75 Years Ago

Herald of April 22, 1948

Four hundred-one pupils in Huston and North Woodbury Townships were given chest X-rays by the Blair County Tuberculosis and Health Society last week. The three ton mobile X-Ray equipment visited Martin, Curryville and Henrietta grade schools Thursday morning.

John Wicker of Mines will celebrate his eighty-third birthday today. One of the oldest residents of the Mines, the aged man is a good conversationalist and enjoys very much recalling the events of past years. His eyesight is somewhat impaired, but otherwise he has retained all his faculties and is able to get around very well in familiar places.

J. Richard Bolger of Martinsburg, student at the Lebanon Valley College Conservatory of Music, appeared in a large student recital Tuesday.

Paul Geist, Martinsburg assistant postmaster, caught a 21½ inch trout in Clover Creek and Kenneth Detwiler, of Roaring Spring, brought home a 20-inch beauty from Clover Creek.