75 Years Ago

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...

Thursday, September 11, 1947 While a Republican is not supposed to fish on Sunday, and the rest of us not...

Thursday, September 4, 1947 Edn Hammonds and I were moving around in circles of high culture up in Preston County...

Thursday, August 28, 1947 Theatre Fire Durbin – On Sunday night, August 24, the Derby Hat moving picture theatre at...

Thursday, August 21, 1927 SLATY FORK Harvesting is the order of the day. Crops are looking good; corn looks like...

Thursday, August 14, 1947 Wilfong, State Star Farmer, 1947 Albert Wilfong, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wilfong, of...

Thursday, August 7, 1947 STATE SHEEP SHOW A big feature of the Pocahontas county Fair next week will be the...

Thursday, July 31, 1947 In a thirty-acre field of dead ripe wheat, a combine was harvesting. Following the combine was...

Thursday, July 24, 1947 FIELD NOTES Fred Shinaberry, of Hunt-ersville, brought in a silver half dime, coined in the year...

Thursday, July 17, 1947 From Pennsylvania Dear Editor – Not long since, I was starting in my mind to build...

Thursday, July 10, 1947 Loses Arm On Thursday, July 3, Michael Gibson, aged 13 years, lost an arm in an...

Thursday, July 2, 1947 Our Army and Navy Boys Kenneth P. Forren, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Forren,...