110 YEARS AGOThursday, May 4, 1911from the Mathews Journal

The corner-stone of the new high school building at New Point will be laid by Oriental Lodge No. 20 on May 10. The program for the day will be as follows: 11:30 Speech by Governor Wm. Hodges Mann, 12:30 Dinner, 3 p.m. Corner-stone laying by Oriental Lodge No. 20.

After the corner-stone laying the following gentlemen are expected to deliver addresses: Hon. T. I. Downing, Mr. L.C. Garnett, Hon. J. Boyd Sears and Rev. George Gowen. A big day may be expected, let everybody come.

100 YEARS AGO Thursday, May 5, 1921from the Gloucester Gazette

Owing to the time occupied by the public speaking in the Court House Monday, the mass meeting to elect a new Democratic county co...