Church to hold community dinner

WINTERSVILLE — The Wintersville Methodist Church youth group will be holding a free community dinner for the public from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. June 18.

Railroaders to hold meeting

CHESTER — All railroaders are invited to a breakfast meeting scheduled for 11 a.m. on June 19 at the Family Kitchen and Smokehouse restaurant in Chester.

For information, call (330) 853-3045.

Class of ’67 to meet

BURGETTSTOWN — The Weir High School Class of ’67 will hold its monthly luncheon at 11:30 a.m. June 18th at the Bavington Roadhouse, located at 1860 Steubenville Pike in Burgettstown.

All classmates and their spouses are invited to attend.

Museum to discuss railroad bridges

WEIRTON — The Weirton Area Museum and Cultural Center will welcome longtime board of directors member George Pandelios during a special presentation set for 11 a.m. June 21.

The event will be held at the museum, located at 3149 Main St. in Weirton.

Pandelios is an author, model railroader, a member of the Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical Society and a member of the Jefferson County Historical Association.

He will be discussing the three railroad bridges across the Ohio River between Steubenville and Weirton.

“Grif Teller’s 1953 calendar painting entitled ‘Crossroads of Commerce,’ immortalized the double-track railroad bridge across the Ohio River between Steubenville and Weirton,” Pandelios commented.

“But did you know there were two bridges before this one?” he asks residents of the Ohio Valley. “As a boy growing up in Weirton, this structure fascinated me. In this talk, I will illustrate the timeline of all three bridges using some astonishing historical construction photographs — some dating back to the 1860s. I will also display pictures from my modern day expeditions to the bridge, as well as shots of the nearly 12-foot long model on my O-scale layout.”

Those interested in hearing Pandelios’s presentation are invited to attend.

The event will be free of charge, although donations are always welcomed and appreciated, officials stated.

Light refreshments will be served.