Santa To Visit Rosebush This Saturday Afternoon
The Rosebush Chamber of Commerce announces Santa Claus will arrive around 2:00 PM Saturday December 20 in Rosebush. He will hand out treats to local children and the chamber will host a movie for kids at the town hall. Santa then arrives at the Isabella Township Fire Hall. Local Boy Scouts troop 141 are decorating and seeking donations to outfit their new troop rooms.
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Rosebush
Preston Johnson
Santa Avill
Isabella Township
Mattison
Ivor Stork
Jim Robinson
Jim Decker
Sunday School Programs This Sunday Night at Rosebush
Rosebush Presbyterian and Rosebush Methodist Sunday schools present Christmas programs this Sunday night. Recitations and music lead to a moving picture The Little Child of Bethlehem and the Why Christmas play. Both services begin at eight o'clock on December 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosebush Presbyterian Sunday School
Rosebush Methodist
Fifth and sixth graders plan caroling expedition
Students from Mrs Lowerys fifth and sixth grade room arrange a Tuesday afternoon caroling outing. A committee lists those unable to attend public services during the holidays and will bring Christmas carols to them.
Mrs. Derry Dunn Injured In Fall At Local Market
Mrs. Derry Dunn suffered a fall Friday afternoon while stocking a high shelf at Dunn IGA Market. She sustained severe bruises to her left arm shoulder and side but X rays showed no fracture. She was alone in the store. Mrs. Herman Dunn assisted at the market.
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Derry Dunn
Dunn Iga
Dunn
Herman Dunn
Rosebush Social Notes Highlight Local Weekend Visits
A Rosebush roundup lists numerous residents visiting friends and relatives across Mt. Pleasant, Farwell, Clare, Midland, and Cadillac. Attendees include Mrs. Hugh Swindlehurst, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Weeks, Mrs. Ralph Sharp, and many others at hotels, homes, and church gatherings.
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Chieftain
Mt. Pleasant
Hugh Swindlehurst
Fred Weeks
Ralph Sharp
George. Dixon
Preston Johnson
Salina Hales
Mary Brooks
Bert Head
Farwell
Warren Decker
Jim ‘Sutton
Clare
Lloyd Armstrong
Dan Morrison
Ambrose Hrdlovich
Robert Sanderson
Midland
Floyd ._ Thompson
Ray Kniffen
Ernest Hoste
Hoste
Eugene Morrison
Shelby, Murray
Bobby
Madeline LaBrosse
Nancy
David
Alma
Gerald Cameron
Alvin Wood
Cameron
Lois Graham
Dale
Dale Graham
Jimmy
Chicago
Elsie. Methner
Billa
Pilgrim
Dorsey Pilgrith
sGeorge Weihl
Wise Township
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
Wise
Anna Fisher
Elsie Methner
Ward Johnston
Lewis Johnston
Cadillac
Joe Clare
Bay City
Robert Simmer
Lint
Kay
Ralph Miller
Harry Johnson
Ithaca
Orrin
David Bellinger
Rosebush Presbyterian and Methodist and Center
John Crawford
Community Council Meets To Discuss Ice Skating Pond
The Rosebush Community Council met Thursday night December 18 in the Rosebush school. Members and interested people discussed problems at Memorial Field ice pond and considered participating in Christmas activities organized by the local Chamber of Commerce.
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Rosebush
Mémorial Field
Chamber of Commerce
Mrs Ray Martin To Entertain For Christmas Party
The Rosebush Methodist W.S.C. will meet with Mrs Ray mond Martin for their annual Christmas party on Saturday evening December 27. Mrs Harold West will lead devotions and Mrs Howard Moore will present the program. Mystery Sister names will be exchanged at this party.
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Rosebush Methodist
W.S.C.8
Raymond Martin
Harold West
Howard Moore
Ron West Initiated Into Tau Beta Pi at UM Dinner
Ron West a University of Michigan junior was among forty five initiates into the Tau Beta Pi honor society at the annual initiation dinner in Ann Arbor. West is a scholarship student majoring in engineering, son of Mr and Mrs Harold West.
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Ron West
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
Ron
Huarold “West
University
Soldier Miller Returns Home From Smokey Hit AFB
Airman Robert Miller arrived Friday on furlough from Smokey Hit Air Force Base in Salina Kansas for a short rest at home.
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Robert Miller
Smokey
Air Force Base
Salina
Kansas
Christmas Sweets From the Kitchen for Holiday Treats
A vintage home craft item explains two cereal based confections. The first is a brittle made from sugar corn syrup and puffed rice or wheat with butter vanilla and soda stretched thin to hard crack. The second combines puffed cereal with dried fruits nuts and a sugar syrup prepared to a hard ball then poured over and set in a shallow pan before slicing.
Rosebush School Plans Christmas Program
The Rosebush Rural Agricultural school will present its annual Christmas program Friday evening December 19 beginning at eight oclock. The program features all grades with a nativity pantomime and choral readings and closes with holiday activities and a noon dismissal on December 24.
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Rosebush
Rosebush Rural Agricultural School
George Nelson
Local Social and School News From Farwell
Farwell residents report visits and gatherings including the Lockwoods in Midland and Coloskys hosting a venison dinner. George Husson attends Boy Scout Court of Honor as troop 1% presents 86 merit badges to 53 boys, with strong parent turnout. Dorothy Renner ill and Barbara Brow recovering, while the Theta Rho club meets with six members. Albert and Ella Miller celebrate thirty years with family guests, and John Shaw returns from two years military service in Germany.
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Harold Lockwood
Danny Joe
Midland
John Colosky
Charles Haring
Earl Colosky
Merle Phillipps
George Husson
Highland Park
Boy Scout Court of Honor
H. P
Abot
Troup
Husson
Jack Renner
Howard Miller
Fort Jackson
South Carolina
Kenneth Renner
Jack Renners
C. B. Neff
Allyn
M. B. Gallagher
Clare
Bert Head
Mrs
Harriet. Parker
Scalkaska
Albert
Kadwell
Ewart
Hurley
Beige
Jessie Palmer
Flint
Margaret Palmer
Margaret
Theta Rho
Rebekah Hall
John Shaw
iDee Shaw
Germany
Albert Miller
Harold Skinner
Lake
Duane Miller
Kenneth Routheaux
Farwell
Petersburg
Mr. Miller
al Gilson
Dorothy Renner
Arley Renner
Miss Renner
Fourth Grade School Notes Christmas Preparations
Fourth Grade reports Bethlehem and manger scenes in chairmen Gloria Lon Diane for decorations. Stars lanterns in windows and a Christmas tree display. Jill leads tree decor. Students assist. Mediterran ean lands lesson notes distance Gibraltar to Suez. Ly brings beans for sprouting. New Christmas songs are learned. Marlene serves as reporter.
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Bethlehem
Gloria
Lon
Diane
Jill
Mediterranean
Straits of Gibraltar
Suez
Marlene Will
Evolution of Santa Claus from European legends to American icon
The narrative traces Saint Nick from a gaunt European figure on a bony mare to an Americanized Santa Claus. Washington Irving and Clement Clarke Moore shape his image with a wagon, sleigh, twinkling eyes, rosy cheeks, and a round belly, transforming the character over centuries.
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Saint Nick
Saint ‘Nick
Saint Nicholas
Saint Nickolaus
Santa Kalous
Santa Claus
Washington Irving
Knickerbocker
New York
The
Guardian
New York City
Irving
Clement Moore
Moore
Europe
W C T U Christmas Tea Held at Presbyterian Church
The W C T U hosted its annual Christmas tea at the Presbyterian Church with Mrs. Ida Johnson as general chair. A program featured singing, a devotion by Rev. R O Thomson, a playlet Keeping Christ in Christmas, and a dining room reception with patrons served by Mrs. Roscoe Philo and Mrs. George Kniffen.
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Presbyterian Church
Ida Johnson
Deer Track Counts Show Deer Still Plentiful in Michigan
Four fresh snow counts by state biologists in Roscommon Gladwin Lake and surrounding areas reveal 84 165 29 102 and 91 deer tracks per mile across diverse heavily hunted zones. The data, amid Michigan's broad deer harvest, indicate notable deer presence despite large removals.
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Tower Peninsula
Michigan
Reahon
Conservation ‘Department
Roscommon
Gladwin Refuge
Carter
Broscominion County
Lake County
Baldwin Swamp
Peacock
Actress Defies Superstition in Twentieth Century Fox Melodrama
Lynn Bari after a string of 44 films returns to Fox for I'd Climb the Highest Mountain a Technicolor romance at Sandra Theatre. She plays the other woman who tempts minister William Lundigan until Susan Hayward intervenes. Henry King directs set in a Georgian locale.
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Lynn Bari
Lytin
Dhatuthit
Bai
Twentieth Century Fox
T’d
Lynn
William Lundigan
Susan Hayward
Henry King
Wise Ladies Aid Sponsors Family Night at Coleman Grange Hall
The Wise Ladies Aid hosted two family night events and a Christmas program in Coleman Grange Hall on Thursday evening. Mrs. Leah Hagly oversaw the program and Santa Claus visited before the night ended. Treats for children were distributed and a roostuck supper was served to conclude the gathering.
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Wise Ladies
Coleman Grange Hall
Leah Hagly
Santa Claus
Rosebush Teachers Attend Rural Teachers Meeting
Rosebush teachers attended the Michigan Rural Teachers Association at Central Michigan College in Mt. Pleasant. Participants included Mrs Dorothy Lowery Mrs Gladys Nusbaum and Mrs Trus Eggleston. The program featured a picture of the Rosebush Rural Agricultural School.
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Rosebush
Michigan Rural Teacher’s Association
Central Michigan College
Mt. Pleasant
Dorothy Lowery
Gladys Nusbaum
Trus Eggleston
Rosebush Rural Agricultural School
Birthday celebration honors Mrs. Leo Lytch at Trainor home
Mrs. Leo Lytch was honored on her birthday anniversary with a gathering hosted by Mrs. Jack Trainor and Mrs. John Varga Jr at the Trainor home on Friday night. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. John Varga Sr and Jr, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Trainor, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Fall, Mr. and Mrs. John Varga Jr, Mr. and Mrs. Jacek Trainor, Tim Lynch, Mrs. Faye Varga, and Mrs. Leo Lynch and Mr. Lynch.
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Leo Lytch
Jack Trainor
John Varga, Jr
Trainor
John Varga
Leo Trainor
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Ryan
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Adams
Rock Hudson
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Secason
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Lamar Trotti
Y Galhgun
Garbére Gates
Valexandere Khox
Aee ET
Ray Martin
Engineering Society
Farwell News
W.C.T.U
Victor Mature
Pamela Neal
Edmund Gwenn
20Th Century-Fox
Rex Allen
Tyrone Power
Patricia Neal
Wise Ladies Aid
Smash Hite
Willie & Joe
Tom Ewell
Harvey Lembeck
Acapulco
Hollywood
Dennis Morgan Philip
Carey Amanda Blake
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Mr. Callaghan
McEwan Street
Judy Ganova
Soho
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