Stories by Stan
By: Stan Jordan As usual, at 8:00 a.m., we attended the pancake and sausage breakfast at the EMS building. The food was great and I met some old friends of mine. Along about noon, I visited the Ribfest at the Firehouse. Three of the Fireman took me around and showed and explained the new firetruck.…
This picture of the Antwerp Furnace was in operation from 1865 to 1880. If you look close, the trees in the background are from the Maumee River east of Antwerp where it bucks up close to the old US 24 and the Wabash Railroad. This picture shows a narrow gauge railroad that was used to…
The Lobo Tank Busters: On our sortie today, we flew over in the Caen area and then a little south. You see, there are still hundreds of miles of France going south towards Spain. All of the country is controlled by Germany. The allies have to drive all of the Krauts out of here and…
By: Stan Jordan As you can see from her career beginning to end photos, the years and old age has crept upon Joyce’s law enforcement career. So, with regret and many memories left behind, on March 4, 2015 after over thirty one years, Joyce Carr has retired from her law enforcement career. The hardest part…
By: Stan Jordan James Garner was born in Norman, OK in 1928. His real name was James Bumgarner. There were three children in the family. He was the youngest. One of his brothers, Jack, was a movie actor in later life. The other brother, Charles, was in the education field. Jim’s mother died when he…
A fun community day in one of the most beautiful, children oriented park in the area.By: Stan Jordan This year, 2014, the Antwerp Chamber of Commerce has set together what they think will be the best ever Day in the Park. The Chamber President, Nancy Lichty, tells me they have contacted lots of vendors and…
One of the writers for the West Bend News recently celebrated several feats. Stan Jordan has been writing articles for the West Bend News for many years now. Several years ago he started a short story about a boy named Billy Metzger and his journeys out west in the 1860’s, and it turned into something…
By: Stan Jordan “This is Blue Jay 2 and I’ve been hit, I’ve been hit.” “Blue Jay 2, how bad? Can you still fly? Do you have power?” “Well, I guess it is my right leg below the knee. It is burning like hell. But it seems that my ship is okay. I’ve checked all…
By: Stan Jordan We are still at the Loup River Tribe Village. All of the gardening is done and all of the seeds are up. Lt. Morgan and the engineer boys from Fort Kearney have put in some long days building that two span bridge over the Loup River, right here in the village. They…
By: Stan Jordan There is this sales pitch in the country to Buy One Get One Free. In my case, it was that they charged plenty for the first one and you needed to accept another one in order to get your money’s worth! This does help to raise the economy of said area. There…
By: Stan Jordan The mother and daughter were walking down the street on a beautiful warm morning. The daughter had just returned from the Olympics where she had won a gold metal in Gymnastics. The local Priest met them and they had a nice visit about the young lady’s ability and what she had done…
