Local residents spend weekend visits and vacations
Mrs Dora Walker and Miss Poppy Walker with grandsons Howard and Jack Shively enjoyed a weekend at their Silver Lake cottage. Agnes Lawler and Walter Reese visited Mrs Floyd Dixon. Maurice Winslow and son visited her parents Mr and Mrs John Fabian. Helen Louise McConnell of Lansing spent the weekend with her parents. Edith Trainor of Detroit was a weekend guest of Mr and Mrs John Jacobs. Mrs William Zwack and son Johnny of Drayton Plains returned home after a visit with Mrs Mary Murphy. Dewey Plumley and Eva Mae of Monroeville Indiana attended the Johnson Reunion at Rosebush Memorial Park. Dinner guests at the Albert Campbell home included George Schleder and children of Ithaca and Mrs Lois Graham. Ivor Stork and family vacationing at Pretty Lake near Remus. Robert Sharp and family of Midland visited Ralph Bradford. The Rev R O Thomson and wife are vacationing for a couple of weeks at Lake George.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Winslow
John Fabian
Helen Louise McConnell
Lansing
Bernard McConnell
Edith Trainor
Detroit
John Jacobs
William Zwack
Johnny
Drayton Plains
Mary Murphy
Dewey Plumley
Eva Mae
Monroeville
Indiana
Ralph Bradford
R. O. Thomson
Lake George
Joan Lorring Born in China One of Few Americans to Distinguish Sprouts
The article notes actress Joan Lorring from Bonny Witherson in Valiant Lady was born in China and can authentically tell sprouts apart. It mentions Carlton E Morse’s One Man’s Family being praised as a top human interest program and Morse's Oregon birth with Hollywood commute to a San Francisco country home. It also references the Martin and Lewis Person to Person interview.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grist 4
Joan Lorring
Bonnie Witherson
China
Joan
Carlton E. Morse
National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs, Inc
Morse
Oregon
Hollywood
San Francisco
Toomé
Martin-Lewis
Isabella Fair Weekend Guests From Area Families
Weekend visitors and guests of local residents are listed including Mr. and Mrs. Herman Osborn and sons of Jackson and Edith Trainor of Detroit. Others attend supper with Mr. and Mrs. John Jacobs. Miss Marie McConnell of Lansing visits. Beutler and Howe families host relatives. K T S Club postpones August meeting to August 20 at Mrs. Howard Joneset’s Coleman home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Osborn
Herman ‘Osborn
Jackson
John Jacobs
Edith Trainor
Detroit
Joe Murphy
Lansing
Tom Lawler
Betty Jane
Mt. Pleasant
Orrin
Ben. Moss
Mr. Pleasant
West Coast
Marie McConnell
Raymond McConnell
Arland Howe
Peggy
Gayle
Selfridge Field
H. C. Beutler
Dan McConnell
Larry Heath
Flushing
K.T.S
Howard .Jonest
Coleman
Surprise Birthday Celebration for Mrs Cliff Prout
Mrs Cliff Prout was surprised by family at her home on Sunday evening for a birthday gathering. A pot luck supper was served at six with two birthday cakes baked by daughters Mrs Jack Fitzpatrick and Mrs Aaron Prout. Guests included Mr and Mrs Arden Pike of Gladwin, Mr and Mrs Joe White, Mr and Mrs Ray Prout, Mr and Mrs Aaron Prout, and Mr and Mrs Jack Fitzpatrick and families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cliff Prout
Jack Fitzpatrick
Aaron Prout
Johnson Family Reunion Near Rosebush Park
About 65 relatives gathered Sunday at Rosebush Memorial Park for the TM Johnson clan reunion. Harry Johnson of Ithaca led a program of songs readings pantomimes trumpet pieces and comic numbers. Officers were elected and plans set for the August 1955 meeting at Rosebush Park with guests from Monroeville Indiana Ithaca Clare Mecosta Lake Mt Pleasant and Rosebush.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilford Stilgenbauer
Bessie Johnson
Mynard Johnson
Mt. Pleasant. Duval
Preston Johnson
Rosebush Park
Monroeville
Indiana
Ithaca
Clare
Mecosta Lake
Mt. Pleasant
Rosebush
Presbyterian Women Meet at Mt. Pleasant Home
Mrs. Hugh Watson hosted the Presbyterian Women of Rosebush Church in Mt. Pleasant. The meeting featured group singing, a Hebrews study, committee reports, bake and rummage sale plans, poems by Faith Johnson and Mrs. R. O. Thomson, and a going away gift to Mrs. Watson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Watson
Association of Presbyterian Women
Rosebush Presbyterian Church
Mt. Pleasant
Watson
Russell Cowden
John Osborn
Presbyterian Church
Faith Johnson
R. O. Thomson
Lois Graham
Hugh Swindlehurst
Graham
John Kirkpatrick
Donald Swindlehurst
Home School Liaison Urged at MSC Meet
Dr. H M Hamlin of the University of Illinois urged closer cooperation between citizens and local schools during Michigan State College summer Educational Series. He said school systems cannot develop by staff alone and that teacher citizen segregation must end. Midland School Superintendent Ernest Britton also spoke on parent participation and public role in education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan State College
H. M. Hamlin
Division of Agricultural Education
University of Illinois
M.8.c.’S
School of Education
Midland
Ernest Britton
Michigan Association of School Administrators
Birth Rate in Michigan Sets Record Pace in 1954
Michigan birth registrations show a rising trend with 87,915 births in the first half of 1954, up 6,012 from 1953. The State Health Department notes the long term rise since 1940, with 51.4 percent male and 48.6 percent female births in 1953, while overall births have nearly doubled since 1940.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Michigan Department of Health
State Health Department
Bob's Sales & Service Ad in De Soto and Plymouth
Local auto shop Bob's Sales & Service advertises tires tubes batteries and accessories for sale and car service options in De Soto and Plymouth with phone contact 342.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob’ Sales & Service
Clare
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