THE VILLAGE APOTHECARY
By: Stan Jordan
When I was a boy, the Antwerp Exchange Bank occupied the left half of this building, established in 1893 by A.P. Murphy. When I was young, H.K. Harris was cashier and Mary Moore was assistant cashier. H.K. died in 1942 and Ralph Carr became bank president. The bank has had a very successful one hundred and twenty six years to date. They built a new bank and moved down south on South Main St in 1978. It has been remodeled a few times, but it is a dandy place.
To the right of the bank (before they moved) was a drug store owned by W.C. Pate. It was remodeled in 1961 by the Don Oberlin Co. The bank was extended over to include the W.C. Pate drug store building and that is all included in the above picture and is all part of the Village Apothecary which was renamed to Antwerp Pharmacy around 1999.
On January 1st, 2018, the Antwerp Pharmacy came under new management, Mandy Miller, after Mike & Belinda Renno’s retirement.
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CANCER
By: Stan Jordan
The more I sit here and think about this cancer crap, the more upset I get. Cancer has been around here for many, many years and I don’t think enough headway has been made toward eradicating this beast.
When I was young we had it around, but not near as many cases as now. Now it is showing up in our little boys and girls even, to me this stuff is now worse and more of it.
With all the medical people, medical laboratories, the medical organizations, the years and billions of dollars spent on research, the medical people still don’t know where cancer comes from or what starts it.
There are so many times that when they discover a person has cancer, it is too late. The writing is on the wall. This is 2019, I think the medical people could and should do better and find out what causes this terrible disease.
Yes, I know they have gained in some types and cases, but that was over 20 years ago, they surely have gained some more.
But now the little kids are having that stuff and I just can’t see a little shaver not enjoying life.
Please find us a break through.
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A VISIT WITH THE MAYOR
By: Stan Jordan
The other night at the dinner for the first responders, I had a good visit with Mayor Ray DeLong. We talked a lot about the cardinal and how pretty that bird is. I had written that it is the prettiest and he agreed as he has a pair near his house.
But he also has a pair of Baltimore Orioles and we both agreed they, also, have some bright colors and are as pretty as the cardinals.
The city of Baltimore has nothing to do with that name. Back in the early 1700’s Lord Baltimore, from England, liked that bird so well because the orioles’ bright yellow and black are the same color as his family’s coat of arms.
I told the mayor that some people want me to write a fishing story so Ray is going to try to land one of those big Maumee River catfish and get me a true story.
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A BIRD TRUCK STOP
By: Stan Jordan
My niece, Sharon Hicov, lives east on 192, the old River Road, where it crosses over the Wallace Ditch and there is a pretty good sized thicket and brush there.
She maintains four bird feeders and they have a lot of birds of all species, all the time.
She was telling me the other day that she has a number of Baltimore Orioles and they nest in the thicket along with at least one pair of cardinals.
She was naming off some species of birds that I have hardly heard of. She certainly is a bird watcher and knows what kind of bird that is on her feeder.
She keeps those feeders full all the time. I think in the bird world that is considered a truck stop. I enjoy going to their back yard.
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The wife growled at her husband and said, “I suppose you forgot that this is our 50th wedding anniversary.”
“How can I forget? Your dad and his shot gun, said I marry you or get 50 years in jail. Today I would be a free man.”
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An Idaho baking potato looked the country over for a good mate and settled on a Russet baking potato.
Over the years, they had a nice, fine daughter and they always talked about blood lines and high society stuff and for her to marry well.
She came home from college and told her folks she was going to get married.
They were so pleased and then asked her who she was going to marry. She told them, “Tom Brokaw”
Oh gee, the folks were so upset and against this wedding and said, “You can’t marry Tom Brokaw.” She asked, “Why?” They said, “Because Tom Brokaw is only a common tater.”
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My niece took her 3 year old daughter to church one Sunday and she couldn’t sit still. Her dad picked her up and was going to take her out. As they were walking down the isle she screamed, “Y’all pray for me, he’s gonna whip my butt!”
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Three sisters age 92, 94 and 96 live in a house together. One night the 96 year old draws a bath, puts her foot in and pauses. She yells down the stairs, “was I getting in or out of the bath?”
The 94 year old yells back, “I don’t know, I’ll come up and see.” She starts up the stairs and pauses, then she yells, “Was I going up the stairs or coming down?” The 92 year old was sitting at the kitchen table having tea listening to her sisters. She shakes her head and says, “I sure hope I never get that forgetful.” She knocks on wood for good measure. She then yells, “I’ll come up and help both of you as soon as I see who’s at the door.”
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Jack, a handsome man, walked into a sports bar around 9:58 p.m. He sat down next to this blonde at the bar and stared up at the TV as the 10:00 news came on. The news crew was covering a story of a man on a ledge of a large building preparing to jump. The blonde looked at Jack and said, “Do you think he’ll jump?” Jack says, “You know what, I bet he will.” The blonde replied, “Well, I bet he won’t” Jack placed $30 on the bar and said, “You’re on!” Just as the blonde placed her money on the bar, the guy did a swan dive off the building, falling to his death. The blonde was very upset and handed her $30 to Jack, saying, “Fair’s fair…here’s your money.”
Jack replied, “I can’t take your money, I saw this earlier on the 5 o’clock news and knew he would jump.” The blonde replies, “I did too, but I didn’t think he’d do it again.” Jack took the money.
