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John Tate
A Few Stories From Pug's
May 31, 2012
In the late fifties, a fat, jolly fellow by the name of “Pug” Dellinger left the supply room at the local Klopman Mills plant and opened a combination beer hall, service station, grocery store and, according to a lot of wives, a den of iniquity ... Read more »
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Hunting on a Budget
May 10, 2012
I frequently see on the sports page, some youngster proudly displaying a many-antlered deer, a couple of pheasants or even a tame hog of gigantic proportions, with many of the kills made in fenced-in hunting preserves. To me, this seems to stretch the definition of ... Read more »
Fishing on the Cheap
March 6, 2012
I read with interest the stories of fishing exploits in the area along with pictures of large fish, remembering the words of my friend, Tommy Simmons. After a couple of years of serious bass fishing, Timmy figured that the one prize bass he mounted, plus ... Read more »
Hiawatha
January 31, 2012
With the demise of the Newton Recreation Department's swimming pool being in the headlines recently, I felt that this story was worth retelling:In the Summer of 1948, I attended National Aquatic School in Brevard, N.C., sponsored by the Red Cross, and designed to teach ... Read more »
Life in the Fast Lane
December 15, 2011
I moved to Hickory, N.C., in the summer of 1942 from a community called Pleasant Gardens, about five miles west of Marion, N.C., when my father was assigned engineering work on a new state project, now the much traveled Interstate 70 through the heart of ... Read more »
Hello, Sports Fans
November 15, 2011
I still enjoy fond memories from my years of broadcasting sports in the Newton, N.C. area, and now I want to share some of those with the readers.In the mid-50s, I was asked by Earl Holder of Radio Station WNNC to do the play-by-play ... Read more »
Fishing for Laughs
November 1, 2011
Thinking back, I've spent a lot of time in my life fishing. From a homemade dinghy on the upper reaches of the Catawba River to an unbelievable trip off the Yucatan peninsula, I've about tried it all. Running trot lines or jug-fishing in Lakes Hickory ... Read more »
Dinner on the Grounds
October 5, 2011
Growing up poor on a three-acre strip of dirt in McDowell County, five miles West of Marion, N.C. and caught up in the Depression, there never seemed to be too much to get excited about. Christmas was always a fun time and the end of ... Read more »
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