July 22, 2010 RSS feed / From Days Gone By

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MEMORY JOGGER

This week's Memory Jogger pictures the carefree days of childhood in summertime circa 1930 in Fulton County and was donated to the Fulton County Historical Society by John H. Peck of Norfolk, Va. More...

40 Years Ago

From The Files Of July 30, 1970

70 Dr. Harry M. “Sonny” Johnston was welcomed to the medical staff at the annual meeting of the Fulton County Medical Center on Monday. Dr. Johnston, a doctor of osteopathy, is the son of ’70Harry M. More...

60 Years Ago

From The Files of August 3, 1950

Last week, it was told about 14 Fulton County men who would be sent to Pittsburgh for physical examinations before induction into the armed forces. This week their names were revealed, having been first examined and okayed by Dr. E.H. MacKinlay. More...

20 Years Ago

From The Files Of July 19, 1990

Much needed rain fell in abundance last week cancelling most outdoor activities, but was a boon to the farmers. ’90McConnellsburg Municipal Authority’s new water tank is officially finished and open for business. More...

30 Years Ago

From The Files Of July 17, 1980

Fulton County’s 1980 traffic death toll reached six with the death on Saturday of 81-year-old Harry E. Moats of Chambersburg, who was injured in an accident at Webster Mills on July 3. ’80The McConnellsburg Fire Co. More...

50 Years Ago

From The Files Of August 4, 1960

Harry “Pete” Miller of McConnellsburg was badly injured on Monday when he fell from a ladder, hitting his head on the concrete steps at the home of Miss Rhoda Kendall on South ’60Second Street, where he was working. More...

70 Years Ago

From The Files Of August 1, 1940

Deaths: Adda Belle Snyder Mellott of Needmore; Jacob Douglas of near Hancock; Jacob Hammann of Germantown, Md. More...

80 Years Ago

From The Files Of July31, 1930

Deaths: Walter Rohm of Mapleton; Francis O. Mellott of Winona Lake, Ind.; Mrs. Louisa Jane Barton of near Akersville; Jewel Lucille Keefer. More...