Looking Back …

A look at the people and happenings of the area over the past 100 years

If you have information, pictures, artifacts, old company or church newsletters, family letters or anything else that sheds light on life in MHC-Patrick through time, please consider sharing them with the museum - either lending or gifting us the originals, or copies.

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July 31

1924, Broad Street church building sold to undertaker; 1949, City sprays DDT and Choridene; 1960, row of rose bushes; 1974, sale at JC Penney; 1999, Wise Recycling contest winners. (PHOTO: Church Street)

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July 30

1924, bathing suit sale; 1949, city prison farm gets contract for Mt. Olivet Road gravel; 1960, National Guard unites leave for encampment; 1974, welfare reform; 1999, sprucing up Jackson Street Children’s Park. (PHOTO: Henry Lester home on Church Street)

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July 29

1924, wanted: huckelberries and beeswax; 1949, absentee ballots; 1960, John Redd Smith Jr. chooses Nixon over Kennedy; 1974, Operation Up and Fairystone Squares; 1999, digital internet.

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July 28

1924, barn flues; 1949, Circle K Ranch and Famous Hollywood Thrill Circus; 1960, “a little free advice” for 15-year-olds; 1974, bikes popular as transportation and for stealing; 1999, Readers Choice on East Main Street. (PHOTO: Coy Foster and Avis Carter)

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July 27

1924: Shop J.W. Booker & Co. to avoid the middle man; 1949, Shelton Scales presides over safety meeting; 1960, Lloyd W. Hopkins survives 12,000 volts; 1974, drug stores petition against the Blue Law; 1999, unemployment rate doubles. (PHOTO: First Presbyterian gets its steeple)

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July 26

1924, Sunday School Convention at First Baptist; 1949, Robert Taylor leads traffic safety committee; 1960, woman giving away kittens to children on Windsor Lane,, much to parents’ chagrin; 1974, flash flood damages Blue Ridge Talc and Paint Co.; 1999, power companies ask for reduced use in heat wave. (PHOTO: First National Bank of Martinsville)

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July 25

1924, Acme Motor Co.; 1949, water for Fieldale; 1960, Kolodny’s dress sale; 1974, MHC Public Libary’s bookmobile; 1999, dial-up internet with “round-the-clock customer care: for $11.95 on the 20-hour plan. (PHOTO: Downtown from Public Square, 1939)

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July 24

1924, C.E. Neal acting postmaster in Stuart; 1949, $4 for individual phone line or $2.50 for 2-party line; 1960, Martinsville Go-Kart Club dedicates track; 1974, Wilber Sims’ radio show; 1999, traffic signal at dangerous Water Plant Road - 220 intersection. (PHOTO: Floyd’s Cash Store on Cleveland)

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July 23

1924, Company H 116th infantry; 1949, tobacco growers vote on controls; 1960, Debra’s Beauty Bar; 1974, first time a charge for camping at Philpott Lake; 1999, TGIF concert series, and DeWitt House named assistant superintendent. (PHOTO: Henry County school bus)

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July 22

1924, Jas. Cheshire & Son, Bridge Street; 1949, 150 entries for cattle show; 1960, Patrick Henry Golden Jubilee Camporee; 1974, Axton-Laurel Park Lions denied bingo permit; 1999, fellowship for Christopher Staples. (PHOTO: Henry County jails through time)

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July 20

1924, tuberculosis cases; 1949, Elks picnic; 1960, eight Boy Scouts in Colorado; 1974, real estate slump; 1999, Charles White’s Chevyland and bad surprise for Jessie Jones Jr. (PHOTO: Fayette Street parking lot)

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July 18

1924, town now has “three first-class scouts”; 1949, powerful lightning strikes; 1960, Ann Stowe and Gypsy get lessons; 1974, early day care study; and obsenity charges; 1999, Ruby Fontaine, Buford Hale and Judge William Stone Jr. (PHOTO: Bridge Street looking toward courthouse)

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July 19

1924, Barrow’s Mill 4-H Club ice cream social; 1949, Ayers Skating Rink; 1960, 10 factories close for funeral of W.M. Bassett; 1974, 220/58 bypass very expensive; 1999, Piedmont Trust Bank becomes BB&T. (Photo: working tobacco)

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July 17

1924, pea fowl came to the house; 1949, bids for new black high school; 1960, W.M. Bassett dies; 1974, dry spell ruining crops; 1999, Andy Brown, Jamie Eden, Minda McDorman, Erin Martin and Fletcher St. Lawrence in Tulsa; fundraiser for Blaise Borland. (PHOTO: Crowd at Public Square)

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July 16

1924, plants for the yard; 1949, Drunken Springs still; 1960, Tiny Norman takes in strayed peacocks; 1974, X-rated movie war continues; 1999, VPS warn law enforcement officers. (PHOTO: Chief Tassell Service Station across from Henry Hotel)

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July 15

1924, convention at Baptist Church in Bassett; 1949, reprieve from execution; 1960, pink eye epidemic in cattle; 1974, X-rated “Orgy of Revenge” seized; 1999, dentist Dr. George Stermer and others helped refugees. (PHOTO: Central Grammar School on Brown and Cleveland)

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July 14

1924, conference at Broad Street Christian Church; 1949, wet weather gives peach crops brown rot; 1960, an odd dome; 1974, baton classes by Kathy Hylton Anthony; 1999, new home for probation office. (PHOTO: Draper’s Barber Shop. Note the spittoons.)

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July 13

1924: Farmers are blue over too much rain; 1949, tobacco & wheat damaged by too much rain; 1960, first tomatoes; 1974, movies; 1999, Clearview School starts year-round schedule.(PHOTO: Church Street, 1940s)

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July 12

1924, Rexall’s 1-cent sale; 1949, Globman’s under construction; 1960, New Assembly of God Church in Brewers Body Shop; 1974, pollution problems; 1999, Carolyn Beale involved in the arts.

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July 11

1924, Globman’s Dollar Sale; 1949, Henry County tobacco growers program; 1960, W.J. Fain and son Bobby get 42-inch rattlesnake in Dyer’s Store; 1974, Ralph Lester and H.W. Bartholomay head United Way Campaign; 1999, new computerized fingerprinting equipment. (PHOTO: the Roxy theater)

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