Today In History

April 15, 1965 — Chosen winner of the Miss Page County contest sponsored by the Stanley Lions Club at the Luray High School last Saturday night was Miss Jeanne Thomas, a 17-year-old senior at Page […]

April 14, 1966 — Major Donald E. Keyhoe, of Luray and Washington, D.C., was one of the guests Monday on “To Tell the Truth” program. The program presents a panel which gives questions to three […]

April 13, 1911 — The Board of Supervisors met last week to receive the bids on the Alma bridge. There were eight bids received, running from $11,030 to $15,940. All were referred to the State Highway […]

April 12, 1962 — The Luray Ruritans presented their jolly, happy-go-lucky “Womanless Wedding” and “MaleBeautyContest”at Page County High School last Friday evening. As in past performances the audience was kept in animated suspense. The cast […]

April 11, 1889 — Notwithstanding the beautiful weather of the previous week and the general belief that winter had given place to spring, last Saturday witnessed one of the severest snowstorms ever seen in this […]

April 10, 1986 — The Luray A&P Food Store is among 26 stores in the supermarket chain reportedly marked for closing, according to a report in the Harrisonburg Daily News-Record Wednesday. A story by the […]