50 Years Ago

Herald of Feb. 1, 1973

Two insurance companies pledged $2,000 as a reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for fires that destroyed a church, a house and two barns in the Blue Knob area. Destroyed were the Mt. Moriah United Methodist Church on Route 164 at Blue Knob; an unoccupied house owned by Woodrow Dodson of Claysburg RD, and located a quarter mile from the church; a barn owned by Eugene Malone in the Poplar Run area; and a barn owned by Mrs Naomi Sipes on Puzzletown Road near Newry.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture banned importation of all fresh poultry meat into the country and placed restrictions on the importation of table eggs. The actions were taken to further protect the nation’s supply of poultry and eggs from the exotic Newcastle disease

Karen Burket, a guest at the Morrison Cove Home and a prominent resident of the Cove, died on Tuesday January 30, 1973, at the home.