75 Years Ago

Herald of Oct. 3, 1946

W. Floyd Bush and Guy S. Clapper were seriously injured when the airplane they were flying from Martinsburg to Indiana, Pa., crashed.

Mr. And Mrs. Harry E. Burket received a letter from the Wat Department announcing that the Purple Heart had been awarded to their son, the late Sgt. Harry E. Burket Jr. Missing since June 1, 1945.

William M. Burchfield and Dr. Howard Kerr, Martinsburg sportsmen, relieved the meat shortage in several Martinsburg families by gifts of moose steaks and roasts brought back from their hunting trip to Canada.

Fire of unknown origin destroyed the barn and contents on the Miles Parks farm along Clover Creek. The farm was occupied by Mr. And Mrs. Milton Sollenberger.

Bernard L. Guyer of New Enterprise fell off a rafter and crashed through the ceiling while moving merchandise at the Cove Farm Bureau Cooperative in Curryville.