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Fifty Years Ago
For many years, The Pocahontas Times staff took a week’s vacation at the end of the year, so there was no paper.
To fill in, here are some items from:
Sixty Years Ago
Thursday, December 31, 1959
Candidates
First...
Fifty Years Ago
For many years, The Pocahontas Times staff took a week’s vacation at the end of the year.
To fill in, here are some items from:
Sixty Years Ago
Thursday, December 24, 1959
Missed
Dick Currence was always there...
Fifty Years Ago
Thursday, December 11, 1969
CHRISTMAS 1969
What Does It Mean to Us?
Sherman Markley, Pastor
Minnehaha Springs Methodist Church
A new Christmas Season is upon us and most of our hearts are filled with joy at the prospect of...
Fifty Years Ago
Thursday, December 11, 1969
Boys and Girls in Service
Rick Griffin is in Da Nang, Vietnam. Rick is the nephew of Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Weiford and attended Marlinton High School.
Major Eddie Faulknier arrived home Friday...
Fifty Years Ago
Thursday, December 4, 1969
HURRY
A Southern Airways DC-9 Jet is being chartered for a trip to Atlanta for the Peach Bowl Game between West Virginia and University of South Carolina December 30. The plane will...
Fifty Years Ago
Thursday, November 27, 1969
EARTHQUAKE
Many people experienced their first earthquake last Wednesday night a few seconds after 8:00 p.m. Windows rattled, lights shook, items moved. The center of the quake was located in Giles County,...
Fifty Years Ago
Thursday, November 20, 1969
Captain Marie Brown visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sydney Goodwyn, and sister, Joanne Goodwyn, recently. Her father flew to Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, to accompany her home. Captain Brown had...
Fifty Years Ago
Thursday, November 13, 1969
Carrying On
Two former graduates of Marlinton High School have been exhibiting their skills at football. Bernard Smith, 1962, and Bill Hockenberry, 1958, both pharmacists in Point Pleasant, coached one of the...