75 Years Ago

Thursday, April 24, 1947 Our Men in Service Private James Y. Pritchard, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Pritchard,...

Thursday, April 17, 1947 The past week, there have been in Pocahontas County a number of state trappers who have...

Thursday, April 10, 1947 FIELD NOTES Last Sunday, Charles Edward Hogsett, son of Mrs. Charles Hogsett, aged 11 years, of...

Thursday, April 3, 1947 Greenbank Girl Honored Miss Jeanne Sheets, a junior in Greenbank High School, was elected national vice-president...

Thursday, March 27, 1947 NEW DENTIST Dr. J. M. Mallow, of Petersburg, has opened a dentist office in the Rexrode...

Thursday, March 20, 1947 FIELD NOTES Judge Gathright and Mr. Cover were over from Hickory Lodge on Jacksons River, one...

Thursday, March 13, 1947 THE WEATHER February 20 to March 10, the schools of Pocahontas County were shut down by...

Thursday, March 6, 1947 Mrs. and Mrs. Harlow Waugh have received the news that their son, Major Meade L. Waugh,...

Thursday, February 27, 1947 THE WEATHER For the sake of the record, let it be put down that about sixteen...

Thursday, February 20, 1947 LOCAL MENTION Corporal Esco C. Johnson, who after serving four and a half years in the...

Thursday, February 13, 1947 The weather for February has been one cold wave after another, with more promised from up...

Thursday, February 6, 1947 FIELD NOTES R. L. Shrader and the rest of the fox hunters on Browns Mountain at...

Thursday, January 30, 1947 There have been 15 cases of rabies treated at the Weston Hospital and 12 farmers in...

Thursday, January 23, 1947 Some Liquor Costs December 5 was the thirteenth anniversary of the repeal of the prohibition of...

Thursday, January 16, 1947 Along The Way By Susan A. Price, M. D. In a certain shop in this city...

Thursday, January 9, 1947 While Dick Hume was out hunting near Williamsburg last week, he aimed at a large wild...

Thursday, January 2, 1947 Christmas and New Year’s are on us once again. Seems like is is just one thing...

Thursday, December 26, 1946 Our Army and Navy Boys Clyde Lester Varner, 25, radioman, third class, husband of Mrs. Lula...

Thursday, December 19, 1946 Our Army and Navy Boys Linz, Austria – Sgt. Eugene P. Dilley, son of Hev-ener Dilley,...

Thursday, December 12, 1946 Neighbors in the Greenbank community report hearing a panther scream in the Cranberry bog back of...