May 28 brought about the Memorial Day celebration for cities and towns across America to remember the past and present fallen heroes serving the country. The Antwerp VFW and American Legion stand at attention at the Veteran’s Memorial in Riverside Park while the speakers came forward reminding us all of the sacrifices many men and…
The 3rd and 4th grade class at Divine Mercy hosted a Wax Museum exhibit on April 26th in the church hall. For about 5 weeks, the students researched someone who had contributed to the world in some way. They wrote a report and made a tri-fold presentation of their famous person and created a Google…
On Saturday, April 21, 2017 employees from Paulding Putnam Electric Cooperative (PPEC) spent the morning giving back to their community. Each year PPEC does a community service project, this follows one of the Cooperative Principles, “Concern for Community.” This year they volunteered at the Auglaize Village Museum. If you’re not familiar with the museum, it’s…
The OSU extension building and Paulding County BOE located at the fairgrounds has a unique set of mural paintings inside that Gene Scarbrough would like to recommend people to visit. From left to right you’ll see the beginning of Paulding County to the modern era in a picture book history form. From the very beginning,…
Raising community pride, historical awareness and money From April 12 through 14, 2018, the Merry and Bright Winter Festival Committee, in cooperation with the Friends of Paulding, put on a mystery dinner theatre fundraiser titled, “No Compromise: Mosquitoes, Mayhem and the Militia in the Great Black Swamp”. It was a historical play about Paulding County’s…
PAULDING – Stan and Barb Searing recently donated twelve prints depicting the Ohio canals to the historic Paulding County Carnegie Library. These prints were a premium offered in 2007-2008 presented to the Searings with their membership to the Ohio Canal Society. The prints depict different canal boats, locks and scenes from the Miami-Erie Canal era.…
Have you ever wanted to explore the Paulding County Courthouse? It’s historic, iconic, and full of hidden treasure, and it’s right here in Paulding! The Paulding County Commissioners are sponsoring the Chamber of Commerce’s first Off the Clock of the year at the Paulding County Courthouse! This is your chance to take a tour, and…
Sunday October 22, The Paulding County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society celebrated its 29th annual First Families and 8th annual Century Families of Paulding County banquet at the Essen House in Antwerp. The chapter seeks to honor the ancestors who were in the county by December 31 1880. For Century Families of Paulding County,…
The historic Nickel Plate Railroad caboose displayed at the Payne Community Park in Payne recently received a fresh coat of paint thanks to the cooperative efforts of the Village of Payne, the Payne Chamber of Commerce and Hooker Enterprises Painting. A memorial donation in 2016 from Mrs. Ron ‘Charlotte’ Woods of Payne also helped with…
Mike Wolfe, Frank Fritz, and their team are excited to return to Ohio! They plan to film episodes of the hit series AMERICAN PICKERS throughout the region in June 2017! AMERICAN PICKERS is a documentary series that explores the fascinating world of antique ‘picking’ on History. The hit show follows Mike and Frank, two of…
The legend of the brass cannon found in the Maumee River will be the March program for the Woodburn Community Historical Society. The meeting will be held at the Woodburn Public Library, 101 east side of Woodburn on Thursday, March 23, at 7:00. The speaker will be guest, DICK LONEY, from Ft. Wayne telling us…
The Operation Round Up Board awarded $15,245 to area agencies dedicated to making an impact on the lives of residents in this region. Operation Round Up is a program which allows members to have the option to round up their bills to the nearest dollar every month, with those extra few cents going to benefit…
On Saturday, November 12, 2016, starting at 11:00 a.m., at the corner of Bryan and West Arthur Streets, The Hicksville Veterans Memorial dedication, honoring all veterans will take place in Hicksville, Ohio. This memorial honors veterans from all five branches of our armed forces and includes large memorial tablets to each of those branches with…
