75 Years Ago

Herald of March 23, 1949

Isaac E. Stoner, foreman of the Herald’s mechanical department, celebrated his 80th birthday by turning in a full day’s work. Mr. Stoner, a retired Pennsylvania Railroad employee, was called back to the type cases during the war and stayed on the job ever after.

A school bus bill requiring traffic to halt while school buses are loading or unloading passengers won the approval of the state house vehicles committee.

The dirt was flying out of the basement of Martinsburg First Brethren Church as the result of a remodeling project that called for the enlargement of the bas...