50 Years Ago

Herald of Jan. 25, 1973

James Brierley, who spent time in the Cove as a Chilean Rotary exchange student during the 1967-68 school year, returned with his wife to visit his host family. Mr. Brierley lived with the James Hershberger family in Martinsburg and was staying with them again. The couple was skeptical of the instability in the Chilean government and were planning to stay in the Cove for a while.

Inter-State Milk Producers’ Cooperative’s members were frustrated with conditions that might result in liquidation of dairy herds and non-reversible withdrawal from the industry. General manager of the cooperative, Dr. James E. Honan attributed the problem to the sudden and steep increase in the cost of feed supplies. The severe damage from Hurricane Agnes and the unfavorable hay making season in the Northeast were to blame, he said.

John C. Bolger of Martinsburg was elected to the board of directors of the Altoona Federal Savings and Loan Association. He is the owner of J.C. Bolger Funeral Home and Miller and Bolger.