Russell Kelley Purchases Dick Murphy Agency Expansion
Russell Kelley completes acquisition of the Dick Murphy Insurance Agency, uniting all represented companies and keeping the real estate operation. Kelley, a long time local entrepreneur, will relocate to Wright Avenue beside Gould Drug Store and continue area leadership efforts.
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Dick Murphy Insurance Agency
Russell Kelley
Kelley
Shepherd
Murphy Agency
Wright Avenue
Gould Drug Store
Kelley Agency
Baum Agency
St. Louis
Brownridge
Riverdale
Shepherd High School
Hazel Spencer
William
Bill
Central Michigan University
David
Nancy
Farm Bureau Blames Freeman Policies For Low Livestock Prices
Michigan farmers tied livestock price declines to Agricultural Secretary Orville Freeman and the feed grain dumping program. Donald Moore of the Michigan Farm Bureau argues surplus grain releases depress feed costs and livestock markets, warning of broad farm income losses and opposing extending the program.
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Farm Bureau
Freeman
Michigan
Orville Freeman
Michigan Farm Bureau
Lansing
Donald Moore
Moore
American Farm Bureau Federation
Charles Shuman
Congress
Silver Anniversary Open House for Mr and Mrs Arza Cole
To celebrate their silver anniversary Mr and Mrs Arza Cole of rural Shepherd will host an open house at their home Sunday March 31 from 1 to 5 PM All friends and relatives are invited The couple married in Laingsburg Michigan twenty five years ago on April 2 and have two daughters and two sons with ties to Lansing and Blanchard flighted by family history of Bailor and Cole lineages.
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Arza Cole
Rural Shepherd
Cole's
Mrs. Cole
Laingsburg
Michigan
Blanchard
Lansing
State study week as 161 laws take effect statewide
Michigan lawmakers push citizens to study constitutions ahead of April 1 vote on a new constitution. Gov. Romney designates March 24 31 as Study Your Constitutions week. Jackson County adopts Sunday Closing Law by 13 to 12 vote while Isabella County defers action to April session.
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Michigan
Gov. Romney
George Romney
Midland County Board of Supervisors
Jackson CO
Jackson County Board of Supervisors
Isabella County Supervisors
Winners Of Safety Pictures To Be Announced April 2
The Isabella County Safety Council in Mt Pleasant will announce Safety Picture Contest winners at its April 2 meeting at 8:00 PM in the Municipal Court Room. WCEN donates two transistor radios as first prizes for a boy and a girl. Giant Supermarket contributes twelve crystal radios. the council provides the remaining prizes. Sgt Daniel Kostrzewa leads the committee in charge.
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WCEN
Giant Supermarket
Isabella County Safety Council
Municipal Court Room
Mt. Pleasant
Daniel Kostrzewa
Dee
Pur
Alda Laidley Elected President of Elementary Group
Mrs. Alda Laidley, principal of Shepherd Public Schools, was elected president of Region 12's Department of Elementary School Principals at the March 14 meeting in Oscoda. Region 12 includes Isabella, Midland, Bay, Clare, Gladwin, Arenac, Roscommon and Iosco counties.
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Alda Laidley
Shepherd Public Schools
Department of
Oscoda
Isabella
Midland Bay
Clare
Gladwin
Arenac
Roscommon
Iosco
John Hines
Midland
Marvin Bidstrip
Harley Hinkley
Mt. Pleasant
Planning Commission
Jack Anson
Mr. Pleasant
Study Commission
James Anderson
National Guard Launches All-Out Recruiting Drive
The Army and Air National Guard announce Operation Big Push a nationwide recruiting drive. Major General Donald W. McGowan says Berlin mobilization was the most successful in Guard history and the Guard must stay at maximum strength. The plan targets four recruits per unit per month for 4 600 units and two per unit for 700 air units by June 30.
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National Guard
Army
Air
Donald W. McGowan
National Guard Bureau
Berlin
McGowan
Guard
Airmow
Army National Guard
Air National
Shepherd Horseshoe Pitchers Meet Office Plans
The Shepherd Horseshoe Pitchers Association will meet at the Sunset Diner on Friday evening March 29 to elect officers and discuss two upcoming tournaments. The May 4 event and the Isabella County Championship on Labor Day are sanctioned by the Wolverine Horse shoe Pitchers Association. Lighted courts will be added this year and work will begin after frost.
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Shepherd Horseshoe Pitchers Association
Sunset Diner
Isabella County
Wolverine Horseshoe Pitchers Association
Forensic Contest Scheduled for Area High Schools
High School students from Blanchard Coleman Ithaca Shepherd and Mt Pleasant Sacred Heart Academy will compete in the District D High School Forensic Contest at Alma College on March 28. Dr Robert Smith of Alma College chairs the event for the Michigan High School Forensic Association. Events include declamation interpretative reading humorous reading oratory and extempore speaking. Attendees from Shepherd High School include John OConnor Becky Wadle Richard Bowen Jan Bauer Corbett Brattin Carol Conrad Connie Vanacker Joyce Dreamer and Dale Hughes. From Mt Pleasant Sacred Heart Academy attend Mary Luikus Patty Prout Janet Johnson Kathleen Gallagher Mary Nan Cain Mary St German John Johnson James Sweeney and John Tape.
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Blanchard
Coleman
Ithaca
Shepherd
Mt. Pleasant
Sacred Heart Academy
Alma College
Robert Smith
Michigan High School Forensic Association
Shepherd High School
John O’connor
Becky Wadle
Richard Bowen
Jan Bauer
Corbett Brattin
Carol Conrad
Connie Vanacker
Joyce Dreamer
Dale Hughes
Linda Luikus
Patty Prout
Janet Johnson
Kathleen Gallagher
Mary Nan Cain
Mary St. Germain
John Johnson
James Sweeney
John Tape
New Habit Adopted by School Sisters of Notre Dame
In a major reform, over 6 600 SSND members in the United States and Canada will wear a new semi tailored habit from March 25, feast of the Annunciation. The change, approved by the 1962 General Chapter in Munich, affects about 12 000 sisters across 19 countries.
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Notre Dame
United States
Canada
Munich
Germany
Sisters of Notre Dame
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