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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1957
Page
7
The annual Auld Lang Syne gathering will be held August 31 in the high school gym with a turkey banquet served family style. A short program will follow. Former Farwell residents and teachers are invited. reservations must be in by August 28 to local contacts.
On Tuesday August 13 Mrs. Earl Town of Farwell hosted 14 former Dover school classmates in a reunion honoring Mrs. Kate Ramsey of Auburn Indiana and Mrs. Sarah Ritchie of Wallaceburg Ontario. The event included reminiscences and old photos with refreshments served by Mrs. Town and Mrs. Doris Teale of Clare.
On Sunday night August 18 sixteen friends surprised Bill Newman at his home before his September 4 departure for the service. The gathering featured Bongo games, refreshments, and a gift from the group.
Thirteen Association met Sunday by the lake to discuss weed control. Peterson from the Department of Conservation and Kerr from a Saginaw chemical company explained chemicals. Next Sunday Euar of Kalamazoo will present cost estimates for central weed control.
Mrs Roy Shear attended the funeral of Mrs Eva Anderson in Lansing. Rev Tea, Farwell Gospel Mission pastor, was bedfast after a back stitch. Numerous families visited, hosted, or spent weekends at lakeside cottages and with relatives in Lansing Cadillac Croswell Flint Lake Saginaw and Coleman.
Irving Shaw of Lansing spent the weekend with his parents Mr and Mrs Dee Shaw. Aaron Irwin Jr of Detroit was a weekend guest of his parents Mr and Mrs Aaron Irwin and Mr and Mrs Floyd Irwin and family of Lake. Winnie Sage wedding prenuptial shower hosts included Mrs Aaron Irwin and Mrs Floyd Irwin. Several families attended reunions and visits across Michigan including Flint Mason Clarkston Tustin and Silver Lake with multiple relatives noted.
Lyla Mae Farrow visited from Flint for the weekend staying with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Farrow. The visit included brothers Myr and Mrs. George Farrow and daughters Tawis as Saturday guests.
Farwell brief item notes Mr and Mrs Henry Rankin of Frankenmuth called on George Irwin in Farwell Sunday. John Robert and Frank Sackett of Battle Creek were visitors at the Gaoree Irwin home on Friday and Saturday.
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