{"id":151509,"date":"2022-02-21T04:39:09","date_gmt":"2022-02-21T09:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=151509"},"modified":"2022-02-22T05:02:04","modified_gmt":"2022-02-22T10:02:04","slug":"area-train-expert-to-speak-at-historical-society-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2022\/02\/21\/area-train-expert-to-speak-at-historical-society-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Train expert to speak at area meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>VW independent staff and submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PAULDING &#8212; The John Paulding Historical Society will hold its annual membership meeting and election of officers and directors at 2 p.m. Sunday, February 27, at the museum located across from the fairgrounds in Paulding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"293\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/JPHS-meeting-Godeke-e1645524096604.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-151510\"\/><figcaption>Master\u2019s degree candidate Jerett Godeke of Antwerp will present the program at John Paulding Historical Society\u2019s annual membership meeting Sunday, February 27.<em> Photo submitted  <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The scheduled program for the afternoon will be of great interest to any train enthusiast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Antwerp native Jerett Godeke, a Master&#8217;s student of history at Bowling Green State University, who recently completed an internship at the historical society will be the featured speaker. His topic will be steam-powered Nickel Plate Road Engine 765\/767 and its connection to Paulding County and John Paulding Historical Society. The museum houses the original bell and whistle from 767.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Godeke actively volunteered at the Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society from 2013-2015 before attending college. His long-standing connections with the Fort Wayne Railroad History Society have allowed new opportunities to preserve and exhibit a small yet significant piece of Paulding County&#8217;s railroad history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Godeke\u2019s research primarily focuses on transportation history and local history topics. He is writing a comprehensive history book about Paulding County&#8217;s Reservoir War.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Godeke expects to graduate with his master&#8217;s degree from Bowling Green this April, adding to history degrees already earned from Northwest State Community College and Lake Superior State University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The program is free and open to everyone. Pandemic guidelines will be followed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In case of bad weather, check the historical society\u2019s Facebook page at <a href=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/jphsmuseum\">facebook.com\/jphsmuseum<\/a> for cancelation notices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VW independent staff and submitted information PAULDING &#8212; The John Paulding Historical Society will hold its annual membership meeting and election of officers and directors at 2 p.m. Sunday, February 27, at the museum located across from the fairgrounds in Paulding. The scheduled program for the afternoon will be of great interest to any train [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-151509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-31 00:09:10","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151509\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}