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Mrs.Reese's Class Snowy mountains. All are joyful. Nice presents sit under the Christmas tree. Today is Christmas. Are you naughty or nice this year? By Audrina B. Christmas Morning I see cookies on the table. I smell hot cocoa. I hear presents opening I taste pumpkin rolls. I feel happy and excited!!! By Jordy Burns Christmas Morning I see the elf getting ready to leave. I smell the snowy air. I hear my brother is going to open presents. I taste an amazing breakfast. I feel the Christmas spirit. By Brody. C Christmas Morning I see presents...
Eating Christmas cookies Learning to build toys Figuring it out By Justin S. S Slow silent night in December A All of the laughter N Nights of lights T Talks of books A A Christmas tree Lucia D. Elves watch your behavior Love to make a mess Fly to your house every Christmas Tyson L. Green ugly Grinch Red lights Ice and icicles Nice presents Candy Hot chocolate Deklyn W. Everywhere in the house. Left a not in the cabinet. Found him making snow angels. Bleyn K. Green skin and yellow teeth Rude and mean In the movie he falls into a tree Nice at...
Mrs. Ocker’s Class Grasion Weyandt Holidays Ornaments Treat Christmas Happy Offering Cold Old-Fashion Lights Angel Tinsel Elf Quinn Garner Candy Amazing Stripes Nice Color Decoration Yummy Cane Shaped A Hard Bite Nice Peppermint Taste Eat Draven Durr Giving Interesting For Me Toy *What are the words? Ronan Richards Reindeer I Don’t Want A Lot for Christmas Box Bell Ox North Pole Layton Lingenfelter Elf Love Family Maryonna L Ritchey-Zer by Joy Ornament Lord Loving Yarn Jayson Lee Balls Elfs Listen Light Sleigh Kristie Morgan Santa Claus Nor...
Santa Claus I saw Santa Claus I saw Santa Clause at night He gave me presents By Riley Tinker Christmas I love Christmas time Let’s make a gingerbread house My dogs love Christmas By Silas Clowson Reindeer Reindeer are the best You can call them caribou They are very cute By Makenzie Morgan Snow Snow is wonderful You can make such great angels Snow is the best thing By Irene Maurer Reindeer Dashing through the snow In a one horse open sleigh Pulling Santa’s sleigh By Kaylee Prough Christmas Raisin filled cookies Santa went down the chimney Mrs....
MEETING NOTICE The Williamsburg Municipal Authority will meet on the following dates during 2025: January 14th, February 11th, March 11th, April 15th, May 13th, June 10th, July 15th, August 12th, September 9th, October 14th, November 6th, and December 9th. Meetings are scheduled for 9 a.m. at the Borough Municipal building at 305 East 2nd Street, Williamsburg, PA 16693. If you are a person with a disability and wish to attend any meeting of the Williamsburg Municipal Authority and require an auxiliary aide, service, or other accommodation to...
Ron and Jaynne Bowers on Oakdale Road in Martinsburg have decorated their yard once more to collect donations for the Central Pennsylvania Humane Society as they have done for several years. This year they have everything on just two yards instead of the three they had before, and it has been a challenge because of the weather. "The weather is giving us a lot of trouble with the ice and snow," Ron said. Between the two yards there are about 80 different decorations and blow ups. Jaynne's...
Churches across Martinsburg and Roaring Spring are preparing to celebrate Christmas with special services that emphasize tradition, reflection, and community. For Joel Kletzing of Christ Church in Roaring Spring, the candlelight portion of the Christmas Eve service holds deep meaning. "There is a beauty in the simplicity of each person having a basic, little candle while the darkness surrounds us," Kletzing said. "God grants faith to His people, and a little measure is as truly faith as is a gre...
Claysburg's giant-sized Christmas cards are once again on display at the Claysburg Community Park. This is a tradition, along with the tree lighting, that goes back to 1971. It all began when the Claysburg-Kimmel Alumni Association promoted the idea of displaying giant-sized Christmas cards at the General Refractories Co. Claysburg Plant in the center of town along Bedford Street in 1971. This year marks the 53rd year of giant-sized Christmas cards. Community groups, churches and other...
To All Churches in the Morrison’s Cove Area: St. John’s United Church of Christ on 117 East Julian Street in Martinsburg, along with The Martinsburg Church of God and St. Matthews Lutheran Church, will be ringing their church bells on December 25, 2024, Christmas Day morning at 10 a.m. They will ring the bells for about five minutes. Any churches that has a bell or the ablitiy to add bells with some type of technology, are encouraged to join them on Christmas morning in celebration of the Christ Child's birth. It is such a thrill to hear the...
RJ Sottile's home on Lock Mountain Road, Roaring Spring, features an array of Christmas decorations both inside and outside. The display includes colorful lights, blow-ups, trees, and even a decorated Corvette. Sottile's tradition of decorating began with his grandparents in 2001 and 2003 at their home in Roaring Spring. "When we moved to Lock Mountain, tradition continued, and it will continue to grow and get bigger," he said. The Sottile family starts decorating in October, aiming to complete...
Dale Dean Dodson, formerly of Claysburg, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024, at his home with family. He is survived by his children, Dale Dodson Jr., Michael Dodson and Chris Miller, and siblings Larry Dodson and Doris LeBlanc. Dale was preceded in death by his wife Susann Dodson and brother Kenneth Dodson. Dale was a graduate of Greenfield-Kimmel High School and retired from the United States Air Force. Services to be held in Arizona. If so inclined, in lieu of flowers please contribute to the...
Jerry Allen Stern, 69, of Martinsburg, went home to be with his Lord and Savior, Wednesday morning, Dec. 11, 2024, at his residence. He was born Jan. 11, 1955 in Roaring Spring, son of the late Merle C. "Pete" and Vera M. (Replogle) Stern. On Nov. 25, 1978, he married Susan Elaine Waite at the First Church of the Brethren, Martinsburg. He is survived by his beloved wife, Sue of 46 years of marriage and 51 years together; a son, Jason M. Stern (Megan); a daughter, Gretchen E. Bettwy (Joe); five g...
Dorothy Louise McFadden, 98, peacefully went to be with Jesus on Dec. 5, 2024, at Melbourne Terrace in Melbourne, Fla., surrounded by her beloved family. Born March 13, 1926, in Woodbury, to the late Cyrus and Clara (Kagarise) Over, Louise grew up in her cherished hometown. She is survived by her son, Asa McFadden (Verla) of Indialantic, Fla.; daughter, Florence Dally (Bruce) of Ahsahka, Idaho; daughter, Deborah Brunger (Daniel) of Melbourne Beach, Fla.; brother, Byron Over (Delma) of Roaring...
Judith L. Dodson, 79, of Roaring Spring, went home to be with her Lord, Sunday afternoon, Dec. 15, 2024, at her home. She was born Oct. 9, 1945, in Roaring Spring, daughter of the late William E. and Alice G. (Bartlebaugh) Talbert. On Oct. 5, 1963, she married Paul R. Dodson at the Foot of Ten Bible Church, Duncansville. She is survived by her beloved husband, Paul of 61 years; two daughters: Jayme Miller (Rod) of Roaring Spring and Dana Jameson (Todd) of Urbana, Md.; a son, Brian Dodson (Michel...
Gary Allen "Bucket" Taylor, 65, of Martinsburg, passed away unexpectedly Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024, while doing what he loved, hunting deer. He was born Jan. 21, 1959, in Altoona, son of the late Charles E. "Chuck" and Alma Jean (Gabrielson) Taylor. He is survived by three sons: Lucas M. Taylor (Ashlee), Zach A. Taylor (Chelsie) and Clinton J. "C.J." Taylor (Dessirae) all of Roaring Spring; 10 grandchildren: Jaden, Reece, Dean, Arriannna, Kamden, Drayvin, Kessler, Kayden, Tripp and Remi; two...
Priscilla "Jo" Brown, 83, of Woodbury, passed away Dec. 7, 2024, at Viva Senior Living, Hagerstown, Md. She was under the gracious care provided by Hospice of Washington County. She was born Feb. 4, 1941, in Greene County, the daughter of Raymond and Genna West. She is survived by her elder sister, Shirley (predeceased husband Glenn); daughter JoDee (Bruce) Cubbage and granddaughter Cameron; and daughter Johanna (Scott) Koper and grandchildren Chloe and Carter. Jo is also lovingly remembered by...
Thursday, December 19 Food Distribution 9-11 a.m. Martinsburg Food Pantry 133 E. Allegheny St. Duncansville Evangelical Lutheran Church Blue Christmas Service, 6 p.m. Sunday, December 20 Faith Baptist Church at 6:30 p.m. Christmas Carols with John Dennis McCoy. No admission charge, guests asked to bring canned goods to benefit local residents in need. Tuesday, December 24 Christmas Eve Services: Martinsburg Grace Brethren Church, two services, 4:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. RCC’s 5 p.m. in the gymnasium. The Faith Baptist Church of Altoona, 6 p.m.. D...
After extensive consideration, the owners of the Morrisons Cove Herald, Inc., have decided to eliminate one edition from the 52 editions normally published in a year. The edition to be eliminated will be the one usually published after Christmas and around New Year’s Day. (The exact date of the edition depends upon how the calendar is set each year. The Herald publishes on Thursdays. This decision does not affect any other Herald editions. The Herald therefore will publish 52 editions in 2024 but 51 annual editions into the future. The H...
major loss. Her husband, the great love of her life, was killed in a horrible accident, and she swears she will never love again. She's had her one chance. But that doesn't stop her from trying to help everyone else in their pursuits of love: Her divorced sister Stef, her new-to-town employee Elinor, and her hunky best friend, hardware store owner Mitch. In fact, Frankie likes trying to help everyone. She tries to help her best friend Viola renovate her new house. She tries to help her daughter...
Last August, my twin sister and I had the opportunity to attend an unusual festival – the Twins Days Festival. As you can probably guess, this festival is specifically for twins (or triplets, quadruplets, etc.). Taking place in Twinsburg, Ohio, the festival lasts around three days and brings in over 1,000 attendees. Twinsburg was founded in 1817, but was originally called Millsville. In 1819, identical twins Moses and Aaron Wilcox purchased 4,000 acres of land and renamed the town Twinsburg. Sin...
Herald of Dec. 22, 1899 From Dec. 19, 1974 Edition William Miller of Williamsburg died of injuries received in a premature explosion at the quarry of the Pittsburgh Limestone Co. He was preparing to set off a blast when the fuse shot fire back and ignited his coat. In brushing the fire from his clothing, some sparks fell into a can of powder which exploded, causing serious burns and other injuries. Morrell Lykens fell from the ore washer at Mines. He was bruised and badly shaken but escaped serious injury. William Gunnett of Henrietta, section...
Herald of Dec. 19, 1924 From Dec. 15, 1949 Edition A fire broke out in the walls and partitions of the new Roaring Spring High School building Wednesday afternoon, and did much damage to the building and contents, threatening to destroy the entire building before being brought under control. The largest attendance on record, installation of officers for the new year and a banquet, featured the December get-together meeting of the members of Murray-Appleman Post 147 American Legion at Roaring Spring, with Geo. L. Horner being installed as the...
Herald of Dec. 22, 1949 Popular gift packages of apples that carry the “Cove flavor” to more than a dozen states and some foreign countries were being unloaded at the Roaring Spring Post Office. This is the first year the Cove’s largest orchard packed apples in special gift packages, and the response was excellent. Accepting the presidency of the Martinsburg Booster Association for its silver anniversary year, Blair R. Bice challenged the 100 Boosters and guests attending the president’s reception to “think ahead” for the welfare of the comm...
Herald of Dec. 19, 1974 The party held in honor of Mowry Prince Corinne – the “super cow” in Clarence and Kenneth Mowry’s Holstein herd at Baker’s Summit – was the social event of the year on many farm calendars in Morrisons Cove. Approximately 900 persons traveled to the Bedford County farm Wednesday morning, Dec. 11, to gaze at the ten-year-old wonder of the black and white breed, a cow which has produced 50,759 pounds of milk in 365 days. She gazed right back. A proposal to reconstruct the Piney Creek road from Martinsburg to Williamsbur...
Herald of Dec. 23, 1999 Brice Miller’s graphite drawing of a Woodbury boy has been selected for a millennium show at the Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, N.Y. Miller is a Woodbury area professional artist recognized nationally for his detailed pencil drawings. A post World War II British Vampire jet flight was parked near the original terminal at the Altoona-Blair County Airport, enroute to an air show at Johnstown. Officials from the Tour de ’Toona bicycle race announced this week that a portion of the race again will be sta...
Herald of Dec. 18, 2014 The Central High School 2014-15 Mock Trial team, composed of four freshmen, four sophomores, one junior and one senior, recently traveled to San Francisco to compete in the Empire Mock Trial Tournament and returned with a fifth-place finish out of 24 teams. Residents of Catharine Township will see a slight increase in their property taxes for 2015. The Martinsburg Area Community Fund continues to receive donations from area residents, businesses and organizations. To date, the annual fund drive has received $33,679 in...
Central's Corbin Mobley (right) wrestles Trinity High School's August Barrett in a 152 lb. preliminary bout during the Panther Holiday Classic wrestling tournament at Mount Aloysius College....
Central Scarlet Dragon wrestling edged the Bedford Bisons in a close match determined by the falls from Carson Mowery (121lbs.) and Thaide Mickel (152 lbs.) and three forfeit victories they picked up for a 37-33 final in favor of the Dragons. The win got Central off to a good start for the season. They will be tested in the upcoming Holiday tournament. Coach David Marko still believes they can be a strong dual meet team with a mix of experienced wrestlers and young guys. 121-Mowery-C pinned Ednie :16 127-Boone-B pinned Wilt :133-Kozlelec-B...
When I got hooked by fly-fishing more than 55 years ago, I lost at least several flies on each fly-fishing adventure. Flies weren’t outrageously expensive in those long-lost days; but as a student, I did not have extra cash lying around for store-bought flies. I knew that enthusiastic fly-fishermen tied their own flies, and the handwriting on the wall told me that I’d better learn to tie flies if fly-fishing was going to be affordable. I had run into Ralph Haney and his son Randy on several of my adventures. Ralph was a fine fly-fisherman, and...
Claysburg's Bailey Tipton (right) fights for possession of the ball with Fannett Metal's Sadie Wolf Friday, Dec. 13....
Read the book of 1 John for background “See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God; and that is what we are.” 1 John 3:1 Are you feeling that you are not quite ready for Christmas yet? That is really okay because I want you to think how we are really Easter people living in an Advent world. We live our days in the truth of the resurrection. We live in a world that remains broken yet where we see miracles abound. This time of year reminds us that God has not let hope die. We also know the wonderful gift we...
The angel’s words about Mary in Matthew 1:21 – “And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins,” are a challenge to our instinctive love of personal autonomy. Is it necessary to allow those nice words from the angel to really rearrange our lives? It is, if Jesus is God’s Son who from eternity past has possessed all authority and power. Jesus is God’s own Word made flesh. He is our Creator, the One who sustains us daily. He is infinitely higher than we are, yet we were made to know...
We have examined some of the names used for the coming ‘King of Kings’ and ‘Lord of Lords’. His ‘First Coming’ had been predicted. Many did not understand Isaiah’s prophecy well but most had some concept of it and were eagerly waiting. A least I like to think so. I am not really so sure: As is often the case, when we don’t understand something we impose our ideas on it. That was the case for the Jews, when Jesus was born. When He began His public ministry, He did things that amazed people but also some things they expected, did not happen. The...
Woodbury Township residents will be paying $21 more, per $100,000 in assessed value of home, in taxes in 2025, per the township supervisors during Thursday evening’s meeting. The millage will increase from .74 to .95; this is the first millage increase in the township since 2021. Supervisor Rich Eastep made a motion to increase millage with Paul Harclerode seconding, motion passed. The increase in taxes will generate revenue of an estimated $21,000 more for the township. Harclerode then made a motion to approve the 2025 budget with the i...
Williamsburg first year coach Angela Detwiler talks with her players during practice Saturday morning....
The Williamsburg Municipal Authority received a capacity letter from Cove Forge, on behalf of the authority’s engineer John Clabaugh. The authority will not be able to provide enough water to handle all needs at once. The letter, litigates the authority from any responsibility when they have firefighting issues. The letter also enables Cove Forge to get their permits approved. The authority voted to pave the borough parking lot, but are about $3,000 short using the ARPA funds. Harry Mullins made a motion to allow the authority to pitch in $...
Big Buck Contest in Williamsburg...
The First Methodist Church teamed up with some of the members from the Scottish Rite Masonic Lodge in Altoona to provide some needs for the local veterans home in Hollidaysburg. Brady Appleman, center, helped spearhead the drive in Williamsburg and is pictured here dropping items off....
Shades of Joy Coloring Contest Winners...
