April 11

100 Years ago – 1925

J.F. Floyd at Burge’s Old Stand in Martinsville sold sugar for 6 ½ cents to customers who bought 100 pounds of sugar.

75 years ago – 1950

Mrs. J.R. Pyle of 505 Monroe St., Martinsville, was the winner of a fire and steam attachment in the Betty Crocker Contest held by Bondurant Furniture Co. on the corner of Main & Clay streets. She guessed that a piece of material had 28,080 dots (it had 27,900).

50 years ago – 1975

“4 Good Ways to Save Money” from AMC Auto Center at 521 Memorial Blvd.: “1975 Pacer, The first wide small car; 2. 1975 Gremlin, The lowest list-priced six-cylinder car built in America! 3. 1975 Gremlin “X” The small car that makes it fun to be economical! 4. All of our 1975 AMC Gremlins and Pacers are backed by the exclusive AMC BUYER PROTECTION PLAN! The Economy Experts – Posey Mize, George A. Joyce, Mack Lovell, Jim Mills.

25 years ago - 2000

Lawrence Severt, the son of Eliza and Jim Severt of Corn Tassel Trail, was running the seven-day, 150-mile ultramarathon in the Sahara Desert. A month later, he would be graduated from medical school with degrees in neurology.

— Information from museum records and the Henry Bulletin and the Martinsville Bulletin.