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New museum brings back memories for West Branch woman By Tim Barnum
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Cover photo: Tom and marcia Johnson stand next to the Pinconning Journal. They have run the business for 35 years.
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Next year, the house on the corner of Wright and Second streets in West Branch will be a tribute to the history of Ogemaw County. But for Genevieve Kruch, 92, the building already holds memories of a teenage job and the comings and goings of travelers. Kruch worked at the future museum in 1935 when she was 15 years old — the oldest of nine children. At that time, the building was home to the Heigl House, a restaurant and boarding house. She worked in the kitchen six days a week for $1 a day. “We had to be there shortly after 7 a.m., and we would work sometimes until 9 p.m. or 10 p.m. at night,” she said. A German couple owned the Heigl House, which sometimes caused some difficulties in communication, Kruch said. “They were very German, and they talked a lot of German,” she said. “I felt like they were talking about us sometimes.” Genevieve got acquainted with the couple through her parents, Donatus and Lucinda Zettel — farmers who sold their goods to the restaurant. “My mom and dad used to deliver cream, butter, cottage cheese and eggs,” she said. “We delivered here every week.” She added that her mother’s cottage cheese was a big hit in the West Branch area. “The people loved Mother’s cottage cheese,” she said. “She was very fussy about it. I remember making it with the butter. Oh geez, we worked so hard on it!” Working at the restaurant gave Genevieve an up-close look at the admirable décor and craftsmanship of the Heigl House. “It was very, very nice,” she said. “The dishes were gorgeous. Everything was beautiful.” The upstairs at the Heigl House served as the boarding house area of the building, and Genevieve said that level was also full of beauty — especially the bridal suite. “It was beautiful,” she said. “I loved that room. I always thought I would like that room myself.” One person lived in the boarding house
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Genevieve Kruch, center, poses for a photo with Janet Zettel-Wilkinson and Sally Rea of the Ogemaw County Genealogical and Historical Society.
extensively, Genevieve said. Others usually would come and go for various reasons. “They would come whenever they had a big deal, or a big trip,” she said, adding boarders would usually stop in when they were visiting family in the area or on a hunting trip. While Genevieve got the chance to admire the design of the building’s main floor and upper level, there was one place no Heigl House employees were allowed. “No one could go downstairs,” she said. She added meat was smoked downstairs. Ogemaw County Genealogical and Historical Society President Sally Rea said there were also rumors of moonshine made in the basement. The job, which only lasted for a couple of weeks, was how Genevieve planned to earn enough money for a school uniform. She attended St. Joe’s school from first through 12th grade, and while the school
had uniforms, Lucinda Zettel did not approve of their quality, Genevieve said. “The ones they sold were $14 or $15 and my mother said they weren’t worth it,” she said. “She said she could make better ones.” Lucinda bought blue serge, a high-quality fabric, for $2.95 a yard at Blumenthal’s, according to Genevieve, and made her uniform for her. “It took all of my money, but it was worth it,” she said. With many memories of the restaurant, from both delivering supplies and working in the kitchen, Genevieve said she is happy the historical society is preserving the building and making it a shrine to local history. “I think it’s great,” she said. “It keeps the history in West Branch. I think it’s important. I hope people enjoy it, because it is important.”
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Helping seniors fight fraud
A gathering of snowbirds By Sherry Barnum It happens every year: the snow flies in the north, and the snowbirds head south to warmer weather and sunny skies. And though the South is a big place, there is a spot in Florida where Arenac County residents can see some faces from home. Betty Kolevar-Shinevar said snowbirds from Arenac County gather every year for fun and fellowship at Woodall’s Park in Lakeland, Fla. “We started the gathering as a way for everyone from Arenac County and the surrounding vicinity to get together and visit,” she said. “It’s a home away from home.” Kolevar-Shinevar said the gathering was started by Warren and Sue Lader, as well as herself and her late husband, Mike Kolevar, and has been going for 30 years. “We plan on keeping it going for as long as we come down here,” she said. “And if something happens where we can’t come down anymore, someone else will take it over and keep it going.” “There are so many people from around the area that come down here for the winter,” Kolevar-Shinevar said. “We’ve had as many as 150 people come for the gathering.” Kolevar-Shinevar said that the number
has been dwindling over the years, and they had about 50 people at the last gathering. “We have such a great time,” she said. “And it’s not just for the snowbirds in Lakeland, but from all over Florida that come to fellowship with us.” Kolevar-Shinevar said they ask for donations every year in order to purchase the food for the event. “When we first started taking up a collection, we would get a dollar or two from people. Now we hold a blind auction in order to gain funds each year,” she said. “It’s quite funny what some people get, but some items go for as much as $50-$60 depending on who the auctioneer is and how high they can get the cost up.” Kolevar-Shinevar said the auction has been a huge success, raising $300-$400 each year. “We hold a potluck lunch, but using the money that we raise, we are able to buy the meat, rolls and drinks so no one has to bring it,” she said. Kolevar-Shinevar said they have something going on every day and night at the park. “Monday nights are euchre nights at the clubhouse,” she said. “Tuesdays we have coffee and visiting with people in and out
of the park, crafts, and a movie at night.” Wednesday, Kolevar-Shinevar said is bingo night, while Thursday, they all go to Golden Corrall for dinner and come back to gather for bid euchre. “Fridays we have a dance. Saturday is karaoke and Sunday is church,” she said. “Then Monday we start it all over again.” “Today, we are having a fashion show and I am one of the models, showing off clothes from Bon Worth,” she added. “There is something all the time, so we keep busy here.” “Once or twice a month we will have some big entertainment in the park,” she said. “With everything going on it’s nice to have fellowship with the people around you from the same area from back home.” This year Arenac County and other interested snowbirds will gather for fun and fellowship, Tuesday, Feb. 12 at Woodall’s Park, located at 2121 New Tampa Hwy., Lakeland, Fla., 33815. Contact Betty Kolevar-Shinevar at 863-682-4125 for a reservation count. The recreation hall will be open for coffee and visiting at 11 a.m. and a potluck meal will be served at 12 p.m., meat, drinks and rolls will be furnished. Please remember to bring a wrapped item for the white elephant auction.
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Seniors are too often victimized by telemarketing fraud. Studies from the American Association of Retired Persons have shown that many elderly fraud victims simply don’t suspect the person soliciting money on the phone could be a criminal. The FBI reports that there are as many as 14,000 illegal telemarketing operations going on at any given time. These illegal operations generate as much as $40 billion a year. Relatives of seniors are understandably concerned, particularly if those seniors live alone and no one is around to monitor how many calls they’re receiving from telemarketers. Concerned relatives can share the following information with seniors to reduce their loved ones’ risks of being victimized by telemarketing fraud. • Legitimate marketers are not in a rush to sell products or secure donations. A legitimate marketer or charity will not try to pressure prospective buyers into making a purchase over the phone or prospective donors into making immediate contributions. Explain to seniors that a legitimate marketer will accept a person’s desire for written information about the products or charity and will gladly send such information to a prospective buyer or donor’s home. • Payments are typically not picked up by a courier service. Telemarketing fraudsters often employ couriers to pick up payments. This is not the action of a reputable charity or business, and seniors should never agree to buy a product or donate money to any
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Standish-Sterling Community Education Activities Schedule Tai Chi class on Wednesdays This 10-week session of Tai-Chi fitness classes will be held on Tuesdays through March 12. The classes focus on the 37-movement Yang Style form of Tai Chi developed by Chen Man Cheng. Course instructor Kim Warren of Sterling will focus on the necessary principles participants need to develop in order to play the form. The emphasis will be on low-impact exercises that help enhance relaxation, balance and stability of the participant. The class will be held once a week on Tuesdays from 7:00-8:00 pm in the Standish-Sterling Community Service Building next to the Middle School. You can “drop-in” at any time for $3.00 per session.
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Mio summer resident travels with God, dog By Thomas Williams Every summer, Mio welcomes back a very unique summer resident — Sister Beth Butler, a Dominican nun who is also known as “the nun with a gun.” Butler lives and works in Santa Cruz, Calif., but lived in Michigan as a child. She earned her nickname working as a chaplain with the Miami Police Department’s Chaplaincy Corps in Florida. Butler is also known as the “Blue Nun” and “Miami Nice” thanks to her time with the MPD. She travels cross country every May to vacation in Mio, with her faithful chocolate Labrador for a traveling companion. Butler, who is in her late 70s, and her dog, Chuck, stay in her family home on Cherry Creek Road. “My family bought the cabin in the 1950s and used it for a deer hunting cabin,” she said. “We have made improvements over the years and it is a very comfortable place to stay. It still does not have indoor plumbing, so I have to go outside for certain things. I think we were grandfathered in when they put in the sewer.” Butler said Chuck was given to her by Oscoda County Sheriff Department Sgt. Chuck Varner. “When Chuck brought him by, he told me his name was Chuck, and I thought it was a joke,” she said. “But he told me to look at the tag on his collar, and sure enough, he was right. So he is my traveling partner. The
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Sister Beth Butler, center, poses with Rev. Gene Self and former Miami Police Chief Clarence Dickson at a retirement dinner for the two clergy from the Chaplaincy Corps. For her work with law enforcement over the years, Butler earned the nicknames “Nun with a gun,” “Blue Nun,” and “Miami Nice.”
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‘Grandma Red’ remains a fixture in the community By greg Buckner For lifelong Ogemaw County resident Miriam Rosebrugh, hearing her given birth name is something that doesn’t happen frequently. But chances are, if you’ve lived in the county for a while, you’ve either heard of or had the pleasure of meeting “Grandma Red.” “When I was younger, I had bright red hair, and my dad always called me ‘Red,’” Rosebrugh said. “My siblings always called me ‘Red,’ but it didn’t really start sticking until high school. Then as I got older and my kids starting having kids, everyone starting calling me either ‘Aunt Red’ or ‘Grandma Red,’ so pretty much everyone started calling me Grandma Red.” After graduating from high school, Rosebrugh made her way to East Lansing to attend Michigan State University in 1947, which she said was then known as the Michigan Agricultural College. “I went to school for three years, came back, and married a good farming man,” Rosebrugh said. That man was her husband, Ike, and the couple soon started a family, eventually having a total of 10 children, six girls and four boys, to help out on the farm. While she had the help of her family, Rosebrugh said she enjoyed doing some of the work herself. “I enjoyed field work,” Rosebrugh said. “The kids all helped out on the farm, but there’s nothing that will clear your mind like riding on a tractor for eight hours in a
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Miriam “Grandma Red” Rosebrugh poses with a plate of cookies, as baking is one of the many things, including her volunteer work, which she has become known for in Ogemaw County. field. When I get on the tractor and hit the throttle –– that takes 30 years off my age.” But after years of working on the family farm, Rosebrugh said as she and Ike got older and the kids became adults and went off on their own, she got the itch to get out and find a job off the farm.
“I loved the farm, and I had never worked off the farm after I got married,” Rosebrugh said. “Eventually, I got tired of fighting over who got to drive the Farmall tractor, so I started looking to get out of the house.” Rosebrugh eventually landed a job as a housekeeper and sanitary engineer at the
local hospital, which was then known as the Tolfree Memorial Hospital, where she worked for more than 11 years. “I had a sister-in-law who worked at the hospital, and they had an emergency down there, so she said ‘Why don’t you ask Miriam to come down and work?” Rosebrugh said. “So I went in for six weeks and kind of liked it. I always wanted a job where I could move around and be active, so it worked out to where I took a job there.” When she retired from the hospital in 1994, Rosebrugh said while she was ready to keep busy with work on the farm, she had the desire to do something good with her newfound free time. “Growing up and living in the little neighborhood of farms we lived in, you learned to volunteer,” Rosebrugh said. “We had a barn fire one year, and there wasn’t a night where there wasn’t at least four or five people at our house trying to help us get that barn back up. So you just learned to volunteer, and that was something that interested me.” That led Rosebrugh to head back to the hospital in 1994 to volunteer for The Tolfree Memorial Hospital Auxiliary, coming in once a week for 15 years to help transport patients. “There were a lot of good people who worked there, and there still are great people there,” Rosebrugh said. “It was hard seeing people experience hardship, and you felt for them, but it was a great feeling
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Keeping history alive Introducing the members of the Arenac County Historical Society By Kevin Bunch
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When Sandy Proulx went to the Arenac County Historical Society years ago on a weekend with her husband, she simply expected to have a fun day out, looking at pictures of her family and ancestors who lived in the area. However, after having a lengthy chat with Annabelle Goodman, one of the founders of the historical society, both Proulx and her husband found themselves hooked on history. “Being a history buff, Annabelle called me and asked if I wanted to serve on the society’s board, so I said sure,” Proulx said. “And that’s how I got involved.” The lifelong Arenac County resident said the county has a rich history frequently overlooked by residents, featuring a variety of people who came to the area to open businesses or start farming. In every case, Proulx said those people were simply trying to make a better life for their families, and she finds it fascinating to see how that history relates to people living here today. At one time, she said, Arenac County was well known for its logging industry, and the advent of the railroad made a huge impact in the area during the 1800s and in the expansion of farming that continues to
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Rifle River Folk Strings share love of music
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Art Burmeister, leader of the Rifle River Folk Strings poses with his dulcimer. By Sherry Barnum Art Burmeister of Sterling has never considered himself a musician. “It took a long time for me to learn how to play music,” Burmeister said. “It was something I had to work at. It didn’t come naturally.” Burmeister, 72, said he took a few piano lessons as a child, but really started playing at 50. And in the fall of 1994, he started the Rifle River Folk Strings.
“I had built a couple mountain dulcimers and wanted to share the music and play with others,” Burmeister said. “That’s why I started the band. I started it to share the music, play with others who enjoy music and teach others about playing.” Burmeister said the Folk Strings play everything from folk to Civil War era to Irish Celtic and new tunes. “We meet once a week to practice at the Northeast Arts Center in Standish,” he said. “But we perform various concerts, such as
Depot Days, Pinconning City Park, Tawas Pointe Celebration Days and senior living homes.” Burmeister said there are approximately 12 members in the Rifle River Folk Strings. “We have been around for 18 years, and the Folk Strings consists of a mountain dulcimer, hammer dulcimer, guitar, fiddle, banjo, mandolin, bass and penny whistle,” he said. “What people play varies all the time. Some may only play the guitar while others may play the dulcimer.” Burmeister said some musicians who joined the Folk Strings started out under guidance, but others were accomplished musicians with a lot of talent, who played a variety of instruments. “Most of our band is from around the area, but we have some as far north as Prescott and as far south as Pinconning,” he added. Roland Harkey, 77, of Prescott has been playing with the Rifle River Folk Strings since the group began. Harkey has been playing music for more than 60 years, and used to play for dances at Logan, Selkirk and Whittemore township halls. He said he saw an ad in the paper to join the Rifle River Folk Strings and took up the offer. “Our leader, Art, invited anyone and everyone who wanted to play country and folk music to join the band,” Harkey said. “There were 22 of us when we started, but the number has dwindled down over the years.” Burmeister said Harkey brings a lot of talent to the group.
“He is very dedicated to the group and old-time music,” Burmeister said. Harkey said Burmeister, himself and Marcia Drouse are the only three original remaining members of the Rifle River Folk Strings. He said he joined the Rifle River
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Pinconning Journal owners dedicate years to delivering news to CheeseTown By Tim Barnum A lot has changed in Pinconning over the last 35 years, but there has been one constant — people have been getting their news from Tom and Marcia Johnson, the owners of the Pinconning Journal. Tom worked for the Midland Daily News for 14 years before he and his wife purchased the Pinconning newspaper in 1977. “I just figured, you know, it was time to do something different,” Tom, 79, said. “We bought it, and Marcia and I both work here all the time, and four of our kids worked here on and off during that time.” Moving from Midland to Pinconning was a significant change for the couple, said Marcia, 75. “It’s so much smaller,” she said. “It was quite a change, but the main change was buying the Journal and learning how to work here and to work in journalism.” Marcia, a teacher at the time of the purchase, had no experience in newspaper reporting when they bought the paper. Over the years, however, she has come to enjoy writing the news, which is her responsibility at the paper. “I like talking to people and seeing what’s going on,” she said. “People have been very friendly with us, and helpful, and just really nice.” Tom was an ad man in Midland, and
picked up where he left off, selling advertisements in Pinconning. He takes pictures at community events, meetings and sports — an area he also covered while working at the Daily News. “We used to always get the passes to go to the Michigan, Michigan State and Lions games that were home games,” he said. “I got the field passes and I would take pictures at the home games.” Even though he still does sports photography, delivering the news to the Pinconning area has seen its fair share of changes, Tom said. “It’s changed quite a bit,” he said. “Although, it was eight pages before we came here, and it’s eight pages now. Since the digital cameras and all that stuff came out, we’ve been able to do more with pictures.” Before digital cameras were available, Tom had to develop photos the old-fashioned way. “We took them on film, and then at night, –– rather than doing it at daytime, I did it at night, –– I processed the film,” he said. “And some nights I’d have four rolls, or five or six rolls, depending on what went on during the week. Then I had to go through and select from the negative the pictures I wanted to use for the print.” From there, Tom would drive them to Standish to have the photos and newspaper printed at the Arenac County Independent
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Tom and Marcia Johnson stand outside at the Pinconning Journal. printing press. “I took them up, usually the day before so we could put them in the paper Tuesday night or really early Wednesday morning,” he said. While Tom’s duties included photos and ads, Marcia handled much of the writing.
She still writes today, and gets a little help with stories from others. “We cover the meetings and sports events. That’s pretty much what I do,” she said. “One of our employees is doing
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Pasternaks find success in business By Sherry Barnum If you were to walk into Walker’s Bar and Restaurant in Mio, expect to find owners Paul and Beverly Pasternak working in the kitchen. “You might find us cooking in the back, or taking orders at the bar,” Paul Pasternak said. Pasternak, 81, of Mio will have been in business for 50 years in March. “We have been at Walker’s for 36 years,” he said. “But we ran a restaurant and bar in Saginaw for 13 and a half years before moving up here.” Pasternak said it was a spur-of-themoment decision to become a businessman and run a restaurant. “I was a city fireman before owning a restaurant,” he said. “I had never been involved in the restaurant business as far as working or helping out, but I don’t regret my decision at all of running a business.” Pasternak said he bought the bar from George and Ida Walker in 1977. “We looked at several different places before settling on this one, but there was something about this place that tickled my
fancy,” Pasternak said. He said taking over the attached bowling alley was an experience in itself. “I didn’t have any experience in running a bowling alley or how it worked. The only experience I had was being in a league in Saginaw,” he said. “It was a learning experience, but I had some help from some mechanics from Thunder Bowl in Alpena.” Pasternak said the bowling crowd has declined throughout the years. “We used to have bowling seven days a week when we first opened,” Pasternak said. “Now we have four leagues four days a week.” Pasternak said they have a two women’s leagues, one men’s league and one mixed league. “There has been a lot of changes throughout the years,” he said. “One of the major changes I have seen in my own bar is the smoking ban.” “I have lost several regular customers because of the ban,” he added. “Of course the economy and gas prices affected everyone.”
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Strings Continued from page 7 Folk Strings because he wanted a place to play music. “I didn’t play for dances anymore like I used to, so joining the Rifle River Folk Strings gave me a chance to play,” he said. “I also play in a group in Pinconning called ‘Cowboys at Heart,’” Harkey said. “There is a lot more singing and more of a focus on country music.” Harkey said Cowboys at Heart plays at the Pinconning fire hall every Thursday. “There are five members of the Rifle River Folk Strings that play there too,” Harkey said. One of those five is Burmeister, and besides playing with the Rifle River Folk
Strings and Cowboys at Heart, Burmeister builds dulcimers. “I taught a dulcimer-building class in Ohio at Shady Grove Dulcimer Camp as well as a 4-H class,” Burmeister said. “But I don’t build large quantities.” Burmeister said he has taught 10-yearolds all the way up to 92-year-olds how to build their own instruments. He said the dulcimers the kids at camp build take four days. “That’s four days of nonstop work and six people working on them all day, every day,” he said. “That way, at the end of camp, kids take them with them and play them in the concert at the end of camp.”
“Everyone there is interested in the same thing,” Burmeister said. “In the evenings we had jam sessions to get together and just play music.” “When I started building my dulcimer, my wife said I would never play it, but I did,” Burmeister said. “It wasn’t easy learning since I don’t have a natural talent to play, and I still have to put the effort in to play.” Burmeister said anyone can learn to play,
but some have it easier than others. “My son has more of a natural talent,” Burmeister said. “He can take a melody and play.” “I never thought the Rifle River Folk Strings would have had this kind of success,” Burmeister said. “Just seeing how it has brought out talent people might not have known they had, and to see them develop as a musician, including myself, has been a joy.”
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Continued from page 2 telemarketer who offers to send a courier to their home to pick up payment. • Sweepstakes cannot legally require payment to win a prize. It is not legal for contests or sweepstakes to require “winners” pay a fee before they can enter a contest or claim a prize. Seniors should be made aware that this is the law and that any contest or sweepstakes demanding payment is bogus. • Be especially wary of companies offering to recover money paid to fraudulent telemarketers in the past. Companies offering to recover past money lost to fraud are often fraudulent themselves. These companies will offer their fraudulent services for a fee. • Money lost to a fraudulent telemarketer is
likely lost forever. Men and women concerned about elderly friends or relatives being victimized by telemarketing fraud should explain to their loved ones that money lost in a telemarketing scam is not likely to be recovered. This should help highlight the importance of receiving official documentation from any telemarketers before buying a product or making a donation. If seniors are aware their money isn’t likely to be recovered should it be given to a criminal, they are much less likely to make hasty decisions over the phone. To learn more about fraud, visit the National Consumer League’s Fraud Center at www.fraud.org.
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three of us — me, Chuck and God — drive to Mio every summer.” Butler earned a master’s degree in criminal justice from Michigan State University, and an associate degree in criminology at Florida State University. She currently serves in patient relations at Dominican Hospital in Santa Cruz, having stepped down as manager of public safety and security. “I tried to retire, but sisters don’t retire, they rewire,” she said. “We go from one job to another. You keep working, but your job changes. So every time you rewire, your job gets less difficult.” Butler said she stays active at St. Mary’s Catholic Church when she is taking her summer vacation in Mio and does not think she will ever stop staying busy as long as she is physically able. “As long as I can walk and talk, I don’t plan on watching the grass grow,” she said. “There is just so much the Lord wants me to do and so many people I can try and help. I do not see myself slowing down one bit anytime soon.” Butler said she is definitely not lonely when she is in Mio, as people from all over, as well as family members still in the area, come to visit. “A lot of my family is there in Mio,” she said. “I have a lot of nieces and nephews still there. I also get visits from my sister friends down in Adrian. Even some of my
Miami cop friends come up to visit. So between friends and family, I’m never lonely.” Butler said her outhouse is definitely a unique feature for a lot of her guests, but she doesn’t mind it at all. In fact, it is a comforting feature of her home. “At one point I was going to retire and move back to Michigan,” she said. “The people out here at the hospital asked if they built me an outhouse at home, would I stay. They built me one here to make sure I came back.” While in Mio, in addition to visiting friends, Butler said she ventures out to enjoy the area. But she enjoys her time relaxing, also. “I remember so many times coming up there when I was a kid,” she said. “I try and stay involved in the community when I am there. I work with the church, and I go out on the river. What else do you do when you get to Mio?” Butler said she has no regrets about the path her life has taken and would do everything the same if given the choice. “I think, when people ask me if I would do this again, I would live other lifetimes as a Dominican nun. The things I have done for work have allowed me to do things that benefit my life. I have also met people through my work who have greatly enriched my life, and I would not want to have missed out on that.”
when you knew that you could make someone’s day better just by talking with them and transporting them around. That was a great experience.” At the same time she started volunteering with the auxiliary, Rosebrugh had her sights on volunteering at the Ogemaw County Fair, and she secured a job as the coordinator of the Antique Village. “I retired from the hospital and I asked if I could get a job down there, so they let me coordinate the Antique Village, where I helped coordinate the hosts and vendors for two of the barns in the village,” Rosebrugh said. She quickly became a fixture at the fair. Rosebrugh said the fair soon became part of her identity, and she felt she was part of something bigger. “I always feel like the fair isn’t mine, it’s ours,” Rosebrugh said. “You get to see all the people you worked with, and you knew at least once a year, you’d get to see everyone.” Recently, Rosebrugh said she’s cut back on her work at the fair, but she still helps host at the Antique Village. “I turned over my scheduling job last
year, but I still do my fair share of hosting,” Rosebrugh said. “I still go down there every day of the fair. One of my favorite days of the fair is when they honor the veterans. But, I also like going down there just because I like talking with people and making new friends.” While her life has been dedicated to hard work and her community, Rosebrugh said when she’s not baking or cooking, her family is always her most important priority. “I’ve been blessed with a great family and good health,” Rosebrugh said. “A lot of my life, especially the last 10 years, has always revolved around my family.” From “Grandkid Tuesdays,” where she said she would have all her grandchildren stay the night each Tuesday, to the family’s tradition of making maple syrup, to plenty of family events throughout the year, Rosebrugh said her time with her family is the greatest gift she could ever have. “Both Ike and I, that was our blessing,” Rosebrugh said of her family. “I’ve had a good life and I’ve been fortunate to have met so many great people in this community. I’m just so thankful for what I have.”
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History Continued from page 6 this day. “People are interesting,” Proulx said. “People have stories to tell.” While Proulx works primarily with the historical society’s programs in the summer, she said one of the major aspects of the group is research. JoAnn Gulau has been a member of the historical society for 10 years and is one of the main researchers of the organization. She originally joined after looking for an old photo of Charity Island during a remodel of the museum in Au Gres, and asked Annabelle Goodman if she needed help to get everything put away and organized. Gulau said much of her research gets done through records at the county courthouse and by going through the old newspaper archives at the Arenac County Independent. “If I need an obituary, I can look through the death records at the courthouse and see when someone died,” she said. “Then I can go through the papers and hopefully find it.” “They have birth records, death, and marriage records,” she added, and said birth records can only be looked at if they are more than 100 years old.
Gulau said another researcher, Brenda Matt, will visit the country’s probate court to look up information on the next of kin who would have inherited property. Proulx said they have also gotten information from organizations in other counties, such as Iosco and Ogemaw, for people who may have moved to those areas. “Ancestry.com has some information, and the state has some information online,” Proulx said. “It depends on what people are looking for. We may have to contact somebody else to say ‘Where would I find this?’ A lot of information also comes through the Mormon Church. The Reorganized Church of Latter-Day Saints has preserved a lot of genealogical information.” Genealogical information is helpful for a current project Gulau said the society is working on — identifying the graves of Civil War-era veterans so they can get proper markers from the government. To get the markers for free, a living descendent must be able to sign off on the request; and to do that, the society needs to track one down. “I’ve been helping a person in Bay City involved in (identifying Civil War veterans), and we’re trying to get tombstones
for all the veterans,” she said. “So I’ve been working a lot with the ’20s and ’30s, as that’s when I find the obituaries for them, and that helps us find out when they died and where they are buried.” Gulau said the society is also working on a book about the old Arenac County Normal School, so she has been trying to get pictures, articles, and information from people who went there or had family who went there. She said putting out books about the county, which are then sold at the Arenac County Museum in Au Gres and Au Gres City Hall, is one of the main sources of income for the historical society, Proulx said they also will take donations of historical documents and artifacts, provided they have the space –– something that has been in shorter and shorter supply as time has gone on. “I’d like to see us having a bigger building to house artifacts,” she said “We own the courthouse on US-23, and it’s visible, but the museum is not out on the main street, so that’s one thing we would like to see. Right now the museum is housed in the old Methodist church in Au Gres, so maybe we could get a storage building to hold things. We can’t accept large artifacts
because we don’t have room for them.” She said the historical society is always pursuing grants for preserving artifacts, such as old clothes, that will fall apart if displayed for too long. She noted that expansion and preservation money is harder to come by, since the society is small and the economy is not in great shape. Gulau said she would like to see more people volunteering to work with the society, helping them keep the museum staffed throughout the week and generally getting involved in their activities. “Last summer we were just open two weekends a month, and it looks like it will be the same thing this year if we don’t find more people,” Gulau said. Proulx added she would like to see more articles and stories from people come into the museum — whether they be written already or dictated — to preserve those experiences and that slice of the history of the county. Proulx said anyone interested in getting a tour of the museum is welcome to call 989-876-6399 if the building is not open. Gulau added that anyone interested in helping with the book on the Arenac Normal School can call her at 989-8766468.
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said. “When it was over, I think there was only three members left, sitting on the board. That’s been quite a few years ago.” Successful sports teams are also memorable, she added. “When the football team went to the quarterfinals, that was a really exciting
But Walker’s Bar and Restaurant has remained a constant fixture in Mio throughout all the changes in the industry. Pasternak said it was hard to choose just one of his favorite moments of being in business, but if he had to choose, it would have to be the mortgage burning party. “We had dancing, food, drinks, the whole works,” he said. “We also invited customers, because without them, paying off the mortgage wouldn’t have been possible.” “We sure have loved every minute of working here,” Pasternak added. “We enjoy being around the customers and the conversation we have with them. Sure, there has been some heartache along the way, but that’s true in any business.” Pasternak said they have put Walker’s on the market and would like to sell the place. “We have had a lot of good times here, but I don’t know how I would handle retirement,” he said. “I’m sure I would volunteer my time to come here and work for the next owner.” “I just want to thank the people of Oscoda County for their patronage. Without them, none of this would have been possible,” he added.
time and enjoyable,” she said. “And the volleyball and the softball have both won state titles, and that’s always very exciting.” Covering school board, city and township meetings, and sports has not been a difficult burden, Tom said, since he and Marcia would be at them even if they weren’t running a newspaper. “Probably if we didn’t have the paper, we would probably be doing the same thing anyway,” he said. Over the years, Tom and Marcia have watched Pinconning change. “It’s changed quite a bit,” Tom said. “The biggest change probably that’s visible is the new library, and the renovation of the school and the new gym and the new industrial arts complex. Those are the biggest things. Then Schafer’s, they built their new building. Some of the buildings were torn down, and have been replaced and stuff like that.” One thing that has remained constant, though, is the Johnsons’ love of Pinconning. “We like it here,” Tom said. “If we ever sell it or get out, we’re going to stay here.” “They have just been wonderful to us –– very, very friendly,” Marcia added. “We keep having people come up to us and all worried that we’re going to leave, that we’re going to retire. And they wouldn’t do that if they didn’t like us. “We couldn’t have asked for better treatment from the people here.”
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