Feb. 24 across time

100 Years ago – 1925

A style article in the Henry Bulletin proclaimed the “ensemble suit,” also called the ”costume suit,” for ladies. It usually was of two pieces, a one-piece frock and a coat to match, straight-lined (no belt nor defined waist), falling to the ankles.

75 years ago – 1950

The first Elks’ Ladies’ Night program held at Club Martinque was attended by between 300 and 400 people. The event featured a floor show, a fashion revue with clothes shown by Globman’s, Holt’s, Blanches’ and Kolodny’s stores and music by Paul Zimmerman and his orchestra.

1961

Twelve city garden clubs had been asked for help to plant the grounds at Druid Hills Elementary School, and several responded favorably.

50 years ago – 1975

Max Kendall of Axton was running for Iriswood representative on the Board of Supervisors. His platform was halting construction on the new Henry County Administration Building, cutting the size of the county staff in half and weakening the subdivision ordinance. Kendall, who operated Max Kendall Lumber Col, was one of the first people on the planning commission in 1972 but resigned in 1973 when the subdivision ordinance, which was adopted in 1974, was being drafted. E.M. “Tiny” Norman was the incumbent but had not yet announced if he’d run again.

25 years ago – 2000

A proposed Rail Trail path (now the Dick & Willie Trail) would link the proposed new site of the Virginia Museum of Natural History on Starling Avenue with the uptown area. The project cost $900,000. It was designed to use the old Danville & Western railway as a mile-long walkway, noting historic sites along the way. Dewberry & Davis Inc. of Danville, under Project Manager David W. Reeves, handled the project.

Charles W. Davies Jr., who had been an executive at Tultex, was the leading candidate to become the executive director of the A.L. Philpott Manufacturing Extension Partnership.

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