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    Maple Grove Friendship Club on the Old Mission Peninsula; Back row, left to right: Georgia Holman, Laurie Holman, Melissa Warren, Lorrie Warren, JJ Warren, Stirling Saur, Wendy Witthoeft; middle row: Wendy Warren, Nancy Heller, RuthAnn Leppala, Melissa Bullard, Barbara Overdier, Jolene Barclay, Lucy Witthoeft; front row: Debbie Andregg, Doris Young, Ella Boone, Kalynn Boone | Jane Boursaw Photo
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    Maple Grove Friendship Club Celebrates 50 Years of Mother-Daughter Dinners –...

    Jane Louise Boursaw - 2
    The Chestnut Crew
    Old Mission Stories

    A Chestnut Story: Saving an American Icon on the OMP

    Tom Dalluge - 6
    Brothers Avery and Emerson with models of the Edmund Fitzgerald; Edmund Fitzgerald Memorial; Nov. 10, 2025 | Shelley Cowan Photo
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    Thousands Gather in Paradise for 50th Anniversary of Edmund Fitzgerald Sinking

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    Sarah Lane, Mission Point Lighthouse Keeper
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    Honoring Sarah Lane: Mission Point Lighthouse Keeper Finally Receives a Grave...

    Jane Louise Boursaw - 6
    Dougherty Mission House Board: (l to r) Tom Dalluge, Director; Sharron Zimmerman, Treasurer; Barb Hansen, Secretary; David Taylor, Vice President; Teri Hedrich, Director; Chris Rieser, President | Dougherty Photo
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    Dougherty House News: A Special Anniversary (You’re Invited!), A Cool Garden...

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    Burton F. Pheatt, Old Mission veteran, flight training in the 1940s | Pheatt Photo
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    Old Mission Veteran Burton F. Pheatt Turns 100 Years Old

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    Vintage OMPS Photos: That Rope in the School Gym | OMPS Photo
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    Vintage OMPS Photos: That Rope in the School Gym

    Jane Louise Boursaw - 1
    Chum Reay's Truck Door after Tim Boursaw found it in the woods
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    Celebration of Life Planned for Marty Reay

    Jane Louise Boursaw - 1
    Rosa Dohm and the Wunsch Family - Grand Marshals of National Cherry Festival Parades
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    Old Mission Farm Family Carries On Cherry Royalty Tradition at National...

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    Hessler Log Home near Mission Point Lighthouse on the Old Mission Peninsula; Harvesting History | Jane Boursaw Photo
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    Log Cabin Day Celebration Planned for Old Mission Peninsula

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    Library Volunteer Mary Johnson at the Circulation Desk; Peninsula Community Library on the Old Mission Peninsula, 1960s | Bob Panter Collection
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    Library Millage 101 and Some PCL History – Including My Mom!

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    Farm Stands open for the season on the Old Mission Peninsula; Old Mission Flowers, Warren Orchards, Local Yokels | Jane Boursaw Photo
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    Old Mission Farm Stands Open for the Season – Local Yokels,...

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    Brit Eaton holds a photo of the infamous sailboat that flipped over in West Bay on one stormy day in 1964 | Jane Boursaw Photo
    Old Mission Stories

    Old Mission Stories: A Neahtawanta Sailboat, a Storm Over West Bay,...

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    Carlene Hilt, Vi Solomonson and Mary Johnson (Ginny Dohm Coulter in the background) at a September 2016 Old Mission Women's Club meeting | Jane Boursaw Photo
    Obituary

    Remembering Six Residents of the Old Mission Peninsula

    Jane Louise Boursaw - 3
    Vintage photos of Old Mission Peninsula School: A serious game of chess in the cafeteria, 1960s | OMPS Vintage Photos, Old Mission Gazette
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    OMPS Vintage Photos: A Serious Game of Chess in the Cafeteria

    Jane Louise Boursaw - 3
    Johnson Family Portrait taken by Bud Moyer, 1968 | Jane Boursaw Photo
    Jane's World

    The Clutter Files: A 1960s Johnson Family Portrait by Bud Moyer

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    Old Mission Mystery: Where is this farm on the Old Mission Peninsula? | Photo courtesy of Mary Morgan, Local History Room, Peninsula Community Library
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    Old Mission Mystery: Where Is This Farm?

    Jane Louise Boursaw - 2
    Old Mission, MI: Tim Boursaw transfers Chum Reay's Truck Door to Marty Reay
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    Remembering Marty Reay

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    Robert C. Tompkins honored at the Garland-Tompkins American Legion Post 399 in Old Mission, Michigan
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    Old Mission History: Robert C. Tompkins, Killed in USS Mount Hood...

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    Old Mission Peninsula School, Talent Show 1969 | OMPS Vintage Photos, Old Mission Gazette
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    OMPS Vintage Photos: Talent Show 1969

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