1924, diphtheria vaccinations at Grammar School; 1949, 17-week Dale Carnegie class; 1960, Republican headquarters; 1974, entertainment; 1999, contamination in Blackberry Creek. (PHOTO: Snowbird Mill between Fieldale and Preston, 1905)

1924, Ford's Rest Room at the County Fair; 1949, programs on WMVA; 1960. Rosh Hashana celebrated; 1974, modern brick ranch home; 1999, "Nobody Walks Till The Clippers Talk."

1924, Gentlemen's Bridge Club; 1949, Bobby Shelton, 15, put in iron lung; 1960, Steed College of Commerce; 1974, art show; 1999, Corey Mayo hit by car on way to school bus. (PHOTO: 1874 from courthouse looking down Main Street)

1924, Gravely's horse stolen; 1949, Albert Harris Elementary School opens; 1960, opening day for tobacco market; 1974, new state law for schools; 1999, Y2K worries. (PHOTO: House moving across 58)

1924, auto help; 1949, Negro Ball Game; 1960, sale at Ward's; 1974, restoration of Jack's Creek Covered Bridge; 1999, sale at Goody's. (PHOTO: Jobbers Pant Factory off Fayette and Market streets)

1924, Primitive Baptist Church court battle; 1949, HEnry County Fair; 1960, new Woody Brothers tobacco warehouse; 1974, opposition to liquor-by-the-drink referendum; 1999, shoe sale at Belk. (PHOTO: Lester Lumber Works)

1924, excessively low water in Smith River causes meager supply of electric current, disrupting City businesses; 1949, separate white and black baseball games to raise money for polio relief; 1960, Janice Stovall, Diana Minter, Millie Ravenel, Bonnie Cheshire, Carolyn Shoekey, Fran Ravenel and Linda Cline see JFK at airport; 1974, PHCC classes included guitar, grammar, stocks, and grooming; 1999, Sheriff Cassell raises the most for campaigning. (PHOTO: Fayette Street parking lot)

1924, Methodist Sunday School's silver tea; 1949, news of new, huge furniture market building; 1960, 200 MHC residents hear Nixon in Roanoke; 1974, even more Fieldale nicknames; 1999, JCPenney store opens, and Y2K seminar. (PHOTO: Lake Lanier 1966)

1924, Mrs. J.J. Minter first entrant of county fair; 1949, Council votes to start landfill to replace Chatham Heights dump; 1960, death of logger; 1974, Martinsville Disco Drug Centers Inc.; 1999, proclamation for Sallie Mason Clark. (PHOTO: Aerial photo of Liberty Heights Swimming Pool)

1924, human bones and adornment articles found in soil in Blackberry; 1949, ads target tobacco farmers and their wives; 1960, Larry Trull Fund Day, for polio help; 1974, Figsboro Community Building; 1999, Hooker Furniture Outlet Store sale.(PHOTO: Phospho-Lithia Springs in Ridgeway)

1924, Businesses close so workers can participate in National Defense Day; 1949, fund drive for Martinsville Memorial Library; 1960, Martinsville Schools' night classes for adults; 1974, City may lose one of its five elementary schools; 1999, TechEra Ccomputers at Holiday Shopping Center. (PHOTO: First Baptist Church, where Big Chair parking lot is now)

1924, 1,000 attend Kiwanis barbecue and Brunswick stew; 1949, time to buy from Martinsville coal; 1960, former editor of Bassett Journal died; 1974, City consultant recommends closing Fayette Street; 1999, VMNH holds Indian Heritage Festival.

(PHOTO: Clift's at Villa Heights)

1924, aeroplane over Henry County Fair; 1949, livestock awards for J. Frank Wilson and Lafe Prillaman; 1960, Rieves Hodnett; 1974, Mervyn and Virginia King on TV; 1999, recommendation to close Patrick Henry Elementary School (PHOTO: Old police and fire departments, now parking lot behind Martinsville Bulletin/old Grand Piano)

1924, three shows at Hamilton; 1949, tobacco arrives for auction; 1960, Dr. Toms reopens office; 1974, Franck and Globman, Christian and Jewish, get award; 1999, MURA and WHEE sponsor bluegrass and clogging. (PHOTO: Millner Store in Pythian Building)

1924, Baptist Aid's sale; 1949, emergency campaign for polio, and Betty Jean Owen is fifth victim of the year; 1960, oil heaters on sale; 1974, groceries at Cooper and Ratliff; 1999, Pluma announces closing. (PHOTO: Old River Hill Dam)

1924, ice boxes on sale; 1949, Elsie Millner, 21, gets polio; 1960, the gravy boat everyone seems to receive passed down - is on sale; 1974, Conrad Knight selected to design BHS; 1999, pep rally for Tultex. (PHOTO: Liberty Heights swimming pool)

1924, children's gingham school dresses and smart hats for the College Girl; 1949, five from Spencer die in wreck in Horsepasture; 1960, directors of recreation centers in Bassett and Martinsville compare notes; 1974, Axton-Laurel Park Lions Club denied bingo; 1999, One-Stop Cellular in Liberty Fair Mall. PHOTO: Lucy Lester General Hospital in Martinsville)

1924, "forever lost to a thirsty world"; 1949, Richard Gravely III, 12, dies of polio; 1960, asking strangers for rides; 1974, Rootin' Tootin, Bongonney, BooBarry and more; 1999, MHS students help refugee family.

1924, Chiropractor L.E. Johnson; 1949, Ellsworth Baptist Church groundbreaking; 1960, linoleum rugs at Troxler; 1974, community theater; 1999, predictions on the internet.

1924, private kindergarten; 1949, fixing motors for City rock quarry; 1960, tobacco damaged by hail; local polio telethon; 1974, first black councilman/mayor William Hobson; 1999, Beanie Baby panic at Liberty Fair Mall.