Leo the Barber Jack Blackwell July 10, 2017 7 Leo was the McColloch Street barber. His was a single chair shop. Nothing remarkable, but perhaps it's worth a few minutes to tell how a barbershop worked in the '60s. Simple things, like how to get a haircu...
McColloch’s Leap Jack Blackwell May 30, 2017 7 In East Wheeling in the mid 1960's there was a 'bar' on almost every corner. But the word 'bar' isn't all they were, they were also community centers. Places that glued the small neighborhoods together. Plac...
Blind Butch Jack Blackwell May 22, 2017 3 The neighborhood of Goosetown was special in the 60s, not much of it now remains. It was hidden in a small corner of Wheeling. Big Wheeling Creek on the east and railroad tracks on the west defined it. Eleve...
‘Goosetown’ Home Hidden Away in Wheeling Steve Novotney March 24, 2017 7 There was that hum of about 65,000 cars and trucks zipping east and west every day, but Jim Hangler doesn’t hear that any longer. This American veteran, a Purple Heart recipient for his duty in Vietnam, love...
