Twice-Told Tales Redux
This edition of Twice-Told Tales originally appeared in the Sept. 28, 2006, issue of the former Barnesville Enterprise. Dates have been changed to reflect the current year.
Twenty Years Ago – 2006
Winston Wycoff of Burbank, Ohio, wins his 6th King Pumpkin title with a 1,251-pound entry. The pumpkin was auctioned off Sunday to WesBanco Barnesville for $2,500.
Betty Detling Phillips, 83, of Mineral City, formerly of Barnesville, died Sunday. She was active in local clubs including the Garden Club, Mother’s Club and Tourist Club. The Somerton native was buried at Somerton Southern Cemetery.
Steven Moore, 15, of Bethesda, a sophomore at Union Local High, placed third in the National Bluegrass Banjo Championship at Winfield, KS, on September 17.
Vada Marie Stevens marks her 90th birthday with an open house celebration on Oct. 1 at the Barnesville Senior Center.
Thirty-five Years Ago – 1991
The Darren Miller family set a new standard with a record 637-pound giant pumpkin entry at this year’s pumpkin festival.
September 25th was Ruth Orr’s last day at the G.C. Murphy Store where she has worked since she was a junior in school. She worked part time until she graduated in 1947. That year she was made cashier and has been in the office ever since. She served as assistant manager for the last 10 years.
The 20th annual Belmont County Rubberneck Tour slated for October 13 features the Belmont-Morristown-Lloydsville area.
Louise E. Groves Hagedorn marks her 100th year. She was a milliner at the Harrison Department Store creating bonnets and hats for local women. She remembers one historic occasion in her life when she and her boss’s wife were given time off from work to vote. That first time women were allowed to vote in Ohio was in 1919. She has lived in Columbus area since her husband’s passing in 1959. He was local insurance agent Harold Hagedorn.
Sixty Years Ago – 1966
Powell Construction Co. of St. Clairsville is the low bidder on the new Hutton Library building.
The construction of a new library was the deciding factor in influencing Ralph Suter, new math and physical sciences teacher, to select Barnesville High School.
Don Mehler, Barnesville soldier who is “happy to be home from Viet Nam”, is profiled.
Chief of Police Beryl Giesey issues a warning about complaints over early Halloween pranks. He is asking parents to have their children refrain from such activity.
Boston community native Ada Miller marks her 99th birthday. She lives with her granddaughter, Mrs. Paul Carpenter, of Ohio Street.
Mrs. Robert Hunkler and Mrs. Oscar Meloni are pictured modeling for tonight’s Mother’s Club sponsored tea and style show titled “Around the Clock Fashion” that will take place at the Albert S. George Youth Center.
Eighty-five Years Ago – 1941
Many from here traveled to New Martinsville on Sunday to watch the Regatta races. Gib Bradfield’s boat, “Bad News,” was eliminated when the motor head cracked.
Charles Watt of the Watt Mining Company dies suddenly last Friday at the age of 67.
The trustees of the board of public affairs expect to “break even” on their operation of the City Park swimming pool over the past summer.
Frances Froehlich is selected as editor and Marshall Sayre, business manager, for the 1942 Senrab high school yearbook.
Because of the scarcity of squirrels in this district, the talk is there will be no hunting season this year.
One Hundred-ten Years Ago – 1916
From the Whetstone
The largest auto mobile parade in Ohio will be one of the features at the opening of the National Pike paving celebration, October 5th, in St. Clairsville. Former governor James A. Cox will make an address. The parade will start at Bridgeport and is anticipated to be 15 miles long consisting of between 1,500 and 2,000 automobiles. We reported recently the completion of the final section of brick paving in Morristown.
Rev. Daniel Newsom, former minister of the Bethel AME Church, died in Butler, Pa., at the age of 64. The funeral took place at Bethel with burial at Southern Cemetery.
A fire drill was observed on Monday afternoon at the new high school building. The building was vacated in one minute and twenty seconds.
An examination for clerks and carriers will take place at the Barnesville post office on October 14. The age limit is 18 to 45 years. Married women will not be admitted to the examination. This prohibition does not apply to women who are divorced as they are eligible only for appointment as a clerk.
Kodakers Attention – Don’t wait two or three weeks to get back your prints. Careful, honest and prompt service is part of my creed and you get it. Send in your film today. Prices right. – Bundy, the photographer, Tacoma.
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Bruce Yarnall was general manager of the former Barnesville Enterprise newspaper.
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