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SECRETARY — Jon Homan (989) 295-1119
TREASURER — Todd Hart (989) 860-8843
DINNER CHAIRMAN — Mike Espinoza (989) 980-3229
MEMBERSHIP CHAIRMAN — Scott Hare (989) 737-3226
MEMBER AT LARGE — Joe Rau (989) 714-3795
MEMBER AT LARGE — Bill Flynn (989) 252-4060
— Upcoming Board Meetings —
February 10th and 24th @ 5:30 pm
American Legion Post #439
View from The Fordney Hotel
looking North on Hamilton Street
Joseph W. Fordney Elected to Congress!
In November 1898, Fordney defeated incumbent
Democrat Ferdinand Brucker to be elected as a
Republican from Michigan’s 8th congressional
district to the 56th United States Congress. He
was subsequently re-elected to the eleven
succeeding Congresses. Serving from March 4,
1899 to March 3, 1923. Fordney served as the
chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in
the Department of Navy in the 59th Congress;
and the Committee of Ways and Means in the 66th
and 67th Congresses. He co-sponsored the 1922
Fordney–McCumber Tariff. He was also a
delegate
to
the
Republican
National
Conventions in 1908, 1924, and 1928.
The Ippel Brothers
The J.W. Ippel Co.
Founding Members
Photo
of
the
Month
This view depicts the opening on Ippel’s
Annex in 1910. In 1905, Julius Ippel’s dry
goods business moved into the building
constructed by lumber baron Thomas
Merrill on the corner of Court and
Michigan. The dry goods store had wooden
floors and overhead tracks that ran sales
receipts and money to the office and
returned with change. The system was
replaced with pneumatic tubes in 1948. The
brothers inherited the dry goods business
from their father after his death in 1922.
They had just returned from service in the
armed forces during WW1. The building
was destroyed by fire on January 29, 2002.
— Reminder! —
When planning for your estate arrangements, please consider placing the Fordney Club
in your trust, will, or estate plan. Also please consider memorials to the Fordney Club.
February Birthdays
History Flashback
Jim Boardman
1st
Richard Crannell
23rd
Jim Wineman
1st
William Klopf
23rd
Crail Oatten
1st
Robert Garpiel
23rd
Marvin Hare
1st
Jason Kutchinski
25th
Darnell Jackson
2nd
Harvey Mellon Jr
26th
Patrick McGraw
3rd
David Murphy
26th
Eric Finnigan
4th
Jack Donahue
27th
Thomas Placher
4th
John Hoffman
27th
Roy McNish
7th
Duke Kemerer
14th
Kenneth Shapley
15th
Allan Wilke
16th
James Jeswiak
18th
Joseph Pollick
21st
Terence O’Neill
22nd
Founding
1923
Fordney Club Member
Har old
St en g lein
invents Spic and Span.
Spic and Span was
developed
and
m a n ufac t ur ed
in
Saginaw in the early
1930s
through
a
partnership of Harold
and Naomi Stenglein
and Glen and Elizabeth
MacDonald. In 1933,
Saginaw homes were
heated
with
coalburning
furn aces.
When
the
heating
season
was
over,
walls needed to be
washed to rid them of
black streaks from
the heat registers.
Spic and Span, a gluebased cleaner, needed
no rinsing or wiping.
— Important Notice! —
Fordney Club Mission
Call-in or email for dinner reservations must be received by
noon on the Friday prior to the Tuesday dinner to allow for
proper food orders. Those attending dinner, who did not call
in or email their reservation will be served last. Please assist
your club in reducing wasted food and making sure there is
enough food for everyone. Please call (989) 249-1923 or email
[email protected] for reservations.
The mission of the Fordney Club is to
support education, youth athletics, and the
general community welfare by
action, word, or deed.
Upcoming Dinners! — “Let’s Take a look back”
February 17, 2015
SVSU Executive Chef
President Dave Abbs
President 2002—Joel Trautner
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February 3, 2015
Fish Fry—Perch Dinner
20 years ago!
President Rick Monk
President 1997—Larry Norris
15 years ago!
The Fordney Club Newsletter is published monthly by The Fordney Club.
Website: fordneyclub.com email: [email protected]