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Defense Council named; preparing for wartime

Defense Council named; preparing for wartime

The following is an excerpt from the Leelanau Enterprise which appeared in the weeks following Pearl Harbor. Governor Murray Van Wagoner, as head of all defense activities in Michigan has appointed the following persons to the defense council in Leelanau County: Robert E. 05/22/2024 04:45 PM

The first of Omena Presbyterian Church service is Sunday. Enterprise file photo

Worshiping in ‘God’s Country’

Leelanau has long been a place of grounding for residents and visitors to “God’s Country.” Omena Presbyterian Church (OPC) is among the oldest churches in the county and was born in the hearts of eight people who gathered in the log schoolhouse at Old Mission with missionary Rev. Peter Dougherty. 05/22/2024 04:45 PM

Book signing event Sunday

Book signing event Sunday

A book signing event will take place Sunday, May 26, honoring Ruth Ann (Fleis) Smith. She is the author of “Faith, Family & Music — 150 years of History and Tales of The Ed & Irene (Lamie) Fleis Family in Leelanau County.” The event, scheduled from noon to 4 p.m. 05/22/2024 04:45 PM

Summer music festival at Holy Rosary, Cedar

Summer music festival at Holy Rosary, Cedar

Holy Rosary Church has announced the lineup for the Leelanau Summer Music Festival (LSMF) which begins June 27. The Votapek Family will perform at the first event. 05/22/2024 04:45 PM

Brian and Theresa Cole of Interlochen, pictured here, brought their torch red 1998 Chevrolet Corvette to the 2023 show, placing in the windshield a framed picture of Brian’s brother, Scott, who was killed in 2001 while serving in the U.S. Army. In honor of Memorial Day, Brian said displayi...

Leelanau auto show celebrates 27 years

Leelanau County’s longest running auto show is back this Saturday at Haserot Park and celebrating its 27th anniversary in the village of Northport. Cars in the Park started in 1998, attracting car enthusiasts and spectators alike year after year. 05/22/2024 04:45 PM

Some members from two generations of the DeKorne family stand together for a family photo at Inspiration Point on Glen Lake. Second from the left is Casey DeKorne, who worked alongside his brother Lewis to develop their father Boudewijn’s wood carving business into DeKorne Furniture Compan...

DeKorne family marks 100 years on Glen Lake

Boudewijn DeKorne, a Dutch immigrant living in Grand Rapids, bought an old farmhouse near Glen Lake in 1924 as a getaway for his wife Kate and 11 children. According to family lore, he remarked, “I’m going to give this to my family. Maybe it’ll keep the family together.” 05/22/2024 04:45 PM

Trillium are among the many varieties of plants available at the Leelanau Conservancy “rescued” plant sale. Enterprise file photo

Plant sale this weekend

The Leelanau Conservancy’s annual Plant Sale on the Village Green in Leland is on for Memorial Day weekend. The sale features native ferns, trillium and more, “rescued” from properties are under construction, among others. 05/22/2024 04:45 PM

Boys to report Monday for induction

Boys to report Monday for induction

The following telegram was received by Local Board No. l, Leelanau County, this morning: “Notify 10 registrants to report for pre-induction examination at Kalamazoo December 23. Leave Suttons Bay December 22. Official call will be in your hands December 19.” 05/22/2024 04:45 PM

In service of 'Uncle Sam' our boys! Where they are

In service of 'Uncle Sam' our boys! Where they are

So that friends may know where Leelanau county boys in the service of “Uncle Sam” are located, we are able to print the following addresses this week: • Private Archie L. Eitzen, Hq. 05/22/2024 04:45 PM

RESOLUTION!

Lake Leelanau, Michigan December 21, 1941. Whereas, Glenn Bork Kirt, the son of Charles F. and Minna Bork Kirt, has always been known to us as an upright young man of good Christian principles; a graduate of St. Mary’s School, active in its affairs’; and dear to the people of this village; And whereas, he made the supreme sacrifice to help save Democracy and to protect and defend our country; And whereas, the members of St. Mary’s Parish, Lake Leelanau, Michigan, are deeply grieved and shocked to hear of his untimely passing; Therefore be it resolved, that we, the members of the National Council of Catholic Women of St. Mary’s Parish, Lake Leelanau, hereby offer our heartfelt sympathy and understanding to the bereaved family of Glenn Bork Kirt. 05/22/2024 04:45 PM

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Honoring Leonard Kropp

One of the area’s last World War II veterans, Leonard Kropp, passed away earlier this month at the age of 100. Kropp is the father of Kathy Kalchik and father-in-law of Steve Kalchik, Gill’s Pier. 05/22/2024 04:45 PM

GLEN KIRT

Leelanau’s Forgotten Dozen

More than 8,300 Americans lie in an American cemetery in Maastricht, Holland. Each one has been adopted by a Dutch family who tends his grave and keeps his memory alive to this day. 05/22/2024 04:45 PM

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