Typhoid Fever Scare
Herald of Feb. 2, 1923
Loysburg was experiencing a typhoid fever scare, the epidemic being traced to polluted water. Five members of the Metzger family were taken to the Nason Hospital in Roaring Spring, and Misses Grace and Helen Woodcock were patients at the Loysburg Hotel.
Workmen for the Penn Central Light and Power Company were hauling wire and other materials to the right of way on Tussey Mountain above Henrietta. The steel towers were expected to be put in place in the spring. The wires would carry current from the Penn Central plant in Saxton to Altoona and beyond.
The Martinsburg Parent Teacher Association was soliciting suggestions for names for the new elementary school on Woodlawn Avenue in Martinsburg. E. O. Bonebreak was taking the suggestions, and residents would have an opportunity to vote on a name at the PTA meeting on Feb. 16.
Lloyd Zimmerman, a former resident of Martinsburg who relocated to El Paso, Tex. for his health, died on Jan. 15. He was 51 years old.
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