Orchestra Refreshments Served Delight Attendees
Refreshments were served and a pleasant evening was had by all who attended the orchestra event.
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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1944
Page
8
Harrison Study Club Christmas Party Enlivens Church Parlor
Members of the Harrison Study Club gathered at the church parlors on Tuesday evening December 19 for their annual Christmas party. The program featured carols games a piano solo by Mrs Flossie Kane and performances by Carolyn Amble Mary Fanning a Christmas reading by Mrs Thora Morrison and a solo by Mrs Rita Whitmer. Gifts were exchanged then guests enjoyed a lunch of red and green jello fruit cake and coffee. Hostesses and chair Fern Rose and committee members Anna Gens Margaret Foell Rita Whitmer Laura Brown Gladys Kinne and Amy Darling received praise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison Study Club
Flossie Kane
Carolyn Amble
Mary Fanning
Thora Morrison
Rita Whitmer
Marion Amble
Kane
Fern Rose
Anna Gens
Margaret Foell
Laura Brown
Gladys Kinne
Amy Darling
Hayes Agricultural School Christmas Program Delights Crowd
The December 22 program featured Mrs. Kane’s kindergarten singing Rock-A-Bye My Baby and a first grade dramatic Santa Claus sketch with Keith Yost. Roberta Wilson and Barbara Poleski performed recitations and solo, while Mrs. Zubler and Mrs. Bennett directed songs and Bible readings. The fifth and sixth grade presented The Christmas Chime with Delores Woznick as the willful bell. Santa Claus and townspeople joined in, and the seventh and eighth grades closed with carols as the audience sang along.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison High School
Clare
James Mead
Paul Bennett
Mr. Mead
Chas. Amble
Hayes Agricultural School
Bobby Amble
Santa Claus
Social gatherings feature bridge club and scout party
Marie Skinner hosted a bridge club evening with Christmas carols and four placings led by Eloise Balmer. Harrison Girl Scouts held a Christmas party at Dr and Mrs Harl Wilsons home with Miss Diana as hostess and Anna Gens guiding the activity. A pot luck supper followed with games and an exchange of gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Skinner
Eloise Balmer
Roberta Roth
Thora Morrison
Leonore Hughes
Harrison Girl Scouts
Harl Wilson
Diana
Anna Gens
Anne Wellington
Ivah Emery
Clare
Christening party hosted by Boy Scouts in Clare
Miss Dorothy Smith of Clare was a guest at a Christing party held in the Scout room Wednesday evening. Scoutmaster Wayn Tennant led the gathering with games, gift exchanges, and refreshments served after the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Smith
Clare
Boy Scouts
Wayn Tennant
In Service of Their Country
Several service members are noted on leave or return from duty. Seaman 2/c Eugene Swain and Ona Beltinck return to families in Great Lakes Illinois and Wisconsin for ten day leaves. Raymond Bauder visits Madison Wisconsin for Christmas with family. Cpl Wallace Peckinpaugh homes on furlough with wife and son Dickie. Lewis Eberhart returns to duties after a thirty day leave with parents. T/Sgt Ray Calkins back in England sends his mother and sister Persian rugs for Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Swain
Seaman Swain
Great Lakes, In
Swain
Ona Beltinck
Great Lakes
Cpl
Wallace Peckinpaugh
Fort Jackson
South Carolina
Dickie
Tim Graves
Ray Calkins
England
BE. J. Calkins
Florence Keast
Rochester
Doris Sparbel Set To Return From Furlough
Sgt. Doris Sparbel left Thursday to return to Fort Des Moines Iowa after a two week furlough with her mother Mrs. J E Sparbel and other relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris Sparbel
Fort Des Moines
Iowa
J. E. Sparbel
Seaman Robert White Arrives Home on Leave
Seaman Robert White stationed in Philadelphia returned home on leave last Thursday and visited with his parents Mr and Mrs Alva White and family until Tuesday. Charles A Jackson Jr ap seaman with USNTC Great Lakes NL spent several days last week and Christmas with his wife and daughter Sharon at the home of her mother Mrs Florence Parish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert White
Seaman White
Philadelphia
Alva White
Charles A. Jackson, Jr
U.S
Seaman Jackson
U.S.N.T.C
Great Lakes
Sharon
Florence Parish
Military Families Welcome Home On Leave
Sgt Ralph Ackerman and Mrs Ackerman of Bainbridge Georgia spend furlough with his parents Mr and Mrs Henry Ackerman and Mrs Ernest Ramey and other relatives. Lt Donald E Holbrook and Ltjg Donald B Holbrook of Seattle Washington returned home for a ten day leave and plan to go to San Francisco next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Ackerman
Bainbridge, Georgia
Henry Ackerman
Ernest Ramey
J.g
Donald E. Holbrook
Donald B. Holbrook
Seattle
Washington
San Francisco
California
Service Members Reach Home for Holidays and Updates
Forrest Garchow A S and Miss Betty Duerr spent Sunday with William and Mrs Garchow in Evanston before returning Monday. Pvt Elton Allen arrived home from Camp Gordon to spend a furlough with his mother and relatives, reporting back January 6 in Washington D C. William N Secor A S apprentice seaman trains at Great Lakes Naval Training Center with address listed. Cpl Law L Scott, in overseas service, spent Christmas with grandparents after being wounded in multiple campaigns. Sgt Don McDonald arrived from Chicago for a fifteen day furlough with his wife and daughter before returning for wound treatment in Peleliu.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forrest Garchow
Northwestern University
Evanston
Illinois
Betty Duerr
Mt. Pleasant
William Garchow
Elton Allen
Allen
Camp Gordon
Ethel Allen
Washington, D. C
William N. Secor
A. S
Secor
Farwell
Navy
Great Lakes Naval Training Center
A.S., Co
B.N
U.S.N.T.C
Great Lakes
Ill
L. Scott
Cpl. Scott
U.S. Air Force
Panama
Australia
Solomons
New Guinea
Levi Scott
Don McDonald
McDonald
Chicago
Linda Jean
George Whites
Peleliu
Apprentice Seaman receives funeral leave for grandmother
Kenneth Archbold of Great Lakes Illinois was granted a pass to attend the funeral of his grandmother Mrs A J Archbold on Tuesday and will return to duty today. His brother Paul Archbold of Point Judith Rhode Island was unable to get leave to come.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Archbold
Seaman Archbold
Great Lakes
Ill
A. J. Archbold
Paul Archbold
Point Judith
R. L
Hénis
Funeral Attended by Fort Jackson Soldier
Pvt. Robert Eschenweck from Fort McClellan Alabama and Cpl Archbold from Fort Jackson South Carolina attended the funeral of Mrs. A J Archbold Tuesday and remained for a few days visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Eschenweck
Robert Hsclen
Weck
Fort McClellan
Alabama
Cpl
John Archbold
Archbold
Fort Jackson
So. Carolina
A. J. Archbold
Average Doughboy Height and Measurements in Army Life
The typical recruit is 5 feet 8 inches tall, weighs 144 pounds, with a 33 inch chest and wears a 9 1 2 shoe and size seven hat. In the army he gains weight and chest expansion and wears a half size larger shoe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Army
Florida acid swab boosts turpentine in slash pines
In Florida a 40 percent sulfuric acid solution is used to yield 25 percent more turpentine by swabbing bark cuts. The method could raise turpentine output by millions of gallons and generate several millions of dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Feel the Difference Miracle Relief at Anderson's Drug
Advertisement notes miracle relief for muscular aches and pains priced at 75 cents at Anderson's Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson’s
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