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Newspaper
Shepherd Argus
Location
Shepherd, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1963
Page
1
The Winn Branch of Shepherd State Bank completes interior work and adds a brick front with plate glass entrance. Heat is provided for colder weather. The improvements aim to enhance customer service and present a more attractive appearance.
Mrs Joseph Hradel named chairman of a Democratic Women's Club dinner to be held Saturday October 19 at the I.O.O.F Hall at Fancher and East Broadway Mt Pleasant. She promises "all they can eat" with a menu of barbecued beef and trimmings. Tickets at the door. adults 1.00 and 1.25.
Doepker Service and Shepherd received a 25 Year Award of Merit from L R Kamperman vice president director of marketing for Leonard Refineries at the Alma fall dealer meetings. The honor recognizes twenty five years of loyal service by Leonard dealers or distributors. Six 25 Year Merit Awards were presented during the two day meeting to dealers and distributors and their wives from more than 800 Leonard partners.
Dr Dean Goblirsch of Shepherd Osteopathic Hospital represented the Central Michigan Osteopathic Association at the House of Delegates during the Annual Fall Meeting at the Statler Hilton Hotel in Detroit last week.
Kurt Bachman, CARE mission chief in Haiti, reported Mirgoane was nearly levelled by winds like a bomb. CARE authorized 110000 dollars of relief goods for Haiti while Bachman, arriving from Mirgoane, had distributed 8000 pounds of butter flour and cheese to victims and departed with Haitian officials by Coast Guard boat.
The Oberammergau Passion Play's American version will be staged in four performances at Warriner Hall Auditorium October 19 20 21 and 22 at 8 p m with a Sunday matinee October 20 at 2 30 p m under the Civitan Club of Mt Pleasant Tickets are on sale at Passion Play Headquarters 125 S College Prices range 1 50 to 3 00 with half price for students excluding the Sunday matinee All seats are reserved
The United Fund announces a kickoff meeting on Thursday October 17 at the Coe Community Center to organize a house to house canvass the week of October 20. Mt Pleasant office representatives will conduct a half hour educational session for volunteers with the JCC Auxiliary of Shepherd leading solicitation in the village. Coe Township lags in recruiting workers and remains unready for drive. residents are urged to attend, pick up kits, and learn how to inform organizations and individuals who benefit from United Fund dollars.
Open House welcoming all faiths at St. Vincent de Paul in Shepherd on October 27 from 2 to 5 p m. Guides will explain priesthood orders vessels vestments and church items. visitors may ask questions. No services will be held. refreshments served. bring a friend.
Dan Myers, Shepherds superintendent of public works, asks to announce flushing of village water hydrants on Wednesday October 23. Flushing stirs rust in mains and may affect laundry. plan to run laundry Tuesday or wait until Thursday for minimal disruption.
The Reverend Robert Charles Smith will speak at Family Night Fellowship in Shepherd on Wednesday October 23 on A Churchman's View of The Soviet Union. The program starts with a 6:30 light luncheon and Smith’s talk at about 7:15. Everyone in the community is invited.
Shepherd High School band parents met in the cafeteria to discuss funding for new uniforms as the expanding group grows. A car wash at Village Park is planned for Saturday at 8:00 a.m. Officers elected include President Rose Cohoon Vice President Robert Watters and Secretary Treasurer Harrieta Cruz.
Shepherd Public School students will have a two day break next week as there is no school on Thursday October 24 and Friday October 25.
Shepherd Public Schools concluded Fire Prevention Week with parades in Shepherd and Winn. Winn students battled brisk winds that lifted fire helmets as hats were retrieved during the parade.
The Municipal Finance Commission chaired by Attorney General Frank J. Kelley approved 150000 dollars in General Obligation Sewage Disposal System Bonds for the Village of Shepherd Isabella County. Proceeds fund sewer works and a waste stabilization lagoon with bonds repaid by ad valorem taxes through 1986. Other commissioners include Sanford A. Brown Billie S. Farnum and Lynn M. Bartlett.
In two neighboring districts voters approved extra operating millage. Mt. Pleasant passed 5.5 mills 1040 to 624 after earlier defeats. Coleman approved 113 mills 298 to 151 to keep schools at their best. Civic groups led intensive campaigns before the election.
Mrs G F McKnight president of the Isabella County Democratic Women's Club announces the next monthly meeting in Shepherd at the Shepherd State Bank 258 W Wright on Tuesday October 22 The location change aims to encourage broader participation and invites all interested persons including Shepherd area Democratic Women.
The Shepherd High Dramatics Club has secured Samuel French, Inc. for a local production of Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer Prize winning play Our Town. The show is scheduled for November 21 with casting underway for a cast of over thirty players.
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