Looking Back

10 years ago: April 22, 1998

The cost for a new 16-inch water line that would surround the perimeter of the City of Waynesboro was estimated at $1.2 million.

Burke County Commissioner Frank Williams recommended that a member of the commission be appointed to the Burke County Development Authority. He said the commission was not being kept well informed by the authority.

25 years ago: April 20, 1983

A University of Georgia expert was brought in to help determine a solution for weed problems in Jones Lake. He recommended digging out the lake to no less than 3 feet at any location and introducing grass-eating carp into the lake.

Frank Agerton was the winner of a mini Corvette at the grand opening of Stewart Chevrolet-Oldsmobile.

50 years ago: April 24, 1958

The Waynesboro Development Corporation sold $20,000 worth of stock in an effort to raise $50,000 to be used to attract new industry to the city.

Marine 2nd Lt. Frank Griffin was taking part in a five-week maneuver in Puerto Rico.

Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Bevan announced the engagement of their daughter Marianne to Mr. Claude William Hopper Jr.

75 years ago: April 28, 1933

The Edmund Burke Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution announced that markers would be placed on the new Peach Orchard Road designating it as the "George Washington Highway." The markers would memorialize Washington's visit here 102 years earlier.

Almost 2,000 acres of crops near Midville were badly damaged by a hail storm and required replanting.