Digest>Mar/Apr 2020

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Shown in the center is Fort Gratiot Lighthouse head keeper John Ernest Smith with his 2nd assistant keeper Levin Melvin Whipple (l) and 1st assistant keeper John Simon Van Natter (r). The three men remained good friends until the end of their lives. (Courtesy Wayne State University)
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John Ernest Smith
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