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Herald of Nov. 23, 1948 The Roaring Spring High School’s undefeated Yellow Jacket football squad came through a mud battle Friday night with its colors smeared but its record upheld. The game between the Jackets and Cambria County’s Richland...

Herald of Nov. 21, 2013 The Spring Cove School District extended the contract of superintendent Dr. Robert Vadella through June 30, 2017. The vote by the board to extend was unanimous, but members of the public expressed concerns about Vadella’s...

When you think of the Thanksgiving meal, you’re often thinking of the main course and the sides – who is thinking about dessert? Typically, one is too full to think of dessert, and in most cases, it’s pumpkin pie. So what happens if you...

One’s final resting place — often well-thought-out and viewed with respect and reverence — is overshadowed for a small number of Morrisons Cove residents by what was once a highly prized landmark that played a huge role in the growth of...

Herald of Nov. 17, 1898 A music and elocution school has been opened in the Kemberling building, South Market St. Competent instruction in music, vocal and Instrumental, and elocution will be given on school days, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. J....

Herald of Nov. 20, 1973 Five hundred persons attended the dedication ceremony at the new Homewood Retirement Center in Martinsburg. The dining room of the new home for the aged served as the auditorium with overflow in the corridors, visitors...

Herald of Nov. 16, 1923 Miss Susie Kauffman gave a linen shower on Thursday evening last week for Miss Flora Burket, in honor of her approaching marriage to J. Calvin Eastep of Hollidaysburg. The ladies of the Class of Cheerful Workers and of the...

Herald of Nov. 19, 1998 The Williamsburg Volunteer Fire Company was called out to multiple fires on Sunday. The first fire was called in at 4:20 a.m. for a structure fire at the Fraternal Order of Eagles building on West Second Street. The bar area...

Herald of Nov. 18, 1948 A group of young men from Martinsburg participated in a bear hunt Sunday, Monday and Tuesday in the mountains near Renovo. Included in the group were LeRoy Keim, Eugene Feather, Robert Metzger, Clair Replogle, John, George...

Herald of Nov. 14, 2013 Williamsburg native Dr. Eugene Morelli, an engineer for NASA, was honored with the prestigious Mechanics and Control of Flight Award by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Morelli works at NASA Langley...

Is it Thanksgiving yet? Honestly — besides my birthday — it’s one of my favorite days of the year. For me, the best thing about it is being around the table with the people that I love the most. This inspired my question this week. If you could...

I don’t know if it’s just me or does anyone else seem to get a lot of cooking videos on their social media? It’s probably just me because I am typically searching for “easy dinners” or “football appetizers,” as I like to pre-plan meals...

Daylight saving time ended on Nov. 5 and the American Red Cross encourages everyone to test their smoke alarms to make sure the alarms are working. “Home fires claim more lives every year than all natural disasters combined, but working smoke...

Herald of Nov. 10, 1898 The Roaring Spring Board of Health met in a special session in view of the near approach of scarlet fever. Citizens are urged to thoroughly clean up all rubbish and decayed matter, and to obtain chloride of lime and disinfect...

Herald of Nov. 15, 1973 The Spring Cove School Board was making plans for a fuel shortage that could leave some schools without heat in the coming winter. Gulf Oil Corp., the district’s oil supplier, told the district it would be subject to...

Herald of Nov. 9, 1923 Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Showalter, steward and matron of the M. C. Home received a telegram bringing the sad news that their youngest daughter, in Chicago, had died. They left at once by automobile to Altoona and thence to Chicago....

Herald of Nov. 12, 1998 The Spring Cove Education Association and the Spring Cove School Teachers approved an extension of the teacher’s contract that gives teachers a $1,000 pay increase each year for four years. The “early bird” agreement...

Herald of Nov. 11, 1948 Plans were underway in the Cove Community to celebrate the thirtieth Armistice Day. Although the event marks the end of World War I, veterans of the even greater World War II are planning to take part in the activities. The...

Herald of Nov. 7, 2013 The Spring Cove School District used an in-service day to host a full-scale emergency drill to replicate a deadly shooter situation. The drill, put on by the Blair County Safe Schools Network, brought together 12 law...

It’s November, home to my favorite holiday: Thanksgiving. Any excuse to cook a big meal, enjoy some great shopping, and watch football is a perfect day for me. As usual with this time of year, I like to know what is on the readers’ Thanksgiving...

As with most holidays, the best memories seem to always come out. For my family, the best (and funniest) memories seem to happen around the table or eating. Many years ago, we were always invited to my Aunt Rita’s Thanksgiving dinner out at...

The fragrance of wood smoke hits about a quarter mile from the destination: my sister Janet Ronk’s home. Pulling in the drive brings the deep rich fragrance of cider and apples cooking at a simmer. Summer is over and the apples are hanging in heavy...

Herald of Nov. 3, 1898 Not in recent years has so much property been damaged and destroyed during the time of Halloween as on Monday night. And it is a woeful fact, that never before have we noticed so many small children, little boys and girls on th...

Herald of Nov. 4, 1973 The season’s first snow fell early Monday in Morrisons Cove, but it melted by the time school buses started their rounds. One hundred and twenty-seven walkers started on the ten mile Cove CROP walk. Rev. Gerald E. Moorhead...

Herald of Nov. 2, 1923 Luther Gates, a resident of Yellow Creek, and his oldest son Harry, age 17 years, were burned to death when their house caught fire on Wednesday evening of the week before last. When fire was discovered, the family rushed out...

Herald of Nov. 5, 1998 Martinsburg Borough Council debated enacting an ordinance that would enable the police department to take action to alleviate a situation involving a large number of cats from one household running at large. After discussion,...

Herald of Nov. 8, 1948 Approximately 250 people marched in the third annual mummers parade in Martinsburg. The parade was led by the Martinsburg High school band, with the second section following the Cove High Band. The parade was sponsored by the...

Herald of Oct. 31, 2013 Morrisons Cove Memorial Park officials were looking for ways to generate more income for the park. A cool rainy summer led to reduced income from the pool, and rentals of park facilities were down as well. The board was...

Herald of Oct. 27, 1898 Lester, son of Mr and Mrs. Charles Patterson of Williamsburg, succumbed to scarlet fever. Public schools were closed Friday last and will remain closed until the epidemic has abated. Harry Moore, while drinking directly from...

Herald of Oct. 25, 1973 Martinsburg Borough Council voted to move the old bell from the attic to a new belfry in front of the borough building. The bell, which used to be in a belfry on top of the building when it was a school, was moved to the...

Herald of Oct. 26, 1923 State Police in Bedford County made 3,158 arrests for violations of the liquor laws during the first nine months of the year. Half of that number was bootleggers. The stork made a recent visit to the home of Mr. and Mrs....

Herald of Oct. 29, 1998 Nason Hospital announced it was opening a family physician’s office near the Meadows Intersection in Hollidaysburg. Dr. Paul J. Wilkins, who was in a practice with Donald W. Bulger, in Claysburg, was expected to take over...

Herald of Oct. 28, 1948 A fair turnout is expected for next week’s presidential election. Most political dopsters predict a Dewey-Warren win for the Republicans, although President Truman appeared to be adding enthusiasm, if not hope, to the...

Herald of Oct. 24, 2013 The Randy and Twila Bigelow family of Catharine Township was awarded the Agricultural Community Excellence (ACE) Award. The award is given by the Farm-City Committee of the Blair County Chamber of Commerce. The Bigelow’s...

It’s apple season! Apples always take me back to the first week of school and the old saying, “A is for apple.” Although that can be somewhat frowned upon in the new education system, for me, it’s a tried and true way to teach my...

Herald of Oct. 20, 1898 Sixty-seven Mennonites, men and women, arrived at the depot on the 2:50 train Wednesday to attend the annual Sunday school convention of the District of Southwestern Pennsylvania which convened in the Mennonite church...

Herald of Oct. 18, 1973 The Morrisons Cove Memorial Park Association elected LeVernne G. Hoover as the new president of the board. The board was moving forward with plans to upgrade the park by allowing fifth-year architectural students from the...

Herald of Oct. 19, 1923 Arrangements were completed for the reenactment of the massacre of the Bedford Scouts at the junction of Sugar Run and the Little Juniata near Canan Station. A boulder taken from a quarry at the top of Dunning Mountain near...