Twice-Told Tales Redux
This edition of Twice-Told Tales originally appeared in the June 1, 2016, edition of the former Barnesville Enterprise. Dates were changed to reflect the current year.
Twenty Years Ago – 2006
Barnesville’s 128th Commencement is profiled.
Goshen Township schedules a clean-up Saturday with drop-offs at the old Bethesda elementary school.
A page one profile highlights the 35-year career of second grade teacher Karen Mayberry. She retired at the end of the school year.
Barnesville will celebrate the 4th of July with an Independence Day Queen and Princess contest sponsored by the chamber of commerce.
Thirty-five Years Ago – 1991
Highlighting Monday night’s council meeting was the presentation of a check for $55,000 to the village to complete the purchase of the old B & O Depot, railroad yard and right-of-way through the community. Making the presentation were Nancy Wildman and Louise Cheffy both of whom played a major role in raising the donations for the project.
With this edition, the Barnesville Enterprise salutes itself and the community on 125 years of service to the community. A special section details the history of the newspaper and the community.
Mr. and Mrs. John Harwick, Silver Spring, MD, marked their 50th wedding anniversary on April 27. She is the former Dorothy Lynch. He is former mayor of Barnesville and retired employee of the Office of General Counsel of the Federal Communications Commission in Washington, DC.
J. Edmund Iddings, 87, former Belmont County prosecuting attorney, and longtime employee of State Auto Insurance Company, has died. Survivors include his daughter, Karen Piersol of Barnesville.
Sixty Years Ago – 1966
The 88th annual commencement exercises take place tonight. BHS will graduate 113 seniors.
A “larger than usual” turnout for Memorial Day Services at Memorial Park took place as attendees heard an “inspiring address” from Lawrence Derry, Barnesville American Legion Post commander and past president of the Ohio Elks Association. In his address, he noted that this year marks the 20th anniversary of the dedication of Barnesville Memorial Park.
Beautiful color post cards of the new 750-million gallon Slope Creek Reservoir are now available at First National Bank.
Companion front-page photos depict the class of 1926 then and today, 40 years later.
In Service News, Pvt. Clarence Dennis Wilcox, Barnesville, recently completed the Army Infantry School’s three-week parachutist training at Fort Benning, Ga.
John Donald Froehlich, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Froehlich, is married to Miss Ruth Ann Alspach of Groveport. The nuptials occurred on April 30 at St. Mary’s Church in Groveport.
Eighty-five Years Ago – 1941
The Thurman Coal Co., operators of the former Bixler Mine at Baileys Mills, has completed work on the new tipple and the mine is now in full operation with several carloads already loaded. There are three full shifts consisting of 60 men working, mostly from the Baileys Mills district.
Axile D. Champ, 59, our pressman and the oldest member of the Enterprise family, died at his W. Church Street Home suddenly and unexpectedly Friday night. He started working for this paper at the age of 13 in 1895.
Rev. John Herion of the Bethesda Methodist Church provided the Memorial Day address here at the Southern Cemetery on May 30.
The “Interesting Neighbors of Yours” this week is Miss Mildred Wiley, music instructor in the local high school.
One Hundred-ten Years Ago – 1916
From the Whetstone
The high-tension electric line between Wheeling and this place carries a voltage of 33,0000 which is transformed at the substation on South Chestnut Street to 4,000 volts for distribution to businesses and homes. The old powerhouse will be abandoned and in due time dismantled.
The mysterious clock hanging in the front window of the National Bank of Barnesville has attracted much attention this week. Hundreds have been trying to guess “what makes it go?”
The Hawthorne Club comprised of prominent Catholic ladies held an interesting meeting at the Ohio Street home of Mrs. Frank Clary Tuesday evening.
The national assemblies of two great churches, Presbyterian and Methodist, are now in session, and each one is confronted with a great issue. The Presbyterians have a heterodoxic outburst in their ranks. There is a move to exclude the New York Presbytery because it admitted to the ministry men who did not believe in the virgin birth of Christ. The Methodists have amusement problems on hand—whether to continue the rule against playing cards, dancing and attending theaters.
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Twice Told Tales is compiled by Bruce Yarnall, former general manager of the Barnesville Enterprise.
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