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The Roanoke Times welcomes CornerShot submissions from its readers. Here are the guidelines:

Length: about 200 words
Topic: CornerShots can run the gamut, but we generally prefer unique and clever observations on the human experience.
No poetry, please.
Email your submission to extra@roanoke.com with your full name and hometown and “CornerShot” in the subject line. You can also mail submissions to Kathy Lu, CornerShot, The Roanoke Times, P.O. Box 2491, Roanoke, VA 24010.
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Mary Susan Goody Koontz | A reader in Radford

Saturday, September 7, 2013

Seventy-four years ago (1939) when the Hotel Roanoke’s Regency Room was built/renovated, I was a mere 10-year-old girl who matriculated at what was then Our Lady of Nazareth School.

My grandmother treated me to lunch at the newly refurbished hotel.

I shall never forget this special occasion for two reasons:

1. Each guest’s room had a built-in radio!

2. The newly carpeted ballroom had zippers on the carpet so it can be removed easily and swiftly for dancing.

I am still in utter amazement by these innovative and futuristic features.

The Roanoke Times article in February (about the remodeling of the hotel’s Regency Room) was right on and so reminiscent.

Saturday, September 14, 2013