10 YEARS AGO | 2010
- As children across Halifax County await the arrival of Santa Claus and his reindeer tonight, the county’s chance for a “White Christmas” is up in the air... literally. Weather forecasters are predicting the area will see some of the white stuff, but they don’t agree when it will hit. The National Weather Service (NWS) is calling for a 40% chance of snow before 3 p.m. and 4 p.m., then a chance of more snow after 4 that afternoon. Christmas night, the NWS is calling for snow likely, mainly after 1 a.m. with a 60% chance. The NWS said the area should get more snow Sunday, but NWS meteorologists say there is only a 40% chance. The meteorologists at WSET, Channel 13 in Lynchburg, are calling for the possibility of flurries or light snow showers Christmas day with widespread snow more likely Saturday night into Sunday. They say they are uncertain what track the storm will take, but for now, two to four inches of snow are possible by late Sunday.
- The Halifax County Service Authority (HCSA) approved spending more than $450,000 to help improve water quality in the town of Halifax during its regular monthly meeting Tuesday afternoon at the Mary Bethune Complex. On a motion by Fred Mistal seconded by Coleman Speece, the board unanimously approved installing a recirculation pump and automatic flushing valves as the initial phase of improving water quality for the customers along Maple Avenue, Lakeshore Drive and Buena Vista Drive. HCSA Executive Director Willie Jones said he had attended the latest Halifax Town Council work session to outline what steps had been taken to improve the quality of water in the affected areas and what could possibly done with HCSA board approval.
- After a string of runner-up finishes, the Comets varsity girls’ basketball team has captured the Halifax County High School Holiday Classic Basketball Tournament twice in a row. They aim to make it three in a row starting Tuesday, beginning with a semifinal match-up against Gretna at 6 p.m. Person High School and Park View play the first girls’ semifinal at 3 p.m. Winning the Holiday Classic is one of the goals set each season by Comets’ coach Matthew McCargo, and this year is no different. “That’s the one time we play before the largest crowd the girls will play in front of,” said McCargo. “We’ll get a pretty good crowd for the girls’ game. We’re hoping to steal some fans with our play, and with the fans seeing how good we are.”
20 YEARS AGO | 2000
- A Virgilina farmer has received the Philip Morris Excellence in Tobacco Production Awards Program 2000 for the State of Virginia. Michael Hudson, who produces flue and dark tobacco, received a $1,000 cash award, a jacket, trophy and a two-day expense-paid trip for his family to view the Philip Morris facility in Richmond. Recognized as the outstanding tobacco producer for the state, Hudson, the wife of Dona and their four children, produce on their farm flue and dark tobacco, contract greenhouse tobacco transplant production for other growers, pumpkins, wheat, forages, flowers and beef cattle.
- It is the contest of lights, families celebrating Christmas in the town of Alton by setting up displays of lights on Shotwell Trail. “It’s been like this for the last three years,” Mary Ann Shotwell, wife of Charles “Buck” Shotwell, said. “We just started putting the lights up, and we kept adding to it every year,” Shotwell added. In the pitch of night along Turbeville Road, the bright lights of Santa and his reindeer sparkler in the black sky above the stable of Leon and Betty Jean Watts. What follows is a setting of lights that stretch toward the Shotwell family home place. “A lot of people see that reindeer up there and as soon as they see that they get nosey and come on down,” said Katie Shotwell, wife of Junior Shotwell. Junior and Katie live in the old Shotwell home place and decided to surprise their neighbors by participating in the secret preparations of lighting up the house with Christmas lights.
- The last three games haven’t been the best for the Halifax County High School Blue Comets. But Comets coach Garrett Dillard is hoping to see his tem snap its three-game losing streak in next week’s BB&T Bank Holiday Classic Basketball Tournament. The seventh annual affair is slated for Thursday and Friday, Dec. 28 and 29, at the high school. Halifax County will face Northern Durham in the 8 p.m. game on opening night. The following night, the Comets will face either Laurel Park or Person High, depending on the outcome of the opening night contests. Halifax County has made it into the championship game of tournament in each of the past 10 years it has participated in the event and its predecessor, the Virginia-Carolina Christmas Classic.
40 YEARS AGO | 1980
- A dramatic step in the development of Buggs Island Lake area was announced here Friday when NASCAR Grand National racing star Richard Petty announced that he will have a $28 million multipurpose mixed theme park constructed on the lake near here. The park, which will be appropriately named Richard Petty Park, will cover a $1,025 acre area and will carry an automotive theme throughout. Once the enter park development project is completed and is in full operation, an estimated $2.8 million in profits are expected to be gained each year after operation costs.
- Several West End residents have complained to the Environmental Protection Agency that coal dust fallout from Halifax Cotton Mill is a nuisance in their neighborhood. Cecil Spangler, a resident of Leigh Street and a spokesman for the West End residents, said yesterday that the coal dust falls during almost every night and causes a number of problems including damage to auto paint. “We’re getting a whole lot of fallout. It’s ruining the paint on our cars and everything,” Spangler said. “It happens just about every night. Almost every morning the cars and everything else are covered with coal dust. We can’t hang clothes out at night,” he said. William H. Payne, vice-president of Halifax Cotton Mill, said he was aware of the complaints but felt his company was making all possible efforts in complying with emission guidelines. “We get regulated by the EPA like everybody else,” he said.
- Oh, if Halifax County Senior High School gymnast Sylvia McLaughlin were just twins. If there were two of them, the Comets might be ready to a cut a fancy caper in district, and perhaps even state, competition. But unfortunately, she is only one, and there is no one even close to give her much help, and as a result the outcomes of this winter’s meets promise to be pretty typical of the one here last Thursday night. McLaughlin easily won all-around honors, and she scored 22.25 points, but everybody else on her team put together could score only 18.60 points and the Comets therefore lost to visiting Martinsville, 46.75 to 40.85. The team total, despite an improvement of 3.25 points by McLaughlin, was very similar to the earlier meeting with Martinsville when the Comets scored 40 points.
Previously featured photos
New baby
Little Tocheasher Lee Mosley was the first baby born in 1987 at Halifax-South Boston Community Hospital. The infant girl, born at 8:42 p.m. on New Year’s Day, weighs five pounds and 13 ounces and is 18 inches long. The infant girl’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence L. Mosley, who live in Clover, are the winners of The Gazette-Virginian’s First Baby Contest and will receive several gifts from several area merchants.
Christmas performace
Sarah Stevens is shown performing a song of the Christmas season in December 1988 during the annual Christmas At Berry Hill program at the Berry Hill Nursing Home. Several area church groups and individuals took part in the program that was well attended. A portion of the crowd that gathered in the dining hall of the nursing home can be seen in the photo.
Donation
VFW Post 8243 and its Ladies Auxiliary presented donations to each of the county volunteer fire departments and the Halifax County Rescue Squad in December 1988. Pete Myers, the vice commander of Post 8243 (front left) presents donations to (front row, from left) Edwil Owen of the Liberty Volunteer Fire Department, Garry Slagle of the Halifax Volunteer Fire Department, Billy Rickman of the Oak Level Fire Department, Ernest Morris of the Cluster Springs Fire Department and Kathy Martin of the Halifax County Rescue Squad; (back row from left) Hudson Reese from the Scottsburg Volunteer Fire Department, L. C. Fisher from the North Halifax Volunteer Fire Department, Ricky Hicks of the Turbeville Volunteer Fire Department, David Pulliam of the Midway Volunteer Fire Department, Ralph Murray of the Virgilina Volunteer Fire Department and Bert Martin of the Clover Volunteer Fire Department.
Rescue Squad
The newly elected officers of the Halifax County Rescue Squad were installed in December of 1988 at the squad’s annual awards banquet. Seated from left to right are Bert Martin, president; Kathy Martin, captain; Leslie Shreve, vice president; and Mike Tuck, first lieutenant. Back row from left to right are Ronnie Edmunds, second lieutenant; Inez Baylous, secretary; Mark Harris, parliamentarian; and Rosemary Walker, public relations officer.
Starlette Strutters
The Starlette Strutters placed second among baton groups Saturday in the annual South Boston Christmas Parade. From left are Tara Powell, Jamie Richardson, Christy Spain and Brenda Blankenship.
Football awards
The Halifax County Senior High School Blue Comet varsity football squad held its annual team awards banquet in December 1988 during which various awards were presented to the players. From left to right are Greg Boyd, who won the award for being the best offensive player; Stanley Leigh, who won the award for the best defensive player; Phillip Claiborne, who won the best first year player award; and William Dixon, who won the most valuable player award. Not pictured is Robbie Squires who won the coaches’ award.
Grant
Duane Shockley (center), manager of the Sears store at Cloverleaf Mall, Richmond, presents a Sears-Roebuck Foundation Partnership Development Fund grant to Southside Virginia Community College to develop the Center for Economic Development in November 1987. Shown are (from left) Dr. John J. Cavan, SVCC president; Tom Reynolds, director of the Center for Economic Development; Shockley; Rex Adams, SVCC instructor of business administration; and Earl Currin, provost on the SVCC Daniel Campus.
Constitution Week
During Constitution Week in November of 1987 students at Clays Mill Elementary School learned about our America flag and how it originated. Pictured are students learning the proper way to fold and care for our flag. Helping students are Jimmy Reaves and Danny Reaves, representatives from the American Legion. Each classroom was given a flag to display in the classroom.
Fitness Olympics
These students will represent South of Dan Elementary School in the Fitness Olympics at Halifax Senior High School on Nov. 5, 1987, including (from left) Shannon Shotwell, LaKisha Brandon, Trixy Anna Gilchrist, Jamel Jackson, Derek Whitlow and Gary Barley.
SVCC
Tom Reynolds, director for the SVCC Center for Economic Development and Rex Adams, instructor for business administration at SVCC will be accepting national recognition for the Southside Virginia Community College Center for Economic Development at the sixth annual national conference on continuing education in Kansas on Nov. 5, 1987. The local center will be recognized for rural downtown areas and retail firms throughout Southside Virginia.
Dan River Baptist Association
The officers for the Dan River Baptist Association in October of 1987 are (front row, from left) Earl W. Marshborn, director of missions, Odell T. Abbott, clerk, and Horace Murray, moderator; (second row) Bill Greenwood, nominating committee; Frank Sizemore, treasurer Roy B. Davis Jr., vice-moderator and W. G. Walton, Baptist General Association of Virginia Board representative; (third row) C. Curtis Flinch, stewardship director, Drew Walker, evangelism director, Stephen Wiley, church training director and Waylond Colvin, Sunday school director.
Out for a walk
More than 150 people were out in October of 1987 taking advantage of the warm, sunny weather to help raise money during the annual Crop Walk. The 10 kilometer walk began and ended at Halifax County Senior High School as the walkers worked to raise money to help end world hunger. Already more than $600 has been collected.
Chamber ride
Volunteers selling Halifax County Chamber of Commerce memberships during their annual membership blitz, were out hitting the streets on a Wednesday in October of 1987 on a borrowed fire truck from Slagle Fire Equipment letting people know the blitz is on. Getting fired up are (from left) Ryan Garrett, Norma Muckenfuss, Anne Khlowson, Deborah Sizemore and Roberta Grafton.
Chamber
This is the committee, which will direct this year’s Chamber of Commerce membership drive Oct. 5-9 in 1987. Members are (from left) Roberta Grafton, Annie Lewis, Bill Baskervill, Deborah Sizemore, Donna Newton, Ann Puckett, Anne Knowlson and Cathy Bowes. The campaign is being conducted under the theme, “Get Fired Up! Join the Chamber of Commerce.”
Fundraising
The Turbeville Volunteer Department launched its annual door-to-door fundraising drive on a Saturday in 1987. The department hopes to raise as much as $5,000 to go toward the purchase of a new $103,000 fire truck. It already has the cab and chassis, shown here, which was purchased for $38,000. Pictured left to right are fireman Philip Hicks and fire chief Ricky Hicks.
Caravan
When the Virginia Unit of the Wally Byam Caravan Club held their September rally in Halifax County in 1987, these three local men served as hosts. Shown (left to right) are Von Patterson, founder of the Virginia Unit, Doug Powell, newly elected president of the unit, and Neil Guthrie of Nathalie.
Berryman Green Chapter of the D.A.R.
Dot Crews and Rae Lantor were guest speakers at the Berryman Green Chapter of the D.A.R. meeting in September 1987 at the home of Richard Edmunds. Pictured left to right are Jackie Powell, regent; Dot Crews, speaker; Rae Lantor, speaker; Edmunds, hostess; Pauletta Patterson, hostess; Lula Cockerill, hostess. Crews and Lantor had as their topic the U.S. Constitution.
Twin Oaks
Connie Zamora, the administrator of the Twin Oaks Nursing Home (left) is shown presenting the New Leaf Award to Cynthia Dixon while Anne Ragsdale, the recipient of the Administrator-Staff Award and Susie Sims, the recipient of the Employee of the Year Award, look on in September of 1987. The New Leaf award is presented to the employee that has been hired within the past year who shows the most enthusiasm, initiative and motivation. The Administrator-Staff Award is presented to the full or part time employee who demonstrates enthusiasm, initiative, motivation, loyalty, a positive attitude and superior service. The Employee of the Year Award is based upon a vote of all the employees.
Back to school
A Monday in early September 1987 was the first day back at school for teachers in the South Boston and Halifax County schools as preparations continue for the official school opening on Tuesday. A special back to school breakfast was held at C. H. Friend Elementary School Monday morning for city teachers at which time they heard Dr. Ida Johnson Hill, the assistant superintendent for technology with the State Department of Education. Here the teachers are shown listening as Dr. Hill (left) speaks on the subject of “The Role of Technology in Achieving Excellence.”
Softball
These are the Sellers Brothers Rookies of Danville, who won last the August 1988’s Southfax Sertoma Women’s Invitational Softball Tournament. They are (from left) Anita Hunt, Robin Hodnett, Shelby Irving, Marsha Scott, Vickie Oakes and Ramona Booker, and (back) Mark Shields, Pat Barbour, Robin Shields, Joanne Byrd, Joyce Kelly, Elizabeth Gray, Ginger Sellers and Dale Shields.
Candidate
Maurice Dawkins (right), the Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Sen. Paul Tribble, made a point to State Senator Danny Bird of Wytheville during the market opening in August 1988. Bird was the candidate for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in 1989. At left is Bird’s daughter, Ginny, a rising junior at Virginia Tech.
South Boston-Halifax County YMCA
The South Boston-Halifax County YMCA will take over the operations of the Southfax Youth Soccer League this fall in of 1988 with YMCA Executive Director, Bill Gilleland (center), operating the league. Here Gilleland is shown receiving a symbolic soccer ball from Rev. Dr. Km Hull (left) and Jim Barczak (right), the two persons who cofounded the Southfax Youth Soccer League nine years ago.
Camps
Pictured are participants of the Summer Basketball Camp held at Halifax County Senior High. Last week was for boys 10 through 12. Those winning special awards included 10 year olds spot shooting Lionel Best first, Jonathan Scott second, Michael Benton third, Levar Jordan second, Willy Thompson third and Lionel Best fourth; free throws: Willy Thompson first, Jonathan Scott second, Levar Jordan third and Lionel Best fourth; dribbling: Willy Thompson, first, Lionel Best second and Jonathan Scott third. Ages 11 and 12 spot shooting: Corey Holeman first, Darshan Patel second, Brad Mele third and Rodney Chandler fourth; layups: Michael Jackson first, Kevin Brown second, Rodney Chandler third and Drew Bohanon fourth; free throws: Rodney Chandler first, Brad Mele second, George Logan third and Kevin Brown fourth; dribbling: Gernie Francis first, Jonathan Bryson second and Corey Holeman third.
Lacing up
In this photo dated July 3, 1987, Sallie Ann Powell laces her walking shoes before meeting Rucker Eggleston for a little exercise. Mrs. Powell advocates walking early so the walker can feel “righteous the rest of the day.”
Hospital
Chris Lumsden (left), assistant administrator for Halifax-South Boston Community Hospital, and project coordinator Floyd Brankley (right), discuss plans for a new 60-space parking area in July 1987 to be constructed in front of the hospital, parallel to Wilborn Avenue. The new area will be designated for employees, freeing existing parking spaces closer to the hospital for patients and visitors. The project, which will include the installation of lights and extensive landscaping, is scheduled for completion by early September.
Market
The South Boston Farmers Market was bustling on a Saturday in July 1987 with a lot full of vendors and several hundred patrons coming by to make purchases. Activity is expected to increase even more in the next week or two as more produce by area growers becomes available.
United Way
These members of the Halifax County Senior High School National Honor Society and others will serve as overall chairmen of the South Boston Residential Division and County Division in July 1987’s United Way campaign. Shown are (front, from left) Montea Goldsmith, Suzanne Lacks, Tracey Lowery and Greta Osborne; and (back) Lisa Ray, Joan Guill, Sabrina Moorman, campaign chairman Dr. James Tompkins and Ron Brade. Others who will be involved include Lisa Medley, Jason Ramsey, Dossie Barkley, Mark Gravitt, Melanie Stanley and Dechez Edmonds.
Art classes
Students of the special summer art classes sponsored by the Parsons-Bruce Art Association watch as instructor Barbara Clark demonstrates one of the many hands-on projects that were taught during the week. The next class will be taught by Betty Caldwell Aug. 3-7, 1987, from 10 to 11 a.m.
Emergency Medical Technicians
These men and women are Emergency Medical Technicians who answer first response calls in the Oak Level Volunteer Fire Department’s territory in June of 1987. First response calls require area firemen to have additional training as well as equipment, but the EMTs are capable of tipping the balance between life and death for some residents in distress. Pictured are (front row, from left) Billy Rickman, Oak Level chief; Stuart Henderson, EMT; Ray Owen, president of the fire department; (back row, from left) Mary Lou Rickman, Anna Satterfield, Betty Moore, Jay Satterfield and Chris Wilmouth.
Clean-up crew
Law Enforcement Explorers Post 416 was the volunteer group that collected the most bags of litter during the Halifax County South Boston Improvement Council’s spring clean-up campaign in this June 1987 photo. Members of the Law Enforcement Explorers Post 416 are (front row, from left) Michael Logan, John Elder, Jerry Elder, Robbie Bane, Delmar Bene, Jackie Satterfield, Dale Redd, Monty Redd and David Williams. Not pictured are Post Leader Don Elder and members James Crowder, Everette Hudson and Leon Squires.
Awards
Some receiving awards and scholarships during Class Day Assembly at Halifax County Senior High School in June 1987 included Lisa Tucker, Mary Susan Lloyd, Joy Collie, Pam Dudley, Cabell Evans, Sharon Humphries, Laura Morris, Calvin Green, Rebecca Smoot, Christy Roberts and Kevin Roller; (second row) Tracy Faulkner, Kelly Ferguson, Tammy Commer, Syrinda Paige, Mary Tucker Thrift, Daniel Peters, Pail Thompson, Edna Garrett, Lin Johnston, Jane West and Scott Crawley; (third row) Kevin Mobley, David Whitted, Rhonda Wall, Brad Furgess, Shan Smith, Karen Crews, Harold Greene and Russel Irby; (fourth row) Marvin Walton, Carol Kay Francis, Emily Hobgood, Randy Jackson, Julie Fitzwater, Theresa Bane, Timothy Smith and Lisa Dawson.
Swimming
The Grove Avenue swimming pool opened up for the first time this weekend and with the high temperatures that have hit the area over the past few days, many people turned out to swim and soak up some rays. This photo taken in June 1987 shows a portion of the large crowd that was on hand. City recreation department spokesperson Matthew McCargo said that 121 person registered and paid the admission to enter the pool area yesterday alone prior to the time that a late afternoon thunderstorm hit the area. There had been concern that the pool would not be opened up due to a lack of insurance. However, city officials were able the acquire the needed insurance Friday.
Blast Ruritans
Among those participating in the Cluster Springs Ruritan Club’s 30th anniversary program in May 1987 were (front, from left) Frances Seamster, Grace Neatherly and Shirley Houck; and (back, from left) C. D. Seamster, district governor, Danville district; Ray Neatherly, Ruritan national director; Robert Houck, Ruritan national president; and Wayne King, Cluster Springs club president.
Winners
A school bus driver for the Halifax County School System negotiated her bus through the cones as part of the first School Bus Rodeo held at Halifax County Junior High School in May 1987. Recognized winners were Jim Wagner, transportation supervisor, Warner Lewis, first with a score of 90 and a time of 9.32.99; Samuel Coleman, second with a score of 88 and a time of 6.38.26; and Ron Blackstock, third with a score of 88 and a time of 8.07.27. Lewis will go to a state competition in Charlottesville.
Women’s Club
It was the last meeting of the year for the Women’s Club as they held their annual luncheon in May 1987 at Boyd’s Tavern. Mrs. Robert Penick, reviewed the best seller “Ladies of the Club.” Mrs. Clinton Burton, chairman of the Ways and Means committee, reported that the homes tour brought in $2,236. From left: Mrs. Penick; Mrs. Ruth Henderson, president; Mrs. L. A. Thomasson Jr., Mrs. Paul Sparks and Mrs. J. Frank Tuck Jr., hostesses; and Mr. Burton.
Baseball
This was the scene at Friend Field in 1987 when the South Boston Babe Ruth Prep League opened with a ceremony and two games. The master of ceremonies for the opening exercises was Jim Albright.
Grand Champion
Traci Rickman’s heifer was named the Grand Champion during the Halifax County Junior Livestock Show and Sale as printed in the April 29, 1987, edition. With her is her sponsor Alex Abbott of Abbott Farm Supply.
Blast derby
Hundreds line up Saturday, April 11, 1987 to watch the annual running of the Pinewood Derby at the South Boston Armory during the Boy Scout show. Boy Scout and Cub Scout Troops from South Boston and Halifax County participate in the show with various displays set up for the public.
Easter
This Easter egg hunt took place Friday, April 17, 1987, as youngsters from Green Acres Day Care Center visited the elderly residents of The Woodview for a hunt in The Woodview’s recreation room. The kids enjoyed finding the eggs, and the residents enjoyed watching the kids.
Public speaking
Participants and judges at the public speaking contest on March 21, 1987 at the Halifax County Extension Office were (first row from left) Olivia Propst, Corey Holeman, first place – junior; Dana Howerton, Joseph Conner, Chris Conner, Douglas Ferguson; (second row from left) judges Samuel Barnes and Craig Farley; William Lipscomb, Karen Cook, first place – intermediate; Jennifer Fisher, Lucy Bagwell, first place senior.
Virginia Cantaloupe Festival
Tickets for the seventh annual Virginia Cantaloupe Festival went on sale this morning, April 1, 1987. This year’s festival is set for Wednesday, July 22 and will feature beach music by The Embers along with two local bands. Getting ready for the ticket sales are Virginia Anderson, volunteers; Johnny Watkins, food; Johnny Pittard, festival chairman; Connie Bowen, publicity; and Halifax County Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Nancy Pool.
Award winners
Halifax County Junior High School ninth grade basketball award winners honored on March 18, 1987, were (from left) Waverly Harris, most valuable; Ronald Carrington, best defensive player; Chermark White, coaches’ award; and Derrick Thorpe, most improved.
Ingram Post Office
The Ingram Post Office, which has been around since the turn of the century, closed its doors for the final time Friday, March 16, 1987. Donna Davis, the last postmistress was presented an engraved Jefferson Cup in appreciation of her services for the past five years. Presenting the cup is Hallie Hankins, while patrons and friends of the community look on.
Blast quilt
From left, Mrs. Nannie Belle Hayes, Ruth Crenshaw, Nannie Collier and Grace Barnes, all residents at Berry Hill Nursing home, inspect a quilt made by Mrs. Hayes which will be in the Quilt Show at the home Friday, March 13, 1987, from 2 to 4 p.m.
Librarians Association
Members of the Halifax-South Boston School Librarians Association present expectant mother Vickie Gregory one of the many books that the group will be giving mothers of newborns at Halifax-South Boston Community Hospital during Virginia Reading Month, which is observed this month. Presenting the book are (from left) Thelma Crowder from Halifax County Senior High School, Jean Church from Cluster Springs Elementary, Frances Helmuth from Halifax County Senior High School and library coordinator Carole Lovelace.
Cantaloupe Festival Planning
Members of the 1987 Cantaloupe Festival Planning Committee met to begin making arrangements for this year’s festival to be held on July 22 at John Wade’s Pond in Turbeville. Tickets will once again be $12 and should go on sale in either late April or early May. Members of the committee include Johnnie Watkins, food; Helen Chaney, secretary; Connie Bowen, publicity; Johnny Pittard, chairman; Eddie Oliver; Hundley Gilliland, hospitality; Virginia Anderson, volunteers and Marvin Oakes, finance. Not pictured are Cabell Carrington, logistics and Jerry Lovelace, entertainment.
Steam whistle
This small steam whistle, which area residents “told time by” for nearly a half century, has been donated to the South Boston Historical Museum by R. J. Reynolds Tobacco USA. Examining the whistler are (from left) Bob Burnette, buyer for Reynolds; Lowell Strickland, president of the museum; William A. Kent, South Boston mayor and Aubrey Houghton, city manager.
Volleyball
Five members of this year’s Halifax County Senior High School girls volleyball team receives special honors in recognition of their play and contributions to the team. From left to right are Comets coach Elaine Jones, most valuable player award winner Akia Martin, the co-recipient of the coach’s award, Kelly Coltrain and Jennifer Wilkerson, Christy Overbey, the recipient of the most improved player award, and Jennifer Lowery, the recipient of the sportsmanship award.
Guest speaker
State Senator Louise Lucas was the guest speaker at the special celebration in memory of Martin Luther King’s birthday at Ebenezer CME Church. The celebration was sponsored by the South Boston-Halifax County Business and Professional Men’s Club. An overflowing crowd is shown attending the memorial service.
Presto Products
Presto Products held its annual reception dinner for 10-year employees. Some honored for their 10 years of service to Presto Products include (front row, from left) Revern Moss, Angela Brandon, Delois Harris and Carolyn Crews; (second row, from left) Richard Gayles, Dorothy Faulkner and Melvin Conner; (third row, from left) Nannie Oliver, Linda Ford and Joyce Dawson.
Award
Christi Chandler, winner of the W. B. Caldwell & Co. achievement award, is congratulated by Honey Davis of the Caldwell Company while Martha Chandler, HCSHS biology teacher and Chet Arnold, plant manager of Presto Products, this month’s industrial sponsor, join in the congratulations.
Band students
HCSH band students selected to participate in a seven school combined Longwood College Honors Band include Adrian Edmundson, flute; Chloe Carrington, oboe; Pamela Moorman and Tracey Staten, clarinet; Kanyatta Powell, alto clarinet; Tanzania Torian, bass clarinet; Nicola Davis, contrabass clarinet. Second row: Larry Gatewood, band director; Terry Meadows, alto sax; Avery Carter, tenor sax; David Cole, baritone sax; Todd Moody, trumpet; Jeremy Stephenson and Stacy Morris, trombone; Alison Walker, baritone; Corey Moseley, tuba and Stacy Sydnor, percussion.
Donation
Maurine Ligon, treasurer for the Scottsburg Volunteer Fire Department Ladies Auxillary makes a donation of $12,075 to Johnny Francis, president of the department and other members of the department, Thomas Boulden, Tommy Conner and Johnnie Hatcher.
Veterans Day
Principal Roderick Hunt of South of Dan Elementary School explains the meaning of Veterans Day back in 1996 to Robin Reeves’ first-grade class.
Blast Honor Roll
Honor roll students in Mrs. Jordan and Mrs. Stevens fourth grade class at South of Dan Elementary in December 1996 were (front row from left) Leon Leigh, Jennifer Lacks, Dustin Coles, Sean Pech and Jonathan Barksdale; (back row from left) Brad Hoppe, T.C. Stevens, Bre’onda Sparks, Angela Link, Mallory Dorsett and Lora Nichols.
Blast Honor Roll
Honor roll students in Mrs. Calwell’s fourth grade class at South of Dan Elementary in December 1996 were (front row from left) Cari Clark, Amy Cole, Dani Lawter, Mallory Lawter and Jessica Mitchell; (second row from left) Tracy Nelson, Chris Perkins, Lori Reeves, Michael Schneider and Blake Hunter.
Stamp club
These students were members of Virgilina Elementary School Stamp Club meeting after school every other week in December 1996. The club’s sponsors are Robert Joyce, the school librarian, and Aleta E. Fears, principal. The students receive many interesting materials from Carl Hudson, postmaster at Virgilina. Students, posing here in front of a poster sent by Hudson to show the new stamps about endangered species, are (front row from left) D. J. Friar, Kimberly Tuck, David Glasscock, Addison Harville and Heather Thompson; (back row from left) Katie Talley, Brandi Friar, Joshua Purser, Jeremy Smith and Presley Wayne Thompson. Not pictured are Joshua Logan and Derek Honeycutt.
Halifax County High School Library Media Center
These students were assisting in the Halifax County High School Library Media Center in December 1996 volunteering one class period each day to work with other students and faculty. Assistants are selected on the basis of their desire to help the school and their educational abilities. Students who access the internet, locate information on the CD-ROM Network and help with routine library procedures are (from left) Missy Neff, Annie Wilborne, Johniqua Brigham, Kathryn Lowery, Christy Toombs, Pam Stevens, Laura Coleman and Julie Leonard.
Headstart King and Queen
Headstart King and Queen Damarcus Stovall and Asia Waller are surrounded by members of their court including (from left) Chantel Dunn, third, La Sha Featherson, second, Waller, Stovall, Ricardo Moreno and Blaine Key, tied for second. Not pictured are Antuan Lipscomb, third. The event helped Head Start raise $2,800.
Jump rope
Members of the Volens Jump Rope Team from Volens Elementary School showed off the team’s fine form Saturday, Nov. 21, 1992, in a special performance at McDonald’s in South Boston. The youngsters presented two shows in which they demonstrated many jump rope tricks and stunts to the accompaniment of modern music. The group received sponsorship help from Leggett’s, Centel, Tops In Hair Care, Tuck’s Family Restaurant and Coca Cola of Danville and from individual donors. The Volens Jump Rope Team also performed in Roanoke on Dec. 5 at a meeting of the Virginia Association of Physical Education Teachers and on Dec. 22 at 2 p.m. at Sydnor Jennings Elementary School. Other performances slated for the group were a Feb. 20 performance at halftime of a Hampden-Sydney College basketball game.
All A's
Eighth-grade students receiving all A’s at Halifax County Junior High School in November 1992 include Melissa Anderson, Johniqua Brigham, Jamie Crews, Christi Crowe, Kathryn Edwards, Ann Ferguson, Anne Grubbs, Danielle Guiterrez, Anne Hayes, Uikki Leatigaga, Noel Lee, Julie Leonard, Kathryn Lowery, Angela McDowell, Sneha Patel, Kevin Powell, Daniel Riddle, Samuel Riddle, Christopher Starcher, James Thomas and Melissa Wooden.
Vote
Ready to vote, these citizens await their turn around 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 1992, at Center Precinct. A beautiful day welcomed voters as they exercised their franchise. Although President George Bush carried South Boston, Halifax County and Virginia, it was too little too late to derail a Bill Clinton steamroll toward capturing the White House for Democrats for the next four years.
Adult Children of Alcoholics
Carroll Langston, CSAC Family Services Specialist with Mountain Wood, presented a seminar Wednesday on Adult Children of Alcoholics. The seminar was held at the Southside Regional Services office at St. Paschal Baylon Catholic Church.
McDonald’s
French fry expert Glen Abernathy, a member of South Boston City Council, took his turn behind the McDonald’s counter to dish up french fries on Friday, Oct. 7, 1988, helping the local restaurant to join in the worldwide observance of Founder’s Day by the chain.
Group meets
Members of the Community Involvement Team and the team of local teachers comprising the Grade Level leaders met jointly on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 1988, as study of the state’s proposed Family Life Education curriculum continued. Although the group of teachers recommended that the locality develop its own curriculum, the CIT group failed to come up with a recommendation.
Volunteers
Halifax-South Boston Community Hospital Auxiliary members who have given 100 to 3,000 hours of volunteer service at the hospital’s acute care division and/or long-term care division, The Woodview, are (front row from left) Charlotte Hamilton, 3,000 hours; Ann Hollister, 2,500 hours; Polly Bandy and Dorothy Helstrom, 2,000 hours; and Sue King, 1,500 hours; (back row from left) Mary Ann Pruitt and Sue Tuck, 1,000 hours; Amelia Hamilton, Helen Munro, Helen Porter and Del Schleigh, 500 hours; Lucy Dixon, Ronie Furches and Jan Lee, 100 hours. This year members contributed 7,600 hours to provide patient escort services, man the information desk and gift shop, deliver mail, magazines and flowers, help with monthly bloodmobile visits and Lifeline installations, sew puppets and Christmas stocking for pediatric patients and newborns and provide a variety of clerical services. Not present for the photograph were Irene Andrews, Blanche Fuller and Liddie Garber, 2,000 hours, and June Moore, 1,000 hours.
Bridge
The new Highway 501 bridge over the Staunton River at Brookneal, located parallel to and just east of the present bridge, was taking shape rapidly in October 1988. Once the new bridge was completed and open to traffic, the old bridge was demolished.
ER pins
Members of the Halifax County Rescue Squad presented pins of appreciation to the staff of the Halifax-South Boston Community Hospital emergency room in September 1990. Participating in the presentation are (from left) Dr. W. M. McConahey being pinned by Leslile Shreve, Sandra Rumbaugh waiting her turn, while Mike Compton gets pinned by Linda Callahan and Joanne Kirby being pinned by Freddy Newby. The week was Emergency Medical Services Week.
Equipment
South Boston firemen answer questions about their equipment during a special exhibition of emergency vehicles at Community Hospital. The exhibition was in observance of National Emergency Medical Services Week, and it attracted vehicles and equipment from the rescue squad and fire departments throughout the area.
Volens High School Class of 1937
The Volens High School Class of 1937 met for a reunion Saturday afternoon in September 1990 at Ernie’s restaurant, and 11 of the class of 26 attended including (seated from left) Hollie Martin Puckette, Kathleen (Bill) Anderson, Agnes P. Crews, Inez J. Brown, Clara W. Davis and Willie Kate DeJarnette; (standing from left) William A. Adkisson, the only teacher to attend, Lewis Crews, Winfred Elder, Catherine Ridgeway, Lucille R. Martin and Kathleen P. Clark.
ABWA
Tracy Hayes, Nita Throckmorton, Robin Coon, Ruth Smith and Ruth Owen, and (standing) Antoinette Satterfield begin their work in August 1990 on the upcoming Tri-River Charter Chapter of the ABWA’s Strut. Teams will participate to raise money for the local scholarship fund.
Basketball camp
Those winning special recognition during the Halifax County Senior High School summer basketball camp in August 1990 included freethrows - Michael Jackson, Rodney Chandler and Lawrence Chambers; sport shooting - Ben Rand, Seymour Dalfeh and Rodney Chandler; and dribbling - Terence Jennings, Lawrence Chambers and Kevin Brown.
Halifax Jaycees
The Halifax Jaycees meet in August 1990 to make final preparations for a “Pig Pickin” that they will stage Saturday. Aug. 11, from 4:30 until 7:30 p.m. at the Firemen’s Shed located at the fire training grounds adjacent to the Halifax County Junior High School campus. Among the Jaycee members who attended the final planning session are (front row from left) Darlene Carr, management vice president; Gwen Ragland, community development vice president; and Julia Oliver, state director; (back row from left) Vivian Fountain, individual development vice president; Detra Carr, chairman of the board of directors; William Haley, membership vice president; Alender Sydnor, treasurer; Jaycee member, Robert Tune; and Jean Carrington, Jaycee president.
No-smoking policy
The Halifax County Board of Supervisors unanimously reversed their controversial courthouse no-smoking policy in a special session in August 1990. Here pro-tobacco forces witness the action.
Cucumbers
Southside Virginia Produce Cooperative employee David Mosley inspects cucumbers before being separated by grade in July 1992 at the co-ops facility in Sinai. Farmers already had brought in more than 12,000 bushels, only 2,000 bushels shy of 1991’s 14,000 bushels.
Basketball Camp
Basketball Camp was held in July 1992 for these boys ages 12 through 14 at Halifax County Senior High School. Those winning the three on three for the 12-year-olds are Mikal Townsend, Derrick Cameron and J. J. Hardy. For the 13-14 age group are Tony White, Timmy Petty and Kevin Watkins. In individual honors Travis Foy is first in free throws and Derrick Cameron in spot shooting for the 12-year-olds, and Lavar Jennings (free throws) and Demetrius White (spot shooting) place first for the older boys.
Junior Recycling Club
Junior Recycling Club members are making the city a winner through their efforts. To spread the good news, city council’s Jane Jones nominated the club for the Governor’s Environmental Excellence Award in July 1992. Recycle Club members who range in ages from 4 to 17 include (front row from left) Mamie McCargo, club secretary, Matthew McCargo, Donald Davis, Jessie Sims, Korey Townsend and Mikal Townsend; (back row from left) Cornelius Faulkner, Jane Jones, Richard Fitz, public relations, Bobby Venable, Junior Sanford, Maurice Mosley and Shareon Smith, city and county litter prevention coordinator. Perched atop recyclables is Craig McCargo.
Vacation Bible School
Vacation Bible School participants at New Bethel Bible School completed their week of teachings on July 3 using the theme “Winning with Jesus.” Rev. Ronald L. Harvey is the pastor of the church located on Route 360.
Summer Reading Program
Children dressed as their favorite storybook character in July 1992 for the final day of the Summer Reading Program at the South Boston Library. The more than 170 local children ages 6 through 12 were required to read 25 books and attended four of six weekly meetings.
Chapter 1
Recognized at a recent P.A.C.E. banquet in June 1991 for their participation in the Chapter 1 program are (front row from left) Karol Smith, Cavanaugh Smith, Maria Brooks, Nettie Coleman, Jean Vaughan and Louise Curtis; (second row from left) Shirley Whitlow, Emma Barksdale, Sheila Gravitt, Debra Kirby, Jacqueline Carrington, Blanche Wilson, Emma Byrd and Kelly Lacks.
Project IDEA
These fifth grade Project IDEA students completed a project with the residents of The Woodview in June 1991 on their past life experiences. The 27 students prepared questions and then were assigned partners with which to interact.
C. H. Friend Class of 1941
The C. H. Friend Class of 1941 held its 50th reunion Saturday, June 1, 1991. Members attending are (front row from left) Betty Lawson Dillard, Bee Blair White, Lottie Loftis Hutchins, Elizabeth Owen Boozer, Sarah Maynard James, Adelaide Hardy Mason and Becky Pulliam Clayton; (second row from left) Franklin Wilborn, Ned Allred, Frank Godbold, Irvin Vaden, Roland Westbrook, Elsie Puryear Norris and Jane Taylor Wolfe.
Head Start graduation
It was graduation from Head Start back in June 1991 and on to kindergarten for over 80 Head Start students. The graduation was held at the Halifax County Community Action Agency.
Neighborhood Watch
These volunteers of the South Boston Chapter of Neighborhood Watch who held a cleanup day one Saturday in May 1996 in South Boston are (from left) Dean Miller, Thad Bishop, Beverly Bishop, Jessica Weingarten, Elizabeth Weingarten, Kevin Weingarten, Jeff Weingarten, Crime Prevention Officer Jack White, South Boston Police Chief Jim Hall and Shelia White. They picked up litter along the streets and avenues of Easley, Webster, Elliott, Penick and Llewellyn.
Whole Village Awards
The Halifax-South Boston Education Association honored community leaders and organizations with Whole Village Awards in May 1996 for their contributions to educational programs in Halifax County Schools. Those honored include (front row from left) Dwaye Griles, Clover PTO president, Cyrus Ferguson, Meadville Elementary, Shelby Gravitt, Cluster Springs Elementary, Judy Kraft, Walmart, Marian Watkins, Sinai Elementary, Phyllis Jones, receiving the award for Patricia Thaxton, Bryan Gupton, HCMS PTO president, Bonnie Bowen, Halifax-South Boston Education Association president; (second row from left) Richard Holtman and Kim Fallen, J. M. Huber Corp., Kathleen Poppe, Scottsburg, Susan Townsend, Washington-Coleman Elementary, Barbara Wimbish, Halifax Elementary PTO president, Dana Leggett, C. H. Friend Elementary, PTO president, Henry R. Weston, Halifax-South Boston Education Association vice president. Also honored (not pictured) are Gail Owen, Virgilina Elementary PTO president, and Mary Traynham.
Summerfest
These members of the Virgilina Volunteer Fire Association were busy helping to organize the 14th annual Summerfest that was held in downtown Virgilina on Saturday, May 25, 1996. The parade began at 11 a.m., and musical entertainment was featured from noon until 9 p.m.
Band and color guard
Members of the Halifax County High School Blue Comet band and color guard participated in the Fiesta-Vol in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, in May 1996. Competing in both the concert and parade competition were (first row from left) Travis Stevens, Stephanie Driskill, Rene Lapham, Toby Payne, Jamie Hackney, Domonic Stephens, Josh Cook, Jennifer Moore, Kesha Lacks, Joseph Marable and Martha Stevens, director; (second row from left) Brian Rogers, Jennifer King, Rochelle Chandler, Laura Coleman, Jasmine Battle, Shannon Marshall, Crystal Walker, LaToya Edmonds and Kevin Miller; (third row from left) Sherri Waller, Joseph Bailey, Valaryee Ferrante, Renee Jennings, LaShina Ragland, Brian Canada, Crystal Boyd, Travis Edmonds, Ernessa Davis and Nick Hughes; (fourth row from left) Lori Parker, Jessica Joyce, Kristie Jeffress, Tanisha Jenings, Nakelia Gilliam, Jerry Carter, Joanne Claiborne, Anthony Lanier, Tameka Lee and Cory Johnson; (fifth row from left) Candice Bruce, Uwanda Coleman, Justin Carr, Vincent Newbill, James Landrum, Rodney Tune, Mikal Townsend, Kieh Sekpeh, Greg Garner, Chris Jones and Felicia Ballou; (sixth row from left) Joe Wilkerson, Joe Stephens, Uikki Leatigaga, Kristen Marshall, Janine Ferguson, Anthony Carter, Jamika Roberson, Juan Davis, Chad Holeman, Quinn Tucker and Etang Williams; (seventh row from left) Shavonda Marable and Jacqueline Carr. Not pictured are Kely Fears, Chrystal Jones, Dotty McDowell, Kim Miller and Tiffany Carr.
Halifax County Hokie Club
The Halifax County Hokie Club held a meeting in May 1996 at Hickory Hill Farm owned by Carlyle Wimbish. Several officials and coaches of Virginia Tech attended and spoke at the function. Attending the meeting are (from left) Terry Bolt, athletic fund developer; Leigh Felton, Hokie Club president; D. A. Powell, Hokie rep; Scott Davis, assistant basketball coach; Danny Monk, assistant athletic director; Rickey Bustle, football offensive coordinator; Stephanie Hawbacker, volleyball head coach; and Wimbish, Hokie club member and host.
Earth Day
Students from Washington-Coleman Elementary School surround forester David Snyder as he puts the finishing touches to a tree planted by the students Friday morning. The tree was donated by Virginia Power as part of its celebration of Arbor and Earth Days. On hand for the planting was John Smatlack with the Virginia Power Bear. Second-grade winners of Earth Day T-shirts were Tanisha Torain, Iean Robbins, Martina Curtis and Laura Marston, who assisted with the tree planting.
Earth Day Rally
Over 170 Southside area residents attend the Earth Day Rally held on the Halifax County Courthouse lawn Sunday, April 22, 1990. There they listen to a half dozen speakers call on them to be good stewards of the land and leave a sound environmental legacy. Clean power advocates also called for EPA emissions control standards for power plants proposed in Southside to protect the area’s air and water.
Blast
It was standing room only as parents and supporters of Halifax Dixie Youth jammed the tiny Halifax town offices for the April 1990 council meeting. Millie Spencer (standing) presents a petition with over 1,500 signatures in support of the organization.
Earth Day
Local 4-H members and residents of the Woodview planted a collection of pine trees in April 1990 as their part of the upcoming Earth Day Celebrations on April 22. Participating in the planting are (from left) Joy Cunningham, Anna Martin Bessie Hite, Melissa Hansen, Bruce Anderson, Evan Anderson, Watson Martin, Lila Trent and Elizabeth Sadler; kneeling are Jennifer and Caroline Hansen.
Donation
Employees with the Department of Social Services, in recognition of National Social Workers Month, donate items to the Good Samaritans in March 1994. Participating in the donation are (from left) Sheryl Lutz, Joyce Stark, Michelle Gallahan, Marianne Wood, Good Samaritans President Russell Lee, Patricia Conner, Darlene Carr and Mike Asjodi.
Black History Pageant
The board of directors of the Meadville Center (now called the Banister, Staunton River and Sunnyside Missionary Baptist Center) holds a Black History Pageant in March 1994 at its facility. Harvey Dillard serves as master of ceremonies.
Young Musicians Choir
The Young Musicians Choir at Beth Car Baptist Church presented a program to the Union Ruritan Club in March 1994. They include Amy Wood, Amber Ford, Jennifer Bailey, Jesse Ramsey, Patricia Mitchell, Casey Thaxton and (not pictured) Stacey Atha. With them are director Marianne Wood and pianist Emily Farley.
Business After Hours
Southside Virginia Community College was the host in February 1990 for the Halifax County Chamber of Commerce’s Business After Hours at Oliver’s.
Tomato production
Halifax County Extension Agent Phil Ramsey goes over the finer points of tomato production in February 1990 during a special production meeting. Specialists went over tomato varieties, irrigation and marketing.
Tultex
Officials of the South Boston Tultex plant recognized several employees during the week of Feb. 13, 1990 for five years of service to the firm. The employees are (front row from left) Beulah Ford, Edith Hamlett, Cheryl Hill, Peggy Wagstaff, Elaine Burton and Kimberly Wilborn; (back row from left) Daisy Pettus, Barbara Saunders, Lisa Conner, Ethel Easley, Janet Snead and Deborah Reagan. Not pictured are Barbara Jiggetts, Nancy Blanks and Helen Owen.
Essay
DAR representative Sally Slaff presents the first place prize to winner Tyrone Thompson from Wilson Memorial Elementary School. Also pictured are second place winner LaWanda Dillard and third place winner Sarah Graves. Thompson’s winning entry was entitled “A Relief To Cotton Pickers — Eli Whitney.”
Essay
Sixth-grade students from nine county elementary schools took part in an essay contest in February 1990 as a part of their studies in the school system’s Project IDEA program. The contest, the American History Month Essay Contest, was centered on the topic of American Inventors and was sponsored by the Berryman Green Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution which awarded certificates to all participants and awarded special prizes to the students who wrote the three best essays.
Basketball
Everybody seems to be all arms in this action from the January 1993 Halifax County-E. C. Glass basketball game. That’s Comets sophomore Aundray Sims in there scrapping with three Glass players for a rebound. The Comets won the conference contest, 59-42, to go to 3-1 in the district and 8-3 overall.
Presto
Presto recognized these 10-year employees Monday night during a special dinner including (top photo front row from left) Arnie L. Davis, Shelba A. Womack, Virginia F. Martin and William O. Arendall; (second row from left) Curtis D. Brooks, John S. Vaughan, David W. Rudder and Presto President Larry Wirth; (lower photo front row from left) Alan Wooden, Margaretta A. McCargo, Wesley A. Hall, Deborah C. Rouse and Charlotte O. Rice; (second row from left) Wirth, R. Douglas Crowder, James E. Poindexter and Ronnie Lacks. Not pictured are John H. Chandler Jr., Michael C. Reeves, James C. Clements Jr., Ronald A. Conner and Mary E. Davis.
Presto
Presto recognized these 10-year employees Monday night during a special dinner including (top photo front row from left) Arnie L. Davis, Shelba A. Womack, Virginia F. Martin and William O. Arendall; (second row from left) Curtis D. Brooks, John S. Vaughan, David W. Rudder and Presto President Larry Wirth; (lower photo front row from left) Alan Wooden, Margaretta A. McCargo, Wesley A. Hall, Deborah C. Rouse and Charlotte O. Rice; (second row from left) Wirth, R. Douglas Crowder, James E. Poindexter and Ronnie Lacks. Not pictured are John H. Chandler Jr., Michael C. Reeves, James C. Clements Jr., Ronald A. Conner and Mary E. Davis.
Blast basketball
Terry Davis, Virginia Union’s 6’ 10’’ center from South Boston, is head and shoulders and more above a St. Paul’s defender in the game played at Halifax County Senior High School in January 1988. Davis has grown noticeably in height since he graduated from HCSHS in 1985 to make him an eye-catching 6’ 10” with a frame to match.
Woman's Club
Dr. John J. Cavan, president of Southside Virginia Community College, was the guest speaker at the Halifax Woman’s Club’s January 1988 meeting. Welcoming Cavan are (from left) Ruth Rowles, first vice-president; Mrs. Warren Peterson, hostess: Cavan; Linda Satterfield, Cavan’s assistant; and Mrs. W. O. Tune, hostess.
Seniors
Senior citizens from the Halifax-Sinai area enjoy a scrumptious meal in December 1990 served by the Halifax Jaycees at the American Legion Post 99 building. Prior to the meal, the seniors enjoyed a program that included singing groups and a talk by the Rev. Alfred Chandler of Scottsburg.
SADD
South Boston Mayor Raynell Lantor signs a proclamation declaring the week of Dec. 17, 1990 SADD Week at Halifax County Senior High School. Looking on are (from left) Principal Larry Clark, SADD members Jill Nichols, Rosie Panich, Sara Eanes, Stacy Smith, Sherrie Bates, Kelly Coltrain, Jenie Smith, Bridget Sutphin, Martin Haley and Chad Owen. SADD stands for Students Against Drunk Driving.
Clover plant
ODEC customers and others show their support for the proposed Clover coal-burning power plant during a public hearing Wednesday night, Dec. 5, 1990, before the Air Pollution Control Board. Although most of the thousand plus people supported the plant, a small contingent voiced their opposition to proposed emissions from the plant.
Girl Scouts
Members of Girl Scout Troops 896 and 173 present items collected to go to soldiers in the Middle East to First Presbyterian Pastor Russell Lee in December 1990. The girls are Ulisa Ross, Stacy Massenburg, April Hankins, Tyronda Boulden, Uikki Leatigaga, Melissa Lanier, Sharandra Alderson, Tangeneka Jackson, Rasheeda Edmundson and Tiffanie Lee Boulden.
United Way
Halifax United Way officials are all smiles Monday after painting in the symbolic thermometer to 100, signifying that the campaign goal has been reached. It is the 13th time in the last 15 years that the local United Way has gone over the top. Shown (from left) are Ed Owens, Insurance Division chairman; Phyllis Walker, executive secretary; Deborah Powell, Real Estate Division chairman; Edith Stutts, South Boston Commercial Area 2 chairman, John Ambrose, South Boston Commercial Area 3 chairman; Frank Lee, Industrial Division chairman; and Kenneth Leggett, general campaign chairman.
House
Vocational students at Halifax County Senior High School in November 1991 stand in front of the completed home built by the students. The College Street construction project is sponsored by the Halifax Vocational Foundation and provides actual work experience for students enrolled in drafting, masonry, carpentry and electricity. A sale price of $49,900 has been set for the house with funds going toward the construction of another home.
Toy drive
The South Boston Jaycees were conducting a toy and food drive for those in need back in November 1991. Members of the Jaycees assisting with the pickup included (from left) Channie Nelson, Lonnie and Trad Moore, Jim Barry, Mike Sizemore, Jeff Nelson and Danny Deavers. Toy drop points were at H & H Grocery in Vernon Hill, Clark’s Self Service in Scottsburg and Star Value Supermarket parking lot on Nov. 23 and 30 and Dec. 7 and 14 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Donation
Leggett’s of Hupps Mill Plaza and Leggett Associates made a donation of $1,000 to the STOP Drug Abuse and Distribution programs reward program on Wednesday. Leggett Manager Roland Maitland made the presentation to STOP representatives Biggy Hunt and Sam Seeley, while Leggett associates look on.
Burlington
Burlington Industry’s Halifax plant once again exceeded its United Way goal by 22 percent in October 1988. Frank Lee, plant chairman, presents a check for $28,750.50 to Darr Shealy, Industrial Division Campaign chairman as Burlington’s Plant Manager Lott Rogers and Halifax United Way Campaign Chairman Oliver McBride look on. Department captains within the plant were responsible for “making the difference” as they generated the needed support. Depart captains are Cecil Dance, Vanessa Powell, Brenda Powell, Glenwood Ragsdale, Mattie Jones, Melody Boulden, Ronnie Wilmoth, Audrey Wilkins, William Hartridge, Brenda Womack, Gladys Coleman, Doris Williams, Elsie Kirby, Claudette Wilborne, Hattie Sims, Gloria Dixon, Mary Guthrie, Thomas Vaughan, Eunice Slayton, Marvin Wells, Polly Kell, Myrtle James, Carolyn Waller, Paula Catalini, Sondra Huntley and William Jones.
Farm Bureau
More than 200 Halifax County Farm Bureau members were in attendance Monday evening, Oct. 3, 1988, for the annual meeting. The local group was presented a special membership award for Acting State President Wayne Ashworth.
Halloween safety
Members of the Town of Halifax Police Department visited Halifax Elementary School on a Wednesday in October 1988 and spoke to these students about safety tips for Halloween and trick or treating. Here Officer Harold Powell, Lt. D. W. Martin and Officer Glen Stanley distribute information on safety tips to some of the students.
Chamber
More than 110 of the Halifax County Chamber of Commerce membership got together Thursday, Sept. 29, 1988, for the quarterly membership breakfast at Steve’s. Dianna Allen with International Management Council and John Bowman with Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative were the guest speakers.
CCI
City leaders joined C. C. I. President John Cannon and the staff of the new Residential Division’s headquarters on Seymour Drive in South Boston celebrating the grand opening on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 1988. Mayor William Kent, City Manager Aubrey Houghton, Cornerstone President and Retail Merchants Executive Director Clarence Harris, Community Development Specialist Connie Manning and South Boston City Councilman Kenneth Cranford joined in the ribbon cutting ceremonies and a tour of the new facility fostered by the city’s revitalization efforts.
Balloon volleyball
Ginger Marcus, 16, who volunteered at Boston Commons in August of 1993, enjoys playing balloon volleyball with the residents. The Volens teenager lost her father to diabetes when she was a child, and her mother had just passed away prior to her volunteering at the nursing home. “It’s second nature taking care of people. It keeps me at peace with myself,” the 16-year-old said.
United Way
Thirty-one United Way industrial chairmen met Wednesday, Aug. 25, 1993, with Industrial Division Chairperson Mattie Claiborne to make plans for the United Way’s kick off Monday, Aug. 30, 1993. The Industrial Division’s goal is $245,000. The United Way’s overall goal is $330,000. Also meeting with the Industrial Division members was Dr. Melvin Bradshaw, United Way campaign chairman. Claiborne is pictured (far left), and Bradshaw is shown (far right).
Golf
Winners of the Green’s Folly Ladies Invitational Golf Tournament in August 1993 are (from left, first row) championship flight: Penny Butler, first, Knight Tyler, second, Donna McAdams, third and Evelyn Dorn, low net; first flight: Ruby Spears, first, Frances Brown, second, Nancy Johnson, third and Jane Lyon, low net. Second row, second flight: Martha Tennant, first, Suzane Elliott, second, Shirley Burgess, third and Nelia Moore, low net; third flight: Glenda Bowen, first, Gail Blount, second, Winnie Cross, third and Frances Stanfield, low net. Third row, fourth flight: Lynda Lowery, first, Kitty Hawkins, second, Sandi Hughes, third and Sharon Regume, low net.
Peer Helpers
Peer Helpers at Halifax County High School met Aug. 17-18, 1993 for their annual training session. Activities on violence prevention, anger management and peer acceptance highlighted the training for the 53 participants. Martha Chandler, Linder Martin, Barbara Speece, Beth Talley and Mary Bostick coordinated the group’s activities.
Democrats
At a noon meeting Saturday in the summer of 1991, county Democrats unanimously approved the primary method for those seeking the Democratic Party’s nomination here for county constitutional offices and the board of supervisors. Candidates wishing to qualify were reminded they had from noon on July 29 to 5 p.m. on Aug. 2 to do so. Approximately 50 Democrats attended the Saturday session that completed its agenda in less than 15 minutes.
Camp
Basketball camp was held in July 1991 for boys ages 8 and 9. Individual winners included free throws: Jerez Garland, Jamar Irving and Nick Elliott; spot shooting: Jamar Irving, Trey Owen and Jerez Garland; layups: Brent Myers, Nicholas Thompson and Jerez Garland; dribbling: Anthony Cage, Nicholas Thompson and Joseph Bailey.
Basketball camp
Basketball camp for boys ages 12-14 was held for these boys in July 1991 at Halifax County Senior High School under the direction of Boys Coach Don Thompson and assisted by John Courtney and Cheryle Ferguson. Named MVPs at the camp were Jeremy Woody, Michael Townsend, Kevin Watson, Jamie Crews, Carlos Jackson, Kevin Anderson, Hassain Fountain and Willie Thompson.
Groundbreaking
A dozen persons turn over ceremonial first spadefuls of dirt on Wednesday, July 24, 1991, to mark the start of the first phase of the construction of the dual-laning of Highway 501. Participating in the groundbreaking are (from left) Bill Confroy, Del. W. W. “Ted” Bennett, Fulton Conner, Ray Pethtel, Bridge Contractor Clarence White, Steve Bishop of Bishop and Settle, Morris Wells, Chief Engineer Jack Hodge, Huell Matthews, Jim Candler, Bob Gibson and local Virginia Department of Transportation Resident Engineer Joe Barkley.
Cheerleading
With school right around the corner, girls from Halifax County Junior and Senior High schools were practicing in July 1991 during cheerleading camp for the two schools. The girls are getting ready for fall sports and those chilly football nights.
Governor
Halifax County High School students met with Gov. Douglas Wilder in Richmond on May 23, 1991 as part of Project YES (Youth Experiencing Success). Project YES is the governor’s dropout prevention program and is in its second year. Meeting with Wilder are (from left) Dwayne Hutcherson, Charles Byrd, Gary Suitt, Eddie Duffer, Gov. Wilder, Vincent Stovall, Shawn Thomas, Keith Garner, Keith Link, Lewis Elliott, Chad Shotwell, woodworking instructor Tom Porter and Quinton Byrd. While with the governor, the students listened as he told them how hard it is sleeping in the nation’s oldest occupied governor’s mansion, because it is supposed to be haunted by ghosts.
Grace Baptist Church
Eugene Comer, the Rev. Jack Stewart and Jimmy Jennings prepare to break ground for Grace Baptist Church’s parsonage while members of the congregation look on in June 1991. Stewart is the pastor of the church, while Comer is the chairman of the deacons, and Jennings is the contractor for the building.
All A’s
Those receiving all A’s at the junior high school during the fifth six weeks in May 1992 include (front row) Shane Foushee, Enrique Ureta, Derek Whitlow, Brian Smith, Amy Currie and Kathryn Vanney; (second row) David Ferguson, Allison Geisinger, Ira Marshall, Chasity Overby, Joy Hatcher and Seneca Elliott. They are congratulated by Principal Bristol Martin.
Big Brothers-Big Sisters
The committee to establish Big Brothers-Big Sisters in May 1992 was comprised of (front row from left) Loyal Martin, Sharon Card, Ron Fitch and Barbara Walton; (back row from left) Bill Gilliland, Veronica Raney, Belvie Gilliland, Robin Leonard, Elizabeth Mullett, Joyce Chappell, Michele Marko, Debi Duckett and Garland Day. Not pictured were Kellie Currie, Kenneth Rickman, Gary and Francis Christie and Gene McKinney. The group had received one industrial donation of $1,000 and challenged other major industries to match the donation.
Good Samaritan
These Good Samaritan volunteers were collecting needed goods during an open house Saturday, May 2, 1992, in South Boston. Working at the center were (from left) Lavern Hazelwood, Sallie Anne Powell, Terri Smith, Karen Johnson and Frances Compton.
Ewe
Charles Ware of South Boston Insurance Agency bought Donna Ford’s replacement ewe at the May 1992 Halifax County Junior Livestock Show and Sale. Shown with Donna and Charles is Donna’s younger sister, Kimberly.
Cub Scout Pack 496
Members of Cub Scout Pack 496, Den 1, planted this pear tree in April 1991 at the Broad Street parking lot in celebration of Arbor and Earth Day. Mayor Raynell Lantor accepted the tree for the city. Participating in the planting are (standing) Trey Lawson, Ernest Mills, Stephen Anderson, John Ambrose and David Blount; (back row from left) Mayor Lantor and Cub Master David Lawson. The city and cubs will be planting trees during the month of April. This tree and others planted throughout the city were donated by Virginia Power Company and Boston Concrete Products.
Check presented
The South Boston/Halifax Junior Woman’s Club presented a check for $500 in the spring of 1991 to Kim Bradshaw for the American Heart Association. The donation is the proceeds from a dance the club held in December. Participating in the presentation are (from left) Amy Newton, president, Bradshaw, Sharon Reeves, treasurer, Gail Howell, secretary, and Patty Stevens, public relations.
Masons
William Franklin Perdue, the Grand Master of Masons in Virginia, visited Faulkner Memorial Lodge No. 91 in South Boston Wednesday night, April 10, 1991. He was received in the East by Right Worshipful Ellis Ingram, the Deputy Grand Master of the 37th Masonic District. Dignitaries who took part in Wednesday night’s program are (front row from left) Stuart Guthrie, district instructor of the work; Ingram; Perdue; George Tribble, master of Hubbard Lodge No. 312; Durwood C. Bowen, chairman of the committee on work; and Donald Loftis, past district deputy grand master; (back row from left) Billy Ligon, treasurer; Cecil Jones, district educational officer and master of Kerns Lodge No. 143; Edwil Owen, master of French Lodge No. 270; Roy Powell, chaplain; Everett Taylor, master of Faulkner Memorial Lodge No. 91; and Weston Brewer, master of Virginia Lodge No. 248.
Mission Fair
Girls in Action from 17 Dan River Baptist Association churches participated in a GA Nickel Missions Fair at Ash Avenue Baptist Church on Saturday, April 20, 1991. Attendance totaled 132, including GA’s, leaders and helpers. Henri Walker coordinated the event and was assisted by Acteens and Baptist Women of Ash Avenue. Proceeds from the event will be used to purchase children’s clothing for Good Samaritan.
Mission Fair
Girls in Action from 17 Dan River Baptist Association churches participated in a GA Nickel Missions Fair at Ash Avenue Baptist Church on Saturday, April 20, 1991. Attendance totaled 132, including GA’s, leaders and helpers. Henri Walker coordinated the event and was assisted by Acteens and Baptist Women of Ash Avenue. Proceeds from the event will be used to purchase children’s clothing for Good Samaritan.
Boston’s Big Event
Winners in Boston’s Big Event held at Boston Lumber Company in the spring of 1991 were (from left, seated) Mary Parker, Joyce Lowery, Donna Watkins and Kat Puryear; (standing) Promotion Director Wayne Fuller, Dana Leggett, Anderson Arthur, Sylvanius Thomas, Dean McCluster, Golden Bowes, Sterling Lacks, David Green, Robert Davis and owner Leigh Felton.
After prom party
It was a packed house on a Thursday night in March 1991 for the members of the various committees involved with the preparations for that year’s after prom party sponsored by the Southside Community Services Board and the South Boston Tuesday Woman’s Club. The work of the various committees is well underway.
Employ the Older Worker Week
Employ the Older Worker Week was celebrated at The Woodview in March 1991. Green Thumb workers at The Woodview who were treated to a special breakfast along with Program Director Donald Ward, Administrator Harvey Newbill, Housekeeping Director Rebecca Carrington and Director of Nurses Winnie Boger are (seated from left) Elizabeth Barnett, Nannie Lovelace and Maggie Chappell; (standing) Ward, Carrington, Boger, Isabel Williams, Arlene Jones and Newbill. Not pictured is William Sydnor.
Community Chorale
The Community Chorale was preparing to present a special program of worship at 3 p.m. on a Sunday in March 1991 at Main Street United Methodist Church. Participating in the chorale are Rosalynde Robertson, Jeanne Sizemore, Mary Spencer, Henri Walker, Sherry Gott, Doug Spencer, Ben Fincher, Karen Harris, Kathy Greer, Ellen Tomlinson, Tim Knowlson, Tim Duncan, Drew Walker, Carolyn Wetherington, Solvi Smiley, Jo Schreffler, Kenneth Cranford and Alex Haskins.
Top managers
Top managers honored recently by the IMC are (front row from left) Kathy Conner, Anita Asbell, Allen Oxford and Bill Kelehar; (second row from left) Harvey Vaughan, Chris Lumsden, Chet Arnold and Mike Benton; (third row from left) Bill Gilleland, Gary Sutton and Wayne Conner.
Fine Arts Board
The Fine Arts Board committee members were busy preparing for a musical, “South Pacific,” to be held at 8 p.m. Sunday, March 24, 1991, at the Halifax County Senior High. The Pulitzer Prize winning musical ran for five years in New York. Committee members are Ellen Tomlinson, Melissa Rufino, Mattie Lee, Jeanne Sizemore, Tim Duncan, Jane Edmunds, Cynthia Cooper, Ann Gordon Hunt and (standing) Suzette Sells and Ann Johnson.
Gardening therapy
The Banister River Garden Club began a gardening therapy project with the residents of The Woodview in February 1993 with the members setting seeds for transplants. These residents will care for the seedlings until ready for transplanting this spring. They hope to produce white squash, bell peppers, tomatoes and watermelons.
Ag office
With 1,481 farms, 8,747.64 acres and 15,723,904 pounds, the flue-cured tobacco program is the largest the Halifax County ASCS Office served in 1993. Employees working for the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service in February 1993 were (front row from left) Gale Roller, Lula Anderson and Joan Sadler; (standing from left) Administrator Kevin Bohon, Kathy Edmonds, Mary Jean Childrey, Jackie Crews and Nita Throckmorton. Not pictured was Larry Blanks.
Clays Mill meeting
Dr. Bobby R. Hall, deputy superintendent of Halifax County Public Schools, is shown speaking to a portion of the large crowd of parents who attended the Feb. 16, 1993 meeting on the proposed restructuring of the elementary grades at Clays Mill Elementary School and Scottsburg Elementary School. Dr. Hall explained various facets of the proposal, and parents were given a chance to voice their opinion.
Becky Ramsey
Becky Ramsey, playing nightclub singer Reno Sweeney, is swept off of her feet by Ken Vaiden who plays the character of Billy Crocker in a scene from the Cole Porter musical “Anything Goes” in November 1992.
Workshop
These people participated in a workshop on anxiety disorders and panic attacks held in January 1988 and sponsored by the Halifax County Mental Health Association and the HCA Holly Hill Hospital of Raleigh, North Carolina. Participants include (from left) local mental health counselor the Rev. Jim Rowles, Betty Jones, president of the local Mental Health Association, guest speaker Dr. Sheldon Chase, a psychiatrist at Holly Hill Hospital, Willie Mason, executive director of the Mental Health Association, and Deo Garlock, an official with the Holly Hill Hospital.
The Woodview Black History Month
The Woodview held its annual celebration of Black History Month in February 1993 with a service and reception. The theme was Keep Looking Up. Special guests were the Rev. Freddie Jeffress and the choir from Spanish Grove Baptist Church. Also featured were the Rev. Ron Claiborn, the Rev. Vela Staten, Shirley Crawley, Rosa Cole and the Rev. Paul Harlowe.
MLK service
First Baptist Church on Ferry Street in South Boston was filled Jan. 17, 1988 as persons came to a memorial service for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Guest speakers for the service, sponsored by the Business and Professional Men’s Club, were Randolph Perry, Cora Tucker and Lauretta Martin.
South Boston Baton Jazz Group
Members of the South Boston Baton Jazz Group, under the direction of Betty Miller in November 1987, who were preparing for upcoming Christmas parades include (front row, from left) Sylvia Owens, Doris Miles, Martina Curtiss, Dashia Guy, Laryecia Ferrante, Meagan Hill, Cheron Brandon, Valaryee Ferrante, Crystal Guy and Alecia Guy; (second row, from left) Tyree Ferrante, Jennifer Pieronski, Sandra Satterfield, Shonea Chappell, Felicia Holt, Patrice Boxley, Candace Terry and Frankie Satterfield; (back row, from left) Mrs. Betty Miller, instructor; Doris Satterfield, Dayla Edwards, Patricia Owen, Monica Dunkley and Cheryl Adams.
Who's who?
Kindergarten teachers and students at Sydnor Jennings Elementary School had an exciting and confusing first day of school back in September 1989 when three sets of identical twins were enrolled for the school year. Twins are (from left) Monica and Jessica Thaxton, Michael and Daniel Crews and Shameika and Tameika Majors.
Woman’s club meets
Dr. John J. Cavan, president of Southside Virginia Community College, was the guest speaker at the Halifax Woman’s Club meeting in January 1988. Participating in the meeting are (from left) Ruth Rowles, first vice-president; Mrs. Warren Peterson, hostess; Dr. Cavan; Linda Sheffield, Dr. Cavan’s assistant; and Mrs. W. O. Tune, hostess.
Junior High School Lions
The Halifax County Junior High School Lions girls basketball team opened its season here in November 1987. Team members are (front row from left) Patrice Williams, Renee Wilmouth , Martha Uruetta and Emerson Talbott; (middle row from left) Sherry Jones, Norma Watkins, Sontonya Coleman, Sandora Leigh and Vicky Williams; (back row from left) Manager Kim Hawks, Latonya Davis, June Williams, Tanyanita Younger, Manager Shari Chism and Coach Cynthia Kent.
STOP six-band concert
Back on Saturday, May 20, 1989, the band Teaze was performing with the STOP six-band concert at the Halifax County Junior High School football stadium. Band members describe the Teaze sound as a 40/60 split of new and old music. The new sound includes songs by The Cult, Dokker, Bullet Boys, Guns and Roses and Poison. The remaining 60 percent is made up of Led Zepplin, Aerosmith, AC-DC, Bad Company and The Stones. Band members are Chip Johnson, bass and vocals; Watt Meadows, guitar; Spanky Taylor, vocals; Carl Henderson, guitar; and Chris Kidd, drum kit.
Career Day at Senior High
It was Career Day at Halifax County Senior High School in February 1988 as local industries, businesses and government agencies had exhibits presenting their potential job offerings to the next prospective crop of employees. Karen Garrett, career resource counselor at the senior high, matches students’ personalities to potential careers.
Indian research
Indian research
These students from Pat Jennings’ second grade class at Washington-Coleman Elementary School completed research projects on the American Indian back in December 1987. The activity was designed to enhance basic research and writing skills. Pictured are students and their work displayed at the main entrance of the school.
Broccoli Recipe Contest winners
Numbered among the winners in November 1987 of the Broccoli Recipe Contest are (from left) Hayden Hendricks, Melissa Carter, Marilyn Luteran, Rosie Slabach, Rosemary Day and Bonnie Moore. Not pictured are Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Johnston who won the Best Use of Broccoli competition.
King service held
First Baptist Church on Ferry Street in South Boston was filled in January 1988 as persons attended a memorial service for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Guest speakers for the service, sponsored by the Business and Professional Men’s Club, were Randolph Perry, Cora Tucker and Lauretta Martin.
Preparing for the concert
Two youth choirs at the Main Street United Methodist Church, the Majestics and the Messengers, are shown in November 1987 as they rehearse the songs that they sang in the Second Annual Community Benefit Christmas Concert. The concert was held on Saturday, Dec. 5, at 8 p.m. at the Halifax County Senior High School auditorium and was sponsored by the South Boston-Halifax County Junior Woman’s Club. Thirteen groups and solo performers including the Patrick Henry Boys Home participated in the event.
World of Sports skating rink
Priscilla Welcher with the World of Sports skating rink makes a presentation of tennis shoes and other athletic items to the boys of the Patrick Henry Boys Home in Cluster Springs. The Sports Gallery donated the presents. In addition, the skating rink gave the boys a free night of skating back in December 1987.
Roses recognizes district award winners
Roses Store Manager Gary Finch (left) and Store Operations Manager Martha Powell (right) are pictured with five of the local store’s employees who received special plaques and a check for $50 for being named district winners in the Roses Stores company recognition program. Those named as district winners are (from left) Ella Wyatt from the food unit; Jane Powell, a module specialist; Patricia Conner, service desk; Virginia Irby, check out operator; and Frannie Jones, customer service manager. There are 12 stores in the district of which the local Roses Store is part of, and the South Boston Roses Store with its five winners had the largest number of employees to win district awards than any other Roses Store in the district. By winning district honors, the five local employees became eligible for consideration for Roses company-wide honors.
Essay contest winners
Project Idea fifth grade students who participated in the essay contest sponsored by the Berryman Green Chapter of the DAR in February 1988 are (from left) Beverly G. Moore, Cynthia Strange, Kathryn Louise Vanney, fifth grade winner and recipient of a Certificate of Award and bronze medal, and Dalfonzo Tyree Williams. Looking on are Mrs. Albert A. Cockerill, chairman of history for the local DAR chapter, and Beth Tucker, Project Idea teacher.
Reading in computer center at South of Dan
Students in Miss Jordan’s second grade class at South of Dan Elementary School in April 1987 who are preparing for a reading lesson in the recently opened center include (from left) Brian Throckmorton, Anne Hayes, Kevin Poole, Troy Gravitt, Anthony Carter, Sarah Allen, Jason Comer, Rodney Elliott, Wendy Gravitt, Sneha Patel, Elizabeth Postell, Chris Suitt, Michael Nelson, Travis Comer, Leslie Wilbourne, Greg Wilson, Jerry Featherston and Russell Thomas.
Doors close on Ingram Post Office
The Ingram Post Office, which has been around since the turn of the century, closed its doors for the final time Friday, March 13, 1987. Donna Davis, the last postmistress was presented an engraved Jefferson Cup in appreciation of her services for the past five years. Presenting the cup is Hallie Hankins, while patrons and friends of the community look on.
Students rewarded for reading achievement
Students in Miss Petty’s third grade class at Turbeville Elementary School met all of their reading goals for the Book It Program in February 1987. They were awarded a pizza party from the sponsoring agency, Pizza Hut.
Celebrating 75 years
Many area Girl Scout troop members gathered at the World of Sports Saturday, March 14, 1987, for a day of bowling, skating and a movie as a celebration of the 75th birthday of the Girl Scouts. Some of the Girl Scout members shown holding the special birthday cake that was made for the occasion are (front row from left) Wendy Arnold, Lisa Link and Chasity Overby; (middle row from left) Trina Young and Tracey Brewer; (back row from left) Veresia Wood, Lezlie Wilborn, Betsy Tompkins and Veronica Womack.
Kenneth and Marie
Connie Allison of Lynchburg and Kenneth Cranford of South Boston (standing) are shown in the spring of 1987 with John Schneider and Marie Osmond at the Sleeping Beauty Palace in Disneyland located in Anaheim, California, during the Children’s Miracle Network Telethon.
Kids’ Kollege in 1994
Instructors for the Continuing Education Center’s summer youth program, Kids’ Kollege, in June 1994 are (front row from left) Anne S. Carr, Cynthia Camp, Janis Reisch and Pam Eakes; (back row from left) CEC Director Debbie Roller, Colleen Briedis, Suzie Robbins, Susan Starcher and Carl Bramlitt, coordinator of the Kids’ Kollege program. Not pictured are Dianne Holmes, Beverly Bishop, Kris Adams, Lanette Spencer and Michelle Gravitt. A total of 33 courses are being offered including 16 computer courses in convenient one-week blocks. Registration began June 1.
Learning the printing press
Cub Scout Den 9 of South Boston toured the facilities of Green’s Printing Shop in South Boston in January 1988, and shop owner Tom Durand demonstrated how one of the printers operates. At that time, the Cub Scout Pack was making bumper stickers that read, “We Have It All In South Boston – Halifax County, VA.” The scouts sold the bumper stickers for $1 each with proceeds going to the YMCA to help it meet its challenge quota.
Virgilina Elementary first grade class 60 Years ago
Pictured are: Mrs. Mary R. Jones, teacher; first row: Ralph Murray, Linda Smith, Randolph Elliott, Connie Overby, (?) Holbrook, Ruby Pulliam and James Reese; second row: Judy Phillips, Danny Williams, Mary Helen Nelson, Elizabeth Shotwell, Betty Jean Glasscock, Nancy Cole and Janet Comer; third row: Dianne Bowen, Harold Bowen, Bonnie Hall, Rita Jo Elliott, Faye Reese, Betty Lou Blackmon and (?) Holbrook.
Virgilina Girl Scout Troop #215
Members and leaders of Virgilina Girl Scout Troop #215 in April 1987 are (kneeling) Amy Ellixson, Tabitha Bowes, Lori Cranfill and Kelly Gravitt; (second row) Carissa Bowes, Ginger Pittard, Michelle Whitlow, Tracey Brewer, Vickie Wilson, Chasity Overby, Gwen Cranfill, Kathy Gravitt, Christina Gravitt and Christy Overby. Group leaders are Jo Anne Brewer, Betty Bowes, Mary Ann Shotwell and Carolyn Pittard.
Pig farm tour in Alton
Page Wilkerson speaks to the group that visited his Alton farm which was one of two stops on a June 15, 1994 Extension Service sponsored pig farm tour. Wilkerson explained his contract hog farming operation to the visitors and answered questions they posed about his operation.
U4EA performs with stop six-band concert
Back on Saturday, May 20, 1989, the band U4EA was performing with the STOP six-band concert at the Halifax County Junior High School football stadium. U4EA band members include Lars Wallevik on drums, Scott Moore on bass, John Corbin and Mark Tenorio, both on guitar. Tenorio names Jimi Hendrix as his main musical influence. “Other influences,” added Tenorio, “are the world around me. Peace.”
Jamestown fort
Displaying their completed Jamestown Fort back in April 1987 are these students in Barbara Guill’s fourth grade class at Sinai Elementary School who used a variety of materials to construct the model of the fort during their study of early Virginia history.
1987 Olympics Day
Turbeville Elementary students who brought home the gold, silver and bronze in a May 1987 Olympics Day event include (front row from left) Gregory Hamlet, Jerritt Medley, Toby Payne and Keisha Walton; (second row from left) Michael Hairston, Jessica Hall, Aresha Medley, Brandi Logan, Monika McGhee, Chauncey Furges and John Pointer; (back row from left) Annette Perkins, Chris McDowell, Brandi Clark, Moonlight McMillan, Danyell Brandon, Brandy Faulkner, Darrell Allen, Taniaell Furges, Steve Calloway and T. J. Hamlett.
Tobacco Task Force meets
Members of the Tobacco Task Force were joined by representatives of the Retail Merchants and the Halifax County Chamber of Commerce in February 1988 to make plans to promote the local tobacco market and local retail sales. Meeting are (front row from left) D. T. Neal, T. P. Nelson, Bob Cage, Page Loftis, Nancy Pool and Elson Thompson; (back row from left) George Tribble, Charles Payne, Ernest Granger, Tonchie Mason, Charles Ware Jr., Bill Granger, Lemuel Powell and Dallas Gravitt.
Halifax County Senior High Florist Department
The office of Halifax County Senior High School was transformed into a receiving and distribution point around Valentine’s Day in February 1988 for all the Valentine’s Day flowers, balloons, candy and even one cake. Principal Larry Clark said scenes like this have become a tradition at the school each Valentine’s Day, and that day has one of the lowest absentee rates of any day during the year. Area florists were running continuously throughout the day to the senior high and other area schools as they tried to get all their deliveries in.
DAR essay contest winners
Sixth grade Project IDEA students who participated in an essay contest in February 1988 sponsored by the Berryman Green Chapter of the DAR are (from left) Mrs. Albert A. Cockerill, chairman of history for the DAR, Elizabeth Ford Gmitter, Joseph Holt Mills, John Douglas Murray, David Bryant Nichols, Olivia Ann Propst, Stephanie Spring Ramsey and Project IDEA teacher Violet Neal. A Certificate of Appreciation was presented to each participant while Murray, the contest winner, received a Certificate of Award and Bronze Medal.
New birthing center dedicated
Over 100 of the first babies to be born at the Halifax-South Boston Community Hospital were on hand in March 1987 to help dedicate the new birthing center that opened later that year. Shown are some of the first babies born during the hospital’s first year from July 1, 1953 and July 1, 1954.
Battling the blaze
A group of South Boston firefighters work to extinguish the fire that broke out early on the morning of Jan. 24, 1988 at Oliver’s Restaurant on Seymour Drive in South Boston causing an undetermined amount of damage. The fire that was reported at 7:30 a.m. on Sunday apparently started in the ceiling, a fire department official said.
On the march
Halifax County Junior High School band members march through downtown Halifax in the annual Christmas parade held in December 1987.
SCA donates food
Members of the Halifax County Junior High School SCA were busy in December 1987 finishing up their Christmas project by packing boxes of canned goods, which were donated by the student body for needy families in the community. In addition, the FFA Club donated a box of canned goods to the SCA as their contribution to the project. Packing the boxes are Karen Brooks, president; Palinda Carrington, treasurer; Nikkie Bohannon, reporter; Patrick Lucado, FFA president; Lanessa Edmondson, sergeant-at-arms; Carolyn Brandon, vice president; Harvey Carrington and Essie J. Richardson, SCA sponsor.
Tough defense
Halifax County Junior High’s Sherry Jones (33) and an unidentified Lion player attempt to trap one of the Monelison guards at half court in this action from a game played in December 1987. In addition to her good defense, Jones provided a big offensive spark with 19 points as the Lions rolled to a 44-30 win.
Community Christmas Concert
The Second Baptist Church Lord’s Hand Choir was one of the featured participants in the Second Annual Community Benefit Christmas Concert held at the Halifax County Senior High School auditorium in December 1987. Members of the choir were (front row, from left) Jennifer Clark, Jordon Clark, Ashby Harris, Brian Clienhans and Andrew Mills; (second row, from left) Brandy Clark, Bucky Compton, Tracy Harris, Shelby Hackney, Beth Cole and David Hackney.
United Way board members
The new board members of the Halifax United Way Board of Directors were announced at the annual meeting held in February 1988. They are (from left) Ryan Garrett, Joan Satterfield, Marian Davis, Wade Briggs, Dr. Richard B. Bradley, Chester A. Arnold and Bill Granger.
Retiring Halifax County Community Action Board of Directors
Retiring from the Halifax County Community Action Board of Directors in November 1987 (from left) William Coleman, executive director, and Stanley Jeffress, president of the board of directors, present plaques to Talmadge Mosley, Rose S. Cheek, Samuel Coleman and Sue Kennedy, who is standing in for retiring board member Worth Hudson.
Hospital employees contribute to United Way
Terrence Bennett, administrator of the Halifax-South Boston Community Hospital, and Carol Brankley, director of administrative services and the hospital’s United Way captain, present a check for $7,248.44 to Jerry Grubbs, industrial chairman of the Halifax United Way in November 1987. The contribution made by hospital employees represents a 22 percent increase over last year’s contribution. Also pictured are Dr. Jim Tompkins, 1987 HUW chairman, and hospital personnel who helped with the in-house United Way collection.
Last-minute campaigning
John Greenbacker (left), challenger of the commonwealth’s attorney seat in Halifax County, and incumbent Howard Anderson were both at the Center Precinct early on Election Day Nov. 3, 1987 trying to sway undecided voters.
Looking over the announcement
Members of the Halifax County Board of Supervisors, South Boston City Council and the Halifax County-South Boston Improvement Council gathered in November 1987 to look over the announcement that was received which named the Improvement Council as one of the recipients of the Governor’s Award of Excellence for a Clean Virginia Community. Seated (front row from left) are Improvement Council Litter Prevention Coordinator Judy Dunn, Halifax County Board of Supervisors Chairman O. B. Tate, Chairperson of the Halifax County – South Boston Improvement Council Mattie Cowan and South Boston Mayor William Kent; (second row from left to right) Juanita Cross, Improvement Council member, Halifax County Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Nancy Pool, Improvement Council member Virginia Anderson, City Council member Dr. Josephine Marshall, City Council member Kenneth Cranford, Supervisor William Coleman and South Boston City Manager Aubrey Houghton; (back row from left) Robert Dunn, Improvement Council member, the Rev. Ralph Haugh, Improvement Council member, Ruth Smith, Improvement Council member, Dr. Oliver McBride and Morris Bryant, both of whom represent the Halifax County-South Boston Public Schools and Bob Murrin, assistant to the city manager.
Midget champs
These are the Scotties, champions of the local midget football league for 1987. They are (front row from left) Leslie Dixon, Octavian Brandon, Derek Fountain, Tremayne Boyd, Kevin Perkins, Richard Jordan and A. Williams; (middle row) Joseph Wilkins, Garnett Lloyd, Bobby Blount, Timmy Barker, Jason Spencer, Billy Staten and Tyree Edmonds; (back row from left) Assistant Coach Alton Britton, Co-Captain Russell Seamster, William Jackson, JeJeel Thomas, Kevin Lloyd, Tyrone Jennings, Anthony Pleasant, Steven Foster, Co-Captain Kevin Coleman, Head Coach Steve Emory and Assistant Coach Teresa Emory. In November 1987 the Scotties outscored their foes 204-18, in going 6-0. For the three previous years, they were 17-0-1 and won two championships outright while sharing the third.
Cast of 'Annie'
Chris Jones, director of the Little Theatre production “Annie,” is a Halifax County native who is surrounded by these “orphans.” The work of these young ones and Jones was seen in the community auditorium at the high school on Nov. 19-21, 1987.
Making presents
Members of the Halifax County Extension Homemakers were hard at work in December of 1987 making favors to be presented to residents of seven of the area’s smaller nursing homes. The presents will be distributed during the holiday season.
Medal and certificate recipients
Pictured are the Halifax County 4-H participants who received medals or certificates during the annual awards banquets held Dec. 4, 1987.
Career Day at Senior High
Students pack around a radio station’s booth to check out the potential offerings.
Essay contest winners
Project Idea fifth grade students who participated in the essay contest sponsored by the Berryman Green Chapter of the DAR in February 1988 are (from left) Beverly G. Moore, Cynthia Strange, Kathryn Louise Vanney, fifth grade winner and recipient of a certificate of award and bronze medal and Dalfonzo Tyree Williams. Looking on are Mrs. Albert A. Cokerill, chairman of history for the local DAR chapter, and Beth Tucker, Project Idea teacher.
Cantaloupe Festival
Long lines formed for the traditional meal of pit-cooked barbecue, cantaloupe, tomatoes, corn and biscuits at one of the earlier annual Virginia Cantaloupe Festivals held at John Wade’s Pond in Turbeville. Crowds numbering in the thousands packed the event sponsored by the Halifax County Chamber of Commerce.
Registered nursing students
Registered nursing students of the Southside Virginia Community College/J. Sergeant Reynolds Community College cooperative program received their pins in a ceremony held in June 1994 at Atlee High School. Students successfully completing the program who started at the Daniel Campus in Keysville under Program Director Rosie LeFontaine are (front row from left) Donna Newsome, Suzanne Anderson and Lisa Newsome of Farmville, Christy Vaughan of Victoria, Kim Payne of Crewe, Janice Edmonds of Chesterfield, Marjarie Cassell of Richmond, Susan Thorpe of Clover, Kathy Elliott and Tara Brechinridge of Farmville; (back row from left) Janine Wells of Victoria, Catherine Trammell of Meherrin, Sandra Nichols of Clover, Cheryl Jannings of Keysville, Michelle Conner of Nathalie and Susan Hanks of Keysville. Not pictured are Cender Edmunds Brandon of South Boston and Vickie Seymour of Victoria.
Basketball camp in 1991
Basketball camp was held the first week of July in 1991 for girls ages 8 through 12. Winners in each age group include, 8 and 9: free throws – Misty Snead, Elizabeth McDaniel and Marquita Ford; spot shooting – Elizabeth McDaniel, Laura Wilkerson and Kristi Harmon; layups – Kimberly Goulah, Marquita Ford and Elizabeth McDaniel; dribbling – Kimberly Goulah, Laura Wilkerson and Kimberly Redd. 10-year-old winners include: freethrows – Charity Overby, Katherine Tompkins and Melissa Lanier; spot shooting – Nakisha Owen, Katherine Tompkins and Walhicia Edmunds; layups – Melissa Lanier, Katherine Tompkins and Charity Overby; dribbling – Katherine Tompkins, Walhicia Edmunds and Charity Overby. 11 and 12-year-old winners include: free throws – Temekka Irving, Etang Williams and Tyronda Boulden; spot shooting – Temekka Irving, Candace Terry and Renee Jennings; layups – Yuvanda Garrett, Temekka Irving and Candace Terry; dribbling – Temekka Irving, Yuvanda Garrett and Tyronda Boulden.
ABWA officers installed in 1991
The newly elected officers of the Tri-River Charter Chapter of the American Business Womens Association who were installed in July 1991 are (from left) outgoing President Ruth Smith presenting the gavel to new President Faye Clark; Deborah Powell, vice president; Melanie Ford, corresponding secretary; Robin Coon, recording secretary; and Dee Dee Spencer, treasurer.
Day Care Center honored
V. Walter Brayboy, the South Boston–Halifax County area chairman of the March of Dimes Walk America event, presents a special award of recognition to the staff and youngsters of the Green Acres Day Care Center in July 1991 for their participation in this year’s toddlers walk. Accepting the award for the Green Acres Day Care Center is Assistant Director Debbie McPeters.
Democrats meet
At a noon meeting held Saturday, June 29, 1991, county Democrats unanimously approved the primary method for those seeking the Democratic party’s nomination here for county constitutional offices and the board of supervisors. Candidates wishing to qualify were reminded they had from noon on July 29 to 5 p.m. on Aug. 2 to do so. Approximately 50 Democrats attended the Saturday session that completed its agenda in less than 15 minutes.
4-H Fashion Revue
Participants in the 4-H Fashion Revue show off their garments in August 1991. These 4-H’ers modeling an outfit they had made or a ready-made garment are (front row from left) Megan Hamlet, Kari Anderson, Kacey Wilbourne and Sclyna Martin; (back row from left) Shea Otwell, Cathy Dalton, Casey Conner, Lori Ann Reaves, Melissa Anderson and Cynthia Anderson.
Division champions
Members of the Angels division District I Champions in August 1991 are (front row, from left) Elizabeth Bennett, Jennifer Burton, Laura Coleman, Sarah Eakes and Gwendolyn Forest; (second row) Candi Jones, Deanna Mabins, Lindsey Maitland, Margaret Stanley, and Candace Terry; (third row) Katherine Tompkins, Kimberly Waller, Pamela Jones, Tessa Moser and Tanisha Jennings; (four row) coaches Tammy Holland, Wanda McDowell and Delain Pugh.
Ponytail champions in 1991
Halifax 1 Ponytail Champs in the Ponytail League back in August 1991 were Hites Insurance Team members including (front row from left) Donna Edmonds, Kelly Throckmorton, Angel Conner, Tyra Crews, Shelley Blane, Kim Cole and Emily Wilkins; (second row from left) Coach Betty Lou Perkins, Patsy Boxley, Letrice Coleman, Lepena Clark, Oretha Harris, Mary Lou Perkins, Gayle Meeler, Bridget Newcomb and Coach Debbie Perkins; (back row) Coach Frank Perkins. Not pictured is Mindy Tysinger. In addition, Mary Lou Perkins also was named the league’s most valuable player.
Halifax-South Boston Angels team
Members of the Halifax-South Boston Angels team in August 1991 are (front row from left) Elizabeth Bennett, Jennifer Burton, Laura Coleman, Sarah Eakes and Gwendolyn Forest; (second row from left) Candi Jones, Deanna Mabins, Lindsey Maitland, Margaret Stanley and Candace Terry; (third row from left) Katherine Tompkins, Kimberly Waller, Pamela Jones, Tessa Moser and Tanisha Jennings; (fourth row) Coaches Tammy Holland, Wanda McDowell and Delain Pugh.
Off for a week at summer camp
These 12 Boy Scouts from Troop 497 in South Boston left town for a week of summer camp in 1991. They attended Camp Powhatan in Pulaski County. The camp is operated by the Blue Ridge Mountains Council headquartered in Roanoke. The troop is sponsored by Main Street United Methodist Church. Adults spending the week at camp were Scoutmaster Cary Thomas and Assistant Scoutmaster Bill Hamilton.
Appointed to position of warrant officer
Herman Murray Jr. was appointed to the position of warrant officer in the Virginia Army National Guard in 1989. Murray was surrounded by his family at the pinning ceremony that took place Aug. 30, 1989 at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana, including (from left) Andrew Murray, Heather Murray, Mary Jane Murray, Herman Murray Jr., Esther Murray and Herman Murray Sr. Murray’s wife, Mary Jane Murray, and his mother, Esther Murray, pinned his bars during the ceremony. In 1989 he was assigned to the 29th Light Infantry Division located in Lynchburg and a certified public accountant with Cherry, Bekaert and Holland, CPAs in Lynchburg where he and his family lived. Murray is the son of Herman and Esther Murray of Route 3, Virgilina.
Handmade afghan raffled
Back in the fall of 1989, Joy Club members were raffling off this handmade afghan that was given away on Nov. 22, 1989. Members of the Joy Club admiring the afghan made by Frances Smith, whose mother was a resident at Berry Hill Nursing Home, are Flora Arthur, Edna Long, Livian Duffer and Dennis McDaniel. The proceeds from the afghan were donated to the activity department at Berry Hill.
Cooperative Month
Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative Board of Directors in October 1993 were (from left) Ben Lee of Emporia; Larry Lanier, secretary-treasurer, of Hurt; Bobby Conner of Nathalie; Donnie Moore of Chatham; Stan Duffer of Red Oak; Bob Jones of Palmer Springs; David Jones of Bracey; Henrietta Coleman of Freeman; Worth Hudson, president, of Virgilina; and Willie Wright, vice-president, of Valentines. Not pictured is Mike McDowell of Vernon Hill.
Lunch with students
Over 200 parents ate lunch with their children at Washington-Coleman Elementary School during National School Lunch Week in October 1993 including these second graders shown with their parents in the school cafeteria. Among the parents joining their second graders are Harvey and Pam Eakes and Chris Lumsden.
Barn owl nests
Halifax County High School students Charles Huckaby, Carl Venable, Anthony Davis and Tim Barbour put final touches on barn owl nest houses back in October 1991, as vocational/agricultural teacher George Anderson looks on.
Little olympians
These students at Turbeville Elementary School participated in their school’s Olympics back in October 1991.
Wishful thinking?
These election signs posted in November 1992 reflect another time in history that some Americans may wish they could travel back in time to relive.
Pilgrim Lady
Dressed for the part, volunteer Hilda Hankins was surrounded by admirers as she read a Thanksgiving story in November 1992 to Nancy Thompson’s second grade class at Halifax Elementary School. Students there call her “Miz Meem,” a play on the name given her by own grandchildren.
Halifax County Community Action Agency Board of Directors
Officers and members of the Halifax County Community Action Agency Board of Directors in November 1992 are (front row from left) the Rev. Beverly Sydnor, assistant treasurer; Aubrey Houghton, treasurer; Nannie Henderson, secretary; Morris Bryant, vice chairman; and Larry Clark, chairman. Other members of the board of directors are (second row from left) Julia Moss, Fulton Conner, Nancy Pool, Josephine Marshall, Ruth Neal and Queen Bouldin.
‘Chick or Treat?’
Local artist Nellie Zamora Jones of South Boston created this chicken pumpkin as a special Halloween fall decoration in November 1992 for The Woodview, the home of the book entitled “Do Preachers Really Like Fried Chicken?” Gracie Wright, a resident of The Woodview who designed the cover for the book, is shown with the special pumpkin.
Hyco road ruritan club officers in 1993
New officers for the Hyco Road Ruritan Club installed in December 1993 were (from left) Gene Faucette, president; Zack Weddle, vice president; Wayne Bowen, secretary; Kenneth Irby, treasurer; and Donnie Wilkerson, three-year director. With them is Zone 9 Governor Nelson Motley who served as the installing officer.
Community Chorale prepares for concert
The Halifax Community Chorale prepares to present a performance of Ralph Vaughan Williams’ “Fantasia on Christmas Carols” in December 1993 during its annual Christmas concert. The concert, under the direction of Ben Fincher, took place Sunday, Dec. 5, 1993, at First Baptist Church on North Main Street in South Boston.
‘A Christmas legacy’
Second Baptist Church presented the cantata “ A Christmas Legacy” in December 1993. Also during December 1993, a drama under the direction of Althea Whitlow, Linda Seamster and Joyce Murray was presented with a reception following in the church fellowship hall.
Adopt an angel
Halifax County Middle School Peer Helpers adopted an angel from the Halifax Jaycee Angel Tree in December 1993. Peer Helpers (seated from left) are Christy Lowery, Katherine Covington, Cecil Fisher and Kristy Clauden; (standing from left) Emily Holt, Erica Buster, Stanley Gravitt and Kristy Sadler.
Students make 'stone soup'
Dan River Wee School students and Woodview residents made “stone soup” using turnips, carrots, potatoes and a stuffed chicken in January 1993. The two groups meet each month enjoying a variety of intergenerational activities.
Talking champ
Talking champ, absolutely. Halifax County Recreation Director Brad Ballou (right) is presented a plaque declaring him “Halifax County Undisputed Talking Champion: Conversation At Its Best, 1992 and Forever.” Presenting the award in January 1993 is South Boston Recreation Director Matthew McCargo. Gathered around for the presentation are a bunch of guys all of whom agree with the award. It was reliably reported that Ballou was rendered temporarily speechless by the unexpected award.
Blast from the Past
'Shared kidness'
Throughout the fall of 1992, this young electrical engineer Dianna Molano “shared kidness” with Miss Culley’s South of Dan kindergarten class including young Raymond Albert. A graduate of Venezuela’s Simon Bolivar University, Molano studied English one year — following her graduation — before joining her aunt, Maria Riano, here. Several days a week, the 25-year-old and Miss Culley’s class have enjoyed the pleasure of each other’s company at South of Dan.
Blast
Hugh Gravitt visited Patsy Gravitt’s sixth grade science classes at Cluster Springs Elementary School back in February 1996. With students’ help, he conducted various science experiments on physical and chemical changes of matter. He also prepared a miniature volcano that erupted with fire, ashes and smoke.