Shriners and Santa Make Good on Promises

WHEELING — Most of us know them as those grown men who wear funny hats and ride around in miniature Tin Lizzie cars during holiday parades. Others will tell you they are larger-than-life heroes. Members of the Wheeling Osiris Shrine are among the memberships of 200 temples/chapters around ...

Belmont County Tourism Council Plans to Present Its First Mattox Award

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — The Belmont County Tourism Council Board and Executive Director Barb Ballint are proud to announce the “Mattox Award.” This award, named in honor of the late John S. Mattox, who was curator and co-founder of the Underground Railroad Museum in Flushing, will be ...

Special Activities

Eastern Star Miriam Chapter 1, Order of the Eastern Star, will meet at Monument Place, 91 Kruger St., Wheeling, at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. A Christmas party and gift exchange will be held. Members are asked to bring instant cocoa for a backpack project. December birthdays will be celebrated. Audrey and Roger Foster will serve refreshments after the meeting. Carolyn Nortemann, worthy matron, and Jim Shannon, worthy patron, will preside. Lunch With Books The Lunch With Books session at the Ohio County Public Library, 52 16th St., at noon Tuesday will feature a Christmas concert by ...

CCHS Class of ‘70 Seeks Classmates

The Wheeling Central Catholic High School Class of 1970 is planning its 50th class reunion for July 31 and Aug. 1, 2020. The class graduated 250 students. Reunion organizers have lost track of the following classmates and if anyone has any contact information about them, they are asked to email Melanie Streski at m.streski@outlook.com. Missing classmates: Mike Ackerman, Kathy Carney, Mary Freidhof Channell, Sandy Parful Clinton, Agnes Boring Doyle, Connie Kupfer Frazier, Dolores Hudson Harris, Jennifer David Hill, Marsha Joseph Bishop, Mark John, Joan Riedel Pasden, Michael Schnelle, ...

Special Activities

Newcomers Club The Wheeling Newcomers Club will meet at Wheeling Country Club at 10:30 a.m. Thursday. The program will feature a gift exchange; participation is optional. After the program, luncheon will be served. There is a cost for the meal; a vegetarian option is available. For more information and to make a reservation, call 740-391-1944. Wheeling Class of ‘50 Wheeling High School Class of 1950 will hold its monthly luncheon at Generations Restaurant, 338 National Road, Wheeling, at 1 p.m. Monday. The event is open to all former students, friends and visitors. Sand Hill ...

Books Make Great Gifts This Holiday Season

(StatePoint) For young and old alike, books make great holiday gifts. To wow your favorite readers this season, consider the following titles, which will allow them to become armchair explorers, travel back in time, or even take an inner journey to learn more about themselves. ∫ Send your loved one on a global journey that explores the innovations and ingenuity of the world’s most iconic structures with “Man-Made Wonders of the World.” Featuring breathtaking images, this celebration of the world that humans have built over thousands of years features the history, architecture ...