50 Years Ago

Herald of Oct. 14, 1971

Squirrels attacked and bit Ray Smith and Paul Emeigh of Roaring Spring near the Roaring Spring Blank Book Co. The squirrels were shot and were tested for rabies, and game commission officers placed traps to catch the aggressive squirrels.

Over 150 hogs on Irvin Zimmerman farm in Huston Township were destroyed when it was learned they had been exposed to hog cholera. A quarantine was placed on all Huston Township farms to guard against the spread of the disease.

Inmates at the Huntingdon Correctional Institution raised $771 for Donna Hughes, a Williamsburg teenager who w...