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- 1913 – Start of class reunions at the University of Virginia. The message, mailed out by the Class of 1908, read “From June 14th to June 18th, 1913, the old University will be the scene of the first real live Reunion that’s ever been pulled off at Virginia. Every man who left in 1908, whether a graduate or not, is a member of the Class of 1908 and is expected to be there with bells on. THIS MEANS YOU!” The classes of 1907, 1909, 1911 and 1912 were also invited to the event. Each class wore its own costume to participate in “elaborate high jinks on Lambeth Field, and the whole reunion reached its climax with a monumental barbecue,” wrote Virginius Dabney, alumnus, historian and longtime editor of the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
- 1916 – The Daily Progress reported "Mr. I. S. Huffman, a popular merchant, near Proffit, sustained a painful and peculiar accident, several days ago. While opening a can of rat exterminator, in his store, the lid suddenly flew off, with a report heard some distance, striking him in the left eye and rendering him temporarily blind".