Monday, June 29, 2009
Looking Back: June 29
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The Roanoke Times
File c. 1900 These street railway employees participated in a Fourth of July parade in the early 1900s.
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1999 (10 years ago)
n "Roanoke City Mills, a plant that produces animal feed, closed Wednesday, ending its parent company's stake in the feed-producing business. The mill's parent company, Mennel Milling Co., will transfer feed production to Richmond-based Southern States Cooperative Inc. today."
n "The Art Museum of Western Virginia's newest paintings -- 'Across the Park' by Childe Hassam, 'Woodchopper in the Adirondacks' by Winslow Homer and 'Portrait of Miss T' by Irving Ramsay Wiles -- were formally unveiled Thursday afternoon."
n "Explore Park is almost ready to take to the water. The park's batteau, a replica of an 18th-century cargo boat used for transporting crops and merchandise and one of several projects under way at the Roanoke County park, will debut later this summer."
1984 (25 years ago)
n "Jane Hough well remembers the May 1972 Salem City Council election ... it was the year she became the first woman to serve on the five-member governing body."
n "A man who was given the choice of marrying his girlfriend or going to prison for violating his probation has finally gotten married."
n "Hollins and Mary Washington college officials, among several campuses sought as the setting for a spicy television soap opera, have said thanks, but no thanks to the producers."
1959 (50 years ago)
n "The oldest new car dealer in Roanoke has moved shop to opposite Victory Stadium. Jarrett-Chewning Co., Studebaker dealer since 1921, has been moving into a new $40,000 building at 1854 South Jefferson St., for more than two weeks."
n " 'The Roanoke Valley Homemaker,' a 'slick' magazine with 80 pages projected in the initial issue, will appear Aug. 1."
n "A stellar all-star card featuring nine wrestlers and eight matches is on tap for Tuesday night at Victory Stadium."
n "A new daily water consumption record was set in Roanoke yesterday, the previous mark of a week ago having been shattered by more than a million gallons."
n "Construction of a $5 million Roanoke Valley civic center, proposed by the Roanoke Chamber of Commerce yesterday, has drawn comment ranging from tepid to enthusiastic."
n "Roanoke is not the only community with a farm inside its corporate limits. Salem has two -- the farms of the Baptist and Lutheran Children's Homes."
n "The Town of Vinton has completed a $4,500 improvement project at its public swimming pool."
n "Modern folk don't kick up their heels enough on Independence Day. This is the opinion of a good many Roanoke and Salem people who, during their younger days, turned the Fourth of July into the year's most important occasion."
n "The Sigma Nu rock, the founding site of the fraternity 90 years ago, was uncovered yesterday on the VMI campus."
1934 (75 years ago)
n "Last year umpires made a dollar to officiate at baseball games in leagues sponsored by the city recreation department. This year they're subject to the cut of 7 1-2 percent, and get 92 cents a game."
n "For the second successive day the thermometer here, at 2 o'clock, registered 101 degrees. Roanokers sweated and squirmed, going to extremes in an effort to cool off."
n "Only about one-sixth of the population of Roanoke county is listed on the voting list for this year."
n "Paul Brammer, Roanoke's happy marble champion, today was nosed out of the national marble tournament here, but his mibs shooting skill threw the eastern United States championship into a tie."
n "The first bottle of whiskey detected in the mails at the post office since legalized liquor returned to Virginia was discovered yesterday afternoon, and postal officials were somewhat at a loss as to the disposition to be made of the package."
n "Roanoke now has a brother and sister act in links circles just like the famous Harper combination of Portsmouth. The golfing Smitheys, Louis P and Miss Nellie, are doing their bit in local golfdom."
n "One of the largest and most colorful parades in the history of Roanoke will start from the city market square at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow."
1909 (100 years ago)
n "Devoting only seven minutes to the session, the joint meeting of council called for last evening was held and by the shortness of the time created a precedent which will likely not be equaled in a long time."
n "A force of workmen commenced work this morning on the Virginian depot here [in Salem], which will be erected just opposite the passenger station of the N & W."
n "With a payroll of something like $15,000 a month when operations are on in full, the new iron ore and coal development in Botetourt county promises to give Roanoke great benefits."
n "Judges complete count of millions of votes cast for candidates in The Roanoke Times' and The Evening News' [popularity] contest, and announce the names of the winners. Miss Estelle White gets one of the automobiles. ... Nine-year-old Michael S. Kipps, of Prices Fork, Montgomery county, captures the other machine. The Buicks were valued at $1050 each."
n "Roanoke fans were all on tip toe yesterday over the arrival in the city of A. J. Sharadin, the young pitcher from Pennsylvania, who is accounted a good worker with the leather."
n "According to an edict issued by Mayor Cutchin the shooting of fire crackers and such will be permitted Monday, the fifth, from sun up till ten o'clock that night, so Young America will be permitted to show just how much racket can be made."
n "The Fourth of July will be observed by almost everybody Monday. This year the Fourth falls on Sunday and by general agreement the holiday is placed on Monday so that the observance of the Sabbath and Independence Day may not in any way conflict."
n A headline in the July 4th newspaper: "Landmark gone not forgotten. Historic old Rorer Hall now being razed, has a history that will last."
