Fifty Years Ago in The Pocahontas Times

Thursday, January 28, 1971 Fair Queen Jo Debra Galford was selected as Miss West Virginia Association of Fairs and Festivals...

Thursday, January 21, 1971 Chapter Star Farmer Lynn Jordan of the Pocahontas County FFA chapter was chosen Chapter Star Farmer...

Thursday, January 14, 1971 The locomotive headed for Cass passed through Marlinton Monday atop a flat car. - - -...

Thursday, January 7, 1971 Elmer Wymer, of Hillsboro, reports seeing a flock of about 40 wild geese last Monday over...

Thursday, January 31, 1908 Captain Joe Gay returned from Williamsburg, Greenbrier county, where he and a boy had driven a...

Thursday, December 17, 1970 Marlinton Fire Department As a result of fast and efficient response by the Marlinton Fire Department,...

Thursday, December 10, 1970 Basketball fans are in for a delightful treat and exciting evening when the Pocahontas County High...

Thursday, December 3, 1970 David Lyle Moore, twelve year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Granville Moore, of Huntington, killed...

Thursday, November 26, 1970 Governor Moore is starting a drive to haul away junked and abandoned automobiles. State police will...

Thursday, November 19, 1970 BEAR Bear were hard to come by during the first week of bear season, but last...

Thursday, November 12, 1970 To show what kind of weather they have been having in the Durbin area, Harry Widney...

Thursday, November 5, 1970 Up to 14 inches of wet snow last Wednesday. Your Schools Taylor V. Cremeans County Superintendent...

Thursday, October 29, 1970 The Washington Post reports that Dr. Barry Turner at Green Bank NRAO has discovered cyano-acetylene chemicals...

Thursday, October 22, 1970 The Wilson Gary Nicholas Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution of Summersville, dedicated a...

Thursday, October 15, 1970 Mrs. Arnot McNeill at Edray has gotten nine skunks, three possums, a groundhog, a rabbit and...

Thursday, October 8, 1970 Joe Jonese, astride his Appaloosa stallion, Dacotah Sioux, is an added attraction at the Pocahontas County...

Thursday, October 1, 1970 Tour Mrs. Mildred Seagraves has just returned from a 22-day tour to Amsterdam, Holland; Weisbaden and...

Thursday, September 24, 1970 Jane Beard Powell, 21-year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William B. Powell, of Bartow, is...

Thursday, September 17, 1970 Norman Lee Alderman, 19 year old evangelist, has returned to Cumberland College, at Williamsburg, Ken- tucky,...

Thursday, September 10, 1970 Sportsman Take Note Farmers have been complaining mightily of groundhog hunters who are shoot- ing sheep,...