From The Inside Out

A column called "From The Inside Out" appeared in the weekly Rochester (Mich.) Clarion during the 1960's. Here are some of those columns which provide a sometimes light-hearted look at events during that period of Rochester's history and the life of the editor himself.

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Last Coal Yard Extinguished

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May 1966   Warren Diselrod’s retirement marks the end of an era in Rochester. As owner of Gebert Coal Company on Diversion Street, Warren...
Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Reposessing A Vet Memorial?

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May 1966   When the shroud is pulled away Monday from the new veterans memorial at the Rochester Village Civic Center, the audience might b...

Our Orchestra In Spotlight Too

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June 1966    While Detroit’s 100-piece symphony at the Meadow Brook Music Festival may hold the main spotlight in this area, Rochester has...

Ready For Big Birthday Bash?

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June 1966   Many of you weren’t likely around here 31 years ago— June 13 to 16, 1935 to be exact— when Avon Township celebrated its Centen...

Studebaker Dealer Ponders Future

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June 1966   Dale Davis admittedly isn’t a young man anymore, but he isn’t ready to give up yet, even though the Studebaker Corporation did....

Meadow Brook Music Festival Keeps On A-growing

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June 1966   Jim Hicks seems to become grayer each year. It’s no wonder. As manager of the Meadow Brook Music Festival, he worries about suc...

Life In The Emergency Ward

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August 1966   It’s an unpardonable sin for those in the business of producing a weekly newspaper to take sick or die on Mondays, Tuesdays ...

A Community House Ahead?

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August 1966    How about a community house for Rochester?   As a result of some recent exchange of letters, a local organization is thinkin...

The Man Behind Greenfield Village

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July 1966   The most appropriate way to celebrate Independence Day is to visit the Cradle of Liberty, Independence Hall in Philadelphia. B...

Steam Locomotive Begs Rochester Firemen For a Drink

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September 1966   What happens these days if a steam locomotive needs water? There’s not a standpipe left along any railroads around here ...

Stalag Prisoners Reunited

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September 1966   “Stalag 17” — the stage drama that was turned into pure comedy for a TV series, wasn’t too funny for those imprisoned in...

Yugoslavia Native Reports On Visit to "The Old Country" After 16 Years

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Josip Broz Tito Marshal of Yugoslavia 1943-80 September 1966   Sixteen years ago, Nikolai Onischenko and his wife, Stana, arrived in R...

No Prescriptions For School Lunches

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September 1966   Pharmacist Tom Hunter of Hunter Drugs wishes to announce that he does NOT plan the school lunch menus, nor does he ever ...

Thirsty Locomotive Draws Crowd

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September 1966   It wasn’t too many years ago that a person would not even turn around to see a steam locomotive pulling through town. The...
Monday, January 17, 2011

If You Can Walk, Join The Crowd

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September 1966   Mrs. Viola Coltson of Avon Road would like to start a new club. But she hardly expects a stampede of folks to sign up. Sh...

What About 'That Other College'

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Dr. Otis Gatewood First MCC president November 1966   Some people refer to it as “that other college.” Some just say, “that college up...

Theatre On Oakland U. Horizon

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 D. B "Woody" Varner OU's First Chancellor November 1966   It was three years ago next February that the Detroit pre...

Santa's Big Parade Marches On

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December 1966   Saturday’s big Santa Claus Parade proved to be a huge success with the druggists and their cold remedies reaping the bigge...
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