50 Years Ago

Herald of Oct. 26, 1972

The Cove experienced the “most damaging fall freeze of the last 24 years” according to Edwin Bridenbaugh. Fruit was still on the trees when a low of 19 degrees was recorded, causing considerable damage to the apple harvest.

Ralph W. Imler, 52, of New Enterprise was pronounced dead at Tyrone Hospital after the pickup truck he was riding in failed to make a sharp turn on the Janesville Pike. Imler was returning home from work with two of his brothers when the accident occured. The other passengers were not injured.

Pennsylvania Governor Milton J. Shapp was the featured speaker at a fund-raising dinner held by the Blair County Democratic Committee. Congressman Gerald Ford was scheduled to visit the city as well.

The Hershberger Memorial Pool Association of Martinsburg made the final payment of its $40,000 mortgage, four years ahead of schedule. The mortgage was held by the Morrisons Cove Office of Mid-State Bank and Trust Co.