Time capsule sealed (5/27/2026) - Mathews County celebrated its bicentennial in 1991, and two years later, in June 1993, a time capsule containing newspaper articles, county budget, local bicentennial memorabilia, essays and more items from… …School year ending in Mathews (5/20/2026) - 120 YEARS AGOThursday, May 17, 1906from the Mathews Journal Notes from Mathews High School: Mrs. Marchant closed her school Friday, May 11, after 8 months of faithful and successful labor.… …
Assembled for Memorial Day (5/20/2026) - About 50 members of American Legion Post 83 and the American Legion Auxiliary attended a special Memorial Day service in May 1977 held at Mathews Baptist Church, Hudgins. A viewer… …Blakes becomes a thriving village (5/13/2026) - 120 YEARS AGOThursday, May 10, 1906from the Mathews Journal The Blakes correspondent reports: Here comes Blakes once more to be numbered among the prosperous and thriving villages. The farmers have… …
United Voices (5/13/2026) - Gloucester High School’s United Voices Gospel Choir gave a free performance, “Be Encouraged,” in May 1996. The choir included members, front row from left, Janee Arrington, Shuna Sherow, Alicia Smith,… …Expert sailmaker is working at Diggs Wharf (5/6/2026) - 120 YEARS AGOThursday, May 3, 1906from the Mathews Journal If you think of fitting new sails on your boat or putting a fine awning on your launch, a thing the… …
Outstanding youth awards (5/6/2026) - The Gloucester Youth Commission and Gloucester Kiwanis Club combined efforts for several years to recognize outstanding youth in the county. The honorees in 1996, from left, included Chris Faison, Gloucester… …Tie rail is needed at Mathews Court House (4/29/2026) - 115 YEARS AGOThursday, April 26, 1906from the Mathews Journal Our attention has been called to the necessity of a tie rail at Mathews Court House. The trade of the county… …
200th birthday party (4/29/2026) - Mathews County celebrated its 200th birthday on May 1, 1991, in a big way, including a birthday party that featured cake after cake for the crowd that gathered on the… …Pound net taxes are due (4/22/2026) - 115 YEARS AGOThursday, April 19, 1906from the Mathews Journal Notice To The Fishermen: Please come forward and settle your pound tax as the law requires that it should be done… …
Harvesting seed oysters (4/22/2026) - Virginia opened a portion of the Piankatank River to the harvest of seed oysters on April 1, 1967, and that day found a fleet of 45 boats and a number… …Telephone line reaches Diggs Wharf (4/15/2026) - 120 YEARS AGOThursday, April 12, 1906from the Mathews Journal The Tidewater Telephone Company is extending its lines, and Mr. Miller is at work today putting up wires from the main… …
TEA Party rally (4/15/2026) - Bearing signs with phrases such as “Stop Spending My Future,” “Freedom Works—Bailouts Hurt” and “The Re-Distribution of America’s Wealth is Communism,” a crowd of 100-plus gathered in Gloucester’s court circle… …Wolffe & Nelson forms at Mathews C.H. (4/8/2026) - 120 YEARS AGOThursday, April 5, 1906from the Mathews Journal The advertising columns of The Journal will announce the formation of the new firm of Wolffe & Nelson, composed of Mr.… …
Who knows? (4/8/2026) - Someone goofed! We do not have enough names for the people in this photo. Also, we do not have them listed in the correct order. Here is the problem: Gloucester… …
First in the 100 (4/8/2026) - Gloucester High School’s Cindy Wilson came home in first place in the 100-yard dash in an April 1977 track meeting with Bruton High School. The GHS girls defeated Bruton for… …Merchant resumes business in his Church Street store (4/1/2026) - 120 YEARS AGOThursday, March 29, 1906from the Mathews Journal William H. Miller wishes it known that he is again in business at his old stand on Church Street, where he… …
Holy Week observances (4/1/2026) - Local community-wide observances of Holy Week date back for decades. In Gloucester, in photo above, actors depicting Jesus and a Roman centurion walked from the court circle to Newington Baptist… …
Fields of gold (3/25/2026) - Daffodil fields abounded throughout Gloucester and Mathews in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. This photo, believed to be from 1942, was taken at the flower farm of John Albert Mickelborough… …
M&G Transportation: Another family firm (3/25/2026) - Carroll Douglas Thomas built up a good business, in addition to his daffodil fields, shipping daffodils to northern markets. The Gazette-Journal reported in July 1947 that Thomas, in partnership with… …
The Thomas family grew and shipped daffodils in Gloucester for decades (3/25/2026) - (Editor’s note: Bill Thomas of Gloucester wrote this history in 2023 for the Gloucester Daffodil Club.) I was asked to write a brief history of my family’s involvement with growing… …
From the archives (3/25/2026) - Gloucester Daffodil Show historic photos show what changed, and what has stayed the same, over the decades. Top winner Elizabeth Brown of Gloucester was a top winner for many years… …The sudden death of a horse; a new store at Susan (3/25/2026) - 120 YEARS AGOThursday, March 22, 1906from the Mathews Journal Mr. Walter E. Hudgins near Diggs Wharf lost his horse last Sunday night. The horse seemed all right at feeding time,… …
Clean-up campaign (3/25/2026) - Cub Scouts of Den 3 Pack 114 conducted a clean-up campaign at Mathews Court House in late February 1970. Shown from left are the scouts shown in front of the… …
Notes from the original Mathews High School (3/18/2026) - 120 YEARS AGOThursday, March 15, 1906from the Mathews Journal High School Notes: We have enrolled thirty pupils in the High School Department during the year, and a finer company of… …