Southwestern Michigan College Board of Trustees accepted contributions on behalf of the college at its April meeting on the Dowagiac campus.
The following gifts were received with a resolution of thanks :
• Virginia Crawford and family: $10,000
• Inovateus Business Center, Cassopolis: construction materials worth $3,101
• Virginia Crawford and family: $1,090
• Cass County Retired School Personnel, Dowagiac: $1,000
• Dr. Fred and Thelda Mathews, Dowagiac:$200
• The Rev. Margaret A. Thomas, Penobscot, Maine: $150

• Dr. and Mrs. Marshall Bishop, Portage: $100
• Mr. and Mrs. Tom Marosz, Edwardsburg: $100
• John and Veda Yohe, Tucker, Ga.: $100
• D.G. Woodhouse, Dowagiac: $100
• Sarah Massey, York, Pa.: $100
• Jane K. Prochazka, Miles City, Mont.: $100
•Mr. and Mrs. David Tate, Decatur: $100
• Dr. and Mrs. Matthew Cripe, Dowagiac: $100
• Dowagiac Rotary Club: $100

The board also accepted the following items that were donated to the Museum at SMC.
• Van Buren Co. Historical Society – Dowagiac Edition, Headlight Magazine, 1895
• Gertrude Jurgensen, Dowagiac – Dowagiac advertising premiums
• Jacqueline Klein, Cassopolis – Two Round Oak thimbles
• Phyllis Carlson, Niles – Sister Lakes photos and brochure, 1920s
• Judy Cushing-Clark, Dowagiac — two photos of Round Oak workers, 1924 and 1930
• Bonnie Loux, Cassopolis – Lithograph of Gerald Ford mural, signed by Ford
• Carolyn Leach, Wheaton, Ill. – Round Oak cookstove, 1929