Nov. 13

100 Years ago – 1924

At the close of the state inspection of apples, it was noted that 14,700 barrels of apples were prepared for sale from Patrick County, out of a state total of 220,741 barrels statewide. Only 7,248 of Patrick County’s estimated 14,700 barrels of apples were actually inspected. In Franklin County, an estimated 12,980 barrels of apples were prepared for sale.

75 years ago – 1949

Judge Kennon C. Whittle’s two shorthorns were judged champion and reserved champion females at the sale and show in Staunton. Dr. John Shackelford’s bull was judged the reserve champion bull. Whittle had brought six cattle to the show, and Shackelford, five. The cattle that Whittle showed were the last of a large shorthorn breed. He recently had bought a number of Black Angus and Brahma cattle for Kenmar Farms.

Martinsville housewives were warned to stop stocking up on coffee, because their hoarding was making prices rise. An unnamed merchant told the Martinsville Bulletin that there was no coffee shortage here desite a poor coffee crop in South American countries. A popular brand of coffee had risen from 48 cents a pound on Aug. 2 to 65 cents a pound this week, and it would continue to rise unless excessive local coffee buying was stopped. A few local stores already had limited coffee purchases, and more were likely to do so.

Philpott Dam worker C.O. Pressley got a broken leg on the job. He was struck by a 3-inch metal cable as it was being tightened. The man recently had moved to Martinsville from Georgia.

1960

Woolwine native J.W. Hubbard was a nationally famous oil painter whose paintings had been displayed in galleries all across the country. He had lived away for many years but returned three years prior with his wife, Katherine Fogg Hubbard, to live in Spencer. They lived on the Spencer road just past the school in a little house on a hill. A sign outside it read “Hubbard-Fogg Studio – Visitors Welcome.” Hubbard made unique frames for each of his paintings, viewing the frame as important as the painting. Hubbard would be teaching an oil painting class at the Community Recreation Center in Martinsville in January 1950.

25 years ago - 1999

The Roanoke office of the Department of Environmental Quality was investigating alleged public health violations by Sanville Utilities. Numerous complaints have been made about untreated sewage being dumped into Blackberry Creek and other problems.

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