Woman's Society Meets for Monthly Devotional and Business Session
The Woman's Society for Christian service met at the church Friday evening for a devotional and business gathering led by Mrs. Ray Knuisen. No report details were discussed due to a family night hosted by Mrs. Robert Schofield. ice cream and prize cakes were served to about forty. The next dinner is August 14 under Mrs. Ray Kniffen with prices updated to 75 cents for adults and 40 cents for children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Society For Christian Service
Ray Knuisen
Grout
Ruobert Schofield
Ray Kniffen
Local Soldier Nelson A. Rutter Returns Home After Service
Nelson Alfred Rutter, son of Mr and Mrs Alfred Rutter of Clare and husband of Betty Jean House, returns July 4 after honorable discharge July 1 at Camp Atterbury Indiana. He spent seven months in Germany and France, total army service twenty one months. He earned the E A M B theatre ribbon with three battle stars the Bronze Star Combat Infantry badge good conduct medal and the American theatre Victory and Occupation ribbons. The Rutters will live with Betty Jean's parents Mr and Mrs Otto House in Rosebush.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pie
Nelson Alfred Rutter
Alfred Rutter
Clare
Betty Jean House
Camp Atterbury
Indiana
Aoe Rutter
Germany
France
Rutters
Betty Jean
Mrs
Otto House
Rosebush
Island Park Hosts Alfred House Family Reunion Session
The Alfred House family gathered at Island Park for this year’s reunion and elected officers including Chairman Mrs. Floyd House and Secretary Treas Mrs. Morval LaLone. About fifty attended with guests Miss Donny Jean Yeager and Lillian Bacon. ages ranged from the oldest Mrs. Alfred House to the youngest Deanna Keller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Island Park
Alfred House
Floyd House
Morval LaLone
Hugh Swindiehurst
Mrs. House
Earl House
Donny Jean Yeager
Adrian
Lillian Bacon
Pontiac
Alfred’ House
Deanna Keller
Roy Keller
Birthday Celebration for Mrs Kniffen At Home
Mr and Mrs Ray Kniffen hosted a family gathering Sunday to celebrate Mrs Kniffen's birthday anniversary. A lawn chicken dinner featured cut flowers and an angel cake with pink candle while guests enjoyed pictures, badminton, and baseball. Attendees included Ferris and Huffman families from Cadillac and Alma, plus Deerfield and local Kniffens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Kniffen
Mrs. Kniffen
W. M. Ferris
Jean Ferris
Wayne Ferris
Lloyd Ferris
Jerry
Jackie
Victor Huffman
Cadillac
Russell Ferris
Jan
Alma
George Xkniffen
Deerfield
Terry Kniffen
Isabella County Extension Leaders At East Lansing Convention
Mrs. Hugh Swindlehurst led Isabella County Extension clubs officials at a statewide women's meeting in East Lansing. Delegates included Mrs. Kenneth Moss and Mrs. Alvin Wood. Highlights were the devotional period by Mrs. Helen Brewhtt and chorus, with officer training and season topics on keeping it together and reorganizing kitchen cupboards. About 340 attended the Thursday banquet, with a county rally day planned for August at Island Park for 20 clubs and 350 members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Swindlehurst
Isabella County Extension Clubs
East Lansing
Kenneth Moss
South of Mt., Pleasant
Alvin Wood
Gilmore
Associated Women of Farm Bureaus
Swindlehurst
Helen Bre
Marshall
Brown
Cole
Banqnet
Island Park
Stirring Sermon by Prof J K Osborne at Presbyterian Church
The congregation heard a message by Prof. J. K. Osborne of Mt Pleasant in the pastor's absence. He spoke on practical Christian application as the theme, while Rev and Mrs Thomson were called to Williamston where the latter preached funeral services for Clarence Headley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Presbyterian Church
J. K. Osborne
Mt. Pleasant
R. O. Thomson
Osbornne
Rey
Sunday School Board to Meet on August 6 for Picnic Plans
The Sunday School board of the Methodist Church schedules a meeting for Tuesday August 6 at the church. All teachers substitutes officers and interested members are urged to attend. The August 6 session will finalize plans for the annual picnic and accept date suggestions from officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunday School Board
The
Methodist Church
Weekend Guests and Local Visit Notes
A round up of social visits across towns includes Mr and Mrs Spencer Stickle and Mr and Mrs Albert Moyes at Diamond Lake near the Tatter's cottage with Mr and Mrs Coleman Lewis. Nearby, Rev and Mrs Hilding Kilgren hosted Clifford Suuppi and daughter Galleen from Lapeer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer
Stickle
Albert Moyes
Diamond Lake
Coleman Lewis
Tatter’s Cottage
Clifford Suuppi
Galleen
Lapeer
Hilding Kilgren
Woith Clark
Moosejaw
Saskatchewan
Alcan Highway
Terry Kniffen
Tommy
Patrick
Jimmy Pappas
Frank
J. G. Bowers
Bobby Finch
Floyd Grahams Assist Those Who Travel By Night
The Floyd Grahams aided nocturnal visitors with shelter and help twice in one weekend. A drunken man slept on their sofa after knocking at 2:00 a.m. and later two youths asked for help with a stalled truck that turned out to be stolen, prompting police pursuit and renewed neighborly hospitality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Grahams
Graham
Mt. Pleasant
St Henry’s Church schedules Sunday masses in Vernon Township
Rev. Gordon Grant posts mass times for St Henry’s Catholic Church in Vernon Township. First and third Sundays at 8:30 a.m. Second fourth and fifth Sundays at 10:00 a.m. All are welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Henry’s Catholic Church
Gordon Grant
Vernon Township
Rosebush Methodist Church Service and Activities
Rosebush Methodist Church announces Sunday School at 10 15 a m and worship service at 11 15 a m Pastor Rev H W Kilgren leads. Youth Fellowship meets on alternate Sundays at Rosebush and Leaton. W S C meets the second Wednesday monthly. Choir practice Thursday evenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosebush Methodist Church
H. W. Kilgren
Rosebush
Leaton
W.S.C
Presbyterian Church Sunday Schedule and Aids
Rev R O Thomson pastors Rosebush church with Bible School at 9 46 Morning Service 10 45 Evening Service 8 00 pm Wise church Bible school 11 00 am Preaching 12:00 noon Ladies Aid meets Rosebush first Wednesday Wise Ladies Aid second Wednesday Pass ahead rule urged take it easy.
Social rounds in Alma and nearby areas
Mr and Mrs Herbert Middleton hosted her niece and husband Mr and Mrs Robert Jellison of Alma Sunday. Carroll and Ruth Ann Gaffney visited their brother Cecil Gaffney and his wife Saturday. Doris Hickok returned to Lansing after a week with Elgin Hickok family. Cecil Gaffney entertained at dinner with Oscar Struble and family and Chas Mc Cord. Homar Bailey and Bobby visited in the afternoon. Jesse Lee and family attended services at Albright Park camp near Hersey. Elgin Hickok Lilah and Ronnie joined evening service with Ronnie staying in camp for the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Middleton
Robert Jellison
Alma
Carol
Ruth Ann Gaffney
Cecil Gaffney
Doris Hickok
Lansing
Elgin Hickok
Jerry Anderson
Oscar Struble
Stanley
Chas, McCord
Homer Bailey
Bobby
Jesse Lee
Albert Lee
Miss Oberlin
Albright Park Camp
Hersey
Lilah
Ronnie
Community Notes and Visiting Guests Reach Greenwood
Mr and Mrs Dan Sabing and son Douglas of Lansing spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs Douglas. Virginia Gordon visited her son Ed Gordon and wife of Mr Pleasant. Emma Holmes of Lansing visited Bert Douglas Friday. They all later visited Chas Wheller of Redding. Sunday School drew a nice crowd at 10 30 a m at Greenwood hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Sabing
Douglas
Lansing
Virginia Gordon
Ed. Gordon
Mr. Pleasant
Emma Holmes
Bert Douglas
Chas. Wheller
Redding
Greenwood Hall
Goldsburg
Louise Roland
Harrison
Russell Cook
Albert Roland
Vern
Woodin
Dover Neighbors Share Weekend Visits and Local Happenings
Mr and Mrs Frank Walters and daughter Barbara of Saginaw visited relatives in Dover. Roger Kleinhardt of the Brown area called on Everette Allen. Gladys and Lois Saul of Saginaw vacationed with their parents Art Saul. Ben Hoover remains in hospital after a bull attack. Delmar Allen and children visited Wm LaVoye and Robert Carter households. Everette Allen and Fred Walters led a Clare trip flagging fifty five deer. Floyd Walters spent Sunday afternoon in Saginaw. Roger Kleinhardt and daughters visited Delmar Allen again. Herb Gilmore is painting the school house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Walters
Barbara
Saginaw
Robert Walters
Roger Kleinhardt
The
Brown
Everette Allen
Gladys
Lois Saul
Art Saul
Ben Hoover
Delmar Allen
Wm. LaVoye
Robert Carter
Arl Bauer
Dale Montney
Fred Walters
Clare
Carl Bauer
Clark Walters
Floyd Walters
Herb. Gilmore
Maple Grove Sunday School Attendance Notes
Maple Grove reports Sunday School attendance thirty four and church attendance twenty. Several local families and visitors, including the Finch, Smedley, and Tig ner households, shared weekend visits and calls across Midland Flint Detroit Hillsdale Ithaca and Pon tiac. The Sick list mentions Miss Thelania Ferguson with best wishes for recovery.
Local families host weekend guests and relatives
Miss Louise Colosky visited her brother Maynard Colosky and wife over Sunday. Miss Marvel Delmart from Fayette Ohio spent the weekend with her cousin Mrs Hazel Rodgers and family. Leonard Reynolds and kin hosted Pat and his mother at Sunday dinner with Mr and Mrs Laurence Pinch and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat
Ther
Ee Lloyd” Loomis
Laur Ence Pinch
Leonard
Reynolds
Louise Colosky
Maynard Colosky
Marvel Delmart
Fayette
Ohio
Hazel Rodgers
Local Couples Visit Relatives Over Week
Cornwellville hosts Tom and Mrs Dwyer from Clare for Monday dinner with the LaVoyes. Hugh Six visits friends at Houghton Lake over the weekend. Reed family from Lansing spends days with Gordon family in Clare. Carter entertains Marion guests for dinner last week. Gordon families from Midland Sanford and Glare join for dinner and visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Dwyer
Clare
Wm. LaVoye
Hugh Six
Houghton Lake
Raymond Reed
Lansing
Roy Gordon
R. C. Carter
Marion
John
Bob Gordon
Midland
Byron Gordon
Sanford
Jim Murphy
Glare
Garrit
Death notice Lena Heckthorne remembered in Winterfield
We extend our sympathy to Mrs James Heckthorne and family in the death of their daughter Lena Heckthorne who passed on Thursday morn. Mr and Mrs Bert Lockwood visited at the Edd Cutler home several days last week. Mr and Mrs Sam Davis of Flint visited at the Edd Cutler home Saturday. Mr and Mrs Roney Upchurch are now living in their new house. Mr and Mrs Clyde Gable and Mrs Hanna Gable visited at the Frank Davis home Sunday evening. Mrs Frank Davis and Miss Edith Davis were at Cadillac Saturday. Eldoris Whitford was in Clare Saturday and met his daughter and a friend from Lansing. We are glad to hear Mrs James Dunn is now able to come home from the Reed City hospital where she went for an injured knee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Coyne
Toronto
Canada
Will Prout
Ovid
George House
Otto House
Donald
Paris
Morris Fall
Ethel Fall
Lansing
Lloyd Spauldings
Dwight van Note
St. Louis
Ivan Graham
Ralph Braidwood
Barbara
Birmingham
Faith Johnston
Braidwood
Miss Johnston
Elizabeth Craig
Lake Louise
Hilding Kilgren
Darwin Johnson
Weidman
Robert Miller
Tom Martin
Harold Collins
Clare
Methodist Church
Ray Kniffen
Gerald Thayer
Lila Stickle
Jean Ann Graham
Preston Johnson
Bessie Seiter
Norman Johnson
Lillian Bacon
Pontiac
Hugh Swindlehurst
Jim
William
Marion Willey
Wallace Crigier
Ann& Lee Johnston
Edith Clark
Ralph Miller
Island Park
Clark
Saskatchewan
George Schleder
Oscar Schieder
Paul Schieder
Floyd Graham
Cranberry Lake
Ernie Hoste
Floyd Thompson
Martyn Thompson
Gale Lutz
Wilmer Lutz
Gladwin
Gladwin, Park
Roosevelt
Walter Kennedy
Detroit
R. C. Thomson
Harold West
Ronnie West
Skidway Lake
Florence Lowery
Clinton
Cecil Madre
Moore
del Harleys
Rosebush
James Heckthorne
Lena Heckthorne
Bert Lockwood
Edd Cutler
Sam Davis
Flint
Roney Upchurch
Clyde Gable
Hanna Gable
Frank Davis
Edith Davis
Cadillac
Eldoris Whitford
James Dunn
Reed City Hospital
Community Notes of Beaverton and Nearby Visits
Brown corners Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kleinhardt and son Larry visited Vern Mercer in Beaverton. Forest Garver and daughter Mary visited Frank Nash in Clare. Bud Hileman vacationed with cousin Gene Newman. John Colosky wed at Rev Kleinhardt’s home last week. Frank Newman’s family dined with Carmen Newman in Vernon. Adolph Hierholzer and daughter spent weekend with Violet Sun’s family. Sunday School officers retained. picnic set for Shingle Lake on Saturday August 3 with pot luck at 1 PM. Beulah Armentrout traveled to Toledo for a relative’s funeral. Planning for Sunday School. Friends invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Kleinhardt
Larry
Vern Mercer
Beaverton
Forest Garver
Mary
Frank Nash
Clare
Bud Hileman
Mann Siding
Gene Newman
John Colosky
Kleinhardt
Frank Newman
Vernon
Carmen
Adolph Hierholzer
Violet
Donald Bacon
Flint
Carmen Newman
Beulah Armentrout
Toledo
Shingle Lake
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Osborne
Church News
West Freeman
Greenwood Genter
Albert Bruce
Dover News
Maple Grove
Laurence Finch
Jennie Finch
Walter Smedley
Cora Smedley
Mabel Smedley
Bob Sterling
Thelania Ferguson
Bertha Grover
Hdna
Robert Wilson
Pauline Hilyard
Lois Orton
Dick Kenyon
R. Tigner
Sam Sturgeon
B. Orton
Louise Colesky
Chas. Tryon
Wayne Jewell
Hillsdale
Wai. Wheeler
Ithaca
Jess Timpe
Pat Gransden
Friay
Smedley
Sookley
Pine Wood
Minn
Mr. Pratteis Varney
Cornwellville
Winterfield
MT. Vernon Grange
Mabel Ergin
Edna Dixon
Mabel
Vern Brooks
Dick Brooks
Harold Brooks
Russell Grigg
Barbara Jean Brewer
Camp Lake Louise
Harold White
Charles Belcher
Bill White
Bernic
Maxine McPhail
Wanda White
Walter White
Glydé White
L. D. Brown
Fred Ervin
Geo. Dixon
Browls
John Stough
Fred. Ervin
Verizon Church
Toei
Steel Play
PennSentinel
Pennsylvania
McGuire and
Campbell
Firestone Store
McEwan St
Mich
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