Amusement Parks and West View Park

[Edward H. Lybarger]

We see John from time to time.  He's retiring soon (if not already) and
retiring to upstate New York.  Don't know whether the Wheeling area Elby's
have closed or not.  The chain is now owned by Elias Brothers out of
Detroit, but they were still doing a good business in Wheeling the last time
I looked.

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Subject: Re: Amusement Parks and West View Park


Darn - when I was in the Wheeling area attending college in 59-60-61 and
working at the museum PO (prior to any serious electric operation) my future
wife and I ate almost every weekend at Elby's "out the pike" and the
strawberry pie was great then too.

Speaking of PO,  does John Wilkens ever come back, or is he still involved
in
any way.  John was the overhead man at the time, but once operation did
start
he ran
I believe WP-1 into Rinney's PrCo paycar and rearranged the one end, or
maybe
both by shoving it into the end of the barn.

Fred Bruhn