110 YEARS AGO
Thursday, June 23, 1910
from the Mathews Journal
Mr. Earl Marchant is at his home at Crickett Hill for the summer, after spending the past session at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
Mr. and Mrs. W.L. Lewis, of Norfolk, arrived at the home of Mr. Lewis’s parents, at Hallieford. Mrs. Lewis will remain during the summer.
Mrs. Clara Brooks, of Richmond, is spending the summer with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sadler.
Miss Nora Lewis, accompanied by her friend of Norfolk, spent Sunday with Miss Lewis’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lewis, at Hallieford.
100 YEARS AGO Thursday, June 24, 1920
from the Mathews Journal
The farmers at Cobbs Creek are busy getting up their potatoes. They have a good yield and prices are fine.
Miss Clara Miller of Harcum, passed through town Sunday afternoon on her way to Middlesex where she expected to take the boat to Fredericksburg where she expects to attend the Normal School.
Mrs. W.E. Dobson who has been in Balto. some time for treatment returned last week much benefited.
Rev. W.L.Witt will preach his farewell sermon next at Spring Hill Baptist Church next Sunday at 11 a.m. He wishes to see all his friends and members present. All hate to part with him very much, but as his health, he thinks, will be much better up in the mountains, we hope he may soon be well, and some day return to us again.
90 YEARS AGO
Thursday, June 26, 1930
from the Gloucester Gazette
Eighty-nine agricultural judging teams of three members each competed in the annual judging contest held at Blacksburg, Virginia, June 16-19.
Botetourt High School won third place in the Chapter Contest.
James Clements and Stanley Hall, two seniors at Botetourt High School, who have completed four years in Vocational Agriculture, with good records in class and supervised farm work, won the Virginia Planter key. This is the third and highest degree that the State organization can award to any high school boy.
from the Mathews Journal
According to a report of the Department of Commerce, in Washington, recently issued, there were 70 marriages in Mathews County in 1929 and 7 divorces. In 1928 there were 65 marriages and 6 divorces.
The DOC announces that, according to the returns received, there were 23,570 marriages performed in Virginia during the year 1929, as compared with 21,406 in 1928, representing an increase of 2,164 or 10.1 per cent
80 YEARS AGO
Thursday, June 27, 1940
from the Gazette-Journal
The kitchen shower at the Gloucester Woman’s Club on Saturday was very successful. A good crowd was present, and an attractive selection of glassware and kitchen equipment was given.
Among the gifts were 2 dozen drinking glasses, a dozen teaspoons, 36 compotes, 37 glass saucers, 26 glass plates, 2 celery dishes, a coffee pot, several salt and pepper shakers, 2 water pitchers, 6 cream and sugar sets, 2 lustre pitchers, 2 cake plates, a platter, 2 vegetable dishes, 16 small china plates; an ice bucket, an ice bowl, a pick, a large dish pan, 3 cake pans, a large kettle, and a number of other useful articles to equip the kitchen, such as knives, spoons, dish-cloths, etc. Also $7 in cash was donated.
70 YEARS AGO
Thursday, June 22, 1950
from the Gazette-Journal
The Mathews Furniture Store is moving into its new store building this week and will be ready for a grand opening Saturday, when from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. they will hold open house.
The new building is 140 ft. x 48 ft. Half will be occupied by the Mathews Furniture Store and half by Mathews Supply Co. Both storerooms have been nicely furnished.
The Mathews Supply Co. expects to move and be ready for opening next week.
60 YEARS AGO
Thursday, June 23, 1960
from the Gazette-Journal
Eight Gloucester County churches have promoted Vacation Bible Schools since the closing of public schools for the summer. They include a grand total of 977 pupils and workers, of which 750 were pupils and 227 workers. Three of these schools are in progress this week; four churches have not been heard from.
The largest group was from Union Baptist Church, Achilles, where 286 pupils were enrolled. Other churches participating were Bellamy and Salem, both Methodist churches, Newington, Beulah, Providence, Ebenezer and Gloucester Point, all Baptist churches. First Presbyterian Church, Gloucester, is planning its school for July.
50 YEARS AGO
Thursday, June 25, 1970
from the Gazette-Journal
A thunderstorm which brought wind and rain to the area Sunday afternoon provided a badly needed drink of water for crops and gardens but caused widespread damage to electrical facilities and some telephone interruptions. Other damages such as fallen trees and broken tree limbs were noted in scattered sections of Gloucester and Mathews.
E.M. Hutcheson, manager of Gloucester’s office of the Virginia Electric and Power Company, said it was the worst storm in his tenure here and caused the most widespread damage.
He said 12,000 customers were without electricity. The first major trouble was caused by lightning striking the Shacklefords substation, which caused the longest interruption and loss of power to the greatest number of persons. Lightning also burned out one of the conductors between Gloucester and Shacklefords “which really made a double situation,” he said.
40 YEARS AGO
Thursday, June 26, 1980
from the Gazette-Journal
As local representatives of the U.S. Census Bureau are experiencing problems in completing the 1980 census for Gloucester County, they are making a strong request for residents to cooperate with census enumerators.
According to Mrs. Donna Hopko, district census director in Newport News, there about 100 forms that have not been received and that is retarding the census completion process.
Gloucester is one of 12 localities within Mrs. Hopko’s district, and it is the last one to send in all of the census forms. Mrs. Hopko is asking Gloucester residents to send in their forms “as quickly as possible.”
30 YEARS AGO
Thursday, June 28, 1990
from the Gazette-Journal
More than $4.5 million for operation and maintenance of small harbor dredging projects in the First Congressional District, including two waterways in Mathews County, was included in the House-passed Energy and Water Appropriations bill.
No sites in Gloucester County were included, said Larry Hart, media aide to Rep. Herbert H. Bateman (R-Newport News).
Mathews projects still alive are $385,000 for Winter Harbor and $260,000 for Queens Creek, Hart said Friday. But Hart said they, along with the other projects for which funds were recommended for appropriation, must go through the Senate and be adopted by both houses as a conference report before final approval.
20 YEARS AGO
Thursday, June 29, 2000
from the Gazette-Journal
Goodfellas led the Gloucester Slo-Pitch Softball Association’s league standings after Sunday’s lineup of games. Goodfellas has a solid first place record of 11-1, followed by the Gloucester Sheriff’s Office and Walden Construction with records of 9-3. B&B Truss was at 4-7 and the Blazers were 3-8 prior to their face-off Sunday, results of which were not reported. Domino’s Pizza at 3-9 and the Pipelayers at 2-10 round out the league standings.
In rain make-up games Sunday, the Sheriff’s Office walloped Domino’s 21-4 and Goodfellas showed why they lead the league as they pounded Walden, 23-5. Last Thursday, Goodfellas beat Domino’s, 16-2, and the Sheriff’s Office topped the Pipelayers, 16-3.
10 YEARS AGO
Thursday, June 24, 2010
from the Gazette-Journal
Mathews native Jonathan Dehoux, a standout first baseman on the Shipyard Apprentice School team, was named the school’s 2009-10 Athlete of the Year. He received his award during the Peninsula Sports Club Headliners Night on Monday, June 14, at the Hampton Holiday Inn.
Dehoux, a senior at the school and maintenance electrician apprentice, ends his career at the Apprentice School with a sting of single-season and career records for the baseball program.
In the classroom, Dehoux holds a 3.28 grade point average and was noted as a College Sports Information Directors Association Academic All-District selection in 2009 and a USCAA All-Academic team honoree in 2008.
A 2006 graduate of Mathews High School, he is the son of Freddie and Janet Dehoux of Mathews.