Looking Back …

A look at the people and happenings of the area over the past 100 years

If you have information, pictures, artifacts, old company or church newsletters, family letters or anything else that sheds light on life in MHC-Patrick through time, please consider sharing them with the museum - either lending or gifting us the originals, or copies.

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Holly Kozelsky 4/12/25 Holly Kozelsky 4/12/25

April 12

1925, “slender silhouette” rules fashion; 1950, new execution dates for Martinsville Seven; 1975, 5 1/4% at Imperial S&L; 2000, PTO gets playground equipment for Irisburg School. (PHOTO: foundry on Bridge Street)

Holly Kozelsky 4/11/25 Holly Kozelsky 4/11/25

April 11

1925, discount for sugar in bulk; 1950, Mrs. Pyle wins Betty Crocker contest; 1975, AMC Auto Center with Posey Mize, George Joyce, Mack Lovell and Jim Mills; 2000, Lawrence Severt runs 150-mile ultramarathon in Sahara Desert. (PHOTO: Golden Skillet)

Holly Kozelsky 4/10/25 Holly Kozelsky 4/10/25

April 10

1925, Prillaman’s Market purchased from local farmers; 1950, band director Ralph Edwin Shank; 1975, new Family YMCA; 2000, new furniture company Shenandoah. (PHOTO: Sandy Beach Resort on the Smith River)

Holly Kozelsky 4/9/25 Holly Kozelsky 4/9/25

April 9

1925, Old Time Fiddlers’ Convention; 1950, Easter menu at The Hut includes roasted Long Island duck and grilled lamb chops; 1975, new giraffe logo for MHC Chamber of Commerce and Retail Merchants Association; 2000, national attention for sexy Dr. Vaughan.

(PHOTO: Esso Station where Dollar General is now)

Holly Kozelsky 4/8/25 Holly Kozelsky 4/8/25

April 8

1925, Kazim Temple raising selling stock to finance building; 1950, City Council candidate William Hobson; 1975, Patrick County residents petition to remove sheriff; 2000, new press box at Speedway. (PHOTO: Lester Lumber Company)

Holly Kozelsky 4/7/25 Holly Kozelsky 4/7/25

April 7 through time

1925, Confectionery in Henry Hotel sold; 1950, no crime on front page as Easter gentleness; 1975, Operation Baby Lift; 2000, Judi Betts presides at Watercolor exhibit at Piedmont Arts.

Holly Kozelsky 4/6/25 Holly Kozelsky 4/6/25

April 6 through the years

1925, “Women Like to Come to This Bank”; 1950, American Furniture’s addition; 1975, JC Penney; 2000, suspended term for Bob Sharpe. (PHOTO: S.H. Pannill House on Starling Avenue, 1921, Henry Bulletin)

Holly Kozelsky 4/5/25 Holly Kozelsky 4/5/25

April 5 through time

1925, telephone system in Stuart; 1950, Jaycees raising money for Community Hospital; 1975, 900 orphans flown from Vietnam to America; 2000, Wanda Prillaman’s art for Charity League.

(PHOTO: Barbour Home 1921)

Holly Kozelsky 4/4/25 Holly Kozelsky 4/4/25

April 4

1925, new automobile dealership; 1950, movies; 1975, winds at 50 mph; 2000, second highest unemployment rates in state.(PHOTO: Dr. Hundley and his mother, by Doug Stegall)

Holly Kozelsky 4/3/25 Holly Kozelsky 4/3/25

April 3

1925, ministers condemn “reckless tendencies of times”; 1950, Ladies Night at Club Martinique; 1975, drive-in audience reduced by half after no more X-rated movies; 2000, teens break into Officer Coretha Gravely’s home, and her sister runs them off.. (PHOTO: local doctors in car, by Doug Stegall)

Holly Kozelsky 4/2/25 Holly Kozelsky 4/2/25

April 2

1925, Dr. Hundley sick in Bermuda; 1950, Penny Barrow on “Hollywood Squares”; 1975, City leery of federal funding; 2000, BHS senior Justin Helms’ internship with Arrington Engines. (PHOTO: A&P and Globman’s)

Holly Kozelsky 4/1/25 Holly Kozelsky 4/1/25

April 1

1925, KKK makes gift to City; 1950, Fayette Street residents raising money to fight trucking terminal; 1975, Curtis Lee Eanes and father trapped on island; 2000, U.S. Rep. Virgil Goode goes independent. (PHOTO: Philpott Marina)