May 29 through time
100 Years ago – 1925
In Classified Ads: “NOTICE – I am prepared to do house repairing, inside and out-side brick wood and concrete work screen dowers windows. Call 2102. J.N. Wells. / WANTED – Five thousand burlap bags. T.W. Carter. / FOR SALE: One McCasky Register, two tables, one wardrobe and one heating stove. Roy Prillaman. / WILL RENT OR SELL- TheEmerson farm of 375 acres 4 miles north of Axton. Suitable man can occupy Home House and engage present or other tenants. Dr. G.O. Emerson, Wendonda Va. / SWEET POTATO PLANTS FOR SALE. MILLION NOW READY FOR SHIPMENT. Nancy Hall and Porto Rico Potato Plants grown from record yielding potatoes at $2.50 per thousand, ten thousand $20.00, fifty thousand lots at $1.75 per thousand. All plants Government inspected and certified and orders filled day received. Deen’s Plant Farm, Box B, Alma, Ga. / NOTICE-On June 21st, 1935, I will pay all back debts that are itemized and held against me. L. Lloyd Carter At the Bulletin office.
75 years ago – 1950
Curtis Hagwood of Bassett and Fred Penn of Martinsville were seriously injured when their school bus overturned on Route 57. They were taken to St. Mary’s hospital, the hospital for black people run by Dr. Dana O. Baldwin, and were discharged two days later. They were students of Henry County Training School. Students Lawrence Turner and John R. Baker, who recently had completed a first aid course, were praised for helping children get out of the crashed bus and to a safe spot, and they applied first aid to those who needed it. Thirty-three children were on the bus, which overturned at least twice and then plunged down a steep embankment.
The Textile Workers Union of America charged Fieldcrest Mills with unfair labor practices, in connection with a recent vote in Fieldale in which the workers rejected the TWUA as bargaining agents. Cree Radliff was the TWUA representative in the Martinsville area said that if the protest is withheld, there would be a hearing by the National Labor Relations Board in Martinsville.
50 years ago – 1975
Greg Morton, 18, the son of Spencer Morton of Bassett, had received an unusual scholarship: the English Speaking Union International Schoolboy Fellowship to the Truro School in Truro, England. It provided tuition, board and lodging for 1 year. Th point of the scholarship was to promote understanding between English-speaking countries. Qualifications were good grades and proficiency in soccer and cross country events.
25 years ago - 2000
The Martinsville Garden Club Memorial Garden was planted at the Martinsville Branch Library. Women who helped create it included Lynne Beeler, president of the club; Page Beeler, president of the library garden; Catherine Harcus, co-chairman of the library garden; Lori Hurt, club member; and Janie Davies of Field of Dreams nursery. Plants included Nelly Stephens holly, dogwood, crepe myrtle, laurel and Kawson cherry trees. Initially it was done in memory of Shelley Drane, who was killed in an auto accident at age 49. The Martinsville Garden Club had maintained the gardens of the library since at least 1980, when club member Frances Leavitt started the project. Since January, each club member had spent at least 3 hours a month and one work day a year at the library.
— Information from museum records and the Henry Bulletin and the Martinsville Bulletin.