Local Bridge Groups Enjoy Two Tables With Guests
Friday’s Friday afternoon Bridge Club met at Mrs. Jay Green’s home with Mrs. M A Doherty as guest and high score by Mrs. John Doherty. L D S Women’s Department hosted for Mrs Hlmer Osborn’s birthday serving ice cream cake and sandwiches. Weekend visits included Mr and Mrs Forrest Lickert for birthday celebrations with pink cake centerpiece. Tuesday Supper Club held two tables of contract bridge hosted by Mrs M D Feighner with guests including Mrs Richard Hartshorn. Birthday dinner for Mr Gordon McIntosh on July 29 featured two birthday cakes and a swimming party followed by ice cream and cake. Clara Rebekah Club to meet August 10 at Mrs O D Harvey bringing needle and thimble for ra is sewing. Mrs Wallace Johnson and Dr C B Neff entertained in honor of Mr and Mrs S J Dalzell and Sgt and Mrs Lloyd Waggoner with twelve guests. The Nine O Clock Club gathered at Mrs Dale Miller’s for a pot luck dinner and two tables of contract bridge. high scores went to Miss Barbara Zinser and Mrs Ernest Bryant with grand slam honors to Mrs Fenton Ware and Mrs Dunlop.
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Bridge Club 7
Jay Green
M.A. Doherty
John Doherty
Green
L.D.S. Women's Department
F. L. Bergey
Hlmer Osborn
M. D. Feighner
Richard Hartshorn
A. H. Horton
Jamies Rassat
John Asline
Gordon McIntosh
John Schultz
Lorraine
Sandra
Horace Joyner
McIntosh
Clara Rebekah Club
O. D. Harvey
Dale Miller
John William Dunlop
Barbara Zinser
Ernest Bryant
Fenton Ware
Dunlop
Nazarene Chapel
Hii Fisher
Douglas Homanist
Charles Hecock
Fisher
Douglas
George Bryant
Robert Cleveland
Shirley Gardner
St. Johns
Amelia Gardner
Cynthia Emery
Lorraine Schultz
Fred Cotton
Sandra Lee
Detroit
Frank Pringle
Frank Cotton
West Branch
Lewis Swinehart
Saginaw
William Rawson
Rose Malcommson
Evelyn Breen
Long Lake
Edward Underwood
Bern Powell
Walter Tower
Lake
Vernon
Fred Bergeyey
Royal Akins
Clare
Gertrude Strahan
Mary Randall
Coleman
Bergey
Frank Bowen
Earlene
Gladwin
Thomas Bowen
Gladys Slater
Flint
Frank Nevins
Dorotha Kile
Alvag McReynolds
Barbara
Colonville
Thomas Olds
Herb Varney
Lester Olds
Eli Fisher
Mr. Fisher
Marjory
Foster Harrison
Mt. Pleasant
Alfred Smith
Oxygen Masks Improve Night Vision for Army Air Forces
Oxygen improves night vision and night fliers in the U S Army Air Forces wear oxygen masks from takeoff. Day fliers do not don masks until reaching altitudes of 10 000 feet.
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U.S
Army Air Forces
Spicer Family Reunion Held at Rose Athey Home
The nineteenth Spicer reunion met Sunday July 29 1945 in the grove at Rose Athey’s farm. A pot luck dinner followed with ice cream and cake at 4 pm. President George Spicer led a short business meeting. minutes from last year were approved and the group voted to keep the gathering at the same location until further notice.
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Spicer
Rose Athey
George Spicer
A. G. Keeler
Gon. Dewey
Vegtaburg
Geo. Spicer
Oran Spicer
Beaverton
Harold Athey
Robert
Wayne
Joyce
Loris Reynolds
Afton
W. E. Heiser
Mila Heiser
Erwin Fuller
Ernie Cleveland
H. L. Cleveland
Ardeth
Ruth
Clare
Hugene
Orvis
Wellington Badgley
Mary Badgley
Sheridan Township
Lloyd Athey
Dale Athey
Wilbur Mann
Chas. Garver and Son
Pontiac
Earl Sanders
Floyd Spicer
Rey
Chase Kleinhardt
Border Reunion Held in Clare Tourist Park
The fourteenth Border reunion gathered about sixty relatives and friends at Clare Tourist Park on Sunday July 29. Attendees came from Lansing Flint Midland Coleman Mt Pleasant Vermontville Rosebush Farwell and Clare. Don Swindlehurst was re elected president with Mrs Hart Marshall secretary and treasurer. Dan Lockwood was the oldest at seventy five and Lynn Swindlehurst the youngest at seventeen months.
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Clare
Lansing
Flint
Midland
Coleman
Mt. Pleasant
Vermontville
Rosebush
Farwell
Don Swindlehurst
Mr. Pleasant
Hart Marshall
Dan Lockwood
Schlafley Family Reunion Held at Island Park Mt Pleasant
Schlafley family members from Bay City Midland Mt Pleasant St Johns Farwell and Clare gathered at Island Park on Sunday July 29 for a reunion the first in ten years. Officers elected included Mrs Roy Joslin Farwell as chairman Elmer Kirkeconnell Mr Pleasant as secretary and Mrs Iva Adams Midland as 1946 entertainment chairman. A noon dinner followed by visiting and a Schlafley Atwood softball win marked the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Schliafley
Island Park
Mt. Pleasant
Roy Joslin
Farwell
Elmer Kirkeconnell
Pleasant
Iva Adams
Midland
Schlafley
Atwood
Schlafleys
Bay City
St. Johns
Clare
Balsam of Peru in Medical Use Across Wounds
Balsam of Peru is widely used in medicine as a base for preparations and for treating wounds. It gained prominence after European doctors popularized its wound dressing method, and reports from battlefronts credit it with saving lives through rapid antiseptic applications.
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Peru
Jose Eustaquio de Leon
Guatemala
Dumont
Suter
Morning chat with Rei and Jack by the stove
A humorous exchange unfolds with Rei asking how someone feels this morning and Jack replying in a stove related metaphor. Mac reacts with a grating pun, turning the moment into a light kitchen dialogue.
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Rei
Mac
Playful exchange hints at marriage decision and War Bond push
A brief dialogue shows a man proposing marriage with a deadline to decide while teasing a move to Mabel's. The scene pivots to a wartime ad urging readers to buy War Bonds to fund a college education, reflecting homefront sentiment.
Vernon Hill Chapel Nazarene welcomes all with weekly schedule
The Vernon Hill Chapel Nazarene invites attendance with Sunday School at 10:00 a.m. Public Worship at 11:00 a.m. Evangelistic Service at 7:45 p.m. Wednesday cottage prayers at 8:00 p.m. The column notes social visits and family events among local residents including Douglas Homanist’s overseas discharge and nearby gatherings as families and friends visit.
Catches Paint Drips Tests Brush on Plate
A paper plate glued to the bottom of a paint can catches drippings and provides a convenient surface to test the brush before applying paint.
Clare Lodge Meeting Discusses Rutter and Initiation
The Clare lodge held a Monday evening session in its rooms with Ernest Green as noble Grand presiding. Twenty five members and guests attended. Bert Rutter, recently ill, is reported on the gain. Two visiting sisters from Sag inaw and Reese spoke for the good of the order. The Reese third degree staff are praised for their work and will confer the third degree next Monday with lunch served after initiation.
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Clare
Ernest Green
Noble Grand
Bert Rutter
Saginaw
Reese
Clare Lodge
Whitlocks Attend Reunion at Stanton Sunday
Mr and Mrs Charles Whitlock attended the Waggoner White and Mc Glocklin reunion at Stanton Sunday hosted at the home of Mr and Mrs Herb Clark. Thirty eight people gathered from Oliver Lansing Grand Rapids Edmore and Clare. Clarence Sander of Edmore was the oldest present while Billy and Barney Clark cousins of Edmore and Stanton were the youngest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Whitlock
Waggoner
White and McGlocklin
Stanton
Herb Clark
Oliver
Lansing
Grand Rapids
Edmore
Clare
Clarence Sander
Billy and
Barney Clark
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Island Park Sun
Mabel
Vernon Hill Chapel
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