History
Looking Back in Time – June
by Diane Rockall Looking back in time often has us think of long ago, but it can actually mean yesterday or one hour ago. This month we will recall more recent past events for our area, the country and the world. At the end of June 2008, Ruth Camp announced the sale of the Stockbridge […]
A Look Back In Time – May 2018
by Diane Rockall On May 3, 1888, the Stockbridge Sun featured the Decoration Day custom of placing flowers on the graves of veterans and discussions of sacrifice. Also in May, Sarah M. Goodwin died and her funeral was held in the Baptist Church. Articles on Waterloo, Parkers’ Corners and Gregory also were featured. Selected ads […]
Five Bowdish Brothers troop off to the Civil War: Not all return
by Ron Kaiser and Patrice Johnson One can only imagine the anguish of John and Emeline Bowdish on watching five of their sons troop off to the bloody, nation-dividing Civil War. If he were not merely 14 years old when the war began in 1861, their sixth son, Fernando, might well have joined his older […]
A Look Back in Time – April 2018
by Diane Rockall On April 19, 1888, the Stockbridge Sun printed advertisements on its front page. Merchants and manufacturers mentioned were: clothing — I.J.Kellogg, dress goods — E.V. Johnson, millinery — Miss T.W. Branch, meat market — Elmer Nott, lumber — Stockbridge Lumber Yard, W.J. Just proprietor, and Michigan Implement Branch in Stockbridge — F. […]
A look back in time
by Diane Rockall Thirty years ago March 1988, the Stockbridge Community School District (SCSD) sought a millage increase while discussions on a supercollider for the area continued. Geologists indicated the area would be a perfect site. In addition, the Stockbridge Downtown Development Authority asked for additional property to be annexed to the village for development, […]
A look back in time
by Diane Rockall Ninety years ago this month, 1928, the village of Stockbridge and its surrounding communities were bustling with renewed enthusiasm. Newspapers included columns from Plainfield, South Iosco, Munith, Gregory, Unadilla, White Oak and Millville. Ten years after the Great War to end all wars (World War 1) the economy was doing well nationwide, […]
Stockbridge Manufacturing: Home to a proud past and promising future
By Roberta Ludtke In the early part of November 1948, Osborne Builders from Gregory put up walls for what would soon become Stockbridge Manufacturing. On Nov. 15, the builders took a week off for deer hunting season, and when they returned, heavy winds had knocked down the walls. Today, this company that started with a […]
A look back in time
by Diane Rockall January 1918, one hundred years ago, World War One was showing no sign of let up, and on January 3 in the local paper, the American Red Cross asked all Americans to help feed starving women and children in France and Belgium. The article maintained that American and Canadian agriculture had great […]
Jennifer Grumelot: Lifetime volunteer to retire
by Diane Rockall Anyone who meets Jennifer Grumelot is bound to see that her life centers on three things: her religious faith, her family and her community. Now, after 55 years of service to the Stockbridge Community Grumelot says she is retiring. When asked about her volunteer efforts, she recalled her first volunteer project in […]
Looking Back
by Diane Rockall December brings the celebration of Christmas and New Year’s Eve, the final day of the year. It is a time of preparation, extra baking, getting together with family and friends, shopping for and wrapping gifts, Holiday greeting cards, and perhaps more than all else, memories of the past. Not surprisingly a […]