Wednesday, December 16, 1936

C.H. RUNCIMAN PURCHASES ROOSTERS FROM EDNA

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Morse took 13 roosters to Lowell.

Sold to C.H. Runciman.

78 1/2# @ .11¢ — $8.64

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If you are my age and grew up near Lowell, Michigan, C.H. Runciman is a recognizable name. Not because he purchased roosters form local farmers but rather because one of the elementary schools in the Lowell School district was named for him. Several of my high school classmates attended Runciman Elementary School, which is no longer operational.

C.H. Runciman served on the Lowell School Board for 38 before announcing in 1958 that he would not seek another term. A Lowell Ledger article dated May 22, 1958 tells of Runciman's departure from the school board and details how he handed three generations of Lowell graduates their diplomas.

My mother (Sally Hoover Johnson) graduated from Lowell High School in 1957. Her mother (Maxine Jones Hoover) graduated from Lowell in 1934. It is possible that, in addition to purchasing roosters from my great grandmother on my father's side, Mr. Runciman also handed my mother and my grandmother their high school diplomas.