50 Years Ago

Herald of Sept. 16, 1971

Four members of Williamsburg Borough Council – President Herman Anderson, Vice President Robert Miller, Richard Hoy and Glenn Bumgardner – resigned, as did borough secretary Donna Showalter and sewage treatment plant operator Wayne McKnight. The resignations came after a squabble at the August meeting over the water billing system and the sewage treatment plant operation.

The first commuter aircraft, a Beech 99, took off from the Blair County Airport Sept. 15. Though the commuters were smaller than the previous Corvairs, Allegheny Airlines planned more flights to accom...