Members of the Old Crowd march down North River Road, nearing the end of the group’s annual parade through Mount Clemens at the YMCA on Aug. 21. Members will proceed by boat or other means to Lake St. Clair Metropark for a day of fishing, cooking and camaraderie.

Photo by Dean Vaglia

Bob Starkey, the Old Crowd’s 99th “Fish Locator,” sends a salvo of candies to children along North Walnut Street in Mount Clemens on Aug. 21.

Photo by Dean Vaglia

Onlookers watch as the Old Crowd parade makes its way down Main Street in Mount Clemens en route to the Clinton River on Aug. 21.

Photo by Dean Vaglia

MOUNT CLEMENS — At the sounding of a whistle shortly after 9 a.m. on Oct. 21, the denizens of Mount Clemens were awoken by the thundering drums and trumpeting horns of one of Macomb County’s olde

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