Back in the days before everyone had cars many Wellsville residents depended on bus transportation. Some of them use to catch the Wellsville bus to travel to East Liverpool to work, shop or visit friends and family. We're not sure where the Wellsville bus originated but we believe it was one of two or three buses that make continual loops between the ville, East Liverpool & Midland. Many used the bus just to get from one end of town to the other. We remember riding on these buses, maybe even this one pictured here. The fare was something like 10 cents. It was something like a quarter to ride all the way to the big city up the river.
The driver in this undated photo is Ike Call. He worked for the Valley Motor Transit company and his bus was #120. We think this picture was taken in Wellsville at 25th St. & Clark where it turned around to head back up the river. Check out the bald front tire and the brick streets. We're guessing early 1950s, maybe earlier.
Hey Brassie...do you recognize the the neighborhood? Thanks to Jack Call for letting us share these pictures with you all.
ole nib
4 comments:
Nice pic Nib....Look at the tread on the front tires..
I can remember catching the bus in Wellsville and riding to East Liverpool on Saturdays with my Mom. We would go pay bills and shop downtown. Visiting the 5&10 and eating out. What wonderful memories!
Back in 1994, my Dad spotted one of these busses sitting in the back of Gaydo's junk yard on Rt. 7. After talking to Jim Thrasher & a guy who was a mechanic at Ohio Valley Transport. They decided it would be nice to try to get the bus and try to get it going for the 95 reunion. My Dad and I stopped at the junk yard and told them what we had in mind and they would not even let us go back to look at it to see if it was restorable. They seemed very suspicious of us for some reason. Anyway, it sat there for several more years and then I suspect was cut up for scrap. Bummer!
That would have been neat.
nib
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