Rev. Laban Smith came to the WB area in 1825 and was buried at Pine Lake in 1867. For forty years he was the circuit riding preacher in the area and officiated at weddings, funerals and other events. Section OC-101

Arlyle Noble, (1887 – 1981) first woman bacteriologist in the US when she joined Parke Davis & Co. in Detroit in the early 1900s. She never married; her parents are buried at Pine Lake Cemetery. Arlyle donated the grinding stone to GWBHS. Her grandmother, Mrs. Albert Noble, painted the oil painting of the island of Upper Straits from a scene taken by her son, A.B. Noble. The family’s miniature cannon was used for starting the sailboat races on Orchard Lake. It was donated to GWBHS by Arlye’s niece, Jan Raether in 1981. Section OS-15

Harger, Laura Todd – elected first female clerk for West Bloomfield in 1919 at the age of 43. She served the township but could not even vote until the fall of 1920 when the amendment to the Us Constitution extended suffrage to women in 1920. She served from 1919 through 1931 and died in 1947. She was a teacher at the Pine Lake School. Laura, husband Stephen and son Douglas, are buried at Pine Lake. Section OC-33-4