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75 YEARS AGO
From the Greensboro Daily News, Nov. 1-7, 1934

Sales on the Reidsville tobacco market continue to be strong, with about 175,000 pounds sold on Monday at an average of about $32 per hundredweight.

While growers are bringing significant amounts of tobacco to market, however, they are not bringing a large amount of finer grades such as cutters and wrappers. These grades, such as there are, are selling unusually well. It is thought there is enough tobacco still on the farms to carry sales through the coming week.

In Madison, the average price during the past week also has been about $32 per hundred. Better grades brought significantly more than the common grades. For instance, the highest price paid for wrappers was $61. Several farmers got $43 to $46 for their offerings on a single day.

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J. Walter Lovelace, 59, prominent businessman and president of a mutual building and loan association and insurance agency, died at his home after suffering a heart attack. He had lived in Reidsville 31 years and was a charter member and past president of the Rotary Club. He was married to the former Carrie Matthews, a cashier at the Hood System Industrial Bank, which was organized primarily because of the efforts of her husband.

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The Leaksville History Club, meeting at the North Hamilton Street home of Mrs. A.D. Ivie, heard Mrs. Lawson Ivie report on “American Women in Music.” Mrs. Ivie, a gifted musician herself, told of the contributions of several women, including Mrs. H.H.A. Beach, the country’s foremost female composer. After Mrs. Ivie completed her remarks, Mrs. Charles W. McAnally of High Point, but formerly of Leaksville, played two of Mrs. Beach’s compositions, “Fantasia” and “The Humming Bird.”

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J.S. Wall and W.L. Marshall spoke to the Madison Parent-Teacher Association at the high school during a “Father’s Night” program.

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Dress suits: $25 to $69.50.

50 YEARS AGO
From the Greensboro Daily News, Nov. 1-7, 1959

Before October could say adieu, the small fry of Reidsville were saying trick or treat. Junior grade hobgoblins marched along Main Street both in groups and solo wearing funny faces and going up to porches and rapping on doors for treats.

Unfortunately for many adults, the trick-or-treating came while the Perry Mason show was on television and this caused some viewers to miss parts of it. For instance, Buck Link reported that he heard someone confess while at the door giving candy to little ones but he couldn’t tell who it was and could not get back to the TV in time to find out.

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Pete Peters, son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond C. Peters of Reidsville and himself a resident of the town until moving to Nashville recently, has appeared on Ernest Tubb’s Record Shop and has been interviewed by some of the top stars in country music. Frank Burroughs, guitarist, and Stanford Corum, bass man, also members of Peters’ “The Rhythm Makers,” are with Peters on his excursion.

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Booker T. Washington High School marked homecoming with a parade by its band and visiting bands and some high-stepping majorettes.

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Thompson-Arthur Paving Co. of Greensboro has been awarded a $629,114 contract to resurface a part of U.S. 220 for 5.78 miles in Rockingham County, from a point south of N.C. 704 to a point on 220 two miles southwest of Stoneville.

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Autumn shape dresses in black suede: $22.95.

25 YEARS AGO
From the Greensboro News & Record, Nov. 1-7, 1984

Rockingham County’s tobacco growers had a “pretty good year” despite heavy rains. They are averaging $10 more a pound this year than last.

The Reidsville market sold 15,895,531 pounds, about 1.65 million more than the year before and averaged $181.03 per hundredweight. Stabilization Corp., which operates the government price-support program, took 27.42 percent of sales.

At Stoneville, 8,992,883 pounds were sold for an average of $182.24, up $9.40. Stabilization took in 40 percent of the Stoneville sales.

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Jane M. Harris, a fourth-grade teacher in Reidsville’s Franklin Street Elementary School, has been named Reidsville’s Teacher of the Year. She has been teaching for 16 years.

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Jim Johnson, an environmental chemical consultant with the N.C. Department of Natural Resources and Community Development’s Winston-Salem office, said an electroplating facility proposed by Stoneville Furniture Co. would pose relatively little danger to the Mayo and Dan rivers if the operation was run properly. Johnson made his remarks to about 20 officials of Stoneville, Madison, Mayodan, Eden and Rockingham County.

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Corduroy skirt, pants and jacket: $20.99 to $58.99.

10 YEARS AGO
From the Greensboro News & Record, Nov. 1-7, 1999

In Mayodan, the challengers won. In Madison and Stoneville, it was a big day for incumbents. In Eden, newcomers and incumbents split evenly. And in Wentworth, it was start from scratch.

Those were the results after Tuesday’s municipal elections in various Rockingham towns. A summary of each election:

In Mayodan, newcomer Billy Ray Smith ousted incumbent Mayor Jeffrey Bullins and three candidates on the Concerned Citizens of Mayodan slate with him, David Vaden, E. Dwight Lake and Gloria Powers, beat incumbents.

Madison voters returned four incumbents and elected two newcomers, with Steven Boles, Ken Lankford, Phillip “Pip” Webster and Jimmie Dalton being returned to the Board of Aldermen and newcomers Carolyn Collins and Monte McIntosh taking the other two seats. Mayor Kenneth Hawkins ran unopposed.

In Stoneville, voters elected four incumbents and former Councilman Bill Knight in a race that saw six candidates competing for five seats. Mayor Rex Tuggle ran unopposed.

Two newcomers, Garry Tudor and C.H. Gover, were elected along with two incumbents, Ron Reynolds and John Grogan, in Eden.

And in Wentworth, voters chose their first Town Council in 200 years. The town was incorporated last year and an appointed board had served since then.

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Filming began Thursday in and around downtown Reidsville for the Downhome Entertainment movie “Morning.” Residents may need to adjust their travel routes during the filming, city officials said.

Filming will continue through Nov. 20.