For the winners list:  Click here for the 2011 Giblet Jog results!

It was a beautiful day for the 5th Annual Abbott Nutrition Giblet Jog 5k!  The results are in and posted:  Click here for the 2011 Giblet Jog results!

Thursday, December 8th, 7pm

2011 Entry Form

Organization Indemnity

Individual Indemnity

Altavista Art & Antiques

Local art, antiques, primitives,

collectibles and much more!!

623 Broad St., Altavista!!  Hours:

Tuesday and Wednesday- 11am-6pm

Thursday and Friday- 11am-7pm

Saturdays- 10am-5pm

*Click here for additional upcoming events in the Altavista area...

You can find out more about Altavista at the following links:

Town of Altavista

Altavista Area Chamber of Commerce

Business One Stop 

Uncle Billy's Day

Campbell County, VA

National Trust for Historic Preservation

Virginia Main Street Program 

The scene is of Main Street Altavista, circa '40s, depicting Jimmy's Café, It was painted from an actual photograph taken during that time. The prints are priced at $30.00 each on high quality archival paper. The print may be viewed and purchased at the Medicine Shoppe, Altavista Art and Antiques, AOT Office on 2nd floor of Town Hall and will be for sale at the Giblet Jog on Thanksgiving Day at English Park. Start your holiday shopping early and take advantage of this nostalgic and affordable gift idea.

Jimmy's Cafe

The scene depicted in this print is from approximately 1947/48 taken on Main Street in Altavista, VA. The owners, Mr. and Mrs. James L. Thomas (Mary Driskill), opened their first restaurant in 1929/30 at 814 Main Street, then sold it to Mickey James in 1931, due to the depression. The couple moved to Washington, D.C., where Mr. Thomas became a bus driver. The family moved back to Altavista in 1945 and opened "Jimmy's Cafe" in the building presently housing "The General Store and Inn", seen in this print. At one point in 1950 for 30 to 60 days, the owners also fed the National Guardsmen. In 1965, the owners built a new restaurant directly across the street from this one. One year after it was built, a cafeteria was constructed in the lower level. During this time, for eight years, the Thomas' also served around 14,500 meals to passengers at the Southern Station. From 1967 - 1972, chaperoned dances for teenagers were held in the lower level each Saturday, with as many as 475 in attendance each Saturday evening. There were as many as thirty employees at the peak of the business, with one working from the second week of the opening to its closing in June 1975.

Altavista On Track is launching the sale of prints of "Jimmy's Cafe" painted in Warer Color by local artist Karen Blaesing. Read more....

Phase Three Founders Square Commemorative Bricks available for purchase!