Twice-Told Tales Redux
This edition of Twice-Told Tales originally appeared in the Sept. 14, 2006, issue of the former Barnesville Enterprise.
Twenty Years Ago – 2006
A cornerstone laying ceremony, under the direction of Friendship Lodge, F. & A.M., took place at the new WesBanco headquarters on E. Main Street Saturday.
Jean Davies profiles the history and development of the large, main baseball diamond at Memorial Park.
Deaths reported this week include William Piersol, 79, of Miami, FL. The local native was a longtime employee of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Burial took place at Ebenezer Cemetery.
Rick and Ronna Preston Allen of Barnesville mark their silver wedding anniversary.
Sandy Hoffman, owner of the Styling Salon located at 781 E. Main, marks 15 years of ownership of the business.
Roger and Nancy Mayhugh mark 10 years as owners of the Barnesville Antique Mall.
Thirty-five Years Ago – 1991
Asa R. “Jim” Hughes is unanimously approved to fill the vacant position on council. He replaces Mark McFrederick who recently resigned after his family moved outside of the village.
An obscure religious group meeting near Fairview has area residents alarmed. The religion is Wicca – that focuses on gaining energy from nature.
Wedding anniversaries profiled include Herb and Mary Jo Parkinson of St. Clairsville, 25 years; Charles and Mary Lou Bewley, Somerton, and Vernon and Josephine Davis of South Lincoln, each 50 years.
Sixty Years Ago – 1966
Little hope remains for three miners trapped in a coal mine blaze along County Road 98 just south of Lady Bend Hill. Feared lost are Billy Jo Adams of Watt Avenue, Barnesville, Tony Terretti of Wheeling and Keith Spicer of Amsterdam, Ohio. Several miners including Charles “Bud” Brill, 47, of Boston, Ike Vance of Mt. Olivett and Walter Nace of Barnesville, escaped the flames.
Almost 500 people, most of them from out of town, participated in the Sunday afternoon Pilgrimage sponsored by the historical society.
More than 1,200 awards will be won next week during the third annual Barnesville Fall Fair that will take place at the Catholic Church basement and school.
The Belmont County Board of Elections merges the Sewellsville and Hendrysburg precincts into one called Kirkwood Twp. Voting will take place in Hendrysburg.
Governor James A. Rhodes is the featured speaker at a giant Ox Roast planned for Union Local High School on September 24. The event is sponsored by the Belmont County Republican Party.
Aral E. Smith, 89, former Warren Twp. Trustee, died Monday following a long illness.
Eighty-five Years Ago – 1941
A big field of candidates file for town, township and school board positions including five for mayor of Barnesville.
The Nazarene Church on S. Lincoln Ave., that opened several years ago, is closed due to lack of members. The church met in the former Friends meetinghouse, with recent attendance ranging from five to an even dozen. The closing was ordered by the church’s district head.
Latin may be a dead language, but it is popular amongst BHS freshmen. Thirty-seven have registered for this class. Spanish, a new language this year, attracted 13 students, while only eight signed up for second-year French.
The Warren Twp. trustees are improving the dirt road leading from Route 147 to the Tacoma School by putting stone on about 1,000 feet of the road. The trustees also got a piece of land from the Children’s Home to provide a safer crossing over the B & O tracks.
The Barnesville Eagles will sponsor the appearance of the Jones Greater Shows on the lodge lawn at the corner of N. Chestnut and E. Church streets the week of September 15. It is the Eagles’ annual Fall Festival.
The School Board has appointed Francis Hibbard of S. Lincoln Avenue to the public library board. He succeeds the late Dr. Shober Smith, filling out an unexpired term.
The state highway department is working on a second roadside park in this section, located on U.S. 40 near the top of the hill west of Hendrysburg. A well has been drilled and other work is in progress.
One Hundred-ten Years Ago – 1916
From the Whetstone
Two trains carrying troops form the Mexican border passed through Barnesville Saturday morning heading east. Some of the local girls who picked up scraps of paper, upon which were the soldiers’ addresses, say the soldiers were from New Jersey.
L.P. Bailey & Sons take the lead for the third consecutive time in owning the greatest number of cows in the 45-pounds of butterfat list of the Barnesville Cow Testing Association.
Mr. and Mrs. Cowden, of Sand Hill north of Quaker City, marked their golden wedding anniversary Friday.
Members of the Cowen Lodge, Knights of Pythias, located at 128 W. Main St., are busy making arrangements for a big Emancipation Day celebration and homecoming for this city on September 28.
The marriage of Mr. Forrest M. Ford, local grocery merchant (112 E. Main), and Miss Nellie Gardiner of Senecaville took place in Cambridge last Wednesday.
Also profiled is the Tuesday Catholic church rites uniting Miss Minnie Cassells of Vine Street and Mr. Clements L. Schafer.
Miss Lucretia Fowler, 75, died Thursday. For many years, she was employed at the various merchant tailoring establishments of this place as a tailoress.
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Twice Told Tales is compiled by Bruce Yarnall, former general manager of the Barnesville Enterprise.
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