75 Years Ago

Thursday, October 25, 1951 Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Copenhaver and family of six children are in town on two weeks’...

Thursday, October 18, 1951 HILLSBORO Friends and relatives by the hundreds gathered at the fine old country estate of J....

Thursday, October 11, 1951 VISIT BACK HOME On August 19, 1951, in company with Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Kelley,...

Thursday, October 4, 1951 OUR BOYS AND GIRLS IN SERVICE Oliver D. Baker, now serving overseas, sent the following letter...

Thursday, September 27, 1951 OUR BOYS AND GIRLS IN SERVICE Three Pocahontas men recently enlisted in the United States Navy....

Thursday, September 20, 1951 L. O. Simmons, of Marlinton, celebrated his 77th birthday at his home here on Sunday, September...

Thursday, September 13, 1951 On August 26, George F. Alderman, Neil D. Alderman, Mr. and Mrs. Origin Underwood and their...

Thursday, September 8, 1951 OUR BOYS AND GIRLS IN SERVICE Corporal Clive A. Alderman Jr. is spending a two-week furlough...

Thursday, August 31, 1951 FARM NEWS The Pocahontas 4-H Livestock Judging Team took first place in the annual State 4-H...

Thursday, August 23, 1951 OUR ARMY AND NAVY BOYS Karl Pritt is home on a 30-day furlough with his parents,...

Thursday, August 16, 1951 OUR ARMY AND NAVY BOYS Word has been received that Willis Hansford, son of Mrs. M....

Thursday, August 9, 1951 Edden Hammonds, the mountain music man, from off Grassy Creek in Webster County, was in town...

Thursday, August 2, 1951 BURNING THE ROAD In its “30 Years Ago” column, the West Virginia News reprinted this interesting...

Thursday, July 25, 1951 The hardware store of C. J. Richardson was one of 48 stores in the states of...

Thursday, July 19, 1951 ARBOVALE CEMETERY It has been said, “The grave levels all.” “Here the matron and the maid...

Thursday, July 12, 1951 FIELD NOTES One of my Underwood friends from off Beaver Creek asked me to tell him...

Thursday, July 4, 1951 Here it is, the Fourth of July again. The word in season is for us to...

Thursday, June 28, 1951 FIELD NOTES John Coyner brought in a number of snapshots which show the cost of fox...

Thursday, June 21, 1951 Among the young people from Marlinton Presbyterian Church attending Young Peoples Conference at Davis and Elkins...

Thursday, June 14, 1951 G. M. Sharp, of Knapps Creek, brought in a copy of one of the few special...