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The Local Skinny! When Trains Rumbled Along Corbitt Road

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Sometimes it’s fun to just listen.

Listen and remember times gone by, through the eyes – and voices – of those who are no longer here.

Thursday’s The Local Skinny! segment is a remembrance of two much-loved subjects around here at the radio station: Trains. And John D. Rose, III.

John C. Rose played a clip for TownTalk guest Tom Burleson about Burleson’s father, Gilliam, as told by John C. Rose’s dad, who was recalling covering a Henderson City Council meeting.

Here’s the gist of the story, but treat yourself and go listen to the audio at wizs.com:

Although the trains were no longer crossing Garnett Street at Corbitt Road, across from the corner lot where the Burleson family lived, “they did have lights, bells and crossing gates across Garnett Street,” Rose recounted in the clip. “Gilliam comes to the city council meeting one night (to say that) due to malfunction, about 3 o’clock one morning, the lights and bells go off at the crossing, which of course wakes Mr. Burleson up,” Rose said, his chuckles escalating to laughter.

“I got to laughing so hard I had to go out of the room for awhile…and Mr. Burleson was up there describing the outrages that he was having to put up with at his residence,” Rose continued. When the police called the railroad’s home office to find out how to disable the offending equipment, came back a written reply that the railroad didn’t know it even had such equipment in Henderson. Long story short, the senior Rose said, “nothing was ever done about it until the railroad company finally took up the railroad tracks and when they did, they took the lights and bells with them.”

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Cooperative Extension with Jamon Glover: Bedtime Problems, Pt. 3

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Listen live at 100.1 FM / 1450 AM / or on the live stream at WIZS.com at 11:50 a.m. Mon, Tues & Thurs.

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Home And Garden Show

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On the Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Ext.

  • Vegetables that can be planted now collards, turnips, beets, snap beans squash broccoli,
  • Pull or spray microstegium soon. It will set seed in a couple of weeks which makes the infestation much worse next year.
  • Control cabbage loopers, cabbage worms, in cole crops with Dipel or Sevin
  • Plant tall fescue NOW.
  • Weed your strawberry beds. Every weed you control now will help in weeding your strawberries next spring
  • Remove fruiting canes from your blackberry patch.
  • Now is great time to take your soil test
  • Avoid pruning. Wait until late November at the earliest.
  • Provide irrigation soon after planting any fall vegetables if rain is not forecast within 3 days of planting.
  • Leaves will be falling before you know it, so go ahead and build a compost bin to hold them.

 

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The Local Skinny! Jobs In Vance 09-06-22

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The H-V Chamber of Commerce and WIZS, Your Community Voice, present Jobs in Vance for September 6, 2022. The Chamber compiles the information, and it is presented here nd on the radio. Contact the Henderson-Vance Chamber of Commerce at 438-8414 or email Michele@hendersonvance.org to be included.

 

Spectrum is Hiring Field Technicians!

Henderson, NC 27537

Full-time

Weekend availability

Hiring multiple candidates

Travel Ability: Daily travel; valid state driver’s license and safe driving record.

 

Maintenance Professional

The Pendergraph Companies

Henderson, NC 27536

$16 an hour

Part-time

Day shift

Must have a valid drivers license, reliable transportation and some tools and be able to pass a credit and criminal background check as well as a drug test.

 

Seasonal Retail Associate

Bath & Body Works

Henderson, NC 27536

Seasonal

Weekend availability

Build a highly satisfied and loyal customer base through engagement, uncovering needs, making product recommendations, and capturing customer information.

 

Pizza Hut Delivery Driver – Henderson

Henderson, NC

$14 – $18 an hour

Full-time

Have you had your driver’s license for at least one year?

Our drivers earn a competitive hourly rate PLUS tips and driver expense reimbursement

Hiring ongoing

 

Arby’s Team Member

Henderson, NC 27536

Team Members must listen to guests, coworkers, and supervisors, in person and over loudspeakers and/or a headset.

We hire 15-, 16- and 17-year-old workers!

 

 

Front Desk Associate

AAA Gas & Appliance Co.

Henderson, NC 27536

$10 – $12 an hour

Part-time

Keying payments on the computer.

Assisting customers (both in person and over the phone).

 

 

TEACHER ASSISTANT (Virtual)

Vance County Schools

Henderson, NC 27537

Estimated $23.3K – $29.5K a year

 

Full-time

Performs various clerical duties as needed, maintains records of student progress; develops and files incident reports; grades student papers and scores tests;…

 

 

Orderfiller

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Walmart

Henderson, NC 27537

Acknowledge and greet customers with a smile.

Online orderfillers and delivery associates get to do just that every day.

 

Warehouse Worker

Wise Snacks

Henderson, NC 27536

Estimated $28.8K – $36.4K a year

 

Full-time

Under direct supervision, maintains the integrity of the organizations warehouses, receives, stores, picks, loads and distributes products and POS materials…

 

 

 

Crew Member

Biscuitville

Henderson, NC 27536

$11 – $13 an hour

Part-time

Evening shift

Flexible hours – enjoy life after 2 pm.

 

 

School Nutrition Cafeteria Assistant

Vance County Schools

Henderson, NC 27537

Estimated $21.3K – $26.9K a year

Full-time

Use cash register to process financial transactions.

Be accountable for accurate reimbursable meals, financial transactions and cash collection procedures.

 

 

Assistant Principal

Vance County Schools

Henderson, NC 27536

$50,000 – $65,000 a year

Full-time

Apply at: https://vcsnc.tedk12.com/hire/ViewJob.aspx?JobID=178 Job Type: Full-time Pay: $50,000.00 – $65,000.00 per year.

 

Some of these businesses are present or past advertisers of WIZS.  Being an ad client is not a condition of being listed or broadcast.  This is not a paid ad.

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Cooperative Extension With Paul McKenzie: What Works in the Garden

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Listen live at 100.1 FM / 1450 AM / or on the live stream at WIZS.com at 11:50 a.m. Mon, Tues & Thurs.

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The Local Skinny! Around Old Granville: History Of Cedar Walk

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Think about it for a minute: Is is easier to remember what you ate for breakfast this morning or to visualize in your mind the house where you grew up? Many historians rely on people’s long-term memories to piece together the past, and that is exactly what Mark Pace did to try to learn more about Cedar Walk, a home in Williamsboro that was torn down in 1967.

He and WIZS’s Bill Harris talked about the origins of the home, which was called Blooming Hope when it was a school for girls during its early days. During the Depression era, it was the oldest house standing in Vance County, Pace said during the Around Old Granville segment of Thursday’s The Local Skinny!

Pace, North Carolina Room Specialist at the Richard Thornton Library in Oxford, said he was able to talk to some folks who’d lived in the house in the 1940’s and ‘50s who were able to describe the interior floor plan. The Library of Congress has photographs of the home taken in the 1930’s that show a fairly plain, two-story frame home with a covered front porch.

“It’s a shame it’s not here – it’s associated with so many important people,” Pace said. Revolutionary War leaders, a former governor and the minister who helped establish the Presbyterian Church in the state have ties to Cedar Walk, so named because of the lane of cedar trees that lined the walk up to the home.

By most accounts, the home probably was built around 1780, Pace said, based on the style and size of the structure. If the structure were still standing, the wood could be aged using tree-ring dating, he added, but most likely it would have been a contemporary of St. John’s Episcopal Church, which was built in 1773.

It was later purchased by Col. Robert Burton, who had fought in the Revolutionary War.

Burton was a businessman and UNC has a ledger in which he recorded some of his business dealings, Pace said. One notable entry is the sale of a horse to a fellow named Daniel Boone.

One of Burton’s nephews came to live at Cedar Walk. His parents died and Hutchins Burton came to live at Cedar Walk. He became North Carolina’s 22nd governor, serving from 1824-1827.

When the Bullock family bought the home in 1828, they made an addition to the home, which Pace described as “one of the great old plantation houses in Vance County.” Although the house no longer stands, the land remains in the Bullock family.

The house fell into disrepair, probably for a couple of reasons, Pace noted. One reason was the lack of electricity, which would have been a costly endeavor. But the second reason, he said, is because people said the house was haunted.

Visit the Library of Congress website and search “Cedar Walk” to see photographs.

 

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Cooperative Extension With Jamon Glover: Bedtime Problems 2

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Listen live at 100.1 FM / 1450 AM / or on the live stream at WIZS.com at 11:50 a.m. Mon, Tues & Thurs.

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Home And Garden Show

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— On the Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Ext.

Paul McKenzie of the Vance Co. Extension Service is joined by Warren County Livestock Extension Agent Matthew Place.

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The Local Skinny! Jobs In Vance 08-30-22

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The H-V Chamber of Commerce and WIZS, Your Community Voice, present Jobs in Vance for August 30, 2022. The Chamber compiles the information, and it is presented here and on the radio. Contact the Henderson-Vance Chamber of Commerce at 438-8414 or email Michele@hendersonvance.org to be included.

Business Name – Perry Memorial Library

Job Opening – Library Assistant Opening.  Seeking candidate to perform clerical and paraprofessional support duties at public library in downtown Henderson on Breckenridge Street. Requires good computer skills, part-time (19 hours/week), some nights and weekends, $12 an hour.

How To Apply – Apply online at www.vancecounty.org, use Job Postings tab at top of page.

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Business Name – Franklin-Granville-Vance Smart Start

Job Opening – Open position for a Program and Contracts Coordinator/Evaluator.  Applicants needed to monitor contract compliance and program efficiencies of all Smart Start funded programs. The successful candidate will also serve as the Administrative Assistant to the Executive Director.  A Bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education or Human Service related field is required.  Requires experience in programs serving young children and families. With prior experience in program evaluation, statistics, data analysis, and training groups in self-evaluation.

How To Apply – Submit cover letter, resume, and FGV Smart Start, PO Box 142, Henderson NC 26536 or email whunt@fgvsmartstart.org.  Applications can be downloaded from website www.fgvpartnership.org.

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Business Name – Versatrim

Job Opening –  Customer Service Representative. To provide information in response to inquiries about products and services, and to handle and resolve complaints.  Must be an enthusiastic individual who can listen to customer service issues and thenoffier a uniques and innovative solution to each problem. Must be 18 years old+  Monday – Friday, 9 am to 6 pm.

How To Apply – Apply online at https://versatrim.com/customer-service-rep.html.

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Business Name – Carter Bank in Henderson

Job Opening –  Financial Services Representative.  Engages and connects with customers, gathering customer information to acquire new relationships and grow/retain existing relationships while providing exceptional customer service to help resolve any questions or issues related to customer accounts or bank products and services.  Full-time.

How To Apply – Apply online at https://www.cbtcares.com, under careers tab at top of home page.

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Business Name – ServPro (Franklin, Vance and Granville County)

Job Opening –   Administrative Assistant. Full-time.  Monday – Friday.  8 am – 5 pm. Perform all office administrative tasks related to customer calls, job management and tracking, scheduling of jobs and customer satisfaction activities. Perform basic accounting duties relating to accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll, and banking. Perform general office duties such as drafting correspondence, filing and creating reports.

How To Apply – Stop by the ServPro office in Henderson, at 260 Industry Drive to submit application or apply online at www.indeed.com.

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Some of these businesses are present or past advertisers of WIZS.  Being an ad client is not a condition of being listed or broadcast.  This is not a paid ad.

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Cooperative Extension with Paul McKenzie: What works in the Garden

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Listen live at 100.1 FM / 1450 AM / or on the live stream at WIZS.com at 11:50 a.m. Mon, Tues & Thurs.

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