| Life fact | Information |
|---|---|
| Full name | Edward White Lauck |
| Born | November 1, 1899, in Luray, Virginia |
| Parents | William Carl Lauck and Annie Rhodes Grayson |
| Spouse | Lucy Berneice Lee |
| Child | Sally Ann Lauck |
| Principal role | Publisher and editor of the Page News and Courier |
| Military service | Students Auxiliary Training Corps during World War I; honorably discharged in 1919 |
| Religious affiliation | Main Street Baptist Church |
Genealogy of Edward White Lauck
This genealogical account was constructed from the family information contained in the biography below. No relationships or life facts have been added from outside sources.
Edward White Lauck was born November 1, 1899, in Luray, Virginia, a son of William Carl Lauck and Annie Rhodes Grayson. His father died July 28, 1934, and his mother died March 8, 1945.
On April 23, 1932, at Birmingham, Alabama, Edward married Lucy Berneice Lee, a daughter of Pigot Hamilton Lee and Annie Allen. Edward and Lucy had one daughter, Sally Ann Lauck, born May 28, 1934.
Family outline
Edward White Lauck
- Father: William Carl Lauck
- Mother: Annie Rhodes (Grayson) Lauck
- Wife: Lucy Berneice Lee
- Daughter: Sally Ann Lauck
Source
This biography appeared in History of the Shenandoah Valley: Family and Personal Records, Volume III (Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1952), pages 44-45.
Verbatim biography
The following is a faithful transcription of the original biography. OCR errors have been corrected against the printed page images, but the original wording, spelling, grammar, punctuation, and factual claims have not been rewritten.
EDWARD WHITE LAUCK—The Lauck name has been identified with the “Page News and Courier”, of Luray, Virginia, over an exceptionally long period. This newspaper has witnessed the passing of many a publication, for the journalistic graveyard of the Shenandoah Valley has received numerous defunct journalistic enterprises down through the eighty-three years that the Luray newspaper has served the people of Page County. Its present publisher and editor, Edward White Lauck, followed his father in these activities, and since 1936 has directed its destinies. He is a college man and graduate engineer, who quit his connection with the steel industry to take over the responsibilities of a town paper. His record attests to his abilities and success in his field of endeavor.
A native of Luray, Virginia, born on November 1, 1899, Edward White Lauck is the son of William Carl and Annie Rhodes (Grayson) Lauck, both of whom are deceased. His mother passed away on March 8, 1945. His father, whose record accompanies this sketch, died on July 28, 1934. The son of this record was prepared for higher education in the Luray High School, class of 1916, and entered the Virginia Military Institute, from which he was graduated a Bachelor of Science in 1921. During this period he had been a member of the Students Auxiliary Training Corps, World War I, receiving his honorable discharge in 1919. He is likewise a graduate Civil Engineer, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, in 1922.
From the university, Mr. Lauck entered the employ of the Republic Steel Corporation in its Norfolk, Virginia, branch office. Four years later he became assistant manager of the Greensboro, North Carolina, branch of this same company, remaining from 1926 to 1928, when he transferred to the Memphis, Tennessee, branch of the corporation. He was serving as district manager in 1936, when he decided to return to Luray, and take over the publishing of the “Page News and Courier.”
This journal of ancient and honorary record is the successor to the “Page Courier,” founded in 1867, and the “Page News,” launched in 1881. The two were combined in 1911 under the present title. It was purchased by William Carl Lauck, who died in 1934, and about two years after his demise, Edward White Lauck assumed the management and ownership of the business. Either by inherited talents or the ability to adjust himself to an enterprise for which he had not been prepared by formal or technical education and experience, Mr. Lauck has made good in a most difficult field. He publishes a weekly newspaper that lives up to its slogan, “Devoted to the Best Interests of Page County.” He sees to it that the journal not only chronicles current events—national, State and local—with constructive editorial comment, but makes his paper an exemplar of good printing and attractive format that has won repute with Virginia colleagues and competitors. The “Page News and Courier” maintains a large and thoroughly modern press and equipment that does an exceptionally large commercial printing trade.
Mr. Lauck is an active member of the Virginia Press Association and the National Editorial Association. He is a director of the North Virginia Power Company, of the Page Valley National Bank, and serves on the Board of the Virginia Department of Conservation and Development and the Luray Park Board. He is independent in politics, promoting the nomination of sound candidates to public office with little regard to their political affiliations. He is a former president and is a member of the Luray Chamber of Commerce, and is similarly a president and member of the Luray Rotary Club. His college fraternity is Alpha Tau Omega. Mr. Lauck belongs to the Main Street Baptist Church, where he taught a Bible class for a number of years. Ever the weight of his personal and newspaper influence is on the side of progressive measures for the community and the generous support of humanitarian projects.
On April 23, 1932, at Birmingham, Alabama, Edward White Lauck married Lucy Berneice Lee of this city, daughter of Pigot Hamilton and Annie (Allen) Lee. Mr. and Mrs. Lauck are the parents of a daughter: Sally Ann, born May 28, 1934.