Beaverton’s flashy basketball team won its way to the finals of the regional basketball tournament at Mt. Pleasant Saturday, only to lose to Perrington, 25-23. This was the first game the team had lost all season. Left to right, the players are: Joyce Methner, Elwood Barberee, forwards; Bob …

The attached photo was taken in 1947 of young people from Zion Lutheran Church at Oberlin. Lutheran churches baptize babies as infants, but then provide catechism classes to them as teenagers. Once they can demonstrate their knowledge of the beliefs of the church, they may choose to “confirm…

Attached is what should be a very popular photo. Just wondering how many people can recognize their grandparents or great-grandparents in this excellent photo that was scanned in 2014 by Bruce Guy. I am going through Bruce’s work and integrating it with my own into a consistent filing system…

Appeared in the Gladwin County Record on September 19, 2001

This 1909 shot is not a great image, but it is an interesting and unique photo. It depicts the old railroad bridge over the Tittabawassee River at Highwood, and the old town that had sprung up along the tracks south of Highwood Road. It may be the town hall that appears in the distance as th…

Skeels Baptist Church was organized by a small group of people who met in a log school house (shown above) in 1894. In 1913, the original frame building was torn down and re-erected on a proper foundation and faced with native stone. It has been 125 years since our beginning. Grace Fellowshi…