THE CUP RESTAURANT
By: Stan Jordan
Here is an inside and out side picture of The Cup Restaurant. This picture was given to me by Dan Hahn and it is from Mr. Ehrhart’s collection, and I am tickled to get it. I have never seen an inside shot before. At that time we patronized that place often and so did everyone else.
This place was on the south side of 424 (then 24), just before the Weatherhead Plant. Look off past the station and that is the Wabash Railroad. At the very left end of the picture is the fence, driveway and wall of the Dana Weatherhead Plant.
I think this was built in the middle of 1950’s by John Meglich. Mr. Roland Gibson had been laid off from Weatherhead and he worked in the gas station side of it for a man named Carl Miller, now that was in 1958.
Now this truck stop was halfway between Detroit and Indianapolis and a number of truckers would change trailers and driver here. It’s about 4 hours each ways. They had all kinds of services for the semi-trailers, fuel and tire repair.
The dining room was very neat and cheery and the food was good. At that time, it was the place to go.
One of the workers there was Roland Gibson. He and his family came from down around Wolf Coal or Hell for Certain, KY. It was pretty hilly there and Roland had a cow that the legs on one side were shorter that the other side. The pasture was pretty steep so when the cow wanted to go to the barn, she had to walk all the way around the hill top to the barn.
When he milked the cow they had to put a number 10 can under each short leg to make the cow level.
Well, whatever it takes.
See ya!
Horse Power Holiday
By: Stan Jordan
Dan and Traci Bowers, the owners of Advanced Chassis, are sponsoring Horse Power Holiday 2019! It will be at the Paulding County Fair Grounds on May 3rd, 4th and 5th. They have added some new activities for this year.
They have camping, ATV & SXS trails, truck pulls, Tug-A-Truck, burn out competitions, grudge race, and ATV obstacle course and a lot of other competitions.
Plan your weekend of family fun.
See ya!
AN OLD LADY’S LAMENT
My face in the mirror isn’t wrinkled or drawn
My house isn’t dirty, the cob webs are gone.
My garden looks lovely and so does my lawn
I think I might never put my glasses back on.
AT THE BAR THE OTHER NIGHT
An elderly looking gentleman (mid nineties), very well dressed and hair well groomed, great looking suit, flower in lapel and smelling of good after shave, walks into an upscale cocktail lounge.
Seated at the bar was an elderly looking lady. The gentleman walks over and sits along side of her, orders a drink, takes a sip, turns to the lady and says, “So, tell me, do I come here often?”
When a woman steals your husband, there is no better revenge than to let her keep him.
A frustrated wife’s version of a husband’s retirement: Twice as much husband, half as much pay.
Last night, my neighbor came home drunk & banged on his own door for like 5 minutes. Problem is, he lives alone, so I went outside and told him he wasn’t there & he left!!!!
COFFEE DRINKERS
By: Stan Jordan
I am probably one of the best coffee drinkers in the area. I guess maybe I will drink coffee with anybody, anytime.
I was drinking coffee with my nephew the other day and he said he was a gulper of coffee, and that opened my eyes as there are different types of coffee drinkers.
I know I have opened a can of worms, but let’s see just what kind of coffee drinkers we have. Some people drink a couple of cups of coffee the first thing in the morning and most of them are sippers because the coffee is hot and they want it to last for a few minutes because they don’t do anything until the coffee is gone.
Then we have people who stop every morning at the donut shop and they come in three types: one gets a coconut donut and coffee and sits at a table and sips his coffee and nibbles on his donut. The other type gets a coffee and donut, takes a gulp of the coffee and jumps in his car and heads off to work, nibbling on his sweet roll.
Then we have a table full of people at the coffee shop who have toast or breakfast or just a roll of some kind and sip two or three cups of coffee. Those are probably older retirement people who have earned that right.
We have people who turn up their nose when you mention coffee, some of them are avid hot tea drinkers, but the action is the same.
Some folks love the coffee aroma, but don’t like the taste. I drink coffee all day but not any after supper, I think it keeps me awake.
We have heard and read a lot of rumors or truth about the effect of coffee on a person, so you can believe what you hear or pay it no mind.
I don’t recommend that you drink lots or any coffee, but I have told you before about my case. I am 94 years old and I have eaten white bread and drank lots of coffee all my life.
See ya!
Echo Gram
By: Stan Jordan
My heart doctor, Dr. Ramani, ordered that I should have an echo gram or what ever their profession calls it or the initials to it. Long ago, I stopped trying to remember and pronounce all of these medical names and terms.
Well, anyhow, I was to be at the PCH at 9:00 on that morning. After the usual paper work and showing all three of my cards that each and every adult American must carry, I was wheeled down the hall to a cold room and told, “take off all your clothes down to your belt, “and I was already cold.
The technician was a nice young lady named Morgan from down around Hamler, Ohio. Anyhow she got her little hand held microscope and camera and felt my chest and rib area and all their pictures and stuff showed up on a screen. She even had me listen to my blood go swishing through my chest.
This went on for a while and she changed the area a little, all this time I am next to shivering. Soon, she said, “that’s all” and she helped me put my clothes on.
For some reason or other I was exhausted and wore out.
She was a nice young lady and good at her job.
See ya!
