History
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 […]