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986.jpg1131 viewsThe Helton Academy was one of the first high schools in Ashe County.
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Pennington home & family1129 viewsThis picture was taken in1892/3 not long after completion of the house built by Cicero on what is now Spencer Branch Road. The older children standing on the right balcony are Franklin, Victoria (Halsey), Martha Virginia (Weaver) and Cora (Pugh). On the left balcony with parents are Callie (Weaver, Kilby), Stephen Glen, William Edward, Joanna (Wall) and Charles Bradley in front of Cicero Pennington and Carl in arms of Almeda Grubb Pennington. Youngest son Dent was born in 1895. Courtesy of Emily Kilby erk44@verizon.net
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100_1395.jpg1122 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, March 31, 2006.
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penningtondenthouse.jpg1070 viewsThis elegant Victorian home is located on Spencer Branch, and was photographed on July 1, 1978 by Jeff Weaver.
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Francisfactory.jpg1063 viewsThis is the Littlewood Factory I've not seen any other place. It came from Nelia Sexton's collection and a couple of the ladies working there were Sexton's. I am not able to identify which of the people were Sextons but will keep searching my notes. Maybe others can help. Courtesy of Lonnie Jones lonnie0809@skybest.com
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Helton - Greenwood Methodist Church1044 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, April 19, 2003.
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ashefair1911.jpg1031 viewsTaken from a 1911 photographic postcard.
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100_1398.jpg1009 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, March 31, 2006.
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cardparty.jpg1003 viewsThese are Helton area young folks enjoying a card party some time around 1915. They are identified on the back of the photo as (l-r) Lettie Wagoner, Nona Kirby, Russ Kirby holding Ruth Jones, Raymond Weaver, Robert Weaver, Carl Pennington, and Avery Elliot. Carl Pennington, my great-uncle, died in training at Fort Jackson in 1918. Courtesy of Emily Kilby erk44@verizon.net
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100_1568.jpg1002 viewsPhoto April 16, 2006 by Jeff Weaver
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Hog_Killing_pic.jpg1000 viewsOnce upon a time, hog killing was an annual ritual for each family. This photo shows such a scene. Courtesy of Lonnie Jones. lonnie0809@skybest.com.
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Helton Jitney1000 viewsThis one was in my aunt Lola Kilby Sewell's photo album. She moved to Harford County, MD, with her family (Roby and Eva Kilby family) in 1915 but returned to the mountains in the early 1920s to get her teaching degree from Boone. This photo caught my eye because this apparently was a mode of public transportation, presumably from Helton to Boone. I don't know that there was a "bus" from Harford County to Helton at that point. Later there was bus service from Bel Air to Sparta, I believe. She must have taken the train from Harford County to Boone. If you have any knowledge of this jitney, I'd like to know the facts. That's could be Aunt Lola on the left but I'm not positive. Courtesy of Emily Kilby erk44@verizon.net
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