Alumni Update: Letter to 2018 graduates from Mara Bragg, Class of 1993
submitted by Susan Fielder, MHS Alumni Association Dear MHS Class of 2018, Congratulations! Graduation is almost here! Can you believe it?! Whether you’re counting the days until your diploma, or wishing high school would never end, you’ll all walk across that stage and become graduates of Manchester High School. Exactly 25 years ago, that was me. And […]
Obituary: Mildred Myra Huehl
Mildred Myra Huehl, age 91, passed away peacefully in her home in Chelsea on Thursday, May 24, 2018. She was born August 5, 1926 in Manchester, Michigan to Clyde and Hazel (Barnes) Gieske. Mildred graduated from Manchester High School as Valedictorian and attended Ypsilanti Normal College (EMU) obtaining a teaching certificate. She taught school in […]
Meet Gary Puhl, Riverside Intermediate School’s new principal!
Multiple building configuration changes have happened recently in the Manchester Community School District. This school year the Manchester Middle School building sat empty for a year as 5th & 6th graders were incorporated into Klager elementary. Seventh and eighth graders were incorporated into the High School building, which was renamed the Manchester Middle and High School. Changes […]
American Legion Auxiliary’s Miss Poppy 2018
Manchester’s American Legion Auxiliary Unit #117 is pleased to introduce Miss Poppy: seven-year-old Zippy Schiel, daughter of James and Rebekkah Pratt Schiel, is eligible for membership in the Junior Auxiliary through the service of her grandfather, Charles Schiel, who is a Vietnam Veteran. Zippy is homeschooled and in the second grade. She was giving out […]
Obituary: Larry V. Gonyer
Age 82, died unexpectedly Friday, May 4, 2018 at his home. He was born September 9, 1935 in Erie Township, Monroe, Michigan, the son of Raphael “Ray” & Mary Louise (Browne) Gonyer. Larry graduated from Manchester High School in 1954. He joined the Marines in 1954-1956. Larry worked for the Ford dealership in Manchester for […]
Obituary: Glenn Lehr
His Legacy… Glenn Carlton Lehr, Age 83, passed away April 5, 2018. He was born on April 16, 1934, in Grand Rapids, Michigan to Glenn and Nella (Van Ian Waarden) Lehr. Glenn married the love of his life, Maria Rhodes, on January 25, 1959 at his father’s home in Pleasant Lake, Michigan. Glenn served honorably […]
Madelyn Hamilton honored by FSU College of Engineering Technology
Madelyn Hamilton, a 2015 graduate of Manchester High School has been named Ferris State University College of Engineering Technology’s Outstanding Student for the Automotive Management Program for 2017-2018. She has also received a General Motors WRN $5,000 scholarship for the third year. She stated, “I am one step closer to graduating and starting my internship with […]
6 Manchester Middle School Students earn superior first division at solo & ensemble festival
On Saturday, April 14th, six students from the Manchester 7th and 8th grade band participated in the annual solo and ensemble festival at Jonesville High School. All six students earned superior first division ratings for their solos. Those students are Logan Kippnick – 7th Grade Trumpet, Sadie White – 8th Grade Viola, Mya Enzer – […]
Natalie Horning receives scholarship
Natalie Horning of Manchester was chosen as the 2017-18 recipient of the Donald and Valera Murray Endowed Scholarship. The $4,000 scholarship is named in honor of Donald Murray, a former Michigan State University Extension (MSUE) dairy specialist, and his wife, Valera. Horning, daughter of Jeff and Lynda Horning, is a senior at Michigan State studying […]
