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A new caring alternative for
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independent living and skilled
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person who needs the
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housekeeping service, meals,
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medication, if needed.
Licensed nurses are on duty 24
• Exciting and varied activities,
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Residents in this program can
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• Pastoral and weekly Sabbath
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FRIDAY, JULY 13, 1990
beauty and to visit their
deceased.
Apple Island was sold to
Jerome Galloway for 11 shill-
ings per acre, and shortly
thereafter he sold it to
William Dow, another early
pioneer.
Dow purchased the island
intending to build a home for
his bride-to-be. He kept it a
surprise. One day, with the
home nearly built, he dis-
covered his bride-to-be was to
marry another man. He sold
the island and moved to
California, where he later
married and had many sons.
Peter Coats subsequently
bought the island for his son
and built a home in 1835.
Coats was a thread manufac-
turer in Paisley, Scotland.
Young Coats died as a result
of a disagreement between
him and the island Indians.
Peter Coats sold the island
and moved back to Scotland.
Next, it was Colin Camp-
bell who purchased Apple
Island in 1854. Campbell was
a Scottish dry goods mer-
chant in Detroit. His family
spent many joyful summers
on the island. Via horse and
buggy, he and his family
traveled to Orchard Lake.
Campbell rebuilt Coat's
home, and the foundation still
remains today. He also built
cottages for family and
guests, a caretaker's home as
well as a farmhouse on the
island.
The Campbells planted
grapes in the center of the
island. By the 1900s, corn,
hay and potatoes grew abun-
dantly, as well as apple and
peach orchards and a
vegetable garden. Horses,
pigs and cows pastured on the
island's east end, while the
west end remained in its
natural wooded condition.
Apple Island bears
numerous trees and much
vegetation. A current study of
the island established that it
embraces many "excellent
plant communities which will
be most useful in an educa-
tional program stressing
ecological principles and their
relationship to the vegetation
of the land." There are 400
plant species on the island
and 75 different plant
families.
A 49-foot high staghorn
sumac grows in the central
eastern area of the island. It
is believed to be the largest in
the world. Supposedly, the
largest cottonwood tree in
Michigan grows on Apple
Island's southern shore.
Willows and sugar maples
grow in large quantities.
Unfortunately, hunters rid
the island of its array of
animals. Island creatures now
include only birds, insects
and toads. Rabbits and squir-
rels occasionally meander to
the island via Orchard Lake's
winter ice.
The Campbells sold Apple
Island after World War I to
Willis Ward, a friend of the
Campbells. Upon Mr. Ward's
death, most of the island was
left to Marjorie, his daughter,
with four acres left to his son,
Harold. They resolved to
maintain the island in its
natural state. Upon Mar-
jorie's death in 1970, her hus-
band, General Frederick
Strong Jr., donated Apple
Island to the West Bloomfield
School District, following his
wife's intention to preserve
the island's native condition.
DiPaola perceives island
lavatories becoming a future
possibility. The educational
community has already carv-
ed walking paths through the
wooded areas and installed
signs around the island.
Indians employed the nar-
row and uniform white cedar
tree roots, which grow on the
island's western shore to
weave baskets. Indians also
used the dried flower of the
bee balm plant, which grows
in grassy areas near the
southern shore, to teach ear-
ly pioneers the art of using
this plant to stuff mattresses.
Its odd odor also repelled bed
bugs.
Apple Island, in Orchard
Lake's blue-green waters, can
be an earthy, discovery place
for people of all ages. It is a
spot to visit and actively un-
cover what once was and to
restfully relfect on what could
be.
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Preschoolers See
Puppet Theater
Summer after summer
West Bloomfield Parks and
Recreation in cooperation
with the West Bloomfield
Township Library offers
preschoolers and their
parents puppet theatre at no
charge.
Called Puppets In The
Park, these performances are
scheduled twice during the
summer at Bloomer Park,
Richardson Road east of Hag-
gerty Road in West Bloom-
field Township. Each begins
at 1 p.m. and lasts approx-
imately 45 minutes.
Parents are encouragd to
bring their youngstes to the
park before the performance
to picnic and play in the park.
Lemonade, popcorn and ice
cream will be for sale.
The next performance is on
Aug. 14 with raindate
scheduled for the following
day.
For information, contact
parks and recreation,
334-5660.