Property history:
Paul's Dairy
Boll Farm Supply
Minford Elevator
Quick Stop
Pool Hall 
Family Dollar

  Paul's Dairy
Poole's Corner (Intersection of Bennett School Road and State Route 335)

Minford, OH 45653 

Owner:  Paul Lowell Poole (born August 18, 1920, died September 5, 1995)
Year started:  1959
Year ended:  1962

**Note**
Many people in the community own a glass bottle from J. D. Poole & Sons Dairy in Minford.   Mr. Poole and his three sons, Paul, Clayton and Joe were planning to operate a 234 acre and grain farm in Minford, then start a dairy business.  The dairy business never opened.  After much planning and the purchase of bottles, they decided to forego the dairy business.

Paul Poole opened a dairy business and maintained a plant in Minford.  The plant processed fluid milk and related products that were distributed on wholesale and retail routes in Portsmouth and New Boston.  Paul's Dairy produced and sold homogenized milk in quart, half-gallon and gallon glass containers.  

The Portsmouth Times - April 25, 1959 - Dairy Incorporates
Secretary of State Ted. W. Brown has issued a corporation charter to Paul's Dairy at Minford.  Paul L. Poole is listed as the statutory agent.  The stock issue is to be 500 shares at $100 per value common. 

The Lancaster Eagle Gazette - July 9, 1962 - 2 Injured in Dairy Boiler Explosion - Two persons in a car were injured Sunday when an explosion damaged Paul's Dairy in nearby Minford.

Mr. and Mrs. Clay Burns, bot 59, of Stockdale were hurt slightly when their car struck a boiler which had just landed in the street outside the one-story building.  Three employees in the building were not hurt.  The owner of the dairy,  Paul Poole, said the explosion which caused an estimated $30,000 damage was apparently caused by a malfunction in the boiler. 

The Portsmouth Times - January 12, 1963 - Boiler Firm Named in Suit; Dairy Owner Seeks Damages
A Minford dairy owner filed a $75,000 damage suit in U.S. District Court at Cincinnati Friday against an Indiana boiler firm.

The suit was filed against the Bryan Boiler Company of Peru, Indiana by Paul Poole, owner of Paul's Dairy formerly at Minford.

Damages were asked against the Indiana company as the result of a boiler explosion last July 8 at the Minford dairy.

The devasting explosion destroyed the one-floor brick building and injured two passing motorists when a large piece of the boiler landed in front of their vehicle.

 Poole said he filed the suit because he contends that the construction of the boiler was defective.

Boll Farm Supply
8493 State Route 335
Minford, OH 45653

Owner:  Tony Boll
Year started:  1966
Year ended:  pre 1976

Tony Boll also owned Boll Farm Supply in Wheelersburg.  The Grand Opening of the Minford location was February 24 & 25, 1967.

The Portsmouth Times, May 12, 1966 - RALSTON PURINA COMPANY TO BUILD MILL AT MINFORD
Ralston Purina Company plans to break ground soon for a new grain mill at Minford.

The company purchased the site of the former Paul Poole Dairy from Frank Shoemaker for the mill.  Aronhold C. Schapiro represented the company in the negotiations.

Tony Boll, owner of the Purina mill and feed store at Wheelersburg is to operate the Minford plant.

Sam Simonette, district representative of the company, reported several Scioto County farmers are planning to enter the turkey raising business.  Ralston Purina plans to build a large turkey processing plant in Wellston.  The plant will need 3 million turkeys the first year and eventually would increase production to 6 million.

Simonette said the flocks will average from 5,000 to 10,000.  The cost of entering the business was estimated at $4 per head.  Each farm will be on the range about eight weeks and will be ready for the market in about 24 weeks.  Farmers will grow corn and other grains on the range to feed the turkeys.

Above photo:  1969 

Minford Elevator
8493 State Route 335
Minford, OH 45653

Owners:  Joe Rice & Paul L. Poole
Year started:  circa 1976
Year ended:

Above photo:  Minford Elevator, 1976

Minford Quick Stop
Route 335
Minford, OH 45653

Owners:  Gay & Betty Kirk
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The original Quick Stop in Minford was located where the current Family Dollar store is located.

Pool Hall
Route 335
Minford, OH 45653

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The exact name of this pool hall is unknown. 

Family Dollar
8493 State Route 335
Minford, OH 45653

Built:  2003
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Year opened:  2003
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