110 YEARS AGO
Thursday, Oct. 23, 1913
from the Mathews Journal
An exciting match race is scheduled for the Mathews track during the Matinee to be held there on next Thursday, Oct. 30. The contest will be between Mary Nelson, a bay mare, to be raced by Mr. William Dixon, and Maud, a bay mare owned by Mr. U.G. Dillehay and now being trained by Mr. E.M. Blake. Both are Russell Rex stock. It is reported that a large sum of money will be put up by the respective owners and the race will create a good deal of interest.
The Ladies Aid Society of Westville Baptist Church will give an oyster supper in the Junior Order Hall, on Wednesday, Oct. 29, for the benefit of the Baptist Parsonage. Price 25 cents. There will be a supper consisting of meats, salads, pickles, etc., served for 25 cents. Bread and coffee come with each order. Come and spend the evening and get a good supper.
100 YEARS AGO
Thursday, Oct. 24, 1923
from the Gloucester Gazette
The patrons and teachers and children of Saddlers Neck School are rejoicing in the fact that they have completed the handsome auditorium room of their building. Congratulations. Keep the good work going. Many improvements have been made at Shelly and the patrons anticipate making other improvements.
from the Mathews Journal
Mr. Geo. E. Hambrick was host (by proxy) at a delightful and unique little party at Hudgins Drug Store, Saturday afternoon. The guests were Misses Georgia and Estelle James, Genevieve and Mary Ellen Burke and Mrs. Geo Y. Hunley. Mr. Hambrick wrote to Mr. C. Bernard Hudgins, proprietor of the store, reserving a table and arranging for flowers, fruits, Whitman’s candy, ice cream and other refreshments, all of which was attended to in a most efficient manner. At 3:30 the guests arrived to find the table ready and the head waiter ready to serve them.
90 YEARS AGO
Thursday, Oct. 29, 1933
from the Gloucester Gazette
A collision between a car driven by W.W. Allmond and truck belonging to Montague Gregg last Saturday, about a mile from Gloucester C.H. on the Belroi Road, resulted in injuries to Mr. Allmond which included several broken ribs. The Allmond car was overturned.
from the Mathews Journal
Miss Scotia Ballard, County Relief Director, is appealing this week for contributions of old clothing for distribution among needy families. More than 200 families in this county are now receiving aid of some kind through Miss Ballard’s office. Any clothing contributed will be reconditioned by workers on the County’s work relief list. These workers will be paid for their services and the repaired garments will be distributed where they are most needed.
80 YEARS AGO
Thursday, Oct. 28, 1943
from the Gazette-Journal
According to the O.P.A. Information Panel of Mathews, finders of lost ration books may now return them to their owners by depositing them in the mail without wrapper or postage under an arrangement between the O.P.A. and the post office. The post office will deliver the books to the person whose name and address appear on the cover and will collect a five-cent “postage-due” charge. If the address cannot be located, the post office will deliver the book to the nearest War Price and Rationing Board.
70 YEARS AGO
Thursday, Oct. 29, 1953
from the Gazette-Journal
Now is the time to start lights in the laying house to maintain a high rate of egg production. Lee Herrick, associate poultry husbandman at VPI, says any system of lights may be used as long as a minimum of 12 to 14 hours of light is provided daily. Morning, evening, or a combination of both morning and evening light may be used. Regardless of the system, it should be followed without change once it is started, and the lights should be turned on and off with a reasonable degree of regularity.
60 YEARS AGO
Thursday, Oct. 24, 1963
from the Gazette-Journal
Achilles Elementary School will hold its annual Harvest Festival Carnival on Thursday, Oct. 31, beginning at 5:30 and terminating at 8:00 p.m. There will be booths in classrooms with a variety of games. They will include games of skill, movies, dunking for apples, a spook house, fortune teller, and many other games. Each participant will get a prize and tickets for each event will cost 10 cents. Food and beverages will be served in the cafeteria. All items will sell for either 10¢ or 20¢. At 7:30 the crowning of the king and queen of the Harvest Festival will be held in the school gym. A program of several acts will follow the crowning of the king and queen and the entire program will be concluded with a costume judging contest.
50 YEARS AGO
Thursday, Oct. 25, 1973
from the Gazette-Journal
New lawyers began practice in Gloucester this fall, which makes a total of twelve actively engaged in the legal profession here.
William E. Moore, 29, son of Mrs. J. Edgar Moore and the late Mr. Moore, of Gloucester is now associated with John M. Folkes.
Cyrus A. Dolph, IV, 26, is the son of Major General (Ret.) and Mrs. Cyrus A. Dolph III, of North. Dolph practices with the firm of Catesby G. Jones and Associates.
40 YEARS AGO
Thursday, Oct. 27, 1983
from the Gazette-Journal
The first annual pumpkin cutting contest will be held at 6 p.m. Sunday on the Gloucester court green.
The contest is sponsored by the Gloucester Middle School Parent/Teacher Association and is presented by Bryan Almasian and Ellen Walter. All Gloucester County students in grades K-12 are invited to participate, Almasian said.
Categories include the funniest, most creative, scariest, happiest, ugliest, prettiest and biggest with ribbons and certificates given to all entrants and special certificates given to category winners.
30 YEARS AGO
Thursday, Oct. 28, 1993
from the Gazette-Journal
Election returns will be available at several places Tuesday night. The Gloucester Department of Community Education and the County Youth Commission will sponsor Election Central from 9 until 11 p.m.
20 YEARS AGO
Thursday, Oct. 23, 2003
from the Gazette-Journal
There’s been so much use of a storm debris collection center on Guinea Road at Hayes that the Gloucester County Board of Supervisors decided the life of that facility—at least for a few more weeks. “If the center is still serving 350 people a day, it is not time to close it,” supervisors’ chairman Burton Bland (Ware) said.
Public works director Wes Jones said about 350 people a day have been using the site recently, following initial use of 700-800 people a day in the first days after Hurricane Isabel struck Sept. 18.
10 YEARS AGO
Thursday, Oct. 26, 2013
from the Gazette-Journal
Hoping to raise awareness of what homeless people face, and also money to help them, the Gloucester Salvation Army Service Center has issued a sleep-out challenge. In the challenge, teams will raise money and sleep over-night on the grounds of the Gloucester Moose Lodge. The Salvation Army is asking churches, students, business CEOs and employees and community leaders to sign up for the experience of being homeless for 12 hours, a release said.
“A Night Without a Home” begins at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 15 at the Moose Lodge.