75 Years Ago

Herald of March 25, 1921

A wildcat or bobcat was caught alive in the barrens of Huston Township by Robert W. Guyer, Paul H. Cowen, Vernon Kensinger and Richard Myers. The animal, about 18 inches high and over two feet long, was placed in a cage at the Guyer farm where hundreds of persons stopped to look at it.

Samuel C. Henry, 82, died of a skull fracture received when he fell from a loft to the barn floor at his farm opposite the Woodbury Church of the Brethren. He was preparing for a farm sale when the accident happened.

Lt. Harold E. Ritchey, said to be the first Cove soldier wounded in the Normandy invasion in 1944, was visiting his parents, Mr. And Mrs. James H. Ritchey of Millerstown, while on leave.

A supervised recreation program for teenagers at a youth center in Memorial Park was being considered by a committee made of representatives from various Martinsburg community organizations.