Out Of The Past

50 Years Ago

Oct. 17, 1973

Work began on a $1.4 million project at Washington and Lee University to construct 40 student apartments located in the Woods Creek area of the campus. - Two hundred twenty walkers took part in the CROP walk for the hungry. The 10-mile walk began at Lexington High School and ended at Glen Maury Park. - Professional snake handler Doc Walls brought his pit of angry rattlers to the Macks store in Lexington for a three-day event.

20 Years Ago

Oct. 22, 2003

Former Lexington City Manager John Doane took time during a visit home to talk to Claudia Schwab about his experiences working as a consultant for the U.S. State Department in Iraq trying to make the government work. - George Whiting was set to auction off 73 years worth of collecting Civil War memorabilia. His interest in the Civil War began when he was a boy unearthing artifacts from the war at his Culpeper farm.