Mayor Membrino Castricone Collection

Membrino Castricone was Mayor of Bellaire, Ohio during the 1960’s and 1970’s, and the collection of black and white photographs chronicle events during his administrations over several terms.  Many photographs would have been taken by newspaper photographers for the local newspaper the Times-Leader.  The photographs include the Mayor with other public and private officials with whom he came in contact during his terms as Mayor of Bellaire, and include many group photographs.  These include the Bellaire Fire Department, Farmers and Merchants Bank officials, Bellaire All-American Days officials, Top Ford representatives, police officials, city council, Busack IGA groundbreaking, and other ribbon cutting events.  The collection includes photographs of the building the Bellaire Water Treatment Plant which was spearheaded by the Mayor, and a B & O Bridge and Stone Viaduct photograph.  Group photographs include 005-006 Richard Vannelle and Hilda Burrows; 008 Edmund Sargus and A.G. Lancione; 009 Solicitor Joseph Livorno; 013 Mayor Shorty Morgan (Shadyside); 015 Busack Brothers Groundbreaking; 020 Attorney Esther Pinsky; 022 Dr. A. J. Antalis, Mel Sargus, and A. G. Lancione; 027 Frank Vannelle and James Tekely; 028 Congressman Wayne L. Hays, Speaker Ohio House A. G. Lancione, and Richard Lancione; 031 Robert Bostancic; 033 James and Angeline Frantz; 039 Atty. John J. Malik, Jr.; 040 Richard Hornbeck of Top Ford; 043 Mayor John Laslo Martins Ferry; 044 Bob Bostancic, Sandy Tustin, Tom Noice and Sherill Czap of Farmers & Merchants Bank; 047 Kathy Linch and Sheri Shubat; 048 Peggy Tomer, Atty. Richard Lancione, and Veto Presutti All-American Days; 050 Joseph McGraw, Solicitor, Pete Kovalyk, and Larry Madama; 055 James Conroy and Pete Kovalyk; 065 Police Chief Red Giannetta and Richard Horbeck Top Ford; 069 Governor of Ohio John Gilligan.