50 Years Ago

Herald of Dec. 19, 1974

The party held in honor of Mowry Prince Corinne – the “super cow” in Clarence and Kenneth Mowry’s Holstein herd at Baker’s Summit – was the social event of the year on many farm calendars in Morrisons Cove. Approximately 900 persons traveled to the Bedford County farm Wednesday morning, Dec. 11, to gaze at the ten-year-old wonder of the black and white breed, a cow which has produced 50,759 pounds of milk in 365 days. She gazed right back.

A proposal to reconstruct the Piney Creek road from Martinsburg to Williamsburg drew strong support at a hearing held last Thursday...