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Celebrating 100 Years: Camp Rotary & A Saginaw Connection
The Rotary Club of Saginaw has been an agent of improvement for the community for well over 100 years. Started around 1910, the club was...
kellison71
3 days ago3 min read
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What to Serve at a Groundbreaking
Audra Francis was a groundbreaker. She was Saginaw’s first female city council member, and she became the first woman to serve as the...
kellison71
May 114 min read
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An Inside View on Outdoor Education in Saginaw County
Hidden in the woods along Beaver Road in St. Charles, lies a unique educational center founded on the principles of nature, survival, and...
kellison71
Apr 293 min read
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Pauline Sikorski Nowaczyk’s Prize-Winning Cottage Cheese Cake
The focus of a September 28, 1935, Saginaw News weekly recipe contest was cake. The news reported: “Cakes! Cakes! Cakes! Hundreds of...
kellison71
Apr 274 min read
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The Legend of the Easter Lamb Cake--A Saginaw Perspective
For the past several Easter holidays, we’ve noticed a plethora of Easter lamb cakes prancing across the Internet—mostly in the form of...
kellison71
Apr 206 min read
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A Sibling of Pauline Mershon
A president of Saginaw’s YWCA, dedicated to St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Pauline Mershon was a community leader. A few years ago,...
kellison71
Apr 113 min read
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West Bank Ltd -The Many Acts of the Commercial National Bank Building
“You can bank on Nice Dining at Saginaw’s Newest restaurant, according to its owners.” - The Saginaw News , August 3, 1980. Interior...
kellison71
Apr 13 min read
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Yet Another Saginaw – Saginaw Texas
This week, we are taking a road trip to another of our namesakes, the city of Saginaw, Texas. For guidance on how the city received its...
kellison71
Mar 304 min read
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Another Saginaw: Cornelia Campbell Begle’s Thousand Island Dressing
Cornelia Campbell Begle was born in Detroit. Ned G. Begle was born in Saginaw and attended college at the University of Michigan. By the...
kellison71
Mar 234 min read
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