Times Past

30 Years Ago Week of November 10, 1994   SUGAR GROVE   Rail Fences  Have Many Advantages   Ever wonder why rail fences were built in a zig-zag pattern rather than straight? No doubt there are several good reasons—strength being one, since each angled section provides support for the next...

40 Years Ago Week of November 8, 1984 Women Dominate Class  In Pharmacy at WVU Women dominate the new first-year class in the West Virginia University School of Pharmacy — 70 percent to 30 percent males. State residents make up 86 percent of the class and they come from 29...

30 Years Ago Week of November 3, 1994 DAHMER Apples Not Appreciated Like They Were  Years Ago Folk do not store away apples for winter use at the home like they did in the days of yore. Back then, it was a good food that kept a good fresh flavor...

10 Years Ago Week of October 30, 2014   SUGAR GROVE   Busy Kids Are Happier And More Successful   Pioneers worked hard. They built their own home and barn, made their furniture and household items, sewed their clothes and made their own toys. Children were especially helpful as they...

10 Years Ago Week of October 23, 2014   Teaching Youth  To Volunteer   According to the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, roughly 64.5 million people volunteered through or for an organization at least once between September 2011 and September 2012. While those statistics do not include children under...

10 Years Ago Week of October 16, 2014 State Asked To Adopt Two Franklin Streets County school officials and the Town of Franklin are asking the State of West Virginia to take over full maintenance duties, from snow removal to paving, for Lee Drive and part of South Branch Street....

50 Years Ago Week of October 10, 1974 Man on the Move,  Virgil Byrde Has Walked 60,000 Miles in 16 Years Walking is a lost art for most people, but not for Virgil Byrde. He has been on the road for the past 16 years, constantly moving from place to...

10 Years Ago Week of September 25, 2014   Gran Fondo Cyclists To Pass Through Franklin     The 107-mile Alpine Loop Gran Fondo cycling event will pass through the county seat and parts of the county on Sunday. The event was founded three years ago by a professional mountain bike...

10 Years Ago Week of September 11, 2014 SUGAR GROVE Education  Was the Responsibility  Of Church and Home  The beginning of education in Pendleton County was very much a responsibility of the church and home. Teaching children in those early days was considered very private. Parish pastors assumed responsibility for...

40 Years Ago Week of September 13, 1984 Honest and Dependable Forgers Help Revive Blacksmithing  As New Art Form by Boris Weintraub National Geographic News Service David A. Ponsler, 23, of Jacksonville, Fla., watched carefully as Francis Whitaker, 77, a master blacksmith from Aspen, Colo., bent a piece of steel...