Some local news I thought you might enjoy – Steubenville is across the Ohio River from us and the nearest ‘big’ town. The closed steel mills mentioned are on our side of the river, in Weirton; my grandfather and many of my friends worked in those mills. Grandpa’s job was so important that he was declared an essential employee and exempted from the WW2 draft, to his everlasting shame because he wanted to serve. My dear friend and next door neighbor, Betty, was the quality control inspector for the big shells the battleships used when the steel plants were converted for wartime and women became the workers. What stories she had! Back then, people flocked to this area for good jobs, but since the 70s and cheap overseas steel it’s been a dying region. It’s good to see something positive happening.
A new take on an old Christmas tradition brings hope and joy to families in Steubenville, Ohio
