Out Of The Past

50 Years Ago

Feb. 13, 1974

Lexington City Council endorsed a proposal that would require a 5-cent deposit on “no deposit, no return” bottles and cans and outlaw “pop top” cans entirely. Council agreed to the idea on the condition that the state requires establishment of recycling centers where consumers could receive refunds on their cans and bottles. - During renovation of the Moore building on Washington Street, site of the law offices of Henry J. Foresman and William C. Plott, a plastered- up stairwell was discovered as well as a cache of 19th century legal documents.

- Pop group The Association was slated to give a concert at Virginia Military Institute’s gymnasium. Tickets were $6.

20 Years Ago

Feb. 18, 2004

Glasgow entered the 21st century with the establishment of a town website, www. glasgowvirginia.org. - Buena Vista Mayor Harold Kidd was the recipient of Dabney S. Lancaster’s Medallion of Merit Award for his more than 40 years of public and governmental service to Buena Vista. - The Lexington Planning Commission approved plans presented by Washington and Lee University to move the old train station to the parking lot across from McLaughlin Street to make room for a 60,000-squarefoot art department facility.