Monday, March 02, 2009
Looking Back: March 2
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The Roanoke Times
File 1909 Virginia Military Institute's cadets marched in the presidential inaugural parade for President Taft on March 4, 1909.
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1999 (10 years ago)
"Roanoke's best-known cheapnik chef, Laban Johnson, died Tuesday at the age of 56."
"Roanoke County school officials have won the first battle over the proposed site for a new high school ... that has been debated for a decade. Turning aside objections from several nearby residents, the county Planning Commission voted Tuesday night to recommend that a special-use permit be granted for the 1,000-student school to be built on the Woods End site."
"So what's next on the menu for Virginia Tech in the Atlantic 10 Conference men's basketball tournament? A Philadelphia cheesesteak? The Hokies only wish. Nope, Tech's next noon lunch date is something meaner than a South Philly junkyard guard dog. Temple."
"It's amazing what 1,600 feet can mean in the world of weather. While residents of Roanoke calmly watched the Monica Lewinsky interview Wednesday evening, folks on Bent Mountain were battling what some longtime residents are calling a blizzard."
"Roanoke Valley movie buffs: Hold onto your popcorn. A 16-screen, 2,900-seat movie theater has been proposed for the Valley View Mall area in Roanoke."
"Finding that Congress overreached its authority to fight domestic violence, a federal appeals court ruled Friday that a provision of the Violence Against Women Act -- which allowed a woman to sue two Virginia Tech football players she said raped her -- is unconstitutional."
1984 (25 years ago)
"When Phyllis Spiegel of Salem eats lunch with President Reagan next week, she plans to ask him who is his strongest opponent in the fall election. ... [She] is one of six Girl Scouts from Virginia invited to Washington to dine with the Reagans ... on the 72nd anniversary of Girl Scouting."
"Roanoke is taking steps to decrease the possibility of collisions involving fire trucks, including a directive that fire truck drivers stop at all red lights and stop signs."
1959 (50 years ago)
"Roanoke College's husky swimmers didn't treat their coach very ladylike yesterday. Just after the Maroons had won the Little Eight championship ... the squad members grabbed Miss Frances Ramser and tossed her, clothes and all, into the pool."
"Soprano Camilla Williams gave a concert at Addison High School last night that was an evening of pure joy -- one of those rare occasions when it is possible to float blissfully away on wings of song."
"A teen-age beauty charged with robbing a Las Vegas, Nev., bank yesterday lived in Roanoke for a month earlier this year."
"City school children stayed away from their desks in droves all week. Colds, flu, different brands of measles plus chicken pox are responsible, say principals."
1934 (75 years ago)
"March, it appeared, was going to come in like a lamb -- until 11:30, when sleet began to fall."
"Fire believed to have originated from the furnace practically destroyed the six-room Mt. Pleasant school building on the Franklin turnpike."
" 'Lynn Bari,' former Roanoker who was one of 24 girls given movie contracts yesterday by Fox Films, and assigned to the studio's stock company, is Marjorie Bitzer, who used to live on Walnut Hill."
1909 (100 years ago)
"A rather good looking white woman, about 25 years of age, was arrested Monday evening by Detective Mayfield and lodged in the city jail."
"Three manipulators of the bottle were arrested last night by the police."
"The electric sign question in Roanoke continues to be the topic of conversation and many opinions are advanced as to the outcome of the matter."
"People out last night who happened to look towards Mill Mountain, were treated to a spectacle of a panoramic character. Crossing the mountain a stream of fire was seen, presenting a most pleasing picture."
"Times may be hard in some sections of the state, and business may be narrow but the building fever seems to have struck Roanoke to a marked degree."
