100 Years Ago
July 1923
Robbers Enter Westvaco Club: Thieves Enter Through a Broken Window and get Golf Balls
Last night thieves broken open a window at the Westvaco Country Club and ransacked the building, and took from the office of the caddy master a number of golf balls.
They left no clue. The time of the robbery is unknown.
Sheriff Gets Another Car: was Captured at Island Ford Bridge Saturday Morning
Saturday morning about 5 o’clock Sheriff R.E. Dyche, Deputy Sheriff Sam Brown and Chief of Police O.K. Baker, accompanied by Patrolmen Campbell and Snead went to Island Ford Bridge, where they captured a car owned by Charles Bailey, who was accompanied by Henry Martin and Ernest Bailey.
Upon searching the car it was found that it contained about 10 gallons of whisky, and was on the way to this city at the time.
Sheriff Dyche seized the car and it was driven into town by Campbell. The guilty parties are still in jail.
75 Years Ago
July 1948
Tree Farm is Dedicated at Ceremonies: All-Day Program Held on Farm Site
Approximately 4,000 acres of timberland belonging to the West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company were dedicated as a Tree Farm in ceremonies today on the property.
An all-day program was highlighted by the presentation of the Tree Farm certificate by Hale Collins, a member of the House of Delegates and acceptance by G.L. Knapton on behalf of the company.
The tract of land is known as the “Massie Tract” and is located on the Cowpasture River on Route 42, three miles north of the junction with Route 60.
A demonstration of equipment used in timber cutting was given this morning, showing the felling and bucking of pulpwood and skidding tree length wood.
Luncheon was provided on the grounds at 12:30 and the dedication took place at 2 p.m. An explanation of the Tree Farm program was given by William E. Cooper, executive director of Virginia Forests, Inc.
50 Years Ago
July 1973
Stores to Run out of Meat
The president of a large Mid-western-southern retail food chain says the nation’s supermarkets will run out of many cuts of meat by this weekend.
“The cattle simply are not being brought to market,” Lyle Everingham, president of Kroger Co. of Cincinnati, Ohio, said Monday.
The beef shortage has forced Kroger to lay off 400 workers in 13 meat-processing plants, Everingham said. He predicted further layoffs unless the Phase 4 price ceiling on beef is lifted. The federal freeze on beef prices also was cited by a union official in New York City who predicted that “housewives of this city and this nation will find there is little if any beef and beef products to be bought anywhere” by the end of the week.
One food chain, Finast, posted signs at meat counters asking customers to be “a good neighbor by buying only what you need so there will be enough for everyone.”
25 Years Ago
July 1998
Firefighters Battle Snakes and Heat at Salvage Yard Fire
Firefighters from the Boiling Springs Fire Department, assisted by men and equipment from three other fire departments, had to deal with temperatures in the mid-90’s, transporting water to the scene in tanker trucks from a hydrant 3 ½ miles away, and copperheads while battling a brush fire at Doug’s Salvage Yard Thursday.
The blaze also involved 28 vehicles in the salvage yard, 20 of which were destroyed by the flames and eight of which received lesser amounts of damage, a spokesman for the Boiling Springs fire department said. Greg Horton, of the Boiling Springs Fire Department, served as the incident commander. The fire call came in at 12:42 p.m. Thursday and it took until about 5 p.m. to extinguish the blaze.
About two and a half acres of privately owned forest land was burned. The salvage yard is owned and operated by Shawn Douglas and is located about six miles south of Covington on Red Bud Lane near the Mountain Lake subdivision off Route 18.
Four members of the Boiling Springs Department were treated at the scene for heat exhaustion and one for a bee sting. The firefighters saw at least six or seven copperheads while fighting the fire.
Dabney College Graduates First Truck Driving Class
Dabney S. Lancaster Community College recently graduated its first class from the new Tractor Trailer Driving School.
Karen Payne of Lexington, Gene Stull of Covington, Jody Miller of Clifton Forge and Robert Caldwell of Trouville were tested by the state’s Department of Motor Vehicles commercial drivers license inspector on July 22. All four students successfully passed the driving test and received their Class A CDL.
The school consisted of four weeks of both classroom training and behind-the-wheel driving time. Each student logged over 1,000 miles of truck driving time with their instructors.
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