Gratiot Seniors Earn Diplomas At Commencement
Gratiot High School graduates of the class of 1955 received diplomas during commencement in the Gratiot community hall. C W Spangler spoke, Mrs Marion Garvey led the processional, Rev Gilbert E Carlton delivered the invocation and benediction. Lorraine Metz was valedictorian and Dianne Wikkus salutatorian with special awards to Metz and others.
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C. W. Spangler
Gratiot High School
Gratiot
Marion Garvey
Gilbert E. Carlton
Yvonne Griffiths
Dianne Wickus
Miss Wickus
Mary C. Ganshert
School Board of Education
Glee Club
Rev. Carlton
Je Garvey
Lorraine Metz
Miss Metz
Allen Hawkinson
Mary Catherine Ganshert
Vacation Bible School In Progress at Albany
Vacation Bible School runs this week at First Baptist and Methodist churches in Albany. Mrs. William Blumer leads the Baptist program and Mrs. Everett Peckham directs the Methodist. Baptist sessions run 9 30 a m to 2 p m with 82 enrolled. Methodist enrollment is 80. A closing program Friday at the Baptist church and a Friday picnic in the village park cap the sessions.
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Albany
First Baptist Church
Methodist Church
William Blumer
Baptist Church
Everett Peckham
Orangeville Memorial Day Services Set for Monday
Memorial Day observances in Orangeville begin Monday at 1 p.m. with Legion and auxiliary rites in the Legion hall. A 1:30 parade to the Navy memorial at the bridge precedes a 2 p.m. service at the high school, featuring the band, Rev. Paul Olson, soloists Mrs. Glen Bolender Mrs. Clifford Black and Mrs. Helen Rote, speaker Frank Burns of Freeport, and benediction by Rev. Milford W. Best.
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Orangeville
The
Legion and Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Paul Olson
Glen
Retired Assessor Killed in Milwaukee Crash
John Dvorak 83 a retired city assessor was killed in Milwaukee when his car struck a parked vehicle as he attended classes at the vocational school. The accident occurred Wednesday.
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Milwaukee
John Dvorak
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Miss Ganshert
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Delores Kemprood
Mary May
Irene McDonald
Patricia McDonald
Bernard McKenna
Ronald Roethlisberger
JoAnne Sienkaniec
Gordon Wakler
Vacation Bible School In Progress
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Oscar Mayer
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Wile
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F. W. Woolworth Co
South Side
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Queen Olives
Broadway
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E-Z
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Angel Food Mix
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