Fifty Years Ago in The Pocahontas Times

Thursday, April 28, 1966 David Mason and Bill McNeel went from Marlinton to Renick Station by canoe on the Greenbrier...

Thursday, April 21, 1966 Miss Eleanor Howard McNeill, of Buckeye, was honored on her 70th birthday with a surprise party...

Thursday, April 14, 1966 Boys and Girls in Service Army Sergeant Ernest White, son of Elmer White, of Durbin, was...

Thursday, April 7, 1966 Graded School Tournament In the County Graded School Tournament held at Durbin, Marlinton won first place,...

Thursday, March 31, 1966 Elihu H. Hamrick, of Slaty Fork, will be 94 June 10, 1966. He came to Stony...

Thursday, March 22, 1966 Ski Study A contract for a study to determine the ski industry potential in West Virginia...

Thursday, March 16, 1966 Students Honored Miss Pamela Sue Dilley and Billy Graham, students at Marlinton High School, have returned...

Thursday, March 10, 1966 Ralph Buckley was in to pay his subscription last week and made the interesting comment that...

Thursday, March 2, 1966 BIG EGG Mrs. Minnie Kessler, of Cass, sent us a big egg that measures six and...

Thursday, February 24, 1966 FIRES Fire destroyed a house owned by Bill Buzzard on Cummings Creek early Friday morning. Dewey...

Thursday, February 17, 1966 On February 4, Mrs. Ernest Pyles, who lives near Seebert, went to the chicken house to...

Thursday, February 10, 1966 Mrs. Hallie Vanosdale, of Boyer, suffered some broken ribs in a fall on icy steps at...

Thursday, February 3, 1966 Snow Snow, snow, snow. Winter started late but the past ten days have been a good...

Thursday, January 27, 1966 Mr. and Mrs. Fred C. Burns, Sr., will move this week into their newly remodeled home...

Thursday, January 20, 1966 M-Sgt. Joe Sharp, back from Viet Nam two weeks, was home over the weekend. June Landis,...

Thursday, January 13, 1966 Douglas Nease, of Mullens, an ardent squirrel hunter with little interest in foxes, had an interesting...

Thursday, January 6, 1966 FIRE A house at Woodrow belonging to Mrs. Icie VanReenen and occupied by Mrs. Ruth Biggs...

Thursday, December 23, 1965 Bear The second section of the bear season came in this week and the first results...

Thursday, December 16, 1965 Wildcats This story comes through Ralph Nottingham, who is always up on all that is going...

Thursday, December 10, 1965 About three inches of snow at Durbin Tuesday, two at Cass. Two above zero Wednesday at...