Oct. 1924-
Frank Valodin Comes Home From Indianapolis to Get a Drink Out of the Ambraw
Among the out of town visitors to Oakland this week was Mr. J. F. Valodin, of Indianapolis, who was accompanied by his daughter who resides at Atlanta, Georgia. Mr. and Mrs. Valodin spend three or four months out of the year in Atlanta visiting their daughter. Frank came here to visit his good old mother who is upwards of 86 years of age and is numbered among the oldest pioneers of this section.
We enjoyed a pleasant visit from Mr. Valodin while here and talked over old times- 60 years ago when we were kids and went to school together to the venerable Prof. Whitmore now deceased. Mr. Valodin is a son of the late Milton Valodin, who in 1860 built the first two story residence in Oakland down where the lumber is now located. It was not only the finest house in Oakland, but the finest residence in this part of the country. A good many forest trees had to be cut down for a building site. Mr. Valodin was for forty years connected with the Indianapolis stock yards, but had purchased a large farm and having it farmed by tenants. It was, indeed, a pleasure to meet and greet Mr. Valodin, and here’s hoping that he lives to be a hundred years old and then some.
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