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Garage Destroyed by Fire

75 Years Ago

Herald of Jan. 24, 1946

The garage of the Elmer F. Smith Transportation Co. was destroyed by fire, along with seven tractors, two large trucks, a tractor-trailer, a car and a motorcycle. Some of the trucks had been loaded with merchandise.

Dr. Charles O. Johnston of Claysburg died at the age of 73.

Elmer C. Ake, owner and publisher of the Herald, fell on the ice and broke his right leg.

The Martinsburg Sportsmen and their guests dined on venison and moose at a banquet at Teeter’s Hotel.

Dr. H.A. Kerr and Claude A. Hershberger purchased the old seminary building and grounds along East Allegheny Street in Martinsburg. The building, erected in 1859, was to be torn down and the property divided into building lots.

Paul B. Stayer and Lawrence Replogle of Woodbury, Sam Replogle of New Enterprise and Blair Snyder of Loysburg represented Bedford County in a 200-voice rural chorus that sang in a patriotic musical revue, “Dedication to Peace,” at the Pennsylvania State Farm Show.

 

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