100 YEARS AGOThursday, Oct. 22, 1925from the Mathews Journal
A silver cup is offered as a prize in the Trap Shooting Contest at the Mathews Fair Grounds on Wednesday, the second day of the Fair. The time of this event is 12 o’clock, and the contest is open to all.
The Exhibit Hall at the Fair will be open on Monday at 1 p.m. Everyone who can should bring their exhibits on this day. Exhibits will be received up to 12 o’clock Tuesday.
Cobbs Creek School was greatly saddened by the death of one of their pupils, Miss Regina Rainier, which occurred on last Friday night. A very large crowd attended the funeral at Mathews Chapel on Sunday afternoon.
90 YEARS AGOThursday, Oct. 24, 1935from the Gloucester Gazette
The third grade at Hayes School has organized a Good Health Club with the following officers: president Arthur Tillage; vice-president, John Catlett; secretary, Alice Marie Newbill; and treasurer, Mary Pierce Anderton.
from the Mathews Journal
The Cobbs Creek basketball team lost a fas...