Shepherd Public School Shop Adds Ford Engine Training
The Shepherd Public School Shop expands with an eight cylinder Ford test engine plus charts and aids funded by Krapohl Ford Sales and Ford Motor Company. The 289 cubic inch engine, transmission and differential arrive to teach troubleshooting and repair as part of a broader move to improve vocational training for students aiming for industrial or agricultural fields without college. A 1959 Ford restoration project is also included. Witnesses include M R Ingram Richard Wright Shop Instructor Richard Nestle Ken Ehler Jack Boetner and Harold Krapohl.
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Shepherd Public
Krapohl Ford Sales
Mt. Pleasant
Ford Motor Company
Ford Dealers
Shepherd
M. R
Shepherd Maple Syrup Festival seeks Queen candidates
The Shepherd committee seeks entrants for the Maple Syrup Festival Queen title. Eligible singles aged 16 to 21 must reside in the Shepherd School District, with a March 25 deadline for applications. Finals set for April 4 at Shepherd High School Gym. winners receive a Chamber of Commerce gift. Last year’s queen, Margaret Ann Stalter, to crown the new queen. Contact Marilyn Garber, Judy Steere, or Lynette Netzley with names.
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Shepherd High School
Chamber of Commerce
Margaret Ann Stalter
Marilyn Garber
Judy Steere
Lynette Netzley
CROP beans and milk arrive at destination in Africa
50 000 pounds of non fat milk powder shipped by CROP from Ovid Michigan in December 1965 arrived in Tanzania January 18 1966. Letters from Harold F Miller and Malcolm J McVeigh describe distribution to medical institutions schools and hospitals and a second beans shipment to Congo. Aids plan supported refugees and local institutions in Leopoldville with both beans and milk. Community notices include a Democratic Women's Club meeting and a successful Smorgasbord fundraiser for VFW auxiliary.
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Ovid
Michigan
Tanzania
Russell M. Hartzler
Harold F. Miller
Relief and Service
Christian Council of
Malcolm J. McVeigh
Congo
Congo Church World Service
Miller
Christian Council of Tanzania
Mozambique
Maple Syrup Boom Promises Record Year
Maple syrup production this year far exceeds last season with near 300 gallons harvested so far and sap flows strong. A Shepherd Jaycee Auxiliary fashion show Sunday March 20 at 3 p.m. at Shepherd High School Gym, adults 1 dollar, students 50 cents, proceeds for local projects and Mental Health. Weather will largely decide if records fall as winter lingers and then eases, extending sap runs and evaporator use.
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Shepherd High School
Shepherd Jaycee Auxiliary
Good Neighbors Receive Awards From Local Contest
The Good Neighbor Contest sponsored by the Joe Ulsh Auxiliary 8215 VFW honors two winners. Mrs Goldin Robinson wins first prize red roses for helping raise six children and assisting others over the years. Mrs Mary Jane Barnes receives second prize. Bettie Leatherman, Auxiliary president, presents the awards.
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Joe Ulsh
V.F. W
Goldin Robinson
Robinson
David
Sev
Eral
Mary Jane Barnes
Robert Barnes
Clare Teacher Announces Run for State Senate Seat
Clare educator Forrest Meek a Michigan native and 1953 MSU graduate seeks the Republican nomination for the 36th State Senate district. A Clare High School social science teacher and former Army platoon leader, he vows to improve Lansing relations, curb resource waste, and advance conservation and economic planning. He plans extensive outreach ahead of the primary while maintaining local ties and family life.
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Forrest Meek
Clare
Michigan
Michigan State University
Meek
Guy Vanderjagt
Cadillac
Lansing
VanderJagt
U.S. Army
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Leopoldville
Democratic Women's Club
Isabella County State Drive Inn Bank
Pleasant
Wm. Kelly
Joe Alsh
V.F.W
Bernice Gimmey
Lois Oren
Bertha Cauchon
Evelyn Coughlin
Willene Brown
Pearl Freeze
Ida Coomer
Freeze
Good Neighbors
Grim
Golf League To
Shepherd Golf League
Shepherd State Bank
George Grim
Merlene Keutz
Esther Murray
Merlyn Smith
Gertrude Rosselit
Cecil Swenson
Ray Zimmerman
Max Berry
Gene Steere
Thelma Laskey
Elton Mitler
Albert Weaver
Norman Howell
James Parsons
Maple Syrup Officers
Ralph Doepker
Gerald Farnan
Irene Doepker
Evelyn Alexander
Walter Dean
Noomi Bates
Bessie Musser
V.F.W. Hall
Dick Machuta
Rapid Robert
WCEN
Mabel Kyser
Connie Gates
Navy
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