What One Man's Plan Accomplished After 65
Thomas Collins profiles Jim Johnson who retired at 65 with a total monthly income of 278 dollars and built a one bedroom upstairs apartment to free the main home. He and his wife then bought a 40 acre Kentucky farm, renting their house for 150 dollars a month and planning future sale value around 25 thousand dollars. They discovered retirement plans require adaptable goals and a willingness to reshape assumptions as circumstances change.
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Jim Johnsons
Jim Johngom
Johnsons
Johnson
Mama
Kentucky
Thomas Collins
Dent
NWNS
Grand Central Station
New York
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Gilmore homecoming draws 225 attendees in rural event
Rural news notes a Gilmore homecoming with 225 present. Ali Jarman gave the morning message and Arthur Cross the afternoon message. Various local families and visitors are listed with travels, visits, and hospital notes.
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Gilmore
Ali Jarman
Arthur Cross
George Skinner
Cook
Mary Jane
Florida
Lansing
Mason
Pontiac
Lynette
Doris Wood
Kendell Wood
Alvini Wood
Ilarold Ferguson
Phoebe
Baby Paul
Pine Hollow
Ed McAlvey
Petoskey
Donna Hecker Returns Home From Hospital Improved
Coyotte Holler notes Donna Hecker returned from the hospital in Ann Arbor on Saturday much improved. Local residents Bertha Yats from Flint and George Dillenback visited Ralph Carey’s home on Sunday. William Hall from Grand Rapids stayed with Henry Normans Thursday night. Raymond Mitchell and son Chuck traveled to Detroit for a short vacation starting Saturday.
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Ray Richardson
Ray Richardson, Jr
Grand Rapids
Lowell
Carl Keiser
Marion
Keiser
Dutton
Ralph Buskard
Utica
Cook Ave
Bay City
Bill Philipp
Mercy Hospital
Cadillac
Bill
John Fall
Clare
John Burnett
Dorothy Berkompas
Cheryl Pifer
Jennie Bailey
Lansing
Kate Berkempas
Charles Pugh
Kathy
Melvin Berkempas
Virgil Blackledge
Fred Blackledge
Peter Cook
Cook
Dr. Posthuma
New
Medical Arts
Leonard Jackson
David
Wheeler
Ray Bragg
Norman Brown
Wesheim
Alto
Claggett
Traverse City
Bertram Sandlers
Attby Wyman
Beatrice Lilites
Hilda
Britginian
Donna Hecker
Ann Arbor
Bertha Yats
Flint
George Dillenback
Ralph Carey
William Hall
Henry Normans
Raymond Mitchell
Chuck
Detroit
Frank Barclays
Bert Davison
Dolph
George Schutz
Normans
Local Weekend Socials Include Weddings Visits and Guests
The report lists multiple family gatherings and visits across Clare and surrounding towns. Mrs Sharon Haring marries Louie Mayeno at First Baptist Church Clara with a reception at Oddfellow Hall Mt Pleasant. Frequent travel includes Fred Dawson visiting Bernard Dawson and Wilbur Sletcher in Pontiac and nearby relatives enjoying Lake George picnic.
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John Colosky
Sharon Haring
Louie Mayeno
First Baptist Church
Clara
Oddfellow Hall
Mt. Pleasant
Fred Dawson
Pontiac
Bernard Dawson
Wilbur Sletcher
Bernard Glass
Farwell
Lake George
Glaywys Bates
Velma Canute
Robert Bowling
Manistee
Bowling
Roy Cummins
Barryton
Open House for Memorial Steam Locomotive at Michigan State Fair
Michigan steam locomotive No. 1223, a Berkshire class C&O engine, will be open for inspection at the state fair September 1–10. Visitors can tour the cab daily from 10 am to 10 pm behind the grandstands, with volunteers distributing railroad bookletlets to children.
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State Fairgrounds
Michigan
L. W. Clenk
Railroad of Greater Detroit
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
State of Michigan
Railroad Community Service Committee
C&o
Arthur G. Lees
Rail
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Gilmore Center
W. R. Jarman
Winterfield
Mrs
Coyote
Miracle
Elmer Wilson
Archie Wilson
Godwin
Alma Perry
Ray Jarman
Red Shepherd
Mio
Don Luce
Tight Point Lake
Mary Luce
Shepherds
Roy Glasa
Lansing and
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Hubert Schofield
Littlefield Lake
James Kuhe
Giant’s “Blue Ribbon
U.S.D
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Department O! Agriculture
Matey
Giant’s
Trueworth
Coronet
Star Kist
Puresun
Gulf Kist
Giant’s Famous
Goot Ab
Giant
Cheezits
Reyrold
Giant’s Produce
Pascal Celery
Stokley Frozen
Nabisco
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