Christmas gatherings and local visits in Clare area
Residents and visitors from Clare and nearby towns shared holiday activities. Guests included Mr and Mrs Fred Bader, Dr and Mrs Burt Sanford, Tony Achard, Basil and Orla Baker, Harl Sprague and son Delmer, Carl Williams and son Russell, Ben Carpenter, Jess Shillinger, P MacFadyen, and others. The community planned a Christmas program, gift trees, and church events while hunting and travel filled the weekend. Edith Virginia born to Mr. and Mrs John Gaffney was greeted. several locals took trips to Detroit and Bay City for trees and errands.
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Fred Bader
Clare
Burt Sanford
Tony Achard
Basil
Orla Baker
Lahsing
Harl Sprague
Delmer
Achard Ranch
Carl Williams
Hittle
Russel
Ben Carpenter
Harrison
Santa
P. MacFadyen
Jess Shillinger
Lake George
Freeman
Herbert Sutton
Henry Austin
Detroit
Fred ‘Wolf
Rank Newsom
G. C. Leibrand
Bay City
W. G. Simson
Vassar
J. A. Burns
Hyatt
Charlie Wheeler
Redding Township
S. Harris
Lambert Boys
John Gaffney
Edith Virginia
A. Hall
Redding
Jed Bader
Charlie Moyes
Walter Sepanske
Burns
Freeman Town Hall Dance Draws Large Local Crowd
A party and dance occupied Freeman town hall on Saturday night. An energetic local crowd enjoyed the event while a pot luck supper was shared, prepared by the town ladies.
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Freeman Town Hall
Quarantine Linked to Scarlet Fever Cases in Northwest Vernon
Northwest Vernon Supervisor John Duncan ordered a quarantine on the Freeman Mitchel home after three Mitchel children fell ill with scarlet fever. The item also lists social visits in the community, a Help-the-Hostess Club meeting in Clare, Christmas tree gifts, officer elections for 1981, and attendance at a club event with forty one present.
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John Duncan
Freeman Mitchel
Russell Wilson
Little Son
Lake George Resort visitors and local incidents noted
George Heintz and wife from Lansing attended Cris Bringold's funeral while others visited Lake George. A crossing accident was averted by braking. Joe Frook narrowly avoided a collision at No. 181 Ann Arbor crossing. Local residents and students are mentioned in routine travel and school program notes.
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George Heintz
Lansing
Cris Bringold
Robert McKim
Kennedy
Crispman
Anton Billgren
Alma
Lillian Hanson
Abbie Lambertson
FR. A. Luce
Harry Kress
Farwell
Joe Frook
Ann Arbor
Joe
F. A. Luce
John Sells
Clare
Lester Fawley
Local notes and visits fill holiday week in area
Mrs Schooley of Pontiac cared for her daughter Mrs Matthew Scott. Local residents attended Harrison court Friday. Fred Sowles and Dwight Gilman traveled to Barryton on business. Mr and Mrs BE A Stanley and Mrs T H Brooks shopped in Clare. School children plan a Christmas Eve program at Gleaner hall. Mr and Mrs C F Howell visited friends in Evart. Bert Scott home hosts Mr and Mrs Earle Shook of Baldwin and Myrl Scott family from Evart. T H Brooks and sons visited Midland relatives. Will Grizgware and friends from Saginaw renewed acquaintances. Clara and Madaline Smith of Clare visited grandfather Chas Summers. Wm Merrill hosted friends from Ypsilanti for weekend. Bread sale noted: 2 pounds for 10 cents at Crystal Bakery Hart Foss Prop.
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Bert Scott
Earle Shook
Baldwin
Myrl Scott
Evart
T. H. Brooks and Sons
Midland
Harvie Phillips
Hvart
Maggie Phillips
Will Grizgware
Kenneth
Ho‘ward
Saginaw
Clara
Madaline Smith
Clare
Chas
Merrill
Ypsiland
Billy's Red Poppy Gift Rescued by Policeman at Store
A mother loses her son in a crowded city, then a three year old emerges waving a single large red flower from a flower shop window. The clerk and policeman calm the scene as the boy proclaims the gift for his mother, and the mother thanks fate for a Merry Christmas.
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Wyilly
Billy
Western Newspaper Union
How She Worked It Gift Dilemma Dialogue
A playful exchange shows one person overwhelmed by Christmas gifts and another suggesting using them for future birthdays. The humorous back and forth hints at practical generosity and anticipatory gifting.
Babe of Bethlehem Is Christmas
Cardinal Gibbons declares the Babe of Bethlehem embodies Christmas as the Christian world worships and reflects on a spiritual blessing beyond time. believers feel a lifted, inward life enhanced by reverent emotion.
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Bethlehem
Cardinal Gibbons
The Earliest Carol by Aurelius Prudentius
The earliest Christmas carol known to scholars is The Virgin and Child written in the fourth century by Aurelius Prudentius and it remains sung today.
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Aurelius Prudentius
Seasonable Reminder From a Columbia Professor
A Columbia professor notes that half the world’s work is done in the United States and offers a seasonal reminder for youngsters to assist Santa Claus this year.
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United States
Columbia
Santa Claus
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Windover Lake
Clare Hardware & Furniture CO
Henryville
Sunkist
Chaffee’s Grocery
Northwest
Vernon
Bauder
Phyllis
Rosebush
Jas. Sherman
Ralph Duncan
Flint
June Hachmuth
Claribel Hendrie
W. T. Tubbs
Onaway
J. Duncan
C. VanSickien
A. L. Davis
Grove
H. H. Wilson
J. T. Grimason
Mary Hinkle
Olive
Oliver
Read O'Grady
Anna Flood
Estella Price
Matty Grimason
Mabel Stanley
Hazel MacIntosh
Anna Morden
Myrtie Gorr
Zula Archbold
Olive Oliver
Frances van Sicklen
Stottemeyer
A. Parish
M. Morden
George Burch
Hinkleville
H. Slater
Betty
E. B. Gorr
Lake George Resort
Lake News
Crystal Bakery
Hart Foss
Babe OF Bethlehem
Elgin
Benrus
Jewelers
Optometrists
Christmas
Turkey
Clark
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