Thank you Warwood!

157 people turned out for the Warwood Memories program yesterday. Sorry we underestimated the seating but many thanks to all who were there and especially to those who shared. We enjoyed it immensely and thought it a great success. And since it ...was such a success, we now hope to do a similar program for every neighborhood from North Wheeling to Benwood. THANKS WARWOOD!

Our next program will be Tuesday, January 8, 2013. Hal Gorby will return to discuss his research on Wheeling during the Progressive Era.

Happy Holidays!

Next: REMEMBER WARWOOD!

Dec. 18 Warwood Memories: Share your memories of growing up in Warwood at Lunch With Books at the Ohio County Public Library on Tuesday December 18 at noon. From long lost island amusement parks and airplane factories, to exotic places like “the jungle” and “the bloody bones,” plus standards like Brooke’s Restaurant, Hecks, McNamara’s Drugstore, Lincoln Theater, Sobray’s Bakery and more — discover the history and nostalgia ofWarwood from those who lived it. Copies of the new local history book, The Wheeling Family Volume 2: More Immigrants, Migrants & Neighborhoods, which contains sections called "Warwood Memories, an Experiment in Nostalgia Through Social Media" and "Warwood A to Z" will be available for purchase. One dollar for every book soled will be donated to the library. Lunch With Books programs are free and open to the public. Patrons are invited to bring a bag lunch and free beverages are served. Please call 304-232-0244 for more information.

Reflecting on the end of a classic rivalry...

John Antonik, Director of New Media for Intercollegiate Athletics at WVU, will be at Lunch With Books at the Ohio County Public Library on Tuesday December 11 at noon to discuss his book, The Backyard Brawl: Stories from One of the Weirdest, Wildest, Longest Running, and Most Intense Rivalries in College Football History. 
WVU Press website description: The West Virginia University Mountaineers and the University of Pittsburgh Panthers, separated by less than eighty miles of highway, have battled it out on the football field for more than one hundred years. Now, with Pitt announcing its departure from the Big East Conference to join the Atlantic Coast Conference and West Virginia becoming a member of the Big 12 Conference, this intense rivalry has come to an abrupt end. Thousands of players and dozens of coaches - some among the very best to ever play the game - have been a part of this famous series known as the “Backyard Brawl.” With fantastic tales about this feud’s star-studded rosters, including White, Slaton, Harris, Luck, Huff,Nehlen, and Rodriguez for West Virginia and Fitzgerald, Marino, Dorsett, Green, Majors, and Sherrill for Pitt, The Backyard Brawl celebrates the tradition, heritage, and pride of two outstanding universities. With unparalleled access, John Antonik, a 20-year West Virginia University athletic administrator and WVU alumnus, unearths the fascinating and humorous stories that make up this revered, colorful, and cherished football game-and more importantly, the great passion and pride these schools exhibit every time they take the field.

John Antonik, a New Martinsville native, is Director of New Media for Intercollegiate Athletics, West Virginia University and author of West Virginia University Football Vault: The History of the Mountaineers and Roll Out the Carpet: 101 Seasons of West Virginia University Basketball.
A representative from WVU Press will accompany Mr. Antonik and will have copies of the book available for purchase and signing at $19.99 per copy. Lunch With Books programs are free and open to the public. Patrons are invited to bring a bag lunch and free beverages are served. Please call 304-232-0244 for more information.