Local church notices and community updates in Farwell
Community notes list church schedules for the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and Church of God with Bible study and youth activities. Local residents are mentioned attending events, home visits, and social gatherings, including choir practices, birthday celebrations, and neighborhood visits. The Knights of Pythias dedicate a new hall, with Pythian Sisters, social events, and local participants from Alma to Clare attending.
Farwell Methodist Church Plans Weekly Services and Youth Event
Rev John Lockyer outlines morning lessons parallel to Clare with 11 40 War nel service. Special music remains. Church school at 10 30 precedes. A 7 00 p m young peoples service follows Ep worth Leagues policy. Patriotism series runs three weeks with Miss Martha Fuller leading. Ladies Aid bakes goods for sale at Shear store Saturday. Mid week Bible study 7 30 Wednesdays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farwell Methodist Church
John Lockyer
Clare
Warnel
Epworth
Martha Fuller
Ladies Aid
Shear Store
Pythian Sisters Meet Monday Night. Local Notes
Meeting every Monday night Pythian Sisters also meet on same evening. Howard Randall repairs the Ladies Library roof. Mr. and Mrs. Judd Brasington moved from their farm back to town. Miss Mildred Haines returns from Detroit. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Gee and daughter Alice attended a Clare show Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. BE Brown visited Mr. and Mrs. Magnus near Harri son Sunday. Miss Blaine Force and Miss Secord spent weekend with their parents in Lapeer. Mr. and Mrs. James Bassatt and Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Hearns of Clare called on John Henry. Mrs. Elmer Schofield of Maple Grove visited her mother Mary Schofield. Surrey high school basketball teams beat Beal City at Farwell hall Friday. Bernard Gordon of Lansing and Charles Graham return home with family. Fire of unknown origin destroyed the Mrs Putman house owned by Mrs Al Snyder Sunday night about seven thirty. Robbins family home saved by volunteers and townspeople.
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Homer
Frank Irwin
Cranberry Lake
Mary McLeod
Alanson
Julie Coors
J. Archer
Mt. Pleasant
Henry House
Vera Hyslop
Wlnt
Lillie Clock
Price
Ernest Horton
Br. Godwin
Roy Hafer
George
Irwin
Ernie Irwin
Flint
Herb Middelton
Gilmore
Sam V. Henry
Rebekahs
M. BE. House
Henderich
Colonville
House
Lyman Frisbee
Rody
Marion Price
M. EB
Ellen Graham
John Barton
Riley Closkey
Mr. Barton
Church of God
Blues
Kenneth Loomis
Epworth League
Clare
M. B. Church
Lockyer
Farwell
Martha Fuller
Miss Gerow
Mureen McMullen
Howard Randall
Judd Brasington
Mildred Haines
Detroit
Louis Gee
Alice
BE. W. Brown
Magnus
Harrison
Blaine Force
Miss Secord
Lapeer
James Bassatt
Curtis Hearns
John Henry
Elmer Schofield
Maple Grove
Mary Schofield
Surrey High School
Beal City
Farwell Hall
Bernard Gordon
Lansing
Charles Graham
Surnames in Use and Change Across Nations
Surnames are not multiplying rapidly now as civilizations adhere to traditional surnames. The United States shows changes mainly via naturalization where foreigners alter or Anglicize their names.
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United States
Provision for shipwrecked sailors on barren islands
Maritime nations establish and maintain stores of provisions clothing and bedding and fuel for the relief of shipwrecked sailors across many barren islands and coasts to ensure aid when wrecks occur.
Farwell West End Community Notes and Fire Incident
Farwell West End notes report a busy week with Dr. Lamb inspection at West End Garage, three tons of flour and feed sent to Frederic, and local business activity. The Putman home fire drew praise for the fire department while residents discuss pet projects, electric signage plans, and a community chicken dinner hosted by Frank Rawson families from nearby towns. Roy Shear mails from Washington describes mountain air and travel costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lamb
West End
Fred Siegle
Frederic
Gee
Mick
Meryl Davison
Pure Oil Co
Roy Shear
Washington
East End
Amos An Andy
Farwell
Fred Bingham
Putman Home
Dixie Station
Frank Rawson
Emmet Gordon
Bobby
Clarence Raymond
Detroit
Lew Denton
Florida
Guy Murray
Tom
Jim Rawson
Will Rawson
Babes
State News in Brief
Durand engineer dies of a heart attack before his run. Aw seeks divorce from Emma after Russia marriage in 1898 and three children. Forrest Nickerson badly burned when kerosene stove explodes destroying his home. Moore reports 2700 pounds of trout on a winter fishing trip. Amy Hull sentenced to one to twenty years for arson. Flat Rock village elections dispensed with. officials sworn in again. Jewel theft near downtown Flint. 17 watches and a bracelet taken. Two year old burns from hot fat after jug spills. Clyde Brown family loses son to measles. girl born later. Paul Neutz fatally injured in car fall. Nation avoids collision. Allied Veterans form in Flint Genesee County. Frank Zielinski theft case linked to Detroit surrender. Michigan tax revenue falls over 60 million in 1931. Mackinac ferry profits cited. 884,455 passengers carried. Copper license plates surveyed for 1933. Swanson farm house fire. son escapes. Measles leads to large family of 18. Carleton votes bonds for new school. Grand Rapids fire rescue. Bad Axe death from horse trampling. Deer tagging shows limited movement. Pinecrest sanatorium notes UP disease. Patterson pleads to false pretenses in potato scam. Sugar beet planting to rise to 100000 acres. Retzema dies after fall near freight train. Owosso adds post office expansion. Motorist loses dog case for damages. Over 7 million perch moved to inland lakes in 1931.
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Durand
John B. Smith
Grand Trunk
Lansing
Gustave Aw
Emma
Russia
Marion — Forrest Nickerson
Port Huron
Max D. Moore
Harbor Beach
Hastings
Amy Hull
Ernest Peake
Peake
R. R. McPeek
Detroit House of Correction
Flat Rock
Oscar Smith
Richard Oestrike
Otto Reuttinger
Flint
Detroit
Richard Fleming
Clyde Brown
Clyde
Viola
Vera
Vivian
Verilla
Victoria
Vinia
Vernice
Victor
Vincent
Virgil
Ann Arbor
Paul Neutz
John Neutz
Ernest Nation
Toledo
Neutz
Nation
Allied Veterans’ Association of
Genesee County
Marine City
Frank Zielinski
Carl Miller
Here
Miller
Lake News Social Notes and Visits
Miss Mary Oman left Thursday for Owosso to visit Mrs. Wim. Case formerly Ida Dixon of this place. Jennie Muir and Wylda Mahan shopped in Clare Thursday. Friends of Hazel Irwin of Farwell wish her speedy recovery from illness. Mr and Mrs Snider of Clare spent Wednesday with son Earl and wife. George Scott and son Wayne were in Clare on business Friday. Carter Dyer family of Saginaw spent Sunday with O C Somerville. E A Stanley entertained friends from Flint Sunday. Card party attended by several families at Loss Lake Clubhouse Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Oman
Owosso
Wim. Case
Ida Dixon
Jennie Muir
Wylda Mahan
Clare
Hazel Irwin
Farwell
Snider
Earl
Matthew Scott
Ewart
Chas. Cook
Vivian
Albion
Geo. Scott
Wayne
Carter Dyer
Saginaw
O. C. Somerville
E. A. Stanley
Flt
Loss Lake Club House
Reasons Cars Start Hard In Severe Weather
Chief cites winter starting problems from cold lubricants and drag, dirty or worn spark plugs with wide gaps, excess choke drawing raw gasoline, insufficient gasoline due to choke valve, and dirty or misadjusted breaker points.
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REORGANIZED CHURCH OF _ JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS
R. B. McGuire
Mary E. House
Marie Smith
Roy Schug
Knighta
Pythias
Pythiana
Fordidates
Alma
Rosebush
Glare
Brinton
Pythian Sisters
Richmond Hall
K.off P. Lodge
H. B. Benchley
Knights
LODGE
Farwell Lumber Yard
Lumber
Michigan
Treasury Department
Straits of Mackinac
Grover ©. Dillman
Upper Peninsula
Frank D. Fitzgerald
Heward
Charlotte—iivert Swanson
Albert Swanson
Fronmt—Theis
Sonia Leon’ Joinson
Lake Qdessa
John L. Seaton
Carnegie Corporation
Carleton
Odd Fellows’ Temple
Grand Rapids
J. B. Kreager
Kreager
Bad Axe
Oscar Stone
William Stone
Stone
Department of Conservation
Menominee
Escanaba
Ford Motor Co
Iron Mountain
Pinecrest Sanatorium
Julius L. Patterson
Cedar Springs
Patterson
C. R. Oviatt
Michigan State College
Sir
Howell
James Retzema
Retzema
O. L. Sprague
Parcel Post
John GC. Hanklewicz
Herman Straub
Straub
Justice Cour Wiling
Boardman
St. Joseph
Cass
Frankenmuth
van Etta Lake
Fish Division
The
Conservation Department
Lake Michigan
Lake Huron
Lake News
Jackson's Market
Home Maid
St. Louis Hatchery
St. Louis, Mich
W. Potter
Leslie, Michigan
Fred Phelipp
Harrison, R. J
J. F. Pitts
R. L
Clare Hatchery
Clare, Mich
Laurel Coal, Wood and Gas Range
CG. A. Wellman
Robert Walterson
Henry Magnus
Ed. Russell
W. 8Th St
Arthur Sharland
U. S. 10
Durham
Alden Kirkpatrick
Kleman Ranch
Frotecta Bank
Citizens State Bank
Brown
Geo Bates
J. A. Henry
Hamilton
Marion
H. Bamber
Highland
Mich
Howlett Plumbing Shop
Fred Joslin
Gladwin
West First St
Wm. Lowery
Levi Scott
W. 6Th St
Watkins
Joe de Koekkoek
Clo Hotel
Browning
Samborn
Clare and
Wade Credit
Clare Central
Cornwell Ranch
E. S. Chaffee
Clare Road Leveler Works
H. 4Th St
E Rurals
Dotty Butters
Gordon McIntosh
Daugh~ter
Riva Lea
Frank Robinson
A. Oliver
Claud Cassidy
Hol. McCrea
St. Louis
Gieble
Wellington Moline
Harold
C. Hildebrandt
Riverdale
Mary Green
Wm. Teal
Earl Town
Clair Stanley
Grange
Coleman
A. Purdy
F. Hinkle
J Sherman
Samborn Produce Co
East 4Th Street
Howlett
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