Events Taking Place in the Pocahontas County Area in August 1979

 

 The provided sources do not mention any specific events taking place in the Pocahontas County area in August of 1979. However, several events were advertised for that month.

• An auction sale was advertised to take place on August 4, 1979, at 10 a.m. on a property located 2 miles south of Hillsboro on Rt. 28. The auction was for personal property, including antiques.
• The W. W. Galford Reunion was scheduled to take place at the Boy's Camp near Dunmore on August 4 and 5, 1979, beginning at 12:00 noon each day.
• Another auction of personal property was advertised to be held in Marlinton on August 4, 1979. The auction was set to begin at 1 p.m. and featured, among many other items, a 1965 Ford tractor.
• A "Porch and Yard Sale" was advertised to take place on August 4, 1979, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Paul McNeel in Marlinton.
• The VanReenen Reunion was scheduled to be held on August 5, 1979, beginning at 10 a.m. at the Central Union Community Center. Attendees were asked to bring a covered dish and their own table service.
• A yard sale was advertised to be held on August 11, 1979, on Third Avenue in Marlinton.
• The Upper Pocahontas Sunday School Rally was scheduled for August 29, 1979 at Pocahontas County High School.
• A revival was scheduled to be held at the Duffields Creek Baptist Church from July 29 to August 3, 1979. The revival services were set to take place at 7:30 p.m. with Evangelist Lyndon Collings of Decatur, Georgia. Vacation Bible School was also scheduled to be held at the church from July 30 to August 3, from 9 a.m. to 12 noon.
• The Trinity Baptist Chapel at Mill Point advertised revival services from August 8-13, 1979, at 7:30 p.m.. They also advertised a miracle service at 2 p.m. on August 5, 1979, a "Pioneered Days Social Dance" to be held on August 14, 1979, from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., and Bible School to be held from July 9-13, 1979, between the hours of 2:45 and 4 p.m..
• Pioneer Days, a long-running festival in Pocahontas County, took place on July 7, 8 and 9, 1978. The sources don't specify the exact dates for 1979, but given that the Trinity Baptist Church scheduled their "Pioneered Days Social Dance" on August 14, it's likely that Pioneer Days took place sometime in early August of 1979.

The sources do not provide information on whether the advertised events took place as scheduled or any other events in the Pocahontas County area in August of 1979.