EVENTS AROUND GRATTAN CENTRE'
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Open Table is hosted weekly by First Congregational Church of Lowell. Lowell's Open Table feeds the mind, body and spirit with food, companionship and community by providing weekly dinners at no cost each Thursday evening to anyone & everyone coming through our doors. Please consider volunteering with others in prepping food, preparing food, serving or helping with clean up. Consider one or two times a month for two-to-three hours. Click here to sign up. These are some of the quotes we've heard from Lowell families that come for dinner: "I love coming here; otherwise I would just be home alone." "I never had a bad meal, but I do have trouble saving room for dessert!" "I just wanted a chance to help, and I like the company!" "I love taking my friends & family out for dinner in Lowell."
Grattan Township Recycling Now Available
Name of the event:
Annual Night-time Santa Parade
"Songs of Christmas"
Date: Saturday, December 1st
Time: 6:000 pm
Location: Historic Downtown Lowell
Just a note that we now have a recycling bin at the Township Hall
It is a 30 yard blue recycling bin
You can place unsorted plastic, metal and glass in this bin,
as well as cardboard (no magazines or paper).
Additional details on the allowed items
can be found posted on the recycle bin
Paper and Magazines to be place in the Paper Trailer next to the recycle bin
Please observe and follow the instructions clearly posted on the bin describing what is recyclable
Do not bring old tires, mattresses, toxic or flammable materials and other items that bear no resemblance to recyclables.
This service for Grattan Township residents ONLY
FERTILIZER ORDINANCE
REMINDER
If you live near a lake please remember our fertilizer ordinance prohibiting
the use of phosphorus
Check the Grattan Township web site “Ordinance” page for complete information
Gold Star License Plate Legislation
New plates, which honor fallen heroes & their families
Secretary of State Ruth Johnson looked on as Gov. Rick Snyder signed legislation
that will allow the sale of
Gold Star license plates to the families
of military personnel killed while serving on active duty.
GRATTAN TOWNSHIP TROOPS
Please remember all the military personnel in service to our country from Grattan area
whether they are serving here at home or abroad
 United States Air Force Cassidy Brummel Welcome Home |
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Sgt Matthew Schafer |
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U.S. Air Force |
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United States Marine Reserve
Cpt. Thomas Aquinas Albert
United States Army
Adam Hamilton
If you have a Veteran from
Grattan Township
or know of one, we would like to
honor him/her on
our cable and web page
email me at
grattanweb@comcast.net
Veterans Memorial
Grattan Center Cemetery, Old Belding Road
Grattan
KENT COUNTY SHERIFF ON-LINE REPORTING SERVICE
loss value of less than $1000
Destruction of Property
Larceny from an Auto
Lost Property
Misdemeanor
Theft
Vandalism
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The Creation of "Taps": A Soldier's Good Night
Play taps
Since Its Creation during the Civil War, Taps Has Been Used to Signal the End of Day at
Military Camps and to Pay Tribute to Those Brave Souls Who Have Gone to Their Final Rest
Day is done. Gone the sun. From the Lakes.
From the hills. From the sky.
All is well safely rest. God is nigh.
Fading light. Dims the sight And a star Gems the sky.
Gleaming bright. From afar. Drawing nigh. Falls the night.
Thanks and praise. For our days.
Neath the sun. Neath the stars. Neath the sky.
As we go. This we know. God is nigh
REMEMBER THOSE LOST OR HARMED WHILE SERVING THEIR COUNTRY
GRATTAN TOWNSHIP VETERANS
CIVIL WAR 
ROLL CALL
James Cowan
William M. Francisco
James Heffran
Harvey Johnson
William Slayton
Abraham Wolfe
WORLD WAR I
Henry Detmers
William Hugh Cavanaugh
WORLD WAR II
John C. Loughlin
James Read
William Read
Robert H. Howard
Alfred Roberts
VIETNAM
Randall Craig VanHaitsma
James J. Heether II
AFGHANISTAN
Jason Thomas Plite - killed while on a rescue mission
CIVIL WAR
25th Michigan Infantry
COMPANY B
NAME |
Captain Samuel L. Demarest, Otisco |
1st. Lieutenant Frank R. Chase, Otisco |
2nd Lieutenant Asa W. Slayton, Grattan |
ENLISTED MEN
NAME |
HOME |
AGE |
Abby, Maolon |
Grattan |
19 |
Aldrich, Silas |
Grattan |
31 |
Andrews, James H. |
Grattan |
21 |
Antcliff, Frank C. |
Otisco |
25 |
Antcliff, Joseph |
Otisco |
24 |
Baker, Jonathan C. |
Otisco |
30 |
Barnard, Oved W. |
Grattan |
18 |
Bennett, George C. |
Otisco |
28 |
Bentley, Hallett G. |
Otisco |
30 |
Bentley, Judson C. |
Ionia |
25 |
Benton, Charles M. |
Otisco |
37 |
Benton, George |
Otisco |
26 |
Berry, Edgar L. |
Orleans |
18 |
Berry, Edwin R. |
Otisco |
23 |
Berry, Joseph |
Oakfield |
44 |
Berry, Leander |
Orleans |
30 |
Blanchard, Edwin W. |
Otisco |
24 |
Blatt, Joseph |
Otisco |
35 |
Brook, Phineas M. |
Oakfield |
20 |
Buck, Moses H. -or- |
Oakfield |
32 |
Black, Moses |
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Burras, Levi |
Grattan |
18 |
Capen, William L. |
Otisco |
21 |
Choate, David -or- |
Otisco |
22 |
Choate, William D. |
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Choate, Washington -or- |
Otisco |
20 |
Choate, George W. |
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Cooper, George W. |
Grattan |
18 |
Cooper, Solomon N. |
Grattan |
26 |
Currier, William H. |
Keene |
21 |
Cutler, Henry A. |
Grattan |
22 |
Davis, James R. |
Otisco |
21 |
Day, Oscar A. |
Otisco |
20 |
Demoray, William |
Otisco |
19 |
Dibble, Azra E. |
Otisco |
21 |
Dumon, Frank |
Otisco |
20 |
Eldridge, Myron A. |
Otisco |
27 |
Fish, Lagee M. |
Otisco |
25 |
Fish, Sanford |
Otisco |
23 |
Ford, Jacob A. |
Grattan |
29 |
Ford, Oren |
Grattan |
24 |
Francisco, William M. |
Grattan |
19 |
Green, Mortimer L. |
Otisco |
26 |
Haight, Charles W. |
Ionia |
23 |
Haight, Frederick G. |
Otisco |
24 |
Hanks, George A. |
Otisco |
19 |
Hart, Charles |
Keene |
24 |
Hart, George |
Otisco |
23 |
Hauser, George -or- |
Otisco |
31 |
Houser, George |
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Helmer, Henry -or- |
Grattan |
18 |
Helmes, Henry |
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Hill, Henry |
Otisco |
24 |
Houghton, Warren F. |
Keene |
21 |
Howe, Zadock S. |
Otisco |
25 |
Ingalls, John P. |
Otisco |
25 |
Jackenay, Ammi |
Grattan |
19 |
Joles, Hiram H. |
Otisco |
31 |
Joslin, Americ |
Otisco |
23 |
Kimmell, Edwin F. |
Berrien Springs |
24 |
King, Marshall |
Orleans |
19 |
Knee, Wesley H. |
Otisco |
25 |
Lovell, Isaac J. |
Keene |
25 |
Lowndes, Frederick |
Otisco |
29 |
McLain, Edward |
Otisco |
31 |
Moe, Albert C. |
Otisco |
20 |
Moe, Irving W. |
Otisco |
18 |
Moon, Seth M. |
Otisco |
32 |
More, Harmon -or- |
Keene |
22 |
Moe, Harmon |
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Murray, Thomas |
Otisco |
19 |
Murray, William J. |
Otisco |
19 |
Newton, Henry |
Grattan |
27 |
Northway, Anson H. |
Otisco |
24 |
Northway, Dura |
Otisco |
27 |
Pond, Warren |
Oakfield |
18 |
Porter, Alvin D. |
Grattan |
18 |
Purdy, Elijah |
Grattan |
28 |
Purdy, George W. |
Otisco |
23 |
Randall, David J. |
Oakfield |
20 |
Rennells, Joel Jr |
Grattan |
28 |
Rich, Nelson B. |
Oakfield |
18 |
Richard, William H. |
Otisco |
35 |
Ring, Armon J. |
Otisco |
21 |
Sage, James A. |
Otisco |
26 |
Slayton, Charles W. |
Grattan |
20 |
Slayton, Chester M. |
Grattan |
27 |
Slayton, William J. |
Grattan |
18 |
Smith, Newton N. |
Otisco |
19 |
Thornton, George D. |
Otisco |
20 |
Van Houten, Thunis J. |
Otisco |
19 |
Watson, Thomas |
Oakfield |
18 |
White, George W. |
Vergennes |
18 |
White, John R. |
Grattan |
30 |
William, George E. |
Otisco |
21 |
Winchell, Calvin |
Otisco |
31 |
Wood, William H. |
Grattan |
19 |
Wright, John A. |
Otisco |
18 |
21st Michigan Infantry
COMPANY H
OFFICERS |
|
NAME |
AGE |
Captain Chase, Seymour Cannonsburg |
39 |
1st. Lieutenant Bishop, Loomis K. Cannonsburg |
25 |
2nd Lieutenant Robinson, Robert B. Grand Rapids |
26 |
ENLISTED MEN |
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NAME |
AGE |
Burgess, Cyrus M. Cannonsburg |
29 |
Chapin, Theodore, N. Grattan |
33 |
Chase, James S. Cannonsburg |
18 |
Chigwin, Edward Cannonsburg |
18 |
Collins, George Cannonsburg |
18 |
Douglass, Robert Grattan Center |
39 |
Gilman, Charles B. Cannonsburg |
22 |
Hartwell, Francis J. Cannonsburg |
30 |
Heffron, James Cannonsburg |
56 |
Johnson, Guy Cannonsburg |
21 |
Johnson, Orlin -or- Cannonsburg |
31 |
Johnson, Ortin
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Kromer, Russell Cannonsburg |
29 |
Murphy, Michael Cannonsburg |
20 |
Sage, David B. Cannonsburg |
24 |
Scranton, Albert H. Grattan |
16 |
Terry, Martin Cannonsburg |
28 |
Thomas, James L. Cannonsburg |
19 |
Thomas, John M. Cannonsburg |
27 |
Thomas, William H. Cannonsburg |
20 |
Above Civil War information from "Michigan in the Civil War"