10 Questions about Wheeling:
1. What was the name of the red headed man who walked up Wheeling Creek each morning from Benwood to find golf balls at Oglebay and Wheeling Country Club.
2. What do Larry Dezio, Chris Smith and Rick Asmus have in common?
3. Who was Alma Henderson?
4. In the early 60's, what was the name of the hamburger place on the corner of National Road and Edgington Lane?
5. What was 'Big Bill' Lias real last name?
6. In the book, “Captain's Courageous” (1897) what about Wheeling was mentioned?
7. What was Linsly School called in 1814?
8. Who was the first coach of the Wheeling Nailers?
9. What was the nickname for Pogues Run Road?
10. What football honor was bestowed on Chuck Howley that no other NFL player has received?
John Hershey
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I think the only question I knew the answer to was "Who was Alma Henderson?" For some reason I don't think that was the kind of information most young people in other areas of the country knew....
ReplyDelete1) never saw the redhead
ReplyDelete2)involved paint and they'd just as soon forget it
3)saw her make a 6oz coke bottle disappear in the bar she ran in s. whg where the shipping terminal is now
4)hamburger inn. great burger/onion smell
5) Liaskakos
6) probably about prostitution
7)lancastrian
8)wheeling who?
9) probably the hormone highway
10)that he played touch football with the welch family
Chuck Howley was the only player on a losing team to be named MVP of the Super Bowl?
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