Farm Bureau Considers Steel and Equipment
Walton Farm Bureau holds December meeting at the Vanness Cools home near Gilmore where Ewart Bowerman and Oliver House lead. Members discuss steel rationing and farm equipment, urging adequate machinery supply and reasonable steel allocations for equipment manufacturers.
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Farm Bureau
Vanness Cool
Walton Farm Bureau
Gilmore
Oliver House
Action
Ewart Bowerman
Wilfred Stilgenbauer
Christmas card game leads meeting at Cook hostess eve
A man recreation chairman led a clever Christmas card game for members. Hostess Mrs Cook served attractive refreshments to close the evening. The Oliver Houses will host January meeting of this group.
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Oliver Houses
Caroling Opens at Rosebush Center Youth Group
Mt. Pleasant hosts Mr and Mrs Ken Schrock as Rosebush Center Young Adult group meets at David Bellinger home. Group sings Christmas carols and Rev Willis Dunn teaches John chapter four. Mrs Willis Dunn performs Silver Bells. Gift exchange and refreshments follow. Next meeting January 17 with venue to be announced.
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Ken Schrock
Mt. Pleasant
Rosebush Center
Methodist Church
David Bellinger
Willis Dunn
John
Russell Johnston
Center W.S.C.S. Turns In Talents
The Center W.S.C.S. held a mystery sister exchange of gifts at the church after a public noon dinner. Mrs. Earl Grace presided and talents were turned in after months of effort to grow the original investment. Members baked goods, knitted wyttens, and offered hairdressing for friends.
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W.S.C.S
Earl Grace
Lets Be Friends Group Guests Of The Hoovers
The Lets Be Friends youth group met at Clare Hoover home with Mrs. Ida Johnson and sponsor Mrs. Madiline Brook. Eleven members attended as Bethel Hoover presided. They sang, studied Acts chapter five, and enjoyed refreshments. Visitors included Mrs. Lois Graham Carl Seiter and Mr and Mrs Hoover. Next meeting set for December 27 with the Strouse family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare Hoover
Ida Johnson
Madiline Brook
Bethel Hoover
Johnson
Helen
Harold, Garl
Larry Strouse
K T S Club Card Games At Lewis Home
The K T S club met with Mrs. Coleman Lewis on Friday evening. Three card tables were in play with prizes won by Mrs. Harold Flaharty and Mrs. Vernell Berk. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Lewis with Christmas season fare. Guests included a list of twenty-two women such as Mrs. Roswell Hart and Mrs. John Jacobs.
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K.T.S. Club
Coleman Lewis
Harold Flaharty
Vernell Berk
Lewis
Roswell Hart
John Jacobs
Vernell Fike
Harold Anderson
Floyd Dixon
Fred Zinser
Bill Zinser
Jack Methner
Robert Issott
Churches Plan Union Watch Night Service in January
The Monday night union prayer meeting was led by Rev. Willis Dunn at the Methodist parsonage. A committee from Presbyterian and Methodist churches is developing plans for a Watchnight Service to be announced later.
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Willis Dunn
Keep Christmas Through Giving Not Just Observance
Social calendars run amok before Christmas as towns weigh farm bureau and women’s society events against private parties. A reader cites Henry Van Dyke’s urging to keep Christmas by giving love not just observing, asking if readers will share light and kindness with others for a day or always. The piece stresses that Christmas is only kept when love guides actions toward children, the lonely, and family.
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Farm Bureau
Women’s Society
Christ
Bethlehem
Henry van Dyke
W C T U Urges Moderation During Yuletide Season
Local WCTU members remind the public that Christmas is sacred and urge restraint on alcohol. They state the birthday of the Lord should not be desecrated by indulgence in beverages that lower man.
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W.C.T.U
Extension Group Meets Amid Yule Setting Next Week
Mrs Dale Graham hosted the Sea tom Rosebush Extension club on Thursday night with a Christmas mood in a mirror reflection arrangement and a decorated tree. Chairman Mrs Harold Flaharty led a brief meeting where members voted to donate $6 to the Christmas Service Club in Mt Pleasant. Gifts were exchanged among mystery sisters and gifts were given to Mrs George Bader. Refreshments with a Christmas theme followed the recreation hour. The January meeting will be at Mrs Ralph Sharp's home.
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Dale Graham
Seatom-Rosebush
Harold Flaharty
Mt. Pleasant
George Bader
Mystery Sisters
Graham
Russell Cowden
Ralph Sharp
Grayson Spaulding Enlists In Navy
Grayson Spaulding, eighteen, left Rosebush for the U S Navy at Great Lakes. He attended Mt. Pleasant High School three years and would have joined the 1952 class. He took tests in Bay City and completed exams in Grand Rapids and Chicago. Mr Spaulding is Rosebush school board president.
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Rosebush
U.S. Naval Training Station
Great Lakes
Grayson Spaulding
Lloyd Spaulding
Grayson
Mt. Pleasant High School
Bay City
Grand Rapids
Chicago
Spaulding
Rosebush Consolidated School Board
New Arrival Karen Ann Trainor Born in Mt Pleasant
Mr and Mrs Jack Trainor welcome a daughter born Sunday morning December 16 at Central Michigan Hospital Mt Pleasant. The baby weighs seven pounds eleven and a half ounces and is named Karen Ann. The loon is noted for its cry resembling insane laughter and the expression crazy as a loon.
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Jack Trainor
Central Michigan Hospital
Mt. Pleasant
Karen Ann
Poinsettia Roots in U S History and Care Tips
Joel Poinsett introduced the Mexican plant now known as the poinsettia to the United States while serving as ambassador to Mexico. The plant, famous for its red bracts, thrives in warm conditions with 70 to 80 degree days and minimal drafts, needs regular but moderate watering, bright sun, and occasional fertilizer.
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Joel Roberts Poinsett
United States
Poinsett
U.S
Mexico
South Carolina
Flow Gently Sweet Varnish Advice on Finishing
When using varnish, work with the grain to avoid brush marks and a rough finish. Excessive back and forth stokes damage the smooth surface, and the same holds for enamel.
Railroads Show Rise in Freight Revenue Since 1938
The average revenue for Class I U.S. railroads to carry a ton of freight one mile rose 35 percent from 1938 to 1650. In Great Britain the increase over the same period reached 71 percent, reflecting substantial gains in rail freight efficiency and pricing.
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United States
Great Britain
Rosebush Briefs Highlight Community Health and Travel
Mrs John Hiliott of Mt Pleasant convalesces after major surgery at CMG hospital. David Bellinger a patient at Central Michigan Hospital. Edgar Petterly and daughter Myla Jean visit Grand Rapids then Chicago. baby Connie Lee born December 9. Mrs Manley McFarland returns to Midland hospital with heart ailment. Sunday guests include Samborns Gardiver Kinnard House clan from various towns. The Dunns plan Christmas in Florida. Moyes family to Elyria Ohio for holidays.
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John Hiliott
Mt. Pleasant Ip
C.M.G
Hiliott
Ed Lewis
The
David Bellinger
Central Michigan Hospital
Mt.easAnt
Edgar Petterly
Myla Jean
Grand Rapids
Feterly
Chicago
Arthur Peterson
Connie Lee
Fetterly
Manley McFarland
Midland Hospital
Dora Walker
Wesley Samborn
Janet
Linda
Debra
Auburn
Robert Gardiver
Clark Kinnard
Ployd House
Bob. White
Crystal
Clare
Wed
Ambrose Hrdlovich
Robert
Midland
Irving Schutt
Branene
M.C
Robert Straley
Senton Methodist
Dunn
Joan
Bill
Florida
Harry Bischer
Dunns
Albert Moyes
Eugene Moyes
Elyria Onio
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