Oct. 7 through the years

100 Years ago – 1925

Globman’s department store was moving into its new location on Public Square. It featured merchanice and clothing departments on the main floor and a Bargain Basement with ready-to-wear clothes, shoes, accessories, glass, enamel, aluminum, tinware and more.

1950

The area’s largest sweet potato was recorded as weighing 6 pounds, grown by W.H. Willis of the City.

50 years ago – 1975

In recent years, antifreeze had gone up in price and at times been scarce – because the ingredients used to make it had been in high demand by another product they made, permanent press clothing. In 1975 the recession caused consumers to buy less clothing. During the height of permanent press clothing the year before, antifreeze cost between $5 and $8 a gallon. Now it sold between $4 and $6 per gallon, depending on the price, at JCPenney in the Patrick Henry Mall, and $5 at Buddy Arrington Union 76 Service Center in Villa Heights, $2 cheaper than the year before.

25 years ago – 2000

At least three tons of trash including 75 tires were pulled from a 1-mile stretch of the Smith River by 10 volunteers, including a few teenagers serving their court-ordered community service. That wasn’t as bad as previous year – 4 tons in 1999, 8 tons in 1998 and 8.5 tons in 1997.

— Information from museum records and the Henry Bulletin and the Martinsville Bulletin.