Fifty Years Ago in The Pocahontas Times

Thursday, November 13, 1975 1854 RETAIL RULES The following set of employee rules set up by an American store in...

Thursday, November 6, 1975 Mrs. Libby Rexrode was showing us a small silver loving cup trophy for the 1928 Girls...

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Thursday, October 23, 1975 There was an accumulation of about a half an inch of snow on the ground at...

Thursday, October 16, 1975 CASS TRAIN Sunday was a record-breaking day for the Cass Scenic Railroad. A total of 1,900...

Thursday, October 9, 1975 Snow Snowshoe had snow last Thursday, as did some other sections. Temperature of 20 degrees on...

Thursday, October 2, 1975 PCHS Homecoming The Queen of the Sixth Annual Homecoming of Pocahontas County High School will be...

Thursday, September 25, 1975 The Monarch butterflies were migrating during the sunny weekend. A report or two on wooly worms....

Thursday, September 18, 1975 Joe Akers, of Mechanicsville, Virginia, has purchased the Arthur Fox prop- erty at Mountain Grove and...

Thursday, September 11, 1975 STORM Friday night brought an unusual electric storm with wind and rain. The lightning seemed to...

Thursday, September 4, 1975 There were no bidders in the Kumbrabow timber sale last week. The state foresters were somewhat...

­Thursday, August 28, 1975 We don’t write obituaries as they used to. Here is an interesting sample from an old...

Thursday, August 24, 1975 “There Ain’t No G in Marlinton” A smart and stylish man was he, He had a...

Thursday, August 14, 1975 SNEAKY SNAKES What do you do when a copperhead snake bites you? Ask Joe Crockett, of...

Thursday, August 7, 1975 Marlinton Volunteer Fire Department Report In September 1974, the County Court Ambulance Committee requested this Department...

Thursday, July 31, 1975 POCAHONTAS COUNTY LIBRARY Dear Friends, No longer is the good ship, The Pocahontas County Free Library,...

Thursday, July 24, 1975 STATE MINIMUM WAGE Effective July 1, 1975, employers covered by West Virginia’s minimum wage law must...

Thursday, July 17, 1975 PIONEER DAYS Just about everybody and his brother made it to town for Pioneer Days, and...

Thursday, July 10, 1975 MISS POCAHONTAS A new Miss Pocahontas to reign throughout the coming year will be selected from...

Thursday, July 3, 1975 CAVER KILLED Allen G. Tracy, 23, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, died from injuries received when he...