50 Years Ago

Herald of June 30, 1971

The Martinsburg Community Housing Corp. was looking for a site on which to build three four-family apartment buildings financed by the Farmers Home Administration. Neighborhood residents objected to a Maple Street site.

Dr. Clark W. Jeffries of North Ridgeville, Ohio, was to begin a dental practice in Martinsburg on July 6.

The Herald published a special section marking the 200th anniversary of Bedford County.

Gary Stern and Bob Hoover, juniors at Central High School, set out on a 3,000-mile bicycle trip across 13 states in the Midwest.

Larry Baker of Williamsburg RD 2...