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Herald of Oct. 27, 1899 From Oct. 24, 1974 and Oct. 28, 1999 Editions The engine of a freight train ran over the right leg of William S. Dent in Milford Center, Ohio, 28 miles west of Columbus. The leg had to be amputated. Dent was well known in the Cove, having served as brakeman on trains serving the local branch at the same time his father was conductor, leading passengers to refer to the train as “Dent’s Train.” His brother, Thomas J. Dent of Henrietta, a fireman on the branch train, was notified by telegram and left immediately for Ohio....
Herald of Oct. 24, 1924 From Oct. 24, 1974 and Oct. 28, 1999 Editions Mrs. D.B. Teeter of Lafayetteville enjoyed a trip to Detroit with relatives and a tour of the Ford factory. At the same time, the Prince of Wales was there, as a visitor, and was presented two cars, a large one and a solid nickel Ford, to take back home as gifts from the manufacturer. Wedding bells rang for Elmer Ferry and Minnie Kauffman of Roaring Spring, married at the Reformed parsonage at Curryville. William and Martha (Benson) Brumbaugh celebrated their golden...
Herald of Oct. 27, 1949 Martinsburg’s efforts for community improvement moved forward this week when more than 100 Oriental Plane trees were planted. A very impressive service was held at New Enterprise on Sunday afternoon, Oct. 23, when the congregation of the Church of the Brethren laid the cornerstone for their new house of worship, construction of which has been in progress for some time. Letters explaining the purpose of “Career Day” and forms listing more than 50 occupations will be submitted to juniors and seniors at the Morrison Cove...
Herald of Oct. 24, 1974 Ghosts, goblins and assorted Halloween creatures will have a chance to show off their holiday costumes in a community party at Martinsburg and in parades at Roaring Spring and Williamsburg. Workmen from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation were busy this week erecting snow fences along the highways of Northern Bedford County. The Rev. Mark B. Michael will be installed as pastor of the Greenfield Charge of the United Church of Christ in a special service at Grace Church Claysburg, at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 27....
Herald of Oct. 28, 1999 The Roaring Spring industrial neighbors of New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co. were joined by approximately a dozen residential neighbors in urging the Department of Environmental Protection to deny a mining permit revision that would allow NES&L to dig 50 feet deeper in its Roaring Spring dolomite quarry. Voters in Blair County will see only one contest for countrywide office when they go to the polls next Thursday, while voters in Bedford County will need to decide five contests for courthouse row offices. A fast-moving...
Herald of Oct. 23, 2014 The Blair County Tea Party is sponsoring a debate between the two candidates for the 80th District. The debate will be between the two candidates who hope to fill the office currently held by Jerry Stern (R). Stern is retiring at the end of this term. The candidates are Judy Ward of Frankstown Township and Jason Lynn of Bellwood. Ward, 55, is running as a Republican and Lynn, 28, as an independent. Twenty officers recently took part in a patrol rifle instructor course hosted by the Martinsburg and Allegheny Township...
The ancient Celtic people celebrated Samhain to mark the end of harvest season. It was a time when the boundary between the worlds of the living and the dead became blurred, as ghosts visited earth. After the Roman Empire conquered the Celtic people, their festivals of Feralia (in which the the Romans honored the passing of the dead) and a day to honor Pomona, the Roman goddess of fruit and trees, were combined with Samhain. Taking place on November 1, the Catholic holiday of All Saints’ Day (All Hallows’ Day) also contributes to Hal...
This is part four of a continuing series about notable people who have at one time or another called the Cove home. This week's article features musician/promoter Steve Aungst. Aungst was the founder of the regional touring group The Vicksburg Quartet. He was the founder and organizer of The Pennsylvania State Singing Convention held annually in Martinsburg. If that wasn't enough, he was also a booking agent for local and regional music and variety acts and founder and director of The Meister...
Maintenance workers from the Morrisons Cove Memorial Park rake up leaves on Monday morning....
Evening temps have dropped and the days grow shorter. It's October, after all, and one of the markers of the season besides finding stink bugs and beetles tucked away in warm corners of the house is the harvest of apples and hickory nuts from yards, orchards, and at field edges. If you come upon a Shagbark Hickory tree, check the ground for thick, quartered, brownish, green husks containing pale, hard nuts. This resilient, native tree produces large amounts of tasty fruit/nuts every few years,...
Gemma, a Golden Retriever from MEJIMO Kennels in Woodbury Township, won the most elaborate costume at Fogels Training Center Dog Halloween party. She is dressed in her pink Flamingo costume. Gemma is owned by Robyn Mills....
Actress Joan Bennett once sent Hedda Hopper a $435 valentine. The $35 went for a skunk which carried a note, “Won’t you be my valentine? Nobody else will. I stink and so do you.” That is just an example of the type of relationships she had with the stars of the day. Blair County native Hopper was born Elda Furry on May 2, 1885 in Hollidaysburg. Her family moved to Altoona when she was three. According to Linda Barnes, a distant cousin of Hopper’s, Hopper also had ties to the Curryvi...
Beckham Jessic, 9, of Hollidaysburg, a student at Hoover Martial Arts Center in Martinsburg, participated in the Blair County Karate Championships held at the Hollidaysburg High School on Saturday, Sept. 14. In his first competition ever, he placed third in the Empty Hand Kata Division for children’s yellow belt participants. Photo Provided...
This is part two of a series on twins written by Herald intern Miranda Madden. I’ve been a twin for most of my life (give or take a couple minutes), and when it comes to being a twin, many theories have been created because of the close bond and connection we have with each other. Going through various beliefs about twins’ alleged abilities, I’ll see whether they’re true or not based on my own experiences. Twin Telepathy Can twins really read each other’s minds? This belief, that twins have extrasensory perception (also known as “twintuit...
Herald of Oct. 16, 2014 On Sept. 15, Donald Bookhammer of Roaring Spring attached a bronze plaque at the front door of Royer Mansion designating it as being on the National Register of Historic Places. The Claysburg-Kimmel School Board named a 10-year veteran high school math teacher, Matt Hall, as its new elementary principal during the Oct. 8 meeting. On Monday, Oct. 20, Homewood will be one of four county businesses inducted into the Blair County Chamber of Commerce’s Business Hall of Fame. Blair County has effectively received an i...
Herald of Oct. 21, 1999 The U.S. Air Force Band will present a concert Nov. 12 Roaring Spring. Over 200 people turned out to hear ghost stories and to search for spooks lingering in the woods at Royer Mansion on Saturday evening, Oct. 16, south of Williamsburg. Since buying her first two market hogs at livestock market in 1993, Nichole Over has turned her supervised agriculture experience into a self-sustaining mini-ag business. The Southern Cove Volunteer Fire Company will host Octoberfest ’99 Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 23 and 24. C...
Herald of Oct. 17, 1974 A warning that a bomb would be exploded in the factory of the Martinsburg Shoe Company at Martinsburg resulted in the building being cleared for a time shortly after 10:30 a.m. Monday, while police and firemen searched for explosives. Mr. and Mrs. Fred G. Bechtel and sons Jerry, Gary, and Dale of Curryville were named the 1974 Blair County Farm Family. It will cost between $3.2 million and $5.4 million to solve the Spring Cove School District’s building problems, according to estimates prepared by consultants who have c...
Herald of Oct. 20, 1949 There is just a possibility that there may be a second coyote wandering among the farms in the Cove, we have learned since one was accidentally run over last week. Martinsburg Community Fund volunteer workers have turned in more than 40 percent of the $4,600 goal, Chairman Kenton R. Miller reported this week. The body of Lieut. Clayton Paul Graybill, who was reported missing in action in the Pacific April 8, 1944, will arrive in Martinsburg today. The gigantic operations of the Pennsylvania Department of Highways in...
Herald of Oct. 17, 1924 From Oct. 17, 1974 and Oct. 21, 1999 Editions Paul Leroy Carper, eight-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Carper of Taylor Township, died at Nason Hospital, two minutes after submission, after being struck and run over by a car on Woodbury Pike. In company with an uncle and cousin, D.M. Kensinger and son, Carl, and his father, the group had stopped at the Kensinger farm to view a house under construction. The boys darted to cross the highway from behind the car into the path of a south-bound machine that he failed to...
Herald of Oct. 20, 1899 From Oct. 21, 1999 Edition There were nine cases of typhoid fever reported in the Canoe Creek vicinity. Mertie Dibert, 16, of Claysburg, died of typhoid. Civic leaders in Williamsburg were discussing the installation of an electric light plant. Samuel C. Kagarise of Loysburg enlisted in the 47th volunteer regular infantry forming at Camp Meade for service in the Orient. A large barn on the D.K. Ramey farm a half mile east of Blair Furnace, occupied by John Diehl, burned with all its contents, including four horses, 12...
Mornings in the Cove have had a different feel to them recently – the air is crisp and cool with heavy fog blanketing the landscape during early hours. Fall weather has certainly arrived, bringing with it shorter days and bright spots of color as the trees start to flaunt their autumn hues. For the farmers in the Cove, these changes signal harvest season – the time of year when countless hours are spent in tractors, choppers, trucks, and other equipment, working when Mother Nature allows, to...
Central High School's Morrison's Cove Rotary Student of the Month for October is Kira Trexler. Parents: Randy and Rhonda Trexler Hometown: Martinsburg School Activities: Varsity Soccer Team, National Honor Society; Spanish Honor Society Hobbies/Interests: I enjoy outdoor activities like camping, hiking, and swimming. I love hanging out with friends and family, playing pickleball and traveling to new places. Honors/Awards Received: All-State Nominee (Junior Year), League/Conference MVP...
Herald of Oct. 13, 1899 From Oct. 10, 1974 and Oct. 14, 1999 Editions It was reported that Saxton would be lighted with electricity within 60 days. The Huntingdon & Broad Top Railroad closed a contract for a 60 arch and incandescent plant to furnish light for its shops, offices and yards and for the streets, business houses and residence of town. Chestnuts were reported to be ripe, but the crop was small. Farmer Crissman and assistant Henry Stoudnour picked 200 bushels of winter apples in 10-½ hours. John Stoudnour Jr. picked an apple in...
Herald of Oct. 10, 1924 From Oct. 10, 1974 and Oct. 14, 1999 Editions The police of Martinsburg received numerous complaints of disorderly conduct on town streets at late night hours. If not stopped, the indulging parties were to be arrested and fined. Late loafers would be liable to arrest as suspicious characters or nuisances. Nason Hospital had its first baccalaureate and commencement exercises for a five-member class. Cove nurses were Verna Elizaebeth Leidy from Martinsburg and Carrie Dunkle, New Enterprise. G.F. Ritchey, Huston Township...
Herald of Oct. 13, 1949 The Fairview Church of the Brethren, in the Clover Creek section of the Cove, near Williamsburg, will hold a homecoming service in honor of their 75th anniversary Sunday, Oct. 23. There will be services morning, afternoon and evening. Time is fast approaching for the annual Morrisons Cove Community Fair, which will be held next week, Oct. 19-20-21. A banquet was held Wednesday evening by the Martinsburg school board and the teachers of the Martinsburg High school and grade schools, in honor of Miss Della C. Lykens, a...
Herald of Oct. 10, 1974 Six-year-old Merle Robert Glass, lost on Tussey Mountain for the second time in a little more than a year, has a cold and a few scratches but otherwise he is in good shape. His dog, Whitey, the pet which accompanied him on his two-day expedition, has a few more burdock caught in his long fur, but he is fine too. The Herald sells everything for the modern office – from paper clips to typewriters, from pencils to desks. The New Enterprise Stone & Line Co., Inc., is observing its 50th anniversary this year. In honor of t...
Herald of Oct. 14, 1999 Approximately 150 persons took part in the annual Morrisons Cove CROP Walk for Hunger Sunday, Oct. 10. Appleton Papers has announced that during the next 12 to 18 months, it will invest $25 million to expand carbonless coating operations at its Roaring Spring and Appleton, Wis., manufacturing facilities. Snider Homestead Farm’s five-year-old Snider’s Opp Georgie came home to New Enterprise with top honors in the Guernsey competition at the 1999 World Dairy Exposition, Madison, Wis. The National Transportation Safety Boa...
Herald of Oct. 9, 2014 A small company called Canary Labs operating out of The Brownstown Building on Bean Hill just outside of Martinsburg will be recognized by the Blair County Chamber of Commerce on Monday, Oct. 20. This year’s Down on the Farm event was held Thursday, Oct. 2, at Curryview Farms, Martinsburg RR. The social event focuses on educating people about farms and the farming industry. The Southern Blair Senior Center offers free fitness classes for those aged 60 and older. The center asks only that those eligible and interested s...
This is part one of a series of stories about notable people who once called the Cove their home. Steel Magnate Charles M. Schwab, began his career as an engineer in Andrew Carnegie’s Steelworks. He was promoted often, including to the positions of General Superintendent of The Homestead Works in 1887 and General Superintendent of The Edgar Thomson Steel Works in 1890. Born February 18, 1862, in Williamsburg, Schwab, at the age of thirty-five, became president of The Carnegie Steel Company. I...
Isn’t it funny how recipes or food around a table can just bring back memories for some? For me, eating with and enjoying the company of the people I love – those memories always stay. Two months ago, a family friend, Mason Weidig, was tragically killed in a motorcycle accident. My mom and I were reminiscing about Mason and how he always called her “Tootie” and I was thinking about Mason, as I usually do daily now since his death. For those of you who were not blessed to know Mason, he was som...
Some of the Herald’s readers may know that I am also an author. I have written two books entitled “They Came From Blair County” volumes one and two. The books talk about people who have come from the area who have done notable things whether it be in sports, entertainment, business or politics. I am currently writing volume three. I am also working on “They Came From Bedford County” and “They Came From Cambria County”. Volume three is due out next year with the Bedford and Cambria County books due out within a year or so after that. I am al...
Herald of Oct. 2, 2014 The public is invited to come to the Claysburg Area Public Library and visit its new young adult area. The Martinsburg Municipal Authority moved a little closer to absorbing the Curryville Water Authority (CWA) at the MMA’s September meeting. Although nothing has been made final, the discussion among authority members and the authority’s advisors indicated that the MMA will be taking over Curryville’s water system. The Blair County 4-H Lamb Chops held their annual Cooking Contest on Sun., Sept. 7. All members were prese...
Herald of Oct. 7, 1999 The historic Royer Mansion on Route 866 north of Martinsburg will be the site of a ghost story session from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 16. Sonja Hinish of Williamsburg RD 2 placed first overall in the women’s division of the St. Francis College Cross Country 5K run Saturday, Oct. 2, Immergrun Golf Course, Loretto. New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co. in Roaring Spring was among the five companies inducted into the Blair County Business Hall of Fame. The reconstruction of four area at-grade railroad crossings will cause some t...
Herald of Oct. 3, 1974 Miss Anamae Smith, a news writer at the Herald, talked on the subject of communication to the ninth grade English classes taught by Mrs. Margaret Smith at the Spring Cove Junior High School. The fourth annual Cavalcade of Bands will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, at the Roaring Spring Athletic Field. Sponsoring the field competition for the seven competing high school bands are the Central High School Music Parents and Radio Station WKMC. Darryl W. Brumbaugh formally opened his campaign for General Assembly last...
Herald of Oct. 6, 1949 The Woodbury Athletic Association is planning a banquet to honor the Woodbury Baseball Team, which ended in fourth place in the Bedford County Baseball League this year–their first in the league. The Williamsburg Beagle Club will stage its fifth American Kennel Club Sanctioned Plan “A” Field Trial on October 15th and 16th, according to an announcement made by James Felten, club president. Martinsburg Girl Scouts held their first meeting for the year on Wednesday evening of this week. The troop this year numbers 40 girls...
Herald of Oct. 3, 1924 The site selected for the new consolidated school building brought dissatisfaction from a number of North Woodbury Township citizens. In a lengthy letter submitted by E.I. Burget, a committee member, the biggest objective was unsatisfactory drainage for a children’s playground. Speaking against the election, one farmer summed up the plot: “Would make an excellent hog wallow in the spring of the year.” More opinions were solicited from taxpayers for future publication. Restricted water use was still in effect with sprin...
Herald of Oct. 6, 1899 Miss Katharine Munson of Altoona accepted the position as head nurse at the sanatorium. She was a graduate of the Norristown Training School and post graduate of the New York Polyclinic Hospital. Miss Munson was to make the training school of the Sanitorium complete. A charter will be obtained so as to grant diplomas. Prof. Croft was planning to open a music store in the old post office room in Roaring Spring, selling instruments from pianos to mouth organs. At Larke, John M. Sorrick’s pet fox ran off and residents w...
Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding invites Pennsylvanians to carve out some time for family fun, while supporting a Pennsylvania pumpkin farmer. Purchase a PA-grown pumpkin and make it your canvas for creativity in the PA Preferred® pumpkin contest, PA Pumpkin Palooza: Where Gourds Go Glam. “Pennsylvania has a pumpkin patch around every corner and a farmer producing the best quality products on the market,” said Secretary Redding. “Take time this fall for some fun on the farm and pick a PA pumpkin to express your creative support for Pennsy...
One of the reasons to love gardening is its ability to teach generosity. A tiny seed is planted and has the potential to produce many pounds of nutritious food, creating an illusion more like a magic trick than science. Although some things don’t grow as planned, thanks to factors like weather, pests, and disease - others unexpectedly exceed expectations. By the end of August, there are incoming waves of tomatoes and peppers, cosmos and zinnias, raspberries and basil. When the garden is generous...
Miranda Madden is a senior at Slippery Rock University and spent the past summer as an intern at the Herald. This is the first in a series of articles about twins that Miranda was hounded by a certain co-worker to write because she is a twin. Enjoy! Twins in mythology seem to be a phenomenon that brings about conflicting views. They can never be just normal people; they are either providers of great success or providers of mass destruction–no in between! Most mythological tales depict twins as beings who bring great fortune and prosperity. Gree...
Williamsburg held their Homecoming festivities on Friday, September 20. Homecoming festivities and crowning began at 6:30 p.m., followed by a win over West Branch 49-16. The homecoming dance was held Saturday evening. First row: Crown bearers: Emerson Everhart and Bryson Wyland-Prough 2nd row: Scotlyn Barroner, Eleanor Brubaker, Homecoming Prince Sam Parks, Homecoming Princess Alana Bowmaster, Homecoming Queen Kacie Norris, Homecoming King Ethan O, Logan Brantner, and Jesse B...
The 2024-2025 board members of the Iron Masters Country Club. Seated from left, Rick Grubb-Club Pro, Bradley Wierman-Secretary, George Eckman-President, Tom Holsinger-Vice President. Standing first row from left, Randy Knepp, Paul Puskar, Mark Guyer, Mark Nycum, Kellie Aungt-Greens Supt. Standing second row from left, Ed Smith, Bud Hetrick, Kevin Feath, Wes Elder. Missing: Spencer Hinish and Eric Glunt...
The Morrison Cove High School (Martinsburg, PA) Class of 1959 celebrated its 65th Class Reunion on August 24, 2024 at The Bistro at the Village at Morrison Cove. Sixteen (16) class members and ten (10) guests attended. Class members present were: Front Row (left to right): Barbara (Manbeck) Lantz, Sandra (Dilling) Weyandt, Janet (Gordon) Shaffer, Janet (Guyer) Book, Ruth (Negley) Snelbaker Middle Row (left to right): Donna (McKinney) Kensinger, Norma (Helsel) Weidlich, Phyllis (Diehl) Burket,...
Herald of Sept. 25, 2014 A week after learning that the Kopp Drug store in Martinsburg will be closing in October, there is word that a supermarket may be coming to town by the end of the year. After nearly three decades of service, Woodbury Postmaster Eric Clapper is retiring. Locals say that they will miss his polite and cheerful manner. A proposed Pennsylvania Senate bill would give school boards in the Commonwealth the power to allow staff to carry guns. The bill’s primary sponsor, State Sen. Donald White, R-Indiana, said “... we must loo...
Herald of Sept. 30, 1999 The Roaring Spring bluegrass group “Three Generations on Strings” will be taking their talents south of the Mason-Dixon line this weekend. The group is scheduled to play Saturday at West Virginia University in Morgantown, W.Va., at an event called the Global Embrace, part of a worldwide celebration to mark the 1999 International Day of Older Persons. The 1999-2000 school year has finally begun at WHS. Boy, does the school look different! All of the rooms have new numbers and some new teachers. All of the subjects are...
Herald of Sept. 26, 1974 A killing frost finished many corn crops in Morrisons Cove Tuesday morning and ruined late vegetable gardens. The mercury dipped below freezing on both Monday and Tuesday, falling to 31 degrees according to the Federal Aviation Administration at the Blair County Airport, Martinsburg. Cost estimates for remodeling or replacing elementary schools in the Spring Cove School District will be disclosed at a second public “think-along” session that has been scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 9, at the junior high sch...
Herald of Sept. 29, 1949 As Pennsylvania’s apple growers harvest their largest apple crop since 1942, Morrisons Cove fruit specialists are harvesting one of the greatest crops in the history of this rich farming valley. In its first year in the Bedford County Baseball League, the Woodbury team is now in the playoff series in a try for the 1949 league pennant. Rotary District Governor Jere West of Bedford, of Bedford, completed his circuit of the 41 clubs of the 264th Rotary District Monday night, when he made his official visit to the M...
Herald of Sept. 26, 1924 Outraged by the questionable action of young men and women on side streets, highways and school yards, a group of concerned fathers and brothers made an attempt to end the citation by organizing flash-light patrols of the areas, revealing the offender’s identity and afterwards publishing names. More than 500 automobiles carried a crowd of Yellow Dogs of Blair County and their families to the Clarence Rhodes farm near Curryville for an evening of “corn gnawing” and barn dancing. Altoona K9’s assisted with prepara...
Herald of Sept. 29 1899 The Herald editor urged the businessmen of Martinsburg to get together and raise sufficient funds to erect or buy a building for the establishment of a shoe factory in Martinsburg. He said shoe factory workers at Tyrone, Halifax, Millersburg and Carlisle were making between $1.25 and $2.50 per day, depending on the ability of the operator. R.H. Sipes of Martinsburg sculpted a beautiful monument for Mrs. Conrade of Roaring Spring to be placed in the cemetery there in memory of her son, who drowned while swimming in the...
Roaring Spring Community Library recently installed a new porch, due to the previous one being in bad shape. The work started in the second week of August and took about four weeks to complete the project. “It was deteriorating and you could really tell,” Library Director Michelle McIntyre said. The porch had most of the original framing from when the building was built in 1907, she said. Cordell Construction was helping them with the project. McIntyre said because of the condition, all of the...
