At left is Dr. Joseph Sherk as he appeared in the 1926 Second Development Edition of The Midland Sun. Born in 1883 in Canada, he began practicing medicine in Midland, Michigan in 1915. At right is ...

Joe Sherk always had a way of making you feel like he felt he was the luckiest man on earth. He never complained about anything, and always seemed to have a smile on his face or something good to say.