Local Girl Scouts Entertain Mothers at Dinner
About seventy girl scouts their mothers and guests gathered at the Congregational church social rooms for a banquet and social evening hosted by the Harrison Junior and Senior groups. Dinners featured tomato juice cocktail meat loins scalloped potatoes and cakes. The program included welcome by Velma Felsins a talk on recreation by Miss Sagermann and gifts to leaders. The event closed with a piano solo and dancing at the high school gymnasium with folk dances taught by college dancers.
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Congregational Church
Harrison Girl Scout Troop
Velma Felsins
Fred Zubdler
Sagerman
Central State Teachers College
Pleasant
Donna McCartney
Fern Keller
Irah Emery
Kathleen Hampton
Sagermann
Harrison scout troops entertain at school gymnasium
The Harrison Boy Scout troop presented a well received play The Squaw Man at the school gym to a large crowd. Cast included Franklin Bush Charles Amble Jr Glen Bucholz Glenn Huber Bill Poulten Duane Allen Sherrill Hikins directed by Bill Abbott with James Mead assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison Boy Scout Troop
Franklin Bush
Charles Amble, Jr
Glen Bucholz
Glenn Huber
Bill Poulten
Duane Allen
Sherrill Hikins
Bill Abbott
James Mead
Harrison Theater Guild
Act Entertainment
CCC
Houghton Lake
Joan Mead
Theater Guild
Newborn Daughters Reported in Local Homes
Millie Mae born to Mr and Mrs Harry Bergey on Saturday March 30. Erma Loretta born to Mr and Mrs Monroe Blosser on Sunday March 31. Kenneth Coulter and Velma Mead welcome a daughter born Tuesday morning April 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millie Mae
Harry Bergey
Erma Loretta
Mrs. Monroe Blosser
Kenneth Coulter
Velma Mead
Hayes Agricultural Unit High School Dinner Theater
Faculty members of the Hayes Agricultural Unit High School enjoyed a Monday evening dinner theater party in Clare hosted by others. The social event featured entertainment and community fellowship among staff and attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hayes Agricultural Unit High School
Clare
Dinner and Movie Party Honors Mrs McCartney Birthday
Mrs Ivah Emery and guests shared a three course chicken dinner at the Hotel Doherty with roses and daffodils as a centerpiece. Afterward the group attended Grapes of Wrath at the Ideal Theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivah Emery
Anne Wellington
Paul~Bennett
Samuel
Morrison
Doherty
Ideal Theater
Charles Amble
Ronald Keller
Elizabeth Schaaf
Thedosian Alubowicz
Harrison Briefs Local Visits Across Surrounding Towns
A crowd of residents visited relatives and friends this weekend across Clare, Lansing, Mt. Pleasant, Grand Rapids, and Detroit. Notable gatherings included Brady Tice of Detroit visiting Miss Jean Schaaf, and extended family stays at the homes of the McIntosh, Stanley, Hill, Griffen, and Griffen households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard McCartney
Marion Roth
Joseph LaLonde
Bob
Schaaf
Oak Street
Campbell Cabin
Us-27
David Harper
Ralph Carpenter
Mt. Pleasant
Clare
Anna Vett
Helen Vetr
Rosalie Kinne
Charles Whitford
Holland
Ohio
Chester Griffen
Melvin Haines
Gladwin
Frank Myers
Jack Elkins
Saginaw
O. Card
Ida Tooley
George Mills
Grand Rapids
Mills
Mary Griffen
John Hil
A. H. Hutchinson
Midland
Donald Higgins
Harrison
Fred Clark
Frost Township
Rex Clute
Pauline Hinkley
Albert Whitmer
Boyne City
Harry Brennan
Bill Allen
Breckenridge
Fred Smith
Allan Henderson
Detroit
Howard Pettibone
Gladys Dutt
Lansing
Olive Hallett
Allen Larnard
Ben Carpenter
Charles Amble
Bobbie
Karolyn
Bert Frost
Alma
Norman Myers
Arthur Township
Mary McKeever
Durand
Kate McKeever
William Hill
Roy Buttermore
Maddernville
Walter Blazer
Weekend visits across Michigan and Indiana towns
Norbert Fanning of Detroit visited his mother Mrs. Rose Fanning and Harrison relatives over the weekend. Orville Nierste of Detroit stayed with Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Maton. Bruce Reigle of Reed City and County Clerk William Henderson and relatives were seen visiting. Bertha Hughes traveled to Kentucky with her son Ellis Henry Hughes from Ann Arbor. Josephine Heintz of Greenwood township visited Ruth Baton for the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Brown
Norbert Fanning
Detroit
Rose Fanning
Harrison
Orville Nierste
Ralph Maton
Bruce Reigle
Reed City
William Henderson
James Henderson
East Grant
Dorothy Allen
Dover
Jesse Hammersly
Dickie
Alma
Rex Clute
Bertha Hughes
Kentucky
Lansing
Ellis Henry Hughes
Ann Arbor
Josephine Heintz
Greenwood Twnship
Ruth Baton
Sealed Bids Sought for Michigan Road Improvements
Public notice calling for sealed proposals from prequalified contractors for 4.526 miles of road work in Clare and Gladwin counties on M 61 and related sections. Bids due by 10 00 a m April 20 1940 in Lansing with plan details available from state offices and the Michigan Road Builders Association. Plans cost 3 dollars nonrefundable. Minimum wage levels listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Arthur
Clare County
Sage and Grout
Gladwin, Co
State Office
Lansing
Michigan
Michigan State Highway Department
Saginaw
Michigan Road Builders Association
State Highway Department
TS. T
Murray D. VanWagoner
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Girl Scouts
T. C
Harrison Scout
Thayer
Thayers
Mt.Pleasant
John Beardsley
Upper Peninsula
Mrs. McCartney
Murray D. van Wagoner
Standard
Quaker State
Polarine
Buick
Igat Eeeie
Flint
Mich
Clare Motor Sales
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