110 YEARS AGO
Thursday, Aug. 20, 1908
from the Mathews Journal
Bohannon: Mr. J.B. White’s house came near to being burned on Thursday night of last week by the overturning of a lamp caused by a falling picture. It was extinguished in time, however, before much damage was done.
Miss Maude Minter entertained a small party at dinner on Friday evening in honor of Miss Maude Vandervort, of West Virginia.
100 YEARS AGO
Thursday, Aug. 22, 1918
from the Mathews Journal
Messrs. Earl Haywood and Luther Thomas motored to Gloucester Point Sunday with a most jolly crowd, being Misses Alice White, Ellis Forrest, Mattie Lee Haywood, and Mae Haywood; Elmer Ripley and Georgie Burroughs. Mrs. Ola Haywood and Nellie Burroughs as chaperones.
90 YEARS AGO
Thursday, Aug. 23, 1928
from the Gloucester Gazette
Electric current will very soon be available to every consumer in Gloucester. Probably the first homes to have light and power will be those in the west portion of the village, the power line havin...