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This week’s Memory Jogger, submitted by Marlin Lynch, comes from his home and pictures members of the Daniels School presumably in the Saluvia/Green Hill area. Pictured above, beginning at the back then moving toward the front: Clara Daniels, Eva Deshong, Edith Deshong, Melva Deshong, Mable Sharp, Rosa Daniels, Olive Mellott, Blance Daniels, (Marlin’s mom, first

This week’s Memory Jogger was submitted by Larry Chubb and pictures a 1974 Christmas card greeting from the Chubbs. 20 Years Ago From The Files Of May 29, 2003 ’03 the most enthusiastic applause at Thursday evening’s Fulton Industrial Development Association’s (FIDA) annual banquet came when FIDA Executive Director Wendy Melis said, “the road will

This week’s Memory Jogger was submitted by Dillon Clevenger of Harrisonville somewhere around the early 1900s and pictures his great-great-grandfather, Sam Mellott. 20 Years Ago From The Files Of May 15, 2003 ’03 Carl Isaacs’ death by lethal injection in Georgia May 6 made national headlines because Isaacs was American’s longest surviving death row inmate.

This week’s Memory Jogger, submitted by Faye Elvey of McConnellsburg, pictures the old Stone Church in Ayr Township which was built in 1828. 20 Years Ago From The Files Of April 24, 2003 ’03 When the Minneapolis-Moline tractor enthusiasts last came to town in 1994 for their Prairie Gold Rush Convention, there were 78 tractors

This week’s Memory Jogger, submitted by Ruth Reeder of McConnellsburg, pictures Bob Reeder as drum major leading McConnellsburg High School band on parade past the Fulton House in 1954. He was also the drum major while a student at Shippensburg College from 1954 to 1958. 20 Years Ago From The Files Of March 13, 2003

This week’s Memory Jogger is from the files of the Fulton County Historical Society and pictures downtown McConnellsburg in 1918. 20 Years Ago From The Files Of March 6, 2003 ’03 A McConnellsburg woman and her three young children are residing with family members after being rendered homeless as a result of a Friday blaze

This week’s Memory Jogger, submitted by Mary Barmont Haubrick pictures Tuscarora Summit Inn at the top of Tuscarora Summit, east of McConnellsburg on Rte. 30. 20 Years Ago From The Files Of February 13, 2003 ’03 Nearly eight months after the newly formed McConnellsburg Police Association proposed its terms for a three-year labor contact, both

This week’s Memory Jogger, submitted by Duane Mellott of Harrisonville, pictures the Sideling HIll Mountain quarry, date unknown. The store was owned by a person named Hines. 20 Years Ago From The Files Of February 6, 2003 ’03 In spite of being in the paperwork stage, progress is being made in the proposed construction of

This week’s Memory Jogger, submitted by Duane Mellott of Harrisonville, pictures McConnellsburg looking east with the Harris Hotel in the backround on the right. The date is unknown. 20 Years Ago From The Files Of January 30, 2003 ’03 Single-digit temperatures gripped Fulton County for most of last week and although some 40 degree days

This week’s Memory Jogger, submitted by Duane Mellott of Harrisonville, pictures the Sipes Funeral Home in Harrisonville, date unknown. The home was used as a tourist home and store. Pictured is store manager James Hoop. 20 Years Ago From The Files Of January 9, 2009 ’03 Work is now under way on a new Magnetic