Gladys F OSBORN

Female 1898 - 1981  (82 years)


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  • Name Gladys F OSBORN 
    Born Nov 1898  Sodus Twp., Berrien Co., Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 19 Aug 1981  Stevensville, Berrien Co., Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Byers Cemetery Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Bainbridge.
    Person ID I1751  Richard Patterson NJ & ON
    Last Modified 29 Jul 2018 

    Father Charles Francis FRANK OSBORN
              b. 12 Jul 1871, Benton Harbor, Berrien Co., Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 17 Apr 1936, Benton Harbor, Berrien Co., Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years) 
    Mother Mildred Anne CUNNINGHAM
              b. 9 May 1877, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 28 Mar 1901, Sodus Twp., Berrien Co., Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 23 years) 
    Married 15 Feb 1896  St. Joseph, Berrien Co., Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1265  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Henry BELLINGER
              b. 8 Aug 1887, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 25 Jan 1967, St. Joseph, Berrien Co., Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Married 7 Jun 1924  St. Joseph, Berrien Co., Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. John H BELLINGER
              b. 1933, Benton Harbor, Berrien Co., Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 16 Oct 1992, Madison Heights, Oakland Co., Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years)
    Last Modified 13 Jan 2013 
    Family ID F1268  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • News Palladium Newspaper, Benton Harbor, MI.

      . 1941 Feb 11 - Sodus Tabor P.T.A., numbering 50 enjoyed a community supper, shore business meeting ...the rest of the evening was given over to the showing of four reels of pictures by the teacher, Mrs. Gladys Bellinger.

      . 1947 Dec 12 & 19 - Choir Names New Officers: First Presbyterian church: librarian, John Bellinger; robe mother, Mrs. Henry Bellinger. Christmas party Thurs. evening Dec. 18th was planned: home decorated with lighted candles, miniature Christmas show scenes on mirrors & a scintillating trees. 25 members competed in contests & games. John Bellinger won prizes. Santa Clause impersonated by Mrs. Bellinger, distributed gaily wrapped packages from under the Christmas tree. The hostess serves refreshments.

      . 1952 Jul 19 - Returned from Wyoming - Mrs. Henry Bellinger, of 724 Territorial Rd & Miss Dorothy Fischer of 933 Bishop Ave, have returned from visiting A/Jc John Bellinger, who is stationed at Ft. E warren Air Force base in Cheyenne, Wyo. While enroute they visited Denver, Laramie & Estes Park, Col. Airman Bellinger expected to be home on furlough the first of August.

      . 1969 Jun 27 - Colma Teacher Looks Back on Long Career
      Mrs. Glayds Bellinger ended a teaching career spanning a half century when she retired this month from Coloma school system where she was an elementary teacher.
      Miss Belinger began her career in 1919 by driving a horse & buggy to school & ended her career diving on an interstate freeway to school.
      She resides with her son & dau-in-law, Mr & Mrs John Bellinger near Stevensville. Open house will be held at home Sun 3 - 5 pm. 7059 Red Arrow Hwy.
      Mrs B. spent her entire career teaching in Berrier Co. schools of Stump, Boynton, Martindale, Hull, Tabor, Riverside, Stanley, Bundy [19312] & Coloma. Her philosophy over the ears has never to end a day, no matter how bad it has been without finding humor in the day's woes. "There is a funny side to everything. Sometimes its mighty hard to find, but it's worth the effort to search for it. The next day is always easier to face with a smile than a frown".
      Her only regret in leaving the teaching field, is the availability of teaching aids. Throughout most of her career she only ad aids she could develop herself. Her early career of a rural sch. teacher has a unique roll in the community. In her classroom, she was teacher, nurse, counselor, recreational leader & janitor. The school house as the center of the community. It served for community activities, parties & meetings.
      During WWII, it took on the additional role by serving as a receiving station for war materials sch. rooms, hallways & all available space filled with collected items. The major problem was with the milkweed pods which often broke, sending fuzz floating around the classrooms. Milkweed fibers were used to fill lifejackets Even the school grounds were littered with piles of wood & steel. She once extinguished a small fire in a pile of scrap metal & shortly after local citizens converged on the area thinking the school was burning down.

      * Mrs. B was born in Sodus township, the daughter of Mr and Mrs. Frank Osborne. In 1924 she was married to Henry Bellinger, who dies in 1967.
      The main change in children of a half-century ago and today she said, is not in their aggressiveness or discipline problems, but rather in what it takes to entertain them. "It used to take so little to give them great joy."

      Mrs. B. has been presented a citation & 50 year pin from the Coloma Education Association.
      Large photo: Thin women with dark curly hair (perm?). She was eye glass with currently fashionable metal wing-tipped edges. - - -