The above photo is of John Lawrence Torner, the son of Glenn Torner and grandson of William and Jennie Greene Torner.  The date is in the mid 1930s.  Mary Burbach sent the photo along with the following comments on the Torner home: As you can tell John was just a small boy when this picture was taken.  As you look at the picture at the top of his hat, you can tell the porch lattice work was indented from the corner of the house.  The brick sidewalk and the walk-out cellar show some fine detail.  The flower bed (I am guessing) was planted by Grandmother Torner.  When looking at John's right shoulder, you can see a corner of a bird house.  Just a little further to John's right you can see a small wire stapled to the porch (which could have been for a telephone).  Mary tells us that there was (and still may be) a mulberry tree down the hill from the Torner home.  The Torner gas station was flooded, and Glenn marked the high-water level with a cement marker on the mulberry tree.                          Florence May Torner (Adams), May 10, 1886-December 17, 1966, daughter of William V. and Jennie Greene Torner Newspaper Clipping from 1966: Looking Back While Misses Florence Torner and Louise Height and Mrs. Lucy Grieves were doing some work on their cemetery lots last Friday, they ran across five adders which Mrs. Grieves proceeded to demolish with her hoe. Among the best milling plants in the county is the Newport Roller Mills, built in 1878.  The stock company included Messrs. V. Torner, John Hadley, Richard Rea, J. Johnson, and Dr. C.B. Gale,  Mr. T.S. Hadley was head miller.  They manufactured three grades of flour; "Electric Light," the "Victor," and the "Globe."  --Illustrated and Historical and Business Review of Washington County, Ohio, for the year 1891, Union Pub. Co., Coshocton, Ohio.  Sketch by Susy Wetz The mill was destroyed in the 1937 flood and later moved to the Newport Lumber Company site.  --Eileen Thomas (Picture will be posted soon.)  Torner Gas Station             Now about the pictures of the Torner home gas station.  It was probably Glenn Torner that took the picture of the gas station with Grandpa (white shirt) and Uncle Norris holding John (Jarbo) Torner in his arms.  The small sign says, “Modern Rest Rooms” which was good news for customers as most small town gas stations only had backhouses.  I would like to know who took the pictures of the Torner home and when.  I have never seen that much snow in Newport; but do know that it has happened from what people have told me and seeing other pictures.  It is hard to believe the muddy mess at the foot of the stone steps is Ohio Rt. 7 before it as paved.  The steps were moved a few feet to the left and up so the bottom step would be at about the same level as the top step was.  The land clear across the yard where the steps were was taken to become right-of-way when the road was paved.      This photo dates from the early 1900s.  First Row: Rebecca Dana, Mary Rebecca Adkins Greene, Hattie Dana Middle Row: Elsie Torner (Chrest) and Ruth Torner (Hutchison) Top Row: Jennie Greene Torner, Mae Bates, and Florence Torner (Adams) Elise Lois Torner (Chrest), born Feb. 18, 1887 or 1888 to William V. and Jennie Greene Torner Ruth Charlotte Torner (Hutchison), born March 20, 1892 to William V. and Jennie Greene Torner James Victor Hugo Torner, born to William V. and Jennie Greene Torner on April 24, 1884 William Harley Torner, born Feb. 21, 1902, and Lawrence Glenn Torner, born November 8, 1896, to William V. and Jennie Greene Torner Norris Greene Torner, son of William V. and Jennie Greene Torner, born March 3, 1900, with his wife, Marjorie Christie Torner William V. Torner, II, during World War II.  He is the son of Hugo Torner.  Bill has been a valuable contributor to the Torner family history and has a remarkable knowledge of river and steamboat history, as well as a long history of work on the inland rivers.  From a letter dated March 26, 2007, written to Marlene Morris: "That interest [Container-on-Barge] comes from my days as a U. S. Navy Seabee operating pontoon lighters loading and offloading freight and supplies on and off naval vessels and merchant ships in New Guinea, the Schouten Islands and in the Philippine Islands during WWII.  Freight was lifted with slings, cargo nets and on wooden palettes, quite different than in containers.   ...I introduced river style push towing to the U. S. Navy...."   This is John Torner, son of Glenn Torner and grandson of William and Jennie Torner, on a visit to the Torner home in Newport.