Local Social Roundup from Mount Pleasant Area
Mr and Mrs George Haring returned home from Florida spending the winter. Several families and relatives visited or called including Mr and Mrs Homer Douglas from St Petersburg and Mr and Mrs Rodger Bonham of Farwell with three children. Attendees at the A F and L union banquet in Alma and other family visits filled a weekend, with a hospital visit to Joe Graves after a bike accident and other Sunday callers from Brown City and Lanasky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Haring
Florida
Homer ‘Douglas
St. Petersburg
Rodger Bonham
Farwell
Marshall Bombara
Thomas Ab
Delbert Scherf
A. F. & L. Union
Alma
Tom Cook
Ronald Cook
Cadillac
Bruce
Joe Graves
Mt. Pleasant Hospital
Franklin Kindig
Stover
Shepherd
Orlando Gruber
George Bowden
City
C.D. Harvey
Ellsworth Davis
Fred
Helen
Brown City
Joy Leacock
Lanasky
Essie Shaw
Clare General Hospital
Ed Mussell
Sharon and
Terry
Duane Mussell
McKay Farm
Jim Murphy
Art Dall Farm
Mussell
Stella Davis
Mary Ellen Porter
the Eagle
Wesley Teale
W. H. Bruck
Max Waite
Sanford
Mabel. Reger
Community Visitors Share Weekend Greetings
A flood of visitors gathered in Sterling for weekend visits, with Mrs. Ernest Chaffee hosting family members from Ithaca, Pittsburgh, and St. Louis. The group included Mr and Mrs G C Born, Mr and Mrs Jack Hall and children, Mrs John Hodges, Mrs Tom Bruce, and many others who traveled from Michigan and beyond to spend time with relatives. Travel and guest details covered multiple households and dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsworth Chaffee
Sterling
Ernest. Chaffee
G. C. Born
Cadillac
B. A. Born
John Hall
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Jack Hall
John
John Hodges
Ithaca
Jacke Bouchey
Janet
Gilbert Bouchey
Tom Bruce
Charlotte
Ernest Chaffee
D. Weslie Shaw
Lansing
Lula Shaw
Leslie Shaw
Ethel Allen
Grand Lodge
Clarence Allen
Wilson Bader
Roy Gage
Houghton Lake
Lewiston
Raymond Moline
Robert Greer
Tom Brockway
Harrison
Ernest Stough
Texas
John Stough
Big Bay
Charles, Herrmann
Births Help Fill Local Families This Month
Mr and Mrs William Stanfield of Farwell announce son Thomas Lee born March 25 at Central Michigan Hospital weighing seven pounds four ounces. Ronald Lee born March 26 at Clare General Hospital to Mr and Mrs Frederick Bergey of Lake weighing six pounds fifteen ounces. Mr and Mrs Norman Buchel of Farwell announce daughter born March 28 at Clare Hospital weighing five pounds eight ounces. Mr and Mrs Joseph Foldess of Coleman announce son born March 29 at Clare Hospital weighing eight pounds four ounces. Mr and Mrs William Hawking of Ann Arbor announce son born March 30 at St Joseph Hospital named Mark William weighing seven pounds seven ounces. Grandparents include Orlando Gruber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William. Stanfield
Farwell
Thomas’, Lee
Central ,Michigan Hospital
Tommy
A. Son
Ronald. Lee
Clare General, Hospital
Frederick Bergey
Lake
Norman Buchel
Clare Hospital
Joseph Foldess
Coleman
Clare
Hospital
William Hawking
Ann Arbor
St. Joseph’ Hospital
Mark Wiliam
Orlando © Gruber
Longtime Rosebush Resident Rupert Schofield Dies
Rupert Schofield of Rosebush died March 28 at Broomfield Memorial Hospital after a long illness. Born May 8, 1877 in Gilmore township, he married Minnie Kennedy in 1903 and celebrated their golden anniversary. Survived by wife Ann, brother Lonie, four nieces and six nephews. Funeral March 31 at 2:00 pm at Stinson Funeral Home Mt. Pleasant, Rev. Ronald Knapp officiating, burial Riverside Cemetery Mt. Pleasant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rupert Schofield
Rosebush
Broomfield Memorial Hospital
Gilmore Township
Miles
Mary Ann Schofield
Minnie Kennedy
Nottawa
Schofield
Rosebush Methodist Church
Gleaners
Ann
Lonnie Schofield
Forest Grove
Oregon
Stinson
Mt. Pleasant
Ronald Knapp
Bay City Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
Mrs. Eugene FitzGerald of Bay City hosts guests with L E Davy and Mrs. Kennedy stopping by. Mrs. Eva Nowlen of Mt. Pleasant accompanies Mrs. Abbott and Mrs. Rihidda Byba to Broomfield Memorial Hospital to visit Margaret Briggs. Visitors include Maud Ramey and Gladys Katenhaus. Warren White earns a state appointment on the Michigan Farm Bureau Resolutions Committee. Clark Kinsey takes a two week linoleum installation course in Lancaster. Gordon Rosenberger and Otto Kleiner host visits. James Jenkins and family, plus George Kapplinger and others call on William Kapplinger, with Nevins recovering from recent hospital stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene FitzGerald
Bay
City
L. E. Davy
Joseph Kennedy
Eva Nowlen
Mt. Pleasant
Abbott
Thomas Abbott
Rihidda ‘Byba
Broomfield Memorial Hospital
Ma‘garet Briggs
Lucy Milam
Gladys. Katenhaus
Coleman
Maud Ramey
John C. Haring
L. H. Thompson
Brown Corners
Haring
Warren White
Clare County Farm Bureau
State Resolutions ‘Committee
Michigan Farm Bureau
Ward Hodge
Clark Kinsey
Jongs
Lancaster
Gordon Rosenberger
Detroit
Otto Kleiner
William Kapplinger
Five Lakes
Leslie Nevins
Ann Arbor
George Kapplinger
Ina Hammond
Chris Krells
Harrison Simmons
Clare
James Jenkins
Charles Kapplinger
Saginaw
Hugh Glover
Midland
Rites Held For Ernest Cherest Chaffee
Ernest S. Chaffee born December 15 1882 in Crystal Lake Michigan died March 25 1958 at age 75. Survived by wife Elizabeth four children Russell Elsworth Esther and Bill J. F uneral services held at Clare Methodist Church with Rev Leslie J Nevins officiating. Interment Cherry Grove cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest S. Chaffee
Crystal Lake
Michigan
Philander
Coral
Chaffee
Greenwood
Clare
Elizabeth
May ‘Gareland
Harrison
Russell
Elsworth
Sterling
Esther
St. Louis
Bill J
Mr. Chaffee
Ernest
Edith
Long Beach
California
Floyd
Clare Methodist Church
Leslie J Nevins
Cherry Grove Cemetery
Stephenson Funeral Home
Annie McKay Dies at 96 in Hamilton Township
Miss Annie Paling McKay, believed Clare county’s oldest resident, died early Monday morning March 31 at Leatherby Rest Home in Hamilton township. Born December 25, 1861 in Sombra Ontario, she came to Michigan as a child and lived in Cedarville and Clare. She taught in Nester and Bessie School Districts and rural schools in Arthur and Grant townships, worked as a clerk in a general store, and later moved with family to Detroit for five years before returning to Clare in 1935.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie” Paling McKay
Leathermay Rest
Hamilton Township
Clare County
Miss McKay
Sombra
Ontario
Canada
Michigan
Cedarville
Huron County
Clare
Longtime Clare resident passes at 96 in Rest Home
After years near Clare east city limits she settled on Hemlock Street, living there until eyesight failed. She spent five years at the Rest Home cared for by Mr and Mrs A H Leatherman, totaling 96 years 3 months and 6 days devoted to family and community welfare. Funeral services were held at Thurston Chapel with Rev Leah Garehow officiating and burial at Cherry Grove cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East
Hemlock Street
Clare
A. H. Leatherman
Th ‘Thurston Chapel
Leah Garehow
Cherry Grove Cemetery
Also Mentioned on This Page
Morpheus
Hallmark
Cara Nome
Gilbert & Gramer‘’s Box
En Lee
Ernest Cherest Chaffee
Annie McKay
Semel
Colonville
Church OF God
Rev
Gordon
Kleiner
Findlay
Ohio
V. Brinkman
Sone
Bicknell’s
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