25 Years Ago

Herald of June 16, 1994

Elizabeth H. Loose, Martinsburg’s oldest resident and possibly the oldest person ever in the Cove, died at 8:10 p.m. on Tuesday, June 14, 1994, after a brief illness. Mrs. Loose was less than four hours short of reaching her 105th birthday.

After being closed for more than six years, the Hall’s Mill Covered Bridge on Hopewell Township Route 528 just east of Yellow Creek was reopened for pedestrian traffic on June 11 at a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The Hall’s Mill Covered Bridge is the second to be restored in Bedford County since 1988 when the Bedford County Covered Bridg...