50 Years Ago

Herald of June 30, 1971

Randy A. Greaser and Steve Oswald, both of Williamsburg RD 2, won first and second places respectively at the FFA tractor-driving contest at the Pioneer Power Reunion near Martinsburg.

Jesse L. Steward, operator of a landfill in the Ore Hill area where he disposed of waste material from Martinsburg and Roaring Spring, was sued by representatives of the state Health Department for a number of alleged violations of the Solid Waste Management Act of 1968.

Charges against Martinsburg policeman Sheldon E. Hoover and Dennis Stock, the driver of a car he shot at and damaged, w...