Bolivar Names New PolicemanBy MARTIN D. WELSH JR.Herald Correspondent BOLIVAR, W. Va. — Mayor Robert Dunn has appointed a Bakerton man as policeman with the Bolivar Police Department. Gerald Eugene Jamison, a laboratory technician with the […]
FUNKSTOWN RETAINS LEAD IN INDEPENDENT LOOPPony Express Team Wins Over Bakerton, 5 To 0. Jim Snyder, Phil Petry Combine to Hurl Shutout On July 4th; Stotler, Mercer Clout Back-To-Back Home Runs. Funkstown’s Pony Express baseball team […]
Mapleville and Funkstown clash at Funkstown in a crucial contest as the Independent League moves into its 11th week of play on Sunday with a trio of games. Antietam travels to Greencastle and Bakerton visits Mt. […]
Greencastle scored five runs in the fifth inning and went on to trim Bakerton, 7-3, in the Independent League yesterday. It was the first meeting of the year between the new clubs in the circuit and […]
The Bakerton Safety News Sponsored by The Safety Council, Washington Building Lime Company VOLUME II. BAKERTON, W. VA DECEMBER, 1935 No. 4. [page 1] Superintendent Bakerton Plant Mr. Robert B. Frost, one of the youngest industrial executives […]
NEW MARYLAND LOOP.MARTINSBURG, W. Va., April 12. — The Bi-County Industrial League, a new organization, will start play in Berkeley and Jefferson Counties May 4. The circuit includes five clubs, Martinsburg, Millville, Bakerton, Blairton, and Berkeley.
Former Ball Player Dies After Car CrashMARTINSBURG, W. Va., March 12. — Seriously injured in a motorcycle accident Saturday night, Joe Brophy, of this city, former Blue Ridge and Eastern Shore League ball player, died in […]
Holds Warrant Till Pitcher Wins Game, Then Places Him Under Arrest.MARTINSBURG, W. Va., July 16.– Deputy Sheriff Harwood Burkhart, of Jefferson county, is a good officer—but a better fan. He went to a baseball game Sunday […]
Chas. P. Gouker, Mrs. Frank Cole, Mrs. Hunter Swann and Mrs. Ida L. Moore, all of Washington, spent Monday with Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Hopper and family. Mrs. Gouker, who has been spending the past […]
The M. E. Sunday school picnic will be held at the river, near Mr. “Pet” Moler’s farm, on Saturday, August 26. These guests are spending some time with Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Trundle: Mrs. Sarah […]
On Thursday of last week our baseball nine motored to Shenandoah Junction, and after a friendly little nine innings had passed we came home with the laurels. The score was 9 to 4 in our favor. […]
New Notes From Shenandoah Jct. Shenandoah Junction, July 11.– Mr. H. J. Boyd, of Bridgeport, Conn. and Mr. C. W. Myers and family left Monday on a long motor trip to the eastern shores. They expect […]
BAKERTON NEWS. With two steam shovels in operation at Bakerton, a great deal of excavation work is in progress. Much excitement prevailed the other day by the rumor, which quickly spread over the entire plant, that […]
Bakerton Benefits By Errors.Combining hits with errors in the fourth inning, Bakerton shut out the Shepherdstown Independents, 5 to 0. Heflebower had one bad inning and Knode, who relieved him, allowed but one hit during the […]
Bakerton News. While the home team was defeated by the narrow margin of one run in the game with Blairton Saturday, still it was but another case of baseball luck and did not detract in the […]
An Old Time Fan. No baseball season would be appropriately opened in Martinsburg without the presence of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Lamon, of Bakerton, and the thousands of people who know him and his fine […]
Bakerton News. The Regulars and the Scrubs crossed bats on the home diamond Saturday afternoon. The score was 7 to 2 with the Scrubs on the long end. The features of the game were the catching […]
A game of ball was played by the Sharpsburg boys and the boys at the Bakerton lime quarries. Score 9 to 11 in favor of the Bakerton boys. The game recently played by the same boys […]