August 19
100 Years ago – 1924
Ad for People’s National Bank: We Invite Women’s Accounts. Every woman should have a bank account and learn how to conduct business affairs, for she may some day be called upon to do so. If she is experienced in money matters then she can conduct or direct the matters of finance thrust upon her by sudden mishaps. We invite every woman in the community to open an account with us.”
“An important meeting of Tobacco Growers” was held at Greystone on Aug. 19, at Dyer’s Store on Aug. 20, at Minter School house on Aug. 22, and in Axton on Aug. 23.
75 years ago – 1949
A taxicab driver from Villa Heights was convicted on four charges of violating traffic laws and remanded to jail under a $2,000 bond to await sentence the next day. The charges were drunk driving, operating a car after his permit had been revoked, reckless driving and hit-and-run driving. Officer J.A. Stegall testified that the man had hit the parked car of B.K. Rives in Fieldale the previous Saturday and did not stop. Witnesses testified that then the an drove on the wrong side of the wrote and hit a car driven by Sam Turner.
Earl Frith of Oak Level was the winner of the Henry County Dairy Show at the Kenmar Farm, after his Guernsey cow was judged grand champion. The reserve champion was a Guernsey yearling shown by Leon Ramsey.
1960
Danny Gene Harris, 6, of 107 Overton St., was stricken with polio. His left upper arm was paralytic. He was admitted to Roanoke Memorial Hospital. It was the first polio case of the time of year when polio was most prevalent. However, by the same time the year before, the health office had noted 18 polio cases, coming to 39 by the end of the year. The boy had not received the polio vaccine, which was given twice a month at the health office. The March of Dimes scheduled an emergency Polio Fund Drive for Aug. .27 and Sept. 3.
Lesco Homes, a division of Lester Brothers, was selling ranch-, colonial- and contemporary-style modular houses, financed by Lesco.
50 years ago – 1974
On Tuesdays and Wednesdays Akers Supermarket in Stanleytown gave double S&H Green Stamps with purchases. S&H Green Stamps was a line of trading stamps in the U.S. from 1896 to the late 1980s, distributed as part of a rewards program operated by the Sperry & Hutchinson company. They were actual stamps people would get at the checkout counters of grocery stores, department stores, gas stations and other places as bonuses depending on the amount spent; people would collect them and exchange certain amounts for prizes. The stamps were issued in denominations of 1, 10 and 50 points; people would stick them in collectors’ books which were provided free by S&H. The books had 24 pages, and it took 50 points to fill a page. During the 1960s, S&H issued more stamps than even the post office did.
25 years ago - 1999
Karen Zehr’s recipe for Zucchini Bread: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour loaf pans. Beat 3 eggs until foamy. Add 1 cup oil, 2 cups sugar, 2 cups grated zucchini and 3 teaspoons vanilla. Mix together 3 cups flour, 1 teaspoon each of salt, baking powder, baking soda and nutmeg, 1 ½ teaspoon of cinnamon and ½ teaspoon of cloves. Stir together wet and dry ingredients. Pour into pans and bake for 40 to 45 minutes, when a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean.
— Information from museum records and the Henry Bulletin and the Martinsville Bulletin.