110 YEARS AGOThursday, Dec. 18, 1913from the Mathews Journal
The annual Christmas treat will be given the children of Locust Grove Sunday School on Dec. 26.
Mr. Wm. Callis of Soles, who has been an invalid for nearly two years, was out driving last Saturday afternoon.
100 YEARS AGOThursday, Dec. 20, 1923from the Gloucester Gazette
Dear Old Santa: Please bring me a doll that can walk, talk and cry; a coat, a little piano, a box of pencils, a tablet, some sparkles, a lot of goodies. Don’t forget my mamma and daddy, my three brothers and sister and my granma. I will not ask for much because there a lot of other children. Your little girl, Virginia Eastwood, Signpine, Va.
Dear Santa: I am a little boy 11 years of age. Please bring me an air rifle and some shot, a pair of boots, and if you see one, a bicycle big enough for me bring that too, and also some nuts, oranges, candy and apples. Now I hope I have not asked for too much. Leamond Hall, Perrin, Va.
My Dear Santa: Please bring me a dol...