Golden Notes Of Archbold's Memorable Past

Ten Years Ago

Wednesday, June 30, 1999

In the front yard of the Carrol and Lou Wolf home on Vine Street stands a flag pole they erected to the memory of Richard Erbskorn, Archbold fire chief for 18 years. The pole is located on the site of the Erbskorn home, which the Wolfs razed.

The 11th annual pork and dairy benefit dinner, Friday evening, June 25, brought in $11,750 for the Sunshine Children's Home, Toledo, according to Dan Nofziger, treasurer.

Earns Degree- Bodi Kauffman graduated from Ohio Northern University.

A.J. Genter attended the Farm Bureau youth leadership conference at Bluffton College.

Deaths- Clifford S. Lauber, 78, Pettisville; Helen Williams, 71, Stryker.

Wayne Dinius had his blood pressure checked during the second annual Health Awareness Day at Quadco Rehabilitation Center, June 18.

Kate Dominique, swimming pool manager, appears in a photograph with assistants Nicki Bohner and Anna Leininger.

Haley Frank pitched for the Archbold 12-and-under Teal squad against Bryan, June 24.

Twenty-Five Years Ago

Wednesday, July 4, 1984

Harold Meyer appeared before council to express concern about a potential hazard in the alley behind the new Russell Watson building at the corners of Ditto and West Holland streets. Automobiles parked behind the building extend into the alley.

City folks will have an opportunity to see how things work on farms July 21 during Rural Life Appreciation Day.

Deaths- Jonas Liechty, 87, Leo, Ind.

Moped operators under the age of 18 are now required to wear helmets. Other changes in the moped law become effective Jan. 1. These include the defining of a motorized bicycle as a motor vehicle. They must display a license plate.

Ryan Nagel, 10, fifth grade, finished first in the 95-pound wrestling class of the AAU Junior Olympics over the weekend.

Fulton County youngsters under 18 are behaving better or getting smarter. According to the annual report of the Fulton County Juvenile Court, crime statistics are down all across the board.

Carp Festival will feature a pet parade July 13, according to Cindy Henson, coordinator. It will form at the AHS parking lot on Ditto Street.

Fifty Years Ago

Wednesday, June 24, 1959

Carolyn Picket, AHS grad, began working as a secretary with the U.S. Probation Office in the Federal Building, Toledo.

Stryker council instructed marshal Ruppert to enforce the law preventing automobiles from parking in the middle of main street.

William Minner, vo-ag teacher at Pettisville, received a $200 scholarship from the Vocational Agriculture Teachers of Ohio at the Ohio State Fair.

The 15th annual reunion of the National Threshers Association, Inc., will be held at Montpelier, June 25-26-27.

Wm. DeVries caught a 13- inch catfish at the Archbold reservoir early Friday evening. It had a tag marked 16, which his friends told him was worth $100. Bill's grandson, James Frey, 4, caught a fish and a crab.

Carl Baker, district fish conservation manager for Ohio, assisted by C.W. Waldvogel, placed 1,000,000 walleye fries in the Archbold reservoir ten days ago.

The Archbold Buckeye won honorable mention in classified advertising in the National Editorial Association competition among newspapers throughout the United States.

Swimming pools are safer. Ear, eye, nose, and throat infections, typhoid, diarrhea, skin eruptions, schistosome, dermatitis or swimmers itch, as well as questionable sources of contracting diseases such as poliomyelitis, may be caused by swimming in contaminated or polluted areas.

Polluted areas include lakes, ponds, quarries, creeks, and rivers.

Swimming pools are safeguarded so that pollution is held to a minimum and so that swimmers can enjoy a relatively small degree of danger.

Janette Frey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jene Frey, West Unity, completed training at the Elkhart (Ind.) University of Medical and Dental Technique.

Alcohol is not the most popular drink in Fulton County, according to James A. Rhodes, state auditor. Rhodes reported that the average hard liquor bill in Ohio per capita was a little more than $25. He reported the lowest was Fulton County with an average of $6.46.

The loss of seven trees in Ruihley Park to Dutch Elm disease has stirred a great deal of interest in the community, where there is great pride in the sylvan dream.

Cooperation in towns like Archbold is not a one-way street. It takes cheerful interest to accomplish ventures whose success depends on teamwork, cooperation, and successful planning.

We have an excellent reputation in cooperation. More and more projects are coming along that require shoulders-to-thewheel, cooperation, and volunteering.

Seventy-Five Years Ago

Wednesday, June 27, 1934

Robert E. Christie Jr., 40, of Scarsdale, New York, one of the leading investment bankers in the United States, died of a heart attack aboard a United Air Lines passenger plane, No. 27, as it neared the Archbold Airport, Monday evening, at about 5:25. He complained of chest pains when he boarded in Cleveland.

Helen Probeck graduated Monday from the college of Arts and Sciences at the University of Michigan.

O.C. Lauber and son Olley Jr. have been taking some nice black bass from Leininger gravel pit, southeast of Archbold. While fishing Monday evening, Olley Sr. landed a 12- pound, 29-inch carp on his rod and reel. It took 20 minutes and broke his new reel.

Carp is not considered a game fish, and it is unusual for it to strike at a casting plug. He also landed a 17-inch, 2 1/2- pound black bass.

Wauseon will have a new post office, according to information from Washington, D.C.

Several Bryan motorists were arrested and fined $1 each last week for following and delaying fire trucks to the scene of the blaze.

Thursday morning, at about 9:30, three young men in overalls held up the West Unity Bank and stole about $1,402.

Editor's note: The first Mutterings column appeared in this issue, June 27. O.R. Taylor began the weekly column in his father's newspaper at age 37 that continued until his death at 95, in 1992. His father's policy of the Archbold Buckeye was not to allow bylines on news articles or personal columns. Another policy : columns may never be about personal experiences; they must be apart of oneself and of general interest to the Buckeye readership.

Mutterings items in the first column: Victor Ruffer, a member of Archbold's well-known trio of trombonists Arthur Desboeufs, Harold Stotzer, and Victor Ruffer, is widely-known in Northwestern Ohio. At the firemen's convention in Galion, Wednesday, Vic was one of the spectators watching the parade. Nearly every band that passed had one or more members that recognized Vic on the sidelines, and each one asked, "Where's your trombone?" During the war, Vic played in the regiment band, and for one or two seasons was a member of the orchestra of a well-known repertoire organization touring this district. ...A number of local men enjoy golf. After playing one round at Clear Lake, Ind., they returned three years later to discover it had returned to a hayfield. The disappointed golfers returned to Montpelier to enjoy the remainder of the day on that course.

100 Years Ago

Tuesday, July 6, 1909 The work of constructing a county ditch in German Township, petitioned by Jacob Mandley, Jr., will be sold at public auction at the residence of Jacob Mandley, Jr., July 9, 9 am.

Sam Lauber says the lightning did all of $400 damage to his barn. A mare was in the barn when it struck. It has been dazed for several days.

I'm a mining man, 34, never married, good health, good character, and some accomplishments. Have accumulated $25,000 in Nevada mining and will settle down in beautiful California with the woman of my choice. Desire a lady 18 to 30 years old, fair looking, possessing good common sense and who would appreciate a good home. No objection to widow. All correspondence confidentially received.- John Grant, Truckee, Calif.- adv.

Daniel D. and Anna Short, of German Township, have advanced their children and heirs $5,000 to be treated as a part of their share upon the final settlement of their estate after death.

Bryan will have a big doings in a dry town. The invitation features the old swimming hole and urges all former residents to drop in.

The fellows who stole the outhouse off the T&I lot at Swanton took it back at night and no questions were asked. The fellows thought the T&I did not need it.

Toledo kids were not allowed to shoot anything. Archbold kids could shoot all the firecrackers they could get.

It is suspected that some farmers are using some kind of chemicals in their butter to keep it. All such chemicals are prohibited by law.

Many Archbold citizens attended the military tournament at Toledo yesterday.

The supper given by the ladies of St. Peter Catholic Church was well-patronized Thursday evening.

Friday, July 9, 1909

Depositors in the Wauseon Bank whose money was gambled away in telephone stock, cannot even say "hello" over the telephone in which their money was lost.

Quite a storm passed through Evansport, Thursday, July 1. Hail destroyed crops. Wind broke down orchard trees and wood lots. The barns of Henry B. Buehrer and Andrew Heer were struck by lightning. Heer's barn started to burn, but with the help of his family and Fred Spiess, the barn was saved.

A stranger died at the Wauseon Hospital, Saturday night. He was picked up on the Lake Shore Railroad unconscious, where he had fallen from a train.

The new cement sidewalk being constructed at the Lake Shore crossing is to have a granite finish.

Boiling beef 8¢; roast beef 10¢; homemade bologna 10¢.- Wonser & Rychener Grocery- adv.

If you want to please yourself, take a vacation trip. It will make you so glad to get home you will be contented to stay another year.

The word doll may be taken as meaning the same thing as idol. Idol is an image; generally speaking, an image of the human form.

The ladies of St. Peter Catholic Church thank the members of the Archbold Band for the music they so kindly rendered at the festival Thursday evening.- adv.

There are a large number of naval officers in Washington who are living in mortal terror of what is known as the plucking board. This is the special board which under the naval personnel law must choose a certain number of officers for retirement each year, provided a specific number of vacancies are not created through natural causes.

The contractors for the stone road south of town are on the job with a traction engine built to pull large loads of six heavy wagons.

The engine will pull three wagons at a time on the public road. This is the first time such a method of transportation has been employed in this vicinity. Such engines are used for all purposes in the Northwest, from plowing the soil to hauling the crops to market.