Wood County news and quotes from exactly 50 years ago, as seen in the June 26, 1975 edition of the Wood County Democrat

“Lake Fork Dam Bids To Be Explained”

“Passing through Mineola and Hawkins Wednesday morning on Highway 80 was a band of 46 bicyclists riding from California to South Carolina… Wandering Wheels Coast To Coast, as they are called… travel an average of 120 miles each day with the entire trip covering 2550 miles.”

“Birds Gather In Rock Hill” (a notice of the “Bird family reunion”)

“Senior Master Sergeant Gerald B. Peddy… was cited for meritorious service as an Air Force technical maintenance advisor.”