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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1927
Page
5
Christmas activities and visits fill Clare and area as churches report strong programs. Residents from Detroit Flint Mt Pleasant and Lansing travel home for holidays. Local families share meals, gifts and school programs shining with festive pageants and tree ceremonies.
Elder Harvey De Geer leads services at 10:00 a.m. Sunday School 10:00 a.m. Social service at 11:00 a.m. Religon at 7:00 p.m. Women’s Department meets every other Thursday at 2:00 p.m. All are welcome.
Alfred Lietz and wife with Mr and Mrs Frank Stannard and child from Saginaw spent Christmas with Chas Hames. Elam Seymour and family visited Jack Renner and Shaner households near Weidman. Mrs Wm Gamble and son joined by Mrs Josephine Rainey and Ray Jarman’s family celebrated Christmas Day. The Christian church held a well attended tree and program. Best wishes for a happy new year are extended and thanks given to Sentinel for the calendar.
Ann Arbor resident Miss Ruth Syohnston visits her parents Mr and Mrs John Y Johnston. Flint resident Howard Woolston and friend visit friends here. Saginaw youth Miss Velma Coyne spends Christmas with her parents. Local families host Christmas dinner at Mt Pleasant Levi Willey home. John Coyne remains ill. Dorothy Muma visits friends at Vassar. Remus pair Mr and Mrs Andrew Thren tour Lansing with other area couples for a Monday gathering at Emery First home.
Mrs. C Pendell spent the holidays in Lansing with her children while Mr. and Mrs EB Giers visited relatives here. The Raymonds hosted Christmas dinner with the Ottgens in Bard, and Detroit relatives Jessie and Alice McClung joined. Frank Snear drives a Ford coupe now. Nellie Snear and three children celebrated with C Castle and family. Chas Bennett and family visited Keith's. Fred Hess and Flint relatives joined for the holiday. Calvin Cotton traveled to Flint for work.
Clare residents and families including Frank and Mrs Lay, Mrs Davison, and the Tiedeman family held Xmas dinners at local homes. The Maple Grove Aid plans a meeting on January 6 with Mrs Cassie Davison. Several locals attended Christmas exercises at the Methodist church, while others, like Milton Davison and Earl, departed for Trout Greek.
The report catalogs numerous local households in Belding and surrounding areas celebrating Christmas. Residents and visitors include the Mans, Mer vil Perry, McGoogan families, Timpe, Rulapaugh, Tigner, Halstead, Finch, Esterline, Rogers, Davison, Livingston, Bell, Randall, Macklem, Smith, Haring, McDonald and others. Festivities feature dinners, children at home, hospitalities for relatives from Detroit Alberta Canada Linwood Mt. Morris and Detroit, and quarantine for scarletina in the Schofield home.
Southeast Sheridan reports visitors and family gatherings over the Christmas period. Mr. Sowle improves after a hospital stay in Bay City as Mrs. Harley Sowle and Clare relatives shared Christmas at Fred Coe’s home. Edna Langin Leo Jennings and children from Detroit visited their Langin relatives. Clarence and Bertha Randle from Saginaw joined kin in Christmas celebrations. Densmore family and friends visited N Densmore’s home, with other Midland and Flint guests noted. George Larson spent a few days visiting after a trip from Pontiac.
Festive weekend activities include Mr Vernon Grange Paul White visiting, numerous relatives and friends from Flint and Detroit attending Christmas meals and gatherings at multiple households such as the Ackerman Bruckart White and Daniels families. A neighborhood dance supper is announced with Grange ladies asked to bring a cake.
Mrs Henry Ackerman Vernon and Gertrude Dennis Flint and Frank Marshall Pontiac visiting. Verette family Clare Christmas visit. Ervin Martz Reed City guest of Leda Ackerman Sunday. Our forty sixth meeting for 1927 Monday night with average attendance thirty eight. Three meetings missed due to holidays school meeting storms including May cyclone. Two candidates for the 1st and 2nd degrees and January birthday party noted. Classified liner next week for quick results.
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