75 Years Ago

Thursday, January 29, 1948 Postmaster Kerth Nottingham has received notice from the Department that Spanish Prisoner Swindle letters are again...

Thursday, January 22, 1948 Eight and ten degrees be-low zero in Marlinton Monday morning, with tempera- ture as cold as...

Thursday, January 15, 1948 STORE SOLD Forrest Burner, of Arbovale, has bought the big stock of merchandise from John S....

Thursday, January 8, 1948 Of course, we do forget, but I still hold to it that I never heard such...

Thursday, January 1, 1947 FATAL SHOOTING Mrs. Sarah Loving, wife of Ryan Loving, is dead of a gunshot wound in...

Thursday, December 25, 1947 Among the students home from college for the holidays are Mr. and Mrs. Charles Edward McElwee,...

Thursday, December 18, 1947 Hunter Hively, of the United States Navy, son of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Hively, of...

Thursday, December 11, 1947 Over in the Tea Creek country last week, a party of visiting hunters killed one powerful...

Thursday, December 4, 1947 If your luck is right, game is always plentiful. A cousin from the South Branch came...

Thursday, November 27, 1947 Mr. and Mrs. John Hively, of near Dunmore, have been notified by the War Department that...

Thursday, November 20, 1947 J. W. Small was in town last Saturday to claim bounty on a big wildcat. He...

Thursday, November 13, 1947 BIG CORN The champion corn raiser of this big area is Milburn Sharp, on the Jerico...

Thursday, November 6, 1947 The big Halloween community party in Marlinton, sponsored by the Town Council, the Volunteer Fire Department...

Thursday, October 30, 1947 MILL BURNS The big sawmill of the Republic Lumber Company near the tannery in Marlinton burned...

Thursday, October 23, 1947 The last meeting was over to the University to attend the annual meeting of the West...

Thursday, October 16, 1947 FIELD NOTES One squirrel hunting day, friend and neighbor George Smith, of the post office, betook...

Thursday, October 9, 1947 FIELD NOTES Leonard Sharp, of Laurel Creek, brings in a branch from a pear tree, hanging...

Thursday, October 2, 1947 State Stock Round-Up The 17th annual West Virginia Livestock Round-up was highly successful. It was the...

Thursday, September 25, 1947 Deep Freeze Temperatures of 28 degrees and lower in Pocahontas County on Tuesday morning. No particular...

Thursday, September 18, 1947 Mr. and Mrs. Charles Edward McElwee, Sammy Brill, Miss Joan Sharp and Arnold Weiford are among...