Jan. 23

1925

Every room in the Henry Hotel was filled, and several travelers were turned away, and there was talk that it was time travelers started making reservations there to ensure getting rooms.

1950

Local furniture makers were at opening day of the High Point, N.C., Furniture Market, not long after they had returned from the furniture market in Chicago.

1961

Martin Processing Co. Inc. moved into its new $300,000 plant by the Smith River and on Route 682 between Fieldale and Stanleytown. The company had a year-long contract with one of the leading carpet manufacturers in the nation to take all the nylon carpeting fiber they could dye. The company recently had developed a process by which No. 501 DuPont carpet nylon was stagger-dyed so that, when woven into carpets, it gave no specific design. The process involved the use of several colors, alternated in varying widths along each strand of nylon thread. Julius Hermes was the vice president and secretary-treasurer.

1975

The inflation rate was 12.2%, the highest in 28 years and the worst in peacetime on record.

At Globman’s you could get a Yashica Palmatic 20 Pocket Camera Outfit for $18.96. The palm-sized camera featured: optical glass 3-element F-19.5 fixed focus lens; Magicubes for flash pictures without batteries; automatic cube rotation; simple push-pull film advance lever; double exposure prevention; produced large 3 ½ by 4 ½ color prints; convenient “drop-in” loading of 110 film cartridge; built-in tripod socket; complete with Kodacolor film, wrist strap and Magicube.

2000

Collinsville Presbyterian Church held the first services in its rebuilt sanctuary, 14 months after the church building had been destroyed by fire. Frith Construction did most of the work, and church members chipped in when possible. The fire happened on Nov. 15, 1998. The church was rebuilt with $700,000 from insurance money. Don Walker was the chairman of the property committee and oversaw much of the process, putting in full-time hours in the beginning, and then settling down to working about 20 hours a week on it. The new church building got a couple of perks the older one did not have, such as a steeple and stained glass windows.

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