Membrino Castricone was mayor of Bellaire, Ohio, during the 1960s and 1970s. This collection of black-and-white photographs chronicles events during his administrations over several terms, many of which have been taken by 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 mayoral terms: 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.
People identified in 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.
The collection also includes photographs of the B & O Bridge and Stone Viaduct, as well as the construction of the Bellaire Water Treatment Plant, a project spearheaded by the mayor.
A sampling of photographs from the collection:
