Fifty Years Ago in The Pocahontas Times

Thursday, September 17, 1976 Nina Cutlip, of Droop, brought in an odd-looking bloom for identification. It has small hanging bulbous...

Thursday, September 9, 1976 Sirs; I am writing in regard to your railroad at Cass. I had the pleasure of...

Thursday, September 2, 1976 RECOGNITION Miss Ilean Walton has been the official river and rainfall comparative observer at Buckeye for...

Thursday, August 26, 1976 CLASS REUNION Green Bank High School Class of 1966 held a 10-year reunion over the Fourth...

Thursday, August 19, 1951 NEW HOPE LUTHERAN 100TH ANNIVERSARY New Hope Lutheran Church of Minnehaha Springs will celebrate its 100th...

Thursday, August 12, 1976 ALLEGHENY TRAIL It will be over a year before anyone may hike the full 210-mile distance...

Thursday, August 5, 1976 INDIAN DANCING COMPETITION Buckskin Scout Reservation will have Statewide Indian Dancing Competition Saturday night. The dances...

Thursday, July 29, 1976 There was spectacular lightening a few days last week, with very heavy rains. A tremendous old...

Thursday, July 23, 1976 LITTLE LEAGUE ALL STARS The Marlinton Little League All Star Team is scheduled to play Lewisburg...

Thursday, July 15, 1976 UNCLE SAM Who else but Uncle Sam to lead the Bicentennial Pioneer Days Parade! In a...

Thursday, July 8, 1976 FOURTH OF JULY It was a grand and glorious Bicentennial Fourth of July celebration in Marlinton...

Thursday, July 1, 1976 JULY 4th The Honorable Harley Staggers will speak at the Fourth of July Bicentennial Celebration Sunday...

Thursday, June 24, 1976 Stanley Green, of Frost, caught a 23 1/2 inch brown trout in the Allan Sheets swimming...

Thursday, June 17, 1976 PIONEER DAYS In the Marlinton United Methodist Church at 3 p.m. Friday, Pioneer Days will present...

Thursday, June 10, 1976 CHAUTAUGUA The Greenbrier Valley Repertory Theater and the Black Mountain Bluegrass Boys will provide a lot...

Thursday, June 3, 1976 WATER LEAK The loss of water from the Marlinton system continues. Several minor holes have been...

Thursday, May 27, 1976 SPORTS HALL OF FAME Bruce Bosley, former Green Bank High School football star and All-American football...

Thursday, May 20, 1976 GOLDEN HORSESHOE WINNERS Highest scorers on the Pocahontas County West Virginia Golden Horseshoe test are: Greg...

Thursday, May 16, 1976 STATE RUNNER-UP Greg Friel, student at Marlinton School and son of Mr. and Mrs. Kyle Friel,...

Thursday, May 6, 1976 NEWS AND VIEWS By Annie L. Cromer We give thanks for the rain of the past...