Christmas visits and travel fill city notes
Mrs Lula Shaw spends Christmas and New Year with children in Lansing. Mrs Elizabeth Samson of Chicago visits relatives in the area. Bay City and Flint guests split weekends with local families. Church events include Rev. Gerald Brady speaking at Brown Corners on December 27. Allen and Haring families travel to Chicago and Fort Ord for service members. A caroling party at the Hall home ends with a tour of the LaGoe’s new house and a shared lunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lula Shaw
Lansing
Elizabeth Samson
Chicago
Illinois
C. C. Knapp
Minnie Drake
Eugene FitzGerald
Bay City
J. E. Davy
Walter Rhodes
Flint
Gertrude Gardiner
Leota van Every
Frank Hochstetler
East Lansing
R. §. Allen
Sterling
Gerald Brady
Harrison United Brethren Church
Brown Corners
John C. Haring
Pvt
Kenneth
Haring
Fort Ord
California
Barbara Irwin
Christmas Tree Dilemma Links Two Fates in Town
Linda Lou volunteers to craft an old fashioned tree in a club's double Christmas setup while a visiting newspaper photographer steps in with popcorn and a storybook ending. A quirky holiday task unfolds as they race to assemble the festive plan before the party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linda Marlory
Linda Lou
Linda
Churches raise record gifts totaling 1952 funding
Protestant and Orthodox churchgoers gave a record 1.401114217 billion dollars to their churches in 1952 per the National Council of Churches. William Tyndale, who printed the first English New Testament in 1526, was executed for heresy on Oct. 6 1536 in Belgium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Council of Churches
William Tyndale
Belgium
New Arrivals List Christmas Babies and Heaviest Weight
Born to Mr and Mrs Billy Schug a girl Vicki Lynn December 18 at Clare Hospital weight six pounds Mr and Mrs Sohn Larson announce arrival of daughter Ann Elizabeth December 20 at University Hospital weight six pounds two ounces Doris Maxwell born December 19 Mt Pleasant Community Hospital son David Paul seven pounds two ounces Mr and Mrs Lloyd Conley announce birth of son at Mt Pleasant hospital weight seven pounds two ounces Mother and baby to spend Christmas with Pe toskey grandparents Mr Conley band instructor at the High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Schug
Clare Hospital
Vicki Lynn
Sohn Larson
Ann Arbor
Ann Elizabeth
University Hospital
Doris Maxwell
Lloyd Conley
Mt. Pleasant
David Paul
Petoskey
Mr. Conley
Danish Origins of Christmas Seals Spark TB Fight
The idea emerged in 1903 from Danish postal clerk Hinar Holboell who proposed Christmas seals to fund tuberculosis work. After approval by King Christian, the first seals featured Queen Louise in 1904. Jacob Riis popularized the concept for Americans in 1907.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Tuberculosis Association
Hinar Holboell
Chrisian
Louise
Jacob Riis
Also Mentioned on This Page
Eugene Wyman
Ethel Burch
Paul Bennett
Detroit
Howard Brockway
Harrison
Dick Thayer
Quantico
Lance Thayer
Jack Hall
Celia
F. T. LaGoes
Ralph Baum Garths
E. C. Bromleys
Dex Eldens
Cape Cod
Art Damoth Agency
McEwan Street
Marl M. Houghton
Tol
The
Herald Angels
Art Damoth
Agency
Clare, Michigan
By Lilliace M. Mitchell
ARMY
769Th
Mullitary
Keundan
United States
Borin
Haine
U.8. Army
Denmark
Marble Auto Collision Service
Zenith
Clare, Mich
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