100 years ago - Corn Club, Soy Bean Club, Tobacco Club and Pig Club; 74 years ago - J.C. Penney sale; 1960, snow here, while segregation protests happened in Richmond; 50 years ago, “adult hits” at the drive-ins; 25 years ago - Joel Spencer and Katherine Brown win.

1924, Elmore’s Medicine Show in Martinsville - 1949, Fontaine Recreation Association - 1960, property assessments raise - 1974, Janlen’s Brass Rail Steakhouse - 1999, prices at Taylor’s

1924, new building for city bank;1949, 24 arrested in two raids; 1960, too much snow cancels crowning of the Snow Queen at BHS; 1974, Stanley expands; 1999, 13 people plan new local bank.

1924, property owners pay half the sidewalk; 1949, Mrs. Glenn Wood testifies in Martinsville Seven case; 1960, new pickup includes heater, turn signals and rear bumper; 1974, garbage service cut to save gas; 1999, everyone excited about the new CD-ROM.

1924, Red Cross Nurse home visits; 1949, Build-A-Bank child winners; 1960, Betty Lee Mason crowned Queen; 1974, Irma Eastland wins a TV; 1999, new computer-designed bus routes. (Photo: Bassett Swinging Bridge)

1924, Farmers’ Institute in Axton; 1949, parents fined for student truancy, and Gen. Joseph Martin Chapter Silver Anniversary; 1960, “Jack the Ripper” at the Rives; 1974, Herbert Boaz speaks on gas shortage; 1999, $2.50 Cleaners has $1.50 special.

1924, free health movies in Axton; 1949, American Legion dance at Club Martinique; 1960, deepest snow in memory – 12,000 shares of American Furniture Co. – Children of American Revolution state conference; 1974, Linda Reynolds teaches “Meals to Fit the Budget”; 1999, True Love Waits rally at FUMC. (Photo: Bassett Furniture employees)

1924, where the sawmills were working; 1949, $6 license tax; 1960, sewer bond; 1974, the News Den – Ohev Zion Sisterhood’s Outlet Store sale; 1999, car prices (Photo from the Virginia Department of Historic Resources: The Wedding Cake House and the house that used to be next to it)

1924, Cold Storage Co. annual meeting; 1949, March of Dimes, and the start of PHES; 1960, Children of the Confederacy chapter and introducing closed circuit TV; 1974, Women’s Club scrap drive; 1999, Lowe’s is coming. (Photo is of The Hut restaurant in Collinsville, owned by Ted Balabanis)

Award for “Total Abstinence” essay; 1949, Navy man killed in plane crash; 1960, polio cases on the rise; 1974, truckers called back – fire in Bassett; 1999, efforts to get religious literature in schools – 550 get bone marrow tested for 9-year-old. (Photo is of the popular restaurant Rumley’s)

1924, Globman’s “Clean-Up Sale;” 1949, First Citizens award; 1960, missing 7-year-old and grandmother - Martinsville trucking company boycotted; 1974, Race Relations Sunday - Reynolds-Patrick Memorial Hospital Board; 1999, Vicki Helmstutler; 2024, “Masters of the Night” at VMNH.

1924, Home Improvement Committee; 1949, whiskey bust; 1960, lunch counter demonstrations in Charlotte; 1974, “Girls only want one thing” at Globman’s; 1999, V. Rod Berry, bone marrow tests for Kandis Joyce, United Way officers; 2024, Black History Month exhibits (Photo: Aurora, the Pink House in Patrick County)

1924, Current Events Club and Virginia Gay Orchestra; 1949, preliminary hearing for the Martinsville Seven delayed; 1960, Bid ‘N’ Pass Club in Bassett; 1974, looking for land for BHS; 1999, Coretha Gravely, Anita Akers, Kevin Holt and Steven Johnston are Officers of the Year; 2024, city gets funding for old BB&T building.

(Photo: Pannill House, now the Parrish House, on Church Street) — 1924, Virginia Gay Orchestra of MHS; Current Events Club; 1949, 28 City building permits for $65,000 in construction in one month; 1960, the Stuart Kittens and the Critz Lassies; 1974, diamond heart ring for $40 at Royal Jewelers; 1999, Valentine’s Special at Martinsville Ford Body Shop.

(Photo: Martinsville Speedway) 1924, Pannill Post hosts big event to honor Woodrow Wilson who just died; largest transaction ever in Martinsville; 1949, Red Cross; 1960, cattleman Millard Pigg elected; 1974, Stanley to take over special police; 1999, Sandi Roberts and Elizabeth Martin talk about school on Saturday.

Sheriff secretly moves black inmate to avoid lynching; 1949, new Boy Scout camp; 1960, against liquor-by-the-drink bill; 1974, Roy Stone Transfer lays off 200 in wake of truckers strike; 1999, Dutch Inn windmill

(Photo: Castle Court on 220) Second discovered white partridge in U.S. hot by R.M. Wilson and mounted by Rives S. Brown; 1949, Kroger prices; 1960, teachers’ salaries; 1974, 20,000 truckers on strike, but not at Roy Stone Transfer; 1999, Dodson 5 meet President Clinton at the White House.

(Photo: First Baptist Church on corner of Church and Broad Streets, where parking lot is now) —- 1924, Pete Ford, Allen Bondurant and John Dodson head for a fishing/hunting tour in Florida; 1949, Charity League naming contest for store; 1960, mass community X-ray clinic; 1974, popular bands at C’vile Jaycees Radiothon; 1999, Save-A-Lot opens and Ed Brammer plans Old Dominion lumber company.

(Photo: DuPont retirement party) 1924, little Tarleton Andes burned when lighting a stove fire; 1949, Bassett Kiwanis Club; 1960, W.P. Hodnett’s taxi-riding groundhog story; 1974, Sureway Food Fairs; 1999, Jobbers factory torn down.

1924, Choppings going on; 1949, preliminary hearings for the Martinsville Seven; 1960, Martinsville Community Recreation Center and a drunk school bus driver hits a sausage truck; 1974, judges reelected; 1999, Democrat Congressman Goode votes to impeach Clinton.