1924, local stores closed for Rosh Hashanah 1949, charges in Martinsville Police Court for selling bad eggs; Kiwanis donate to start blood bank; 1960, Senior Citizens Club formed; 1974, shootings at Axton trailer park; 1999, Mike Rogers replaces David Edwards as police chief. (PHOTO: G.W. Lester Tobacco Factory near Dyers Store)

1924, heavy flooding; 1949, training for new City VFD; 1960, local man one of first social security recipients; 1974, groundbreaking for First Federal S&L; 1999, contamination by Fairway Acres Waste Treatment Plant. (PHOTO: Eagles Store, 1962, Collinsville)

1924, Millner's Department Store on Walnut; 1949, City prison farm opens; 1960, The Spaghetti House; 1974, night classes; 1999, aid for flood victims. (PHOTO: A&P and Globman's_

1924, soap sale; 1949, Sew-Gem; 1960, unforeseen problem with officer's car; 1974, purse stolen from Starling Avenue kitchen; 1999, author of "The Hairstons" at Piedmont Arts. (PHOTO: Collinsville, 1970s)

1924, Auto and Electrical School; 1949, coal running low; 1960, many clubs in area; 1974, tobacco spitting contest winners; 1999, Oliver McCall's first fight since freedom. (PHOTO: 1930s Church Street from Bridge Street)

1924, ad for Sheetrock; 1949, polio; 1960, Axton Firemen's Community Fair; 1974, City must comply with wage law; 1999, campaign rally for Vickie Helmstutler. (PHOTO: 1928 school)

1924, poem attacks the bob; 1949, "Dirt Cheap" at the Rives for farmers - and court case on bad eggs; 1960, Frith gets contract for post office; 1974, county car for sheriff; 1999, Hal Prillaman honored. (PHOTO: In front of Courthouse, 1926)

1924, diphtheria vaccinations at Grammar School; 1949, 17-week Dale Carnegie class; 1960, Republican headquarters; 1974, entertainment; 1999, contamination in Blackberry Creek. (PHOTO: Snowbird Mill between Fieldale and Preston, 1905)

1924, Ford's Rest Room at the County Fair; 1949, programs on WMVA; 1960. Rosh Hashana celebrated; 1974, modern brick ranch home; 1999, "Nobody Walks Till The Clippers Talk."

1924, Gentlemen's Bridge Club; 1949, Bobby Shelton, 15, put in iron lung; 1960, Steed College of Commerce; 1974, art show; 1999, Corey Mayo hit by car on way to school bus. (PHOTO: 1874 from courthouse looking down Main Street)

1924, Gravely's horse stolen; 1949, Albert Harris Elementary School opens; 1960, opening day for tobacco market; 1974, new state law for schools; 1999, Y2K worries. (PHOTO: House moving across 58)

1924, auto help; 1949, Negro Ball Game; 1960, sale at Ward's; 1974, restoration of Jack's Creek Covered Bridge; 1999, sale at Goody's. (PHOTO: Jobbers Pant Factory off Fayette and Market streets)

1924, Primitive Baptist Church court battle; 1949, HEnry County Fair; 1960, new Woody Brothers tobacco warehouse; 1974, opposition to liquor-by-the-drink referendum; 1999, shoe sale at Belk. (PHOTO: Lester Lumber Works)

1924, excessively low water in Smith River causes meager supply of electric current, disrupting City businesses; 1949, separate white and black baseball games to raise money for polio relief; 1960, Janice Stovall, Diana Minter, Millie Ravenel, Bonnie Cheshire, Carolyn Shoekey, Fran Ravenel and Linda Cline see JFK at airport; 1974, PHCC classes included guitar, grammar, stocks, and grooming; 1999, Sheriff Cassell raises the most for campaigning. (PHOTO: Fayette Street parking lot)

1924, Methodist Sunday School's silver tea; 1949, news of new, huge furniture market building; 1960, 200 MHC residents hear Nixon in Roanoke; 1974, even more Fieldale nicknames; 1999, JCPenney store opens, and Y2K seminar. (PHOTO: Lake Lanier 1966)

1924, Mrs. J.J. Minter first entrant of county fair; 1949, Council votes to start landfill to replace Chatham Heights dump; 1960, death of logger; 1974, Martinsville Disco Drug Centers Inc.; 1999, proclamation for Sallie Mason Clark. (PHOTO: Aerial photo of Liberty Heights Swimming Pool)

1924, human bones and adornment articles found in soil in Blackberry; 1949, ads target tobacco farmers and their wives; 1960, Larry Trull Fund Day, for polio help; 1974, Figsboro Community Building; 1999, Hooker Furniture Outlet Store sale.(PHOTO: Phospho-Lithia Springs in Ridgeway)

1924, Businesses close so workers can participate in National Defense Day; 1949, fund drive for Martinsville Memorial Library; 1960, Martinsville Schools' night classes for adults; 1974, City may lose one of its five elementary schools; 1999, TechEra Ccomputers at Holiday Shopping Center. (PHOTO: First Baptist Church, where Big Chair parking lot is now)

1924, 1,000 attend Kiwanis barbecue and Brunswick stew; 1949, time to buy from Martinsville coal; 1960, former editor of Bassett Journal died; 1974, City consultant recommends closing Fayette Street; 1999, VMNH holds Indian Heritage Festival.

(PHOTO: Clift's at Villa Heights)

1924, aeroplane over Henry County Fair; 1949, livestock awards for J. Frank Wilson and Lafe Prillaman; 1960, Rieves Hodnett; 1974, Mervyn and Virginia King on TV; 1999, recommendation to close Patrick Henry Elementary School (PHOTO: Old police and fire departments, now parking lot behind Martinsville Bulletin/old Grand Piano)