2013 January Putnam Community Profile Book

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2 — Community Profle • Ottoville, Fort Jennings, Kalida • January 2013
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Table of
Contents
Fort Jennings
History............................................................. 5
Education ........................................................ 6
Religion ........................................................... 7
Recreation ....................................................... 8
Business and Industry ..................................... 9
Kalida
History........................................................... 10
Education ...................................................... 11
Religion ......................................................... 12
Business and Industry ................................... 13
Ottoville
History........................................................... 14
Education ...................................................... 15
Religion ......................................................... 16
Business and Industry ................................... 17
Recreation ..................................................... 19
Family owned business with
over 39 years of experience.
Fort Jennings
Area — .53 square mile
Population — 484
Males — 231
Females — 253
Median resident age — 39.1
Kalida
Area — 1.1 square mile
Population — 1,542
Males — 752
Females — 749
Median resident age — 39.6

Ottoville
Area: .81 square mile
Population — 974
Males — 471
Females — 503
Median resident age — 38.7
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Fort Jennings Profile
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Named for Lt. Col. William Jennings Jr. (1771-1831)
whose legendary campaigns against Tecumseh’s Indian
Confederation included service under General Anthony
Wayne at Fallen Timbers (1794) and General William
Henry Harrison at Tippecanoe (1811), Fort Jennings
stands on the Auglaize River in Northwestern Ohio.
Carved from the Black Swamp, the town is built at
the site of what was originally a military fort built by Lt.
Col. Jennings, Jr. in the War of 1812. The fort itself was
dismantled by settlers after the war for timber to build
cabins.
Settlers started moving to the area in the 1820s. Most
settled along the Auglaize River. Cabins constructed
when the early settlers arrived were poorly built and of-
fered little protection from the elements. After a saw mill
started operations in 1850, lumber was available for con-
struction.
Henry Boehmer, born in Oldeberg, Germany, in 1807,
came to the United States in 1833 and to Fort Jennings
in July 1834, where he died in 1868. He is the claimed
forefather of many current Fort Jennings residents.
Fort Jennings celebrated its bicentennial in 2012 with
a three-day festival.
Memorial Hall in Fort Jennings has been reno-
vated and now hosts community events and houses
historical village items.
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Fort Jennings Profile
Fort Jennings is home to the Musketeers K-12 school with approximately 425 students.
The district has enjoyed an “Excellent” rating on the Ohio Report Card for more than seven years.
The high school offers post-secondary options and advanced placement courses.
Library ...
In 1986, the Fort Jennings location of the
Putnam County District Library opened along
with a small museum of artifacts from the com-
munity and the Fort’s past, in Memorial Hall on
North Water Street.
In June 2007, the library moved to its new loca-
tion at 655 North Water Street, in the old high
school band room.
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Fort Jennings Profile
The first Catholic Mass was celebrated in the
Fort Jennings area in 1834 in the cabin of pioneer
Rev. William Horstman.
The first St. Joseph Catholic Church was built
in 1854 and the present location was built on in
1882.
The present church was built in 2004 with much
of the labor given by parishioners.
Mass is celebrated at 5 p.m. on Saturday and at
7:30 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. on Sunday.
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Fort Jennings Profile
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Fort Jennings Park lies along the Auglaize
River and is home to many activities.
Upcoming improvements include new rest-
room facilities.
The playground equipment was replaced
in 2009 and in the 2011, the ball diamonds
received a state-of-the-art clay-based pel-
lets. The pellets were mixed with the existing
infield dirt and a small layer is also placed
on top. The material keeps the surface looser,
prohibits weed growth and is more aestheti-
cally pleasing.
The material has been used at the new ball
field at the University of Northwestern Ohio
and Parkview Field in Fort Wayne.
The diamonds are used by the high school
baseball and softball teams as well as little
league, men’s and women’s softball.
The park is also home to tennis courts and
a sheltherhouse.
Motor Madness Weekend in July and other
events raise funds for park improvements.
Fort Jennings Park
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munity with several locally owned businesses.
H&M Machine Welding and Menke Bros.
Concrete are located at the outskirts of the
village and Vetter Lumber, The Flower Fort
and The Fort Restaurant are located on Water
Street. Several other family-owned businesses
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Kalida Profile
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Kalida was the first town platted
in Putnam County and was named
the seat of justice for the county.
Kalida means “beautiful.” An 1834
act of Ohio Legislature provided for
the organization of the county and
the establishment of a county seat.
A frame court house was erected
in 1834, but this was replaced by
a brick building in 1839. Kalida
remained the county seat until
October 1866. At that time a coun-
ty-wide vote selected Ottawa as the
county seat.
A post office was established
very soon after the organization
of Kalida and according to the
best tradition, the first post road
serving Kalida was The Defiance
and Wapakoneta Road from Fort
Recovery to Defiance.
In 1836 Guthrie & Sarber built a
grist mill on Hog Creek at Kalida,
the second and, at that time, the
most important water mill in the
county.
The Kalida area drained into
the Ottawa River (Hog Creek). The
land was originally covered with
forests and was part of the Great
Black Swamp. After the land was
cleared to develop agriculture,
ditches and clay tiles were needed
to aide in drainage of the soil to
make it suitable for farming. Many
small tile mills were founded in
the area to provide the needed tile.
Today the landscape of Putnam
County includes hundreds of highly
productive farms.
The first newspaper in the coun-
ty was the Kalida Venture edited
by Francis Gillette. From the time
of the first issue, Feb. 20, 1841,
Putnam County has not been with-
out at least one newspaper. The
Kalida Sentinel was established in
1865.
Schools were important in this
new community, so on Sept. 10,
1836, the trustees divided the town-
ship into two small school districts
and proceeded to open free schools
that year.
According to Judge Skinner’s
history, the first settlers of Union
Township were Abraham Sarber
and John Guffey in 1831, followed
in 1832 by George Clevenger and
Joseph Clevenger and in 1833 with
an addition of seven families, viz,
Adam Sarber, Jacob Clevenger,
Samuel Clevenger, Jenkin Hughes,
William Clevenger, Samuel Gander
and Daniel Rimer.
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Kalida Profile
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Education ...
Kalida has an elementary and a high school
with approximately 600 students in total. The
high school offers post-secondary options and
advanced placement courses. The school colors
are maroon and gold and the “Wildcat” mas-
cot leads the school. The district has enjoyed an
“Excellent” rating on the Ohio Report Card for
the past 7 years.
Kalida Elementary
Kalida High School
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is a 110-foot-long mural painted by Bluffton art-
ist Oscar Velasquez.
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Kalida Profile
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Religion ...
St. Michael Catholic Church was founded in
1878. Kalida St. Michael’s serves nearly 900
Catholic families in the Diocese of Toledo.
Masses: Saturday: 4:30 p.m. Sunday: 8 and 11
a.m. (7:30 and 10:30 a.m. in the summer) Holy
Day: 7:30 p.m.
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Kalida is served by
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offices. Located here
are more than 10 retail,
and variety stores; over
multiple industries, pro-
cessors, and distribut-
ing companies; a medi-
cal arts building hous-
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several insurance agen-
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motive supply stores.
You will find numerous
restaurants; a grocery
store and several car-
ry-outs. Kalida offers
utilities and cablevision,
including natural gas;
farm supply companies;
many civic clubs; bar-
ber and beauty shops;
numerous building con-
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suppliers; a feed mill
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Ottoville Profile
History ...
Ottoville is a small town but for
those approaching from any direction,
it announces itself by the twin Gothic
steeples of the church looming over the
horizon.
In 1845, the Miami and Erie Canal
opened through this area of heavily for-
ested swamp. Only then did immigrants
begin to settle in the area. A year earlier,
a Roman Catholic priest, Father John
Otto Bredeick, had brought a group of
German people to Section 10 on the canal
and established Delphos.
When he found six Catholic families on
Section Sixteen of the canal, he bought
and platted ground and secured rights to
water power of the canal to establish a
sawmill adjacent to Lock 27. This initi-
ated a settlement between Locks 27 and
28 north of the Loramie Summit.
In 1848, he established a parish with
the Catholic families and in 1850, a two-
story frame building 36 feet by 20 feet
was built near canal Lock 28, and the
building’s upstairs served as a church,
while the lower floor was used as a shel-
ter for the new arrivals until they could
build their own cabins on land they pur-
chased.
In 1848, the Ohio Legislature created
Auglaize County, causing surrounding
counties to be cut in area. One tier of
sections was added on the east side of
the canal from Jackson Township to
these and the result became Monterey
Township. It was organized in 1850 and
at the first election of officials, only 11
votes were cast.
In 1852, the state established a post
office for this area on the bank of the
Miami and Erie Canal. Today, this spot
is 14774 Road 25M, about three miles
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Ottoville has a K-12 building with high school
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The school’s enrollment averages 485 students.
The district has enjoyed an “Excellent” rating
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Ottoville Profile
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lage providing a landmark to those traveling the
countryside.
Founded in 1848, the parish is home to 2.607
worshipers.
Two weekend Masses are offered — Saturday
evening at 4 p.m. and Sunday morning 10:30 a.m.
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and precision machining products. Major employers include: Acme Machine Automatics, M&W
Trailers, Miller Precision Inds, Inc., Progressive Stamping Industry and Schnipke Engraving Co. Inc.
The Ottoville Industrial Park is home to many of these. Ottoville also has a hardware store.
Business and Industry...
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161 W. Canal Street PO Box 458
Ottoville OH 45876
toll free: 1.888.321.7269
ph: 419.453.3448
James H. Niedecken, Owner C.I.C., L.U.T.C.F.
Lisa Horstman: Agent, C.I.S.R.
Life & Health Specialist
Bob Holtkamp: Agent
from left to right Lisa Horstman - Agent; Cora Kehres - secretary;
Jan Niedecken - offce manager; Bob Holtkamp - agent; seated is
Jim Niedecken - owner/agent; and Benny - public relations.
WE’RE MORE THAN JUST
TRANSMISSIONS!
More than just the experts in transmission diagnostics,
service and repair, we offer a full range of car care services.
CALL 419-453-3620
Geise Transmission, Inc.
2 miles north of Ottoville
CERTIFIED
•Majororminor
transmission services
Automatic & Standard
Foreign & Domestic
•Differentials
•TransferCase
•Brakes&TuneUp
•CompleteLineof
FilterKits&Parts
•FreeOnSiteEstimates
•WarrantyOnAllRebuilts
Kalida
Manufacturing, Inc.
16560 U. S. 224
PO Box 390
Kalida, OH 45853
Phone: 419-532-2026 Fax: 419-532-2027
Proud supporter of the community
Serving You For All Your Local Communication Needs
Sales - Rental - Service - Installation • Residential or Commercial
CATV & Digital CATV - Bright Long Distance - DSL High Speed Internet
SERVING FT. JENNINGS AND THE SURROUNDING AREA
FOR OVER 100 YEARS
In Business
over 100 years
1908 - 2010
65 W. 3rd St.
Box 146
419-286-2181
Call Dennis Klausing
419-695-0015 ext. 102
for a FREE ESTIMATE
Looking for a printer to
make your business shine?
Eagle Print Delivers.
Taking printing to the next level
111 E. Fourth Street
Delphos, OH 45833
www.eagleprint.net
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Recreation ...
Ottoville Profile
®
Manufacturing Company, Inc.
Kalida and Delphos • unverferth.com
Innovative design • Quality manufacturing
Ottoville park is the place to be when summer rolls around.
Programs offered include: Sugar & Spice Girls Softball League. Boys Intramural Base-
ball, Girls Intramural Softball, Boys Little League, Boys Pony League, Girls A and B Level
Softball, Adult Co-ed Sand Volleyball, Men’s Friday Night Slow Pitch Softball League and
Horseshoe Tournaments.
Facilities include multiple ball diamonds, large open areas, sand volleyball courts, a
fully equipped playground, and a large shelter house.
A park carnival is held annually over Labor Day weekend. Proceeds benefit the park.
Fort Jennings Park
The Delphos Herald
419-695-0015 • www.delphosherald.com
Can’t
Seem
to put us
Down?
Neither can the subscribers
who read our newspaper
daily for local news,
information and so much
more!
Get a heads-up on what’s
happening locally and
beyond; call 419-695-0015
to subscribe to the Delphos
Herald!
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Large enough to serve you, small enough to know you.
The Ottoville Bank Co.
www.ottovillebank.com
MAIN OFFICE
161 W. Third St. • Ottoville, Ohio 45876
419-453-3313
LENDING CENTER
940 E. Fifth St. • Delphos, OH 45833
419-695-3313