Isabella County 4-H youths win honors at Mt. Pleasant fair
Mrs Wilford Stilgenbauer and Mrs Russell Johnston took Sara Jane Cheryl Nina Lee Stilgenbauer Linda Johnston and Carla Vanas to Lansing for the 4-H state show at Michigan State University. Sara Jane won awards in Entomology and Baking and other girls earned recognition in Home Improvement Flowers Knitted sweater and Junior Miss division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilford Stilgenbauer
Russell Johnston
Sara Jane
Cheryl
Nina Lee Stilgenbauer
Linda Johnston
Carla Vanas
Lansing
East Lansing
Michigan State University
Isabella County
Mt. Pleasant
Nina Lee
Linda
Darla
Fifth Annual Bellinger Reunion Held in Clare Park
Mr and Mrs David Bel linger and two grandchildren Bruce and Marsha Schrock attended the fifth annual Bellinger Reunion at Clare Park on Sunday with 31 relatives enjoying a four person picnic dinner and an afternoon of visiting. Mr and Mrs Guy Lamb of Indiana traveled the farthest with attendees from Mason Remus Mt. Pleasant Midland Clare and Rosebush. The 1964 reunion will be at Rosebush Memorial Park on the Sunday before Labor Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Bellinger
Bruce
Marsha Schrock
Bellinger
Clare
Guy Lamb
Indiana
Mason, Remus
Mt. Pleasant
Midland
Rosebush
Rosebush Memorial Park
Rosebush Briefs Highlight Local Visits and Family News
Community notes list guests and gatherings across Rosebush and nearby towns. Visitors include Mrs Karen Kind and children of Madison Wisconsin and Ken Powell family from Bonneville Wisconsin, with many relatives hosting and sharing meals. Sympathy is extended for John McFarlane whose death occurred Sunday. funeral services were held at St Henry’s Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karen Kind
Madison
Wisconsin
Ken Powell
Bonneville
R.d.van Buskirk
Hartwick Pines
George Kniffen
Mt. Pleasant
Arnold Bidwell
Jay Forney
South Garonna
Ivor Stork
John McClelland
Cheboygan
William Hunter
Arnold Thayer
Traverse City
Ivan Graham
Floyd Graham
Grahams
Ernest Hoste
Gale Lutz
Floyd Thompson
Michigan
John Williams
Fred Angell
Charles Brilmaier
el Paso
Texas
Leo Trainor
Albert Campbell
Sutton’s Bay
Lake Michigan
Rose McNerney
Detroit
V.j.horan
Wilford Stilgenbauer
Coldwater
Roger
Vicki
Jesse Rogers
Montpelier
Indiana
Edgar Fetterly
Myla Jean
George Elias
Lake Orion
Marguerite Elias
Geoff
Robert Elliott
John R
Billy Elliott
St. Johns
David Scholtts
Dearborn
John McFarlane
Rosebush
St. Henry’s Church
John McGee
Coleman Faculty adds new teachers and buses for fall
The Coleman school introduces new staff for 2nd 6th and 5th grade positions led by Mrs Cristina Piana Mrs Arlene Porter and Miss Madonna Whisler along with Eric Thuma Danielle Vachow and Linda Zimmer New buses are bought and routes revised to serve outlying and kindergarten students Maintenance includes roof work boiler inspection and repainting of the Intermediate building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cristina Piana
Phillipine Islands
Ferndale
Michigan
Wayne State University
Piana
Coleman
Arlene Porter
Albion College
Southern Rhodesia
Africa
GMU
Mt. Pleasant
Eric Thuma
Western Michigan University
Danielle Vachow
Alma College
Madonna Whisler
Manchester College
Indiana
Linda Zimmer
CMU
Clare
Susan Zwiernik
Dependents to Verify for VA Death Benefit Recipients
Deceased Michigan veterans receiving service connected death compensation will get a special dependency questionnaire with their August payments. An additional 463 veterans with a dependent parent or parents receiving service connected extra compensation will also receive the form. The questionnaire aims to confirm ongoing dependency and eligibility, with a return deadline of October 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Robert M. FitzGerald
FitzGerald
Soil Test Guide Offers Cost Saving Fertilizer Tips
A soil test shows crop type and yield, then measures lime phosphorus and potash. Recommendations are given as pounds of plant food or fertilizer. Farmers can save money by adjusting practice. Clare County farmers pay 75 cents per sample for the full package.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare County
Lena Blue Dies in Texas at 77
Mrs. Lena Blue former Clare resident died August 20 at her daughter Mrs. Royal Akins home in Waxahachie Texas aged 77. She lived with the Akins family 16 years and moved to Texas about six years ago. Survived by sister Mrs. Mattie Richardson of Fife Lake and three grandchildren Dr John Akins Miss Helen Akins Keith Akins plus stepson Leon Blue of Flint. Funeral and burial in Fife Lake Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lena Blue
Clare
Royal Akins
Waxahachie
Texas
Blue
Akins
Mattie Richardson
Fife Lake
John Akins
Bucks Harbor Air Force Base
Maine
Helen Akins
Keith Akins
Leon Blue
Flint
University Assembly
Fife Lake Michigan
Death of Mary A Joyner in Clare Wisconsin
Mary A Joyner born April 26 1875 in LaCross Wisconsin died August 22 at Clare General Hospital aged 88. She married Horace D Joyner December 25 1901. he died June 1945. Survived by daughter Elizabeth McIntosh granddaughter Paul Lapham six great grandchildren sister Tillie Lloyd Harrison and several nieces and nephews. Funeral August 26 Thurston Funeral Home with Rev Van Parker at Clare Congregational Church burial in Cherry Grove Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary A. Joyner
LaCross
Wisconsin
Clare General Hospital
Horace D. Joyner
Elizabeth McIntosh
Paul Lapham
Clare
Tillie Lloyd
Harrison
Thurston Funeral Home
van Parker
Clare Congregational Church
Cherry Grove Cemetery
Obituary of John J McFarlane of Isabella Township
John James McFarlane born February 20 1880 in Canada died Sunday August 25 at his Rosebush area home at 83. Survived by wife Nellie seven children including Kathleen Thayer Jean Jabour Dorothy Jourdain Marjorie Murphy Rose Mary Glynn Frank and Gerald plus 20 grandchildren 19 great grandchildren and two sisters. Funeral Requiem High Mass at St Henrys Church Wednesday 10:00 am Fr John McGee burial St Henrys Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John. James McFarlane
Canada
Rosebush
Mr. McFarlane
Nellie
St. Henry’s Church
Isabella Township
Kathleen Thayer
Jean Jabour
Clare
Dorothy Jourdain
Marjorie Murphy
Saginaw
Rose
Arthur H. Denker Buried Here in Port Huron
Arthur H. Denker of Port Huron died unexpectedly in Port Huron General Hospital on August 18 at 62. He was born October 26, 1900 in Essex Illinois. He married Alice Vera Quick on December 7, 1924 in Coleman. He lived in Port Huron 35 years and retired from Chrysler in 1959. Survivors include his widow two daughters Alice King and Barbara Cowles of Port Huron six grandchildren three sisters and two brothers. Services were held August 22 at Thurston Funeral Home Clare with burial in Cherry Grove cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur H. Denker
Port Huron
Port Huron General Hospital
Essex
Illinois
Alice Vera Quick
Coleman
Chrysler Corp
Alice King
Barbara. Cowles
Howard Cotton
Clare
Lena Upson
Anna Griff
Mason, Ilinois
Edward
Forest
Walter
San Diego
California
Thurston Funeral Home
Cherry Grove Cemetery
4-H Club election and activities at Guiette home
A Harrison Kkens 4-H Club meeting at the Guiette home featured a cookout hike and a business session electing Lee Stanley as president Bob Bailey as vice president and Linda Wall as secretary treasurer nine members attended. The long roster of visitors and relatives followed with multiple family visits and social gatherings across points including Midland East Lake Houghton Lake Mt. Pleasant and Columbus Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Guiette
Lee Stanley
Bob Bailey
Linda Wall
Bruce Reigle
Pontiac
E.h.hughes
Robert Koski
Saginaw
John Raspot
Frank Stuckman
David
East Lake
Whilden Hughes
Evelyn Hawkins
Columbus
Ohio
Cliff Hadley
Oswald Reinfelt
Lake George
Rites Held For Donald Rhodes
Donald Arthur Rhodes born February 21 1905 in Arthur township Clare County lived in the community most of his life work at McKay Farms retired due to ill health resided in Grant Township married Margaret Ann Sopher February 23 1951 in Dearborn served in the Armed Forces May 8 1943 to March 25 1943 died August 20 1963 in Sag inaw Veterans Administration Hospital survived by his wife and a sister Ada Denno who preceded him in death in 1934 funeral services were held August 24 at Thurston Funeral Home with Rev Leah Gardon officiating burial at Cherry Grove Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Arthur . Rhodes
William
Sarah Elizabeth Rhodes
Arthur Township
Clare County
McKay Farms
Grant Township
Margaret Ann Sopher
Dearborn
Armed Services
Veterans Administration Hospital
Saginaw
Margaret Ann
Ada Denno
Thurston Funeral Home
Leah Gardon
Cherry Grove
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Rosebush News
Ida Johnson
Ee Graham
Eva Moore
Emma Strutman
Holt
Lottie Phillips
Lloyd Spaulding
Henry Schrader
Beaverton
John Gardner
Kalamazoo
William Hunt
Lake
Glenn Powell
Farwell
R.D. van Buskirk
Rt. Powell
Robert Plumley
Monroeville
Don Schaaf
Dale Graham
Edward Mussell
Freda Parish
Kenneth Powell
RJ. Powell
Ethel Chamberlain
Percy Giles
Ray Jarman
Ken Nelson
Andrew McDermott
George Nestle
Oliver House
Tracey House
Fred Gamble
Mason
Fate Sten
RED Wing Shoes
Johnny the
Shoe Man
St. Clare, Mich
Hough ‘Tone
Free & Ink Cartridge
Scripto
Scrayons
Formica
SRING
the Nations Mmehtse
Ar Acmievemer
America
Ine
Houghton Drug Store
Houghton
Mary Joyner
Man
Member
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Clare and
J. McFarlane
Arthur Denker
Clare Sentinel
Harrison Kkens
Gertrude Fowler
Pearl Hanner
Bill Briggs
Maude. Hughes
Leo Bischoff
Dora Allen
Martha Allen
Ted Bowman
Peoria
Ill
Bob Pifer
Ralph Carpenter
Bob Stanfield
Howard Morton
Houghton Lake
Houghton Lake Playhouse
Morton
William van Heel
McKinley Browne
Russell Dicken
Belinda
Bonnie Atkinson
Ann
Ithaca
Oil City
Offae Dickens
Mr. Curetis
Donald Rhodes
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