Steamboat excursion to benefit school fund (5/26/2021) - 110 YEARS AGOThursday, May 25, 1911from the Mathews Journal The ladies of the Civic League here will run an excursion from Hicks, Williams, Philpotts, and Diggs Wharves to Norfolk on… …
Please pay the printer what is due (5/19/2021) - 110 YEARS AGOThursday, May 18, 1911from the Mathews Journal This is the season for planting seed, and it’s also the printer’s time of need. Sow radish seed and lettuce too,… …
Bride is heading for her new California home (5/12/2021) - 110 YEARS AGOThursday, May 11, 1911from the Mathews Journal The marriage of William D. Green, of Tulare, Cal., to Miss Mora Pierce, of Pinetta, Gloucester county, brought about by a… …
Program offers Coping Techniques for Caregivers (5/12/2021) - Commonwealth Senior Living Gloucester House will host a presentation on Coping Techniques for Caregivers at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the New Life Ministry Center, 3450 George Washington Memorial Highway, Hayes.… …
New Point School corner-stone to be laid (5/5/2021) - 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… …
Point ladies visit a submarine (4/28/2021) - 100 YEARS AGOThursday, April 28, 1921from the Gloucester Gazette Mrs. Wyndham Clopton, of Gloucester Point, and Mrs. William Clopton, of Gloucester, were delightfully entertained on Wednesday evening by Captain Hart… …
Fundraising supper at North (4/14/2021) - 110 YEARS AGOThursday, April 13, 1911from the Mathews Journal The ladies of the Battery Citizens League will have a progressive supper and Bazaar in their new hall at North, Va.,… …
Supervisors changing levies in Mathews (4/7/2021) - 110 YEARS AGOThursday, April 6, 1911from the Mathews Journal The Board of Supervisors, at a meeting held on March 31, changed the different levies as follows: 5 cents on each… …
School supper raises $35 (3/31/2021) - 110 YEARS AGOThursday, March 30, 1911from the Mathews Journal The Educational Rally, held at Mathews C.H., on Tuesday under the auspices of the Ladies Civic League, was an interesting and… …
News from the Piankitank River neighborhood (3/24/2021) - 110 YEARS AGOThursday, March 25, 1911from the Mathews Journal Mr. Callie Grey is moving his poultry business to Holland Point. Boyd Twigg is home from a towing contract on the… …
Odd vine at Sibley’s (3/17/2021) - Cecil Sibley, right, owner of Sibley’s General Store in Mathews, and his helper Timmy Rowe show an oddly twisted wisteria vine that Sibley found in the yard of his home… …
County board to set tax rate (3/17/2021) - 110 YEARS AGO Thursday, March 16, 1911 from the Mathews JournalThe Board of Supervisors has decided to meet on March 31 to decide upon the rate of taxation for the… …
Town Hall to be Built at North (3/10/2021) - 110 YEARS AGOThursday, March 9, 1911from the Mathews Journal The progressive citizens of North have perfected plans for the building of a town hall at that point. Already lumber is… …
Farmers prepare for spring planting (3/3/2021) - 110 YEARS AGOThursday, March 2, 1911from the Mathews Journal The farmers are beginning to make preparations for the spring work. They can be seen cleaning their fields of stalks and… …
Central Church ladies hold a tacky wedding fundraiser (2/24/2021) - 110 YEARS AGOThursday, Feb. 23, 1911from the Mathews Journal On Wednesday night, March 8, at 8 o’clock p.m., the ladies of Central Church will hold a Tacky Wedding, Basket Social… …
Large audience watches comedy performance at Port Haywood (2/17/2021) - 110 YEARS AGOThursday, Feb. 16, 1911from the Mathews Journal The comedy, “The Six Kleptomaniacs,” given at the Red Men’s Hall, at Port Haywood on Tuesday night was a success, financially… …
Graveyard fund seeks contributions (2/10/2021) - 110 YEARS AGOThursday, Feb. 9, 1911from the Mathews Journal The Battery Cemetery Benefit Society, which has for its object the maintenance of Trinity church yard, through the courtesy of the… …
Farm implements, fresh ground flour in our towns (2/3/2021) - 110 YEARS AGOThursday, Feb. 11, 1911from the Mathews Journal A two-horse manure and lime spreader which cost me $110, for $50. Have bought a three-horse one and have new castings… …
Old Vets honored with gala day, music and dinner (1/27/2021) - 110 YEARS AGOThursday, Jan. 26, 1911from the Mathews Journal Lee-Jackson Day, Thursday last, was a gala day for the Old Vets and the U.D.C. of Mathews. An enormous crowd assembled… …
Middlesex Fish Factory case opens January court term (1/20/2021) - 110 YEARS AGOThursday, Jan. 19, 1911from the Mathews Journal The first day of the January term of Court opened very slowly. A small crowd was in attendance and no business… …
Mathews Board of Trade to meet (1/13/2021) - 110 YEARS AGOThursday, Jan. 12, 1911from the Mathews Journal On account of the unclemency of the weather the meeting of the Board of Trade and of the Committee selected by… …
Classified ads from 1911 (1/6/2021) - 110 YEARS AGOThursday, Jan. 5, 1911from the Mathews Journal For Sale: 23 sheep cheap. Apply to John F. Hudgins, Laban, Va. For Sale: Pound stakes between 30 and 40 feet… …
Colonial Monument roadways to connect historic sites (12/30/2020) - 90 YEARS AGOThursday, Jan. 1, 1931from the Gloucester Gazette It developed Saturday that the National Park Service is planning to spend approximately $250,000 on the parkway which will connect Jamestown… …
Your admission charge is based on your waist size (12/22/2020) - 100 YEARS AGO Thursday, Dec. 23, 1920from the Gloucester GazetteA unique feature of the birthday party to be given at the Woman’s Club New Year’s afternoon is a measuring party.… …
Ten years ago (12/22/2020) - OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA Last week we ran two photos from local Christmas parades of 2010. Here are two more to fill the gap in a year without parades. Above, members… …
