Today In History

November 29, 1962 — Four seniors who played first string basketball last year will lead the action for the Luray Bulldogs in varsity basketball. Wayne Yowell and Hudson Harlin have both shown much improvement in […]

November 28, 1889 — On Friday morning, while Kaywood, a little son of Mr. John Henry, who lives northwest of Luray, was driving a horse, attached to a wagon through town, the horse became unmanageable, […]

November 27, 1991 — The Luray Town Council’s decision to explore a meals tax appears to have delayed the county’s action for the time being. On Election Day, a county meals tax referendum passed 2,833- […]

November 26, 1964 — The Pentecostal Holiness Church at Shenandoah has acquired the property of the defunct Apostle Free Gospel Mission. The property includes a church and two lots of 250 by 180 feet in […]

November 25, 1965 — Two local teenage boys found out the hard way last week in Page County Court that it is expensive to race automobiles on the highways. Judge Mark D. Woodward found the […]

November 24, 1887 — The Luray and Sperryville Telephone Company held its annual meeting in Oriole Hall last Thursday. Fifty-five of the 60 shares of stock were represented. The affairs of the company were found […]