Antwerp, OH Rubie Helen Meredith, 82, of Bluffton, IN, passed away at home Saturday, September 10, 2016. Rubie was born in Antwerp on July 13, 1934, a daughter of the late Dollie (Woods) and William Jordan. She was a 1952 graduate of Antwerp High School and a 1961 graduate of Lima School of Practical Nursing.…
By: Stan Jordan He was born in Payne, Ohio in 1925. His parents were Dale and Wanda Johnson. He was the only child. He went to school in Payne and graduated there in 1943. He played sports while in high school, but he also worked at the Alfalfa Mill while he was in school because…
The Lobo Tank Busters; Ag Day March 15th By: Stan Jordan This picture was given to me by Oley McMichael, the date on the postcard was 1915. The first partial building on the left hand side was a tin shop. I don’t remember just who that was, but I remember of at least three more…
By: Stan Jordan This picture was taken in the late 1930’s. The photographer stood about under the traffic looking to the northeast, where now stands the marathon drive–thru. The little building at the right of the gas station was Abie Gaisford’s first restaurant, called the Kewpie Shop. Right behind that little building you can see…
More on our wildlife By: Stan Jordan The below picture of the Snowy Owl was given to us by Jarred Miller, an Ohio State Highway Trooper. This picture was taken on CR 87 and 144. I had an occasion to see Dr. Sam the other day at the P.C.H. and he was telling me he had…
Local Eagles Begin Nesting By: Stan Jordan This picture was given to me by Roger Lilly. It was taken February 1st at the east end of the park in Antwerp. It was taken at about 100 yards with a long range lens. It shows the two adult eagles repairing their nest. It is about mating…
By: Stan Jordan The town of Antwerp became incorporated in 1864. It had been deemed a Village in 1841 and celebrated 100 years in 1941. This is the original plat of Antwerp, surveyed by Horatio Curtis, Samuel Rice, William Riley and James Riley sometime in 1841. Look at it closely and it made room for…
Old Number 9, The Lobo Tank Busters, Cabin 21 at Valley Forge Grocery stores in Antwerp in the 1930’s By: Stan Jordan My memory is pretty good from 1930 on for a number of years, and the disastrous fire of Doug Bragg’s River Street Market brings back memories of grocery stores in downtown…
Cabin 21 at Valley Forge, A Boat Ramp on the Maumee, More on the Eagles and Snowy Owls, The Lobo Tank Busters The Lobo Tank Busters By: Stan Jordan Then entire continent of Europe is socked in with a dense fog. It didn’t lift, it just stayed all day. The weather man for England said…
By: Stan Jordan The above picture of the old band stand in the park was loaned to us by Alyn Bichard. He found it in an old trunk that belonged to his grandma. We are standing on the north side looking east. This picture was an old post card posted marked 1915. The cement steps…
The Lobo Tank Busters and Cabin 21 at Valley Forge Antwerp, The Canal and The Railroad By: Stan Jordan The Wabash and Erie Canal was finished in 1843; Indiana share of the canal had already been finished. The canal traffic was slow to start with but then flourished in a few years. In the 60’s…
The Lobo Tank Busters and Cabin 21 at Valley ForgeThe Lobo Tank Busters By: Stan Jordan We took off this morning with a full load of everything, even extra fuel tanks. We went pretty much straight east into Germany into the state of Lichtenstein, to an area named Balzers. This is a mountain resort town,…
The Lobo Tank Busters; Cabin 21 at Valley Forge Roland Gibson and Hell For Certain, Kentucky Roland Gibson is a man whose honesty is beyond question. He tells me about growing up in Leslie County Kentucky. There was six kids in the family and a cow named Bessie. Now, Bessie had grown up with the…
