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461 SOUTH MAIN
Plymouth High class of '67 turned
out 223 strong for its 10th class reunion
Saturday night in the Mayflower
Meeting House
Following meetings artd greetings
there was a sit-down banquet Pat Butzin.
who chaired the party, was mistress
of ceremonies She announced
the winners of the mock awards.
Shirley Druce fomd the most miss
ing classmates Cathy Vanatta was
the most traveled She is now married
and an executive secretary. She has
been to Scandinavia, most of Europe,
north Afnca and the Caribbean.
Strangest occupation award went to
Ann Whitesell who is curator at the
Los Gatos Historical Museum in California
Her avocations include fire
fighter, amateur machinist and
builder of model steam engines.
Classmates Wilma Little and
Jimmy Stoop, (Mr and Mrs James
Stoop) have been married for the long
est period of time Karen Burke has
the oldest child
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ELLIE
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l^es Byrd bought the first ticket for
the reunion and Sue Baskins was the
last to fill in her form Joyce Soth and
Phil Daley had changed the most, and
Larry Brown had lost the most hair
l^eta Scott. Jane MacCurdy and Ann
Whitesell came from California for
the party John Larson and Janet
McCullv came from Colorado.
There was a band for dancing and
many prizes were handed out
Pat Butzm's classmates showed
their appreciation for her party planning
efforts by giving her a standing
ovation a corsage, and a carved elephant
to add to her collection
They're all looking forward to 1987.
and their 20th reunion
CAROL OLSON and Sharon Cavanaugh
planned the five-year reunion
last weekend for the Plymouth High
School class of '72
About 250 persons attended the dinner
dance in Roma Hall. Livonia
"We were disappointed in the turnout."
said Sharon "Out of a class of
780. we expected more "
After a buffet dinner, there was
dancing to the music of "The Image "
Most of the grads were from the
Plymouth-Ann Arbor area They are
hoping for more interest in their 10th
reunion in 1982
THE PLYMOUTH FIFE and Drum
Corps did it again
l^ast Saturday they played at a
muzzle loaders parade and festival in
t take view. northeast of Grand Rapids
You guessed it TTiey walked off
with the ribbon for the best marching
unit in the festival.
Director Whitney Prince accepted
tne award from Miss Michigan
JULY 23, SEEMED to be the night
for class reunions.
For the Class of 1937 of St Cecilia
High School, it was the 40th class reunion
Ed Dowling of the MESC office in
Plymouth Township was chairman of
the dinner dance in the Plymouth Hilton
Inn
"There were just 56 in our graduating
class in the old school on Livernois.
There are 10 known dead We
had 17 classmates and their spouses
at the party 34 all together."
Dowling said most of them came
from Livonia. Farmington. Ann Arbor
and Grosse Pointe. One couple came
from Colorado, another from North
Carolina, and one from Florida.
"TTie food was excellent." said Dowling
and so was the music—he
brought his own
"They set up a portable dance floor
and we had all. the big bands "
Dowling had made a tape of the favorites
of their day—Glenn Gray.
Glenn Miller.
"It took me 16 hours to put it together.
There was an hour and a half on
each side. They were all good dancers
and they still are. I mixed them up
'"Sentimental Journey." a few slow
ones, and then a fast one like 'One
O'Clock Jump. "
He added. "We all learned to dance
in those days There was nothing else
to do so we went to dances—Eastwood.
Westwood Gardens "
" The 40th class reunion was obviously
a success
THE KING TUT exhibit in the Field
Museum of Natural History in Chicago
has attracted a number of persons
from the area.
Those who saw the collection of artifacts
from the 18-year-old king's tomb
were very impressed. They agreed it
was worth the trip—and the wait—to
see the equisite jewelry, furniture and
urns which were buried 3,300 years
Among those who actually were admitted
to the exhibit were Jean and
Hugh Harsh a. Kirk and Denise Loflenz,
Harvey and Jackie Troutman,
* Scott Beaman. Stan Towers. Lois Mitchell
and GaU Schultheiss.
The Richard Dohertys, the John
Olsons. Jean Schultheiss. John Nichols
and Walter Shear were some of
the disappointed who never did get in.
i Gail Schultheiss went with a group
from Kalamazoo College When she
and her mother, Jean, went to see it,
they got irf line at 7:30 a.m.
At 9 a.m. the line began to move.
Shortly after 10:30 the line had moved
+ to the point that they were at the door
* of the building. There were about 20
persons ahead of them In line when
ithe announcement was made: "That
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The Francoeur girls love having a 16-year-old in the family and all
the sight-seeing tours that are involved in entertaining a guest from
Finland. From left are Jane Francoeur with daughters Spring and
Lolly, Riitta^Raatikainen, and Matildy Francoeur. (Staff photo)
Finnish student is Lions' guest
Plymouth Lions Club's summer exchange
student is 16-year-old Riitta
Raatikainen of Tervo. Finland
She is staying with Jane Francoeur.
a member of the club who is a social
worker with the Plymouth schools
With two weeks of Riitta's six-week
visit remaining, the Francoeurs have
planned a busy sight-seeing schedule.
So far, Riitta has viewed the metropolitan
Detroit area during a "big
circle" airplane ride. She has been to
the Detroit Zoo, Port Huron and Sarnia.
Greenfield Village. Belle Isle and
Detroit.
Harger Greene arranged at tour of
the Fisher Body plant They went to
Hartland to see the painted barns and
visited dairy farms.
They plan to to go to the Toledo Art
Museum, the Finnish Cultural Center
and the King Tut exhibit in Chicago's
Field Museum of Natural History
RIITTA LIVES on a dairy farm in
central Finland.
The name of the farm is Suppu-
niemi and it has been owned by her
family for 100 years. Her ancestors
have lived in the area, within 15 miles
of the farm, for 400 years.
The Raatikainen farm is modern
They use milking machines and grow
their own fodder for the cattle. They
have a three-month growing season
Sometimes there are late-May frosts
"Sometimes there is a freeze in August
which destroys all the wheat."
said Riitta. However, the Gulf Stream
does help moderate the climate of the
countrty which is at the same latitude
as Alaska
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Eating corn—which can't be grown
in Finland's cold climate—was a new
experience for Riitta An avid photographer.
she took pictures of the Fran
coeur family eating sweet corn—onthe—cob
There is no peanut butter in Finland
and that doesn't bother Riitta one bit
She loves peanuts, but was firm in expressing
her dislike for peanut butter.
WHEN RIITTA as a little girl, she
skied three miles to school.
Now a school bus takes her to high
school 14 miles from home
She plans to continue her studies in
agriculture and sociology'
"I think I was five, or younger,
when I started to ski." said Riitta
High school sports for girls include
volleyball, baseball, skiing and skating
"The boys play hockey and football.
but the girls don't "
She said there are seven in her family—her
mother and father, three sisters
and her grandmother
Their sauna—and everyone has a
sauna—is attached to the house. In
older houses the saunas are some distance
from the house as a safety
measure
Suppuniemi is 25 miles from the
nearest village A larger town, about
the size of Plymouth is 40 miles
away
LIONS CLUB International sponsors
the exchange student program in con
junction with Youth for Under
standing
Lions Club brought 2.500 students to
the United States this year. 100 of
them came to Michigan
The exchange students do not have
to be the sons or daughters of Lions
but the host families are members of
the club.
John Roose is president of the local
club and Dave Cook is vice president
Don Francoeur is a member of the
board of directors
Kim Anderson daughter of Dick Anderson.
is spending six weeks in
Nantes. France She is part of the exchange
program designed to promote
international understanding and pro -
vide an educational and cultural expo
nence for youth at home and abroad
3 shops open in new Forest Place
Three shops in the new Forest
Place addition opened today
(Thusday). Little Angels. The Hobby
Shop, and Claire Kelly Plymouth
moved in in time for the sidewalk
sales this Friday and Saturday.
Marvin Hauk's Hobby Shop was the
first in the new complex on Harvey
Street back of the Forest Place to
open for business.
The shop will stock everything the
model railroad buff could wish for:
HO trains, regular size trains, accessories.
villages, extra cars, train controls
and N scale trains.
"For the the man with the utmost
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patience." said Hauk. referring to the
N scale which is even smaller than
HO He has the makings for those
who prefer to make their own tracks.
"I also will be able to order anything
from Walther's HO Railroad
Catalog and Craft Train Reference
Manual and have it here in 48 hours."
He explained that the catalog is the
train buff's Bible "I hope this will be
the kind of place that if we haven't
got it. we'll get it."
Marvin Hauk's family has lived in
this area for more than 100 vears He
Marvin Hank will have models, airplanes and rockets as well as aO
types of trakis.
teaches in the Wayne-Westland
schools and plans to retire in two
years The Hobby Shop is his retirement
project.
His wife. Janida. a violinist in the
Plymouth Symphony Orchestra,
shares his enthusiasm for the new
store: "It's been very exciting; I've
enjoyed every minute of it."
ALICE AND OSCAR McDonald
opened their first Little Angels Shop
in Old Village in 1969 Four years ago
they opened a second shop in Forest
Place Mall (See picture on page 2B )
The move from original Forest
Place will give them additional space
They have expanded the boys' clothing
to include sizes 8-14
The McDonalds have one of the twostory
shops in the new complex, the
upper floor will be used for office
space and storage
Little Angels stocks children's clothing
and accessories from infant to 14
years There is everything from heirloom
christening gowns and baby
shower items to sports clothing, nighties,
pajamas, robes, toys and lamps
Back-to-school clothes are in the
spotlight now—little boys' plaid, corduroy
and denim slacks; shirts and
tops; and even the new suede-look
gauchos for the girls.
Winter jackets and snowmobile
suits have arrived. And for those children
who are fascinated by Paddington
the bear, there is a complete
line—jackets, dresses and even undershirts.
CLAIRE KELLY PLYMOUTH will
be moved in before the sidewalk
sales. There has been a Claire Keely
Northville for five years and
"Plymouth-Canton women have seen
her fashions at local style shows.
"The colors for fall are absolutely
luscious." said Claire. "The super
suedes are especially good and the
separates are being combined in new.
interesting ways. They are mixing fabrics
and colors, a velvet or checked
vest with an entirely different material."
She said they were showing a lot of
challis in New York. "Challis skirt
under a blazer—I think our Michigan
winters are too cold for that combination."
Claire handles sizes 5-16 She has
.sportswear. suits, dresses, long
gowns, dresses and accessories. She
is particularly pleased with her Raphael
line of jewelry It ft handmade in
Toronto
It is very attractive." she said
"The chains, silver, copper and brass,
are all hand made And it is wellpriced."
Ms Kelly and her staff have been
painting and antiquing showcases and
furniture for the store '•You should
have seen it before It is all second
hand The beige-peach walls and fur
niture and the taupe carpeting are an
effective non-clash background for the
fashions
John Thomas and Jim Jabara are
owners of the townhouse-type mall
The builder was 7ony Bauss of Northville.
The shops are separate units,
each with its own heating and wash
room facility The shops' common
walls are three-hour fire walls
K C Miller Associates Interiors has
leased the fourth shop and expects to
be in residence the first week of August
Claire Kelly, now of Plymouth. (Staff photos)
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