120 YEARS AGOThursday, Oct. 25, 1906from the Mathews Journal The Fifth Annual Fair Ball was given at Red Men’s Hall on Thursday evening. Prof. Fisher’s band from Norfolk furnished delightful music, and the fine large hall was ringing with the laughter of the merry maidens and their escorts tripping the light fantastic. A luncheon of sandwiches, salads, olives, coffee and chocolate was served. 110 YEARS AGOThursday, Oct. 19, 1916from the Mathews Journal On Wednesday the 25 of Oct. 1916, the Cornerstone of the new Beaver Dam four-room school building will be laid with Masonic ceremonies. Speakers for the occasion, Rev. N.B. Foushee, Mathews; Mr. Gilbert Lee Diggs, Peary; Hon. J. Boyd Sears, Mathews; Judge G.E. Cassel, East Radford. The Citizens League will serve dinner, oysters and ice cream. Plan to come and bring your family and enjoy the treat of your life, or spend the remainder of your days grieving over a lost opportunity. Exercises begin promptly at 10:30 a.m. Judge Cassel is said...