Local Lake News Notes Illnesses Visits And Cozy Winter Wanderings
A collection of community notes from the Lake area reports Nellie Sherman ill again while others host and visit relatives across Three Rivers Bronson Colon Flint and Saginaw. The piece mentions measles at several households and a rainbow sighting signaling cold weather plus church school updates and social calls amid winter routines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Sherman
Russell Bergey
A. E H. Rodman
Gladys, Beigle
Bronson
C. F. Niendorf
Three Rivers
Frank Rathburn
Colon
George Tiedeman
Pontiac
Glen Blackerby
Fred Cunningham
Harold Anderson
Boyne City
Old Man
Winter
Ellis Mills
Ithaca
Robert Taylor
Flint
Walter Braley
Peter Oman
Walter
Clare
Lewis Colton
Nettie Cook
Nellie Neal
Weidman
Ed Beale
W. D. Bellinger
T.V
Ray Neeper
John Oman
Anna Wells
Mary Oman
the Lake Baptist Church
Raymond Scott
Aaron Irwin
Farweil
Platter Chatter and TV Buzz Across 1950s Screens
Lyn Connolly McGen e Cox grows solo after Sid Caesar split but misses the team. Danny Thomas marks 19 years married amid divorces. Breakfast Club may lose sponsors. Jack Benny visits Florida. Rita Hayworth and Dick Haymes plan Las Vegas week for $50,000. Perry Como declines to risk family for more money. Art Carney debuts new record “Sheesh What a Grouch” on Gleason show with “She Never Left the Table” as side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyn Connelly
McGene Coca
Sid Caesar
Danny Thomas
Breakfast Club
Jack Benny
Florida
Rita Hayworth
Hubby
Dick Haymes
Las Vegas
Perry Como
Columbia
Art Carney
Jackie Gleason
Gleason
Ed Norton
Art
Local visits and new car mark recent social notes
Mrs. Cleo Bush and Mrs. Hilda Scott visited Mrs. Catherine Beale and Mrs. Howard Jones at Clare on Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bergey and baby were in Bay City Saturday, returning home with a new 1955 car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleo Bush
Hilda Scott
Catherine Beale
Howard Jones
Clare
Fred Bergey
Baby
Bay City
Community Notes Meal Sunday Visits Across Area
Alvie Smith of Clare called on Calvin Tryon Sunday. Many local families hosted and visited relatives and friends from Clare Farwell Avondale Gilmore Barryton and Mt Pleasant with illness and hospital visits. Storm delays interrupted travel returning from Detroit while townspeople shared meals and greetings across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvie Smith
Clare
Calvin Tryon
Raymond Scott
Aaron Irwin
Farwell
Avondale
Pat
Sam Muir
Frank Warner
Irwin Scott
Walter DeGeer
Walter
Jeanie
Yellam
Flint
Dormer
Emma Town
Arthur Ferguson
Gilmore
Garnet Ferguson Nola
Vaudrey
Don McNeal
Barryton
Earl Owens
West Grant
Phyllis Owens
Ernest Orton
Garnet Ferguson
C.M.C. Hospital
Mt. Pleasant
Frederick Scott
Detroit
Hilda Scott
Baby News from Elk Rapids and Kenadin
New arrivals report a baby girl for Mr and Mrs Allen Oman of Elk Rapids named Anna Louise. Charley Omah is noted as father. Mr and Mrs Orval Phillips of Kenadin welcomed a baby boy named Charles Orval born Wednesday February 2 at Traverse City Osteopathic Hospital weighing 7 pounds 7 ounces. Roy Phillips visited over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Oman
Elk Rapids
Anna Louise
Allen
Charley Omah
Orval. Phillips
Kenadin
Traverse City’ Osteopathic Hospital
Charles Orval
Roy Phillips
Good Luck Club Meeting At Mrs Ruckle Home
The Good Luck Club met Wednesday for a Valentine exchange at the home of Mrs Richard Ruckle at High Point Lake. A potluck dinner followed a pleasant afternoon with two visitors Mrs Katherine Freeman and Mrs Ray Clark. Next meeting will be with Mrs J B Gilman. No birthdays were celebrated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Ruckle
Hight Point Lake
Katherine Freeman
Harrison
Ray Clark
J. B. Gilman
Urge Practice For Driver Applicants
Clare Police will cooperate with the Michigan State Safety Commission in a statewide education effort on driver licensing. Chief Bert Head says the new license test better measures driving ability and urges all new applicants to practice before the road test. He warns those who do not prepare risk failing on the first try and notes license suspensions last year totaled 23 164. A Danish scientist Dr Oluf Mortensen Larsen says honey may help cure hangovers by speeding liver processing of alcohol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare
Michigan State Safety Commission
Bert Head
Head
Michigan
Oluf Mortensen
Larsen
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Jesse Summers
Marion
Sam
Roy Lewis
Lansing
Perch Lake
Charley Smith
Silver Lake
Gordon Smith
William Pringle
Edna Jockwig
Godfrey Beck
Effie Peterson
Roy McGrain
William Mahan
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Harold Adams
Ray Kinney
Ewart
Gordon Ferneda
Taft Phillips
Roscommon
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Frank Humphrey
Eagle
Verne Hains
Wilford Breese
St. Helen
Willard Bush
Wayne Scott
Lloyd Rathburn
Near
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Ted Mattonen
Earld Mattonen
Houghtonake
Robert Francis
Donna Reed
May Wynn
Phil Carey
Popeye
Owe. Eee Sun
MGM Cartoon
Linda’ Darnell
Robert Mitcham
Jack Palance
Leon
Kathleen DeGeer
Nora Ferguson
Richard Gott
Lewis Funnel
Darlene Steadman
Butch
Vaudrey Ferguson
Butch Steadman
Joe Grigware
John .McConnaughey
Grand Rapids
Ray Barber
William Lowerie
Jay Lowerie
Edmund Purdom
Sane Powell
MGM
Athena
Debbie Reynolds
Vic, Damone
Mrs. Ruckle
Beaverton
Gem Theatre
Cooper Lancaster
Vera Cruz
Technicolor
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Tattwa the Hun
Neff Chandler
Jack Palance Ludmilla
Tcherina
Rita Gam
Tom & Jerry Gartoon
Rod Cameron
Hell's Outpost
Judy Canova
Carolina Cannonball
Buick
America
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ATVI
Marge
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Dean Minter
George Wells
Ruth Brooks
Flappen Aeeden
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