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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1954
Page
4
Lake George hosts annual Baptist picnic on Monday August 9 with church group departure at 2 p.m. A 50 minute natural color film The Missing Christians will be shown August 10 at 8 p.m. at the Lake Baptist Church. Local notices list numerous residents and visitors with condolences and gatherings.
A long list of local visits and gatherings fills a Clare Chronicle page. Families including Coltons Sowles Clarks and Smiths share time at homes, cottages, and farms around Clare with trips to Adrian, Grand Rapids, and Cadillac. Several mourners and wedding guests are noted, plus home improvements and farm work.
An advertisement touts Lydia E. Pinkham’s Compound and Tablets as cures for hot flashes and nervous midlife symptoms. It cites doctor tests showing relief in a majority of women and promises “thoroughly modern” action with added iron in a new tablet version.
Robert Sorenson of Lake is hospitalized in Grand Rapids after a Friday storm crash on U S 10 near the Osceola and Clare county line. A Lake resident, Mrs Watts, is also reported hurt in the accident.
Mr and Mrs Lewis Colton hosted a Wednesday birthday dinner for their daughter Pauline with guests including Mr and Mrs Fred Sowle and their daughter Joyce.
A local news roundup from Brown Corners lists weekend visitors from Flint Midland Colonville and Colonville families. church activities include a Sunday school attendance of 98 and an officers election for the coming year. The WMA attends UB camp at Carson City with Rev G Fleming as speaker. The Sunday School picnic was well attended.
Mr and Mrs Glen Blystone spent Saturday afternoon in Lansing with their son and family at the Dale McCauley home in Hast Lansing. They called on Mrs Myrtle Turner in St Johns on their return Sunday evening.
Rev. Burkett and family have just arrived from a three year term as missionaries in Sierra Leone, Africa. They were entertained at the home of Marion's sister. Our WMA will plant a reception for them in the near future.
Mr and Mrs Alton Meredith of Lansing visited old neighbors including Ae Tee credit 8 Mable Stid and families of Wilfred Landers and Sam Gaskill in Clare over the weekend. Roy Cassler of Lansing called on relatives while Mrs Arthur Keehn visited Flint to see sister-in-law Clare Keehn Hubble in hospital. Edmond Cutler and daughter Dorothy spent days at Bertha Lake with family. Mrs William Brown called on Sam Gaskill. Sam Gaskill and business callers at Harrigan Friday.
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