboro's New England roots survive the centuries - Jn 16 83 1C
Historic opportunity to let museum fulfill charter - Jy 5 83 1C
Palatial home holds rich tales of a Tar Heel family (Kenans) - Jy 21 83 1C
Sampson County official (Bell) puts discipline back in schools - Au 1 83 1C

Rogers, Dennis (Column)

Moving history a nostalgic task for Orange (County Historical) museum - Au 2 83 1C
At long last, a diabolical miscreant (Alston) is immortalized - Au 4 83 1C
Love at first sight lasts 56 years, still going strong (Dickens) - Au 8 83 1C
Haw River Site a microcosm of North Carolina history - Au 9 83 1C
Sharpsburg honors its Yankee founder after 100 years - Au 18 83 1C
Trains, time passing by former bustling railroad town (Moncure) - Au 23 83 1C
Jordan Lake, slow to rise, finally starts to fill coffers - Au 25 83 1C
N. C.'s 1st football game set stage for 96 years of rivalry (UNC-Wake for est) - Au 29 83 1C
History museum's odd artifacts would astound Ripley - Se 15 83 1C
Writer's interesting twists are not only in his books (Robertson) - Se 22 83 1C
Sunken hulks are waterlogged records of port's history - Oc 4 83 1C
Portsmouth - a narrow island sparks broad memories - Oc 10 83 1C
Success flavors Mack Pierce's Nahunta Pork Center - Oc 17 83 1C
Hobby on rails keeps growing for train enthusiasts - Oc 18 83 1C
N. C. doctor (High) peeks through the looking glasses of old - Oc 20 83 1C
Storm left only folklore about coastal village, fort (Diamond City; for t Hancock) - No 3 83 1C
Folk festivals summon memories of a time that never was - No 7 83 1C
Flag display manifests patriotism, patience and pain - No 8 83 1C
Female parachutist's 1913 jump lands her in history (Thompson) - No 10 83 1C
Firm's top product is self-esteem for forgotten people (Martin Enterprises) - De 15 83 1C
Prisoners' play helps Central Prison inmates escape - De 19 83 1C
Ancient spring needs $100,000 to keep the water flowing - De 20 83 1C

Rogers, Dennis (Column)

Overdue bow to a librarian (Moore) - My 26 92, 1B

Rogers, Dennis (Column)

When Fayetteville dogwoods bloom, a piper plays - Ap 6 89 1C
Outhouse moon shone from country schools to 'Li'l Abner' - Ap 7 89 1C
Pharaoh hound, a king's best friend, is stylish '80s pet, too - Ap 10 89 1C
Truth be told, cats are dirty, rotten, stinking, stupid pets - Ap 11 89 1C
Dig this jive, no-name band, but keep the lights up, baby - Ap 13 89 1C
Neighborhood takes its streets from Confederate defeats - Ap 14 89 1C
A battered ship up a creek awaits new dreams and wind - Ap 17 89 1C
6 little Eagles soar to take basketball pennant - almost - Ap 18 89 1C
Scotland Neck's old school auditorium is its newest jewel - Ap 20 89 1C
Conspiracy foils grand plan to sow seeds of kudzu on coast - Ap 21 89 1C
It took 25 years, but the bad guys finally got Nick Rowe - Ap 24 89 1C
Some special people get Big Jim Meyer to walk tall and far - Ap 25 89 1C
The movable Vietnam Wall brings tears and thank-yous - Ap 27 89 1C
On dropping names, facing problems, making toothpicks - Ap 28 89 1C
After 25 years in the classroom, a hero (Friederich) goes one on one - My 1 89 1C
And now, a word from the cat-slanderer's favorite feline - My 2 89 1C
Lake Phelps spawns some of the best-kept secrets in state - My 4 89 1C
Remembering war reminds us how precious peace is - My 5 89 1C
Expert is privy to a fast-fading example of rural America - My 8 89 1C
Charles Whedbee's two loves: The law and the Outer Banks - My 9 89 1C
Here's the tale of a toast to a pirate, or a curse on a governor - My 11 89 1C
A mother by any other name would be loved just the same - My 12 89 1C
Raymond's with the band, but officers don't buy the act - My 15 89 1C
They just don't make those blue jeans like they used to - My 16 89 1C
Kinston pool hall leaves drugs and booze behind the 8-ball - My 18 89 1C
Park memo brings back memories of wars hot and cold - My 19 89 1C
On laid-back Topsail Island, losing a parade is no big deal - My 22 89 1C
Saddle up, dust off 6-shooters; Western Film Fair is coming - My 23 89 1C
Sit, lean back, relax and hear the definitive front porch story - My 25 89 1C
Yankees beware! Cousin Agnes is reading about Sherman - My 26 89 1C
When the chicks fly the coop, pangs of fear come to roost - My 29 89 1C
This small town Dunn whipped the competition good (All-American City) - My 30 89 1C
The eerie 52-year odyssey of a Model T ends where it began - Jn 1 89 1C
Outhouses are no laughing matter to those who use them - Jn 2 89 1C
Yankee lady (DelMastro) comes South with nothing but desire to teach - Jn 5 89 1C
Bill Lee created the airborne and inspired his hometown - Jn 6 89 1C
Dusty, old trunks open up family history for Raleigh man (Lennon) - Jn 8 89 1C
Proposed Dog Hall of Fame draws two tales from wag - Jn 9 89 1C
Big Jim takes foot-pounding in stride - for love of children - Jn 19 89 1C
75-year-old Kinston (Kennedy Memorial) home still shelters children with love - Jn 20 89 1C
Fear slithers into moviegoer's heart at summer's hot film - Jn 22 89 1C
God blesses America through joyful noise, reader says - Jn 23 89 1C
Men molded lumps of clay into a thriving pottery business - Jn 26 89 1C
Nell Wise Wechter is gone, but she and 'Taffy' live on - Jn 27 89 1C
Everything's kosher - and paid off - at St. Pauls deli - Jn 29 89 1C
Loneliness can drift into lives of those schooled overseas - Jn 30 89 1C
For the quilt-maker, history is sewn one stitch at a time - Jy 3 89 1C
A proud young patriot thinks Airborne deserves a licking - Jy 4 89 1C
With memorial, tiny Nebraska town ends 45 years of pain - Jy 6 89 1C
Tar Heel on the move hopes to take a little sauce with him - Jy 7 89 1C
Siler City like a Mayberry ghost town during week of 4th - Jy 10 89 1C
Nothing like a hot, packed bar and hot guitars on a hot night - Jy 11 89 1C
When boy meets grill, it often means love at first light - Jy 13 89 1C
Crops were saved when flock of sea gulls flew into Utah - Jy 14 89 1C
Young publisher (Whitfield) provides her neighbors with ideas, advice - Jy 17 89 1C

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