Local families host, visit, and gatherings span Midland to Grand Rapids
Lewis Colton transfers to Dow Chemical Midland plant. Mrs Irank Sowle and Penny of Brinton stay with Fred Sowle and Clifford Jones families in Averill. Lewis Colton and Walter Braley visit Midland. Frederick Scott family attends Dawn Patrol in Musketon then dines with Dorotha Sloan in Grand Rapids. Billy Scott visits Grand Rapids with Raymond Hinkle. Qub Scouts picnic at Eight Point Lake. Ray Grebara hosts Chatterbox Club. Fred Sowle assists Jack Sowle in Clare flooring. Alfred Beck family moves to Maya Colosky home in Maple Grove. Charley Shepherd and Lansing Singers spend weekend at Perch Lake cottage. Al Colton hosts Pauline birthday dinner with Milt Rogers, Keith, Bob and Don Walsh, Walter Braley, James Gordon, and Lloyd Close guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Colton
Dow Chemical
Midland
Irank Sowle
Penny
Brinton
Fred Sowle
Clifford Jones
Averill
Walter Braley
Frederick Scott
Musketon
Dorotha Sloan
Raymond Hinkle
Grand Rapids
Lowell
Dave Clark Jr
Billy Scott
Qub
Eight Point Lake
Jack Sowle
Clare
Alfred Beck
Maya ‘Colosky
Maple Grove
Pnd
Charley Shepherd
Saginaw
Perch Lake
Singers
Lansing
Pauline
Milt Rodgers
Keith
Bob
Don Walsh
Freeland
James Gordon
Coleman
Lloyd ‘Close
Ronald Carr
Deane Tryon
Delmar Scott
Alfred Sturgis
Calvin Tryon
Harrison
School of Instruction
Frank Sowle
Walter Rease
Delwin
Dennis Rease
Doug
Gary Scott
Ludlow
Colton
Nancy Schwartz
William Schweinhaupt
Joyce Sowle
Clifford. Jones
Russell Williams
Flint
Galvin Tryon
Lloyd Hunt
Lake
Estel Reynolds
Gerald Maghball
Sowle
Sam Brown
Jos Brown
Plint
Brinton Town Hall
Brinton Cemetery
Archie Tryon
Pontiac
Don Brown
Wayne
Russell Armentrout
Elza Beery
Lee Yeoman
Cranberry Lake
Norman Alen
Jenny Bates
Emma Hudson
Chelsea
Sophia Deporty
Detroit
Ernest, Kleiner
Julia Hutchinson
Forest Leeth
Houghton Lake
Rochelle
Denno
Floyd Denno
Bryan Miller
Murl Burke
Syracuse
Dick Wood
Verne Mickle
Fred Smith
Randy
Fred
Central Lake
Glen Poét
Jess Newman
Ralph Denno
Mack Leeth
Clarence Davis
Gladwin Hospital
Surprise Birthday for Mrs Ramsden Hosts Turnout
Mrs Irwin Scott hosted a birthday surprise for her mother Mrs James Ramsden with several gifts noted. Local residents including Mrs Ronald Carr Mrs Deane Tryon and others traveled to Harrison for a School of Instruction election. Funeral services were held for Mrs William Schweinhaupt after a sudden heart attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irwin Scott
James Ramsden
Community Notices From Farwell and Nearby Towns
Mrs. Egbert Fordyce attends funeral in Charlotte for Harold Honeywell with relatives from Marion and Farwell. Robert Gallagher visits Alma relatives. trip across the Straits yields a pleasant time. Local social news includes visits among the Pitts, Pitchford, Wen dell and Leonard families. A baby boy arrives Friday at Mt. Pleasant hospital. a baby girl born Saturday to Lester Wendell family. Clair Gordon of Arizona dies of heart attack. sympathy sent to relatives. Navy service keeps Dick Wendell away. Mrs Willoughby ill in Midland Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elwen Pitts
Don Pitchford
Farwell
Clarence Shaner
Mt. Pleasant Hospital
Dell Esterline
Lester Wendell
Flint
Borm
Claud Wendell
Alfred Leonard
Mary. Beth
Alma
Robert Smith
Mary Martin
Hank, Brewer
Detroit
Clair
Berhard Gardens
Dick Wendell
Wendell
Navy
California
Lloyd Spaulding
Floyd Graham
Rose
Push
Egbert Fordyce
Gene Willoughby
Midland Hospital
Revival meetings begin at Pie River Church in Carson City area
Rev Lou Beery opens a two week revival at Pie River Church with camp meeting reports from Carson City Camp Grounds July 16 to 23. Attendance was down from usual but conversions reconsecrations and dedications were reported at a week of services and the Norman Hutchinson gathering drew forty five attendees with Rev Lou Beery and visiting evangelists present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lou Beery
Pie ‘River Church
Carson Cityu
Norman Hutchinson
Birthday Picnics and Visits Highlight Cedar County Notes
The column records multiple birthday celebrations at Gladwin State Park and Tonal Lake area with families including Hutchinson, Kleiner, Hudson, Departy, and Armentrout kin. Visitors from Melrose Park and Pontiac share time with relatives as Denno and other local families host gatherings. Health notes mention skin grafts and hospital stays for Clarence Davis, plus home life anecdotes and practical tips on cooking and cleaning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Hutchinson
Emma Hudson
Gladwin
State Park
Norman Hutchinson
Frankie and
Tomiie
Sophia Departy
Ernest Kleiner
Lizzie Webber
Walter Kleiner
Fae Ann David
Julia Hutchinson
Mark Smith
Melrose Park
Illinois
Randy Smith
Community Notes From Farwell Area Socials and Weddings
Friday night card party featured eight tables at the Variety Club with Mr and Mrs Terrence O Rourke among attendees. Several local families and guests visited or called over the weekend including the Robsons, Lavertys, Somers, and King families. Edith Gregory Waite of Flint, a Laverty relative, was buried at Gilmore Cemetery Monday afternoon. A Farwell Little League game saw Farwell lose to Beaverton Friday. Saturday saw multiple visits and weekend stays with O M Somers and family. Bill Jackson and Jackie Boon were married Saturday evening with Paul Browns and Hubert Phipps attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terrence O'Rourke
Variety Club
Marjorie O'Rourke
Alice Rawson
Keith Scotts
Roy Robson
Pleasant
John Laverty
Robert Bowling
Jim Schaar
Lloyd Ulvey
Lansing
Edith Gregory Waite
Flint
John Lavertys
Lee King
Arden Somers
Holt
O. M. Somers
Allen Dillon
Warl McElhern
East Tawns
John Dillon Sr
Clare
William Hileman
Harrison
Dale Wysong
Cheryl
Allen Rawson
Linda
Jeanie Somers
John Robison
Roy Robisons
Mr. Pleasant
Paul Brown
Allen Rawsons
Bill Jackson
Harold Jackson
Saginaw
Jackie Boon
Paul Browns
Hubert Phipps
Hubert
Arlie Renners
Ségat Yates
Chet van Buisirk
Drowned child mourned as families visit in Community notes
Winterfield families return from across the Straits while kin gather in Marian for Benny Keehn funeral. Nealie Cook and grandchildren visit Grand Ledge and relatives share church at Temle. Sympathy sent to Keehn and Wooten families. multiple extended visits noted around Eaton Rapids Owosso and Arnold Lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilfred Landers
Straits
Nealie Cook
Richard
Grand Ledge
Ruby Gaskill
Zoe Landers
Temple
Virginia Sutton
Grandma Gaskill
Donna Landers
George Laughlum
Saginaw
Flushing
Laughlum
William Keehn
Eaton Rapids
Oscar Keehn
Owosso
Richard Cook
Benny Keehn
Marion
Orville Keehn
Wiliam
Florist Day at MSU Highlights Floriculture Research
Michigan florists will inspect Floriculture research during Florist Day at Michigan State University on August 9. The event includes guided tours of plant science greenhouses and talks by practical growers and industry leaders on new flower production and marketing developments. Sponsored by the MSU Department of Horticulture and Cooperative Extension Service with the Michigan State Florists Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan Florists
Michigan State University
MSU Department of Horticulture
Cooperative Extension Service
Michigan State’ Florists Association
Preparing a Weekend Picnic With Ready State Tips
The text explains easy picnic planning by keeping items in an almost ready state. It suggests packing a hamper with plates, napkins, cups, cutlery, salt and pepper, and a plastic tablecloth. For weekend picnics, prepare sandwich spreads a day or two ahead.
Tuttifrutti Punch Mixes Fruit Flavors In Ring Mold
Flavorful punch recipe serves 16 with lemon sherbet lemon juice pineapple juice orange juice maraschino cherry juice and ginger ale. Freeze sherbet in a ring mold then combine juices chill and serve by adding ginger ale and floating the sherbet ring garnish with berries and mint.
Picnic Prep Tips for Easy Outdoor Meals
Keep vegetables in covered jars and refrigerate. Make relish in advance and chill carrot strips celery tomatoes and cucumbers. Pack in plastic bags, and use freezing facilities for hamburger patties weiners and buns to save last minute shopping.
Local luncheon at Frank Davis home for Kennedy Eweing Gaskill
Mrs. Betty Kennedy and Mrs. Sadie Eweing and Mrs. Sam Gaskill and granddaughter Donha Landers were entertained for lunch and watched TV at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Davis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Kennedy
Sadie Eweing
Sam Gaskill
Donha Landers
Frank Davis
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Ray Grebara
Mt, Pleasant
Pleasant Box
Chamber of Commerce of
Mt.” Pleasant
Shotos
Juare
H. J. Ballard
Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery
R. Clare, Mich
DR. N. B. Stirling
Clare, Michigan
DR. G. C. Born
Fifth Street
Clarh
Michigan
Cenny
Clare Plumbing and Heating
Philco
Maxwell’s TV Service
Clare Phone
Fifth St
E. J. Gershon
DR. J. RA. Gershon
Osteopathic Physicians
DR. H. A. Bugbee
6Th Street
S. C. McArthur, M. D
W. 6Th Street
DR. C. B. Neff
FICH
City Hall
K. Hammerberg, M.D
McEwan St
R. H. Strange, M. D
College Mt. Pleasant
Mich
N. V. Colwell
Migland
DR. A. A
Austin Euro Anual
Mceewan St
J. G. White
Optometrist
Clare Michigan
Ideal Thostre
Donald E. Smith
Hauitable Life. Assurance Society
The
United States
Winterfield
Brow
Edo
Clare County
Doris L
Strategic Air Command
United States Air Force
Clare Co
A Tyer
Clan Mills
R. DS
ST. Address
Trueworth
Farmer Peet’s
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