Birthday celebrants mark forthcomings and family gatherings
Mrs Nellis Fordyce celebrated her 87th birthday on August 20 with many callers, gifts, flowers and 40 cards. Gilmore Church of Christ Sunday school children delivered a cake. Her son Gaylore and Wendell Gook families joined for cake and ice cream that evening. Rena Brasington hosted a birthday dinner in Edmore with relatives and friends. Bill Brasington leaves Friday for a G I school in Kansas. Four August birthdays appear in the Brasington family as Carl Langle hosts Monday dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellis Fordyce
Little Tots
Gilmore Church of Christ
Ellen Agle
Betty Wysong
Gaylore
Wendell Gook
Rena Brasington
Edmore
Rufus Brasingtons
G.W. Fredricksons
Richard Ormiston
Rosebush
Bill Brasington
Kansas
G.I
Brassington
Carl Langle
Walter Badger
Robert Perry
Lansing
Kaber
Bistricky
Perry
Graber
Badgers
Charles
Lina King
Mae Sprang
Maxine Bowling
Wilma Scott
Frank Thrush
Bowling
Ruth Fort
Mrs. Bowling
Mrs. Thrush
Bessie Thrush
Mr. Pleasant
Arlo Thrush
Portland
Sidney Hood
John Magnus
Harrison
Belle Graham
Gaylord Rowe
Barney Rowe
Midland
Perry Arts
William Arts
Ralph
Arts Home
Roy Thrush
Edith Schroeder
N. Calkins
Hastings
Middleville
Orvel Shermans
Darrell Apple
James Schofield
Bay City
Silver Lake
Emma. Perry
Gilmore
Nellie Fordyce
Bernice Cook
Rex Fair
Rodney
Holt
Roy Shear
Crooked Lake
Phillip Graber
James Johnson
Detroit
Harriett Parker
A.D. Radwell
Glenn Birdsall
Victor Birdsall
Crystal
Hillsdale
Dale Jagger
Camsden
Kenneth Myers
Michael Stokes
Highland
Myers
Natinie McCracken
Montrose
Leland Smith
Leon Thrush
Garl Langles
David Severance
Gloveland
Groenevelds Leave Farwell Grace Bible Church
Pastor William Groeneveld who served nearly three years at Farwell Grace Bible Church accepted a call to a larger church in Grand Rapids. After the August 25 service, the Groenevelds were honored with a farewell dinner on the Sandow lawn and given a pole lamp amid church and community best wishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Groeneveld
Farwell Grace Bible Church
Grand Rapids
Farwell
Groeneveld
Richard Sandow
N. Wright St
Thrush Family Birthdays Across August Festivities
The Thrush family celebrated several birthdays in August. Noreen Thrush turned six with a picnic at Clare Park and a band concert at Farwell Park, guest Diane Dixon, and cake with grandparents. Frank Thrush marked 81 on the 17th, welcomed by flowers, bread, cards, and surprising visitors. Larry Thrush observed his birthday on the 19th with ice cream and cake alongside grandparents William D. Elden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thrush
Leon Thrush
Noreen
Clare Park
Diane Dixon
Grandma Thrush
Farwell Park
Frank Thrush
Bessie Thrush
Harry Yats
Leon
Larry
Farwell Community Notes Full of Visits and Births
Cynthia Funnell returns home from Germany last Thursday. Numerous relatives and friends from Rosebush Beaverton Houghton Lake Clare Midland and Lansing visit or host gatherings across the weekend. A new baby Deanna Lynn born August 20 to William and his wife is noted among family events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cynthia Funnell
Germany
Fred Horn
Tom Jones
Bert Attenberry
Joe Hrdlovich
Rosebush
Lewis Funtel
Gene
Funnel Home
Warren Beebe
Houghton Lake
Mae Chapin
Alice Hirt
Gerald Hirts
Midland
William Smith
Beaverton
Hirt
Harold Sprouts
Birch Run
Clark - Babcock
Ervin Ross
Lapeer
Ethel Leesh
Thelma Bauder
Clare
Grace Brasington
Ruth
Rena Brasington
John
Josephine Armstrong
Lloyd Armstrong
Earl Coker
LeRoy Campbell
Flint
Ludington
Carrie Dunlop
Saginaw Geneva Hospital
Nelson Weaver
Archie J. Miller Jr
Todd
Archie J. Miller
James Babcock
Inez Arnold
Jeff Douglas
Champagne
Illinois
Bernard Dunn Dick Miller
Lansing
Sidney Hood
Dessie Davis
Elsie Pudway
Iva Fisher
Roy Wilson
Courtland Geib
Pinkney
Elmer Godwin
Jana
Lyle Farrow
Albert Baslicks
Straits
Canada
Norman Krozier
Boyne City
Elmer Farrow
Bobby
Mr. Lewis
Florida
William Trowbridge
Little Miss
Deanna Lynn
Farwell Methodist Church
Lake Louise
Leon Thrush
Master Larry
Wedding of Gary Slinglend and Lynn Karparvoich in Grand Rapids
At Faith Lutheran Church in Grand Rapids a ceremony for Gary Slinglend and Lynn Karparvoich drew about 250 guests including the Leon Thrush family. The groom serves in the Navy at Norfolk Virginia Naval Base and the bride, an IBM operator, will return to work. Steven Thrush helped as an usher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Thrush
Gary Slinglend
Lynn Karparvoich
Faith Lutheran
Navy
Norfolk Virginia Naval Base
Steven Thrush
Church notes and annual meeting update at Twining parish
Weldon Fish spoke at morning worship and the annual business meeting elected officers for the coming year. Pastor Leo Higgins and officers such as Secretary Josephine Armstrong and Treasurer Galvin Erhart were named, with roles for music director Gloria Beavers and youth leader Dee Beavers. A Labor Day food stand and Auld Lang Syne Dinner were announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weldon Fish
Twining
Hubert Beavers
Leo Higgins
Josephine Armstrong
Galvin Erhart
Ted Hiles
al Rosevere
Lucy Easlick
Gloria Beavers
Dee Beavers
Duane Mercer
Clare Delegate Attends UCC Convocation in Ohio
Delegates from six Clare Congregational states registered for the second Quadrennial Town and Country Convocation of the United Church of Christ in Tiffin Ohio. Attending from Clare was Rev. Van Parker of the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare
United Church of Christ
Tiffin
Ohio
van Parker
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