Twice-Told Tales Redux
This edition of Twice-Told Tales originally ran in the Barnesville Enterprise on November 11, 2015.
Ten Years Ago – 2005
The Shamrocks come up short 14-13 in post-season play at BHS Stadium Friday Night. West Salem Northwestern moves on in playoff action this week.
John Allen Johnson, 89, retired farmer, school bus driver and former school board member died this past week. Also passing was Pauline M. Eberle, 96, of Quaker City. She was a retired caseworker for the Guernsey County Department of Human Services, and former Quaker City councilmember.
Several area elected officials attended the Ohio Hills Health Center open house at the Freeport Family Health Center to view the addition of a dental suite and new reception/waiting room.
Jean Davies recounts the history of the World War II Living Memorial pines at BHS Stadium.
Twenty-five Years Ago – 1990
Two World War I veterans are profiled for Veterans Day – Lester Price and Arthur Carpenter.
The Barnesville Girl Scouts and Junior Women’s Club are the first responders in the development council’s final push to purchase the old B & O Depot and railroad right-of-way.
In a related matter, council has authorized the Mayor to enter into a contract for the rail property purchase.
Victorian Village coordinator Bruce Yarnall fills council in on the “almost expansion” of 5B’s of Zanesville into the old sewing factory building. Yarnall said the business was 96% certain of coming to Barnesville before Zanesville and Muskingum County offered the firm a deal they could not refuse.
The Friends of Memorial Park honor Homer Cheffy with a life membership to the group. Cheffy has been at the forefront of park development since it’s development right after World War II.
Death’s this week include Mildred Plumly, 68, of N. Chestnut Street. Her husband, Robert H. Plumly preceded her in death.
Several former ministers joined the Barnesville Nazarene congregation at special 40th anniversary services October 28.
Fifty Years Ago – 1965
Newly elected school board members attended Tuesday’s board meeting where the future building program was a major topic of discussion.
Clyde Wittenbrook is installing snow making equipment on the ski slope at the Barnesville-Bradfield Airport west of town. This winter he will not have to depend solely on Mother Nature for the white stuff.
Miss Cindy Harper of Barnesville High was the unanimous winner of the Belmont County Prince of Peace Contest in St. Clairsville last week.
The Chamber of Commerce has moved the Christmas Parade from Nov. 27 to Dec. 4 due to difficulty obtaining marching bands for the procession. The earlier date is on Thanksgiving weekend.
Ted Hunt, BHS graduate, is awarded a prestigious award from the Acoustical Society of America at the group’s 70th annual conference.
Vincent Mark Blaney, 15, of Moundsville, is the tragic victim of a shooting accident. Burial was made at Ebenezer Cemetery for the Bethesda native.
Seventy-five Years Ago – 1940
The Barnesville Draft Board has registered 1,313 men for the county’s first peacetime draft.
The Barnesville vote Tuesday was the largest in history. While Republican candidates led in Barnesville and Warren Township, Democrats swept the county.
Republican Congressman Earl Lewis and Republican Senator Ray Palmer lost their re-election bids Tuesday. Palmer is the publisher of the Barnesville Enterprise.
Barnesville is to have a new skating rink in the former Barnesville Sales and Service Building. The rink will be 130 feet long and 45 feet wide. William McLane will own and operate the business having leased the building from the People’s Building and Loan Co. Frank Harp will open a soda fountain and restaurant in the front part of the building.
Mary Carpenter, 96-year-old resident of Tacoma, cast her first ballot Tuesday when she went to the polls and voted for Wendell Willkie.
Cecil Carnes’ new book “Jimmy Hare, News Photographer – or Half a Century with a Camera” went on sale last week. The 300-page book was published by McMillan Co. of New York City. Carnes is a Barnesville native.
The Junior Class of Somerset Township High School will deliver the first play in the new gymnasium/auditorium on Johnson Ridge. The play is “Sunbonnet Jane of Sycamore Lane”.
One Hundred Years Ago – 1915
From the Whetstone
The commission whose business it is to locate the Eastern Ohio Normal School (teacher college) will be in Barnesville Friday of this week to look us over. Locally, it is believed we have a good chance of gaining the approval of the commission.
There were eight cows in the Barnesville Co-operative Cow Testing Association that produced more than 45 pounds of butterfat in October from the following farmers – Wm. H. Sears, McCartney & Howiler, C.H. Plumly and Ross Phillips.
After a short illness with pneumonia, Mrs. Mary L. Miles, widow of R.C. Miles, died at her
home in Somerton Sunday afternoon. She was one of the most prominent women in western Belmont County. Funeral services were conducted Wednesday at St. John’s Catholic Church Miltonsburg where internment was made.
Saturday night established another record in local history for the drunk and disorderly bunch. Policeman Devoll arrested one of the disturbers who wanted to fight, and Chief Cox captured a gunman who had engaged in a pistol shooting event the night before.
Mantz Bakery has installed more modern equipment that can produce 400 loaves of bread in the remarkably short period of time of 20 minutes. At present the factory is producing between 1,500 and 2,000 loaves a day.
Twice Told Tales is compiled by Bruce Yarnall, former general manager of the Barnesville Enterprise.
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