Bird’s Baum to B’water
0Father’s Day in the Dogpound
0Hello, and welcome back to the wonderful world of the Dogpound. If my calendar is correct, Father’s Day is just around the corner, and for some of you this better be a wake-up call to get your “you-know-what” in gear…pronto! Now, we all know Father’s Day follows Mother’s Day, but I bet you did not know that Father’s Day almost did not happen. There was a strong movement after Mother’s Day was made official to change it to Parents’ Day in recognition of the role father’s played in the raising of a family. Mother’s Day was made an official national…
CHESTER’S HIGH ON JUMPIN’ JOHNNY WILSON
0Johnny Wilson was a athletic star, succeeding in four sports and life over 90 years A bronze statue standing nine feet tall graces the front of Anderson High School in Anderson, Ind. The residents of the central Indiana burg have waited over 70 years for their hero’s life to be celebrated. Now their hero belongs to Chester. Triple-sport athlete “Jumpin’” Johnny Wilson watched the unveiling of his likeness on May 30, 2016 as over 500 local residents responded with cheers. According to local newspaper reports, Wilson responded from the podium with his typical humility. In 1927 Wilson was born into…
THAT WAS THEN: Dutch Gap Motors
0The dealership was owned by Harold Tench Goyne, Sr. who died in 1968. Goyne began his Chevrolet dealership by 1927 and moved to the Rt.1 and Rt.10 location in Chester, VA. by 1931. . Called Dutch Gap Motor Company, it was the premier Chevy dealer around according to letters thanking Mr. Goyne for the Chevy they bought from him. Goyne had some competition with the T.C. McCoy Ford dealership north of Dutch Gap Motors. But by the late 1940s Harold Goyne was afraid his dealership would suffer if Richmond-Petersburg Turnpike (Interstate 95) were to be built. He and other community…
Meadowbrook High School Road Named for Army Hero
0A road at Meadowbrook High School in honor of fallen soldier, Staff Sgt. Michael D. Moody Jr., U.S. Army, who was killed fighting in Iraq. The ceremony marked the official naming of the road to Michael Moody Jr. Drive. It is appropriate that the road is named in his honor, since Moody spent his teenage years in Chesterfield County, graduating from Meadowbrook High School in 1994. Moody was fatally wounded on June 23, 2007 from wounds sustained while engaging the enemy in Baghdad Iraq when insurgents attacked his unit. During his distinguished career, Moody was awarded two Army Commendation Medals…
Beulah replacement school to open August 2018
0Work has started on the new replacement for Beulah Elementary School to be built at a different location from the original school, making the new school more centrally located in the attendance zone. Members of the School Board and other local leaders broke ground on one of several school projects financed through the 2013 Bond Referendum. The new school will replace the original Beulah Elementary, which was built in 1928, and is scheduled to open August 2018.
Taking Comfort
0Even though the “official” start of summer is not until June 21(when we celebrate the summer solstice), it’s pretty hard to deny that summer is in the air after Memorial Day weekend. The swimming pools open, baseball is being played every weekend, the temperatures climb higher and higher, and of course, the lightning bugs have arrived. Every evening, just about dusk, I love to stand outside and look to the west. The sun is streaking the sky with brilliant pinks, oranges, and purples. The trees appear as silhouettes against this glorious display of color, and in the darkest depths you…
Pre-school teacher retires
0Linda Callery officially retired from Chester Presbyterian Preschool after 31 years of teaching. Mrs Callery’s last day of teaching Pre- Kindergarten was May 26, 2017 and a reception was held in her honor. Pictured is Linda Callery and her assistant Chris Brooks.