A LOOK BACK IN TIME | GEM THEATER

Beaverton’s Gem Theater has graced the center of town for more than 80 years. This is what Ross Street (M-18) looked like around the time of its opening. Note the Beaverton Community Center building to the right of the Gem.

EDITOR’S INBOX

To the Editor: In last week’s paper Chris Waugh attempted to correct Joanna Mollica of Hope saying that she had made an error when she stated that according to indictments, Trump deliberately lied about voter fraud to illegally overturn the elections results and change the slates of electors.

Losing it all in the St. Louis Fire

On July 12, 1973, a fire in St. Louis, Missouri, at the National Personnel Records Center destroyed between 16 and 18 million military personnel files. My mother’s file was one of those. The files covered the period from pre-World War 1 to 1963.

Response to recent Letters to the Editor

To the Editor: The varied opinions of our Gladwin County community, and further, keep us interiorizing, growing and becoming wiser. So nice to see so many Letters to the Editor! It’s “not all good” though, sad to say.

The unfortunate truth

To the Editor: It seems that Republican political gamesmanship in both the Senate and the House of Representatives leaves the United States in an uncomfortable predicament when it comes to the Middle East.

Voting needs more attention

To the Editor: Thanks to One-Party Democrat rule in Lansing, our state is on the road to becoming a full-scale client of Communist China.

A LOOK BACK IN TIME | PISTOL CLUB MAY 7, 1958

Concerned reader

To the Editor: Gladwin County American Legion Post 171, which is currently established at the North Park building, on the corner of First Street and Anchor Street. The post has leased this building from the Gladwin City Council, for the past three years.

Millages

To the Editor: Did you know, that a millage vote can be passed without the approval of the taxpayers? Not only is it possible, but it may have already happened. Let me explain. In my senior year of high school, I registered to vote in order to get extra credit in government class.

A LOOK BACK IN TIME | GEM THEATER