115 YEARS AGOThursday, June 16, 1910from the Mathews Journal
Miss Eunice Hudgins has returned to her home to spend some time with her parents at Grimstead. Miss Hudgins is a trained nurse and has been located in Greensburg, Pa., where she has been practicing her profession for the past five years.
Colonel Thomas L. Casey, Colonel Mason M. Patric and Captain W.T. Hannum, United States engineers comprising the Chesapeake Bay Pound Net Board, left Norfolk Tuesday morning board the United States lighthouse tender for a tour of the Chesapeake Bay.
The object of the trip is to observe the pound nets and other fish catch devices, and recommend the best way they may be placed so as not to obstruct navigable waters.
100 YEARS AGOThursday, June 18, 1925from the Mathews Journal
A very large crowd attended the Children’s Day at Spring Hill Baptist Church on last Sunday evening.
The farmers around here are very busy this week, getting up potatoes.
Mr. Barker is here this week with his moving pictur...