Local club bridge notices and gatherings around Clare
Mrs. Clayton Neff hosted a Tuesday Luncheon and Bridge at her Wheaton Ave home with two tables of contract. Winners were Mrs. Wallace Johnson and Mrs. Harry Wehr ly. Multiple bridge events followed with hostesses named and scores listed. A Rebekah lodge meeting is set for next Tuesday with important business and a birthday supper planned for the past three months. A family gathering honored John Graham of California at Silver Lake. A kitchen and linen shower at Wise Grange Hall celebrated Bernise Moore with over 100 guests and gifts. New member Mary Mussell welcomed. Krienke to host at west First Street on Sept 25.
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Clayton Neff
Wheaton Avenue
Wallace Johnson
Harry Wehrly
Rebekahs
Bernise Moore
Wise Grange Hall
Etta Howard
Lillian Miller
Clara Krinke
Jacob Walker
Miller
Jack Bouchey
Janet
Pearl Ackerman
Eva Lumley
Mary Mussell
Grace Rouse
Harrison
Mr. Rouse
Ace Schram
Saginaw
Peter Schram
Schram
Augusta Besaw
Roy Myers
Loys Kohn
Clare County Fair
Leela McIntosh
Gladwin
Merlin Burns
Clare
Mr. Langley
Consumers Power Co
Alma
Henry Austins
John Burns
Marion
Jerry Vett
Redding Field
Clauda Kinsey
Lake City
Lester Bowen
Temple
Don
Grand Traverse Peninsula
Ann Arbor
Benchley
Windover Lake
Theron Kohn
Roy Holford
Floyd Holford
Richard Curtis
Walter Day
Augusta Bésan
Eliza Rilapaugh
Maple Grove
Mrs. Rilapaugh
Mrs Pauline Smith Hosts Rebekah Club Meeting
The Rebekah Club met at Mrs Pauline Smith's home Wednesday afternoon with thirty members and guests. President Marguerite Leonard conducted the short business session. A musical program followed with piano by Mrs Smith and guitar by her son Harry. Emma Youmans was honored as the oldest member with a bouquet.
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Rebekah Club
Pauline Smith
Marguerite Leonard
Zenobia Chapter Announces Autumn Social Opening
Zenobia Chapter No 129 Order of the Eastern Star sets its September meeting in the Chapter room with two candidates to be initiated this month. Members plan to discuss Gladwin Chapter Friends Night September 1 and delegates report from the recent C G M District Association meeting. The meeting opens the autumn and winter events season as members return from summer vacations.
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Zenobia
Order of the Eastern Star
Gladwin
Friends
C. G. M. District Association
Mrs. Austin Bates Honored at Monday Shower and Bridge
Mrs. Austin Bates was the guest of honor at a Monday evening shower and bridge party hosted by Mrs. Theodore Howler. Assisting were Mrs. Lloyd Wagener and Mrs. Leo Brown. Five tables played contract. Prizes went to Mrs. Robert Mair for high score, Mrs. Clayton Neff for second, and Mrs. Bates for third. After bridge a lunch was served. Bates received many gifts.
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Austin Bates
Theodore Howler
Lloyd Wagener
Mt. Pleasant
Leo Brown
Robert Mair
Clayton
Neff
Bates
Sandra Schultz Celebrates Seventh Birthday Party
Sandra Schultz celebrated her seventh birthday Tuesday with fourteen guests at her home. Games were overseen by her sister Lorraine Elva Lea McIntosh and Joan Marshall. Prizes went to Ann Lynn Bayes Eunice Geeck and Sarah.
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Sandra Schultz
Lorraine
Elva Lea McIntosh
Joan Marshall
Ann Lynn Bayes
Eunice Geeck
Sarah
Birthday Party For Sandra In Charming Garden Setting
Maxy Norton and Marjory av ant hosted a party for Sandra with Berre dra’s grandmother Mrs. Gilbert Howard and helpers. The room featured gladiolus bouquets and pink and green candles with balloons and home favors. Sandra received many lovely gifts.
Anna Gilmore Weds Donald Blough In St Louis Church
Miss Anna Gilmore daughter of Mr and Mrs Seimar Gilmore of St Louis and Donald Blough of East Lansing son of Mr and Mrs Richard Blough Grand Ledge wed in a double ring ceremony at First Methodist Church St Louis The Rev Lee G Beacock officiated at 4 PM A reception for 100 followed in the church parlor The bride a white organza gown with bouffant skirt carried roses and gladioli Her sister Ruth Gilmore was bridesmaid and Donald Blough's brother Robert was groomsman The couple will reside in East Lansing after Mr Blough works as registrar at Michigan State College
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Anna Gilmore
Seimar Gilmore
St. Louis
Donald Blough
East Lansing
Richard Blough
Grand Lodge
First Methodist Church
Lee G. Beacock
Johanna Hill
Ruth Gilmore
Patricia Ann Meachum
Millington
Mt. Pleasant
Michigan, State College
Lansing
Blough
Michigan State College
Elm Grove Group Holds Annual Picnic Near Houghton Lake
The Elm Grove Extension Group held its annual picnic at Bruce Williams cottage near Houghton Lake on Friday August 28. About thirty members and families attended despite some illnesses and threshing duties. An informal dinner featured chicken hot dogs cakes and ice cream followed by swimming and a display of woven table pieces and ecru work from a Georgia maker.
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Elm Grove Extension Group
Bruce Williams
Houghton Lake
Georgia
Legion Auxiliary cancels meeting due to Labor Day conflict
Walter H. Larman Unit 128 will not meet Monday night because Labor Day eve and the regular chapter night clash. The next gathering on September 16 plans to elect officers for next year and report on the Bay City Department Convention by delegates.
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Walter H. Larman
American Legion Auxiliary
Department
Bay City
Clare Girl Honored at Pre Nuptial Shower
Mrs Emeline Daniels of Mt Pleasant hosted a miscellaneous shower for her granddaughter Ernestine Archambault and Bernard McNerney at her home Friday evening. Relatives and friends attended and presented many gifts. A luncheon followed with two birthday cakes for Bernard McNerney and Mell Hulbert.
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Emeline Daniels
Mt. Pleasant
Ouderkirk Family Plans Annual Reunion
The Ouderkirk family gathered at the Roy N. Ouderkirk home on Sunday August 25 for a loving dinner and visit. Forty nine attended with two unable to attend. they decided to make it an annual Ouderkirk reunion.
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Ouderkirk
John
Roy N
Betrothal announced at Dorothy Davis birthday party
Clare couple Mr and Mrs Russell Davis announce the engagement of their daughter Dorothy to Mr Raymond Brecker of Van Dyke Michigan The announcement was made at a party honoring Dorothy's birthday on Wednesday August 21
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Russell Davis
Clare
Dorothy
Raymond Brecker
Ernest Brecker
van Dyke
Michigan
New Arrivals and Local Happenings in Temple Community
Temple gains several births including Larry Wendall six and a half pounds Therone Sue ten pounds twelve ounces and two more sons born to Caldemer and Wilson families. Local visits, repairs, fair prep notes, and a found pet crow feature among residents and events around Temple and nearby towns.
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Temple
Larry Wendall
Clyde Postin
Therone Sue
Ray McIntosh
Lewis Caldemer
Golf Wilson
Snuff Taking Spreads in England by 1702
The source notes that the practice of snuff taking became general in England by 1702 with the Shaft in 1708 referencing the trend.
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England
Shifting World of War Time Books and Authors
A London critic notes many European authors are in war work or exile, with research hampered by blackouts. Fiction feels frivolous amid vast events, while American novels gain momentum through regional and historical works. Prominent titles include Quietly My Captain Waits and Native Son.
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London
New York
Evelyn Eaton
Bombay
Louis Bromfield
Helen Hull
King’s Row
Henry Bellamann
Mozo de la Roche
Valley
Richard Liewllyn
Richard Wright
Osa Johnson
Grange Attendance Questions for Labor Day Schedule
The Grange plans a Tuesday meeting due to Labor Day and hopes for a full house. Several local residents visited relatives in Saginaw, Lansing, and Paulding Ohio, with talk of dry crops and long-absent reunions.
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Grange
Omer
George
Martha Ann
Margaret Loomis
Saginaw
E. J. White
Flint
Walter White
Cecil Allen
Mt. Pleasant
My. Butterfield
Lansing
Frank Wild
Jennings Archambault
Charley David
State Farm Insurance Companys
Calvin Ankney
Paulding
Ohio
Ankney
Jackson
Walter Schlicher
Ankney Farm
U S Lake Michigan Lands Entirely Within United States
In the Great Lakes region, Lake Michigan stands alone as the only lake entirely within U S borders, not touching any foreign nation. This geographic distinction highlights its status as a wholly domestic lake among the Great Lakes.
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U. S
Lake Michigan
Great Lakes
United States
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