Local writers and stories
By: Mark Holtsberry Lionel David McCreary Lionel David McCreary was an Antwerp boy who was born February 11, 1877 in Antwerp, Ohio. By 1880, Lionel was living with his uncle and aunt, George W. And Izbella Coffelt in Antwerp area. George was a Civil War Veteran who served with Company G. 14th Ohio Volunteer Infantry.…
By: Nancy Whitaker When I end my columns with, “I’ll give you a Penny for Your Thoughts” if I ever see you, I will do just that. I began writing this column after the death of my mama. She was not only my mother, but my closest and dearest friend. My mama always had a…
“Serving overseas as a small-town boy from America is intense, stressful and humorous! Enjoy a light-hearted story with me from our last 20 years overseas!” – Matt Collateral Curtain Costs How long do a good set of cloth curtains last? Our primary home curtains overseas are going on 20 years of age, surely faded a…
By: Ron Burt Attica Raceway Park hosted the two-night Ambush over Labor Day weekend. Recently, Ohio sprint driver Trevor Baker lost his life in a vehicle crash in Florida. Tim Shaffer and his car owner Bryan Grove paid tribute to Baker Friday, Sept. 2, as the hall of fame driver put the #45 in victory…
By: Mark Holtsberry Perry Nelson Leveck was born March 20, 1894 in Haviland, Ohio. The son of Commadore Perry Leveck, born February 27, 1853 in Fayette County, Ohio, and Ellen (Daniels) born February 9, 1857 in Ohio. The couple was married in 1880. By 1900, the couple, along with seven children, six of which…
“Serving overseas as a small-town boy from America is intense, stressful and humorous! Enjoy a light-hearted story with me from our last 20 years overseas!” — Matt Overplanning life One day my college roommate asked me, “Do you record the day and time you plan to clip your fingernails this week?” Since my youth, I…
Penny For Your Thoughts By: Nancy Whitaker Whether you laugh with a tee hee or a gigantic belly laugh, it is a noise we commonly love to hear. They say I have a distinct laugh, a sound of its own. Have you ever found something so hilarious you laughed so hard that you cried? Or…
By: Mark Holtsberry 369th “Harlem Hell Fighters” I know this is not a Paulding County unit, but this unit caught my attention. This World War 1 unit was originally the 15th New York (Colored) Infantry Regiment, a National Guard unit. June 2, 1913, a bill authorizing an all black National Guard regiment finally passed the…
Penny For Your Thoughts By: Nancy Whitaker Throughout our lives, there seems like there is always something we are concerned or worried about. That’s everyday life. Even as little children we may have not liked a certain playmate. Then if you both got mad at one another, you may have cried or worried about it.…
“Serving overseas as a small-town boy from America is intense, stressful and humorous! Enjoy a light-hearted story with me from our last 20 years overseas!” – Matt Silent Shabbiness It is not uncommon in any place in the world to be annoyed at times by how a property next door is being kept up. The neighbor’s…
By: Mark Holtsberry Hosea Gerald Hummell was an Antwerp boy who joined the Navy to serve in World War 1. Hosea was born January 25, 1897 in Antwerp, the son of LeRoy, born November 27, 1872 in Ohio, and Catherine Doyle (Fox) Hummell, born December 1874 in Ohio. LeRoy and Catherine were married in Paulding,…
“Serving overseas as a small-town boy from America is intense, stressful and humorous! Enjoy a light-hearted story with me from our last 20 years overseas!” —Matt Red & White Remember ever getting tingling, painful sunburn on your neck or back? I remember those years in Indiana where it seemed like spring weather would never come…
Penny For Your Thoughts, By: Nancy Whitaker I have watched TV shows on the Discovery Channel about people with strange addictions. Aren’t we all secretly addicted to something? Do we call collecting something a hobby or an addiction? Now, when I was little, my Grandpa Anderson collected pens and pencils. I remember he had a huge trunk with…
