75 Years Ago

Herald of Oct. 20, 1949

There is just a possibility that there may be a second coyote wandering among the farms in the Cove, we have learned since one was accidentally run over last week.

Martinsburg Community Fund volunteer workers have turned in more than 40 percent of the $4,600 goal, Chairman Kenton R. Miller reported this week.

The body of Lieut. Clayton Paul Graybill, who was reported missing in action in the Pacific April 8, 1944, will arrive in Martinsburg today.

The gigantic operations of the Pennsylvania Department of Highways in building and maintaining the “finest transportation system in the world” was explained to members of the Martinsburg Booster Association at their Friday night meeting in Teeter’s Hotel.

Action of some kind of a World War II bonus proposal already has been taken by all three states, the Pennsylvania State Chamber of Commerce reported today in its third weekly release on the Pennsylvania veterans’ bonus question which will be voted on by the people on November 8.