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866 HISTORY OF SAGINAW COUNTY.
school buildings, which during the year 1880 were attended by
300 scholars; each of the seven school districts average a session of
eight'months annually. To pay the salaries of teachers, there was
expended in 1880, $1,187.50.
Besides the above is a school kept in the Catholic church on
section 28, under the auspices of that denomination. It has an attendance of 75 scholars. Here both English and German are
taught. This school has been in successful operation for the past
five years. The present teacher is Mr. Albert Klees.
There is but one store. It is located in the center of the township, and kept by Keeler & Co. The place is named Layton's
Corners. A blacksmith-shop is the only other business carried on
there. In the store is kept the postoffice, Mr. Albert Klees being
the present postmaster. There is another, named Elk Postoffice,
located on the southeast quarter of section 25.
There are three saw-mills in this township, all run by steam,
located as follows: on the northwest corner of section 19, the northwest quarter of section 9, and the northwest quarter of section 6.
Leavitt's shingle-mill is on the northeast quarter of section 24.
ORGANIC.
The township was organized under the following order, under
date of Jan. 1, 1857:
WHE:REAS, Application has been made to the Board of Supervisors of the
county of Saginaw by petition, which said petition is signed by more than 12 freeholders of the unorganized territory of township number 9 north, of range 4 east,
under the jurisdiction of the township of Chesaning, in the county of Saginaw,
in the State of Michigan, and within the legal boundaries of said county of Saginaw, to organize the said territory into a townshil), to be known and designated
by the name of Maple Grove; therefore be it
Resolved, That the unorganized territory above mentioned be, and the same is,
hereby organized into a township, to be known and designated by the name of
Maple Grove; and it is further
Resolved, That the first township meeting in said unorganized territory be held
on the first Monday of April, 1857, and that the same be held at the house of John
W. Peltz. in said township, and that Brunson Turner, Bull and J. W. Peltz,
electors of said township, shall preside at said meeting, and exercise the same
powers as the inspectors of elections at any townshil) meeting.
SUPERVISORS.
Brunson Turner............. 1857 I.. Farnsworth.............1868-'9
John Hunter..............1858 John Hunter...............1870-' 1
Stephen Bull...............1859-'60 George AM. Mead............1872-';
John Hunter................1861-'3 J.L. (rmcarler.............1874
Geo. M. Mead...............1864 John Hunter................1875
R. R. Farnsworth............1865-6 J. Northwood............... 1876-'80
John Huinter............1867 H. HMaogoffen...............1881