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…
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…
By: Stan Jordan The Flat Rock Creek Festival is scheduled for September 15th, 16th, and 17th at the Paulding County fairgrounds. Over the years that is a well attended celebration, as anything you can think of is there. Dan Bowers of Advanced Chassis here in Antwerp is having a Horsepower Halloween Weekend! That is scheduled…
By: Stan Jordan This is a picture of the Ehrhart Homestead, it was built in 1902 or 1903. There was 3 children in the family. This homestead was west of Antwerp on old US 24, about one forth of a mile east of the state line on the south side of the road. Well, Otto…
By: Stan Jordan The city of Fort Wayne is contemplating making a River Road Way there in that part of town, after the three rivers come together and form the Maumee River. They plan on spending 20 million dollars on the project, maybe even a little more. Right here in the Antwerp area, we can…
By: Stan Jordan I don’t like a lot of this stuff that is going on in Washington. I don’t like, or agree with, all of sword rattling, threats, promises or waving of the atomic bombs or nuclear war heads at each other. We are growling at North Korea for doing things that we have already…
