Favors For Christmas Made by Cub Scouts Den 4
Cub Scouts of Den 4 and Den Mother Mrs Wilbur Fletcher and helper Mrs Ed Runyon held a after school Christmas party on Thursday night. They filled 47 gift favors for elderly people and Ardis Convalescent Home patients and prepared a Good Will box for a family. Mrs Runyon made a popcorn woman present for their Dea Mother and the group enjoyed cookies ice cream punch and popcorn balls.
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Cub Scouts
Den 4
Wilbur Fletcher
Ed Runyon
Ardis Convalescent Home
Runyon
Farwell Briefs Christmas Visits Hit By Illness
The Vanessa Cook family observed Christmas on Sunday with dinner guests including Mr and Mrs Bert Glass Mrs Emma Perry Mr and Mrs Stuart Graham Mr and Mrs Kenneth Renner and family and Mr and Mrs Donald Cook and daughters from Bath Mr and Mrs Duncan Koepp visited their friend Mrs Roland Provost in Midland on Sunday Provost has been ill.
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Farwell
Vaness Cook
Bert Glass
Emma Perry
Stuart ‘Graham
Ken‘neth Renner
Donald Cook
Bath
Duncan Koepp
Roland Provost
Midland
Christmas Services Highlight Local Church News
Christmas Eve services at Farwell Methodist Church are planned for December 24 with candle light and a sermon by Rev Andrews. Gilmore Church of Christ choir presented a Christmas Cantata at the Mt Pleasant State Home and Training School Chapel. A Gospel Mission Christmas program drew a large student attendance while prayer meetings are canceled this week.
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Farwell Methodist Church
Rev. Andrews
Gilmore Church of Christ
State
Mt. Pleasant
Gospel Mission
Christmas Dinner and Rotary Party Gather Local Families
Mr Earl Coker and Mrs Earl Coker hosted Christmas dinner and a family gift exchange with two sons, daughter, and families at the Frank Coker home. J R Cokers and LéRoy Campbells joined, completing the family group. Rotary Club Ladies Night followed at Twigs. Tuesday a Christ mas party at Duncan Koepplinger home featured husbands receiving tie clips bearing the Rotary emblem. Mrs Marie Weaver Alexis Bush of Clare visited sister Mrs Jerry Naah and children Monday afternoon.
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Alexis
Bush of
Clare
Jerry Naah
Christmas Gatherings Fill Homes Across Towns
Christmas visits span Sarasota Clare and neighboring towns as families share meals and gifts. Joe Miller Jr and Teresa Montifusco attend a gymnastics meet in Sarasota while relatives from Lansing Temple Farwell and Middleville celebrate together. Special notes include the Geib family health update and a 20th wedding anniversary at the Wesley Higgins home.
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Joe Miller Jr
Teresa Montifusco
Sarasota
Florida
Gerald Agle
Temple
Argus
Lansing
Elmer — Godwin Sr
Franklin Schaaf
Clare
Courtland Geib
Geib
Farwell
Belle Graham
F. Howell
West Branch
Jerry Green
James Thompson
Elna
Dover
Frank Thompson
Miss Murphy
al Young
Harold
Bernard Glass
John Sherman
Flint
Wesley Higgins
Merle Halslander
Treasure Freeman
Middleville
Warren Dixon
Albert Kadwells
Ewart
Carol
Michigan State Ski Areas Offer Beginners Safe Slopes
Michigan state parks and recreation areas provide gentle terrain for beginners and casual skiers. Porcupine Mountains state park features open slopes and varied trails with a T bar and rope tows, plus lodging and concessions. Mt Holly and Highland areas offer night skiing, snow making, and warming shelters for easy and family friendly runs.
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Michigan
Porcupine Mountains
Porkies
Holly
Highland
Mt. Holly
Teeple Hill
Brides and kin gather for Christmas and funeral notices
Mrs. Jack Renner and relatives visit Mt Pleasant and exchange gifts while other families travel to Benton Harbor for a funeral. Florida fruit basket sent to Pinellas Park relatives. Masonic Lodge installation in Clare honors Eugene Campbell. Emerson Blodgett family visits Houghton Lake. Deil family dines with son Henry and calls on Russell Pugsley in Mt Pleasant.
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Jack Renner
John Agile
Kenneth Renner
Henry Craven
Ida Craven
Mt. Pleasant
Pearl ‘Trowbridge
Bill
Bert Head
Benton Harbor
George Trowbridge
Jack Renners
Florida
Alma
Helen Schofield
Erma Sharpe
Pinellas Park
John Moore
Dewey Dell
John Q. Lock Lodge
Masonic Order
Clare
Eugene Campbell
Emerson Blodgett
Francis Blodgett
Houghton Lake
Dewey Deil
Henry
Russell Pugsley
Christmas program joy at Colville church
Rural News reports a good crowd at the Colville church Christmas program on Sunday evening. Thanks are offered by Sunday school teachers, the program committee, superintendent, and minister to parents and helpers for making the event a success.
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Brinkman
Joe Pudway
William Gruno
Stevenson Lake
Myr
Lewis Rutter
Harrison
Virginia Stephenson
Clare
Bodkins Town
David Holt Cast In Movies From Clare Resident
David Holt, formerly of Clare, is set as a featured player under contract with a New York theatrical agency. He will appear in two upcoming releases, Dusk To Dusk from Universal-International as Jerry Matthews, and Rhap sody N.Y.C. from Columbia Pictures as a cynical Broadway hopeful. Holt joined the Navy for five years, then studied acting in New York before being signed after auditions.
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Clare
Das Ae Holt
Honsietures
New York
Holt
Harley Holt
Clare High School
Jerry Matthews
Universal - International
Columbia Pictures
Rhapsody N.Y.C
David Holt
U.S. Navy
Maurice Tei Dunn
Michigan deer season keeps hunting accidents under sixty
The 1959 deer season ended with fewer than 60 hunting accidents in Michigan, marking the fifth consecutive year the total stayed under this level, reinforcing safety during in the season.
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Michigan
Detergents Pollute Private Wells
Private wells show increasing detergent contamination as local health departments request examination of house hold well samples. State engineers plan field tests with several health departments to measure how far detergents travel through soil and how quickly sewage bacteria follow.
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Health Department
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Farwell News
Church News
By Hazel Willings
Piano
Restone
Firestone Town & Country
Sire Winter
North
Family Service
Clare, Mich
and Morton Oil Company
Rural News
Colonville
Sondra Theatre
SAT
SUN
Jerry Wald
Beaverton
Gem Theatre
ERI
Clint Walker
Edward xGokic
Byrnes
John Leeman
Russell
Russ’ Record Shop
Weal Theatre Bldg
Doris Day
Rock, Hudson
Color Cinemas
Tony Randall
Thelma Ritter
Michael Myerberg Productions, Inc
Hansel
Gretel
Technicolor
Walt Diss
Tad Roe
Taes Heckel Mur
Janes Donald Ae
Merry Christmas
Hilltop
Come Early Space Limited
Gayest
Claré
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