Aqua Queen contestants (7/10/2024) - Contestants for Miss Aqua Queen posed in 1964 just before Gwynn’s Island Day, held in mid-July. From left are Katharine Hudgins, Mary Linda Hudgins, Gayle Jarvis (who was runner-up) and… …Lightning strikes Botetourt High School (7/10/2024) - 115 YEARS AGOThursday, July 8, 1909from the Mathews Journal The most severe electrical storm of this season passed over Gloucester Tuesday evening, centering at Gloucester Court House. The new concrete… …
Slim pickings (7/3/2024) - Lionel Jenkins and his son Don Allen Jenkins fished an inshore pound net on York River in June 1981, and found “slim pickings” according to Lionel: about 150 pounds of… …Losses and welcomings in the news (7/3/2024) - 115 YEARS AGOThursday, July 1, 1909from the Mathews Journal On Gwynn’s Island, we are sorry to report Capt. Callis quite ill at this writing. The home of Mr. and Mrs.… …
Celebrating July 4th (6/26/2024) - An Independence Day chicken barbecue was held in 1987 at American Legion Post 83, Hudgins, marking the 15th year for the event. The post sold 275 dinners that day, with… …Gwynn’s Island Ferry to be out for repairs (6/26/2024) - 115 YEARS AGOThursday, June 24, 1909from the Mathews Journal The Gwynn’s Island Ferry will haul out for repairs on the 29th and 30th of June. There will be no service… …
HeartChase (6/18/2024) - HeartChase Gloucester, an event held in 2014 on Gloucester’s Main Street, raised more than $20,000 for the American Heart Association. Teams used the HeartChase app on their smartphones to navigate… …News bits from 1909, and more (6/18/2024) - 115 YEARS AGOThursday, June 17, 1909from the Mathews Journal Mr. Harold Blassingham, who has been absent from the county for some time, is at home again. Mr. and Mrs. W.H.… …
Twenty years ago (6/12/2024) - Gloucester Library, which celebrated its renovation two weeks ago, has been in the present location in Main Street Center since 2004. At the ribbon-cutting that year, from left, were county… …Heavy rain washes out the county (6/12/2024) - 115 YEARS AGOThursday, June 10, 1909from the Mathews Journal Last Friday may be set down as the heaviest rainfall of the season, a complete washout in this part of the… …
Long ago, close to home (6/5/2024) - Shoppers crowded the aisles of the new Ben Franklin store in Mathews when it opened in December 1959. Owner Aubrey Tatterson presented door prize winner Lynn Sadler her winning radio.… …Ancient classified ads (6/5/2024) - 115 YEARS AGOThursday, June 3, 1909from the Mathews Journal For sale: a 3½ H.P. Palmer Engine can be used for stationary or marine purposes. Cheap for cash. Apply: F. Theo.… …
Grand opening (5/30/2024) - Up South, a new women’s apparel store in Gloucester Court House, opened in May 30, 2014, selling apparel and accessories geared to younger women. This photo shows the owners, from… …Reports from the 1909 sick list (5/29/2024) - 115 YEARS AGOThursday, May 27, 1909from the Mathews Journal Miss Dola Lawson, who has been very ill for some time, is gradually improving. Mr. Sydney Atherton, of the M.&M.T. Co.,… …
Star power (5/22/2024) - Washington Redskins quarterback Sonny Jurgensen visited Chimney Corner Lawn Mower in Hudgins in May of 1974, as part of a special Wheel Horse promotion. Frank Crittenden, owner of Chimney Corner,… …Lawn party to benefit Trinity Church (5/22/2024) - 115 YEARS AGOThursday, May 20, 1909from the Mathews Journal There will be a lawn party at Mr. Cornelius Hughes’s old home on Wednesday night, May 26, for the benefit of… …
15 years ago (5/15/2024) - The Tour de Chesapeake brings visitors on wheels to Mathews County at this time every year. The tour in 2009 would look familiar to riders today. Below, cyclists Ran Marshall,… …Mr. Ogle Pitcher departs this life (5/15/2024) - 115 YEARS AGOThursday, May 13, 1909from the Mathews Journal After a long but patiently-borne period of suffering with consumption, Mr. Ogle Pitcher departed this life on May 8, at the… …
Building a museum ‘country store’ to preserve a collection (5/15/2024) - Ray Hunley of Mathews has built something close to his heart and history: a room in the Mathews Historical Museum to house his father’s country store collection. A grand opening… …
Remembering the genial storekeeper (5/15/2024) - The death of George L. Sadler of Diggs in 1958 at the age of 85 prompted memories in the Gazette-Journal from “a friend” who told about the storekeeper and the… …
The ‘modern’ kitchen, both today and in the past (5/15/2024) - What features do today’s homeowner want in their kitchen appliances? Stainless steel is the popular way to go, said Jacob McCloud at Hodges & Bryant, Gloucester. “The majority of people… …
Cooking school (5/8/2024) - The area’s first cooking school was held in September of 1988 at Gloucester Intermediate School (which later became Page Middle School, before the April 2011 tornado leveled the building). Co-sponsored… …A narrow escape from drowning (5/8/2024) - 115 YEARS AGOThursday, May 6, 1909from the Mathews Journal While out in his canoe on Monday, May 3, Mr. William Diggs of Winter Harbor was capsized and narrowly escaped drowning.… …
New circuit judge (5/1/2024) - Former Gloucester District Court Judge R. Bruce Long, at right, was sworn in as a circuit court judge in May 2009 by his predecessor, Judge William H. Shaw III, who… …‘The Old Maids’ still looking forbachelors and widowers (5/1/2024) - 115 YEARS AGOThursday, April 29, 1909from the Mathews Journal “The Old Maids” are still hunting the bachelors and widowers. Not being able to captivate the Mathews bachelors, they have decided… …