VOICES OF DAVIDSON
HOPE Floods Black Mountain
NEWS By: Gatewood Payne Campbell On Wednesday, Johnny dropped me off at the house of someone we had met just seven weeks earlier. Her husband, Dusten, their family friend Joey and two guys from our church, Drew and Tom, volunteered to head into the disaster...
The Great Floods of 1916 and 2024
NEWS One of Miss Letitia Currie’s favorite topics in her history class in the 1950s at Davidson Junior High School was the Great Flood of 1916. Miss Currie was the daughter of a Davidson College professor. Many of her students also knew what she was talking about...
“The Humans” in a Word: Excellent
NEWS As I settled down in my favorite seat at the Davidson Community Players’ Armour Street Theatre, (despite the storm), I chuckled, thinking this play is about a family behaving like any other family when they get together. Confusion and commotion! I’m an...
Helene’s Wrath in One Mountain Community, A First Person Account
NEWS Author: Gatewood Payne Campbell I’m resting my clean body and clean hair on a clean pillow. My fingernails no longer have dirt in them. I have on clean clothes. Though the lights are off in our room, there is light from clocks, streetlights and charging...
Hey Reader, Are You a Writer?
NEWS Dear Readers, We are seeking writers to join our team of volunteers. As Davidson has grown, the opportunity to expand our coverage has grown. There are an amazing number of organizations, businesses, and fascinating people who comprise our town, and we want to...
A Penny for Your Thoughts
NEWS A penny for your thoughts. Put your two cents in. It turns out that these pennies and cents are costing Americans millions of dollars every year. New York Times Magazine writer Caity Weaver, writing in the August 9 edition, shocked readers by asserting, “I was...
Beautiful Reflections About Barbara Johnston
NEWS By: Gatewood Payne Campbell Davidson has lost a true gem and my heart is sad. Barbara Johnston passed peacefully yesterday. I met her 43 years ago when fate landed our family in the house right across the street from her. She had no daughters and I...
Leuchtenburg’s 102nd Birthday Gift to Us
NEWS UNC-Chapel Hill Professor Emeritus William Leuchtenburg is celebrating his 102nd birthday this month. He was born on September 28, 1922. A few weeks ago, Oxford University Press released his latest book, “Patriot Presidents: From George Washington to John...
Small Towns and Farms: Our People Estuaries
NEWS "That couldn't happen if you moved every three years." Reynolds Price, the late novelist and Duke professor, was talking to a group at a Southern Writers Conference in Chapel Hill about memories. Our memories are our treasures. They are who we are. Looking...
Leaving Home, Coming Home?
NEWS It was 1976, and Ginger and I moved to Burlington, Vermont, to open a Booksmith/Musicsmith franchise. In 2018, we moved to Davidson and The Pines. For six years we have straddled the “boundary” between the two states, spending seven months in Davidson,...
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