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Duboisville, Michigan

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Duboisville was an unincorporated community in Wayne County, Michigan, USA, in the general vicinity of 7 Mile Road and Berg Road, which is now within the city boundaries of Detroit. It was begun around the lumber mill of James Dubois in about 1850. Some sources say that it was projected around the mill in 1878 but it seems there was a community using this name before then. At the time, it was in what was then Redford Township. Early on, Julius Ziegler, a merchant operating in the village, tried to have the place renamed for himself, but the original name of Duboisville was retained.The town had a school called the Duboisville School. This continued to exist after the area was annexed to Detroit and operated as part of Detroit Public Schools until the 1980s.Starting about 1900, the population of the village went into decline. In 1916, the lumbermill closed. At about this time, Duboisville merged with Sandhill to form the village of Redford. In 1926, the village of Redford voted to become part of Detroit.

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Duboisville, Michigan
Berg Road, Detroit

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Berg Road 19099
48219 Detroit
Michigan, United States
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1947 PGA Championship

The 1947 PGA Championship was the 29th PGA Championship, held June 18–24 at Plum Hollow Country Club in Southfield, Michigan, a suburb northwest of Detroit. Jim Ferrier won the match play championship, 2 & 1 over Chick Harbert in the Tuesday final; the winner's share was $3,500 and the runner-up's was $1,500. The match was tied after the first round, and again after 22 holes. Ferrier won the next three and local resident Harbert could get no closer than two holes down for the rest of the match. It was the only major title for Ferrier, a naturalized U.S. citizen born in Australia. Defending champion Ben Hogan was defeated 3 & 1 in the first round by Toney Penna, who was seven-under for the 17 holes, but then lost in the next round. Jimmy Demaret earned $250 as the medalist in the stroke play qualifier at 137 (−7), but was also eliminated in the first round. Sam Snead lost in the second round to three-time champion Gene Sarazen. Hogan regained the title the next year. The last three majors were held within several weeks in 1947: the U.S. Open was concluded several days earlier in St. Louis, Missouri. Lew Worsham defeated Sam Snead by a stroke in an 18-hole playoff on Sunday, June 15. The British Open was played the first week of July in England. This was the first PGA Championship scheduled to conclude on Tuesday, which continued through 1956. Two-time champion Byron Nelson did not compete; his final PGA Championship was the previous year.