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| | April 1999 Newsletter page 4, Surry County, Virginia, Historical Society and Museums, Inc. |
 | | On July 1, 1997, fifteen citizens of the town of Dendron met in the municipal building and organized a historical society to preserve and promote interest in the rich history of the town. |
 | | Several members and former citizens of Dendron have shared their memories of riding the train to Surry to the Fair, to Wakefield, and one recalled riding the train to Wakefield, changing trains to go to Petersburg, changing trains again to go to Richmond to go to the hospital to have his tonsils removed. |
 | | Dendron had two hotels, a post office, 18 stores, 5 churches, 2 schools, a jail, 2 banks, 2 doctors, a skating rink, a movie theater, and a number of non-Company owned businesses such as a drugstore, barber shops, garages, cleaning establishments, a poolroom, a restaurant, bakery, and ice-cream parlour. |
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