Oct. 30
100 Years ago – 1924
The Henry Bulletin was advertising Christmas cards, “a beautiful line of engraved, embossed, lithographed and printed cards. See our samples. Get our prices. Samples upon request. Phone No. 4.”
75 years ago – 1949
Dollie’s Beauty Den at 401 Starling Ave., Phone 2459, offered a “new permanent for smart looks. Something different at last – natural looking waves! Curls are now consistently yours with the new Ion-Flow wave. All textures of hair respond beautifully to Ion-Flow waving method.”
1960
The City Fire Department conducted a city-wide hazard inspection, with the members of his department plus 14 fieldmen from the Stock Insurance Association of Virginia. They did not find a single major hazard. Their list of places inspected tells us about Martinsville back then: 187 mercantile establishments, two hotels, 10 schools and seven churches, for a total of 206 buildings.
50 years ago – 1974
More than 3,000 people visited the Haunted Castle sponsored by the four MHC Jaycees chapters so far, and it wasn’t even Halloween yet – just close to it. The attractions included Dracula, a mummy, the Wolfman, the Mad Scientist, ghosts and others. Shuttle buses brought people to the site from Central Plaza. Admission was $1.
25 years ago - 1999
Piedmont Arts Association in cooperation with the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts had the exhibit “Splendors of Ancient Egypt,” and PAA also had “Life and Afterlife: Cycles of Nature and Belief in Ancient Egypt.” There also were several activities related to Egypt going on in the area. PAA had made an art cart for local teachers to use; it included a hieroglyph stamp kit, a doll to undergo the mummification process, videos and other activities. At Discover Egypt I, Girl Scouts did face-painting. Dr. Margaret Mayo of the Virginia Museum gave the lecture “Aspects of Ancient Art.” Theatre IV of Richmond performed “The Mystery of the Ancient Egyptian Amulet” at Martinsville Middle School. Nawal Hawash, Galal Saleh and Shirley Martin gave a demonstration in the Egyptian stone-cooking method.
— Information from museum records and the Henry Bulletin and the Martinsville Bulletin.