Oystering: Bad day, good day (10/14/2026) - 120 YEARS AGOThursday, Oct. 18, 1906from the Mathews Journal Willie Godsey and Walter Owens of Gwynn’s Island, while out oystering, came near being drowned Saturday. Their canoe was capsized and… …
Honoring a master (10/14/2026) - Edward Diggs, center, retired master boatbuilder in Mathews County, was honored at a surprise reception in October 2011 by the Mathews Maritime Foundation. Twenty models that Diggs has crafted, after… …
Heartfelt Community to release Volume 2 of ‘What These Hands Have Seen’ (10/14/2026) - Heartfelt Community will release its second book, “What These Hands Have Seen,” on Nov. 14. The sold-out first volume, published in 2024, will also be reprinted and available that day.… …Caregiver luncheon Tuesday in Gloucester (10/14/2026) - Caregivers are invited to enjoy lunch and supportive conversation at Bay Aging’s Caregiver Conversations luncheon at noon Tuesday at The Office Bar and Grille, 4115 George Washington Memorial Highway, Hayes.Held… …
Powerhouse (10/7/2026) - Gloucester High School’s varsity Dukes edged Denbigh in overtime in October 2011 to become the only unbeaten Peninsula District field hockey team. The 2011 squad included, front from left, Simone… …
Musicians perform (9/30/2026) - The October 1970 meeting of the Mathews County Woman’s Club featured a talk by Rosalind Knight, music director of Mathews Intermediate School, and instrumental selections by several students. From left… …
Big birthday party (9/30/2026) - Gloucester County had a few big birthday parties in 1976, not only for the nation’s Bicentennial for also for the county’s 325th birthday, as well. At one of the parties,… …All-day teachers’ meeting at the Tabernacle (9/30/2026) - 120 YEARS AGOThursday, Oct. 4, 1906from the Mathews Journal Educational rally day: At the Tabernacle, 18th, Beginning at 11 o’clock a.m. Mr. J.D. Eggleston Jr., the superintendent of schools, with… …
1931: An outstanding teacher won praise from her superintendent; Achilles graduate had a distinguished teaching career (9/23/2026) - The Gloucester Gazette of Feb. 26, 1931 contained a profile of a teacher at Achilles High School, Miss Geraldine Rowe. The profile stated that she was an honor student of… …
What a terrible storm it was: The Great August Storm of ’33 (9/23/2026) - The morning of Aug. 24, 1933 found residents of Gloucester and Mathews, especially those of low-lying, flood-prone neighborhoods, gazing at the ruin strewn across yards, tidal marshes, and waterways. The… …
‘One of the worst hurricane disasters’: Isabel in 2003 (9/23/2026) - Area residents remember Sept. 18, 2003, as the day of one of the worst hurricane disasters to have occurred in Guinea since the August 1933 hurricane. Both events created flood… …
From 1954: Cook Oyster Co. grows with hope of local labor (9/23/2026) - (EDITOR’S NOTE: A local man who became a leading oyster producer in Gloucester and later a leading benefactor of good causes got his start in the early 1950s. Eldridge N.… …
Who was Eldridge Cook? (9/23/2026) - The successful oyster producer of Bena lived to be 98 and in addition to his long legacy in the seafood business, carried on an active presence in his home county… …
1942: An amazing story of survival on open seas (9/23/2026) - (EDITOR’S NOTE: The Summer of 1942 brought wave upon wave of tragic news to the people of Gloucester and Mathews in the early months of World War II. A number… …
Shackelford served aboard tanker sunk by U-boat (9/23/2026) - Joseph “Pat” Shackelford served aboard the S.S. Halo, a Cities Service Oil Co. tanker which was laden with crude oil on her unescorted route in the Gulf of Mexico. She… …
A winner at age 96 (9/23/2026) - Rebecca Smith Cooke of Bena, by mistake (it was intended for a bake sale), entered a cake in the Gloucester County Fair in 1983, and it won a blue ribbon!… …A close call with a bolt of lightning (9/23/2026) - 120 YEARS AGOThursday, Sept. 27, 1906from the Mathews Journal Last Saturday night while Justice C.E. Diggs was driving to his home, near Cardinal, he met with a singular experience. He… …
Over the years (9/16/2026) - Callis Wharf on Gwynn’s Island has been a center of commerce since the 19th century, as a steamboat wharf, commercial fishing center, grocery store, boatbuilders, and many other uses in… …New school building; more needed (9/16/2026) - 120 YEARS AGOThursday, Sept. 20, 1906from the Mathews Journal A letter from Blakes: In your last issue you had an article on education. The writer was congratulating the county on… …
The mood 25 years ago (9/9/2026) - In September of 2001, businesses, schools and churches across Gloucester and Mathews counties expressed their support for the nation in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks by… …Merchants bring in their fall goods (9/9/2026) - 120 YEARS AGOThursday, Sept. 13, 1906from the Mathews Journal Griffith S. Marchant left for New York on Tuesday to replenish his stock. He claims that he will bring as fine… …
GHS class officers (9/2/2026) - The Gloucester High School senior class officers in October 1970 included, from left, president Martha Dischinger, vice president Carolyn Sibley, secretary Yvonne King, and treasurer Harold Jackson. …$30 salary for a public-school teacher (9/2/2026) - 120 YEARS AGOThursday, Sept. 6, 1906from the Mathews Journal Wanted: A thoroughly competent teacher for public school in the Chesapeake District. Salary $30. Apply Andrew J. Miller, Mathews, Va. A.C.… …
Cheering on MHS (8/26/2026) - Ready for a new year of sporting competitions, the Mathews High School cheerleading team attended a summer skills camp in 1977 and posed for this photo. In front from left,… …Escape from the city: summer fun at New Point (8/26/2026) - 120 YEARS AGOThursday, Aug. 30, 1906from the Mathews Journal Mr. and Mrs. Mathew Hubin of Baltimore, Md., Mr. Claude Brooks, Mrs. Ida Brown and Miss Lottie Mason have been the… …