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ella, I'm sure there's time aplenty for travel plans. Ah, June in northern Michigan...
Perdita
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Jan. 8, 2004 | ZILWAUKEE, Mich. (AP) -- Zilwaukee's men can shave at will. The Zilwaukee City Council has voted to make beard-growing a voluntary way to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the town just north of Saginaw.
Some council members had proposed a proclamation that would have required more than 650 men from the city and Zilwaukee Township to grow beards as part of the anniversary celebration -- or buy a $10 shaving permit.
The proclamation would have mirrored one that was passed for Zilwaukee's centennial in 1954 -- except then the permit cost $3.
But now the shaving permit is optional.
"We can't emphasize enough that this is a fun thing," Councilman Eugene Jolin Jr. said. "We don't want anyone to get mad or move out of town."
The celebrations are set for June and, besides a beard-growing contest, are to include amusement rides, a dance, a parade and car and boat shows.
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from the url: Zilwaukee was begun in 1848 when brothers Daniel and Solomon Johnson from New York built a saw mill here. Officially organized 10 years later, the Johnsons gave the name to the town purposely to cause people to confuse it with the city of Milwaukee, in hopes of luring immigrants here to work.
Zilwaukee, Schmilwaukee
Perdita
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Jan. 8, 2004 | ZILWAUKEE, Mich. (AP) -- Zilwaukee's men can shave at will. The Zilwaukee City Council has voted to make beard-growing a voluntary way to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the town just north of Saginaw.
Some council members had proposed a proclamation that would have required more than 650 men from the city and Zilwaukee Township to grow beards as part of the anniversary celebration -- or buy a $10 shaving permit.
The proclamation would have mirrored one that was passed for Zilwaukee's centennial in 1954 -- except then the permit cost $3.
But now the shaving permit is optional.
"We can't emphasize enough that this is a fun thing," Councilman Eugene Jolin Jr. said. "We don't want anyone to get mad or move out of town."
The celebrations are set for June and, besides a beard-growing contest, are to include amusement rides, a dance, a parade and car and boat shows.
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from the url: Zilwaukee was begun in 1848 when brothers Daniel and Solomon Johnson from New York built a saw mill here. Officially organized 10 years later, the Johnsons gave the name to the town purposely to cause people to confuse it with the city of Milwaukee, in hopes of luring immigrants here to work.
Zilwaukee, Schmilwaukee
