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Corn. Sweet corn! How Nancy and I love to eat corn on the cob grown here in the Cove! From July until early October, we enjoy delicious kernels of sweet goodness. We buy from several local establishments, trying to determine which we like best – yellow, white, or bicolor. Last fall Nancy and I watched with fascination as local farmers used giant machines to harvest cornfields near our home. The driver of the John Deere corn harvester methodically completed many rows at a time. As the machine went to and fro, trucks drove alongside collecting t...
Commendable civic efforts are underway in Williamsburg to organize a historical society to document and preserve the celebrated history of the town and surrounding area. Roane Lytle was elected president of this fledgling organization. Other officers are Cathy Over, Peggy Mingle and Lugene Shelly. The group hopes to acquire space to exhibit the town’s memorabilia and highlight its illustrious history. According to Lytle, one of the projects being considered is a William Cramer Room that the society would fill with some of his historic a...
Born into slavery, by age eight Mary knew the plantation rules well. “Never stop working” was number one and it didn’t matter what the reason. She never stopped working. Slaves were also not allowed to learn to read or write, so for the time being, she did not learn to read or writer, either. She dreamed of the day she’d be as free as the birds she saw flying over the Union Springs, Alabama plantation she lived on. One day, she would learn to read. Mary was 15 years old when the Abraham Lincoln...
It looks like Williamsburg is losing another institution. In a letter sent to customers dated Dec. 3. 2021, Mid Penn Bank, a Millersburg, Pa., based bankcorp that now controls Riverview Bank’s assets, announced the closing of the Williamsburg branch effective March 4, 2021 [sic]. In June when Mid Penn Bank announced the merger, Mid Penn said the acquisition of Riverview was a chance for their corporation to get a foothold in the State College area market. The press release touted the merger as creating a “premier Pennsylvania community ban...
To the Editor: In our annual Christmas letter to the Cove, we would like to take a moment to look back at our accomplishments this past year and let our community know our plans going forward for the “Hidden Treasure of the Cove.” There is no doubt that 2021 was a challenge to operate for many small businesses in our area due to COVID. With assistance from our community, we were able to keep our doors yet again for another year. The Park has made a conscious decision to reinvest revenues from programs and donations from our patrons back into pr...
To the Editor: Thank you to the six Martinsburg Booters who volunteered to ring the Salvation Army bell at C&S Market. Those volunteering were Luanne Eckenrode, Ken Ake, John Knepp, Homer Shriner, Connie Brumbaugh and Richard Bice. Martinsburg Salvation Army director, Suzanne McNally, thanked the Boosters for their help. Pictured is Connie Brumbaugh, who along with her husband Jeff, are the newest Booster members. Connie is the daughter of fellow Booster Janet Dick and the late Booster Sherm...
I am once again amazed at the volume of text that flows through online social media sites about issues in the Cove, yet so little of it ends up in the pages of the Herald. With a community so interested in writing and expressing opinions, you’d think there would be more submitted to the local newspaper. After all, part of the local paper’s job is to present the opinions of its readers. The Herald does so. And any accusations that we will reject submissions we disagree with or edit them into meaninglessness is just not true. Also not true is...
The holiday season is upon us, and for many people that means making purchases for gift exchanges and planning the menu for family and work gatherings. But, for our nation’s small business owners, preparing for the biggest and busiest time of the year can take months of hard work, and involves more than just inventory on the shelves. While consumers make their lists and check them twice, entrepreneurs have been working behind the scenes to prepare. They’ve spent nights and weekends learning how to market their business and getting familiar wit...
“Nothing is certain except death and taxes” is an old expression that expresses the expectation that each person’s taxes are one of the foreseeable but unavoidable aspects of life. However, without taxes, which support all levels of government, we would not have much of what we use and depend on every day: roads, bridges, schools, the military, police and the judiciary, and assurance of quality of food and medicine. The question of the level of taxation that is required to maintain these facets of government is for many of us the primary reaso...
Tiny Tales is a collection of anecdotes about a wide array of characters. Mccall Smith includes mere snippets of his characters' lives. Many stories may be only a few moments of an individual's lifetime. Just like in real life, they may seem unimportant to one person, but to the individual experiencing them they can be epic and have immense impact. The stories are about love, kindness, nostalgia, strangeness, and friendship. Read about a progressive Viking, an opera singer who couldn't sing,...
We begin and end in the same time frame, with an entire lifetime in between. “Island Queen” is an extraordinary historical novel based on the amazing real-life Dorothy, a free woman of color who bought her freedom from slavery, rose above the abuse she’d faced, and became one of the wealthiest, most powerful landowners in the colonial West Indies. Miss Dolly, as Dorothy was known, was always a force to be reckoned with. Facing oppression not just because of the color of her skin, but also as a...
Christmas in Curryville was special. Every home put up decorations inside and out. Dad took us kids with him to the woods and we gathered beautiful, dark green moss. We put the moss under the tree as the setting for the train track. We also gathered trailing pine which was the setting for the lights around our front porch. Each year we went to Gables in Altoona. We were given money to buy gifts for each other. One year I saw a huge display of beautiful wreaths. If I bought one, I would not have enough money for other presents. I felt very...
Ever wonder what happens to the sole survivor, the final girl, once the movie is over and the credits roll? In horror movies, the final girl emerges victorious, the lone heroine in what is usually a senseless bloodbath. But, after the endorphin rush wears off, the sirens fade, the audience goes home, and the trauma sets in… then what? This is why Lynnette Tarkington is part of the Final Girl Support Group, a private therapy group specifically for, well, final girls. Lynnette survived a massacre...
As new Covites, Nancy and I regularly observe things that were uncommon at our previous dwelling locations. For example, we see the ubiquitous horse-drawn black buggy and plain people wearing simple yet consistent clothing. In late summer we traveled to Kishacoquillas Valley (known locally as either Kish Valley or Big Valley) where PA Route 655 runs from Mill Creek to Reedsville. We were amazed at the number of buggies on that highway. There were buggies with black tops, yellow tops, and white tops, apparently identifying with particular Amish...
To the Editor: The Plum Creek Mountain ground was not Roaring Spring Borough Council’s to sell and/or restrict the people from using. The ground was given to the people of Roaring Spring 125 years ago by past generations for recreational use, as stated in the original agreement. I feel sure that only two of the members of council have been to the property in the last year, that being stated, your letter to the Altoona Mirror was misleading the public to fit someone’s agenda on your board. The gates you speak of in the letter, that you state hav...
The 2021 general election was unlike any in recent memory as disenchantment with the state mandate for mask wearing in schools gave rise to a hard-fought, grassroots effort by write-in candidates to win seats on the board of directors in two local school districts. In Spring Cove, write-in candidates Brenda Frederick, Travis Ott and Kevin Smith, running as a team under the banner of the Spring Cove Educational Integrity Alliance, each garnered more than 1,000 votes, with Frederick accumulating an unofficial tally of 1,279 write-in votes, just...
To the Editor: On Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021, Eva Mae Eshelman left her earthly home to be with the Lord. While Eva’s entire family is saddened by her departure, we are all comforted by the memories of her life. Eva Eshelman was a pillar of the Cove community. She loved this area and the life that a rural, small town in Pennsylvania could offer her. In her life, she raised ten children while co-managing the Eshelman family farm with her husband. This life may appear simple to many; however, Eva’s self-sacrificing love for her family created a l...
The Thanksgiving holiday is once again with us. No one truly knows when the first Thanksgiving took place. Some academics say it was in 1621, when the Pilgrims celebrated their harvest with a three day turkey feast in Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts. Others say the first Thanksgiving took place in Virginia in 1619. Whatever, President George Washington called for a national day of thanksgiving in 1789, but it fell to Abraham Lincoln in 1863 to mandate that the holiday would take place at the end of November. Here, thanks to Google, are some...
“Meat Illustrated” contains over 350 recipes for beef, pork, lamb, and veal, covering how to cook different meats and describing the different cuts and which part of what animal they came from, as well as the best ways to cook that particular piece of meat. Providing protein and essential nutrients, meat is an important staple in the diets of many. From pork loin roasts, ground beef, and short ribs to porter house, flank, or rib steaks, Cook’s Illustrated provides delightful recipes to tempt...
In my previous column (Oct. 14, 2021), I spent a little time explaining how the staff of the Herald goes through the process of delivering each week’s edition to thousands of readers throughout The Cove and in almost every state in the nation. (And, yes, I will answer the question on your mind: what states don’t currently have Herald subscribers?) I pointed out how important it is for you to provide an accurate mailing address to make sure that both we and your local mail carrier can get eac...
Nathan grew up in a house in the country with his abusive father. In the same hometown, Maddie made things as early as she could remember, even if she couldn’t remember everything that happened while making them. Set in rural Pennsylvania, their hometown is also home to tunnels, mountains, and coal mines where many accidents have occurred. So many, one might ask if they were really accidents. Something sinister lurks there in the shadows and it preys on fears and regrets. Author Chuck Wendig lives in Pennsylvania. Some things in this book will...
To the Editor: Donald Greenleaf, 87, passed away last week. He and I were classmates in the Morrison Cove High School class of 1952 and kept in touch through the years. He was elected mayor of Martinsburg on two occasions, once as a Republican and later as a Democrat. In 1998, when then Mayor Dick Moore announced he would not be a candidate for reelection, Greenleaf wondered if he could win the office. But he waited too long to get his name on the regular ballot, so a write-in sticker campaign was his only hope. “My wife Janet went to one p...
It is time again to kick off the 2021 Claysburg Salvation Army Service Unit Campaign. Unfortunately we are still faced with Covid-19 problems. Any bell ringing this year will be limited, and that has been the main source of our income. Let us get to the point. We need everyone’s help. The newest and easiest is on-line donating if you have access. Simply click this link and make your donation from $1 up to any amount. It is safe and secure: https://give.salvationarmy.org/campaign/use-wpa-kettle-2020-claysburg-service-unit/c314339 You can mail a...
By DR. BETSY BAKER For the Herald In the October 28, 2021, edition of the Herald, an article was published which called into question “the board’s decision [on October 18] to add three more online programs to the curriculum”, the rationale behind them, security/accessibility concerns, the selection process, etc. To clarify, the Board did not approve any new online programs or courses on October 18. The Spring Cove School District does offer a cyber education program, called Spring Cove Cyber, for families who elect to enroll in a full-...
J.D. Barker has teamed up with James Patterson in this most deranged of murder plots. You think you have it figured out and then another twist is introduced. In Los Angeles, long-haul truck driver, Michael, comes home to find a dead woman lying in his bathtub. He immediately calls 911. LAPD Detective Garrett Hobbs and FBI Special Agent Jessica Gimble, appear to have a solid case with a suspect who has a weak alibi. Michael insists he is innocent but there is evidence that links him to the victim. Also, his clothes are in the home of the dead...
We had a room off our living room that we called the music room. In that special room was a pump organ which mother had played in the Smithfield Church of the Brethren when she was young. I often wondered who purchased that organ when mom and dad had a sale before they moved to Harrisburg. I was in Arizona at my Brethren Volunteer Service project. Mother played the most beautiful pieces on the organ and our piano. Dad loved to sing while she played. It was to be that in their later years when...
Herald of Oct. 31, 1996 Cove residents, along with the rest of the country, were preparing to vote in the presidential election on Nov. 5. The Republican Candidates were Bob Dole and Jack Kemp. The Democratic Candidates were Bill Clinton and Al Gore. Ross Perot was running on the Reform ballot. The Blair County Airport Authority dedicated the new $5 million dollar terminal. Many local dignitaries, including Representative Bud Shuster and Senator Robert Jubelirer attended. Harold “Howdy” Ellenberger, a former member of the airport aut...
As I was scanning the “Club News” section in a recent Shoppers Guide, I noticed the Bedford County Veterans Association was meeting to discuss the Veterans Day parade. In the Sept. 16 Morrisons Cove Herald, there was an article entitled “Cove Veterans Wrapped in Quilts of Valor.” Veterans Day is two weeks away. As a newcomer to the Cove, I wondered how Covites celebrate Veterans Day. I discovered that several local restaurants and convenience stores offer free meals to Veterans on Nov. 11. Of course, federal employees have the day off and ban...
Have you ever wondered why so many people have responded to the COVID-19 pandemic by turning to the great outdoors — hiking, biking, gardening, fishing, etc.? To be sure, it’s partly a matter of common sense: Being out in the open air, away from other people, is safer during a pandemic. But could it also be a matter of innate human behavior? Could it be that we are instinctively drawn to nature, or are at least somehow instinctively more at ease when surrounded by it? I think so, and I think that fits neatly into what is known as the “bi...
Jessica Chamberlain is beginning a new job. She worked as a detective with the Fairfax Police but chose to start her own business. She works with lawyers, learning about their divorce cases. She finds out if the spouse was unfaithful. Her father was a NYPD policeman and died on 9-11. Her mother had remarried and Jess has a half-sister. She recently adopted a partially trained German shepherd by the name of Luke. Jessica and Luke begin volunteering with a Virginia K-9 search–and-rescue group. There she meets Nathan Tanner, a former military w...
Last week’s Herald contained an article asking readers who support local business and local news to support the Local Journalism Sustainability Act (LJSA). The LJSA is focused on delivering benefits to local communities across the U.S. by sustaining local news organizations, including this newspaper, the Morrisons Cove Herald. Newspapers are facing significant challenges due to technological disruption, including Google’s and Facebook’s use of newspapers’ content without compensation. The legislation provides an important but temporary means o...
Adelaide (Addie) Cowherd is called into the dean’s office at the University of Kentucky in 1936. There she is told that her parents had not paid her tuition for three months. She will not be able to take the finals and finish her junior year. At first, Addie thinks it is a mistake until she finally picks up her mail and reads her mother’s letter. She learns that her father has lost his job and their home. Addie is persuaded to attend the end of year bonfire before she leaves. There she meets Emmett Tharp. Too bad he’s a senior and gradu...
Since the 1950s, the Hoenstine family of Claysburg and East Freedom has produced a line of outstanding athletes who have enriched the playing fields of our area with sterling performances. And it all started with patriarch Dick Hoenstine at Claysburg. Dick and I were teammates on the Roaring Spring Blair League baseball team in 1953. He normally played for his hometown team at Claysburg, but that team folded after the previous year and, still wanting to compete in the Saturday afternoon games...
Dear Herald Readers: If you enjoy reading the Herald, and are aware of the importance of independent journalism to democracy, please follow this link and read this story. Thank you. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/11/alden-global-capital-killing-americas-newspapers/620171/ -- Publisher Allan Bassler... Full story
Each week, the small but determined staff of the Morrisons Cove Herald works to provide a fresh, new edition to thousands of readers. We reach all parts of The Cove, sure, but our subscribers can be found in 44 states plus the District of Columbia. (Which six states are we missing? More on that later.) Every subscriber to the print edition of the Herald receives the newspaper in the mail, and that's where things can get tricky. You may have heard that the U.S. Postal Service has implemented the...
Kim Ji-hae was born in January 1980 in Hyesan, North Korea. Her mother had married a man that her grandmother had picked for her. Unfortunately, she was in love with another man, so the marriage ended in divorce. Her mother’s husband took her as his own daughter and her name was changed to Min-young. This secret was kept from her for many years when her grandmother told her, Min-young resented her stepfather. She had a younger brother named Min-Ho. There were three classes, or “sungbun,” in North Korea. They were classified as loyal, waver...
Farm records provide data that will help you monitor the business over time. Your records tell your farm story and help your accountant complete your tax return, make financial decisions with you and plan for your business’ future. Records are any informational documents that will help you understand where you’re spending your money by tracking items that are directly involved with your business. To follow are a few of our top farm record keeping tips. Top Tips Know what a farm-related expense is and is not. • All items that directly pertain...
The Local Journalism Sustainability Act (LJSA) was recently introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives and has now been introduced in the U.S. Senate – and if passed, will benefit every member of our community. Unlike many issues in Washington, D.C., this legislation has bipartisan support and is focused on delivering benefits to local communities across the U.S. by sustaining local news organizations, including this newspaper, the Morrisons Cove Herald. Newspapers are facing significant challenges due to technological disruption, i...
Music resounded in Curryville. I knew most of the brethren hymns because I heard them beginning when I was a baby. Mother played the piano in church. My Aunt Shirley played the organ. Helen Metzler was the music leader and I sang in choirs directed by her. Mother and I sang many duets for church services. A piano teacher came to our house and I took lessons from him so I got pretty good at reading music. I became the song leader for the church. We actually thought the congregation would not be...
Jemima Graber is thankful that her husband, Roy, and daughter, Laura, are healing from the buggy accident. A car had hit them and left Roy in so much pain. Laura is still struggling to walk. Jemima is busy with Carolyn, Nevin and little Simeon. Even with all the little ones, Jemima feels she could find time to work a food truck during the tourist season. Jemima and Abigail, her sister-in-law, have a dream of owning a food truck. They have saved for a long time and now seems the time to buy it....
Reid Earl Ritchey, Sr., 87, passed away last Sunday. He was the third owner of the dairy in Martinsburg that carries his family name. In an unlikely pairing, he became my best friend in high school. Reid and I were both freshmen in 1949–he at Martinsburg High School and me at Morrison Cove. We were both athletes and competed against each other in basketball and baseball. We knew each other from those competitions and were fierce rivals. When Martinsburg High combined with Morrison Cove in 1950, we became teammates and formed a lifelong c...
Not often do we consider the possibilities that emerge from a school cafeteria. Most of the time, they’re places where students enjoy a break, eat a meal, and socialize with friends. The cafeteria is, absolutely, all of these things, but it’s also much more as many groups are realizing. Our school cafeterias can be transformed into both the largest classrooms and restaurants in the nation. From the farmer to the teacher to the school food service director, farm to school programs are a network of stakeholders with each offering unique exp...
The GMC started immediately. We were finally underway, heading back to Blair County after living a year in Tucson. The parting, although bittersweet, was welcomed because we were ready to resume our lives in a place we enjoy, a place where we know we belong: central Pennsylvania. Nancy and I moved to Arizona for a year to be near to our daughter and her family. They were in the Air Force and, being retired military ourselves, we were allowed to rent a house on base very near our grandchildren. It became an opportunity we could not miss so we...
School districts across Pennsylvania have found themselves in a tug of war between taxpayers and the state government over the mask mandate. While I can’t speak for the rest of the state, many people in the Cove oppose the mandate and have not been shy about expressing that opposition. School board meetings are held every month and are usually sparsely attended by the public, but since the mandate was announced, Cove-area schools that chose to follow the mandate started seeing packed houses at its meetings. That is not a bad thing. There is n...
To the Editor: Here we are in the stage of our lives where we have many more years behind us than ahead of us. We served our country and we were continuously and gainfully employed until our retirements. Now we have family and grandchildren we wish to enjoy and support as an integral part of our current life stage, but there are those who selfishly, willfully, intentionally impede our efforts. Particularly at our grandchildren’s indoor events—sporting and otherwise—the majority of local attendees are maskless (and perhaps unvaccinated) putting...
To the Editor: Last week’s Herald obituary for Anna Lee (Over) Martin brought back some fond memories. She and I were schoolmates at Morrison Cove High School, she in the class of 1951 and me a year later. Anna Lee was a participant in every extra curricular activity the school had to offer: cheerleading, orchestra, science club, softball, class play etc. She also had one other unique distinction--she drove a car to school every day. Anna Lee lived in the school district served by Woodbury High School, which did not offer the foreign l...
To the Editor: All week leading up to Sept. 11, I felt compelled to visit the Flight 93 memorial, so I drove there that Saturday. As I approached the area around 10 a.m. from the east on Route 30, there were vehicles and groups of motorcycles already lining the shoulder of the road. As I drove to the entrance, I saw that the memorial was closed to the public until noon, so I considered leaving. I turned to head back towards Bedford, but happened upon a little pull-off. I explored it and discovered an amazing view of the Tower. I decided to get...
To the Editor: Ronald D. Creps, originally from Martinsburg, will be among 33 Pa. veterans to be inducted into the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund In Memory Program at a special ceremony on Oct. 16 in Washington, D.C. This program honors Vietnam veterans whose lives were cut short as a result of their service after they returned home from Vietnam. A total of 362 veterans will be honored this year. This program, located in Arlington, Va., was created in 1993 and has since honored over 5,000 vetera...
Dave Baker is the head football coach at Central High School and is, by virtue of his longevity, the dean of Blair County coaches. He has been a head coach in Morrisons Cove for 41 years. The graduate of Central High (1963) and Indiana University of Pennsylvania (1967) originally took over the reins at Williamsburg High School in 1970, where was already a member of the faculty. “The position opened up and I applied,” he recalled. “I have no idea how many other people wanted the job.” More ab...
To the Editor: My pet peeve with Pennsylvanian and Morrisons Cove highways is the prevalence of huge billboards. The article accompanying a map in the Sept. 9, 2021, edition of the Herald (Page A-10) regarding the billboards in Pennsylvania seemed to present a rosy view of having billboards along our highways. I myself counted almost 30 billboards between east Freedom and Martinsburg advertising some local businesses but also fast food operations and beer. I believe that the state of Pennsylvania and the local communities should do more to end...
