Klumpp Willis Re-elected To Board of Ed
Orville Klumpp led the field in a light turnout with 153 votes to 143 for Clifford Willis in the school board re-election race. Kenneth Acker, newcomer, tallied 90 votes amid popular incumbents. A mill levy for education of handicapped children passed with about 62 percent in favor. unofficial yes 1355 no 811.
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Orville Klumpp
Shepherd Board of Education
Clifford Willis
Kenneth Acker
Winn
Foru
Father and son suffer finger injuries at home and work
Pat Mullet a five year old son of Mr and Mrs William Mullet smashed his ring finger playing Friday evening. He was taken to Gratiot Community Hospital Alma with a badly mashed finger and nail loss. Later his father damaged his forefinger at Dow Chemical Company and was treated at the Dow plant medical facility. Both are recovering nicely.
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Mullet
Pat Mullet
William Mullet
Gratiot Community Hospital
Alma
Dow Chemical Company
Dow
Bill Kelley Leaves for 40 Day European Tour
Bill Kelley son of Mr and Mrs Russell Kelley departs Tuesday June 11 from Metropolitan Airport Detroit with a Central Michigan University group for a 40 day European tour. They fly Idlewild New York to Amsterdam then London and continue by bus through Europe. A side trip to West Berlin to view the Berlin Wall is planned.
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Bill Kelley
Russell Kelley
Metropolitan Airport
Detroit
Central Michigan University
Idlewild
New York
Amsterdam
London
France
Europe
Bill
West Berlin
Berlin Wall
Annual Mail Box Improvement Time
Rural mailboxes must be on the right side of the road facing carrier travel. Names should be visible to the approaching carrier and box numbers or house numbers should be on the box. Poorly installed or damaged boxes delay mail delivery and may suffer weather exposure. The Postal Department urges replacement of unserviceable boxes to improve efficiency.
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Postal Department
Park Program Starts Monday
The Shepherd Town and Country Recreation Association launches an eight week summer program for area children starting June 17 from 9 am to 4 pm with Al DuBois as Park Supervisor. Rotarians urge renewed memberships to fund activities for various youth teams and games.
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Shepherd Town and Country Recreation Association
al DuBois
Shepherd Rotarians
Car Wash Nets $70 For Band Uniforms
Local youngsters held a Saturday car wash at the village park earning seventy dollars to aid band uniforms. A bake sale at Cook's Gamble Store added funds, pushing the total toward a one hundred dollar goal, about five percent of the full amount required for all students.
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Cook’s Gamble Store
New Deputy Sheriff named after Janet Cole death
William T. Epple named deputy sheriff to fill the post left vacant by Janet Cole. His duties include driver license examinations. Blanchard man elected to Isabella Intermediate Board of Education in a June 3 special meeting. Albert Keitchell re elected for six years and Lyle Walkington elected for first six year term. Tornado like winds and possible tornadoes cause damage in Belmont area north of Grand Rapids with estimated losses over a million and 14 injured. Dow Chemical declares a 40 cent dividend payable July 30 to stockholders of record June 28. State Highway Department surplus property in Kent and Isabella counties to be sold June 25 in Grand Rapids starting 2 pm. minimum prices listed including a Mt Pleasant lot at $4,500.
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William T. Epple
Janet Cole
Isabella Intermediate Board of Education
Albert Keitchell
Mt. Pieasant
Lyle Walkington
Blanchard
Michigan
Belmont
Grand Rapids
Weather Bureau
Dow Chemical Company
State Highway Department
Kent
Isabella Counties
Highway Department
Front St
N. W
Kenneth Harbron
Michigan State Highway Department
Flag Day June 14 Remembered by Veterans Group
The Joe Alsh Auxiliary 8215 V.F.W. promotes Flag Day on June 14 noting the 1777 Continental Congress resolve creating the flag and citing commemorations from Pearl Harbor to the end of World War II. It highlights the flag as a symbol of liberty and national unity.
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Continental Congress
Washington
Continental Army
Pearl Harbor
San Francisco
Potsdam
White House
Joe Alsh
V.F.W
Michigan CROP Ships Second Carload Of Beans
CROP shipped 80 000 pounds of Michigan Navy beans from Sag inaw to Pe rson Alger ia for distribution to war victims. H D Swartzendruber heads CWS bean aid with funds from nine Michigan counties. Michigan remains CROP’s main navy bean producer and a planned harvest drive seeks further donations for 3 665 760 pounds of beans.
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Michigan Navy
Saginaw
Christian Rural Overseas Program
Philippeville
Algeria
H. D. Swartzendruber
Church World Service
Michigan
Montcalm
Gratiot
Isabella
Midland
Bay
Huron
Tuscola
Sanilac
Bonafide Overseas Relief and Rehabilitation
CWS
Navy
Russell Hartzler
Saginaw Valley
Thumb
Hartzler
Sidewalk Days promotion boosts Shepherd merchants sales
Nearly all Shepherd businesses join the second quarterly Sidewalk Days promotion running June 13 to 15. Shops offer Father’s Day items and summer bargains with sidewalk refreshments for shoppers. Argus ads urge customers to compare prices and mention seeing the ad.
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Shepherd Business Place
Shepherd
Argus
The
Farm Bureau President Sees Newspapers as Bargains
Walter Wightman president of the Michigan Farm Bureau compares newspapers to farming noting similar challenges cost-price squeezes and high labor costs. He cites investments around fifty thousand dollars per worker and a close knit family style in both farms and papers during state seminars.
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Walter Wightman
Michigan Farm Bureau
Wightman
Local Senior Receives Certificate of Merit
William Kalmar of Shepherd received a Certificate of Merit in Farm Mechanics from the Thor Center for Better Farm Living Huntley Illinois. The award honors the senior with the greatest farm mechanics ability among Shepherd Public School graduates, as chosen by the vocational agriculture teacher.
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William Kalmar
Shepherd
Thor Center
Betiier
Huntley
Ill
Shepherd Public School
Neil C. Hurley Jr
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Eisenhower
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