1925, Rippe-Prager’s Woman’s Shop; 1950, Women’s Auxiliary of Martinsville General Hospital; 1975, Annie Saul whopped the robber in the belly with half-gallon of wine; 2000, Trans World Connections. (PHOTO: Leggett’s)

1925, Happy Jack not dead after all; 1950, New Jesse French Styles at Al’s; 1975, Builders Seminar at Armory; 2000, Family Life Medical Center.

(PHOTO: Fuller Memorial Baptist Church)

1925, Bassetts’ fishing success in Florida; 1950, “Operator 25”; 1961, the Punkin Vine; 1961, Punkin Vine’s last route; 1975, Memorial Hospital’s psych ward; 2000, Philpott Lake drops. (PHOTO: Prillaman’s Market in 1925)

1925, still busted; 1950, Pannill Post’s annual Valentine dance; 1961, Stanley Bowles to build DMHS edition; 1975, Busy Bee restaurant to be demolished; 2000, Adele Dillard Pannill Carter.

(PHOTO: Sallie Hall Slate strings tobacco bags)

1925, Floyd’s Store; 1950, Lions Club musical revue; 1961, C’ville Lions Club; 1975, 295 Boy Scouts at Lake Sugartree; 2000, Textile Relief Workers Act.

1925, All Star Wrestling and Boxing; 1950, visitors; 1961, new library goal; 1975, Railroad Nuts included Dr. King, who now is opening a museum annex with model railroads; 2000, Starnes family inspires bill. (PHOTO: Standard Garment on Cabell Street)

1925, Round Dozen Club’s Valentine Bazaar; 1950, Leon Globman replaces Herman Fusfeld; 1961, at the Martin Theatre; 1975, Richmond PD treats 10-year-old Michael Adkins; 2000, True Love Waits program. (PHOTO: Tim and Sallie Hall Slate lift the bottomless tub)

1925, Tech minstrel troupe; 1950, optometrist in Western Union building; 1961, Martinsville Pony League; 1975, top rank or A.L. Philpott; 2000, Charles White’s Chevyland donates to drivers’ ed.

(PHOTO: Slate and Moorefield, Patrick County)

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.