West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 120 by Charlie Miller

____November 12, 1925 – Young Banker Chosen As W. M. …..E. E. Gregg was elected as Worshipful Master of the Madison Lodge #221 F.&A.M.

____November 16, 1925 – Radio program lists have started appearing in the Madison Press. (Some of the stations listed were: KDKA, Pittsburgh; WEAF, New York City; WTAM, Cleveland, Ohio; WKRC, Cincinnati, Ohio; WOAI, San Antonio, Texas; WGY, Schenectady, New. York; WWJ, Detroit, and WLW Cincinnati, Ohio. Some of the programs listed were Concerts, Happy Home Hour, Aunt Jane, Eveready Hour, Sandman, Bon Bon Buddies, and Children’s Hour.

____November 19, 1925 – Ed Johnson’s famous “Yaller Dog” is dead….Hon. E. J. Johnson of West Jefferson and Arkansas arrived home Wednesday. He had a sad report to make to his hunter friends here, that “Yaller,” his famous coon and snake dog, about which column after column has been written, died a few weeks ago. (It was said that the movie Old Yaller was based on his book.)

____Some West Jefferson businesses in 1925 were: Wade’s Grocery, J. A. Baer, Undertaker; West Jefferson Cut Flowers and Plant Co., Britton’s Meat Market, Grover Burrell Grocery, West Jefferson Building & Loan, Madison County Finance Co., Frank Biggert, Secy-Treas., West Jefferson Elevator Co., Headley & Maddux Cars; Buckley’s Hardware, Exhibit Theater, Commercial Bank, Farmer’s Bank, John Murray & Son Lumber and Grain, The Moss Store, Pence & Blauser Undertakers, W. E. Poulson’s Store, Pence & Baber Used Cars, Sunset Oil Co. and Gillivan’s Hardware. (And the population was only 1/5 of what it is now.)

____December 18, 1925 – Lot D. Hull, Civil War Veteran and former West Jeff Mayor, passes away. L. D. Hull, 87, died Monday at his home on W. Main St. (Hull was born in September of 1838. He served as Cpl. in the 12th O. V. I. from 1861 to 1865, as Mayor from 1894-1897, and as Postmaster from 1898 to 1906, and was Commander of Wilson Burrows Post, 389 Grand Army of the Republic, West Jefferson.

____January 28, 1926 – Bill Strosnider has bought the West End Filling Station from Bailey & Spencer.

(This building sat on the intersection of London Rd. and W. Main St.)

____March 18, 1926 – Motor Cop Bill Clark is riding a new Indian Motorcycle this week, the result of action taken by the Village council at their last meeting.

____May 3, 1926 – E. E. “Pete” Gregg is a high scorer in a big trap shoot at Vandalia. He was a high gun at the State Shoot at Vandalia with a score of 183 out of a possible 200. There were over 150 sportsmen participating.