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Hi There! I'm going to put together a blog here about my father, Mayor John W. Shultz, and hope that those of you reading these words will appreciate the wonderful impact he had on the community of Martinsville, Virginia in the 1950s. As you may probably know, my name is Rick Shultz, or rather, technically, John W. Shultz, Jr., although nobody that I can remember ever called me "Junior".  I've been putting together a few blogs over the last couple of years about myself, the cars I've owned (that are now worth astronomical amounts), and most importantly, my grandchildren, the children of my first-born son, John M. Shultz, currently residing in the Dallas, Texas area. But this blog is going to be about my father, John W. Shultz or "Johnny Shultz" who was Mayor of Martinsville, Virginia in the 1950s. On the right here is a snapshot of my dad that I recently received from my friend, Desmond Kendrick, the curator of the Martinsville-Henry County Heri...