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75 YEARS AGO
From the Greensboro Daily News, Oct. 25-31, 1934

The Reidsville flue-cured tobacco market continues to have a stellar season, including nearly 100,000 pounds sold Tuesday that brought the total for the year to about 4,250,000 pounds.

Prices continued to be high, with much of the tobacco bringing more than $50 per hundredweight and some of the best grades going for $70. One dollar a pound tobacco made its appearance on the market when T.T. Edwards of Lee County sold one grade for that price. The Collett brothers of Davidson County have sold more than 5,000 pounds here and averaged better than $45 per hundred.

In Madison, about 30,000 pounds of tobacco was sold on Monday, averaging about $32.50 per hundred. But many piles brought $44 to $52.

Warehousemen think 50 percent of the crop has now been marketed.

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The residence of Mrs. Will Carter was damaged by fire that began upstairs. The blaze damaged or destroyed most of the furnishings on the second floor, but furniture on the first floor was removed. Insurance covered most of the loss.

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A group from the Baptist churches of Madison, Mayodan, Leaksville, Spray and Draper gathered at Stoneville Baptist Church for a study course on foreign missions.

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Midway Methodist Protestant Church on the Reidsville-Stokesdale Road about 10 miles west of Reidsville was dedicated Sunday, with the church paying off its final indebtedness. The new church was built in 1928-29 at a cost of about $9,000.

The Rev. Paul S. Kennett delivered the main address. He is a professor of history at High Point College and son of the Rev. W.F. Kennett, oldest living former pastor of the church. The Rev. J.L. Trollinger has been pastor of the church for six years.

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The Reidsville High School football team crushed Mebane High 47-6 in a game played in Reidsville. This was Reidsville’s fourth North Central Conference victory.

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Men’s suits, $22.50 to $45.

50 YEARS AGO
From the Greensboro Daily News, Oct. 25-31, 1959

Federal Judge Edwin M. Stanley was sharply critical of Reidsville lawyer Percy T. Stiers’ motion for a new trial in a breach of contract suit brought against him by a tenant on his farm.

Stiers was not present in Middle District Court in Greensboro to hear what the judge had to say but was represented by other counsel. Judge Stanley said he regretted that Stiers was absent. At the trial earlier, a $2,500 judgment was returned against Stiers.

The lawyer contended he should be given a new trial based on newly discovered evidence, but Judge Stanley ruled that the affidavits that Stiers presented did not meet “newly discovered” requirements.

James I. Martin sued Stiers for breach of contract by not providing fertilizer, curing space, a mule, tobacco sticks and tobacco plants agreed to before the start of the crop year. Martin testified he tended 10 acres, but Stiers argued he tended only 3 acres.

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Tobacco sales, prices and averages on Rockingham County’s three tobacco markets for Tuesday were as follows: Reidsville, 98,825 pounds bringing $51,202 and averaging $51.81 per hundredweight; Madison, 72,238 pounds bringing $34,398 for an average of $47.82; Stoneville, 64,462 pounds bringing $32,955 for an average of $51.12.

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Three players for Morehead High of Leaksville are being recruited by several colleges. Quarterback Glenn Ogburn has attracted the most interest, with North Carolina, Wake Forest, Clemson and the Naval Academy approaching him. Clemson has the inside track on tackle Ronnie Woods while Duke is looking at tackle Jim Fuqua, who also is the school’s extra point kicker.

Morehead High’s Black Panthers rolled to their seventh victory of the season with a 27-6 victory over Mineral Spring in a football game played at Morehead’s Spray stadium. Meanwhile, Reidsville High, playing at  home, scored a touchdown in the fourth quarter to nip Winston-Salem Hanes 13-7.

Earlier in the week, in games rescheduled because of heavy rain, Morehead defeated Mount Airy 19-7 to clinch at least a tie for the Western 3-A Conference championship, and Reidville’s Golden Lions moved into second place in the conference with a 13-12 win over Page of Greensboro.

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Society Brand men’s suits, $89.50.

25 YEARS AGO
From the News & Record, Oct. 25-31, 1984

Morehead Memorial Hospital held a dedication ceremony for its $9.6 million renovation and expansion, with an estimated 200 people attending.

“I think we can all be proud today that we have a modern, strong, vital hospital in Eden,” said K. William Fraser Jr., a member of the hospital’s board of directors and executive vice president of finance with Fieldcrest Mills.

“All bodes well for Morehead Memorial,” agreed Jere Witherspoon, associate executive director of The Duke Endowment, which contributed $600,000 to the project.

Morehead also received a $6 million bond issue from the N.C. Medical Care Commission and raised $1.5 million in donations.

The 24-year-old, four-story hospital was enlarged by 48,000 square feet, and a 19,000-square-foot area was refurbished.

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Libby Cole, 46, took over as executive director of Reidsville’s Main Street program, which seeks to revitalize the downtown area. A registered nurse, she said she’ll handle her new job by being a people-person as she canvasses downtown and meets merchants.

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The Spray Volunteer Fire Department has been organized and will operate from the Morgan Road station. Around the first of the year, it will serve a 5-square-mile area between the Eden city limits and the Virginia state line in addition to their intracity service. Between 200 and 300 people live in that area.

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The Western Rockingham City Schools Board of Education awarded a contract to Hallmark Spray Systems of Eden to replace the primary roof of Stoneville school and repair the roof over the Stone­ville high school gymnasium. The work will cost $79,998.

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In high school football, Reidsville shut out Southeast Guilford 28-0, Madison-Mayodan defeated Surry Central 28-8, but Morehead High was a 7-0 loser to Ragsdale.

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Botany 500 men’s suits, $99.

10 YEARS AGO
From the News & Record, Oct. 25-31, 1999

Reidsville has received two encouraging letters about its handling of problems with sewer effluent.

The first came last month when the city passed a toxicity test for the first time in its dumping of effluent into the Haw River. The second came this week in a letter from a state official calling the city’s treatment plant “excellent” and ruling that the city’s effluent into the Haw River is clear with no foaming.

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The Madison High School class of 1952 has donated a memorial to Madison recognizing veterans throughout the county. The granite monument was dedicated Saturday by representatives of the class and veterans. It cost about $1,000.

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The first October Antique Festival at Chinqua-Penn Plantation was staged over the weekend. In addition to antiques, the festival also included a showing of kitchen tools and barware from the Penn collection.

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McMichael High School’s “The Phoenix Scope” has been cited for a title of distinction by the N.C. Scholastic Media Association. Several staff members, including editor Joe Rauch, cartoonist Ben Kraudel and photographer Jessie Smith also won individual awards.

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Reidsville High School was a 42-17 loser to Eastern Alamance High. Going into the game, Reidsville was 4-1 on the season. Meanwhile, on the opposite side of the county, McMichael High fell to South Stokes High, 27-20.