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Herald of March 7, 1946
The front page editorial urged Martinsburg citizens to investigate the need for a water storage reservoir–a Lake Martinsburg. The writer observed that a narrow and deep ravine located near the borough’s reservoir on Lock Mountain could be used to store water. The writer of the editorial, titled “Why not a Lake Martinsburg?” favored the construction of a lake over digging more wells.
An early morning fire Sunday March 3 destroyed several buildings in Woodbury, 500 peeps and 36 laying hens. The buildings were on the George Replogle property. Hobart Smith, garage proprietor, in trying to rescue some of the chickens was overcome by smoke and his father-in-law Harry Burns, was burned on the hands and arms.
The Rev. Francis Garden, retired minister of the Presbyterian Church and a resident of Martinsburg for 27 years, planned to leave the community on April 1 to spend several months at the mine bank farm in Fair Valley between Frefericksburg and Martinsburg.
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