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A camel in Antrim County
Treasures come to me through this blog. I feel rich every time I open a new letter from Katy or Katherine or Babs or Donna or Beth . . . Today Katy Edwards Newman writes: Somewhere in the back of my memory, there was a camel in our barn (not surprising considering my mother’s bent). I […]
Winds of change blow at the recycling center
December 2, 2008
After 20 years of running the Central Lake transfer facility (known to everyone in Torch Lake Township as the recycling center) Garry Arnold is retiring. Miss Sadie and the Cowboy will miss him, because he is a pushover for dogs and always has a pat and a treat for them. I will miss him, too, […]
November song
November 11, 2008
On November 11, 1918, at 11:00 a.m. the Allies and the Central Powers signed an Armistice that would eventually end what they hoped was the War to End All Wars. Although World War II and the Korean War shattered that hope, we continued to celebrate Armistice Day when I was a little girl. Veterans’ organizations sold red crepe paper poppies to raise funds for disabled […]
Betty Beeby honored for contributions to Michigan history
November 9, 2008
The Historical Society of Michigan awarded its 2008 State History Award for Distinguished Volunteer Service to Eastport’s Betty Beeby, citing her work as an illustrator, muralist, author, preservationist and co-founder of the Wilkinson Homestead Historical Society. (Readers of Torch Lake Views know that’s not the half of it. Betty’s greatest contributions to Michigan history lie ahead, […]
For Norm Taube
October 1, 2008
Constable Norm Taube died on Sunday. He was a big guy, a Detroit cop for 20 years and a security officer at Shanty Creek and Cherry Capital airport after that. Patrolling the Township was a little quieter. When he was appointed to the job, most people didn’t expect him to actually do much. Torch Lake […]
Margaret Ann Bretz, 1921-2008
September 4, 2008
Margaret Ann Bretz 87, of Eastport, passed away Sunday, August 31, 2008 at the Eastport Village Care Home near her home. Ann was born in Detroit April 6, 1921 the eldest of four children of Norton H. and Dorothy (Waite) Pearl. She met her future husband, Otto H. Bretz, in a drama class at Cooley […]
Carsten in Denmark
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