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Richard Eugene Boor, 72, passed away Aug. 5, 2023, at UPMC hospital after an extended battle with cancer. Mr. Boor is the son of Hillary Boor and Edna (Henry) Boor of Woodbury. Mr. Boor is survived by his son Spencer Boor; grandson Colton Rhodes; brother George and his wife Gaynell (Melius) Boor and sister Donna (Boor) Dodson. He was preceded in death by his wife Rebecca (Tenley) Boor, his daughter Susanne (Boor) Smith, his sister Monna (Boor) Butler, sister Alice Boor and both his parents. He...
Eric Van Pittman of Martinsburg, passed away Aug. 3, 2023, at UPMC Pittsburgh after a long battle with cancer. He was born Dec. 31, 1958, in Everett, son of the late Arland Pittman and Arlene Pittman of Homewood in Martinsburg. He is survived by a son Ty Pittman and granddaughters Adalyn, Aubrey, and Avery of Altoona; aunts Joyce Criswell of Everett, Velma Morris (Clyde) of Everett, and Joyce Pittman of Pittsburgh; and cousins Connie Micatrotto, Kirt Morris, Jill Payne, Cindy Speck, and Lana Tim...
David C. Burket, Jr., 70, of East Freedom, passed away Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023, at UPMC-Altoona. He was born Feb. 14, 1953, in Roaring Spring, son of David and Betty (Roub) Burket. On Dec. 12, 2004, he married Kathy Yingling. He is survived by his wife and parents; sons: Cody Burket, Darren Musselman (Taylor) and Devon Musselman (Emily); granddaughters: Lily and Paisley; granddog “Sox”, and brothers Frank (Lorraine) and John (Kay) Burket. Dave was a 1971 graduate of Claysburg-Kimmel High Sch...
Patricia Joan “Pat” Horner, 96, of Roaring Spring, passed away Wednesday morning, May 3, 2023, at Conemaugh Nason Medical Center. She was born March 30, 1927, in East Freedom, daughter of the late Joseph E. and Frances L. (Imler) Dodson. On July 24, 1948, she married Eugene L. “Tag” Horner in St. Patrick’s Church, Newry, and he preceded her in death Sept. 15, 1969, following 21 years of marriage. She is survived by a son, Mark E. Horner (Betsy) of Edmond, OK; two grandsons: Matthew Horner (A...
In loving memory of Roger ‘Dwight’ Smith who passed away June 26, 2023. He was a beloved son, nephew, cousin and friend. Family and friends are invited to a Celebration of Life on Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023, at 12:00 p.m. at Hicks Church, 1211 Third Avenue, Duncansville. Rev Rich Morris will be officiating. Hicks Church is handicap accessible with an elevator. Dwight brought so much joy to our lives and that joy will be more complete if you join us not only for the service but the fellowship mea...
Bonnie L. (Stewart) James, 78, of Williamsburg, passed away early Friday morning, Aug. 11, 2023, at UPMC Altoona, surrounded by her loving family. She was born in 1945 in Altoona, daughter of the late John Stewart and Kathryn (Shamp) Seilhamer. She is survived by five children: Becky L. Brenneman (Louis), Mindy L. Bishop (David), Tina L. Bowmaster (Randall), David L. James (Valarie), and Daniel L. James (Shane), all of Williamsburg; twelve grandchildren: Joshua King (Adia), Hannah Brenneman,...
The August meeting of Southern Cove Power Reunion was called to order by President Fred Mellot. Club Secretary Melanie Clapper read the minutes and they were approved. Treasurer Amy Mellott read the treasurer report and it was approved as read. There were 221 hook ups at the last tractor pull. The kitchen will need help for the Aug. 19 pull. Please contact Barb Detwiler if you can attend. The new light came in for the track and will be replaced. Peanut sales have been doing well and will be available for the next tractor pull. Extra parking...
Charles Edward “Chuck” Stayer, 65, of Altoona, passed away Tuesday morning, July 25, 2023, at his residence. He was born Feb. 1, 1958, in Altoona, son of the late C. Virgil and Anna E. (Wolf) Stayer. He is survived by a brother, William M. “Bill” Stayer (Denise), of rural Martinsburg. He was preceded in death by his son, Davey. Chuck was a 1976 graduate of Altoona Area School District and went on to receive his associate degree in Mechanical Engineering Technology from Penn State Altoona. He retired in 2020 from SCI Houtzdale, with more than 20...
Susan “Suzy” D. Snyder, 74, of Martinsburg, passed away early Monday morning, Aug. 14, 2023, at Homewood at Martinsburg. She was born May 14, 1949, in Roaring Spring, daughter of the late, Donald S. and Betty J. (Gates) Horton. On March 3, 1973, she married Theodore Max Snyder at Martinsburg Church of God. She is survived by her beloved husband, Max of 50 years; four children: Corinne D. Blackmun (Josh) of Honey Brook, Crystal S. Ribandi of Shawnee, KS, Braden A. Snyder (Misty) of Madison, NJ,...
Hannah Smithmyer makes her way through the family sunflower maze outside Patton Sunday morning. The Smithmyer Farm has had a field of sunflowers covering more than 5 acres on their property for the past five years. They have created a maze for people to navigate. The maze is now open to the public (days and times can be found on their website). The sunflowers are in full bloom now but they only last a few weeks....
There’s a certain charm and nostalgia related to farmers markets in rural communities. The tradition of farmers, gardeners, artisans, and bakers bringing their wares to town to sell at the market has been around for hundreds, if not thousands, of years. From Aug. 6 to 12, communities across the country came together to celebrate National Farmers Market Week, highlighting the role these venues play in supporting healthy communities, growing local food systems, and stimulating rural economies. A...
Twenty Northern Bedford FBLA members competed at the highest level at the 2023 National Leadership Conference in Atlanta, Georgia from June 27-30. The conference had over 14,000 attendees from around the globe. Students attended workshops, exhibits, listened to guest speakers, and watched their fellow FBLA members compete. When not at the conference, members attended an Atlanta Braves game, the Georgia Aquarium, the College Football Hall of Fame, and the World of Coca Cola. State officer Avery...
Nicki Mayfield was packing up her office. She was officially closing her business. Nicki was a professional organizer. Lately her business had slowed to a stop. She made calls looking for work but none panned out. She would have to leave her place and move in with her mother. Her mother was a hoarder. She loved her mother but living in such clutter was against her grain. Suddenly she received a call for her help. She decided to take one last job. What was God doing? She had no idea that God was...
Spring Cove School District is gearing up for the start of the 2023-24 school year. Superintendent Dr. Betsy Baker announced that eight newly hired teachers would be taking part in this year's induction sessions, which include one initial full day session in August and monthly after-school sessions for the remainder of the year. Inductees are assigned teacher mentors to support them on a daily basis as needed throughout the school year. “Meet the Teacher events are quickly approaching,” Baker said. “This year we plan to operate a ‘Job Opportu...
The property at 601 W. Third Street in Williamsburg will now provide space for the Blair County Head Start program to provide services once again to children and families in the Williamsburg community. Child Advocates of Blair County, the grantee for the Blair County Head Start program, purchased the property in June 2023 to serve as the Head Start site in the Williamsburg community, which has gone unserved since the Fall of 2020. To celebrate the organization’s new Head Start location, an Open House will be held on Friday Aug. 25, 2023, f...
Stiffler McGraw engineer Tyler McGraw gave an update from Cenveo to Williamsburg Municipal Authority on Tuesday, Aug. 8 at the monthly meeting. McGraw said that Cenveo was meeting with its consultant about treatment plans and hopes to further their plans to install a sampler and grinder on-site to combat some of the issues as of late. McGraw assured the authority that Cenveo was “taking the necessary steps.” David Myers made the motion to accept the Treasurer’s Report with Daryl Cole seconding. The motion passed. The borough recently updat...
“It honestly makes us look like a slum,” Borough Council member Ed Patterson said following complaints of loitering during the Williamsburg Borough Council meeting on Monday, Aug. 7. Heidi Detwiler, a Williamsburg resident, brought her concerns to the Council. “We are just concerned citizens. No one used to sit downtown. It’s just not appropriate. Something needs to be done,” Detwiler said. Chief of Police Rowdy Kagarise acknowledged that he along with Mayor Ted Hyle are “definitely looking into it.” Hyle agreed. “I understand why there’s com...
It might be the best time of the year for us Williamsburgers! The Farm Show is in town from Sunday, Aug. 20 to Friday, Aug. 25. Being a former Farm Show Queen myself, I always get excited about this time of the year; it really highlights the best things about Williamsburg: agriculture, community and of course, good food! This year’s farm show is filled with lots of new and exciting things. Board member Angie Walason said that the Farm Show Board is excited about the amusement rides, which have been missing from the farm show for the last c...
The Williamsburg Community Farm Show will be crowning their royalty on Sunday, Aug. 20, on their fairgrounds beginning at 4pm. During last week's issue, we met the lone Fair Queen contest contestant, Morgan Reighard. This week, we will be looking at the Little Miss and Princess candidates. Little Miss Isabella Harclerode is the 8-year-old daughter of Wade and Loran Harclerode, Martinsburg. She currently attends Spring Cove School District. Her other activities include softball and cheerleading....
Little Miss Claysburg Queen was announced on Aug. 12, 2023, at the Claysburg Community Park. There were 22 contestants. The day was hot but beautiful and the girls did a wonderful job of parading around the gazebo for the audience and keeping their composure. There were beautiful dresses of all styles and colors, and all were equally beautiful. Judges for the pageant were M. Kirsten Leslie-Thomas, Cameron (Perry) Musselman and Eric Delozier. Assisting the judges was Barbara E. Leslie. Two...
They were given self-descriptive names like Minute Men of the Cove, The Hopewell Rifles and The Chicken Raiders and while hesitant to go into war, these hundreds of men from Blair and Bedford counties turned out in full force when the soldiers flexed muscle to the south and east. While the Morrisons Cove residents showed up to build the mountain gap fortifications known as Wilkinson Forts named for Woodbury resident John Wilkinson, who supervised construction, interest waned when it came to manning the potential access points. This chore likely...
The Herald went to Providence, W. Va., with subscriber Ron Putorek on vacation....
Football season is quickly approaching! Cove schools are getting ready for the upcoming season, as practices started last week. Elias Ritchey, a senior on this year's Claysburg-Kimmel Bulldog football team, finishes up his Monday morning practice with the team on C-K's new field. Check out next week's Herald to see what's to come this season in our Fall Sports Preview....
The Central Dragon Golf team kicked off its 2023 campaign last Thursday with a trip to the Happy Valley Invitational at Penn State's white course. The Dragons took home a second place finish out of 18 teams in the AA field with a team score of 309, finishing 3 strokes behind St. Joseph's Academy. Griffin Snowberger captured the individual championship, shooting a 1 under 71 and winning in a card off against West Shamokin's Alex Talmadge. Nick Baum finished in a tie for fourth place with a 73....
When you get to be a certain age (don’t ask me when), catching a bunch of fish becomes less important than it once was -- though you do want to catch some trout when fishing. Instead, you start to observe your surroundings, and sometimes you want to do things differently, just to fool around. During the past couple years, I have sometimes deviated from my usual fishing habits, just for the heck of it. Though I have not tried the popular new method of nymph-fishing called Euro nymphing, which its proponents say allows them to vacuum a stream b...
The Blair/Bedford 4-H/FFA Junior Dairy Show hit the stage at the Morrisons Cove Dairy Show Monday and Tuesday, July 31 and Aug. 1, at Morrisons Cove Memorial Park. Redcarpet W Finisher-Red-ET, a junior 2-year-old owned and shown by Rylee Stultz of Williamsburg, took home the senior supreme champion honor. Johnathan Heinsohn is the breeder. Mr. Blondin Warrior-Red-ET is the sire. The senior reserve supreme champion went to Way Lyn Seaman Havanna, a 5-year-old Brown Swiss owned and shown by Bo...
To the Editor: Page 4 of the 10 August 2023 Herald carried a stunning contrast in attitudes a century apart of those living in or visiting Morrisons Cove. First, I read Chris Garretson’s opinion piece, “The Label Isn’t Always Accurate.” I don’t know Garretson but I can accept his view that most people of the Cove, labeled or not, respect each other, “are friendly and always willing to lend a helping hand.” How shocking then, in this era of political separation, to read the account under the “100 Years Ago” remembrances down the page. Headlin...
Herald of Aug. 25, 1898 Notwithstanding the war, and hot weather, matrimony is still remembered. On Tuesday our neighbor over the way, Mr. E. C. Korb married Miss Elsie Nofsker. Brother Wallace did the business and his exchequer was replenished thereby. Dr. S. M. Royer made a professional trip to Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia on Monday. He was accompanied by his nephew, Royer Hartman of Royer. It has been reported that lump jaw has made its appearance in cattle in certain sections of the country. This disease bars the cattle from the...
Herald of Aug. 23, 1973 Richard W. Nicodemus of Martinsburg met with the Roaring Spring Zoning Board of Appeals to discuss the possibility of building a shopping center along the Roaring Spring bypass. The site was a 10-acre tract between the new United Church of Christ and the Steward and Hall bus garage. The area was zoned for residential use, and would need a variance for a commercial center. Todd Bush, a player on the Martinsburg Little League team earned top prize in candy sales. For his effort he received a set of walkie talkies. Vince...
Herald of Aug. 24, 1923 The State Board of Health will hold a Baby Clinic in Woodbury schoolhouse at 1:30 Monday Aug. 27. All mothers and children under six are invited. Children will be weighed, measured and examined free of charge and if any need operations the State will arrange for them free at any hospital the parents select. Many children suffer from bad teeth, tonsils and adenoids that will eventually leave them deaf or with rheumatism or weak heart or other infirmaries. Miss Mary Burget, 13, daughter of Adam K. and Anna Glass Burget,...
The 72nd Annual Morrisons Cove Dairy Show ran Monday, July 31, through Friday, Aug. 4, at the Morrisons Cove Memorial Park. Burket Falls DB Jemma-Red, a junior 3-year-old Red and White bred, owned and shown by Grace Burket of East Freedom, was named senior supreme champion. Mr. D Apple Diamond Back is the sire. The junior supreme champion was Misty Meadows Fame Siren-EVT, a Guernsey winter calf bred and owned by Beth Clark and Chris Reichard and shown by Beth of New Paris. Millborne Tiller Fayes...
By THOMAS SCHMITT Correspondent Superintendent Todd Beatty acknowledged the great job done by summer workers in preparation for the 2023-24 school year at the Northern Bedford County School District Board of Directors August meeting. The many projects done included: pneumatic valve replacement at the elementary school and CTE, the stadium lighting project, air conditioning project at Northern Bedford High School gym, locker rooms, and district office, the high school and middle school painting project, parking lot sealing, coating project, elem...
The South Woodbury Township meeting was called to order at 9 a.m. with the Pledge of Allegiance. Minutes were approved as read. The treasurer’s report was given by Secretary/Treasurer Rachel White. This was also approved as read. Southern Cove Volunteer Fire Company Financial Report for FY 2022 is still in review. Once correct information is obtained then funds will be released to the fire company. The roadmaster reported work on the Golden Rule Drive Culvert is almost complete. Crowsnest will install a pole or post behind the wastewater treatm...
Members of the Freedom Township and Freindship Volunteer Fire Companies traveled to Lewistown last weekend to join approximately 3,500 firefighters from 27 counties at the 131st Central District Volunteer Fireman's Association Convention hosted by Brooklyn Hose Company 3. During the three-day event, firefighters held meetings, awards ceremonies and a parade to cap off the weekend. Freedom Township won awards for Best Appearing Tanker, and Best Appearing Color Guard. Friendship received first...
Hunter Smith has been a man on the spot for the Central High School football team for the last three years, particularly on defense -- the 6-foot-2, 210-pounder has made 258 tackles as the Scarlet Dragons’ middle linebacker, recovering five fumbles and intercepting five passes. You could understand, though, if Smith felt a little bit out of place when he arrived for Central’s preseason camp. “It’s definitely pretty weird not seeing the people that have been with me the last three years,” Smith said. Smith is one of the few holdovers from the...
When the Claysburg-Kimmel School District eliminated a music teacher position at the end of last school year, the hope was that no music programs would be affected, however, parents were recently notified that jazz band will no longer be offered due to scheduling conflicts. According to parents who spoke to the board at its Aug. 9 meeting, Maureen Lightner, who was approved as Music Director at the meeting, sent a letter to parents informing them of the decision to eliminate the program. The decision to eliminate the program appears to have...
The Five-Points and Main Street projects are "75-80 percent" complete, according to Roaring Spring Borough Council President Rodney Green. Green said the work, which began in the spring, has gone smoothly and that there have been no major issues during the summer-long detours throughout the borough. The aesthetic work and new curbs are done on the Five-Points and the project will be complete once new light poles and traffic signals are put in. Borough Manager Lisa Peel said the traffic lights...
Elyse Dilling, 18, of Roaring Spring introduces "Willie" to Bryce Frederick, 7, (left) and Noah Gartland, 6, both of Martinsburg, Monday on the first day of the Blair County Jr. Livestock Show at Morrison Cove Memorial Park....
