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Volume XI — Issue 1 January, 1976

The Official Publication of The Michigan Token & Medal Society

NEWAYGO COUNTY1 S TOKENS by Terry Wantz #138

Until 1836 Newaygo County area was inhabited by Indians, . wild animals, and a few white trappers. In that year other men came for another reason. They recognized the bounteous p.ssets the territory offiered, Newaygo became an official county in l85l.

By 1837 the woods began to ring with the sounds of axes and falling trees which heralded Americas epoch-making Industry - lumberinf Lumbering drew people like magnets.' First 'there was Newaygo and Croton, Then appeared Fremont Hesperia, Grant6, White Clpud, and a dozen more now forgotten villages. Roads were built to carry logs and all kinds of supplies. These roads brought families who settled on farms to make a new life. Lumbering was a winter job and farming was summer work.

The visitor to Newaygo County can find reminders of its history - silvered white pine stumps, crumbling chimneys of an old homestead, clusters of lilac bushes once the pride of a pioneer woman, and the raised and even bed of foliaged silent earth which once supported the ”iron horse,”

So the next time you pick up a token to look at, don’t just thinl about it as a token, but a small bit of colorful history from somewhei , Some of tho colorful history of Nowavgo County is as follows :

FREMONT OLD FASHIONED DAYS CENTM^NIAL/l854/l954//GOOD FOR 50//IN FREMONT MICH. /NOT REDEEMABLE AFTER JULY 31, 1954. Found, gilt, holed, 28mm.

C. E. HENDRIE /BILLIARD PARLOR/FREMONT , MIC K IG AN// GOOD FOR 3/ IN TRADE. Alum. 8 and 10 scalloped, 23-25mm, several die varieties.

YOU ARE ALWAYS WELC0ME//0LD STATE BANK/FREMONT, MICH/ESTABLISHED/ 1882/CAPITAL #50 , 000 . 00/SURPLUS $25,000.00. Round bronze 35mm.

THE OLDEST STATE BANK IN NEWAYGO COUNTY/TIIE FREMONT STATE BANK/ THE BAN! WITH THE CHIME CL0CK//50//NITH THIS COIN/WILL OPEN A/One Doll ar/S AVINGS ACC0U1IT/WITH US SUBJECT TO/SAVINGS BANK RULES /ME PAY/ COMPOUND INTEREST/ ACT AT ONCE.- Round gilt 26mm.

FREMONT CANNING COMPANY/ 3 /FREMONT /MICH . / /S PARGUE CA1TKING MACHINERY COMPAITY/CHICAGO . Round aluminum 25mm, #1 Jc / 2 also known.

FREMONT / SCHOOL/ /GOOD FOR/COMP LETS/LUNCH. Round red plastic 30mm. Some are also misspelled Freemont.

Me C ALBUM BROS/GENERAL/MERCHAIIDISE/HES PERIA , HICII//GOOD F0R/25//

IN TRADE. Round aluminum 25mm.

THE C 0URTR IGHT/HOTEL/NEW A YG0/KICH , //GOOD F0R/5//IIJ TRADE. Round brass 20mm,

FREMONT CHAPTER NO 131 R .A. M. /INSTITUTED/ONE/PENNY/ JAN 17, 1894/ FREMONT MICH//K.S.T.W.S.S.T. Round bronze 30mm.

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ANNUAL MICH-TAMS MEETING

A doubly "Warm" mooting was had on Nov 29th in connectidn with the MS NS state convention. The small room was well heated, and the exchange of greetings among many exonumists was friendly. Among the VIP1 s in attendance were John J Pittman #2, George D Ratio #12, and James J Curto #5.

Mich- TAMS proxy Don McKelvey chaired the ovent. Also at the head table were Secretary Alice Pcnzes and Treasurer Ray Olson. Ray gavo the treasurer’s report showing a balance on hand that date of *li>289.63.

The special Mich-TAMS AWARD was on display, and discussion was held as to the manner in which it would, be awarded at that show. It was decided that it would bo given to the best display, by a Mich- TAMS member, of either tokens or medals. Pittman, Ratio, and Curto wore asked to bo the judges for that award.

It was discussed that 'Kich-TaNS have a logo on part of the Kalamazoo State Show Medal, or possibly a logo on a separate unusual spocial item. Discussion was tabled.

At the close of the mooting Mrs. Paul Cunningham, on behalf of Mario Johnson, extended an invitation to all Mich-TAMS members to attend a sixth summer picnic bourse to be held at the farm home of Bill & Marie Johnson, Clinton Mich, on July 25 1976.

Winner of the special Mich-TAMS AWARD was Don McKelvey of Port Huron with his tokens. MSNS AWARD winners were, in Class 5 Medals"

2nd place Chester Clark, and 3^d Mrs. Alice Anderson. In Class 6 Tokens, Ray Olson captured 1st, and McKolvoy 2nd.

BOB FOWKES #Lj_5l-J placed 2nd in the MSNS Junior Literary Award.

MORE ENCASED DOLLARS

The item in the October Junk Box describing the encased dollar brought considerable response.

LARRY FALATER #210 reports he has with the same rim, but the date of his dollar is 1889 Instead of the 1878.

' Another 1889 dollar in uncirculated condition, and th e same Buick rim, appeared on a dealer’s table at the MSNS show priced at |>21.50.

TOM WALL #h.68 of Independence MC renorts having seen one some years ago owned by a widow of an East Alton IL Buick dealer. It was given out as a. Buick promotion about 1955.

AGrIIAR WAELBERG #ij.03 in Calif writes that he has two, an 1899 and a 1900, but they are not Buick. These rims are aluminum, DRIVE A CAR THAT’S ALIVE/DX SUPER B0R0N//DX SHOWCASE STATION/1963. Agnar also has an encased brass token, .aluminum rim reading 4-th ANNUAL ELECTRICAL/ PROGRESS EXPO S IT IOIT / / PLUG IN ON CHEAP ELECTRICITY/GET MORE OUT OF LIFE, THE token reading YOUR/ELECTRIC/PENNY/BUYS MORE, reverse the same.

PETE HARTLEY #18 writes that there is a second Buick encased dollar that has a different obverse saying YOU CAN PUT YOUR BOTTOM DOLLAR ON 194-0 ,lRED CURTIS.” Pete also states that he believes the encased Canadian dime issued by Buick is even scarcer.

DONALD M STEWART #182 in Calgary Alberta writes that he has a Buick encased Canadian Silver Dollar 1939? TOU CAN BET YOUR BOTTOM DOLLAR ON BUICK III I94.O/H J CARMICHAEL/ /WHEN BETTER AUTOMOBILES ARE BUILT/BUICK WILL BUILD THEM, Don also has a 1939 dime encased the same way. Don says "Carmichael was the Gen I-lgr of GM Canada Ltd at tho time of issue - the 10/ isstic is scarce hut the Canadian dollar issue is rare. A Sudbury garage put one out for Pontiac (same ad agency) with an encased 194-0 cent/ I have another BET YOUR LAST CENT ON PONTIAC IN 194.0//TAKE A RIDE AND YOU’LL BUY.”

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NEWAYGO COUNTY'S TOKENS (continued from page l)

WHITE CLOUD/lOOth YR ./1873-1973//WHITE CLOUD AREA CENTENNIAL/

S OUVENIR /HALF-DOLLAR /REDEEMABLE / LIT TRADE AT / CENTE KIT I AL/HE AD QUARTERS /ON OR BEFORE/JULY 14, 1973/YrIITE CLOUD HICK. Round aluminum Sc/or gilt 35m ,

KEEP ME/ AND YOU WILL HAVE/GOOD LUCK/ /MEET HE AT CLAUD 1 S PLACE/ RECREATION PARLOR - BEER /FREMONT MICH. Encased 19K6 Lincoln cent, round aluminum 35*nm.

GOOD FOR/5//IN TRADE /CLAUDE T S RECREATION PAR LOR/ /(reverse blank). Yellow cardboard 6Ipnm x 37iran, ’2 varieties,

F. C. CO/(various numbers )/TOOL CHECK. Round uniface holed bronze 26mm, from Fremont Canning Company.

G. P. CO/(various numbers )/TOOL CHECK. Round uniface holed alumi¬ num 25mm, from Gerber Products Co. which took over from Fremont Canning.

WOODEN NICKELS (all with black printing):

OLD FASHIONED DAYS/FREMONT BANK & TRUST CO. /JULY 1969// (buff alo ) .

10^/DISCOUNT AT /REBERS J S /MEN * S WEAR/ “THE RED BARN'yOLD FASHIONED DAYS/FREMONT , MICHIGAN/l970//( Indian ) .

GOOD FOR 25/ ON YOUR NEXT NEW PRES C R I PT ION / C HR IS 1 /DRUGS /FREMONT , / MICII// (buff alo or Indian).

BABY FOOD CAPITOL/NEWAYGO /COUNTY/COIN CLUB/FREI10NT , MICHIGAN// (buffalo or Indian).

GOOD FOR 5/ IN TRADE /DAVE T S ./PHARi-iACY /\Tl IITE CLOUD, MICH.// (buff alo or Indian).

GOOD FOR/10/ OFF ON/A MEAL/ AT /PRESS 1 S /NEWAYGO OR/CROTON, MICH.// (Indian) . :

10/ S OUVENIR /REDEEMABLE /IN TRADE AT/CENTENN I AI./HEADOJUARTERS/ ON OR BEFORE/JULY Uf, 1 9 73/NEWAYGO CO. WHITE CLOUD MICH//WHITS CLOUD/lOOth YR./1873-1973.

If • anyone has any other- tokens , old pictures-, Civil War pins and ribbons, or dog licenses 1926-28-29~32-33~ 3l4.-6O-6b.-65 from Newaygo County, which you would part with for the Newaygo County Historical Museum, please send them or write to Terry E. Wantz, Pres. Newaygo Co. Historical Society, 322 N. Darling, Fremont Mich I4.9l4.i2*

If anyone has any such tokens, unlisted in this article, and does not wish to part with them, please send the information to Terry so they may be recorded there.

EDITOR TS ADDITION: We are grateful to Terry Wantz for this most informative listing, A good article usually stirs one to "find/ out more " and this one did. -I quickly scanned my 1855 Michigan map, noted that Newaygo County had 36 square townships, many of them still unnamed. Only 1 town was on that map. It was Newaygc and showed as the County Town (county seat). Brooks Twp was the east half of one "square" and the west half of another. The name Bridgeton covered three full town¬ ship squares and three half ones. Everitt covered three, Big Prairie covered four, and Ashland two. The other squares and half squares were yet unnamed.

Ifr a 1905~atlas Newaygo was still the county seat, the whole county had 17,673 people - 47 establishments - §270,136 invested - and a value of all products of §444>3-80» Croton had a postoffice but only 59 people, Hesperia and Brunswick straddle the west county line. Other recent listed postoffices include //// Biteley, Brohman, and Grant. Current roadmaps show a- large part of Newaygo County to be In the Manistee National Forest, and show small towns and burgs to be Lilley, Hawkins, Woodland Park, Woodville, Ramona, Aetna, Reeman, Brookside, Bishop, Oak Grove, Bridgeton, Croton, Ashland Center, and Ensley Center.

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what we collect

by Clr.ro nee Z log lor vLM-8

The initial response to our Micb-TAHS Collecting Interest Survey has been gratifying , I!ve been trying to analyse the results, but all I can come up with is that our interests are diversified. We have received 12 replies from l5 states, AZ-CA/FL-IL-II'I-KS-I'ID-IIA-MI^

MO - NY - 0 IL- P A ~ R I - TX ,

As space permits I!ll list the results. They are varied. If your interests match some listed why not get together and do some trading? Some 27 members answered that they would correspond. I hope the other 5 did not answer due to an oversight.

Brian D' Altman MD, 37 Eton Overlook Dr, Rockville MD 20850. Bung- town coppers, US & Canadian tokens except transportation, Liberia patterns, worldx^ide tokens, count or stamped pieces, numismatic books.

Edward Bawden, 20li6 Acton NW, Grand Rapids MI 4 950li. Michigan trade, transportation, parking, centennial tokens. Political medals, Century of Progress med.als. Cracker Jack presidential coins, tax tokens, military tokens, political campaign buttons,

Chester P Clark, 33&7 Jewell Rd, Howell MI 48843* All kinds tokens, some medals, especially Mich trade, Mich centennials, CW tokens, politicals.

James J Curto, 770 Lincoln Rd, Crosse Pointe MI 48230. Military tokens 5c scrip, MPC*s,*Mich commem 5; souvenir tokens 5c medals.

Edward L Dence, 8627 Crispin Dr, Philadelphia PA 19136. Phila. tokens, dept store charge coins (not charge-a-plate type). Masonic pennies 5c tokens. * -

D Prank Elam, Box 174? Harvey IL 60426; Illinois exonumia, merchant, transportation, parking , car wash, coal, tax, food stamps, welfare related tokens, and any with ITFrank?r on thorn.

Dorothy P Epps, PO Box 97? Homer MI 49243* • Mich centennial medals, and Hew England States centennial, bicentennial, tricentermialf If you have a list of ' Mich centennial medals Dorothy would like one.

Lawrence Falater, 3 8 11 Harvard, Detroit MI 48224. Mich bank tokens, Mich bimetal tokens, other Mich tokens 5c. medals,

MELVIN Fuld, 6701 Park Hgts Ave, Baltimore MD 21215. Calendars, Maryland, game counters, zodiac pieces.

William Gotts chalk, 17312 Ivanhoe, Roseville MI 48066. Lincoln, Martin Luther, CW medallions 5c tokens.

Mildred E Gregory, 5950 Sherry Lane, Dallas TX 75225. Medals of all kinds for sale, looking for your x^ant lists.

Ken L Hallehbeck, llij.1 W Lexington, Ft Wayne IH 4-6807 • Counter- stamped coins, Mich tokens especially Ann Arbor, Ind tokens * especially Ft Wayne, old checks-stocks-bonds especially Western mining, Ann Arbor 5c Washtonax-vT Co towns.

Rich* Hartzog, PO Box 4^!-3? Rockford IL 61110. Ill 5c Wise CW storcards, sutler tokens, hardtimes tokens, modern credit cards, good luck swastika tokens,

Robert U Hit osman, l8l Cameron Dr, Battle Creek III 49015. Mich centennials 5c anniversaries, trade tokens of Battle Crook.

W A Johnson, PO Box 413? Howard City MI 49329. 50-75~100~125-

l50th etc anniversaries medals, xroodnics, shaving permit buttons of MI,

Gay Lipscomb, 5010 Vinton Rd, Fairfield OH 45014. All kinds of Ohio tokens and CW storecards.

Gerald A McLollaiv, 30 Russell St, Arlington MA 02174* ' Good-fors with Washingtonfs bust, tokens naming a cigar by brand name, Massa¬ chusetts hotel, Rhode Island tokens.

C J Meccarello, 228 Vassar Road, Poughkeepsie NY 12603 . Elongated coins, etc.

Alice 0!Dell, 5519 Denmark Dr Box 230 Chatteau Vlg, Bradenton FL 33507* Tokens and other items especially from Albion Mich.

George W Parfet, 729 Euclid. Ave, Temple PA 19560. Wooden money an* tokens .

Norman G Peterson, R#1 Box 5l> Big Rapids MI Ll 9 3 0 7 • Mecosta County tokens &' medals, medals cc storcards of paint, japanning' and lacquer industry, chemical names or formulas on tokens & medals, Mich commems.

John A Pratt, 934 Ellery Ave, Jackson MI 49202. 'Civil War tokens cc merchants tokens of Jackson Mich, magician’s tokens, unusual good- fors, politicals.

Melvin Reiter, 61]. 82 Newton Rd, East Lansing MI 48823. Milk and dairy tokens of US and Canada. His token collection is a spinoff from his Mich round milk bottle collection.

Daniel J Roenigk, 209 Main St, Morganville K3 67488. Trade tokens and town "medals of Kansas towns only.

Harold C Schmal, P0 Box 5239, Phoenix AZ 85010. Ariz wood money. '

Frederick H Smith, 209 S Williams, Bellevue MI 49021. Mich cities, villages, banks, fairs - anniversaries & celebrations, also medallions. Has many tokens & medals to trade.

Hector J Turgeon, 143 Harrison Ave, 'Warwick RI 02888. Tokens of merchants, transportation, CW, good luck, bank. Military and parade medals, RR stock certificates, uniform buttons , depot station postcards, transportation tickets & passes, few wooden nickels.

Ronald F Vanderbur, 2332 E 10th St, Anderson Ind 48012. Spinners and Indiana tokens.'

Agnar Wahlberg, 1470 S Colle Marcus, Palm Springs CA 92262. CCC tokens & exonumia, prison & jail tokens, George Junior Republic and other Boys Republic tokens.

Thomas L Wall, P0 Box 12)i2, Independence M0 5 64051. All types Ill tokens, baseball tokens & pinbacks, Alaskan tokens, advertising rocket mirrors, all items of Madison County Ill.

Robert L Williams, 2340 Garfield, Ferndale MI 48220. As a dealer Bob needs all scarce and rare tokens, British Colonial tokens except from Canada.

Clarence Ziegler, 2705 Grace 'Rd, Port Huron MI 48060.' Mich trade tokens, good luck swastika tokens, Lincoln tokens & medals, Mich exonu¬ mia, has Mich commems and other tokens & medals to trade.

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Virginia Culver, P0 Box 4316, Irvine C/ 92716. Ohio & Pennsylvania Civil War tokens. '

Paul Cunningham, Box 1, Tecumseh MI 49286. All Mich tokens, all elongated coins.

DM Stowart, 950-335 8th Ave SW, Calgary Alta. Canada T2P-1E1. Canadian merchant and fare tokens, US trader material, Alaska tokens.

A few other survey slips already sent in, plus yours if you’ll send It now, will bo listed in the next Junk Box.

A CLOWN IN ENGLAND

Two collectors have enlightened us as to the small token mentioned In the Oct/75 Junk Box, page 4. This amall good-for with the simple jirfr ;ord CLOWN was a puzzler.

From Calif, came the letter from AGNAR WAHLBERG #403 who states ’’a similar token was sent In to TAMS Maverick Column some years ago, and recently was attributed to game machines used in England. I have

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several of them, as do other circus collectors I knot*, and we are agreed jt is a type of vending machine' token and used in England.”

NORMAN PETERSON IM#2 wrote "I have had a CLOWN in cooper nickel hut can’t recall what was on the reverse. I would guess this to be a machine token. Many of thorn tended to bo a simple design--."

MICH- TAILS HAIL BID -$>.

Closing date February 20. Mail bids to editor, Chester Clark.

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(Saginaw Mich) trarte token B.P.O.E. ]_i_7 G/F 5/ trade, 21mm brass

Helin Tackle Co, Detroit, 25th Anniv In 1962, looped nickel 32mm Good Luck w/portrait Chas Helin. Lures pictured on rov.

Indiana Sesqui bronze medal 1966, state scal//Ind map, BU bronze.

North Platte Neb, Buffalo BillMs Home Town, frontal sketch of Buffalo Bill, rev Fort Cody, Good Luck token 28mm brass.

1930/(goat )/8//Upper Montclair/Goat/Contcst/Country Club, 32mm AU.

City of Kalamazoo/ (bank bldg )/l81i3-1968, rev 75th Anniv of First Fedcra.1 Savings l893~196o, AU black-toned.

Mich Bldg at 1893 Nor Id 1 s Columbian Expo H&K 2 lip alum 39mm, minor edge nicks, some luster, c at . $3 0 , min bid 5j?7.

Canada 1939 Coronation medal 26mm George VI c; Eliz faring left.

Springvale Maine, Brown’s TV Inc, "uniface aluminum AU.

Linkwood'MD, Phillips Packing C0/3/D, same on both sides, 2 pcs alike, only good

Diaz Arkansas alum, trade token, Williams Mercantile Co, G/F 25/ in merchandise, round 28mm. "

Old Glory alum. BU medal July 4 1967? flag obv, pledge rev, 39mm.

British traders token ri. d. (1794) half penny size 29mm, John of Guant, Duke of Lancaster, portrait facing left.

Leipzig (Germany) street can token 20 (pfg) STRASSENBAHN 23mm WM ?

Spielmarke thin brass 13mm holmcted head facing right /BRITANNIA.

Rev SPIEL/MARKEN.

Small dark tarnished medalct, THE C0RIELL UNIVERSITY/FOUNDED A.D. 1865. Portrait facing left. EZRA CORNELL below. 19mm.

DR. /MARTIN LUTHER KIHG/1929-68 , portrait facing left //NOBEL/

PEACE PRIZE/PiECIP. 196I|. BU bronze 26mm.

GOOSE LAKE/ INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL, lj;t ninback, purple on white, tiny words JACKSON/MICHIGAN. Unc.

GEORGE C WALLACE /ALABAMA * S FIGHTING GOVERNOR, portrait facing -left, 39mm goldene political medal. Rov flying eagle.

1968 political plnback jugate IT 1X0 IT/ AGUE W 21mm black & white.

Spread Eagle Wis, Opal & Harry’s, trade token G/F 1 5/ BU l"round aluminum (tiny town only 3c people 1937).

Iron Mtn- Kings ford (III) Fed Credit Union cncasedcent 1972 min $1.

Niagara Wis JOEY- J ’ S 2 pcs BU brass G/F JiO/ 29mm, G/F 15/ 12mm.

2 pcs round wood, Niagara Wis G/F 15/ WUITDER III black print w/dog ' and Aurora " Wis (tiny ) G/F 15/, HIDEAWAY. Obv REED & ISABEL.

Florence TrIs 3 pes horseshoe encased cents all BU w/kcychains for Labor Day, 1971-71D-71S .

DO DROP INiT/FLORENCE/wis , / /GOOD F0R/15//IN TRADE rd red alum 29mm

T HE /LAMPLIGHTER /NIAGAR A/WISC CITS IN / /GOOD POR/l/W/IN TRADE alum29mm

BRUNO 1 S/BAR /FLORENCE , WIS//2 pcs alum G/F 10/ 26mm. G/F 25/ 29mm.

Cutter Bill, World’s Champion (head of horse, data) BU goldene 38mm

Weyauwoga Wis (small) 3 Pcs woodnics (l misspelled) Horse & Buggy Days 1970-71-72, all like new, 2 rd print, 1 black.

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31 Spread Eagle ‘•/is, Paul 6c Chris’s Log Tavern, 2 plastic pcs, both

8-scallop like new, G/F 10/ black, G/F 5/ red * 9

32 Milwaukee Sentinel Sports -Travel- Boat Show 1965, 25 yrs £9mm alum Umc

33 Texas Univ AccM 1968 football schedule BU 39mm goldene

34 THE/TOWN' TAP/Florencc/' is . , 2 plastic wcs both 23mm rd, G/F 5/

green, G/F 10/ white

35 MATT ’S/TAVEIRN/FLORENCE/WIS. 2 plastic pcs 25mm, G/F 5/ red, 10/green

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CLASSIFIEDS

FOR SALE - Kansas trade tokens, 12 different §6.00. Daniel J ///Roeni$t Morganville Kansas 67468.

I NEED - Amusement tokens that advertise the Columbia Cigar. They come with diff letters 6c I wish to complete the alphabet. G A Me Le 11 an,

30 Russell St, Arlington Mass 0217k.

I NEED - Mich woodnics from Flushing, Foi^ler, Homer, Charlevoix, Chelsert, Clinton, Escanaba, Eau Claire, Grand Legge, Menominee, Gladwin, Lake Orion, Negaunee, Roakwood, St Louis, Sumner, Vicksburg, Brown City, Roscommon, Sandusky, StClair Shores, Winn. Geo Parfet,729 Euclid Ave Temple Pa 19560.

'/ANTED - All kinds Ohio tokens, medals. Cracker Jack Mystery Club pres¬ idential tokens. Gay Lipscomb, 5010 Hinton Rd, Fairfield OH 45014. ./ANTED FOR MUSEUM - Elongated coins, dies, machines from fairs 6c expos.

C Meccarello, 228 Vassar Rd, Poughkeepsie -NY 12603*

OUR MEMBERS RESPOND

GEORGE C STEPSON #3 1 0 tells us more about the early Amy P0 (Auburn) which "is now Auburn Heights branch of Pontiac PC ko057? on Auburn Rd about 4 miles east of Pontiac.

PETE HARTLEY #3.8 gives us all the following info: one COLLINSVILLE was listed 1856 in Marquette Co., site of the forge of Collins Iron Co. north of Marquette. Another COLLINSVILLE, named for first postmaster l-ins R Collins (1872), was in Golden Twp of Oceana Co, name changed to East Golden in 1874. SNOW /// listed' Berrien Co 1875, SNOWFLAKE (Lakeside Farm) in Antrim Co. 1879-91, SNOW PRAIRIE (Bethel Centre) in Branch Co 1830-67, SNOW’S LANDING (Rawsonville ) Wayne Co 1800-1902, and 3N0WT0WN (did not become a village) Newaygo Co. FRANCISCO, named for Issociate Circuit Judge Henry A Francisco, was Franciscoville in Jackscn To until l877« WHITE RIVER, Muskegon Co 1836-79. Another WHITE RIVER In Greenwood Twp, Oceana Co 1&54*

On an 1855 Mich map WHITE RIVER shows as a town on tho north point of where White Lake flows Into Lake Michigan.

Another CLOWN has just shown up a$ter the info on page 6, this issue. This small l8mm toned unc looks brass, beaded around edge, Clowi In small case letters, 2062 counters tamped, large numeral 4 on reverse.

JAMES J CURT0 #5 was puzzled as to "TTn In Mich- TAMS auction #3 , said it could not mean transportation token. Your editor, having been merchant token minded, used it as trade token, didn’t realize. Sorry.

CHESTER F CLARK LM#7 Has started his 5th year as your editor. Thi "oesn’t seem possible. It is a lot of work, most onjoyable, very timo- ^onsumimg, and co-operation of members has been' great. This year he is president of tho Livingston Co Hist Soc, will be chairman of national Reunion of 4^-st Inf Div Ass 'n (So Pacific ) in Dearborn at the Hyatt- legoncy this coming July, helped issue the Howell Bicentennial history oook, and ho and Mrs. Clark have GInna Amoranto, their Filipino student .‘or the year. Kind words of "enjoying tho Junk Box" havo'come from 1LICE O’DELL //167, BOB WILLIAMS #209, AGNAR WAKLBERG #403, D R0ENIGK#133

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