Looking Back for July 3: These are the Kennedy Elementary students who went to D.C. 20 years ago

D.C. trip

Kennedy Elementary School students from Connie Josvai’s class recently traveled to Washington, D.C. to receive the School of the Year award at the 21st Annual NEED Youth Awards For Energy Achievement. The students taking the trip were: Marley Sartor, Tyler VanAllen, Chelsea Pete, Andrew McDougall, Dylan Brown, Thomas Knodell and Ricky Shiebner.

40 YEARS AGO

Double features galore

Now playing at the Vogue Theatre is a Conway/Knotts double feature. This week, “The Private Eyes” will show at 7:05 p.m with “The Prize Fighter” following at 8:45 p.m. Showing at the Chippewa Drive-In this week another double feature with “Cheech and Chong’s Nice Dreams” and “The Boob Tube.” “Nice” starts at 9:40 p.m. with “The Boob Tube” following at 11:45 p.m.

Wilson is marshal

Keith Wilson, chief of the Waterways Division for the Michigan Department of Natural Resources has been chosen as this years parade marshal for the 1981 Manistee National Forest Festival parade to be held at 10 a.m. tomorrow.

60 YEARS AGO

Big parade

The Manistee National Forest Festival swung into high gear today as the second of the three-day event got underway in pleasant weather with sunny skies and cooling breezes. Tomorrow the grand parade at 10:30 a.m. highlights the final day’s program. The parade forms along First St. near the Armory and begins from the Hotel Chippewa triangle, moves east on River Street to Cypress/U.S. 31, then south on Cypress to Sixth Street, where it will break up.

Radio messages

The new communications trailer recently acquired by the local Office of Civil Defense and operated by local radio operators who are members of RACES, the Civil Defense radio unit, will be parked on River Street tomorrow and the operators in charge will accept messages to be sent free of charge to relatives and friends in other cities.

80 YEARS AGO

Tennis tourney

Local tennis plates are again reminded of the city tournament to be conducted later this month at the Fifth Avenue courts. Play will be three divisions, junior, men’s and ladies entries for which close July 12. Entries may be made at the Fifth Avenue beach stand.

Fire warning

All persons, including participants in the forest tour Saturday, are reminded by District Forest Ranger, B.M. Stout to exercise extreme care with fire while in the woods. The hazard in the Manistee district is increasing, Stout reports, and it is hoped visitors as well as Manisteeans will be careful with cigarettes, matches and other forms of fire while using the woodland areas whether on picnics or camping.

Compiled by Mark Fedder at the Manistee County Historical Museum