115 YEARS AGO
Thursday, June 2, 1910
from the Mathews Journal
Never was such a sale in force in this County. 5,000 pairs shoes must go at a price. Some as low as 19c pair for ladies and children, don’t miss this great opportunity. –G.S. Marchant
We have our threshing machine in first-class order ready for your grain crops. Bicycle and automobile supplies, batteries, oils and etc. F. Theo. Miller and Son., Mathews, Va.
Having accepted an agency for the “Coggins Marble Manufacturing Company” I am prepared to furnish designs, prices and samples of the material used. Any one desiring monuments or tomb stones of any kind can be accommodated by calling on or dropping a postal to S.J. Foster, Susan, Va.
100 YEARS AGO
Thursday, June 4, 1925
from the Gloucester Gazette
That there is still some mighty fine timber left in Gloucester County was demonstrated last Friday when a load of heart pine planks passed through the village enroute from B.F. Weaver’s mill at Clay Bank to Walter Robins at Glass. There were seven boards in the load each 44 feet long, three inches thick and 20 inches wide. They were all cut from pine log. The value of the seven planks was $175, and the lumber will be used in building a boat.
from the Mathews Journal
A beautiful monument in commemoration of the life and service of the late Captain Sallie Tomkins of the United Confederate States army which had been erected over her grave at Kingston Cemetery by the Captain Sally Tompkins Memorial Association was unveiled after appropriate ceremonies yesterday morning. A large number of admirers of this wonderful woman of the Confederacy were in attendance, many of them from points outside of the county. The Lane-Diggs Camp U.C.V was well represented, a number of the veterans being on hand.
90 YEARS AGO
Thursday, June 6, 1935
from the Gloucester Gazette
Stories of black snakes coming into people’s homes are not unusual, but finding a black snake in your piano is an experience that not many women crave. So, when she lifted the lid of her piano Friday and found a black snake had chosen the instrument for its home, Mrs. Catesby G. Jones, of Gloucester village, didn’t stop to argue the matter with the intruder, but put in a hurry-up telephone call for legal assistance.
Trial Justice Jones answered the summons and evicted the snake, which was sentenced to death and duly executed.
from the Mathews Journal
Sunday School was held at Locust Grove Church last Sunday, the first time since the interior of the building has been painted. Preaching and the observance of the Lord’s Supper next Sunday afternoon, Rev. Clarence England, pastor.
Mesdames G.N. Atherton and R.E. Simmons were guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frazier Soles Wednesday.
Mr. Carroll Howlett was a Sunday visitor of Mr. and Mrs. J.B. Soles.
80 YEARS AGO
Thursday, June 7, 1945
from the Gazette-Journal
436th Troop Carrier Group, France-Four times previously awarded battle participation credit for Troop Carrier sorties on the Western Front, Sergeant Freddie L. Brown, a radio operator on a C-47 Troop Carrier plane, has been presented with his fifth bronze battle star, significant of service in five major campaigns in the European Theater of Operations.
Sgt. Brown is the son of Mrs. Thelma R. Brown, of Schley, Va.
A graduate of Botetourt High School, Sgt. Brown, prior to entering the service in April, 1943, was employed as a salesman by L. Bromm Baking Co., of Richmond.
70 YEARS AGO
Thursday, June 2, 1955
from the Gazette-Journal
Sixty-eight students graduating from Gloucester High School heard the Baccalaureate sermon held on Sunday, May 29 at 5 p.m. The address was given by the Rev. Victor B. Anthony, III, pastor of Bellamy Methodist Church, Mr. Anthony used as his subject, “Thinking and Action.” His text was taken from Proverbs 23-7.
Mathews High School will hold their Baccalaureate sermon on Sunday, June 5, at 8 p.m. with the Rev. Joseph P. Lincoln, executive secretary of the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia as guest speaker.
The theme for the commencement exercises of the 36 graduates, will be “Footprints.”
60 YEARS AGO
Thursday, June 3, 1965
from the Gazette-Journal
The Gloucester board of supervisors, after hearing pleas for and against purchasing land for an airport, at the meeting held last Friday, decided to refer the matter to the county planning commission for further study and consideration.
Milton M. Maxton, president of the Abingdon Ruritan Club, presented a request from his organization that the county purchase 36 acres, more or less, owned by Evans Realty Company.
John Meredith of Gloucester, presented a petition signed by 182 persons who oppose the purchase because of the cost and location, which they feel would be a hazard to the nearby populated areas. Meredith stated he thought it would be wiser for the county to provide a place for parking automobiles at the village rather than purchasing an airport.
50 YEARS AGO
Thursday, June 5, 1975
from the Gazette-Journal
When trouble shows its ugly face, you can count on the operator.
Thank goodness.
Because you never know when trouble is going to appear, it’s important to have someone you can turn to for help. Right away.
That’s why your operator is always as close as your phone. Twenty-four hours a day. Ready to help you in any situation – whether it’s an emergency, placing an important long-distance call, or helping you to find a friend’s telephone number.
Because you depend so much on your phone, in so many ways, we’re here to help. Day in, day out. To give you the kind of service you need and deserve.
So, if you ever need help, just yell. We’re the people you can count on.
Another classic way your phone company comes through with service.
Continental Telephone of Virginia
40 YEARS AGO
Thursday, June 6, 1985
from the Gazette-Journal
A new committee has begun formulating plans to assign a number to every parcel and house in Gloucester County.
Its chairman, Walter Jackson, said the new group met officially for the first time last Wednesday, noting it could take “one or two years at least” to have a numbering system in place. But the time it will take to get such a system started should be well worth it, Jackson said, because it will finally give the county a unified identification plan for a variety of purposes, including postal delivery, fire and rescue service, and more.
30 YEARS AGO
Thursday, June 8, 1995
from the Gazette-Journal
Crews had to alternate traffic for several hours Sunday morning on the George P. Coleman Memorial Bridge to take measurements to ensure the new center span is precise.
Although the surveying went well, state transportation officials said that several more hours of measurements will have to be taken at another time.
20 YEARS AGO
Thursday, June 2, 2005
from the Gazette-Journal
A celebration in fireworks will be held on Saturday at Mathews County’s historic New Point Comfort Lighthouse to commemorate the first lighting of the station 200 years ago. The lighthouse will be illuminated as it becomes dark and fireworks will begin at 9 p.m. One shell will be sent off for each decade the lighthouse has been in existence.
10 YEARS AGO
Thursday, June 4, 2015
from the Gazette-Journal
Mathews High School is one of the top 30 schools in the nation in terms of personal finance instruction, according to Working in Support of Education (Wise), a New York-based nonprofit group that promotes financial literacy education.
Overall, 38 of the nation’s 100 best schools are in Virginia. Working in Support of Education announced the top-100 list in April during a ceremony at the New York Stock Exchange.
“The Class of 2015 is the first to have the advantage of earning a diploma that required them to successfully complete and pass a course in economics and personal finance,” state Superintendent of Public Instruction Steven R. Staples said.