Oct. 13

100 Years ago – 1924

Roy Prillaman, the proprietor of the meat market at 188 College St., made an endorsement for Doan’s Pills which was printed in the newspaper: “I was laid up with a weak back. When I walked any distance, I was tired out. My kidneys didn’t act right at all and the secretions were too frequent in passage. I saw Doan’s Pills advertised and I began using them. They helped me from the start and finally I was rid of the attack. I have been in the best of health ever since.”

75 years ago – 1949

Coal dealers in Martinsville were nearly out of stock during a coal shortage. The Governor’s Emergecy Fuel Commission in Richmond promised Martinsville all the run-of-mine coal it needs. That coal would be OK to use in coal heaters and to some extent hand-fired furnaces. People also could get stove and egg coal from a Roanoke distributor.

1960

The new Martinsville Volunteer Fire Company made an unusual request to City Council: to reduce the funding it received from the City from $150 to $100 a month. The fire company was able to raise enough money by its own efforts to be able to need less from the City.

50 years ago – 1974

One or two $50 deposits to a new or existing savings account at Piedmont Bank got you a free five-piece setting of American Baroque stainless flatware by Wm. A. Rogers of Oneida Silversmiths Ltd. The first set was free, and then if you bought six more sets at $3.49 each, you’d get the eighth set free. Accessory pieces also were available. This offer was good at all Piedmont Trust Bank offices including the new one at Stanleytown-Bassett.

25 years ago - 1999

Henry County Schools students and staff raised more than $4,000 for relief for victims of Hurricane Floyd flooding.

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