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Search for Whitfield School grads who served in World War II

On November 6, 1943, Glenn Husted, superintendent of Daniel Whitfield Elementary School in Sylvan Lake, wrote his first “Dear Joe Whitfield” letter to a graduate of the school serving in the U.S. armed services during World War II. He eventually corresponded with about 45 young servicemen. Recently Mr. Husted’s daughter, Mrs. Sharie Husted VanGilder, found some 70 letters to and from her father. As a girl, Mrs. VanGilder remembers going to Whitfield School on Sunday afternoons as her father wrote the letters on the school typewriter while she helped with mimeographing. Since the end of June, Mrs. VanGilder, along with GWBHS Board member Helen Jane Peters and Randy Rogers, a former Whitfield student now living in Seoul, Korea, have located 16 men or their families and returned the original letters to them. According to Mrs. Peters, “It is very heartwarming when a son or daughter says This is the only correspondence we have from my father during World War II.” For information on the search see the Facebook Daniel Whitfield Elementary School alumni page or call Mrs. Peters, 248-681-9568.

Boat Livery on Orchard Lake around 1918

Object ID: 1980-001-006

Date: 1918

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Sunday crowd at Orchard Lake where boats where rented out for recreation use (1918). The boat livery is at the present day boat launch site.

Driveway at Cass Lake

Object ID: 1980-001-005

Date: 1909

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Postcard of Driveway at Cass Lake, Michigan (1909).

Dodge Park on Cass Lake

Object ID: 1980-001-004

Date: 1939

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Aerial view of Dodge Park on Cass Lake (1939).

Postcard Cass Lake

Object ID: 1980-001-003

Date: 1908

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Postcard of people in canoes on Cass Lake (1908).

Interlaken Hotel

Object ID: 1980-001-001

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Reproduction of 1908 photograph of Interlaken Hotel with boat dock on Pine Lake.

Zorn, Frederick August

Object ID: 2012-009-770

State: OH

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1895

Young, William L.

Object ID: 2012-009-769

State: OH

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1882, 1883

Young, Henry M.

Object ID: 2012-009-768

State: IA

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Counselor at Law, in Chicago, IL in 1905

Young, Harold

Object ID: 2012-009-767

State: IA

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Editor, The Adjutant Dec. 1895

Young, A. J.

Object ID: 2012-009-766

State: IL

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1883

Yoakum, Robert Bartlett

Object ID: 2012-009-765

State: KS

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Building Contractor

Yemens, C. C., Jr.

Object ID: 2012-009-764

State: MI

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1885

Yawkey, William Hoover

Object ID: 2012-009-763

State: MI

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Sergeant, Company D 1892; Lumber Business in 1905

Yawkey, John C.

Object ID: 2012-009-762

State: MI

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Quartermaster 1880; Resigned March 24, 1881

Yawkey, Cyrus Carpenter

Object ID: 2012-009-761

State: MI

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Corporal 1880; Lieutenant 1881

Yates, A. W.

Object ID: 2012-009-760

State: WI

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Band (Solo Bb Cornet) 1885

Yaryan, Edward Brown

Object ID: 2012-009-759

State: OH

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Band (Snare Drum) 1897

Wylie, W. B.

Object ID: 2012-009-758

State: MI

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1885

Wyeth, F.B.

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Company B 1892

Wyatt, Benjamin Fleming

Object ID: 2012-009-756

State: WI

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Right Guard, Football 1905

Wulfekuhler, Frederick O.

Object ID: 2012-009-755

State: KS

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Wuichet, Philip Eugene

Object ID: 2012-009-754

State: OH

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Graduate Student, MMA

Wright, William La Selles

Object ID: 2012-009-753

State: IA

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Wright, Wilfred Laselles

Object ID: 2012-009-752

State: IA

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Corporal, Company A 1895; Honor Man (1 term) 1895

Wright, Walter George

Object ID: 2012-009-751

State: IL

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Corporal, Company D 1895

Wright, Waldemar R.

Object ID: 2012-009-750

State: MO

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1885, 1886

Wright, Thomas Kemlo

Object ID: 2012-009-749

State: MI

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Corporal, Company B 1897

Wright, Percy Sterns

Object ID: 2012-009-748

State: OH

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Crack Company 1891; Physician in 1905

Wright, Judson Moses

Object ID: 2012-009-747

State: IL

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Sergeant, Company D 1895

Wright, Herbert Donald

Object ID: 2012-009-746

State: OH

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Private, Company A 1908

Wright, Harry T.

Object ID: 2012-009-745

State: OH

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1888

Wright, Harry Emery

Object ID: 2012-009-744

State: IL

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Band (Baritone) 1900

Wright, Ernest F.

Object ID: 2012-009-743

State: MI

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Entered academy on September 18, 1879; Died October 23, 1879

Wright, E. M.

Object ID: 2012-009-742

State: IN

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1883

Worrell, Rufus Isaac

Object ID: 2012-009-741

State: OH

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1905

Wormser, Milton David

Object ID: 2012-009-740

State: IL

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1895

Worden, Alva J.

Object ID: 2012-009-739

State: MI

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Lieutenant 1880

Woodward, Warren Crooke

Object ID: 2012-009-738

State: IL

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1905

Woodward, George D.

Object ID: 2012-009-737

State: MO

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1880, 1881

Woodward, Charles E.

Object ID: 2012-009-736

State: IN

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1883

Woodruff, William S.

Object ID: 2012-009-735

State: MI

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Band (Principal Musician, Solo Coronet) 1900; Lieutenant, Porto Rico Regiment in 1905

Woodrow, William Miner

Object ID: 2012-009-734

State: OH

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1st Lieutenant, Company C 1892; Senior Class Orator 1892; Yearbook Editor 1892; Tennis Association 1892; Manager, Chillicothe Ice Co. in 1905

Woodman, Lucius H.

Object ID: 2012-009-733

State: MI

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1888

Woodard, S. M.

Object ID: 2012-009-732

State: MO

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Corporal, Company C 1885

Wood, Warren D.

Object ID: 2012-009-731

State: CF

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1903

Wood, Thomas John

Object ID: 2012-009-730

State: OH

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Wood, Arthur Grant

Object ID: 2012-009-729

State: MI

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1st Sergeant, Company C 1903; President of MMA Alumni Association

Wohlgemuth, Albert Joseph

Object ID: 2012-009-728

State: OH

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Sergeant, Company B 1905; Portrayed Mrs. Captain Phobbs in the play, Lend Me Five Shillings on May 14, 1904

Withnell, Frank R.

Object ID: 2012-009-727

State: NE

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1887

Withington, Robert F.

Object ID: 2012-009-726

State: NY

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Corporal 1883

Withington, Philip Herbery

Object ID: 2012-009-725

State: MI

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Corporal, Company B 1887; Quartermaster-Sergeant 1888; Treas. of the Withington & Cooley Manufacturing Co. in 1905

Withey, Francis H. (Or Whithey)

Object ID: 2012-009-724

State: MI

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Student, University of Michigan in 1905

Wisney, George Martin

Object ID: 2012-009-723

State: MI

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1878

Wing, Jefferson L.

Object ID: 2012-009-722

State: MI

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1880

Windsor, James Raymond

Object ID: 2012-009-721

State: IA

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Sergeant, Company A 1895

Winans, Edwin Baruch

Object ID: 2012-009-720

State: MI

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Band (Triangle) 1884; Sergeant, Company A 1885; Captain, Company C 1886; Captain, Company A 1887; Professor, Military Science and Tactics 1897 to 98. Son of Michigan Governor Edwin Winans, commanded a brigade in France in World War I and was superintendent of West Point from 1927 to 1928.

Wilson, Ralph J.

Object ID: 2012-009-719

State: IL

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1903

Wilson, Hobart Augustin

Object ID: 2012-009-718

State: CO

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Corporal, Company B 1908

Wilson, H.C.

Object ID: 2012-009-717

State: MI

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Company B 1892

Wilsey, William J.

Object ID: 2012-009-716

State: MI

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Absent without leave since April 13, 1880

Williams, Wood

Object ID: 2012-009-715

State: MA

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Football 1905; Point, Hockey 1905

Williams, W. W.

Object ID: 2012-009-714

State: MI

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1883

Williams, Theodore

Object ID: 2012-009-713

State: MI

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1881

Williams, Silas Adams

Object ID: 2012-009-712

State: OH

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Left Guard, Football 1905; Band (Drum Major) 1905

Williams, Roger

Object ID: 2012-009-711

State: MI

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1881

Williams, Paul Thorp

Object ID: 2012-009-710

State: IL

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Corporal, Company D 1900

Williams, Albert Chadwick

Object ID: 2012-009-709

State: IL

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1895; Corporal, Company B 1897

Willcox, Charles Mcallister

Object ID: 2012-009-708

State: CO

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1888, 1889; With Daniels & Fisher in 1905

Willard, J. Milton

Object ID: 2012-009-707

State: NY

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Resigned October 24, 1879

Wilkinson, Thomas L.

Object ID: 2012-009-706

State: IA

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Consulting Mechanical Engineer in Denver Colorado in 1905

Wilkes, Harold Theodore

Object ID: 2012-009-705

State: IN

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Private, Company A 1908

Wiley, Henry G.

Object ID: 2012-009-704

State: MI

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1st Sergeant 1883; Williams Transportation Co.in 1905

Wiley, Charles D.

Object ID: 2012-009-703

State: MI

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Wilbur, J.W.

Object ID: 2012-009-702

State: MI

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Corporal, Company A 1892

Widoe, Frank

Object ID: 2012-009-701

State: MI

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Expelled 1885

Wicker, Charles G., Jr.

Object ID: 2012-009-700

State: IL

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1886, 1887

Wiant, Roy Elson

Object ID: 2012-009-699

State: OH

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Delivered class oration at graduation ceremonies 1905; Editor-in-Chief of the March 1906 edition of The Adjutant

Whittemore, Wright Nelson

Object ID: 2012-009-698

State: MI

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Sergeant, Company D 1905; Left End, Football 1905

Whiting, Edwin Walker

Object ID: 2012-009-697

State: IL

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1895

Whithington, Phillip H.

Object ID: 2012-009-696

State: MI

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1st Lieutenant, Company A 1890

Whitham, Glenn Howard

Object ID: 2012-009-695

State: IL

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1900

Whitemore, J. Henry

Object ID: 2012-009-694

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Whitehead, Raymond

Object ID: 2012-009-693

State: MI

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1890

Whitehead, Jesse

Object ID: 2012-009-692

State: IL

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2nd Lieutenant, Company B 1903

White, Paul W.

Object ID: 2012-009-691

State: IL

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1902

White, O. C.

Object ID: 2012-009-690

State: IL

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1st Sergeant, Company A 1885; Band (Bass Drum) 1885

White, John B.

Object ID: 2012-009-689

State: WA

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1903

White, Ansley Deforest, Jr.

Object ID: 2012-009-688

State: NY

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1905

Whitcombe, Elias Keyes

Object ID: 2012-009-687

State: IL

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1895

Whitaker, Orlo Cahill

Object ID: 2012-009-686

State: IA

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1st Sergeant, Company A 1895