75 Years Ago

Thursday, October 11, 1950 Samuel Gibson has broken ground for a nice two-story house on his lots in Hamilton Field....

Thursday, October 5, 1950 AIRPLANE WRECK On Saturday afternoon about 4 o’clock, Russell Eitzwiler and Dwight Blu-baugh, of Mt. Vernon,...

Thursday, September 28, 1950 My fellow countrymen, it is an American of the lower order who does not go out...

Thursday, September 21, 1950 BIRTHDAY Mrs. Maggie J. Hannah, of Bucks Mountain, celebrated her 90th birthday at her home on...

Thursday, September 14, 1950 Of late weeks, by reason of the Hill relationship reunion, my attention has been somewhat centered...

Thursday, September 7, 1950 And they murmured against Moses and Aaron. Nagging, snapping, sniping, bickering politics in high places, dupes...

Thursday, August 31, 1950 Not all trouble is found in town; the farm still has its tribulations and trials. My...

Thursday, August 24, 1950 FIRE AT FAIR One of the horse stables at the Pocahontas County Fair was destroyed by...

Thursday, August 17, 1950 It is not the usual thing for merchant to cancel an order for newspaper advertising space...

Thursday, August 10, 1950 MERCHANTS MEETING The Pocahontas County Merchants Association held its annual election of officers in a meeting...

Thursday, August 3, 1950 HILL REUNION A reunion of the descendants of Richard Hill, the pioneer, will be held at...

Thursday, July 27, 1950 LOCAL MENTION Rev. J. C. McLaughlin and son, William, of Keyser, are camping at the Buckley...

Thursday, July 20, 1950 FIELD NOTES Damon Landis brought in several mussels from Hughes River. This is over about Smithburg,...

Thursday, July 13, 1950 EARLY CHAMPION OF FREEDOMS For hundreds of years and for all nations, William Tell has symbolized...

Thursday, July 7, 1950 BIRTHDAY PARTY Mrs. Moffett Williams entertained several of her young friends Sunday afternoon. The occasion was...

Thursday, June 30, 1950 Sunday, just before dark, the Greenbrier River, at Marlinton, came down several feet deep in a...

Thursday, June 22, 1950 GREEN BANK GRADUATES Eighth Grade Donna Cathern Brubaker, Aleida Dawn Cromer, Patricia Jean Gum, Patricia Ann...

Thursday, June 15, 1950 FIELD NOTES Smith Vaughan, of Caesar Mountain, brought in a water beetle, also known as the...

Thursday, June 7, 1950 Hambletonian’s Family Tree Hambletonian, famous trotter, was the son of Abdallah and a crippled cast-off known...

Thursday, June 1, 1950 One of the trips last week was up to the town of Durbin. The occasion was...