Looking Back

10 years ago: June 4, 1997

One-hundred thirty-thousand dollars was raised toward a goal of a half-million dollars for the new Augusta Tech campus to be built here. Major donors included Kwikset, Burke County Hospital, First National Bank and the Waynesboro Bank.

Fifty-five Burke County school students received merit certificates at the Georgia Student Media Festival in Hinesville.

25 years ago: June 9, 1982

A new Western Sizzlin' Steak House was under construction on South Liberty Street.

Tommy Dyke resigned as principal of Waynesboro Elementary School to accept a position at Lyons High School.

Herbert W. Mobley Jr. received a Bachelor of Arts from Davidson College. Susan Rockwell graduated from Converse College in Spartanburg, S.C. Cynthia Williams graduated with honors from the Medical College of Georgia with an associate degree in dental hygiene.

50 years ago: June 6, 1957

Jim Dandy Tractor Co., local dealer for Ford tractors, was bought by the newly created J&B Tractor Co. The new firm was started by H.H. Blanchard and Sammie Jenkins.

75 years ago: June 3, 1932

The Edmund Burke Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution urged the city to purchase the "Munnerlyn" house in Waynesboro. They urged the preservation of the house where George Washington spent the night in 1791.

A Chickamauga couple named their newborn son "Hoover Depression Walker."

The Burke County Hatchery advertised baby chicks for sale from $5 to $8 per 100.