© Jerry F. Couch In late 1947, St. Paul businessman William Andrew Turner relocated his Chevrolet dealership from the western corner of Russell St. and Fifth Ave. to a new building on the eastern corner of Russell Street and Fifth Ave. Turner had paid in excess of $60,000 to construct this building – a lot… Read More St. Paul’s Russell St. as the years roll on – Part One
© Jerry F. Couch PICTURED ABOVE In May of 1971, Mrs. Nell Jordan (left) presented a Castlewood PTA certificate of life membership and a pin to Mrs. Beatrice McInturff (right). The occasion was Mrs. McInturff’s retirement as president of the Russell County PTA Council. [Photo from the Clinch Valley Times archives] FOR MANY YEARS,… Read More Short Cuts and Tips for Housewives – From 1986
© Jerry F. Couch First, some background information… In the 1960’s, poverty in America was finally acknowledged as a self-perpetuating social problem. Numerous federal economic development programs were created with the intent of breaking the cycle of poverty. One such program was Project Heat Start. Created by the Office of Economic Opportunity’s Community Action Program,… Read More 1967 – The Arty-Lee School Becomes a Model Head Start Center
© Jerry F. Couch IN THE LATE 1920’S, the St. Paul Baking Company did a bustling business – with gross sales of about $35,000 during its best years. The bakery was located in the building that is occupied by Giovanni’s Pizza in 2020. This building was constructed by the Rainero Brothers in 1919 and was… Read More The St. Paul Baking Company
© Jerry F. Couch Aaron Nash, William Fields, and how St. Paul Came to Be Okay, folks, today we’re going to travel back to the year 1876 when George Gray sold Aaron Nash a 297 ½ acre tract of land in a corner of Wise County. Several years later this tract would become the Town… Read More From the Gray Farm to St. Paul…