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By Cati Keith Staff Writer and Miranda Madden, Intern A ceremony for the dedication of Private William E. Green Memorial Bridge was held at the Trinity United Methodist Church in Roaring Spring in the afternoon on Thursday, May 16, presented by State Representative Jim Gregory and State Senator Judy Ward as a way to recognize his contributions during the Korean War. Green was born Feb. 9, 1930, in McKee to Russell E. and Elizabeth (Burket) Green and was a graduate of Roaring Spring High School....
Pennsylvania State Treasurer Stacy Garrity, Retired Secretary of Agriculture Sam Hayes and Executive Vice President of Penn Ag Industries Association Christian Herr visited Renaissance Nutrition in Roaring Spring. “When I travel around the state because we have 67 counties, of which 48 are rural —I always like to say that we have more cows than people in Bradford County,” Garrity said, who is a Bradford County native. Because of this, it has allowed her to understand how important agriculture is...
The Monday, May 20 regular meeting of the Spring Cove School District Board of Directors was highlighted by a number of personnel changes. The resignation of Holly Boyles, Spring Cove Middle School assistant principal was accepted effective June 28. Boyles will be leaving to take over as elementary principal at Claysburg Kimmel School District. The resignation of Mathew Moushlian, Spring Cove Middle School English teacher was also accepted effective at the end of the 2023/24 school year. The motion to hire Bobbi King to fill the 260 day positio...
After considering three bids for a new tractor and considerable discussion about cost, a decision was made to purchase a John Deere 5-1 series tractor from West Central Supply at a cost of $98,105 at the May North Woodbury Township regular meeting. West Central Supply, however, gave the township $45,000 for the old tractor for a net cost of $53,105. West Central Supply agreed to provide a loaner in case of a break down and also offered an extended warranty on the tractor. The John Deere had $10,000 to $11,000 of options on it and weighed 2,100...
Richard L. Metzler, 93, of Chambersburg, and formerly of Martinsburg, was welcomed to his eternal home in Heaven with Jesus on Monday, May 20, 2024. Born Feb. 8, 1931, in Roaring Spring, he was a son of the late D. Elmer and Sarah Lena Stoltzfus Metzler. His beloved wife of 66 years, Ingrid Metzler, whom he married on April 2, 1955, preceded him in death Feb. 2, 2022. He is survived by three sons: Steven L. Metzler (Donna) of Fredericksburg, Va., Stuart C. Metzler of McDonald, and F. Peter...
William J. “Whistling Jake” Yingling, age 57 of Roaring Spring, passed away Monday afternoon May 13, 2024, at Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center, Johnstown after a brief illness. He was born Nov. 16, 1966, in Roaring Spring the son of the late Donald R. “Tiny” Yingling and Nancy Ann (Harold) Yingling. He is survived by a niece, DorieSue Walker and her children, Alexander Raymes Walker, Nora Eloise Walker, and Finnick Desmond Walker, all of Roaring Spring and a sister, Rebecca Penny Walker...
James W. Karcz, Sr., 77, of Martinsburg, passed away unexpectedly Thursday afternoon, May 16, 2024, in Altoona. He was born July 16, 1946 in Gallitzin the son of the late John W. and Cecilia P. (DeCoskey) Karcz. He married Sally L. Weitzel on June 21, 1969, in St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Gallitzin. She passed away Feb. 13, 2014. He is survived by two children: James W. Karcz, Jr. and wife Lori in Minnesota and Denise L. Karcz in Oregon; four grandchildren: Alec Karcz, Mariah White, Addison Karcz, Lily White, and Lucian White; and four sisters:...
James W. Karcz, Sr., 77, of Martinsburg, passed away unexpectedly Thursday afternoon, May 16, 2024, in Altoona. He was born July 16, 1946 in Gallitzin the son of the late John W. and Cecilia P. (DeCoskey) Karcz. He married Sally L. Weitzel on June 21, 1969, in St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Gallitzin. She passed away Feb. 13, 2014. He is survived by two children: James W. Karcz, Jr. and wife Lori in Minnesota and Denise L. Karcz in Oregon; four grandchildren: Alec Karcz, Mariah White, Addison Karcz, Lily White and Lucian White; and four s...
Shirley M. Smith, 84, of Roaring Spring, went home to be with the Lord Friday afternoon, May 17, 2024, at home, surrounded by her loving family. She was born July 13, 1939, in Hopewell, the daughter of the late Joseph F. and Desiree (Ott) Cornelius. She married Charles A. “Charlie” Smith June 4, 1955, in Martinsburg. She is survived by her husband; six children: Kathy Jo Creps and husband Roy of Murrysville, Lane A. Smith of Roaring Spring, Kelly P. Smith of Roaring Spring, Kevin L. Smith and wi...
Nellie M. Furry, 81, of New Enterprise, passed away May 26, 2024, at Conemaugh Nason Medical Center, Roaring Spring. She was born Aug. 21, 1942, in Woodbury. On July 10, 1958, in Cumberland, Maryland, she was united in marriage to Gary Furry. She is survived by her husband, Gary Furry; daughter, Mindy Feathers (Jack) of East Freedom; son, Gary Furry, Jr. of New Enterprise; grandchildren, Jonathan, Amanda, Aaron, Stephen, Emily, Doug, and Dustin; 11 great-grandchildren; and brother, Wayne Wright. She was preceded in death by siblings Jake and...
Ethel M. Dick, 98, of Ore Hill, passed away Sunday afternoon May 19, 2024, at home. She was born May 12, 1926, in Roaring Spring the daughter of the late George and Mary (Shoenfelt) Burk. She married Ford C. Dick April 18, 1947 in Juniata. He passed away Aug. 13, 2013. She is survived by a daughter, Cheryl A. Seiler and husband Bruce of Duncansville; two granddaughters, Brandy Seiler of Ephrata and Michelle Seiler of Duncansville; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by two brothers and two sisters. Ethel attended Ore Hill...
I do not know Dr. Betsy Baker. I have never spoken with her, been introduced to her or even know what she looks like. I have no children in the district and never have. I do, however, have a daughter who is just beginning her career as an educator and have learned from her that people do not get into education for anything other than the love of children and learning. From where I stand Dr. Baker still has that love that led her to education back at the beginning of her career. I can’t imagine fighting an uphill battle EVERY DAY unless you t...
You’re probably familiar with the noticeable physical effects after someone has a stroke. But personality and behavioral changes after stroke are common, too. It’s not surprising: A stroke is a significant medical event that disrupts blood flow to the brain — the seat of our emotions and behaviors. These personality and behavioral changes can vary quite a bit from one person to the next, depending on which part of the brain the stroke affected. A stroke on one side or portion of the brain will cause different problems than a stroke on the o...
Wallace has made two wise choices. First off, he doesn’t begin with information about World War II and nuclear energy physics. Instead, he starts with Harry Truman and the enormous, unexpected responsibility Truman must take on in the wake of FDR’s passing. Of course, part of that duty is to decide whether or not to use the atomic bomb, which raises numerous moral, military, and geopolitical issues. Even the hazy future of our life on Earth is revealed in this research. Wallace drew me into the...
Herald of June 2, 1899 The Herald urged the formation of a Creamery Association in Morrisons Cove. It was noted that one such organization was operating at Carrolltown with a capital of $4,000. The Herald stated: “Such an association would yield better returns with less hard labor than shipping milk at the present low price.” I.C. Stonerook and H.E. Brown of Curryville started on their bicycles on a trip to visit friends at Williamsburg, Huntingdon, Warriors Mark and Altoona. The barn of Washington Reed at Yellow Springs was blown over in a v...
Herald of May 30, 1974 The Central High School Scarlet Dragon marching band traveled Sunday, May 19, to Philadelphia where it won first place for the fourth year in the State Lions Convention Parade. The band earned a first place trophy for its performance. Eighty fifth and sixth graders from the Taylor School near Roaring Spring toured the office and plant of the Morrisons Cove Herald on Friday, May 17, as a conclusion to their study on newspapers. In a course taught by Mrs. Linda Showalter, the students studied writing procedures followed by...
Herald of May 30, 1924 Resolutions of respect were published for Leah Elizabeth Ellenberger, a 22-year-old teacher in Huston Township, who was found murdered in Perry County. While visiting an aunt after ending the school term, she and her male companion had driven to the mountains to gather wild flowers to use for commencement decorations at the high school at Marysville. An organized posse found the murdered victims believed to be shot from ambush by an unknown person. The teacher, a 1922 graduate of Cove High, began her career at the Ditch...
Herald of June 3, 1999 Members of the Church Council at the Upper Claar Church of the Brethren voted to approved a $424,000 building proposal at a meeting held Sunday, May 16, following the morning worship service. The plans for an activity building measuring 72 by 36 with a 17-foot ceiling to be used for recreational use. It will include a kitchen and restrooms. Morrisons Cove Memorial Park will re-dedicate Hershberger Memorial Pool at 11 a.m. Saturday. This re-dedication takes place after extensive renovations to upgrade the pool have just...
Herald of June 2, 1949 Judging from the many favorable comments heard about town, the first annual Sample and Food Fair, sponsored by the Martinsburg Booster Association in the interests of local merchants, was a real success, the sponsoring committee reported. Held last Wednesday evening the fair far exceeded the expectations of the sponsors, who had quite a job on their hands with the overflow crowd of interested people who attended. Cooperating whole-heartedly in the venture were three of our local business places, Ritchey’s Dairy with t...
Herald of May 29, 2014 The Woodbury community came out to honor the lives of America’s fallen at an event held at the Community Center this Memorial Day. Pastor Mick Dawes of Faith Methodist Church of Woodbury gave the invocation, preceding the presentation of Colors by Boy Scout Troop 484, led by Kevin Grubb of New Enterprise. Bill Hartman performed a trumpet solo of “God Bless America,” accompanied by Willa Shaffer. Veteran guests stood for each branch of the service in which they had served as songs of the branches were played. The Ladie...
One recent weekend, Channel 10 News ran a story detailing that two Texas hunters had died from eating CWD-tainted venison. Since the Pennsylvania Game Commission (PGC) has told us that one of every three deer in our area is infected with Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) from the tests that the commission runs on samples of deer taken during hunting seasons and that are taken from road-killed deer, the possible transfer of CWD to humans is chilling. Being frightened by this possibility myself, I went to the Internet to locate the whole story. Two...
Conemaugh Valley playoff game Thursday, May 23...
The Claysburg American Legion Band plays at the Sproul Union Cemetery at 138 Bedford St, Sproul, Pa, on Sunday, May 26. This first of seven Memorial Services that took place in the Claysburg area as part of the Claysburg American Legion’s 90th Annual Memorial Day Program. Other cemeteries visited included those in King, Imler, Greenfield, Lower Klahr, Upper Klahr, and Mt. Hope....
Local medical experts from Conemaugh Nason Medical Central and UPMC Altoona talk about what people should know about strokes and how to prevent them as May is Stroke Awareness Month. Dr. Cynthia Kenmuir, an endovascular neurologist at UPMC Altoona said there are two different types of strokes. “About 85% of people get Ischemic strokes, and about 15% are hemorrhagic,” she said. Strokes affect people of all ages, Dr.Kenmuir said. “We see them in 20 year olds but they are more common as people age,” she said. Time is the most important thing w...
John Bush was raised in Martinsburg and graduated from Central High in 1961. He spent most of his adult life in the Pacific Northwest. He has many memories as a boy in the 1950s that give some insight to the people and culture of Martinsburg in the 1950s. John likes to tell stories and over the years he has repeated the stories of his youth many times. His belief is that those years in Martinsburg influenced him all of his life. Some of the stories are historical in nature, some are colorful, and some are personal. He wishes that you enjoy...
On April 18, the Blair County Arts Foundation hosted the Blair County Historical Society for the grand premiere of Blair County: A People’s History. This film traces the cultural influences of the county through interviews, reenactments, photos and archival footage to tell stories of the past. Executive Producer Julia Plummer Schokker said that her job was to find the money and to find the director. “I had very few requirements for the director — one he had to be local and would be a great...
Little Rock Natural Remedies Holds FREE Classes every Thursday at 6 p.m. at 16821 Dunnings Highway, Duncansville. 814-695-0624 Tuesday, June 4 The Central PA Civil War Round Table in the PA Military Museum auditorium, 51 Boal Avenue, Boalsburg, beginning at 7 p.m. ------ Post your event where the Cove will see it! Post it to the Cove Calendar. There’s no charge. Send calendar entries to news@mcheraldonline.com, mail them to 209 S. Walnut St., Martinsburg 16662 or go online to www.mcheraldonline.com....
Michael Farrow of the Blair County Historical Society gave an update on the Dick Schoolhouse that the organization has owned for about 100 years. He said they are looking to transfer the ownership of the structure located in Taylor Township to an organization or resident in the Cove to maintain and find a use for it much like what was done with Royer Mansion. Farrow said Taylor Township and Roaring Spring were both asked about taking ownership but both declined. There has also been no response...
Recently after preaching in my church, someone I never met before approached me. She thanked me for the message and told me that she reads my columns faithfully and appreciates them. I thanked her heartily because our brief exchange was a real blessing to me. In a sense, she was bringing glory to my name even though I didn’t understand how she even knew my name or who I was. There are people in the world and godless nations who, at this point, may not know the name of Jesus. They do not acknowledge God the Father or the Holy Spirit, but one d...
When our family returned from a trip to Kenya and presented our report to our church family and friends, the part where we described the neediness of children caused an audible, collective groan. We spoke briefly of the lack of food and medicine and clothing, and those facts really grabbed some people, to the point they wanted to contribute to meeting at least the needs of one or two children. Driving through the Cove in the weeks immediately after our return I didn’t see women carrying sticks to take home in order to make a little fire and c...
Sharon and I have spent a couple of evenings looking at photo albums. She has made a lot of them and we decided it would be a great way to spend our “winding down time”. Some of them feature a member of our family and begin with baby pictures of that person. Some have a lot of empty pages at the back because they are still pretty young. Unfortunately, there are also some that have concluded for we will not see that person again until Heaven. This morning, in our devotional time, I thanked God...
The historic Keller Church located in Catharine Township, Williamsburg opened its doors on Saturday, May 25 for their second annual Memorial Day Celebration of History and Music. The Rev. David Donnelly, who is President of the church’s Board of Trustees, presided over the service. History The Keller Church, as it stands today, has been part of the community since its inception in 1846. The church’s beginnings have it dated all the way back to 1786 when predominantly German immigrants set...
“Life is full of next steps,” Pastor Matt Roberts said to the Class of 2024 during the Baccalaureate services on Sunday, May 19, at the Williamsburg First Methodist Church. “There’s always fear, worry and anxiety about making that next step forward,” Roberts said, “There’s always going to be new life stages – a new school, a new job; we always doubt our capabilities and we fear the unknown.” Roberts told the class the story of Moses, who was called by God to lead the Israelites to the...
The Williamsburg Municipal Authority discussed purchasing a jetter from Martinsburg, Borough Manager Joe Lansberry said the jetter would be used for open drains and sewer mains. Lansberry said he had been in talks with Martinsburg Mayor Rich Brantner, Sr. regarding the jetter. Harry Mullins made a motion to spend less than $6,000 for the jetter with Ed Patterson seconding, motion passed. The Authority was awarded a small sater/sewer grant which included the purchase of two new flow rate control valves and two new wet well pumps. A purchase...
The Central PA Civil War Round Table will meet on Tuesday evening, June 4, in the PA Military Museum auditorium, 51 Boal Avenue, Boalsburg, at 7:00 p.m. The featured speaker will be Chris Bagley on “The Horse at Gettysburg Prepared for the Day of Battle.” Bagley will discuss the horses at the Battle of Gettysburg and describe how they were chosen, trained, and used during the conflict. Some 165,000 combined troops were aided by 80,000 horses and mules. The cost of the engagement would be 51,000 men killed, missing, or captured and about 5,0...
Spring Cove School District Business Manager, Steven Foor, gave a complete presentation on the 2024-25 proposed preliminary budget during the May 13 regular meeting of the Board of Directors. Foor stated cyber charter schools were the biggest financial challenge faced by the district. It will cost over $1 million to fund them for the upcoming year. The rise in cost is 95% in cyber charter schools over five years ago. There is a 3.3% increase in budgeted expenditures for next year with cyber charter school cost accounting for 1% of that .927...
The community and friends of Martinsburg Community Library came out to support their book sale on Thursday, May 23 at Morrisons Cove Park. The book sale lasted the entire day and brought in an abundance of patrons. All proceeds from the event will go towards the library. Friends and members of the library alike were involved to help make the book sale happen. Sue Blanchard, the woman running the sale, has been helping out at the cause for two years. “The community benefits because they get books at good prices that they can read and share, a...
WILLIAMSBURG MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY CONSUMER CONFIDENCE REPORT FOR 2023 The Williamsburg Municipal Authority is required to provide an annual report listing the water testing results that were performed during the previous year and also list the testing from previous years that are still valid due to testing frequency cycles. The report is provided on the internet. The report is available for viewing at http://GoH2O.net/WMA/CCR. If you would like to furnish us with your email address, we will email you a copy. Should you have any questions or if y...
The Everett Railroad made a visit to the Roaring Spring Train Station on Friday, May 17. Students from various schools including Spring Cove School District were on the train which left from the Everett Railroad Station in Hollidaysburg and traveled to Roaring Spring. Once the train arrived at the station in Roaring Spring, students were able to eat lunch and ice cream before heading back to Hollidaysburg....
Martinsburg - Kirsten Elizabeth Ayers, Jarrin Butler, Paikea Croyle. Roaring Spring - Payden Joseph Imler-Knisely, Paul R. Rhodes East Freedom - Macray James Markovich New Enterprise - Ashley E. Kichman Newry - Travis John Molliver Williamsburg - Aliyah Logan Ross...
