Above, left, Just looking back a few years, this is a photo of the Sacred Heart girls’ uniforms in Munising when Sacred Heart closed its doors in June 1970. A school with eight grades, we used to have eight Dominican nuns from downstate Adrian and slowly, the nuns were reassigned to the cities so we were left with lay teachers. Fortunately, the school building was saved for senior citizen housing. Of course, many of the students hated these uniforms. However, parents loved them as they eliminated the question each day of, “What shall I wear?” (Photo courtesy of Mary Jayne Hallifax)

The two important buildings at Grand Island was Hotel Williams with the annex which still stands and is privately owned. The Island Hotel was a pretty classy place in its day and believe me, it was truly a treat (you dressed up) to take the little boat across the water to the hotel. It was operated by several folks in its years, however, I remember the Everettes mostly, Charlie and Almed, as they were a great host and hostess. The island will always be a special place in the area. However, in the spring, be sure to have your mosquito repellant with you. (Photo courtesy of Mary Jayne Hallifax)

I do not remember which year this was. However, it was a truly big occasion for this group which had just successfully brought an old historical cabin to the mainland from Grand Island. At first, it was placed near the courthouse in Munising and then removed to Washington Street. All local residents, they put a lot of work into this. Just some of the names, one of the Powells, Mr. Mitchell, Mr. Simonin, Kolbus, John to be and son and no doubt others. They were pretty pleased with themselves as they should have been. (Photo courtesy of Mary Jayne Hallifax)