Plucky Janice Lilly Fights Sourpuss Teachers at Choctaw
Eleven year old Janice Lilly of Choctaw Oklahoma born with multiple deformities launches a morning morale crusade at Choctaw Elementary. She persuades classmates to sing Hello Dolly and Everybody Loves Somebody to lift teachers spirits. Principal Lola Williams notes improved morale and suggests broader adoption. Janice faces more knee surgeries but remains undaunted by the effort.
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America
Janice Lilly
Choctaw
Okla
Janice
Choctaw Elementary
Dolly
Lola Williams
March of Dimes Birth Defects Center
Death of Charles DeBois of Shepherd Rites Scheduled
Charles DeBois of Route 3 Shepherd died December 6. Born November 25 1907 in Clare he leaves wife Vergal two daughters Agatha Packer Jo Kistler one son Kenneth two brothers Gerald Kenneth and two sisters Belle Smith Garnette Beach 13 grandchildren. Funeral services December 9 at 2 p.m. at J J Rush Funeral Home Mt Pleasant with Rev Crabbe officiating. Burial Calvary Cemetery.
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Charles DeBois
Shepherd
Clare
J. J. Rush
Mt. Pleasant
Crabbe
Calvery Cemetery
Vergal
Agatha Packer
Jo Kistler
Arlington Heights
Kenneth
Cadillac
Gerald
Lansing
Pontiac
Belle Smith
Holley
Garnette Beach
Shepherd Blues Jays Hold On 56 50 Over Merrill Vandals
Shepherd defeats Merrill 56-50 to open home season in league play behind 21 points from Dangler and Maybee. Meyer and Bardos add rebounds with Bardos leading visitors in boards as Shepherd builds a late lead then holds on.
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Ed Dangler
George Maybee
Larry Meyer
Jim Bardos
Shepherd
Vandals
Merrill
Dangler
Maybee
Jerry Meyer
Larry
Meyer
Blue Jay
Bardos
Levon Coughlin
Bernie Steed
John Curtiss
Shepherd J. V
Little Vandals
Carson City
Blue Jays
Tom Cruz
Pace Shepherd
Frosh
Dennie Gauthier
Bill White
Steve Marshall
Shepherd Frosh
Bill Edmonds
Ed Hohlbein
White
Marshall
Community Notes and Local Visits in Shepherd Area
Local residents report calls and visits across Houghton Lake Lansing Edmore and Blanchard. Notables include hospitalizations hospital visits and birthday celebrations plus Frosh basketball results and upcoming community events in Shepherd.
Stuttering Ball and Weekend Visits Across Local Families
Mrs. Barbar Hofweber of Clare and family visit her parents while William Hofweber is away on business. Guests include Manley Davis and Jennie Myers, Nellie Nartker and sisters in Mr Pleasant, Onstotts from Shepherd and Gaylord visitors, Florence Weeks at a Stanley party, and multiple Sunday calls to Gertrude Rosselli, Grace Stump, Ruth Stough, and others.
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Wm. Curtiss
Mae Rose
Ernest Tatro
Edward
Doris
Charles Roethlisberger
Melvin Dwight Curtiss
Robert Tatro
Danny
White Curtiss
Marie Demlow
Ford Morey
Myra Hummel
Herman Leader
Saginaw
Remus
Vida Leader
Morris Jean
Robert Ervin
Rosebush
Stanley Ervin
Mr. Pleasant
Leo LaLone
John Ervin
Six Lakes
George Kelley
Floyd Black
Blissfield
Kelley
Riverview
Florida
L. J. Haynor
Wheeler
H. H. Perrine Sr
Saginaw General Hospital
Florence Wilson
Veronica Maas
William Landwher
Pleasant
Lansing
Edward Wishmeyer
Wishmeyer
Shepherd
Barbar Hofweber
Clare
A. E. Murphy
William Hofweber
Manley Davis
Jennie Myers
Nellie Nartker
Hilda Sharrar
Emma Nartker
Max Onstott
Roy
Onstott
Wade Onstott
Harold Onstott
Gaylord
Florence Weeks
Robert Geyer
Gerald Hertel
Convoy
Ohio
Gertrude Rosselii
Grace Stump
Claude Stump
Ruth Stough
Robert Adams
Jack
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RAND
Sousa
Lemmer
Paign
General Telephone Company
Michigan Consolidated Gas Company
Consumers Power
Leonard Refineries
Elliott Greenhouse
Enterprise Print Shop
Jay Cause
Little Jays
Carson J. V
Cardinals
Seminary
Winn Community
Harry Raymond
Houghton Lake
Don Riggle
William Curtiss
Edmore Hospital
Arnold Kent
Wilfred Curtiss
Broomfield Convalescent Home
Rebecca
Tate
Maude Richardson
Marian
Marie Denlow
Ed Dora
St. Louis
Dick Brown and Son
Clyde Brown
Margaret Judge
Lucie Curtiss
United Funch
University Center
Mrs. C. C. Taylor
Fred Conrad
Mrs. Conrad
Carol Ann
Judy Mae
Emmett Moreno
Texas
Raymond Hutchins
Gratiot Community Hospital
John Dora
Fred Dora
Irene Miller
Blanchard
Forest Green
Richard Sandbrook
Ann Arbor
Duane Rice
Jerome
Inex Hayhoe
Maynard Richardson
Shepherd Briefs
Hemlock
Carl Ball Jr
State of
California
Morris Whitmore
Stuart Thrush
Jacquéline Apple
Elwell
Dean Cohoon
Midland
Nancy Zingery
Leonard Bohannon
Claude Anthony
Jay Hamlin
Percy Hamlin
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