Sept. 4
100 Years ago – 1924
“The organs and muscles of your entire system are directly controlled by your spine – which is really an elongation of the brain,” announced Chiropractor L.E. Johnson, D.C. “By our method we relieve any undue pressure and eventually restore you to your normal health.” He had office hours in Bassett, above First National Bank, from 6-8 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. His office hours for Martinsville, at his office in the Brown-Lee Building, were 9 a.m. to noon, 2-5 p.m. and 7-8 p.m. (except for the Bassett nights).
75 years ago – 1949
Groundbreaking was held for Ellsworth Baptist Church on the corner of east Church street and Booker road. The pastor was Rev. W.E. Hardy. The congregation was holding services on south Ellsworth street. The building committee was composed of T.E. McGhee and Reese Wade. (The site is across from J. Frank Wilson Park, and presently, it has apartments on it.)
Martinsville’s National Guard Unit Company B 116th Infantry returned home from two weeks at Indiantown Gap Miltary Reservation in Pennsylvania.
1960
Troxler Furniture Company offered a free 9-by-12 heavyweight linoleum rug, a $12.95 value, with the purchase of each Warm Morning coal heater. Prices of the heater started at $57.50 and went up.
50 years ago – 1974
An interest meeting for people who would want to participate in the Playmakers’ production of “You Can’t Take It With You” was held at Christ Episcopal Church.
25 years ago - 1999
The first internet connection was made in the laboratory of University of California, Los Angeles computer science professor Len Kleinrock in September 1969. In September 1999 he gave a talk about the internet at a conference marking that anniversary. The first internet connection was between two bulky machines linked by a 15-foot cable. Kleinrock predicted that in the future, “The internet will become transparent to us. It will be everywhere, always available and not in our face – just like electricity.” This information is from an Associated Press article published in the Martinsville Bulletin on Sunday, Sept. 5, 1999, page 2-B.
— Information from museum records and the Henry Bulletin and the Martinsville Bulletin.