75 Years Ago

Thursday, January 21, 1950 Another Killing Guy Barnes, aged 40 years, died of knife wounds Sunday afternoon, and Alice Knapper...

Thursday, January 12, 1950 FIELD NOTES One of those hot days of last week, Garland Gum killed a big rattlesnake...

Thursday, January 5, 1950 I saw in the daily newspapers that ten thousand scientists were told in their recent meeting...

Thursday, December 29, 1949 TO CHICAGO For the National 4-H Club Congress By Moffett McNeel, Jr., Friday, November 25, I...

Thursday, December 22, 1949 FIELD NOTES The other night, the dogs at the home of W. O. Ruckman, near Mill...

Thursday, December 15, 1949 A capacity audience heard the fine Christmas Cantata well rendered by the young people of the...

Thursday, December 8, 1949 BIG FIRE On Thursday afternoon, the big sawmill of W. W. Harper and Son on Stamping...

Thursday, December 1, 1949 OUR COUNTY AGENT TOPS Morgantown – In the Extension Animal Husbandry Programs Contest for county agents,...

Thursday, November 24, 1949 TOO MUCH Drink costs the American people too much. It causes too many alcoholics – hundreds...

Thursday, November 17, 1949 Against my advice and without my consent, the Town Council of Marlinton, by a divided vote,...

Thursday, November 10, 1949 ANOTHER SCORPION Dear Editor; Reading your article in the November 3, issues of The Pocahontas Times,...

Thursday, November 3, 1949 HUNTING ACCIDENT Wallace Underwood, aged 15 years, lost his left hand in a hunting accident Monday...

Thursday, October 29, 1949 BEARS Carl and Keith Wooddell and some of the neighbors on Elk killed about the biggest...

Thursday, October 22, 1949 STARTING UP The Marlinton Tannery began laying hides last Friday after two weeks slacking off. The...

Thursday, October 14, 1949 No Sunday Movies Yet At a continued meeting of the Town Council Monday night, the matter...

Thursday, October 6, 1949 Sunday Movie Agitated Again At the Town Council on Monday night, all unbeknown to us all,...

Thursday, September 29, 1949 Weston – Top winner in the State 4-H Sheep Shearing contest was Moffet McNeel, Jr., of...

Thursday, September 22, 1949 This week, French Johnson and Lanty Gilmore will be getting their steel house ready for their...

Thursday, September 15, 1949 FROSTS Frosts and even freezes were here in our county last week. Not much damage as...

Thursday, September 8, 1949 LEGAL HOLIDAYS As this is written on a Friday morning, it is proper to put down...