25 Years Ago

Herald of Dec. 19, 1996

An explosion at Appleton Papers’ Spring Mill knocked out a wall but caused no injuries. Boiler house employees were resetting the boiler when the explosion occurred at 1 a.m. on Dec 17. A fire broke out but was quickly contained by members of the mill’s emergency action team and local firefighters.

Martinsburg Borough Council agreed to an increase in its annual donation to Memorial Park to help with park expenses. In other years, council allocated $1,000, but agreed to $3,500 due to the financial crunch the park was experiencing.

Claysburg Food Bank volunteers were planning on distributing 200 Christmas baskets to local families. The baskets contained all the fixings for Christmas dinner. The food bank was seeing an average of 40 families every week.

Brad Logue was named as the new president and general manager of Burchfield’s Inc. of Martinsburg, effective Jan. 1, 1997. He purchased a share of the company from Joseph Hinish who was retiring.