(Courtesy of Ethel Herbster)

Shown above from left to right, front row: Earl DeLong, Walter Gill, Elder Ewing, John Mattern, Fred Mattern, and George Saylor. Second row: Coach Arthur Townsend, Lee Spaid, Eugene Mitchell, Roy Thoman, Chester Wagener, Parke Herbster, John Fetterolf, and Marlin Haines. We don’t know their record.

(What organized sports did BVHS have in this era? Answer next month.)

Answer to Last Month

Since in the early 1900s people usually attended worship services on Sunday in their finest clothes, and did no work, they usually stayed dressed all day. In the evenings, to break up the day and have some social activity, they would gather at the railroad station to welcome the incoming trains, visit with one another, and then usually go to an evening church service to close out the day. These were graceful, better times.