Midshipman Williams Serves Aboard USS Essex On Atlantic Cruise
Midshipman First Class Thomas P. Williams son of Rex W. Williams and Mrs. Williams of Shepherd Michigan serves aboard the anti submarine carrier USS Essex during the 1965 Midshipmen Cruise in the Atlantic. The Essex aids Navy Academy and ROTC midshipmen with navigation communications seamanship and other naval training amid Atlantic Fleet operations. Gunner's Mate First Class Donald L. Hynes of Shepherd Michigan on USS Barry aided search and rescue for a July 12 C 121 Super Constellation that ditched 100 miles east of Nantucket Island while DEW surveillance operations continued.
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Thomas P. Williams
Rex W. Williams
Third St
Shepherd
Michigan
Essex
Atlantic
U. S. Atlantic
U.S. Naval Academy
Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps
Donald L. Hynes
USN
Mervin Hynes
Barry
Atlantic Ocean
Nantucket Island
Mass
Noel Miller Dies After Long Illness
Noel M. Miller of 112 Cottage St died Saturday July 31 after a long illness. Born December 15, 1900 in Davison Michigan, he was a retired construction worker who lived here 36 years. Funeral Monday August 2 at Garber Funeral Home with Rev. Dr. Poole. buried Salt River Cemetery. Survived by wife Opal, four sons including Noel F. Miller and Robert J. Miller, two daughters, and seventeen grandchildren.
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Tage St
Davison
Michigan
Miller
Garber Funeral Home
Charles Poole
Salt River Cemetery
Opal Miller
Noel F. Miller
Alaska
Robert J. Miller
Munich
Germany
Richard Miller
Clare
Donald Miller
Shepherd
Marilyn E. Post
Joan Miller Shepherd
Shepherd Public School Bond Approval Reaches $850000
The Department of Public Instruction's School Bond loan qualification committee has approved Shepherd Public School's application for an $850,000 loan. The action was placed on July 26.
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Department of Public Instruction
Shepherd Public
GOP To Name Dist Chairman In Tenth District
The Tenth District Republicans will meet in a special session on Tuesday August 10 at the Doherty Hotel in Clare to name a successor to District Chairman Alfred O LaPorte of Standish. LaPorte has led the district five years and was re elected to a two year term at the state convention last fall. He has become Secretary of the Republican State Central Committee and will resign as district chairman though he will remain Arenac County Chairman. A replacement will be named to fill the unexpired term by the four officers and 15 directors.
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Doherty Hotel
Clare
Alfred O. LaPorte
LaPorte
Republican State Central Committee
Michigan
Textbooks Distribution Held August 23 24 for Local Students
School officials announce textbooks will be distributed Monday and Tuesday August 23 24 before the opening day for grades 7 through 12 in the Shepherd and Winn area. The new school year begins Tuesday August 31.
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Shepherd and Winn
Shepherd Pitchers Win Championships In State Tourney
The State Horseshoe Tournament was held Sunday at the Shepherd Courts. Class B crowned Harold Muscott of the Shepherd Club Breckenridge as second place champion at Greenville while William Bell of Mt Pleasant won the class B title on Saturday from Al Mitchell.
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Shepherd
Shepherd Courts
Harold Muscott
Shepherd Club
Breckenridge
William Bell
Mt. Pleasant
Greenville
al Mitchell
Mrs Luverne Stump 83 Dies at Carson City Hospital
Luverne Mae Stump, 83, lifelong Isabella County resident, died Saturday July 31 1965 at Carson City Hospital. She belonged to O E S 98 and was a Past Matron, member of the W S C S at the Methodist Church. Funeral Tuesday August 3 1965 at 2 00 P M at Garber Funeral Home with Rev Lester Priest officiating. Interment Salt River Cemetery. Survived by husband Claude and daughter Frances Adams of Shepherd and three grandchildren.
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Luverne Mae Stump
Carson City Hospital
Isabella County
Lester Priest
Salt River Cemetery
Claude
Robert
Frances) Adams
Shepherd
Market Report and Fair Highlights at Ionia Free Fair 1915
Market figures list Navy Beans at 6.00 Wheat 1.36 Oats 0.63 Rye 0.86 Corn 1.17 Shelled corn 1.20 Barley 1.50 as exhibits at the Ionia Free Fair include a vacuum freezer making ice cream on the spot a motor driven by electric current and a display of rugs reflecting the era's innovations and crafts.
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Ionia Free Fair
Ann Arbor Railroad Police Warn Youths at Salisbury Pit
Floyd Nelson of the Ann Arbor Railroad Police warns youngsters swimming at the Salisbury gravel pit not to throw stones at passing trains. The act endangers crew members and risks damaging trains.
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Ann Arbor
R.R
Shepherd
Floyd Nelson
The
Ann Ar
Salisbury
Hydrants to be Flushed August 11 in Village
Village Engineer Dan Myers announced hydrant flushing on Wednesday August 11 which may turn water rusty. He urges precautions and warns that continued swimming at the pit by minors could expose parents to legal action and possible railway-prosecution if not stopped.
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Dan Myers
the Argus
Nelson
Cook's New Order Center For Aldens
Cook's Hardware and Gamble Store becomes a catalog center for Aldens Catalog Service owner Gerald Cook says customers gain wider selection from Aldens 950 page catalog. Simplified ordering by store or telephone, liberal credit terms, prompt delivery.
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Cook’s New Order Center
Aldens
Gamble
Aldens Catalog Service
Gerald Cook
United States
Longtime Michigan ag teacher honored for thirty years service
A D Huber former Shepherd Public Schools superintendent and current St Louis ag teacher was honored July 29 at Kellogg Center East Lansing for 30 years as an agriculture instructor. He received a Lord Nelson wrist watch from Sears Roebuck Foundation plus a MATVA gold key and certificate. In five years at St Louis he increased student enrollment from 35 to over 100 with 18 State Farmers qualifiers.
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A.D. Huber
Shepherd Public Schools
Michigan Agricultural Teachers Vocational Association
Kellogg Cen
Sears Roebuck Foundation
Matva Association
St. Louis
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Noel M. Miller
Newport
R. I
GOP
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Arenac
Tion
Luverne Stump
Market Report
Bor Railroad Police
Mr. Cook
Cook's Hardware and Gamble
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East Lansing
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