Weekly Salute To A Veteran
Edward Franklin Alger
PageValleyNews.com salutes EDWARD FRANKLIN ALGER for his service in the United States Army.
Month: October 2023
Pet Of The Week News
Meet Salem!
~ Submitted by the Page County Animal Shelter Page Valley News highlights adoptable pets from the Page County Animal Shelter to showcase their personality. This is Salem! Salem is an approximately 3-month-old male. He has been […]
High Schools
Bulldogs put up fight against Clarke despite lopsided score
By Randy Arrington LURAY, Oct. 27 — The struggling Bulldogs of Luray were within one yellow flag and a bad snap from being tied 7-7 at halftime with a talented Clarke County team in Friday […]
Today In History
Mt. Zion cleans up ‘dumping place’
October 29, 1964 — Members of the Mount Zion Church of the Brethren, three miles south of Luray, decided to do something about the unsightly appearance of the roadside leading to the church. For years […]
Today In History
Shot himself instead of the rats
October 28, 1887 — Mr. Isaac S. Comer, son of Geo. H. Comer, Esq., who lives on the Hawksbill, near Stony Man, inflicted a painful wound on the forefinger of his left hand one day last […]
Today In History
26 pounds of rats
October 27, 1887 — Capt. M.V.B. Kite marshaled his forces one evening last week and attacked a regiment of rats that had taken possession and gone into winter quarters in his mill near Marksville, this county. […]