Home Talent Revue At Fair Features Starlets And Acts
Two starlets Marla Kay Brattin and Jan Bollman perform in the All Star Revue Saturday August 19 at 8 PM as part of the Isabella Youth and Farm Fair. The program includes music dances novelty acts and two 4 H Share the Fun winners Maren Peterson and Seaton 4 H Club. Highlights also include Joyce Travis the Yodeling Cowgirl and performances by the Hughes family Betty Allen and Mrs Charles Diebel with a Hired Hand milking act plus horseback square dancing.
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Marla Kay Brattin
Jan Bollman
Isabella
Maren Peterson
Seaton 4
Shepherd Village to Reactivate City Traffic Lights
After years of discussion the Shepherd Village Council hires a Midland serviceman to repair two traffic lights. He removed the mechanism from the Chippewa and Wright box to test it in his shop, keeping the uptown light flashing until both units can return. The lights will then flash red amber and green.
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Shepherd Village
Shepherd
Midland
Chippewa and
Wright
Final figures on cancer crusade total
Complete listing shows Isabella County Cancer Crusade collected 8119.79 dollars, beating the 5900 dollar goal. Co chairmen were Mrs. Walter Chaffin and Miss Racheal Loughridge, with township and village donations from Coe Township 195.80 and Shephard Village 334.43, plus additional gifts from Chippewa Lincoln Fremont and others.
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Oscar Oppenheimer
Isabella County Cancer Unit
Walter Chaffin
Racheal Loughridge
Coe Township
Shepherd
Paul Warmbrunn
Chippewa
Clown Leatherman
Lincoln
Joseph Hradel
Theda Newcomb
Fremont
Oscar Curtiss
Old Car Caravan At Shepherd Draws Curious Crowd
Central Michigan Old Car Club led a display of over sixty vintage cars on Wright Avenue in Shepherd last Saturday. The event drew strong local interest with a coffee break sponsored by the Shepherd Chamber of Commerce. Neil Williams of Shepherd showed a restored 1914 Model T Ford gas lit and running, a highlight of the caravan en route to Houghton Lake.
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Central Michigan Old Car Club
Shepherd
Wright Avenue
Shepherd Chamber of Commerce
Neil Williams
Neil
Mr. Williams
Houghton Lake
Roof Frame Rising on New Bank Building
Construction proceeds rapidly at the new bank site as a crane places reinforced concrete slabs that interlock. Insulation slabs will follow before the built up roof, with stone masons finishing the front and interior work advancing quickly.
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Bank
Village Tax Deadline Set for August 19
Shepherd Village Council announces August 19 as the final day for residents to pay village taxes without a 3 percent penalty. Treasurer Mrs Gertrude Rosselii imposes the deadline and cautions timely remittance.
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Shepherd Village Council
Gertrude Rosselii
Awards Given At School Section Lake Program
About fifty youngsters spent last week Thursday at School Section Lake under Summer Playground Supervisor Tom Christenson. After a rain disrupted chow time, they ate under shelter, then enjoyed an afternoon program ending with trophies in three categories. Best Sportsman went to John Curtiss and Janet Lantz. Most Active to Bob Lau and Cathy Brumley. Most Helpful to David Hackett and Christi Curtiss. Trophies funded by Town and Country Recreation Association with village aid. The 1961 season ended last Friday. Mr and Mrs Wilbert Feltman are on a Minnesota trip, leaving Shepherd last week Thursday.
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Tom Christenson
Shepherd
John Curtiss
Janet Lantz
Bob Lau
Cathy Brumley
David Hackett
Christi Curtiss
Town and Country Recreation Association
Uncertain fate of Central Michigan Community Hospital
Isabella County supervisors weigh making Central Michigan Community Hospital a county institution. Chairman Cecil Epple may form a committee to study the proposal, likely taking a year or more. Doctors from medical and osteopathic schools discuss possible joint use but no binding agreement exists yet.
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Central Michigan Community Hospital
Isabella County Board of Supervisors
D. Os
Mt. Pleasant M. Ds
Epple
Shepherd Public Schools Open September 5
Shepherd Public Schools will open on September 5 for students with 16 buses on the first runs. Bus route changes follow annexations of Campbell Mullet McFarren and Walling schools, with students urged to be patient. Upper grades books to be distributed August 28 and 29 in the high school cafeteria.
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Shepherd Public Schools
Campbell
Mullet
McFarren
Walling
House Entered In Tenant's Absence On West Cottage Street
Mrs Beulah Pratt owns the home on West Cottage Street occupied by Mr and Mrs David Kitchen. They found a bedroom window pried and the house ransacked after returning from a visit with her parents up north. The break in occurred last Saturday night after eleven o clock.
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Beulah Pratt
West Cottage Street
David Kitchen
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Cancer Crusade
Mrs
Wilbert Feltman
Minnesota
Cecil Epple
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