115 YEARS AGOThursday, May 7, 1908from the Mathews Journal
The new Methodist Church recently erected at Five Points near Cricket Hill will be used, for the first time next Sunday, Rev. Richard Ferguson, the pastor, preaching at 3:30 P.M. When completed it will be an attractive little church.
Mr. William B. Sutton, who is predicting the end of the world in 1914, is in the county. He is travelling for the Stephen Putney Shoe Co., of Richmond, and is trying to dispose of their immense stock before that period arrives.
110 YEARS AGOThursday, May 8, 1913from the Mathews Journal
In news from Foster, Mrs. J.R. Haynes, Misses Annie and Susie Ingram visited at Soles the early part of this week.Mrs. S.W. Ingram has returned from Dixondale.

100 YEARS AGOThursday, May 10, 1923from the Gloucester Gazette
Achilles Annual May Day was held Wednesday and was, as usual, a brilliant success. The May Pole dance, drills, basket ball games and other athletic events furnished much entertainment for the big ...