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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1954
Page
14
April PTA meeting at Clare High School with fifty present outlined Civil Defense program and a talk by Airman Sam Farmer. New officers were installed by former president Mrs. James Yeoman and a program featured visual aids and senior activities for May.
Eleanor Shirley Klaus and Cleo Don Orton married in a double ring ceremony at Maple Grove Union Church on Saturday April 17 at 2 00. Elder Carl W. Morgan officiated. The couple will reside in Clare after a trip to Fife Lake.
The 29th annual session of Rebekah District Association No. 20 was held in Mt. Pleasant at the I.O.O.F. hall on Monday April 19 for an all day session. Mt. Pleasant lodge hosted the event with officers introduced including Catherine Johnson Weidman president Mildred Bowers Coleman vice president Eva Schlafley Clare secretary Valera Schadd Shepherd treasurer Assembly officers welcomed were Mattie B Hessey Detroit president Helen Hinl Tonia vice president Phyllis Bromiley Baldwin Warden Lillian Stanley was present for the afternoon session. Thirteen past presidents were acknowledged including Clare’s Fannie Yeoman 1943 Margaret Irwin 1946 and Allen Howlett 1950. Nell Willey Mt. Pleasant gave a welcome and Clara Dosier Gladwin lodge gave the response and was later elected district treasurer. Schlafley Clare lodge will serve as vice president next year. Clare delegates Viva Holt to report Patsy Schlafley to bring back the report. Lodges reported activity and rising membership. Clare accepted the invitation to meet in 1955. Mina DeForest Farwell qualified in Unwritten Work. Holt served on auditing and Patsy Schlafley on courtesy. The Clare group oversaw the installation of Farwell officers and the assembly commended them. New officers were seated and refreshments by Mt. Pleasant followed the closing.
Mrs. Gordon Foell hosted a surprise birthday party for Mrs. Russell Foell with family guests including Russell Foell and Talya. The Octo Club met for two tables of contract at Mrs. Harold Elgar’s home with prizes for high Mrs. Dexter Elden and others. Several bridge and contract gatherings followed with hostesses, guests, and prize winners, including Mrs. John Doherty Mrs. Busche and Mrs. M. D. Feighner. A dessert lunch and other club events were noted with various prize allocations and refreshments.
Chemical Center Canton and Auxiliary officers were installed in a joint ceremony on Thursday evening April 8 at the Midland hall. Presiding were Mrs Verdi Caldwell and General George J Marsh with retiring Auxiliary officers Mrs Mary Mussell and Captain Arthur Munger. New Auxiliary officers include Mrs Helen Owad as president and Mrs Genevieve Irwin as vice president with a full slate of posts. Canton officers installed were Bill Falkenstein Captain James Irwin Lieutenant Ernest Irwin Ensign Orville Woodruff Clerk Jack Owad and others.
At the Beta Sigma Sorority twenty third anniversary meeting the Fifth Avenue Regge of the Doherty Hotel Tuesday evening Fran Sowle was named Girl of the Year. Further activities of the meeting are described on page one.
At Easter breakfast hosted by the Methodist W S C S in the church social parlors on Saturday morning April 17 at 9 00 Rev L J Nevins gave grace. The sanctuary program featured Nettie Holbrook presiding with opening prayer after hymns. Robert Greer played The Holy City on saxophone with Doris Geron at organ. Guest speaker Rev Leona Winegarden Cad illac delivered a first person talk Were You There When They Crucified My Lord.
The Electa Circle met in church parlors Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Maxine Wilson chaired the session and officers were elected for the coming year: Wilson as chairwoman, Beatrice Seiter secretary, Hazel Johnson treasurer, Gladys Lippold devotions chair, Faier Archbold sunshine chair, Juanita Green hostess chair.
Twenty Baptist Young People attended the Easter Breakfast and program at the church. The event opened with singing Christ the Lord is Risen Today and featured piano, prayers, and a series of scriptural witnesses including Mary Magdalene, Thomas, Peter, and Paul. The chorus Saved to Tell Others was sung and a closing challenge given before a hospital and shut-in visit accompanied by accordion players.
The article notes a spring glove parade with short wrist-length, elasticized styles like the short-stop in white. It highlights double-woven cotton, nylon and pique options, pastel colors, white on white textures, and easy maintenance with cotton or nylon dress gloves in various colors.
W S C 8 meets in Methodist Church parlors on Tuesday afternoon. Grace Frey chairs the session with prayer. Mildren Bell acts as secretary and Edna Gault reports treasury as exceeding quota. The group discuss Easter breakfast and prep for the April 29 reception for new members with pot luck supper. May 18 closes the church year.
Mrs. Dick Wilson hosted the Wight O Clock Eight Bridge Club Tuesday with Mrs. Ben Bosink as a guest. Highest score went to Mrs. Bosink, followed by Mrs. Wilson and Mrs. Robert Ackerman. Refreshments were served by the hostess.
About forty Rebekahs met with Mrs Vi Holt as noble grand presiding. Substitute officers were Mrs Bern Archambault Mrs Ellen Henderson and Mrs Margaret Irwin. Patsy Schlafley reported on the District 20 meeting at Mt Pleasant April 19 with nineteen Clare Rebekahs attending. Eva Schlafley as district secretary moved to vice president for next year. Clare’s past presidents Fannie Yeoman Alba Howlett and Margaret Irwin attended. Holt chaired Clare’s report and Farwell officers installation is planned. initiation practice with Helen Campbell precedes the April 27 ceremony.
The text recalls an 18th century Maine home prepared for Marie Antoinette that she never reached. It discusses regents governing during a sovereign’s youth absence or illness and notes Europe's churches’ influence from the ninth to the eleventh century. It mentions Paul Whiteman introducing jazz to Carnegie Hall.
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