75 Years Ago

Herald of June 20, 1946

A 50-inch eel got tangled up in the turbine at the Waterside Woolen Mill. It took Maurice Clouse and the men who worked there six hours to get it out so they could start the mill again.

Dr. John Bonebreak of Martinsburg received a testimonial from the Medical Society of the State of Pennsylvania on the completion of 50 years’ service as a practicing physician.

John W. Lehman was promoted to a corporal in the 47th Engineers.

Drenching rains hit the Cove worrying farmers that the weeds would choke the fast-growing corn and that they would lose the hay crop. The Blue Mount...