115 YEARS AGO
Thursday, July 29, 1909
from the Mathews Journal
Miss Kate James has been quite sick for the past few days.
Miss Mary Downs and friend Miss Nellie Farror have been the pleasant guests of Mrs. W.F. Corbett.
Mrs. Arthur Small expects to move into her new home next to her father’s Mr. Wesley Gales, the first of August.
The friends of Mr. H.H.Hale, formerly proprietor of Hotel Mathews, will be sorry to learn he is ill in a hospital in Baltimore with typhoid fever.
Electric fans, call and door bells, switches, motors, etc., installed on short notice. Switches, batteries, wire and other supplies for sale. L.A. Drake, practical electrician, Mathews, Va.
110 YEARS AGO
Thursday, July 30, 1914
from the Mathews Journal
Laban: Mr. Willie Brooks had the misfortune to lose a good horse on Saturday night.
Mrs. Lessie Forrest and little son Gordon are at Tabernacle, visiting Mrs. L.J. Forrest.
On Sunday Mrs. A.P. White and children came up to spend a while with her father, Mr. J.T. Hudgins.
Out Tabernacle meeting is in progress this week. Many are disappointed and sorry. The help we expected to have was unable to come on account of sickness. However, we hope we will have a good meeting.
100 YEARS AGO
Thursday, July 31, 1924
from the Mathews Journal
Beulah M.E. Church has been painted inside and out and is now about ready for occupancy again. The completed work adds much to the beauty of the church. For the last three Sundays the congregation has met in New Point High School but services will probably be held in the church next Sunday.
90 YEARS AGO
Thursday, Aug. 2, 1934
from the Gloucester Gazette
Following a baseball game, the Rotarians and their ladies enjoyed a delightful picnic supper on the beautiful lawn of Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Kenney, facing the York River. About 60 suppers were served. An informal entertainment program of music and short talks followed the supper, the speakers, included George DeHardit, president, and “Parson” Osburn, vice president of the Gloucester Rotary; President Sid Phillips, Doc Raines and Billy Wright, of Tappahannock.
from the Mathews Journal
Some of the New Point fishermen report an increase in the number of croakers caught last week-end but in general, news from the water-front indicates that the summer fish season is still a generally unprofitable one. Among recent catches reported were: Lem Burroughs, 500 bushels; Gussie Hudgins, 200; John White, 200, Burleigh Hudgins, 200, Henry Owens, 360; Delos Armistead, 160. Other fishermen have been landing from 50 to 150 bushels. The price last weekend was from 50 to 55 cents per bushel. Today 75 cents is offered. Fishermen cannot make any money at this price it is said, unless the volume is very large. A few trout are being caught. There is little market for this fish at present. The scrap boats are buying most of the small fish at 10 cents per bushel. The average fisherman catches 40 to 50 bushels of this scrap.
80 YEARS AGO
Thursday, Aug. 3, 1944
from the Gazette-Journal
The following order was released for publication by the Gloucester County Board of Health as this paper was going to press:
“After Friday night, August 4, all children under 15 years of age must remain away from local theatres, churches, and places of public gatherings, until further notice!”
This order is deemed necessary to safeguard the health of this community, in view of the spread throughout this and other States of Infantile Paralysis.
Signed, Board of Health of Gloucester County, Dr. H.A. Tabb, Executive
70 YEARS AGO
Thursday, July 29, 1954
from the Gazette-Journal
The recently installed field lights erected on the Mathews High School athletic field by the Mathews County Ruritan Club were turned on and satisfactorily tested last Monday evening at 8. Within a few minutes after the lights had been turned on a sizeable crowd, attracted by the lights, had gathered at the field and in a few minutes an impromptu softball game was in progress.
60 YEARS AGO
Thursday, July 30, 1964
from the Gazette-Journal
There were 310 persons who participated in the 1964 Red Cross swim program conducted at the American Legion Pool, according to Mrs. Wesley Small, executive secretary. There were three sessions with the final one completed on July 17. Three qualified instructors taught the classes. They were: Misses Katherine Jane Buck, Roberta Wiatt and Georgette Newbill. The five aides assisting them were Becky Kirschbaum, June Grover, Sam Stanford, Jr., Pat Harris and Carl Donner.
50 YEARS AGO
Thursday, August 1, 1974
from the Gazette-Journal
A change of procedure in the distribution of class schedules at Mathews High School this year has been announced.
Harry M. Ward, principal, said Monday that students will be required to pick up their 1974-75 schedules at the school rather than have them mailed, as has been the practice in the past.
Seniors should pick up their schedules on August 8 and 9; juniors, on August 13 and 14; sophomores, August 15 and 16; and freshmen, August 19 and 20.
He said that all class changes must be made when the forms are picked up.
40 YEARS AGO
Thursday, Aug. 2, 1984
from the Gazette-Journal
The recently organized auxiliary of the Gloucester Sheriff’s Department not only “supplements the department due to a lack of deputized personnel” but “brings the community closer to the department,” Sheriff William E. Gatling said Monday morning in a discussion about his team of unpaid volunteers.
Gatling has expressed concern over a lack of deputies and community involvement with the department since he took over its administration last January. One of his solutions has been to organize an auxiliary team to the department to help with some of its more routine duties such as traffic control at the scene of an accident and funeral escorts.
30 YEARS AGO
Thursday, Aug. 4, 1994
from the Gazette-Journal
The Port Fun Committee has raised approximately $25,000 of the $30,000 needed to pay for the playground at the Mathews Parks and Recreation field, according to chairman Jan Towne. The first phase of the playground, which is for 2-6 year olds, will be assembled on Saturday, Aug. 20. The second phase is expected to be assembled in the early spring of 1995, Mrs. Towne said.
20 YEARS AGO
Thursday, July 29, 2004
from the Gazette-Journal
Cries of outrage marked the end of the Gloucester Board of Zoning Appeals meeting Tuesday night, as Petsworth District residents protested the board’s unanimous decision to approve a special exception permit for a sand and gravel operation in their neighborhood. Chairman James W. Horsley explained the board’s position before the vote was taken. “We have to go by this ordinance,” he said, holding up a copy of the zoning ordinance. “And if it tells us that this is in accordance with the criteria, that’s what we’ve got to look at, no matter how many people are for or against it. This is the law the board lives under, and we’ve got to answer to this and the courts.”
10 YEARS AGO
Thursday, July 31, 2014
from the Gazette-Journal
At a time when budget dollars are tight for everyone, a Gloucester County Public Schools employee went shopping for some deals on office furnishings. When he was done, school division assistant superintendent John Hutchinson had purchased and relocated approximately $600,000 worth of office and classroom furniture, most of it in like-new condition, for less than $25,000. Much of that equipment is earmarked for the new Page Middle School, which is set to open next fall.