Sponsored
                                        by
                   Bath Charter Township Bicentennial Coumiittee

         Harold B. Burnett                               Chairman

         June F. Burnett                                Secretary

         Ellen Leiby                                    Treasurer

         Allen Rosekrans                           Township Board
                                                   Representative

         Janet Hains                              Illustrationist
         
         
         
                                 Historical Plaque
                                    Donated by
                         Clinton County Historical Society
         
                                      Monument
                                    paid for by
                                 Bicentennial funds
         
         Cover:
           Pennies contributed by pupils of Michigan public schools paid
           for a memorial to those that perished in the school tragedy
           May 18, 1927.  Carleton W. Angel], a sculptor at the University
           of Michigan made the model which was later cast in bronze.  
           The statue is now located in the entranceway Of the high school.
         
         Top picture opposite page:
           School system consolidated in 1922 upon completion of new building.
         Lower picture:
           School disaster May 18, 1927.