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Life of Metamora
Ray Heintshel has been fixing tractors for the last 30 years, and has been married to his wife for the last 60.
A snapshot before the lunch rush kicks at The Country Charm Cafe, a village favorite and one of two local eateries.
The Metamora Post Office located on Main Street.
The Rubel family garage.
The Anderson’s grain elevator sits just outside the Metamora village limits.
Metamora is a small farming community on the outskirts of the city of Toledo. The area is surrounded by farmland, and the town used to thrive from the small businesses and surplus of produce and farming jobs. The per capita income in Metamora is around 16,000 dollars today, and many of its houses are ill kept or abandoned. In a day in age where small town living is not sustainable or convenient, the village continues to suffer and decay despite many revitalization efforts from its citizens.
The Berkey corner store struggles to find new ownership.
Main Street also boasts Metamora’s only gas station, T-Mart.
“And the truth shall set you free.”
After being laid off by GM, these two good friends drove semis for years before retiring.