50 Years Ago

Herald of Jan. 23, 1975

State Police were investigating an incident in which two young men forced their way into the home of Elmer Berkey of Hopewell just before midnight on Jan 17. They held him a gunpoint and removed a coin collection valued at over $5,000.

Dr. Claude Snider, 83, prominent osteopathic physician in the Cove for over 53 years, died Jan. 20 at Nason Hospital.

Seven inches of snow fell over the weekend of Jan. 18 and 19, and temperatures the next day fell to four below zero.

The Williamsburg School decided to stop selling tickets to home basketball games at the doors in an attem...