West Grant School Opens With New Swing Additions
West Grant School starts Tuesday morning September 8 with Mrs. Jeff Willey as teacher. The district installed new swings and teeter boards for students. Community members including Mr. and Mrs. Nass Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds and relatives visit over the weekend while others travel to Flint and Hull ranches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Grant
Jeff Willey
Paul Nass
Chris Weber
Dale Reynolds
Dubois
Edith Reynolds
Albert Madison
Hull Ranch
Duncan Koeplinger
Mt. Morris
Estel Reynolds
al. Walters
Seeley Johnson
Dunbar Reunion Attended by Garfield Residents in Lansing
Mr and Mrs S Vinton and Mr and Mrs Hold Hawkins attended the Dunbar Reunion in Lansing on Sunday. On the return trip they visited Eaton Rapids to see Mrs Hawkins brothers Clarence and Walter Darnell and families. Walter recently had a car accident. Floyd Hunt and children were in Bwart and Remus Tuesday. Good Luck Club met with Claude Wheat. a pot luck dinner followed. Next meeting is with Mrs Barns on Wednesday September 4. all are welcome. K V Williams of Ewart visited Floyd Hunt Tuesday evening. Will Feuchter of Hight Point Lake visited Mrs Floyd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinton
Hold
Hawkins
Dunbar
Lansing
Eaton Rapids
Barns
K. V. Williams
Ewart
Floyd Hunt
Will Feuchter
Hight Point Lake
Floyd
Hunt Thiraday Social Notes From Evart Area
Local social notes record visits and calls among residents in Evart and nearby communities. Names include Dull family in Detroit visiting father John Dull, and multiple households from Hight Point Lake Toledo Flint and Sears area attending gatherings and a Free Fair at Ionia.
Community Notes from Pine Lodge and Nearby
Elmer Utter spent Sunday with Vere Shull and the W. S. Mott family joined the welcome to the community. Clyde Hyde and Ben of Pontiac visited the Hemstreet home. John Hogue visited Mt. Pleasant. Adrian White and children stay with his brother Erwin White. Ernest Lyttle and Read of Gnosse called on the Shulls. Mrs. Montney visited Thursday. Ladies met at the school Monday to clean it. Gerald Hemstreet and children called on Erwin White. Clute Montney and wife visit Detroit with their daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Lodge
Elmer Utter
Vere Shull
W. S. Mott
Clyde Hyde
Ben
Pontiac
Gerald Hemstreet
John Hogue
Mt. Pleasant
Adrian White
Erwin White
Ernest Lyttle
Read
Gnosse
Robert Shull
Montney
Shull
Clute Montney
Detroit
Elm Grove Notes Quiet Busy Village Changes
Elm Grove reports a refreshed village with a new roof at the store a cement block garage for Benneatt and three trailer houses connected to electricity. Church events include Mrs. Cora Wilson’s church camp meeting report and a Nazarene guest performance. Townspeople and Extension groups held picnics and fairs with fishery and ice cream stands noted.
Pleasant Valley Social News From Joins and Visits
Mr and Mrs John Tatman of Los Angeles and other guests called at the Bates home Wednesday. Antwerp Ohio visitors Mr and Mrs Chas Weth and Crumley family joined Mack Leeths for weekend. Families and Sunday school groups appear at various homes, plus church rededication music at Pine River near Vestaburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Tatman
Los Angeles
California
Jennie Bates
Chas. Weth
Jonas Crumley
Antwerp
Ohio
Mack Leeth
Emery Bonham
Everett Carncross
Gayle Clute
Norma Bates
Marguerite Leeth
Mayme Bunyan
Archie Tryon
Pontiac
Michigan
Orville Bates
James Nevils
Midland
Harold Bay
Carlton
Matthewson
Ottawa Lake
Burton Bay
Alton David
Norma Hutchinson
Walter Kleiner
Samford Mott
Pine River
Vestaburg
Jennie Penrose
Claré
Owen Spihk
Birthday gathering honors Mrs Bay at home
Mrs Clarence Bay celebrated her birthday with a family gathering on Sunday. Guests included Mr and Mrs Clyde McDonald Mr and Mrs Thomas McDonald Mr and Mrs Kenneth Ramsey and children from Alma and Mr and Mrs Clarence Jordan. Miss Wilma Bay and Ricard Wickers joined the visit at the Von Walters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Bay
Mrs. Bay
Clyde McDonald
Thomas McDonald
Kenneth Ramsey
Alma
Clarence Jordan
Wilma Bay
Ricard Waikers
von Walters
Townsend Meeting News and Local Visits
Robert Heber hosted relatives from Ann Arbor and Fowlerville last week. Ann Arbor residents Barbara Berry Katherine Fowler and Jean Crandle visited Heber on Sunday enroute home from Houghton Lake. Five year old Herbert Hileman escaped a brush with the washing machine wringer with timely aid. The Heber couple attended the West Grant Townsend meeting Friday. Lloyd Shuires of West Grant visited relatives here. Next Townsend meeting planned for September 6. Iva Root and Imerson Burton are pouring concrete in the Dr Sanford farm tool shed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Heber
Ann Arbor
Fowlerville
Barbara
Caroline Berry
Katherine Fowler
Jean Crandle
Heber
Houghton Lake
Herbert Hileman
Chas
West Grant Townsend
Local Social News From Brush College Area
Mr and Mrs Cyril Farmer and family of Lansing spent two weeks at their farm. Weekend guests at the Ankney home were Kenneth Ankney Gretchen Allen and Bruce of Charlotte. Gretchen stayed two weeks with her aunt. Sunday dinner guests at Earl Sander s were Lorin Leitner and sons of Gladwin and Galen Coats and son. Little Wilma Ann Coats has been on the sick list. Mrs Eleanor Mark of Saginaw and nephew Pearlie Blackledge and family of West Grant visited Wednesday. Jimmie Batch of Midland spent last week with Ronald Brubaker. The death of Mrs Hollie Barber was announced. Her boyhood ties to the community are noted and sympathy is offered. Mr and Mrs Clarence Fall of Midland and Mrs Guy Hardy and Mrs Iva Richmond of Clare were dinner guests of Mrs Frank Sanders Tuesday. Richmond and Hardy returned home. Fall and his visitors stayed to late.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brush College
Cyril Farmer
Lansing
Ankney
Kenneth Ankney
Gretchen Allen
Bruce
Charlotte
Gretchen
Earl
Eleanor Mark
Saginaw
Pearlie Blackledge
West Grant
Jimmie Batch
Midland
Ronald Brubaker
Hollie Barber
Hollie
Clarence Fall
Guy Hardy
Iva Richmond
Clare
Frank Sanders
Richmond
Brown Corners Social Roundup From Lansing to Alma
Mr and Mrs Walter Chester and baby of Lansing spent Sunday at Forest Garver’s. Mrs Glen Lower and daughter Coloma and Mr and Mrs J C Newman and daughter Josie visited Alma Wednesday afternoon. Mrs Violet Sunday hosted relatives from Flint and their daughter along with Adolph Heirholzer and Linda Lee from Midland. Detroit visitors Gesserd and Fred Ott stayed Friday night at the Chas Klein hart home, while Fred Trietch hosted them over the weekend. Mrs Fred Trietch and son Carl Frederick returned with relatives from Detroit. We note the pastor Rev Town and family move away after four faithful years. Oma attended conference Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Chester
Baby
Lansing
Forest Garver
Glen Lower
Coloma
J. C. Newman
Josie
Alma
Violet Sunday
Flint
Adolph Heirholzer
Linda Lee
Midland
Gesserd
Detroit
Chas. Kleinhart
Fred Ott
Fred Trietch
Carl Frederick
Town
Pastor H Armstrong to Lead B Camp Church Next Year
Rev H Armstrong of Middleton will move into the parsonage at B Camp Grounds near Carson City and serve as pastor in the coming year. The Armstrong family, including son Thurman and daughter Dorothy, are welcomed to the community. Mr and Mrs Geo Bates and daughter were Lindsay dinner guests at the Glen Lower home. Afternoon callers were Rev Armstrong and his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carson City
H. Armstrong
Middleton
Social Roundup Notes From Loomis Area
Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Childs visited her brother and family of Archie Mac Donald Tuesday evening. Miss Princes Musser spent time with Miss Ruth Loar at Bursh College. Mrs. Archie MacDonald attended the North Bradley Ladies Aid at Mrs. Peter Schad's. Mrs. Roy Woodworth returned from Detroit after a two week stay. Miss Frances Musser visited Mrs. J. Harger in Clare on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. D. Childs
Archie Mac Donald
Princes Musser
Ruth Loar
Bursh College
Archie MacDonald
North Bradley Ladies Aid
Peter Schad
Roy Woodworth
Detroit
Frances Musser
Clare
J. Harger
Jade import from Burma surprises China link
A note on Chinese jade being imported from Burma despite its long ties to China. In Fiji, women reportedly crawl on hands and knees when men relax inside the house, a practice cited as a local custom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Burma
Fiji Islands
Fifty Swiss Peaks Stand 15000 Feet High
A Swiss Alps region boasts no fewer than fifty mountains that rise at least 15,000 feet, underscoring the dramatic alpine elevations and rugged terrain across the range.
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George Abbot
Mann Siding
John Oman
Robert van Buskirk
South Garfield
Edmond Woods
Thayer Milkman
Mt.Pleasant
Everett
David
Ray Brown
Lloyd Hunt
Bonnie
Don Brown
Dale
Gilbert Flint
Flints
Wm. Buckleys
Ionia
Elm Grove
Vernon
Benneatt
Cora Wilson
St. Louis
Harrison Fair
C. Lear
Harrison
Leo Coates
Cadillac
Virgil Newman
Williams Cottage
Max Loukner
Ohmart
Harvey Wilson
C. J. Clinton Cochran
Louise Cotton
Edith Raymond
Clarence Armentrout
Vernon Bennett
Nazarene Church
Beaverton
Mr. Fullerton
Luther
Pleasant Valley
Dickinson
Welfare
Loomis
Maurice
Clare County
John W. Dunlop
Walter H. Larman
American Legion
Osceola-Clare
Bay City
Dunlop
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