History of Walbridge

Walbridge Municipal Bldg. and Fire Station 1967-68 (from Marv Savage)

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Cover from the 40th Anniversary Program.	The program cover from the town's 50th Anniversary.	Don Wolfe, left, Walbridge's Amabassador of Good Will, greets Kempton Baker, a leading citzen of Walbridge, at the town's 50th Anniversary Celebration, July 22, 1953. Mr. Wolfe, a Blade Newspaper columnist was Master of Ceremonies at the 40th and 50th Anniversary Celebrations in 1953 and 1963. This Photo was taken at Loop Park.	The Famed Caboose of Loop Park.
Fire Chief Lester Weiker is shown on July 22, 1953, with Ohio Gov. Frank Lausche (left) and Mayor Chalmer Metzker (middle). Gov. Lausche was the keynote speaker at the town's 40th Anniversary Celebration.	This large crowd turned out at Loop Park on July 22, 1953, a Wednesday evening, for the town's 40th Anniversary Celebration.	This steam engine visited Walbridge in June of 1979.	Former Walbridge Police Chief Fillipo DiPillo accepts an award for the department in this undated photo from the 1970's. Look closely at the uniform and the picture on the wall.