Feb. 2 through time

By Holly Kozelsky and Pat Pion

1924

The Henry Bulletin reported on Feb. 1 that Tarleton Andes, “little son” of Mr. and Mrs. G.M. Andes, was “painfully burned” on the face when he tried to use kerosene oil to start a fire in a stove. The article reports that he was a doing well and should “be out in a few days,” so perhaps that means he had been in the hospital.

1949

Committee chairs for the Bassett Kiwanis Club for 1949 were: Agriculture, J.B. Frith’ Attendance and Reception, Frank R. Hundley; Achievement, Dr. S.L Lipford; Boys and Girls Work and Vocational Guidance, J.E. Bassett; Business Standards, Nathan Weinstein; Education, E. Carl Hoover; House, Reception and Inter-Club, Fred Craig; Membership, Hugh H. Chatham; Program, Lloyd Wells; Music, Frank Vass; Public Affairs, J.S. Scoggins Sr.; Public Relations, W. Maury Mitchell; Support of Churches, Dr. P.M. Hank; and Underprivileged Children and Charity, Dr. Leslie A. Foudree.

1960

Today the groundhog saw his shadow and went back into his hole for another six weeks of winter. However, W. P. Hodnett of Martinsville predicts cold weather until March 13. Seems he knew a man who had a groundhog for about 3 years who spent his winter in a hole under a local outhouse and spent the summers riding around in the man’s taxi.

1974

Sureway Food Fairs on Church Street and Memorial Boulevard in Collinsville offered chicken for frying at 43 cents a pound, three loaves of bread for $1, a dozen Krispy Kreme donuts fir 59 cents; and 3 pounds of cabbage for 29 cents. It gave QS (Quality Stamp Co.) stamps, which look like S&H Stamps – people could collect them and exchange them in certain amounts for merchandise.

1999

The three-story, 45,000-square-foot Jobbers Pant Factory building on Market Street near Fayette Street was torn down. It has been built in the 1930s and after Jobbers housed a food market, a transmission belt company and job training.

— Information from museum records and the Henry Bulletin and the Martinsville Bulletin accessed on microfiche at the Martinsville Branch Library.