Forbes School Reunion Highlights Local History Figures
The Forbes district reunion showcased 19th and 20th century school memorabilia including a 200 year old sundial, a 150 year old Bible, a deed signed by Andrew Jackson, and portraits of teachers from 1860 onward. Attendees from nearby towns gathered with guests from Ann Arbor to Chicago, honoring former staff, pupils, and district founders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Relie Committee
Elsa Munroe
Andrew Jackson
William Gregory
J. B. Lewis
Myra Smith
Grate ‘Gordon
Sir Gallahad
William B. Lutz
Charles Horton
Harrison Crittenden
William Gordon
Milton Forbes
Luther Briggs
Charley Tyler
Amos
Albert Kidder
Oakhill
Forbes School
Fragmentary School Reunion and Tuition Notes
Fragmentary 19th century school records list Sarah Hammond, Rew Corbett, Mary Hazen, Hattie Bond, Maria Holbrook, and Amy Brooks. Mentions a 50 cent weekly summer term board allowance, payments to J B Lewis in 1860, and staff names such as Miss Kerr in May 1867.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red
Sarah
Hammond
Griswold
Rew Corbett
Mary Hazen
Hattie Taylor
Bond
Maria Holbrook
New School
J. B. Lewis
Amy “Brooks
Ann Tower
Stimpsons
David Howell
Miss Kerr
Centennial Saline oration marks a century of progress
Centennial reflection in Saline Nebraska cites freedom and progress from the 1776 founding to modern times. The speaker invokes faith, God and providence, praising national achievement and urging continued ascent under divine guidance and trust in God.
Memories of Bond-Forbes School 1837 1937
A nostalgic verse recalling Bond-Forbes School days from 1837 to 1937. It covers the old building, its single window, mud-chinked walls, benches, and switches, then scenes of play, schooling, and memory at noon bells, a log school and the lasting imprint of youth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bond-Forbes School
Pioneer Society Traces Wash tenaw County Newspapers
The Pioneer Society of Michigan outlines the county’s early presses. Ann Arbor produced The Emigrant in 1829 later renamed The Western Emigrant and then The Michigan Argus. Ypsilanti saw The Sentinel in 1843, later bought as The Commercial. Chelsea, Dexter, Saline and Manchester papers followed, reflecting local growth and the home-town weekly mission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washtenaw County
Pioneer Society of Michigan
Ann Arbor
Thomas Simpson
Emigrant
S. W. Dexter
Western Emigrant
Michigan Argus
John van Fossen
Sentinel
Ypsilanti
Woodruff & Sons
C. R. Pattison
Milady
Manchester Enterprise
George S. Spafford
Matt D. Blosser
Dexter Leader
J. H. Wickwire
L. D. Ally
Chelsea Herald
Saline Observer
Herald
Observer
Big City
John Smith
Hales
Jim Bennett
Jones
Laughter and Wit Across Classical Quotations
A collection of humorous and uplifting quotes about laughter from Chamfort Dryden Holmes and Horace, praising joy, mirth, and the power of a cheerful frame of mind. It references the beauty of flowers and biblical verse to celebrate laughter as a source of happiness.
Michigan hunters bag 3.5 million rabbits in 1935 season
State conservation officials estimate 3.5 million rabbits were killed by licensed hunters in 1935. About 40 percent of hunters bagged 11 or more rabbits, averaging 11 rabbits per hunter, with pheasants near 750 000 killed by roughly 270 000 hunters. A new law requires individual hunters to report totals by Feb 15 after each season.
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Lansing
Michigan
Gulf of Mexico
Department of Conservation
Ambiguous Ad Slogans Spark Debate on Merit
Fragmentary lines issue a puzzle about value and desire. The text hints at trading away the future for visible gains while critiquing what the heart seeks and what the eye perceives, prompting questions about true win conditions.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Forbes
George Partridge
Julius Crittenden
David Brown
Joshua Forbes
Lawrence Reynolds
William Reynolds
Lewis M. Phelps
James Hyatt
William Grégory
Charles
R. Caramel
Herman Gall
E Gooding
Perririe
Townley
Met Britton
Aten
Spencer Morgan
Hattie “King Eddy
Hattie Aiken
Emile Vibber
Lucy Alchin
Buck
Lucy Curtis
Led Lownsburry
Camburn
M. E. Gill
Ella Pennington
M. Belle Robertson
Luther Phelps
Richard Marsh
Jehiel K. Davis
Delos Townsend
L. Agnes Jones
Will McMullen
Abbie McClue
John Gauntlett
Hattie Carson
Rouse
Eda. Clarke
Schlotterbeck
Arda Clarke
Bassett
Bessie Kutler
Wise
Jennie McCormick
Ruth Needham
Miller
Hazel Briggs
Clarke Gordon
Margaret Brown
Schwartz
Genevieve Oaks
John Moody
Mabel Stoll
Herman Stierle
Melvin
Charles Gregory
Will .Collins
Jennie Burg
Edwin April
Elmer Feldkamp
Alfred Steele
Carl Steele
Ollie Hastlick
Britton
Addie and Schuyler Crittenden
Guy Collins
Russell Collins
Margaret Schwartz
Clinton
Myra Bliss
Stella Trimm
Clyde Forbes
Milan
Mary Every
Phyllis Goings
Brooklyn
Mary Stanley
Toledo
Clinton Negus
Rena Sanford
Adrian
Byred Stimpson
Saginaw
Philo Boettger
Hattie Brown
Ethel Brown
Manchester
Norman Housner
Detroit Edison Company
St. Paul's Church
Saline School Board
United States
William M. Gregory
Bond-Forbes
Pioneer Times
C. O. Ruggles
Harvard School of Business Administration
Arkansas
Chamfort
John Dryden
Mary Baker Eddy
O. W. Holmes
Horace
Kroger Food
Henkel’s
Urtas
Sack
Annes
Sin
Krogers
Rinso Chipso Oxydol
Kroger
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