Twice-Told Tales Redux
This edition of Twice-Told Tales originally appeared in the former Barnesville Enterprise on March 16, 2016.
Ten Years Ago – 1991
Additional business break-ins are recorded here and in Bethesda. Hit were the Chestnut Package store, Kentucky Fried Chicken and Bethesda Market.
Jeff Jefferis, Barnesville native and recent OSU graduate in Horticulture and Landscaping, returns home to open Woody’s Landscaping.
The annual Belmont County Granges Soup Supper will take place at Barnesville Senior Center on April 1.
Betty White, 77, of Belmont, retired LPN, died last Wednesday. Burial took place at Ebenezer Cemetery.
Deaths recorded this past week include Warren Schafer, 88, of Bethesda, one time employee of the former Wheeler Hardware Store; Rollo L. (Jolt) DeVault, 90, of Belmont, former Union Twp. Trustee and retiree of the state highway department, and Myrtle E. Betts, 77, former Mayor of Batesville.
Twenty-five Years Ago – 1991
An anonymous donor has agreed to match, dollar-for-dollar, all new donations for the purchase of the depot, grounds and right-of-way in the village.
Over 100 attended the Barnesville Chamber Spring Banquet where representatives of the coal industry, agriculture and health care provided updates in the theme “Who We Are – Where We’re Going.”
At the banquet, Art Seneff, former manager of the G.C. Murphy Store and current council member, was named Barnesville’s Enterprise Citizen of the Year for 1990.
BHS basketball mentor Mark Cook submits his resignation.
Floyd and Mildred Timmer of Oak Street, Bethesda, mark their 65th wedding anniversary on the 20th. A family dinner at Mehlman’s Cafeteria is planned.
Fifty Years Ago – 1966
Joe Stanfield is named vice president and general manager of Watt Car and Wheel Company as part of the firm’s re-organization.
Barnesville native, Alvia Jackson, is named Recreation Director at Memorial Park effective April 4.
After an absence of one year, former elementary school principal Robert Mallernee, will return to the post next school year.
Miss R. Jane Thomas, currently director of the State Library Service Center in Caldwell, is named supervisory librarian for Barnesville Public Library.
The Home Telephone Company of Fairview plans to spend $95,000 this year to improve service for its customers in its four-county service area. The company has spent over $700,000 on expansion and upgrades over the past five years.
Weekend Special at Foster’s Men’s and Boys’ Wear – Boys’ Spring Jackets starting at $5.95 each.
Seventy-five Years Ago – 1941
The Watt Company will enter a new field of manufacturing. It will produce dump truck bodies for 2-ton truck chassis. This type of truck is used heavily in the construction and coal strip mine operations in the fields north of here.
Albert Harris of the east end is constructing a bomb shelter at this residence should Nazi or Japanese bombers come someday.
Marquis Dale Bulger, 46, mechanic at Betts Chevrolet Garage, died in his room at the Cagey Rooming House on N. Arch St. He was found dead after he failed to show up for work Thursday morning. Bulger’s father, Clyde, was once Belmont County Sheriff and later marshal and mayor of Barnesville.
George Couladis, who bought out the Schafer restaurant and building on West Main Street a few years ago, has sold out his interest in the business to his partner, George Paleudis, who will continue to operate it.
Appraised at $15,000 and requiring a bid of at least $10,000, the former Ehlermann filing station property at 320 S. Chestnut failed to draw any interest. Merchandise and fixtures did sell but “for a song.”
One Hundred Years Ago – 1916
From the Whetstone
The landmark building on S. Chestnut, recently vacated by The Whetstone that was recently purchased by Charles W. Reed from his uncle M.G. Reed, was torn down last week. The late William Reed erected it in 1864 for his shoe shop. A new building will replace the ancient one.
The Hon. James A. White, former mayor of Barnesville and current Superintendent of the Ohio Anti-Saloon League, will address the citizens of Barnesville Sunday. He will speak at the Presbyterian Church in the morning and the First Methodist Church in the evening.
Mrs. Carl Smith entertained the “Happen In” Club at her N. Chestnut home Wednesday afternoon.
W.E. Wilkins, publisher of the Athens, Illinois Freepress, was here to visit his ill mother, Mrs. J.B. Wilkins at Hendrysburg. Wilkins grew up on a farm west of town.
Professor T.P. Harris, former head of Somerton schools, died at his home Friday following a long illness. He was a veteran of the Civil War.
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Twice Told Tales is compiled by Bruce Yarnall, former general manager of the Barnesville Enterprise.
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