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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1949
Page
14
League standings reveal close competition with Mason and K of C squads leading. High series includes H. 568 and J Murphy 540. high games list Wisler 212 plus 205 and Kinsel 268, with December 21 22 results and team tallies across multiple clubs.
Friday results show Wallys Tackle leading with 40 31 14 splits and North Bradley at 25-20 while Thayers Dairy and Barnes Cafe post mid table tallies. High series includes L Shelander 607 and Showalter 645 with Showalter also hitting a 222 high game.
In the Harrison Men's League at Gateway Lanes on Thursday December 22, Wolf Northland Super Market led with 28 points, followed by Harrison Cleaners 28 and 22, Hoffmans Service 26 and 18, Perry & First Super Market 2 18 and 18, Surrey Howse s 22 and 16, Allen's Dry Goods 15 618. High games: Hol Wolf 198, Keith First 197, Tom Hecker 189. High series: Ed Wolf 556, Omar Austin 501, Tom Hecker 493.
The Harrison Women s League lists team standings and top scores with Way Koffee Kup leading at 30 21 15 and Jay Wood s Motors at 29 22 15 Clare County Cleaver and Surrey House show strong totals while Budd Lake Bar trails. Beverly Trowbridge tops high games at 164 and Selma Kuehn leads high series with 427.
Harrison teams lead with Wwki Airport Tavern at 91 53 and Budd Lake Bar second at 88 47. Chuck's Tavern forfeited six games due to weather as its players failed to arrive at Airport Tavern. A Special New Year program and matinee at Ideal Theatre in Matinee Sundays and Mondays from 2 PM.
The Lake Baptist Church invites worshipers with services listed: Sunday School at 9:30, morning preaching at 11:30, and evening service at 8. Various Christmas visits are noted, with families from Farwell, Lansing, Flint, Detroit, Grand Rapids, Clare, and Midland spending the holidays with local residents and relatives.
Residents from Brown Corners and nearby areas share Christmas and weekend visits with relatives. Names include Bernie Bauer, Bertha Shaffer, Leon Warner, Roy and Lyle Shaver, Albert and Dean Shaver, William Denno, Violet Sunday, Bernard and Leonard, Lewis Sunday, Ulrich, Orin Miller, Adolph Hierholzey, Linda, Myr and Mrs. Adolph Hierholzey, and others visiting from Saginaw Midland and Fort Wayne. The community notes a church Christmas program enjoyed by attendees.
Alvin Wood and his wife attended the International Convention of the American Farm Bureau Federation in Chicago as part of the Michigan group led by Alvin Wood. They reported a very nice time and shared a breakfast with Marshall Wells. Nearby obituaries note Mina, Leonard Bowers, cousin of J B Wood, died December 26 with services held at Moody Funeral Home. Christmas gatherings filled the season with visitors from Lansing Mt Pleasant and Brinton.
Mt Pleasant hosts Elwood McDonald and family at Lake Thirteen while the Scho fields and Reisss share Christmas Eve events in Farwell. Minnesota visitors Wilkins join Butterfields in Gladwood area as Ed Butterfield’s kin celebrate. Gerald Brown hospitalized in Mt. Pleasant with pneumonia, improving.
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