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Thanks to the following contributors:Ron Amos
Photo of Summer Brass Camp- Elon College c.1966Danny Bowling
Book 1936 Draper YMCA Activity Book (Complete, 49 pages)
Book Armed Forces Souvenir Book (published by The Marshall Field Company (Fieldcrest) in 1945, complete, 130 pages)
Scan of New York Times article 7-17-1854
Photo of 1957 Draper Baseball Team
Photo of 1967 Draper License Tag
Photo of Draper (NC) High School Blue Bantam Notebook
Photo of Post Card with Leaksville Postmark 3/24/1908
Photo of Ms. Edna Meadows Gray's First Grade Class at Draper Graded 1955
Photo of Mrs. Margaret Turner's Fifth Grade Class, Draper (NC) Elementary School 1959-60
Photos Three Photos of Draper, NCFred Bowling
Photo of Business Section Leaksville, NC c.1939Lynn Setliff Brannock
Photo of Son's Cab and Tom Thumb LunchSteve Bundy and Sam Gwyn
The Dancing School MysteryB. J. Carter III
Photo: 7th grade class at Draper Graded School c. 1935
Photo: Mrs. Ainsley's 5th grade class in 1949-50 at Draper Graded SchoolJohn Marshall Carter
Article: 'L.S.D.'- The City That Might Have Been
Article: "Orphan Annie Biscuits"
Article: "Season's memory still spurs teammates"
Article: "Son of old Leaksville keeps tale of Wampus Cat alive"
Article: Winston Marshall Carter (1868-1962),The Family of
Letter: Allan D. Ivie, Jr. Letter (July 6, 1980)
Photo of Boys' Club
Photo of Blackwells Record Store
Photo of Burton Grove School
Photo of Early Leaksville National Guardsmen (1935)
Photo of Fieldcrest Plant in the 1920s
Photo of Fishing in the Dan River, near Leaksville
Photo of Leaksville-Spray Junior High School
Photo of Morehead HS Sports 1965-66
Photo of Overlook Avenue in New Leaksville
Photo of Spray Cotton Mills
Photos of The Wampus Cats
Photos in John Marshall Carter Scrapbook
Poem Five Forks
Poem The Good Bastille
Poem The Pump
Poem Uncle Wince (1868-1962)
Play Wampus Cats- A Play by John Marshall Carter
Richard Lee Carter
Article 1949 Winston-Salem Journal and Sentinel Tournament
List of Leaksville Nicknames
Photo of Downtown Leaksville 1953
Photo of Downtown Spray c.1953
Photo of Frank B. Fisk Semi-Pro Baseball Team (1920s)
Photo of 1928 Burton Grove Diploma
Photo of 1948 LHS Football Players
Photo of 1950 Leaksville High School Sports BanquetJerry Chaney
Photo of Busted in the Tri-CitiesWalt Chenausky
Photo of Leaksville 1923 T-ModelClarence Cook
Film Film of Downtown Leaksville, NC c.1950s-1960sBidney Dixon
Photo of Leaksville Hospital 1924Mitchell Dushay
Photo of Leaksville Hospital Postcard ScanJunior Eastridge and Brad Wade
Photos Four Spray, NC PhotosJohn Emory, Jr.
Photo of 1930 Leaksville High School Football Team
Bill Glenos
Photo of 1947 Leaksville HS Cheerleaders
Photo of Glenos's Lunch Room
Photo of Leaksville Restaurant and Dining Room (c.1939)
Photo of Leaksville Restaurant and Dining Room 1930s (interior)
Photo of Spray Cotton Mills Office Staff in 1949-50Michele Lee Grant
Article Aid Bonds and Stamp Sales during World War I
Article "Fire Damages Leaksville Store"-From Danville Bee dated Sep 18, 1930
Article Historical Sketch of the Spray Baptist Church
Articles Old Leaksville Articles
Photo of 1928 Graduates of the Leaksville School of Nursing
Photo of 1944 Leaksville (NC) High School Diploma
Photo of A Kiss For Daddy, Courtesy Red Cross
Photo of Bible School at the old Spray Presbyterian Church
c.1932 (Spray, North Carolina)
Photo of Charlie Poole's grave site
Photo of Developing Song Leaders Class
Photo of Dr. W. S. and Odessa Janney Crouch Family
Photo of Dupont Ladies' Softball Team, c.1952-55
Photo of Elizabeth Smith, First Grade Teacher, Lakeside Elementary School,1966
Photo of Fieldcrest 50 Year Employee Club
Photo of Harold Matthews, Principal, Lakeside Elementary School, 1966
Photo Identify This Group
Photo of Lakeside Elementary in 1966
Photo of Lakeside Elementary School--Teacher-Marsha Law (1968-69)
Photo of Leaksville-area Mill Payroll sheets
Photo of Leaksville Class of '44 celebrates 55th anniversary
Photo of Leaksville High School Graduating Class of 1925
Photo of Leaksville Graded School Boys Band 1920
Photos of Leaksville Woolen Mill Employees c.1908
Photo of Lilly Mill Pay Roll Stub- 1928
Photo of Madeline Brown- Lakeside Elementary Perfect Attendance Certificate 1938
Photo of Manley Reunion photo
Photos More Old Items...
Photo of Mutual Aid Association
Article Nothing Could Be Finer- Carolina Heights Neighborhood Party 1998
Article One Dead In Accident at Leaksville
Photo of Spray Baptist Church 50th Anniversary Bulletin- October 25, 1953
Photos of Spray, NC 2003
Photo of Spray Graded
Photo of Tri-City Band Photos, Hugh Lee Collection
Photo of Under the Railroad Trestle in Spray, NCMichele Lee Grant and P. W. Duke
Photo of Nantucket Mill, Spray, NC, 1908
Photo of Spray Presbyterian- 1917Libby Gregg
Photo of Mrs. Holmes 5th Grade class c.1951Carl "Buddy" Grohs
Photo of 10 lb flour bag from Leaksville Milling Company
Photos of Albert "A. L." Manley
Photo of Dick's Drive-In 1964
Photo of Kirkpatrick Drug Company 1964
Photo of Leaksville Orange Crush bottle
Photo of Panoramic view of the Spray Dam
Photo of Sealtest- H. J. Williams & Sons, Inc.1964
Photo of Spray Dam 1908 Postcard
Photo of Spray Water Power & Land Ink BlotterCarl "Buddy" Grohs and Abbie Manley Thomas
Photo of Leaksville Graded, 1984Scott Hall
Photo of Old Gilley Bus Company TokensSherry Johnson Hall
Photo of Leaksville Y. M. C. A. Opening Announcement- September 7,1936
Photo of Tri-City Band in a ParadeLowell Hatcher
Photo of 1922 First National Bank of Leaksville $10 Note
Photo of 1956 Leaksville Spray Jr High Basketball Team
Photo of Blackwell's Record Store Label
Photo of Dan River Steam Station
Photo of Joe Thomas Campbell's "Fly Baby"
Photo of Log Cabin School in 1912
Photo of Sealtest and Meadow Dairies Ads
Photo of Tommy Reece and Lowell Hatcher USAF
Photo of Tool Check Out Tag- Industrial Education Center- SprayAnthony Holt
Photo of Ms. Katherine Austin's Third Grade Class 1965-66; Leaksville, NCDesiree Hurst
Photos Miscellaneous Draper (NC) PhotosChris Holaday and Herman Searcy
Photo of 1934 Mayodan Senators
Photos of Leaksville-Spray-Draper Triplets Baseball Team 1934-42Kate Holman
Photo of Sunset Farms on the Price RoadRonnie Hooker
Book Joining of Forces- A History of Eden Police
Photo of Balmar Theatre in Draper
Photo of Cook Block (circa 1940s) Spray, NC
Photos Interesting Receipts and Letters
Photo of Leaksville, NC Police c.1964
Photos Leaksville-Spray-Draper Police Photos
Photos Leaksville-Spray-Draper Police Photos Page Two
Photos Leaksville-Spray-Draper Police Photos Page ThreeWilliam W. "Bud" Howe
Photos William "Bud" Howe ScrapbookRena Howell
Photo of Ladies Auxillary On ParadeBill Hutcherson
Photo of Hutcherson-Seagraves Heating Air Conditioning and RoofingBambi Hutchinson
Photo of Rebecca Ann "Becky" Axsom- Miss Draper Junior High 1956Ken Hughes
Article: Raftin' the DanSteve Johnson
Article Leaksville, NC State Guard Auxilary 1943Jeffery Karriker
Photo of Spray, NC ink blotterBill Knight
Photo of Four Photos from Bill Knight
Photo of Bill Knight Submitted PhotoRita Kennon McBride
"Shorty Sims- Go eat a brick!Bubba Mabe
Photo of Marvin Dalton and McBride Brothers Taxi of Spray
Michael Martin
Short Stories Funny, Funny Stories From my days at Eden, P.D. by Michael Martin
Short Stories Memoirs of A Soldier (A Spray, NC man in World War II)Jacqueline Danaho Murphy and her daughter Kay
Photo of Brammer's Grocery StoreTed Nelson
Article: "Having a Leaksville State of Mind"Philip Osborne, Jr.
Photo of 1937 Leaksville High School Football Team
Photo of 1937-38 Leaksville HS Basketball Team
Photo of Old School house in Spray, NCAce Overby
Photo of Tri-City High School Class of 1956- Branson Wayne Overby
Michael Patterson
Photos Michael Patterson's Photos- Page One
Photos Michael Patterson's Photos- Page TwoDan Pratt
Photo of Mrs. Thomas' Kindergarten Class c.1966J. Pratt
Photo of Leaksville Graded School 1965Barry Price
Photos Old Items from the Cotton Mills of Spray, NCDeborah Reynolds
Photos Photos from Deborah Reynolds
Photo Tri-City Boys' Band (1919-1931)
Poem In Leaksville (1/30/1923) By George F. PaulKent Richardson and Herman Searcy
Photo of 1936-37 Draper Y Girls' Basketball Team
Photo of 1937 Draper YMCA Baseball Team
Photo of 1937 Draper YMCA Basketball Team
Photo of 1953 Semi-pro Baseball Championship Team
Photo of Bank of Draper ad in 1937
Photo of Boulevard Theater on Fire
Photo of Draper YMCA in 1937 photo
Photos Draper YMCA Photos (1936-37)
Photo of Draper "Y" Theatre
Photo of Draper "Y" Theatre 1937
Photo of Hatley Laundry & Dry Cleaning (Spray, NC)
Photo of Leaksville Covered Bridge 1938
Photo of Leaksville High School Junior Class of 1931
Photos of Members of the LHS Graduating Classes of 1927 1930 1932 1934 1936
Photo of Merchants Ice and Coal Company
Photo of Motorcycling in the 1950s
Photo of Spray Central YMCA in the 1940s
Photo of Chief Tom Meeks and the Leaksville Police
Photo of Chief Axsom and the Spray Police Force
Photo of Whiskey Bust in the 1920s in SprayJim Riddle
Book Secrets of Leaksville Lodge #136 by H.C. Pace, Jr.C. W. "Bud" Roberts
Article Historical Sketch of Leaksville-Spray-Draper by Judge Henry P. Lane
Photos C. W. "Bud" Roberts, Jr. ScrapbookMac Robertson
Photo 1931 Leaksville High School Girls' Basketball Team
Photo Leaksville High School Class of 1932-33
Photos Pictures of ScoutsRalph Roland
Photo of Leaksville Woolen MillsBarbara Saul
Photo of Five Forks 1931Herman Searcy
Article Leaksville 21, Draper 6: 1948 High School Football
Photo of 1928 Draper YMCA Basketball Team
Photo of 1928 North Spray Baseball Team
Photo of
1933 Spray and Draper, NC Police Officers
Photo of 1944 Draper High School Class
Photo of 1945 Draper High School Class
Photo of 1946 Draper High School Football Team
Photo of 1948 Draper YMCA Basketball Team
Photo of 1949 Draper (N. C.) High School Sports Teams
Photo of 1949 NC Inspection Sticker
Photo of 1951 Draper High School Basketball Team
Photo of 1951 Draper HS JV Basketball Team
Photo of 1952 Draper High School Boys Basketball
Photo of 1952 Draper High School Girls Basketball Team
Photo of 1952 Draper (NC) High School Graduating Class
Photo of 1952 Draper (NC) High School Sports Teams
Photo of 1953 Map of Draper
Photo of 1953 Monogram from Tri-City High School Sweater
Photo of 1955 Rockingham County Champion Semi-pro Team
Photo of 1967 Leaksville Auto Tags
Photo of 1967 Spray Auto Tags
Photo of Baptism In Draper
Photo of Barney "Peg" Carter
Photo of Burnside Store
Photo of C. T. Ross Jewelers of Leaksville, North Carolina
Photo of Colonnade Hotel in Spray, North Carolina
Photo of "Dick and Willie" of Danville and Western
Photo of Downtown Leaksville
Photos of Draper Boys
Photo of Draper Graded School
Photo of Draper High School 1951 Football Team
Photo of Draper Motor Company 1929
Photo of Draper YMCA
Photo of Draper YMCA Basketball (1940s)
Photo of Draper Speedway
Photo of Fieldcrest Mills in 1950s Draper, NC
Photo of Grand Theater
Photos of Postcards from Herman Searcy
Photo of Herman Searcy and His Harley Motorcycle
Photo of J. C. Gilley , Leaksville-Spray-Draper & Danville Bus Line
Photo of Jones Motor Company
Photo of Leaksville Black Baseball Team
Photo of Leaksville Police
Photo of Leftwich Buick Dealership
Photo of Lessie Jones Searcy
Photo of Meadow Dairies half-pint Bottle
Photo of Mebane Mansion
Photo of Merchants Ice and Coal Company Ice Pick
Photo of Municipal Building in Spray, 1940s
Photo of Nantucket Mill in Spray under Construction
Photo of Navy Boys...Korean War
Photo of North Spray Business District in the 1940s
Photo of Old Spray Bridge
Photo of Old Aerial View of Draper, NC
Photo of Ray House in Leaksville
Photo of Rockingham County Creamery Company Bottle
Photo of Rockingham County Library
Photo of Roy Searcy
Photo of Searcy Brothers
Photo of Spray Bridge
Photo of Spray Mercantile
Photo of Spray Service Station 1930s
Photo of Spray Woolen Mill
Photo of St. Mary's Mission, Reidsville, NC 1920s
Photo of Two buildings in Rockingham County, NC 1939-40
Photo of Tri-City Band 1940s
Photo of Tri-City Baseball Park
Photo of Uden's Department Store
Photo of Washington Street in Leaksville: 1940s
Photo of Whiskey Bust in 1920s Leaksville
Photo of Wilson's Beauty Shop, J. S. Wilson
Photo of Wreck of the "Old 97", September 27, 1903Jim Self and Smith Hailey
Photo of Leaksville High School Class of 1937
Photo of Leaksville High School Class of 1935Sandy Shelton
Photos Sandy Shelton ScrapbookClyde Shields
Photo of Class of 1918 North Spray School on Aiken RoadHarry O. Shively
Photo of North Spray YMCA Team (c.1947)
Photo of Old Leaksville AdvertisingMartha Spencer
Photo of Ella Clyde Ray and Frank B. Jones of Leaksville, NCJohn Stone
Photo of Christmas In Leaksville, NC (Late 1950s or early 60s)
Photos Photos From John Stone
Photo of Unknown Leaksville (NC) Group PhotoDonnie Stowe
Article August 25-28, 1850
Photo of Leaksville Milling Company
Photo of Sheriff Carl H. Axsom
Photo of Spray Graded 1925 Perfect Attendance Certificate
Photo of Whiskey Still Captured in 1963Drew Talbert
Photos of Draper Police DepartmentSteve Turner
Photo Balmar Theater in Draper 2013
Map Town of Leaksville NC Map- September 15, 1946
Photos "Farewell to the Hamilton Street Bridge"
Photo Mrs. Janet Jeffrie's 2nd and 3rd Grade Class
Photo Margaret Trantham's First Grade Class 1963-64 Spray (NC) Elementary SchoolSteve Turner and J. T. Hale Jr.
Photos of Old Leaksville and Spray DocumentsBrad Wade
Photo of 1963 Morehead HS Football Team
Photo of Consolidation Buried March 31, 1959Jane Wade
Photo of Easter Parade, Miss Kathleen Ivy's Third Grade, Leaksville GradedJackie Wall
Photos Five Photos from Jackie WallRobert Willis
Photo of Nelson Farm, present site of Miller BreweryHarrison "Big Red" White and Carl "Buddy" Grohs
Photo of Leaksville Postcards
Photo of Leaksville-Spray John Ray Building /Roses StoreBetty Hopper WynnePhotos Mildred Rakestraw Hopper's Scrapbook (Page 1 of 7)
Photos Mildred Rakestraw Hopper's Scrapbook (Page 2 of 7)
Photos Four Photos from Betty Hopper WynneNorma Axsom Zanetti , Ann (Minter) Campbell Gover and John Lloyd Axsom, Jr.
Photo of Dixie Mountaineers
Photo of Morehead High School Athletes c.1963