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...college. It was even more of an occasion for a college without a classroom or dormitory in sight. Baptist Harry Truman was there (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS). So were President Gordon Gray of the University of North Carolina and thousands of other notables who had come to "Reynolda," just outside of Winston-Salem, for the ceremony. At the ripe old age of 117, Baptist Wake Forest College (enrollment: 1703) was breaking ground on its brand new campus-110 miles from its old one near Raleigh...
...college voted to move from Wake Forest (pop. 1,800), in the eastern part of the state, to Winston-Salem, the Camel capital. The lure: a free campus-probably "Reynolda," the 300-acre estate of Tobacco Heir (and Presbyterian) Zachary Smith Reynolds*-and $350,000 annual income. The college will keep its name and Baptist independence. The catch: North Carolina Baptists must raise $4 million to pay for the new buildings in Winston-Salem. Last week Wake Forest's Board of Trustees and the Baptist General Board voted that it could be done-and talked enthusiastically of a campus...
...Reynolds, at 20, was found shot dead at Reynolda in 1932. His second wife, Torch Singer "Libby" Holman, and his secretary were indicted for murder, but charges were later dropped...
...company at Winston-Salem, N. C. Two years after his birth in 1911, his father's tobacco company gave birth to the first package of Camels. While Zachary Smith Reynolds was growing up, a weak-chinned, moody child at his family's elaborate 600-acre country seat, "Reynolda," the U. S. entered the War. Out of the War came mass-smoking of cigarets, with Camels a U. S. favorite. In 1918, the year "R. J." died, Reynolds were producing more than 20,000,000,000. This accounted for the trust fund of $60,000,000 for the four...
...Elsbeth ("Libby") Holman. A week later they were secretly married in Monroe, Mich. Immediately afterward, Smith Reynolds set off to fly around the world in his own plane. When he got back, in May 1932, he and Libby Holman Reynolds announced their marriage in Manhattan. On July 6, at "Reynolda," Smith Reynolds and his wife gave a party, during which Smith Reynolds was found in an upstairs sleeping porch shot to death by person or persons unknown...