Fifty Years Ago in The Pocahontas Times

Thursday, July 3, 1969 Grady Chestnut, of Neola, will be remembered as the serviceman who returned from a tour of...

Thursday, June 26, 1969 DAM DEDICATED Buffalo Fork Dam, near Bartow and Thornwood, was dedicated Wednesday and the valves were...

Thursday, June 19, 1969 RETIRING Mr. H. A. Yeager has had a long and honorable career as a teacher, coach...

Thursday, June 12, 1969 Welcome to Pocahontas The best kept secret of recent times was revealed Sunday afternoon as Mr....

Thursday, June 5, 1969 BEAR Argile Arbogast shot THE Bear last Wednesday; four hundred pounds, right on the nose, when...

Thursday, May 29, 1969 People from this side of the mountain were a distinct minority in the forestry meeting at...

Thursday, May 22, 1969 Boys and Girls in Service Marvin Perry, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Perry, of Marlinton,...

Thursday, May 15, 1969 Boys in Service PFC John Madison arrived in Korea where he will spend the next 16...

Thursday, May 8, 1969 The Marlinton Rotary Clubs had a work meeting Monday night and really made the brush fly...

Thursday, May 1, 1969 TOWN NEEDS This is written before any town candidates have been nominated so we direct it...

Thursday, April 24, 1969 Boys and Girls in Service Sergeant Joel W. Callison arrived home April 11, after a year’s...

Thursday, April 17, 1969 Clean Up Time Spring is breaking out all over and nature is beautifying the countryside. However,...

Thursday, April 10, 1969 Dies in Viet Nam Word was received Tuesday, of the death in Viet Nam Saturday of...

Thursday, March 27, 1969 Killed in Action Specialist Fourth Class Jackie Lee Rexrode, 20, of Bartow, was killed in hostile...

Thursday, March 20, 1969 Robert McComb, Jr., entered the Army on March 4 and is now training as a Flight...

Thursday, March 13, 1969 AWARD Presentation of medals posthumously to Sergeant John R. (Chipper) Williams, by a representative of the...

Thursday, March 6, 1969 Our Boys in Service Sp-5 William C. Vandevender returned home December 3, after a year of...

Thursday, February 27, 1969 Boys and Girls in Service Staff Sergeant Edward G. Rockafellow has been awarded the Air Force...

Thursday, February 20, 1969 Mother’s March ‘69 The efforts of the following mothers are much appreciated in the March of...

Thursday, February 13, 1969 The ice went out Friday after being jammed a week between Buckeye and Seebert. - -...