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75 years ago
From Greensboro Daily News, Sept. 13-19, 1934:

Ruffin township schools opened Monday, with one teacher added to the high school faculty, bringing the total number in the district to 24.

A George Reed home economics teacher has been named. Miss Pauline Truslow, a member of the faculty for the past two years, assumes work with the girls at the high school and with women in the community.

Transportation of children to the school is expected to be greatly facilitated by construction of an underpass at the railroad near the school.

Only the first three grades will be taught at Poteat School, with Miss Mildred Osborne again being the teacher, but all other students will be transported to Ruffin.

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Reidsville schools opened with an enrollment of 2,671. The schools this year will operate on the state’s eight-month schedule.

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While strikers are causing problems at textile and hosiery mills elsewhere in the state, Rockingham County is having no such problem, with all 17 of its plants operating with 7,000 workers and no strikes.

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Luther Hodge, vice president of the Marshall-Fields mill in Leaksville-Spray, addressed the Mayodan Moravian congregation Sunday, with his topic being “The Church and Its Work Among Men.”

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Help wanted: Two young men over 20, willing to work 10 hours a day, living wage to start.

50 years ago
From Greensboro Daily News, Sept. 13-19, 1959:

Old Belt tobacco markets opened this week and the three markets in Rockingham County fared well when compared with others. The average price per hundredweight paid on Thursday was $56.46 at Reidsville, $53.45 at Stoneville and $51.03 at Madison.

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Guilford Dairy Cooperative Association will open a dairy bar and milk and ice cream route distribution center in Leaksville this fall, general manager Mose Kiser announced. It will be Guilford Dairy’s first in Leaksville and will be at 206 N. Bridge St., with Mrs. Garland Atkins of Route 2, Reidsville, as manager.

Kiser noted that 38 of the 171 dairy farmers who own Guilford Dairy are from Rockingham.

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Dr. Robert L. Johnson of Bluffton, Ind., has obtained a license to practice medicine in North Carolina and will begin an internal medicine practice in Leaksville this month.

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Morehead High School defeated previously unbeaten and unscored on Hanes High of Winston-Salem 21-0. Morehead outgained Hanes 259 yards to 69 on the ground and led in first downs 19-6.

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Help wanted: Barber to manage shop, work one chair, guaranteed $75 week.

25 years ago
From Greensboro News & Record, Sept. 13-19, 1984:

Material uncovered by a State Bureau of Investigation agent examining alleged false billing in municipal elections shows that county officials were aware of the billing procedure, says Albert J. Post, chairman of the county board of elections.

Post and two permanent members of the Board of Elections — Leone H. Dunn, elections supervisor, and Janet H. Whitt, her assistant — sent Madison, Mayodan, Eden and Reidsville separate bills for individual work they did for each town’s election in addition to billing them for the normal cost of holding elections.

The county commissioners have asked Post to resign and called for an investigation of the payments.

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An after-school experimental laboratory course was approved by the Reidsville Board of Education for students seeking extra lab work in senior high chemistry and biology. The class will be voluntary and would add 75-minute classes twice a week for students already enrolled in advanced biology and chemistry.

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The Mayodan Town Council reversed an earlier vote in August and agreed to extend fire protection without charge to residents within a five-mile radius of the town limits. The vote was 3-2.

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Running backs Herbert McNeal and Tony Wilfong combined for nearly 200 yards as Morehead High rolled past Rockingham County High 20-6 in a Triad 3-A Conference opener.

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Help wanted: Group home manager, $10,000 a year plus room and board.

10 years ago
Greensboro News & Record, Sept. 13-19, 1999:

The county commissioners approved a 2 percent cost-of-living increase and a separate pay plan that calls for spending $650,000 to adjust salaries for the county’s 661 full-time employees.

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The Mayodan Board of Adjustments voted 6-2 in favor of an exception to allow the town of Mayodan to construct a town hall on land formerly occupied by Elliott Duncan School but rules require a four-fifths vote.

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Hurricane Floyd did considerable damage to the coast of North Carolina but Rockingham County only felt the fringes of it, with a steady rain but little damages Chinqua Penn Plantation, a popular tourist spot, was closed one day, but it suffered no damage and reopened the following day.

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 On the football field, Reidsville High smashed Rockingham County High 41-0, dominating both the offensive and defensive sides.