Twice-Told Tales Redux
This edition of Twice-Told Tales was published in the former Barnesville Enterprise on April 6, 2016. Beginning this week, we are adjusting the dates to reflect the current year, 2026.
Twenty Years Ago – 2006
Barnesville Council passes the ordinance establishing a paid emergency squad service.
Clark and Sons demolish a house on S. Chestnut that was seized by the Belmont County Court of Common Pleas from a convicted drug trafficker. The lot will be auctioned off by the county prosecutor’s office.
Bethesda Council appoints Tim Zdanski to the post of village administrator.
The second annual Barnesville Rotary Club Spaghetti Dinner will take place in the dining room of the First United Methodist Church Friday evening. Tickets are $5 each.
On Mother’s Day, members of the West Main United Methodist Church will bid farewall to Rev. Frank Ledvinka who is retiring. He and his wife, Judy, will move to S. Carolina. He served the local church for six years.
The December wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Paul Barbina is profiled. He is a native of Bethesda and graduate of the Air Force Academy. The couple will make their home on the Hawaiian island of Oahu.
Thirty-five Years Ago – 1991
The schedule for Showcase ’91 at Memorial Park is released. Featured performers include Earl Summers and His Jazz Quintet from Wheeling, Irish music by the Columbus-based General Guinness Band and perennial favorite, the Cambridge City Band.
Three file petitions as independent candidates for village council. They are William Deal, Timothy McKelvey and Asa Jim Hughes.
Nirmal and Diana Kaul will take over management of The Walton Home on April 15th. He served the past 10 years as European Director of the Federation of the Blind in Germany.
Sixteen train-themed collectible glasses marked “Barnesville, Ohio” will be sold at a Barnesville Depot fund auction at Pryor’s Auction Center Sunday. The glasses were decorated at and donated by the Lotus Glass Co.
Majority interest in the Hanlon Insurance Agency is sold to Richard P. Steele of St. Clairsville. The firm currently has offices in Barnesville, St. Clairsville and Beallsville.
Due to a lack of community interest, plans are underway to stage the final and last Ohio Hills Folk Festival in Quaker City.
Richard Neuhart, member of the B-B-M Rotary Club, is accorded Paul Harris Fellow recognition.
Sixty Years Ago – 1966
Alva Jackson is now on the job as Memorial Park director. He is pictured on page one with Kermit Murphy, park caretaker, and Shirley Cutshaver, park secretary.
Village Council approves a request from the Garden Club to install street trees in redwood planters along Main Street.
The Belmont County Historical Society has received pledges in excess of $13,000 toward the goal of $30,000 to purchase the former Bradfield mansion for a house museum.
The newly organized Junior Chamber of Commerce (Jaycees) will host an Easter Egg Hunt Easter Sunday at Memorial Park.
Somerset Twp. Trustee Joseph Butler dies of an apparent heart attack while milking cows at his Johnson Ridge farm.
Eighty-five Years Ago – 1941
The state seeks closure of three one room schools in the area due to declining attendance. On the block are Pultney School in Warren Twp., Flat Rock in Somerset Twp. and Piney in Wayne Twp.
The owners of the Bixler Mine at Baileys Mills have purchased a tipple from southern Ohio they plan to move here to replace the one torched by an arsonist several weeks ago.
More boys are needed to fill National Youth Administration (NYA) jobs at a new stone quarry in Warren Twp. Applicants should apply at the city building next Wednesday.
Jack Berryhill, junior high principal and band director, is elected president of the Barnesville Rotary Club.
Oak timbers from Rogers’ Speidel Farm are headed to Canada where they will be used to construct new boats some of them mine sweepers for the war effort.
The Senior Class presented “Icebound”, a Pulitzer Prize winning play, at the junior high auditorium this past weekend.
Charles S. Kirk takes over the Cater Garage on E. Church Street under a five-year lease. He will sell Oldsmobile cars and Sohio gasoline. The following subleases will also continue at the building: Harold Smith Buick Agency, Barnesville Auto Parts and M.R. Kemp Auto Repair. Barnesville Hardware will use the second floor for storage. (Editor- today this is the location of Barnesville Fire and EMS)
One Hundred -Ten Years Ago – 1916
From the Whetstone
The monthly school report notes there were 39 cases of tardiness including 15 at the high school. “We can’t determine from the report if any of these were determined excusable, but we can say that this doesn’t look good coming from a party of able-bodied, athletic-inclined young people.” There were also 12 cases of truancy.
A new brass band of experienced musicians is organized under the direction of Prof. F.C. Reed. The boys are to make music on short notice.
Col. Samuel L. Mooney, 85, capitalist and oil magnate, formerly of Woodsfield, was killed in an automobile accident in Pasadena, Calif. last Saturday. Mooney was a member of President McKinley’s staff when he was Ohio governor, president of the Monroe Bank at Woodsfield and involved in financial affairs in Columbus and elsewhere.
Mrs. Frank Tanneyhill and sister, Miss Patsie Tanneyhill, were in Bellaire Saturday attending the funeral of their nephew, William Tanneyhill’s little son, who was killed by an automobile Thursday afternoon.
Dr. D.O. Sheppard delivered two sets of twins last week. The happy parents are Mr. and Mrs. Will Martin and Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Clark.
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Twice Told Tales is compiled by Bruce Yarnall, former general manager of the Barnesville Enterprise.
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