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Fifty Years Ago
Thursday, September 5, 1968
Pulpyard to Open
John F. L. Bell, Wood Procurement Forester for the Covington mill of the West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company, has announced that the Company plans to re-open their Marlinton...
Fifty Years Ago
Thursday, August 22, 1968
The Buckeye Schoolhouse and lot were sold Saturday to Carl Gladwell for $1,400. No bid was received on the Marlinton school.
The Marlinton grades will be housed in the first floor of...
Fifty Years Ago
Thursday, August 15, 1968
Killed In Action
Marshall David Wolford, 21, of Youngstown, Ohio, a native of Pocahontas County, was killed in Viet Nam last Thursday, August 8, 1968.
Born February 11, 1947, at Durbin, he was...
Fifty Years Ago
Thursday, August 8, 1968
Mrs. T. D. Moore seems to have an eye for four-leaf clovers. On July 9, she found 23 four-leaf and five five-leaf clovers; on the 23rd, she found 28 four-leaf, and...
Fifty Years Ago
Thursday, August 1, 1968
Hamp Carpenter pulled in a whopping big bass last Thursday at Renick. The 20-inch fish weighed three pounds and ten ounces. He caught it with a soft crawfish on a four-pound...
Fifty Years Ago
Thursday, July 25, 1968
On Sunday, several posthumous awards were made to Mr. and Mrs. Dale McCarty, of Frost, for their son, Sergeant Douglas W. McCarty, who was killed in action, April 11, 1968, in...
Fifty Years Ago
Thursday, July 18, 1968
The Lang sisters, Mabel and Fleeta, are retiring after 32 years in business in Marlinton in Lang’s Dress Shoppe. They say they have thoroughly enjoyed serving their customers through the years,...
Fifty Years Ago
Thursday, July 11, 1968
Pioneer Days Horse Show
The first Pioneer Days Horse Show will feature 16 classes for horses and ponies, with ribbons, trophies and about $300 in prize money. Bert Cence, a qualified judge,...