50 Years Ago

Herald of Dec. 21, 1972

A flood of Christmas mail swamped local post offices, causing delays in delivery. A system set up in the past year sent all mail to Altoona to be sorted and canceled. The Altoona postal center was not mechanized so work had to be carried out by hand, delaying deliveries. Additionally, the local post offices could not hire extra carriers because of a hiring freeze.

H. Dean Teeter, 26, returned to his home in New Enterprise after being hospitalized for more that 10 weeks to recover from burns he received in an explosion and fire at his workplace in Highspire, Dauphin County. Mr. Teeter was an employee of the Midwestern Coating Corp. and was fighting the fire when an explosion occurred. Four people were seriously wounded.

Glen D. Graybill of Martinsburg was elected president of the Spring Cove School Board. John Garber of Roaring Spring was named to serve as chief negotiator for the school board in faculty negotiations for 1973.