110 YEARS AGOThursday, Sept. 21, 1911from the Mathews Journal

With the exception of Mathews C.H. where the new building is not quite completed, schools in the Westville district will open Oct. 1. The teachers so far appointed are Mathews C.H. Paul A. Hobday; Misses Nellie Shackleford, Mary E. Green and Georgia James; Bohannon, Misses Marion Enos and Lillie White; Foster, Miss Eunice Soles. Cardinal, Miss Ruth Jones; North, Miss Carrie Freeman; Milford Haven, Misses Mary L. Fox, Mary Williams and Christine Phaup.

100 YEARS AGOThursday, Sept. 22, 1921from the Gloucester Gazette

On Friday of last week about 25 young people held a clambake on the Toddsbury shore, all bringing provisions and each cooking their supper over the coals. It was a very pleasant occasion for all.

Mr. W.S. Mott spent several days in Richmond this week.

Some of the young people of the neighborhood are getting to be expert swimmers. They have swum across the river several times, a distance of half a m...