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Every Marriage Is Two Marriages: John Whisnant and Mary Neal Rudisill Whisnant’s Early Years Together, 1934-1940
Every marriage is two marriages: his and hers. Jessie Bernard, The Future of Marriage (1973)1 After a short train ride north from Asheville in late August 1934, John Whisnant and Mary Neal Rudisill walked into the Madison County Justice of … Continue reading
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Tagged Amateur radio, American Enka Corp., Asbury Whisnant, Asheville High School, Azile Whisnant Boone, Birth control, Borwnwood Avenue, Ella Whisnant, John K. Whisnant, Mary Neal Rudisill, Mary Neal Rudisill Whisnant, Pierce Rudisill, Pisgah National Forest, Rutherford County NC, Virginia Pearl Rudisill
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“Calling CQ”: An Amateur Radio Geek in the 1920s and Beyond
As the Titanic was sinking on the night of April 15, 1912, the distress signal its telegraph operators tapped out was not (as in popular myth) SOS, but its predecessor CQD (CQ=”stop transmitting and pay attention”; D=distress). Though that through-the-airwaves transmission proved … Continue reading