Jan. 10 through the years

1924, Here’s what J.W. Booker & Co. of Martinsville (Phone 70) was selling as Feedstuff in 1924: Daisy, Shipstuff, Bran, Sweet Feed, Cotton Seed Meal, Corn, Oats, Hay, Straw, Cow Chow Dairy Feed, Butter Ball Dairy Feed, Scratch Feed, Baby Chick Feed, Beef Scraps, Oyster Shells, Laying Mash, Grow Mash for baby chicks.

1949, The E.I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont) ranked 16th among industrial enterprises in Virginia for employment during 1948, an issue of “The Commonwealth,” The Virginia Chamber of Commerce’s magazine, reported. DuPont at that time employed more than 2,200 people. However, that paled in comparison with the Dan River Mills in Danville, with 12,500 workers, making it top on the list. Next was the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock company, with 12,000, then Norfolk Navy Yard, at Portsmouth, with 10,000.

1974, Thelma Craig offered Drapery Making Classes. Interested parties were to fill out a coupon with name, address and phone number and send it to her post office box to receive information.

Also in 1974, City Council called for tougher enforcement of trash ordinances; Councilman W.D. Hartford described alleys as “disgusting,” “in real bad shape” and “too dirty for rats,” the Bulletin reported on Jan. 9, 1974.

1999, Martinsville and Henry County had below average results on Standards of Learning testing. Henry County schools were in “Effective Schools Program” started in 1996 to change curriculum to match the changed state standards that were imposed by former Gov. George Allen’s administration. In the city, Druid Hills Elementary School was one of only 39 of the 1,800+ public schools in Virginia that met accreditation standards – if the state’s new accreditation standards were to be in effect. Bill Vickers was the principal there. David Martin was the superintendent of Henry County Public Schools.

2024, Eric Phillips wins the special election to fill the delegate seat vacated by Les Adams; also, the Martinsville Bulletin reports that Republican headquarters had been vandalized over the weekend.

— Information from the Henry Bulletin and the Martinsville Bulletin.