Twice-Told Tales Redux
This edition of Twice-Told Tales originally appeared in the former Barnesville Enterprise on March 30, 2016.
Ten Years Ago – 2006
Barnesville native Leslie Skinner, 1990 BHS graduate, who states she “was never a runner,” will complete in a leukemia & lymphoma marathon in San Diego in June.
Barnesville joins the nation in moving clocks forward one hour on Sunday, April 2.
Barnesville native, Pat Ramsey, a resident of Tallmadge since 1965, has died at the age of 82. He was Manager of Goodyear’s Office Operating Department until he retired in 1985 after 44 years of service.
Twenty-five Years Ago – 1991
Bob King of Bolivar, Ohio donates a vintage photo of the new B & O Railroad passenger station area filled with pedestrians and passengers to the development council. The photo, taken some time between 1917 and 1921, also depicts the old glass factory that stood on the south side of the tracks at that time.
Because it does not have an accredited Apprenticeship Training Program, a Barnesville firm, Presmar Industries, has been denied work on a public construction project in its own county. The county commissioners announced this past week that the primary contractor on the Park Health Center, the county’s new nursing home, was being relieved of his duties because the local subcontractor is not accredited.
The Barbara Barbe Doll Museum opens for its second season at 211 N. Chestnut. The museum is open in the afternoons, Wednesday through Sunday each week.
Mr. and Mrs. William Broomhall will mark their 50th wedding anniversary with an open house on April 7 at the Assumption Church Hall. They were married on March 25, 1941.
Fifty Years Ago – 1966
The Union Local High School Choir will present a sacred concert at the First Methodist Church as the first of several Holy Week programs sponsored by the Barnesville Ministerial Association.
Barnesville FFA member John Moore, a senior, wins the coveted State Farmer Award. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Guy E. Moore of Waterworks Road. He plans to attend an agricultural technical school after graduation.
The Chamber of Commerce meets for the first time in their new quarters, a meeting room on the second floor of the Peoples Building and Loan building.
The 130-member Barnesville Chapter of the Future Homemakers of America marks FHA Week. The local chapter, one of the best in the state, is home to state FHA president Judy Bailey.
Seventy-five Years Ago – 1941
A class of 33 from 11 states will receive diplomas from the Friends Boarding School on May 29.
After years of searching for a suitable location, the state has leased the Davey Building at 128 E. Main for the state liquor store.
Samuel J. Smith of this city is promoted by the Beneficial Management Company as manager of their Personal Finance Company office in Cleveland.
The M-K Company purchases 1941 license tags for the firm’s 23 trucks and five passenger cars at a cost of $2,254.
A baby son, their first child, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Everett Hickenbottom, at General Hospital on March 24.
Olive Mae, baby daughter of Hazel and Clyde Anderson who was born March 22, died Wednesday at the General Hospital. She was laid to rest in Southern Cemetery.
The Woodsfield Odd Fellows degree team will confer the initiatory degrees to a class of 17 candidates at the Barnesville I.O.O.F. Lodge tonight.
Barnesville Enterprise editor Ray Palmer is named general manager and secretary-treasurer of the Ohio Bridge Commission by Governor Bricker. The commission operates state-owned bridges at Steubenville, East Liverpool, Sandusky and Pomeroy.
One Hundred Years Ago – 1916
From the Whetstone
The Belmont Creamery launches into its fourth year. Established April 1, 1913, with 23 customers, its customer list now stands at 156.
Another old landmark has passed with the tearing down this week of the former Hibbard property at the corner of W. Church and N. Broadway next to the high school. The property was purchased by the Board of Education and will be used for additional playground area. Wesley Gardiner built the house around 1850. It was the home of Francis W. Hibbard until his death a few years ago.
Messers J. W. Doudna and E.B. Galloway have purchased the property now occupied by the Barnesville Garage and the Idle Hour Billiard Parlor at the southwest corner of Church and Arch streets. It is the intention of the new owners to erect a new fireproof building for a garage and automobile supply house.
A candy party will take place for several young ladies and young men at the home of Miss Lucille Gray on Hunts Avenue on Thursday evening.
The Dollar Savings Bank, located at the corner of Main and Chestnut, pays 4 percent interest and conducts a general banking business.
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Twice Told Tales is compiled by Bruce Yarnall, former general manager of the Barnesville Enterprise
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