June 22 through the years
100 Years ago – 1925
“NOTICE: Why send the hat away when it can be cleaned and blocked at home. LET ELAM DO IT with Davis Dry Cleaning Co., Phone 238.”
75 years ago – 1950
Ridgeway Future Farmers of America members Conrad Knight, Alvin Scott and Kenneth Dunn attended the 24th State convention of FFA at V.P.I. in Blacksburg. They participated in a dairy judging contest the first night, then went on field trips for three days.
50 years ago – 1975
Glenn Richard Compton, 22, of Route 6, Martinsville, was killed after a wreck in which he had been driving a motorcycle which was hit by a van.
Across Martinsville and Henry County, 2,340 students were enrolled in summer school. Some of them were repeating classes they had failed, while some high school students were getting a jump on classes that would have been required in the year ahead.
25 years ago - 2000
Lillian Foster retired after 24 years as the crossing guard at Albert Harris Elementary School.
— Information from museum records and the Henry Bulletin and the Martinsville Bulletin.