Christmas guest lists fill area households
A long Christmas season social round up shows John Wood visiting the Whit Jocks in Farwell while Eulaine Roe Agnes Harmon and many others share holidays with relatives across Michigan towns from Flint to Detroit. Numerous family dinners and weekend gatherings highlight tied kinship and local ties during the holiday period.
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John Wood
Charles Whit Jock
Eulaine Roe
Agnes Harmon
Fosther Miller
Farwell
Jesse Lamphere
Flint
William VanVorse
Lowell
Earl Ruby
David McDonald
Pontiac
Carl Chaplin
Loie Hansler
Cadillac
Addie Whipple
Dorr Day
Detroit
Arthur Walter
Glenn Baker
Marilyn Kay
August Ulrich
Ernest Green
Ray
Joe McLaughlin
Norris Johnson
Ward Johnson
Wise
Max Stone
Dearporn
Keith Martin
Sears
Helen North
Barbara Allen
Billie Simonds
Hyatt
Olive Orr
Forest Shumway
Atty
E. H. Storken
Battle Creek
Lansing
Joyce
Herbert Randall
Herbert Jr
Dale Randall
Garron
Farmington
D. Harvey
Mona Jean
Arthur Johnson
Basil Harvey
Saginaw
Lorena Henderson
Harl Henderson
Valdeen
B. C. van Conant
Henderson
William Terwilliger
Lake City
Olive Bailey
Crystal
Theo Wallington
Karen Ann
Allen Dale Runyon
Sandra Joan
J. A. Combs
Standish
Virgil Runyon
Ernest Stough
Mas Gon
Kittle Koontz
Langing, Fir
Percy Stough
Jonesville
Emmin “Youmans
Werd
John Stough
Rofland Witheck
Carol Kay
Ithaca
Casper Witbeck
Donald Witheck
Heart
Marvin Witbeck
Mabel Bradley
Romayne Perry
Bay City
G. A. Perry
Dell Lehtola
Claud Hartman
Beverly Sowle
Michigan State College
H. M. Sowle
Omer
J. Fred Gay
Icem Slentz
Harl Phimsey
Patsy
Mary Harmon
Alice Loomis
Barbara
Margaret
Outdoor Fireplace Fire Safety Note
A note advises against placing an outdoor fireplace within a frame building due to fire hazard. It suggests a fireplace may be built into a house chimney if a safe flue is installed.
New Year Mood Sparks Miss Leslie at Johnny's Party
At a bustling New Year gathering, Margot and Johnny discuss his secretary Miss Leslie as she sings with Peg and the group. Margot hints Leslie adores Johnny while noting his weekly proposal and the age gap. Dinner follows a lively Auld Lang Syne chorus with Leslie near the conservatory.
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Margot
Johnny
Sis
Peg
Leslie
Miss Leslie
Dobnebite
Westerns
Jimtin
Festive New Year’s Squares and Frosting Recipes
New Year's open house theme with cakes and hot drinks. Includes recipes for Seven Minute Frosting and Chocolate Wonder Frosting, plus instructions for Festive New Year’s Squares using cake flour, baking powder, salt, butter, sugar, eggs, milk, vanilla, and decorative frosting.
Novel New Year Party Games Spark Festive Spirits
A newspaper excerpt describes interactive New Year games to liven gatherings. Methods include Mixed Resolutions with neighbors, Week's Confession diary slips, and Time themed pantomimes, designed to boost humor and guest interaction without needing signed names.
Open House Traditions on New Year's Day
The piece recalls Dutch and American customs of New Year open houses with punch bowls and large bowls of refreshments. It notes 19th century urban columns listing at home hours and social prominence, then describes crowds crashing receptions and the eventual abandonment of public open houses for intimate New Year greetings.
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New York
America
New Year Celebrations Highlight Chinese New Year
A description notes an attractive young Chinese girl joining New York festivities as the Chinese year 4641 begins later than the Western calendar. The passage emphasizes festive cheer and cultural participation.
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New York
First to See Year The Chathams Welcome 1945
The British colony on Han son Island in the Chathams will be the first to greet 1945, lying just east of the international date line from which all time is reckoned. It sits 414 miles southeast of Wellington, New Zealand.
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Nick O
Sian
Hanson Island
Chathams
Wellington
New Zealand
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