The End of the Lobo Tank Busters By: Stan Jordan The Lobo Tank Busters are no more. Col. Bainebridge came over last night and what he said changed our lives forever. We are going home! The war in Europe is about over and the col. said all four of us qualified to be discharged. We…
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…
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…
The Lobo Tank Busters; and Funny One Liners Cabin 21 at Valley Forge By: Stan Jordan The boys brought in a good supply of fire wood. It would take a good fire at both ends to warm the room, as it has been vacant for many months. Sgt. Baker said there are 16 of us,…
Politics and politicians By: Stan Jordan Ben Franklin told me one time, “There will always be death and taxes, but politics and politicians are about as everlasting.” Ben was in the printing business, where he met a lot of guys running for office. Most major politicians are not very truthful but they didn’t start out…
