On the heels of the Payne Chamber of Commerce’s ‘jaw dropping’ project in 2012, the Organization is at it again with plans to change the landscape in downtown Payne in the coming months by eliminating the Community’ s newest eyesore. Last year the Chamber, aided by the Village’s purchase of its 119 N. Main Street…
Dortha Schaefer, 92 obituary
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Dortha E. Schaefer, 92 of Payne willingly accepted death when she passed away Jan. 23, 2013 She was born in Payne on November 21, 1920 a daughter of the late John & Vivian (Outland) Bonner. On Feb 3, 1940 she married Roy Schaefer. Dortha was a substitute mail carrier for 17 years and a rural…
Antwerp Exchange Bank Renovates for the Future
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The Antwerp Exchange Bank opened it’s doors over 110 years ago and in February 1978 it moved to their present-day facility. At one point in its history, AEB was located where the Antwerp Pharmacy is currently. The board has known for years it was time to make changes and in 2011 they decided to make…
Spelling Bee Winners at Woodburn Lutheran
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Woodburn Lutheran School held its annual Spelling Bee on Friday, January 11th. Pictured are runner-up, Natalie Schlatter and, the 2012 Spelling Bee Champion, Cody Bratten. Cody has now qualified to participate in the Allen County Spelling Bee in February. Good Luck Cody!!
Dorothy Coleen Jeffery,
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ANTWERP: Dorothy Coleen Jeffery, age 89 died Tuesday, January 15 in the CHP Inpatient Hospice Center, Van Wert, OH. She was born February 28, 1923 in Antwerp, Ohio, the daughter of Carl F. and Norma C. (Filley) Smith. On February 2, 1941 she married Ray R. Jeffery. She was a member of Antwerp United Methodist…
Ohio Has Talent!
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Feb. 9 @ NPAC Contestants will once again be competing for prize money in the sixth annual Ohio Has Talent! competition on Sat. Feb. 9, 7 p.m. at Niswonger Performing Arts Center in Van Wert. The benefit show for Community Health Professionals’ Van Wert Inpatient Hospice Center features 20 local and regional performers selected from…
PPEC awards scholarship to Dustin Carnahan
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Dustin Carnahan, a student at the University of Toledo was recently presented with the Cooperative Intern Scholarship awarded by the Ohio Rural Electric Cooperatives Inc. Carnahan was an intern with Paulding-Putnam Electric Cooperative this past summer working with the Accounting Department and receives a $1,600 award for winning the scholarship. Among the work he completed…
Carol A. Dix
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PAULDING: Carol A. Dix, age 66, died Friday, January 11 at Parkview Regional Medical Center, Ft. Wayne, IN. She was born September 4, 1946 in Ft. Wayne, IN, the daughter of Carlton and Cemantha (Sprague) Cluts. On June 28, 1969 she married Roger E. Dix, who survives. She was previously employed by Paulding Exempted Village…
Hulet “Bill” Arms,
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OAKWOOD: Hulet “Bill” Arms, age 82 died Saturday, January 12, 2013 after a long battle with Silicosis of the lungs, in the Laurels of Defiance, Defiance, Ohio. He was born October 23, 1930 in Bucu (Dickenson County), VA, in a W. M. Ritter Lumber Camp, the son of John T. and Bonnie (Lester) Arms. He…
Lois A. Williamson,
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TOLEDO: Lois A. Williamson, age 76 died Thursday, January 10. She was born March 7, 1936 in Paulding, Ohio the daughter of Forrest H. and Naomi (Grubaugh) Williamson. She was employed as a teacher by Washington Local High School, Toledo retiring in 1986. She is survived by two sisters, Leah Smith, Payne, and Joan E.…
Alan Ray Whirrett
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PAULDING: Alan Ray Whirrett passed away quietly following surgery at St. Rita’s Hospital, Lima on January 6, 2013 at 11:15 PM. Alan was born in Paulding County, Ohio to Bill and Edith (Haney) Whirrett on March 11, 1928. On July 28, 1951 he married Deloris Reinhart, who survives. He retired as Chief Warrant Officer from…
Carolyn Watson
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Carolyn Jean Watson, 86, of Antwerp, OH, formerly of Auburn, IN passed away Monday, January 7, 2013 at Hickory Creek Nursing Home, Hicksville. Carolyn was born in Wabash, Indiana on July 30, 1926, a daughter of the late Vera (Stone) and Carl Burton Irelan. She was a 1944 graduate of Wabash High School and went…
Hope Smith
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Hope Eleanor Smith, 96, of Antwerp, passed away Thursday, January 3, 2013 at her residence. Hope was born in Defiance County, Ohio on August 18, 1916, a daughter of the late Mary Edna (Core) and Jesse Ellsworth Revert. She was a 1934 graduate of Mark Center High School and earned a degree from International Business…
