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75 YEARS AGO
From the Greensboro Daily News, July12-18, 1934

Kernersville native Cyrus Paul (Cy) Smith didn’t arrive in Leaksville in time to be of much help to the squad in the first half, but keep a sharp lookout for him in the second half. If he pitches anywhere like he has in the past, Leaksville should be a factor in the Bi-State League second half race.

He began in pro ball in 1924 and continued to pitch until the  mid-1932 season. Earlier in the 1932 season, Cy pitched for San Antonio in the Texas League, during which he won three games in three days and  then won five games over a six-game span.

During winter ball in 1928 while pitching for Pasadena, Calif., he threw a no-hitter two days before Christmas.

The veteran is 29 years old, stands 6 feet 2 inches, weighs 190 pounds and is an alumnus of Oak Ridge Military Academy.

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The annual Sunday school convention of Rockingham County will be held at the Baptist church in Stoneville, with a theme of “Building Christian Homes.” Fred S. Walker, president of the Sunday school organization, will preside at the three sessions planned — morning, afternoon and night — while prominent speaking roles will go to the Rev. Shuford Peeler, general secretary;  Myrtle A. McDaniel, director of leadership training; and Edith Krider, director of young people’s work with the state Sunday school association.

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Sugar: 10-pound bag, 50 cents.

50 YEARS AGO
From Greensboro Daily News, July 12-18, 1959

Dr. R.E. Balsley, elder of First Presbyterian Church of Reidsville, was elected moderator of the Orange Presbytery at a meeting in Hillsborough. He succeeds Charles S. Wilkins of Greensboro.

Among business conducted at the session was approval of ministers to accept calls to other Presbyterian churches. Among those authorized were the Rev. W.E. Lytch to Yancey­ville and Bethesda and the Rev. J.O. Howell to Smyrna and Wentworth.

Forty-three ministers, 50 elders and a number of laymen attended the session. The next meeting will be Sept. 10 at a place to be announced.

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Roy Doolin of Danville won the 30-lap feature sportsmen’s race at the Bi-State Speedway at Draper. Finishing second was Fuzzy Clinton of King and finishing third was Homer Nantz of Mooresville. Nantz was winner of three featured races at Draper before this but ran through the fence on the 18th lap, losing his then-second-place position and forcing a restart of the race. He came from last to finish third.

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Hershey’s sugar: 39 cents a pound.

25 YEARS AGO
From the Greensboro News & Record, July 12-18, 1984

Madison has an itchy problem: mosquitoes.

The town has been spraying certain areas for mosquitoes once a week, but this doesn’t appear to be eliminating the nasty insect. So now the town will step up its spraying in certain areas to twice a week.

Every year, thousands of the annoying bugs breed in the marshes and creekbeds running through the town from the Dan River, and since 1982, Madison has tried different ways of administering the insecticide malathion to control the problem.

The town uses a combination of malathion and diesel fuel concentrated in mist that, if weather conditions are right, is sprayed from trucks in residential neighborhood.

Because of a wet spring and summer so far, mosquitoes are breeding in massive numbers, Town Manager Steve Routh said.

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The Reidsville City Council passed a motion approving the city’s application for the N.C. Main Street program, a program that would bring a state-sponsored redevelopment program to downtown. Although the program would offer no direct financial assistance, it would provide the city with state support in renovating the central business district in the next two years, according to Warren Morrison, executive director of the Reidsville Downtown Corp.

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Bill Van Hoy of 1100 W. Wilkins St. has resigned from the Mayodan Town Council, citing conflicts between his work schedule and council meetings. A nine-year council veteran, Van Hoy is being transferred to the second shift at the Burlington Industries plant in Kernersville.

W.E. (Lefty) Shearin of 201 N. Fifth Ave. was named to replace him.

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Dixie Crystals sugar: 5-pound bag, $1.69.

10 YEARS AGO
From the Greensboro News & Record, July 12-18, 1999

The Mayodan Town Council voted 5-0 to build a new town hall at the site of the old Eliot Duncan School, which was demolished after being damaged by a tornado in 1998.

The new building will connect town hall and the police department. It will have more than 11,600 feet and will cost the town about $1.1 million. Mayodan has available more than $550,000 in insurance money and grants and likely will borrow the rest of the money needed.

Mayor Jeff Bullins said that with the increasing number of services provided by the town, it is outgrowing the current building.

About 30 residents attended the meeting to oppose the new building, but the council decided to go with a committee’s recommendation for the facility.

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Madison used a $50,000 matching-fund grant from the Parks and Recreation Trust Fund to buy 9-plus acres next to Idol Park, which will reopen to the public in the coming week.

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Two rooms at Penn House in Reidsville are undergoing a televised makeover this week, thanks to a local production company taping a pilot show for cable’s Home & Garden Television. An upstairs suite that served as a sitting room when Bea Penn Moore owned the home will get a new look for use as a possible art gallery, and a basement bar room will get a face-lift.

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Heather Lyons, 7, will have to wait until December to find out where her permanent home is, District Court Judge Richard Stone ruled. Until then she will stay with Eddie and Toni Anderson in Summerfield but can continue to visit her mother, Jamie Escobedo in Raleigh, every other week.