1925, fire at American Furniture; 1950, unusual number of drunks; 1961, rooms for rent; 1975, flaked hominy; 2000, Morning Star Holy Church. (PHOTO: Bassett Furniture employees)

1925, Anti-Spitting Campaign; 1950, Martinsville Library; 1975,, Chatham Heights Park; 2000, Textile Workers Relief Act of 2000.

1925, Talking Machines repair'; 1950, coal shortage; 1961, at the Roxy; 1975, cozy country living at Bassett CC; 2000, bankruptcy for Tultex. PHOTO: Sallie Hall Slate of Patrick County packs down tobacco leaves

1925, Happy Home House Frocks; 1950, Martinsville VFD; 1961, bootleggers run out of jars; 1975, art prizes for Jeff Hankins and Jane Pilson; 2000, counterfeit clothing raided (PHOTO: Castle Court Motel on 220)

1925, Soy Bean and Corn clubs for kids; 1950, ladies’s bloomers on sale; 1961, five high schools in Patrick County; 1975, land for water treatment plant; 2000, Joan M. Loser Knott memorialized by her husband. (PHOTO: The Jesus Joint of the 1970s)

1923, dressed hens; 1950, Collinsville’s building boom; 1961, luncheon by the two Mrs. H. Grady Moores; 1975, HCA-Martin; 2000, Wendell Scott Jr. (PHOTO: Another scene from the store in Horsepasture)

1925, crook easily nabbed; 1950, strong furniture sales; 1961, Martinsville tops in fire prevention; 1975, mental tests for Shanghai Thomas; 2000, Hooker Printing Inc. (PHOTO: Horsepasture Store)

Protecting the tobacco crop; Mother’s March donors; community rallies around Ronda Pack; “Introduction to the Internet” classes. (PHOTO: Horsepasture store)

1925, worker hurt; 1950, county’s largest land purchase; 1961, VMFA; 1975, liquid embroidery takes off; 2000, Family Medical Center. (PHOTO: Inside Horsepasture store)

1925, Hydro-Electric Plant at Eggleston Falls; 1950, March of Dimes; 1961, Speed Reading classes; 1975, new forestry research center; 2000, metal detectors at game. (PHOTO: Store in Horespasture)

1925, First meetings of Pannill Knitting Co. stockholders; 1950, sidewalk to new PHES; 1975, court-ordered refund from power company; 2000, 200 go to Richmond. (PHOTO: First Baptist Church on Broad Street, on what is now the parking lot between the Big Chair and The Henry.)

1925, last Civil War veteran hurt in fall; 1950, hydrogen superbomb and numbers game; 1961, Miss Heart Fund Soodie Stultz; 1975 Frances Hodges’ redeye gravy; 2000, students visit hospital.

1925, chic hats at Woody’s Dept. Store; 1950, 709 students out of school with flu; 1961, Mother’s March for polio victims; 1975, bad water quality in Axton; 2000, ice on roads postpones trip to Richmond.

1925, car race through town; 1950, ads for rides and rooms to rent; 1961, lots of 4-H clubs; 1975, sugar panic; 2000, Days Inn proprietor robbed.

1929, fancy new auto re-finisher is waterproof; 1950, Maids and Matrons Bridge Club; 1961, “Globman’s Own” diet concentrate; 1975, proposed requirements for electricians and plumbers; 2000, sales at Belk and Taylor’s Supermarket.

1925, Fayette street business explosion kills two; 1950, new hospital vandalized; 1961, Stratowave perms; 1975, buildings in town demolished; 2000, highest unemployment in state.

1925, Schleuter and Price start a radio program, and first show is by First Baptist Church’s Sunday School class; 1950, March of Dimes Ball at Club Martinque; 1961, Home Demonstration training; 1975, Priscilla Gordon on TV; 2000, Carlisle School goes online for snow. (PHOTO: inside the old Horsepasture store)

1925, tombstone salesman; 1950, flu outbreak; 1961, schools cancelled for snow except for high school exams; 1975, County’s new 1-ton, $103,093 computer; 2000, EMI Imaging grows.

1925, specialist comes for crippled children; 1950, new city charger goes to Richmond for approval; 1961, teen Priscilla Stone wins Homemaker award; 1975, City Transit Co. cuts back on bus service'; 2000, Fieldale Lodge denied zoning for school.

1925, eclipse tracked by telegraph and telephone reports; 1950, Maynard West wins 100 Bushel corn contest; 1961, Moss Street man lobbies for Social Security Act change; 1975, shorthand and office machines classes; 2000, Virgil Goode to run as independent.