139 Market
Call's Garage

 

139 Market
8572 State Route 139
Minford, OH 45653

 

Owner:  Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Porter
Next owner:  Lorene Parker & Charles Parker 
Next owner:  Roy Blevins

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The Portsmouth Times, February 11, 1957

Minford Has Flood

For many years Minford has not experienced a flood but at least two of its business places did Saturday night.

Frowine’s Appliances and Erwin-Dodson Funeral Home are on a side street with the rear of the property not far from Long Run.

Flooded Long Run was more than a foot deep in the basement of the Frowine store but heavy appliances in storage were saved by placing them on buckets of paint.  The most damage was to loss of labels on paint.

Next door at the funeral home, drains were blocked with sand bags but other seepage accounted for about eight inches of water on the basement floor.  The flood at the rear was within a foot of the back door.

Market Gets Water

Greatest damage from Long Run was between Oertel’s Corner and Minford.  Route 139 Market, operated by L. H. Porter, had more than a foot of water with some property damage.

At the John Oliver Insurance office, built only recently of block construction on the north side of the highway, had about two feet of water.

The Harrison Furnace road into Minford was flooded for several hours and high water surrounded large fuel oil storage tanks of Frowine Appliances but did not get into the tanks. 

 

The Portsmouth Times, July 19, 1972 - Grocery Sold
Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Porter have sold their grocery store known as the 139 Market and located between Oertel's Corner and Minford, to Mrs. Cecil Parker and son, Charles.  The transaction was handled by Lucy Conkel of Estep Real Estate. 

 

 

Call's Garage
8572 State Route 139
Minford, OH 45653

 

Owner:  Gary Call
Year started:  1996
Year ended: