Columbus Day Gerry Griffith October 9, 2017 Folks in Wheeling, like folks in hundreds of towns and communities across America, celebrate Monday as Columbus Day. But, should they? Like so many things that were drilled into us in childhood, the Christopher...
The Griffith Files: A Wheeling Boy’s Curiosity Leads to a Life in Music Gerry Griffith February 4, 2017 2 In the late 1950s, my brother, Terry, often found time on his hands to explore the dusty back rooms and storage closets of long-abandoned but safe South and Center Wheeling storefronts. On one of thos...
The Mabel Files: A ’52 Nash in Elm Grove Gerry Griffith June 7, 2016 3 Mabel Wrestles a Four-Wheeled Beast Called Nash on the Streets of Elm Grove Mabel jammed the gear shift on the steering column of the hulking 1952 Nash Ambassador into what she believed was first gear. Then,...
Mabel Files: Harry Truman’s Pop-In at the McLure Hotel Gerry Griffith March 24, 2016 Harry S. Truman concluded his business at the front desk of Wheeling’s McLure Hotel, turned quickly to depart, and bumped forcefully into 36-year-old George Griffith. Both men were startled by the sudden contac...
Mabel Files: Tom Becomes Part of the Spirit of Wheeling Gerry Griffith March 7, 2016 When Tom Minns died at Ohio Valley General Hospital on September 13, 1951, his little family in Center Wheeling was devastated. His death was not sudden, but that didn’t mean they were prepared. For nearly a...
