25 Years Ago

Herald of Sept. 26, 1996

Charles E. Kensinger of Martinsburg received the 1996 Distinguished Service Award given by the Morrisons Cove Home at its annual Good Samaritan Banquet held at Memorial Park. The banquet raised $33,500 to assist residents.

Members of the Martinsburg Booster Association erected a second “Welcome to Martinsburg” sign at the east end of the borough.

The Claysburg Church of the Brethren was celebrating its 70th anniversary.

Dale Dilling, a retired rural mail carrier from Hopewell, spoke at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Postal Museum as part of the museum’s observa...