Twice-Told Tales Redux
This edition of Twice-Told Tales was published in the former Barnesville Enterprise on April 13, 2016. Years are adjusted to reflect the current year, 2026.
Twenty Years Ago – 2006
Over 4,000 trees were planted on reclaimed strip mine land north of town by BARK (Barnesville Area Reforestation Kommittee) this past Saturday.
This year’s 3C’s Cancer Walk is dedicated to the memory of Herb Starr, longtime resident and postal employee, who lost his battle against cancer last December.
Trustees of the Concord Cemetery, Centerville, seek a caretaker for the mowing season.
Members of the First Christian Church refurbish two and replace one of the Crosses of Mercy located on a hill overlooking SR 800 on the Denver and Dorothy Kaiser farm south of I-70 along Route 800.
Plans are underway for the 16th annual Depot Yard Sale slated for May 5-6.
Phyllis Bradfield Holtcamp died in Rockville, MD. Burial took place at Crestview Cemetery. Also passing was Kenneth Arnold Frazier, 84, of Rome, GA. He was former minister of the West Main Church of Christ.
Thirty-five Years Ago – 1991
Barnesville students place high above the state average on the California Achievement Test, required of all students in grades, 4, 6, and 8 and 9. .
Former Walton Home managers, Ray and Hulda Stanley, will semi-retire to a residence on Sandy Ridge. Ray will remain director of semi-independent apartment development at Walton.
Annie K’s Restaurant formally opened at 777 E. Main Street on April 9.
The Barnesville Hospital Twigs purchase a cardiac outpatient index computer for the facility.
Bethel A.M.E. Church plans repairs to the church totaling $500. A plea to the community for donations for the small congregation is issued.
Sixty Years Ago – 1966
Barnesville prepares for Friday night’s visit by Governor James A. Rhodes who will be the featured speaker at the annual Chamber of Commerce banquet.
Stiffler’s Department Store at 157 E. Main Street is going out of business. A closeout sale begins Friday morning.
Miss Sherrie Fitzpatrick will be the BHS representative in the annual Queen of Queens Pageant, a highlight of the annual Ohio-West Virginia All-Star football contest this summer.
Dow Chemical Company acquires a 200-acre industrial site near Dilles Bottom in Mead Twp.
The Barnesville Kiwanis Club distributes civic education pamphlets to 7th and 8th grade students entitled “Freedom and You.”
Sunbury Lodge, F. & A.M., Beallsville, will observe its 100th anniversary Friday, April 27 with a banquet in the new multipurpose room of the high school.
Eighty-Five Years Ago – 1941
Raymond Smith was elected president of the Barnesville Alumni Association at a meeting Tuesday night. Hodge Laughlin is the new secretary-treasurer and Bill Ball, general chairman. At the meeting, alumni dues were set and plans for an elaborate 50th reunion by the class of 1891 were announced.
Joseph Deal, a United Dairy employee, was elected governor of the local Moose Lodge Monday night. He succeeds Herbert Landefeld.
Closed last Saturday following the death of the manager, Clyde A. Urban, the old Barnesville state liquor agency is a thing of the past. The new store will open in the Davey Block on Central Main within a week. No appointment of a manager has been announced.
The first of a series of features titled “Interesting Neighbors of Yours” is published featuring Mrs. Nettie Tanneyhill. Enterprise editor Ray Palmer outlines the feature as “the subjects of these sketches will not be judged by the usual yardsticks of wealth or prominence, but by something more worthwhile – the richness and fullness of the quiet lives they live.”
One Hundred-Ten Years Ago – 1916
From the Barnesville Whetstone
It seems to be authoritatively settled now that the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad will erect a new passenger station at Barnesville. Officials of that department in Baltimore Tuesday received bids calling for a modern building of that sort. Our citizens have indulged in much talk concerning the “new depot” lately, and while this paper has held definite information for some time, we were not at liberty to give the facts until this time.
Following the heavy fall of snow Friday night, Saturday was a miserable business day in Barnesville as people were not anxious to go about. By Monday, spring returned.
We regret to announce the recent illness of Mr. E. P. Lee of the Enterprise newspaper who is confined to his home on E. Main. Recent word indicates he may be compelled to go to a hospital for treatments and perhaps an operation.
Hunkler Brothers, the wide-awake restaurateurs and bakers on Arch Street, recently purchased a Ford delivery truck from the Kennard Ford Agency. They are now delivering the produce of their bakery by motor power.
Mrs. Julia Morrow, mother of Mrs. A. P. Hicks, died at this place Saturday following a serious illness of two weeks. Burial was made at Greenmount.
George Cheffy of Michigan State University is visiting his parents at their West Main Street home.
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Twice Told Tales is compiled by Bruce Yarnall, former general manager of the Barnesville Enterprise.
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