Mark Fedder

Manistee Public Schools gave a special reception and dinner honoring nine retiring employees who had a combined 195 years of services with the school in 1986.

In 1986 photo shows Kirt Klingenberg, Mike Owens, Mike Clements and Dirk Barr, of the Manistee High School boys track team. They were honored with awards at a ceremony.

Cherry growers in the area who have been using DDT as a tree spray were advised to discontinue use of the chemical, 80 years ago.

A new sign welcoming visitors was added to Bear Lake in June 1986.

A fisherman escaped drowning at the First Street Beach pier when he was washed off the breakwater by heavy waves 80 years ago.

Wannabee in Manistee T-shirts were adopted as the official Manistee National Forest Festival shirts for 1986. Part of the money paid stipends for two chamber and economic development interns.

Amy Bauman and Laura Senters were the Manistee Teachers Association scholarship recipients in 1986.

Twenty years ago, Manistee resident Dominic Naffie, who has played Teyve, the Russian figure for over four decades, was set lead a cast in the opening at the Ramsdell Theatre.

Columnist: I recently came across an article which makes mention of some of the houses that were being constructed on Fourth Street in 1909.

On Flag Day, the Ninth District of the American Legion and Auxiliary Department of Michigan held quarterly meetings and a flag-burning ceremony in 1986.