1966 Onaway Football Team...and... Great Lakes Sportswear Manufacturer Company Plans to Add More Employees From Presque Isle County Advance and Onaway Outlook September 15, 2016

  
CAPTION: Onaway Football coach Leslie Nixon was going to rely on these young men to run the ball in the
1966 season.  The names of the four gridders included Leon Nash (32), Jim Fusee (10), Bill Rodgers (22) and
Arnie Vermilya (30).  The linemen included Edgar McCreery, Clark Chapman, Chuck Bruder, Rod Batch, Carl
Anderson and Art Nash.  The first game was against Alcona.  It would end up being a tough season for the
Red Birds, as they struggled to post a win.  The late 1960s did not provide too many wins at all as 
the program went 6-32 from 1965 - 1969. In other Onaway News, the reactivated Great Lakes Sportswear
Manufacturer Company planned to add new employees in the immediate future.  There were five women 
making sports jackets.  Approximately 30 new sewing machines were installed when the plant was 
re-opened with plans to put someone at each machine.


From the The Presque Isle County Advance September 15, 2016 page 7B. 


Retyped by J. Anderson