In January 1964, Jewell Mason, one of Richmonds few female cab drivers, chatted with her husband, Otha, who also drove cabs. Merchants reported strong sales. In December 1955, pedestrians scurried across a busy Broad Street at Fourth Street in downtown Richmond as Christmas shopping was in full swing. In May of that year, during Park and Recreation Week, Maymont opened a nature center in what had been a stone and brick stable. This image of an Atlantic Coast Line diesel locomotive with Broad Street Station barely visible in the background through fog illustrated the need for heightened vigilance in bad weather to avoid collisions between trains and cars. In April 1955, students at Ridge School in Henrico County enjoyed their new merry-go-round. The shop building was located offsite nearby. The restaurant has over 40 flat screen high definition TVs, We have five booths with your own flat-screen TV in them so you can watch your favorite program. In September 1950, Sherry Gilman placed a letter in a barrel-turned-mailbox on Honaker Avenue in Richmond. In 1949, Randolph retired from a long career that encompassed teaching and supervising teacher training and curriculums for black schools in the Richmond area. The 5600 and 5700 blocks had been closed since early August; the full project called for widening Patterson between Maple and Commonwealth avenues. Richmond Mayor Stirling King joined them. The barrel was serving as a temporary mailbox for the newly developed residential area in the West End. 1 Confederate Veterans Hall. The motel had 26 units, and nightly rates began at $5. First responders were called just before 5 p.m. to the 3100 block of Midlothian Turnpike for the shooting. This September 1951 image shows the Bridge at Falling Creek. faced Virginia Tech in the Tobacco Festival football game at City Stadium in Richmond. This December 1950 image of East Broad Street at Fifth Street in downtown Richmond shows crowds of holiday shoppers visiting such stores as Baker's, Peoples Drug, Swatty's Pants, Haverty's Furniture and Raylass Department Store. This November 1956 image shows Richmond disc jockey Alden Aaroe, who started in radio in 1938 and landed his signature morning show on WRVA in 1956. Officers arrived on scene and located two adult females, two teenagers, and one child suffering from gunshot wounds. In October 1981, Melvin Shot Walker worked the grill at the White Spot in Charlottesville. In early October 1952, temperatures reached into the mid-80s, and people around the area found ways to enjoy the unseasonably warm weather. The International League baseball team held spring training in Haines City, Fla., before returning to their local base of Parker Field. Brown & Co., a furniture store on Hull Street in South Richmond. More recently, the farm served as a set for the 2015 film Ithaca, starring and directed by Meg Ryan. Neighbors tell CBS 6 a shooting hasn't happened in this quiet neighborhood in at least 20 years. Students were in the middle of exam week at the time. In December 1952, while baseball Hall of Famer Ty Cobb was in Richmond for sightseeing and duck hunting, he took time to speak to reporters about his recent articles in Life magazine disparaging modern baseball as lacking the individual skill his era demanded. Richard Hayes. Its a tragedy when a mother and now a child is gone because of indiscriminate gunfire without any regard for human life in a neighborhood. Owned by Mr. and Mrs. Christopher T. Chenery, Hill Prince did not return to racing until fall 1951 and only raced one more year after before being retired. In November 1951, work to improve the 100 block of Broad Street, looking west from First Street, was completed. Jaishon D. Banks was found guilty of first-degree murder in the May 19 shooting death ofDiamond Brown-Mosby. 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In January 1958, an explosion at Merchants Ice & Cold Storage Co. at Sixth and Byrd streets in downtown Richmond killed seven people and shattered windows up to seven blocks away. Both vehicles went off the road to the . Thalhimers department store employees worked for months to build floats, design routes and prepare costumes. The shooting claimed the life of a young mother . In May 1950, Richmond celebrated Park and Recreation Week with a series of events, including an art carnival, puppet shows and concerts. While Mrs. Allan J. Carter called prospects, Mrs. William F. Thornton worked at the typewriter. In the Civil War, the complex served the Confederacy. Limited appointments are available to qualifying patients due to high demand. A predecessor festival was held in South Boston before World War II. You have permission to edit this article. Mason, who started working for the Yellow Cab Co. in 1958, said she never had issues because of her gender. 5710 Midlothian Turnpike; Richmond, VA 23225 (804) 230-1212; publicfile@nbc12.com - 804 . In spring 1950, work was scheduled to begin to widen this south end of the North Boulevard railroad overpass. City safety official John Hanna called the intersection the most complicated we have had to redesign and signalize in the past 14 years.. Rain totals generally about a quarter to a third of an inch across metro Richmond. In September 1951, the speed limit on Monument Avenue inside the city was 25 mph. Liles had played the drums for years, starting when she was a student at Varina High School in the 1940s. In early December 1954, Richmond got an early dose of winter, with 2 inches of wet snow and record cold temperatures. The inscription: In Memory of One Who Loved Animals.. In August 1951, June Maile showed youngsters from the Belle Bryan Day Nursery how to play London Bridge is Falling Down during the nurserys annual outing at Byrd Park. Horse owner Chester C. Sully said he was making a coal delivery when the horse got startled by a noise and took off on a five-minute gallop, which ended around Jefferson Avenue and 23rd Street, where the wagon broke the cars windshield and left rear window. Copyright 2022 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. In late summer 1951, the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway ran its first diesel-powered locomotives through Richmond on two of its passenger trains. Police are asking that anyone with information about this crash call 804-748-1251. There is a since of peace and quiet within the facility. Pictured are center fielders Jimmy Piersall from Boston and Willie Mays of New York. I really appreciated the remoteness of the facility; even though it is located in the heart of Midlothian on Hull street road. The Sharnezs grandmother has identified the 11-year-old as Sharnezs niece and her great grandaughter, Deniya Hill. In November 1961, a $150,000 project removed the circle, added islands and traffic signals, and diverted some traffic around the busy intersection. Four such vehicles were put to work to clear city streets. The club was first organized in October 1902, and while it put on some shows before 1935, it did not begin a consistent schedule until then. 1 dead in Midlothian Turnpike shooting. In the dugout at Mooers Field Jackie Robinson visits with teammate Don Newcombe - a star pitcher who was on military duty at Camp Pickett. In January 1958, traffic moved through the intersection of Grace and Belvidere streets in Richmond. In September 1950, ground was broken for the South Richmond Health Center at 14th and Bainbridge streets. Latest News . Two months earlier, he addressed the Woman's Club in Richmond. Authorities believe the gunmen were targeting a single apartment but ended up striking two adult women, two teenage girls and the 3-month-old girl. The bank had opened a West End auto branch at West Broad Street near the Boulevard in 1948. In June 1951, square dance caller Richard Chase taught playground directors some steps ahead o f a dance scheduled for the Byrd Park tennis courts in Richmond as part of Park and Recreation Week. In June 1953, James R. Osterbind posed for a photo during his workday at Tredegar Iron Works in Richmond. Tactical Gun Shops in Midlothian on YP.com. From left to right: 18-year-old Kevon Bynum, 18-year-old Kavon Bynum. In November 1950, City Council was set to consider a request to abandon the stretch of 23rd Street between Cary and Dock streets, partially occupied by the railroad tracks seen in the distance. Yaffe, a 19-year-old freshman at Richmond Professional Institute, planned to study optometry but enjoyed performing magic as a hobby. In addition to resurfacing the road after removing the streetcar tracks, a concrete center strip was added along with updated traffic signals, new street lights and walk-dont walk signals. The buildings to be demolished were to the right of Diggs & Beadles Seed Co. Inc. This one was instead saved with a move out of the way of downtown traffic. In November 1953, a 10-block section of Monument Avenue between Horsepen Road and Keystone Drive in Henrico County began carrying eastbound and westbound traffic on separate sides of the median. In July 1953, tennis players (from left) Cliff Miller, Al Dickinson and Bob Figg Sr. discussed the Country Club of Virginias annual tennis competition, which began the day before. Phantom gang activity also has been seen, involving car chases full of gangsters shooting at each other with tommy guns. He had visited Virginia weeks earlier to scout for movie locations, and he was returning to the state to interview promising actors with the Barter Theatre in Abingdon. This July 1950 image shows a crumbling Richmond-Ashland Electric Line viaduct, covered in vines, near Moore Street in Richmond. The farm dated to the 1700s, and a large oak on the property, which was felled by a storm in 2012, was known as the Surrender Tree legend says it is where Richmond Mayor Joseph Mayo surrendered the city to Union forces in April 1865 near the end of the Civil War. Just before 8 p.m. on Feb. 8, police found a man in the 6600 block of Midlothian Tpke with a non-life . From $66.30 per night. Patients are required to schedule an appointment for covid testing in advance. In July 1950, heavyweight boxing legend Jack Dempsey came to Richmond as a headline attraction for a different event: He was referee of a wrestling match. This June 1952 image shows one of Dr. Tredegar opened in 1837, was a major manufacturing center for the Confederacy during the Civil War and continued as a production facility through most of the 1950s. She was a student at the Richmond Professional Institute. Gov. The change was in anticipation of expanding the configuration to begin at the city limits. At the same time, cadets changed to Navy pea jackets as a top coat - the previous style, an Army-type mackinaw that was made at the state penitentiary, was no longer available. This June 1950 image shows the Harpers Department Store at 201 E. Broad St. . The school offered a wide range of programs, including sewing, music and physical education. The statues head was finally placed on March 13, after which the smoothing process was completed.