WHO WAS ED HODGE?
The answer is that Ed Hodge (who I never met) was responsible for maintaining the roads in our township, according to my neighbor, the late Max Ratner.
This, I understand, was before we arrived, and neither the township nor most of the residents had much money.
When the road conditions on the old Oak Hill Road hill got so bad that Max could not negotiate the hill with his Jeep, Ed Hodge and a few neighbors with tractors would get together as volunteers and make the road passable once again.
At that time, our township and Peninsula were not the preferred places to live.
Blue collar workers who wanted to live in the country could afford to live here, and there were no gated homes, nor were we just a backdrop for the park.
Max Ratner, Henry Bell, Fred Urbank, Terry Montaquilla, Clayton Stanford, Hook Cassidy, Dick Fisher, and Bob Lee, and others were our history teachers, and they are now gone.
I`m sure some of you can name others. It is important that we all remember the unique history our township and village have.
Why not write up some of your memories, and contribute them to the Community News?
| Marty and Marilyn Griffith |