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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1939
Page
4
A long list of local visits and gatherings is reported. Families from Vernon, Ashley, Flint, Clare, Farwell, Manistique, Lansing, Saginaw, Gilmore, and Rosebush visit relatives and attend picnics, reunions, and dinners around town. Several travelers are named, including Mr. and Mrs. Brasington, the Mussell family, and the Archambault and Bergey households.
Mrs Bertha Randle visits sister at Grant. Clifford and wife welcome a newborn son Sunday night. Russell Taxton and the Coe family wire their homes for electricity. May Langin and daughter Edna dine with Mrs C H Carpenter on the McKay farm Sunday. Mrs Jennie White of Florida and Mrs Carl White of Pontiac visit May Langin and Edna Thursday. Dorothy Jasmin and daughter return from Alma after two weeks with her sister. Mrs John Livingston and Marion visit Bard Sundlay in the afternoon.
Colonville residents and relatives from Swartz Creek Flint Clare and St. Petersburg Florida gathered for a week long camping and reunions in Traverse City Frankfort and Perry Davis home Elm Grove. Attendees included Chas Merrill A L MacGillivray and families Eddie Strouse Jack MacGillivray Bob Smalley Leo Smalley and others with a Davis reunion noted and preaching services planned Sunday morning after Sunday School.
Mr and Mrs George McGreary and granddaughter Janet Pool of Wallaceburg Ontario were guests Thursday of A B Hampton Mrs Chas Strouse Mr and Mrs Willis Strouse and Carl Strouse and Miss Virginia Rutter attended the Likes reunion Sunday at Kendallville Indiana returning home Monday Harold and Helen Strouse stayed at the Lewis Rutter home during their parents absence Helen Broskey returned home from Clare Hospital Monday Mrs Pearl Clute is at the Clute home this week and Mrs Jay Chite is on vacation with her cousin Miss Marie Ingler of Lansing Mr and Mrs Dale Davis went to Skeels Monday huckleberrying
Reverend E R Town leads Maple Grove U B Church with Sunday School at 2 00 pm and preaching at 3 00 pm Prayers meeting Wednesdays at 800 pm No preaching for two Sundays due to camp meeting Town away at conference Several local families including Finch Rulapaugh Timpe Harkins Schofield and McCumber noted for weekend activities visits and home improvements James Schofield visits Mt Pleasant Ruben Tigner travels to Pontiac
HINKLEVILLE reports weekend returns from trips and visits across Michigan and Indiana. Mr and Mrs Gordon McIntosh Elva Lea enjoyed sights in the United States sing a local tune Michigan My Michigan. Various neighbors join family gatherings and attend reunions and social visits at Clare Coleman Adrian Mt Clemens Flint and Surrey.
Fire Tower reports two rainbows seen in the eastern sky Wednesday evening. Kenneth Powell traveled to Madison Wisconsin Thursday to visit his wife caring for her convalescing mother. Sunday callers visited Robert Wilsons from Harmon Shear and family Farwell and Frank Pflueger and family from Saginaw. Various local families hosted and visited over the weekend including Ed Harris, Fred Yoder Potterville, Harley Bentley Mt. Pleasant, and others, with moves and trips among Bay City Clare and West Grant.
A woman and her brother John Andrews plan to relocate to a farm near Lelding in the near future. Arthur DeGeer was inspecting local conservation efforts in the area on Wednesday.
Gilmore Church of Christ schedules a August homecoming on the 20th with a 10:00 a.m. service. The program features a sermon titled The First and Last Question and a Bible School session led by Alvin Wood. Congregants are urged to bring baskets and invite friends.
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