Out Of The Past

50 Years Ago

July 17, 1974

Davis Motor Company became a Chrysler-Plymouth dealership operated by brothers John H. and R.K. Mast. - The Greenery, a boutique specializing in green plants and plant accessories, opened in the Old Main Street shopping mall. - John McDaniel, an assistant anthropology professor at Washington and Lee University, led a group of 15, including his wife, Nell Reeves, in an archaeological excavation at the site of the original Liberty Hall Academy.

20 Years Ago

July 21, 2004

Blasting began at the site of W&L’s new art and music academic building.

- Dave Wood, former general curator of the Mill Mountain Zoo in Roanoke, accepted a similar position with the Virginia Safari Park in Natural Bridge. Increases in the number of tourists visiting the park made it necessary to have a full-time curator. -A fire occurred at Mohawk Industries in Glasgow when a carpet that was being dried in an oven-type machine combusted.