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2013 Visions of Paulding County 1

2013 Edition

auldingCounty

From the Historical Archives of the

Paulding County Progress

Fourteenth in a Series hJuly 31, 2013

h Edited by Melinda Krick

Features

2 Paulding County Then and Now

3 Then and Now Photo Gallery - Part 2

Copyright 2013 by the Paulding County Progress.All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form withoutpermission in writing from the publisher.

Visions of Paulding County: From the Historical Archives of the Paulding County Progress,Volume 14 is published by the Paulding County Progress,

P.O. Box 180, Paulding OH 45879; email [email protected]

Web site: www.progressnewspaper.org

About the coverlease see Page 4 for details about this years cover.

More photos onlineo view these and more Then and Now photographs, pleaset our web site at www.progressnewspaper.org and search forulding County Then and Now - Part 2.

To purchase extra copiesisions of Paulding County: From the Historical Archives of thelding County Progress, Volume 14 is published by thelding County Progress newspaper. A copy of this publicationcluded free in the July 31, 2013 edition of theProgress for theyment of our readers. We have a limited supply of additional

ies, which may be purchased for $2 each at the Progress office,S. Williams St., Paulding. Copies can be obtained by mail for$2 plus $2 shipping and handling) by writing to: Pauldingnty Progress, P.O. Box 180, Paulding OH 45879. Or, phone us

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Paulding County Then and NowBy MELINDA KRICK

Visions EditorIll never forget.... Do you remember.... How many con-rsations begin with those words?

t wasnt so very long ago that families were lucky to havee car. Homes, schools and businesses didnt have electricityd indoor plumbing. A trip to Fort Wayne or Toledo and backvolved an overnight stay. Childhood diseases were oftenal. Women didnt have the right to vote. You kept in touchth out-of-town friends and relatives by letter or penny post-d. Delivery men brought ice, coal and milk to your doorstep.one had air conditioning. Roads were dirt or stone. Air and

ace travel was only dreamed of in novels.Many everyday conveniences we take for granted today wereheard of or rare and expensive 50 or even 25 years ago. Howny of us recall when it was a novelty for a household to own

just one black-and-white television that could receive perhapstwo or three channels? Or when cars didnt have safety belts,let alone baby seats? When little girls wore dresses to school?Using carbon paper to make copies, and slide rules to make cal-

culations? Party lines on the telephone?The one-room school buildings, huge red barns and log cab-

ins are slowly vanishing from our landscape. Businesses con-stantly open, change hands, and close down. Highways move.Schools consolidate. Our constant desire for the more modernand convenient has meant that too many yesterdays have beenabandoned and forgotten. Once in awhile, we benefit from tak-ing a brief glance backward to see what has changed, and howmuch, and how much weve changed as a result. To that end,we present a continuation of last years Then and Now exam-ination of people, events and places that have shaped our lives.

Do you remember....

Paulding CountyThen and Now

is poem was originally published in

e Paulding County Fair Centennial

ok 1872-1972:

m glad I was born in

Paulding County

In the good Old Buckeye

State,

r it is one of the finest

all of the eighty-eight.

r more than seventy years

ave watched our country grow,

nd the progress it has made

ally has not been slow.oodlands have all been cleared away

nd the land all filled with tile,

nd the farmers now all live

regular city style.

e were called hayseeds

ck in the early days,

t things have reversed now Id say

e all wish we had a farm or two

we could retire and have an income

o.

aught school in my early daysnd walked county roads of sticky clay,

ow would you believe it today

at old road of yellow clay

s been transformed into a good high-

way!

The good housewife in the early day

Really worked hard in the old fash-ioned way

She pumped the water and carried it in

Rubbed her clothes on the board

And carried water out again.

She baked her own bread

And made the familys clothes

She really worked hard goodness

knows.

She had no time for bridge to play

Way back in that early day.

She swept with a broomTo keep her house clean

And away from home

She was seldom seen.

She worked from dawn

Till set of the sun

And really her work

Was never all done.

The farmer too, worked different then

than now,

He used to work with horse and plowToday he rides big machines to do

everything,

So he can go to Florida and stay till

Spring.

I

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Some farmers keep no stock at all

And a horse is a thing of the past,

Some still have cows, but they press abutton

So as to milk them fast.

Do you remember way back when

They had no lights to turn on the old

hen.

So that she more eggs would lay

And the farmer would make more profit

that way!

But it does seem in times past

People really did not live so fastThey spent more time with family at

home

And didnt care so much to roam.

Fond memories now still linger on

Though the good old days are past and

gone.

Im sure wed be lost if wed change

back for one day

So Ill take the conveniences that are

See THEN AND NOW,page 11


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The same view today. Its interesting to note that at one time, East Perry Street didnt follow the same route as it does now. In earlier years,road curved to the east at Charloe Trail. The first intersection (now East Wayne Street and Klingler Road) was Junction Pike to the north

d Van Wert Pike to the south. In the 1913 photo, the large house in the center right is where U.S. 127 runs today. Several businesses nowe this section of road. The sheriffs office and jail is located on the east side of the street closest to the bridge.

East Perry Street in Paulding during the big flood of March 1913. This view is looking southeast toward Charloe Trail, where a group ofople, two people on horseback and a car are stopped at waters edge. It appears a woman and child are standing on the front porch ofhouse at left. Many communities were impacted by the record flooding; Oakwood and Melrose were among the hardest hit.


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The general store today. No old signs or gas pumps anymore. Charley Smith died in 1953, and his wife Hazel continued to operate there until her death in 1968. The store is weathered with age, and stories of its past creak from the boards. They are whispering to us aboutys when men could do business with a handshake, and the cash could be kept in a box under the counter. When automobiles and pavedds began to cover the landscape, country stores started falling into decline. Now, cars whiz by the sagging facade on their way to big boxres that carry everything from hardware to clothing to food, just like these mom and pop crossroads stores that were once commonplacerural areas.

FROM THE COVER This photo of the Blue Creek General Store was taken in September 1949. On the front porch of their grandparentsre were children Gerald, Sue and David Riggenbach. Note the old gas pump, the sign near the door that reads gas 22 cents and the adver-ng signs. General stores began to appear in the 1850s in rural areas. Before modern supermarkets came in, the general store was the pri-

ary means of trade. The Blue Creek General Store, located on Ohio 637 at Road 108 in eastern Jackson Township, was owned and oper-ed by Charley and Hazel Smith. Charley and Hazel purchased the general store May 30, 1909. Charley had a twin brother, Harley, who oper-ed another general store, located in what is now a ghost town called Molasses Gap, three miles north.

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Several thousand people attended the dedication ceremonies for the granite Fort Brown monument on Aug. 16, 1953. The site, onthe banks of the Auglaize River in Brown Township, marks where a stockade was built by soldiers during the War of 1812. On June29, 2013, members of the Jacob Stemple Chapter Daughters War of 1812 organized a celebration for the forts bicentennial. Theydedicated a granite bench they donated for the memorial site. Members who participated in the program were Charlene Hawk, JeanHenze, Gloria Fast, Gladys Donson, Miriam Fetters, Carla Smith, Joan Stripe, Kathleen Foust and Jackie Lynch.

In early 1953, areasidents were makingans to replace the Fort

own monument asrt of Ohios sesquicen-nnial celebration. Theree men on the left arearles Estle, superin-ndent of Oakwoodhool; Walter May, pres-ent of Oakwoodeposit Bank; andakwood Mayor Harryisler. One of the three

en on the right in frontthe old wooden monu-

ent is Grover Hipp. Theoman on the right iss. Dale Davis of theulding Library.



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Today, much of the sugar beet facto-property is owned by the county.

ortions are used for parking for thergrounds, located across the street.e driveway remains in use and theately oak tree is probably the same

in the photo from 40 years ago.here the factory smokestack andater tower once graced the skyline,ow cell phone and radio towers dote landscape.

Courtesy of John Paulding Historical Society

A view of the abandoned sugar beetfactory, prior to demolition in the mid-1970s. The view was taken fromFairground Drive looking north. The

mammoth factory, built and opened in1910, provided employment opportu-nities for workers as well as givingfarmers a steady market for sugarbeets. The main building was 607 feetlong and up to four stories high; thesmokestack towered 200 feet abovePaulding. The factory ceased produc-tion in the late 1940s. Virginia L. Smithdonated the photo to the historicalsociety.

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Today, the Grange hall is shaded by large trees that partially obscure the view from a similar vantage point. Homes now occupy the

and to the east of the building. Altogether, a total of 2,773 chapters were chartered in Ohio. The peak was in 1957, when 903 chapterswere active in the state. Paulding County had about 26 different chapters at various times. Nine were chartered here in 1874 Paulding#332, Flat Rock #592, Washington #619, Latty #621, Oakwood #627, Emerald #737, Blue Creek #765, Enterprise #777 and Carryall#896. The last to be organized was Cecil Community #2735 in 1948. The only surviving chapter in the county is Fairview #1666, locat-ed north of Antwerp. Paulding Grange closed about 1992. The building was later used as a country-themed gift shop but is now vacant.

The Grange, formally known as the Patrons of Husbandry, was an organization created to assist farmers with the variousobstacles they faced. By the early 1870s, the group boasted more than 1.5 million members. Paulding Grange No. 332 wasestablished Jan. 2, 1874, according to a history published in 1970. The hall, located at the corner of Ohio 500 and Road 95in Paulding Township southwest of Paulding, was constructed about 1894. The chapter at that time operated a country storeon the first floor, and held its meetings and social gatherings on the second floor. This Grange was dormant from 1920-32,then reactivated. In 1970, the chapter had 118 members.


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The Payne School has changed little in the past 90 years. An auditorium was added in 1938 as a WPA project. The old school was razed1972 and an elementary addition added. Seventy graduating classes received diplomas from Payne High School with the final gradua-n in 1971. The school district consolidated with Blue Creek and Grover Hill districts to form the Wayne Trace Local School District. Today,e building is home to Wayne Trace Payne Elementary for primary grades

Payne built a new high school, which was dedicated on Nov. 23, 1923. It was completed at a cost of $200,000 by contractors Baker & Shindler.e old school was then used for primary grades. Hundreds of students, parents and guests attended the dedication program and basket dinner,owed by a football game between Payne and Edon and an evening musical program. According to a report in The Payne Reflector, The wonder-new high school building of brick and terra cotta, with its imposing exterior and beautiful architecture, is constructed of the most durable mate-obtainable. It had an estimated life expectancy of 250 years.


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The same view ofJackson Streettoday, taken fromthe third floor of theStraw Block, nowhome of Don &Perrys Furniture.Where the pavementin 1910 was brick,today its asphalt.The old sidewalkswere brick or stone;today they are con-crete. In the oldphoto, the one-storymillinery store to theleft most recentlyhas been a lawoffice. To its left, thefence covered withadvertising was avacant lot where atwo-story stonebuilding was con-structed in 1912.

Memorial Sunday in Paulding, 1910. At the time, Decoration Day was a two-day event, with services held at a church on Sunday, andmorial services and grave decorating on Monday. Here, the Knights of Pythias (K of P) Paulding Lodge #270 marches in a parade of vet-ns (Civil War and Spanish-American War), G.A.R. (Grand Army of the Republic) and others from the G.A.R. Hall to the Disciple church. Noteprocession of women, with their long dresses and parasols, rounding the corner from Main Street to Jackson Street. The image was taken

m the three-story Straw Block at the southwest corner of Williams and Jackson streets, looking east on Jackson along the north side of theurthouse square. The store with what looks like a giant pocket watch in front was Lynns drug and jewelry store, and next door was a bank.


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The current Forders Bridge was built in 1995, replacing the old structure that served the traveling public for 106 years. The tree-lined river-nks give a scenic view of the Maumee as one drives across. Bethel UMC (inset) still overlooks the bridge.

Forders Bridge, on Road 73 over the Maumee River, was built in 1889and named for local resident George Forder, who built the abutmentsand pier. They were constructed of laid stone without mortar. The bridgewas a Pratt Through Truss, one of the first of its kind in Ohio. At the north

end of the bridge is Bethel United Methodist Church, which was built inthe 1890s.

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