National Heavyweight Horsepulling Contest at Saginaw Fair
The Saginaw Fair hosts the National Heavyweight Horsepulling Contest on Tuesday September 10 at 2:00 pm in front of the grandstand. Eighteen to twenty teams from Ohio Wisconsin Michigan and Kentucky compete for top honors with Fowler Brothers of Montgomery Michigan and R F Oak Leaf of Tiffin Ohio among contenders. A sell-out crowd is predicted with $1585 in premiums and the H L Moxley Memorial Trophy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Wisconsin
Michigan
Kentucky
Fowler Brothers
Montgomery
Fowler
R.f.oakleafs
Tiffin
John Drake
Pioneer
Gene Holter
Saginaw Fair
H.L. Moxley
Choir Reunion Welcomes Ruth Ann Bentley And Mrs Howard
The Lake The Choir thanks Ruth Ann Bentley for directing the group this summer while Mrs. Allen Howard was away and welcomes Howard back as director. Men from the Congregation attended the Lay Men's Retreat at Lake Louise last weekend. Special work week is moved to Tuesday Sept 8. MYF essay What Can Youth Do for Peace closes Oct 1. Church programs include school at Clare Methodist Sept 16 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Bible study at Gertude Scott’s Lake and Dewey Dell’s Farwell. WSCS glasses study begins Sept 10 at Mrs Kerwin Parsens home. Woman's Society meets Sept 5 at 8 p.m. at the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Ann Bentley
Lake Louise
MYF
Church of Christian Worker
Clare Methodist Church
Gertrude Scott
Lake
Dewey Dell
Farwell
WSCS
Social News Notes From Leslie and Surrounding Towns
Mr and Mrs Leon Gillette of Leslie and Mr and Mrs Robert Rube of Farwell visited Thursday evening with Mr and Mrs Harold Lockwood. Guests included Mrs Beulah Hancock of Canton Ohio and Mrs Marie Miller of Rosebush for Wednesday dinner with Mrs Jennie Muir. Families from Swartz Creek Reed City Flint Ortonville and Drayton Plains visited relatives in the area over the weekend and Sunday visitors came from Detroit and Freeland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Gillette
Leslie
Robert Rube
Farwell
Harold Lockwood
Beulah Hancock
Canton
Ohio
Marie Miller
Rosebush
Jennie Muir
Jim Colesky
Swartz Creek
Fred Sowle
E.D. Gilman
Grand Rapids
Floyd Wilson
John Little
Jack
Flint
Don McFate
Godfrey Beck
Elizabeth May
Hall
Walter Braley
Detroit
Weekend visits and reunions across Michigan towns
A string of Sunday visits and familial reunions across Saginaw, Mount Pleasant, Farwell, and surrounding areas tied to Carlson City, Island Park, Shingle Lake, and Chesaning. Families including Gantz, Brockway, Tessman, Abbott, Bennett, Wedge, Randle, and Moore attended gatherings and vacations with relatives in Michigan and Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Gantz
Dale Brockway
Carson City
Jay Gantz
Crystal Lake
Earl Brockway
Pontiac
Howard Brockway
California
George Bennett
Imhoff
Island Park
Mt. Pleasant
Community Guests Hit Social Circuit Across Town
The weeklong social rundown lists visits by IR Noblit family along with William and Craig Hochstetler from Florida and Alabama, and extensive gatherings at the Virgil Hochstetler home in Harrison. Omer and Joe Harmon escort the Bermuda trip while Mrs. Harmon and children travel from Albany to Bermuda via Royal Oak. Multiple relatives from Grant, Coleman, Lansing, Flint, Bay City, and Indiana join meals, funerals, and weekend events, with outings to Saginaw and Torch Lake and a Bellinger Leiter reunion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
IR. Noblit
William Hochstetler
Bradenton
Florida
Craig Hochstetler
Huntsville
Alabama
Hochstetler
Virgil Hochstetler
Harrison
Omer Parent
Joe Harmon
Royal Oak
George
Harmons
Albany
New York
Bermuda
L.D. Fisher
James Hoskins
Hart
Ludington
Leota van Every
Gertrude Gardiner
Walter Rhodes
Flint
John Keschman
Carl Cooper
Patrick
Rourke Lodewyk
Bay City
Joseph L. Kennedy
William Hendrie
Ethel Hendrie
Torch Lake
Devere Sc
Leo Nixon
Bellinger— Leiter
John Stough
John Tice
Dolph Peck
Harold White
W.e.gilson
Clair Staniey
Soil And Water Conservation Meeting Held In Clare County
Region 5 of the Michigan Association of Conservation Districts held its annual meeting on August 20 at the Masonic Temple in Harrison Clare County SCD hosted the event. Region 5 covers Benzie Wexford Missaukee Clare Kalkaska Manistee Osceola Mason Lake Leelanau and Grand Traverse. The session focused on recreation resource development with reports on youth activities and ideas sharing among SCD directors and staff.
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Michigan Association of Conservation Districts
Clare County
Clare Co. Scd
Masonic Temple
Harrison
Benzie
Wexford
Missaukee
Clare
Kalkaska
Manistee Osceola
Mason
Lake
Mason & Osceola
Leelanau
Grand Traverse
SCD
Gilmore Notes Include Visits and Camp Attendance
Central Gilmore residents Ed Mc Alvey and family vacationed at Petoskey and Burt Lake. Church youth from Gilmore Church of Christ, including Sandra Gates and Sharron Pitts, attend Rock Lake Christian Camp. Families visit neighbors, and a World War II Vets gathering in Clare is noted. Several families plan Rock Lake weekend activities through Labor Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed McAlvey
Petoskey
Burt Lake
George Pitts
Elmer Kidder
Agnes Fuller
Harriet Baker
Walter Wood
Charles Robels
Littlefield Lake
Rock Lake
Barry Wood
Hates
Weidman
Ray Jarman
Owen
Gilmore
James Pitts
Frank Freeman
Egbert Fordyce
Clare
Alvin Wood
Kendellwood
Gilmore Church
Rock Lake Christian Assembly
Gilmore Grange Socials Doings and Moves
The note sheet covers several local greetings and visits. Keith Scott hosts a Friday card party. Ian Robison is visited Thursday night. Robison and Wood families attend a wedding in Grand Rapids. The Robisons and La Vertys travel to Lake Odessa for the weekend. Hubert Phipps moves to Missouri to start college. Harold Jackson and daughter Shirley visit. A U S Chamber of Commerce study notes better educated people earn more and value freedoms, leisure and culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keith Scott
Merle Phillips
Ian Robison
Milan Robison
Bill Wood
Iona
John Laverty
Lake Odessa
Sharon Robison
Grand Rapids
Hubert Phipps
Missouri
U. S&s. Chamber of Commerce
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Michigan Dynamometer Association
al VanderLaan
Lloyd Bacon
Marshall Wells
Radio Staation Wir
America
Rockies
Farwell Methodist Church News
Michigan Consolidated
BAS Company
Nancy Bennett
Raymond Koontz
Merle Wedge
Sandusky
Mary. Heber
Robert Smith
Jim Miner
LeRoy
Ray Brink
Bonnie Bennett
Leslie Randle
Nial Abbott
Lyle
David
Dennis Moore
Sharon Gerding
Chesaning
Bobby Lee Somers
Lansing
V.B. Stephison
Soil and Water Conservation
By Joe Dumont
Mra. Sarah Mater
E. 6Th. St
Clar
Frigidaire
T.V
Silex
Nein
Sarah Mater
Ruth Cotter
Hazel M. Neithercut
Jim Sykora
Central Gilmore
Gilmore Grange
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Clare Sentinel
Northland Hardware
McEwan
Ernie Bryant
ED Tomaski
OUF
HUB Oil Co., Inc
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