Stories by Stan
THE ROMAN AQUEDUCT By: Stan Jordan All my life I have been in awe and wonder about those old Roman aqueducts we see in our history books and now I read that the Turks used the aqueducts to move their water long before the Romans. The following is some facts and history of them from…
GRIPE # 1, 2 and 3 By: Stan Jordan I started in the Antwerp Post Office as a window clerk July 1st, 1946 @ $1.04 per hour. Then in 1948, I worked in the Railway Mail Service, and then I started on Route One in January of 1949. I did that for 34 years, but…
PASSING A SCHOOL BUS By: Stan Jordan A few weeks ago a lady in a pick up truck passed a school bus that was picking up students. She killed 3 children from one family and badly wounded a boy from the neighbor’s house. This was over in Rochester, IN., but it could happen here. There…
WHAT I KNOW ABOUT 424 By: Stan Jordan I sit here at my desk in the West Bend News and look out my famous window over onto 424, that used to be federal highway US 24 from Detroit to somewhere in Colorado. US 24 had been dual lane and moved to the south side of…
WHAT A WEEKEND By: Stan Jordan The weekend of October 20th & 21st I will remember for some time. Woe is me, I don’t know where to start, some good and some not so. Friday was a fine day, Kenny and Nick finished combining the corn. The Antwerp High School football team won their game…
Lady Godiva By: Stan Jordan Lady Godiva was the wife of Leofric, the Earl of Merria she was a countess, she died sometime between 1066 and 1086. This picture was done by John Cullier in 1897, Herbert Art Gallery. That is where the name “Peeping Tom” comes from. Legend has it that all of the…
SWISS ARMY KNIFE By: Stan Jordan The term Swiss Army Knife was coined by the American soldiers in WWII due to the difficulty they had in pronouncing “offiziersmesser”, the German name for the officer knife. I got the information from Wikipedia: The Swiss Army knife generally has a main spearpoint blade, as well as various…
Whistles, Horns & Bells in Antwerp By: Stan Jordan If you grew up in the Antwerp area, you’ve heard all of the above. That noise was for the good of the people and not meant to make them uncomfortable. For years the East Elevator blew a steam whistle at 12:00 noon. I suppose that if…
By: Stan Jordan The caption on this picture reads: Mr & Mrs. John Roberts of Waterville, Ohio found this sign in an eddy of the Maumee River in Farnsworth Park 3 years ago. Mr. Roberts is a train enthusiast and did some research to find out more about the treasure he had found. They were…
By: Stan Jordan This picture is from the Ted Mendez collection, and little Ted is in the arms of his mother, if you look close. This picture was taken in 1953. The photographer was standing on Cleveland Street and looking east. You can see the Old East Elevator that was torn down. Then also, you…
By: Stan Jordan The above picture is part of the group given to me by Ted Mendez. We have Rama Meyers, Class of 1953; Marilyn Witt, Class of 1953 and June Vail, Class of 1952. I’m not for certain what this occasion was, but I believe it was Antwerp Days 1952. See ya!
By: Stan Jordan The Logan Elm that stood near Circleville in Pickway County, Ohio was one of the largest elms that was ever recorded. The 65ft tall tree had a trunk circumference of 24ft and a crown spread of 180ft. This tree died in 1964, it had been weakened by the Dutch Elm Disease and…
Ted Mendez Was In By: Stan Jordan Ted Mendez was in the other say and brought me some old pictures and some information on the park and a lot of old memories. In 1950 the Weatherhead factory was built. A lot of their officiants came from Cleveland. Well the president of the company was Dane…
