Farwell and Clare notes from local lodge and community events
Farwell News records O E S Chapter 194 meeting on February 15 with Worthy Matron Leah Wilson and Worthy Patron Duncan Koepplinger presiding. Elections take place for initiations March 15. practice March 11. Father and Son banquet planned February 27 by Masons. Also reports Tobacco River Trail Riders officers elected February 8. attendance good. Many local notices follow, including Scout Derby at Camp Rotary, national convention attendance, and various visits and dinners around Clare and surrounding townships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice L. Seeley
E.S
Leah Wilson
Duncan Koepplinger
Floyd Wilson
Barbara Roe
Nellie Young
Reba Flowers
Raoul Couts
Masons
Shirley Bonham
Lenore Couts
Reba
Hed Farwell
Tobacco River Trail Riders
Maurice Hosford
Vernon Pratt
Bud Loomis
Vivian Dawson
Dale Wysong
Herb Miller
Leone Dunkle
Farwell PTA Hosts March Pot-Luck and Film Night
The Farwell PTA invites families to a pot-luck supper on March 1 at 6:30 in the school cafeteria. A short business meeting and a Cancer Association film for adults follow, with children shown age appropriate films under supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farwell P.T.A
The
Cancer Association
Farwell Briefs Roundup of Local Visits and Events
Community notices list visits and gatherings across Farwell. Names include Vernie Hose, Jerry, Wilbur Fletcher, Al Young and families from Saginaw, Bernard Glass and kin, Kate Collard Byron Dye Ellea Mills, Thomas McCormick, Lloyd Presley, Herschel Reiss Jr and Sr, Bernard Schofield, Billy Detzler, Billy’s surgery in Ann Arbor, and friends from Flint Mt. Pleasant Clare Riverdale and Minnesota. Bronco Busters 4 H plan a meeting at Farwell School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Rotary
James Babcock
C. Hiram Gates
Farwell
Eugene Schmid
Harold Elenbaas
Atlantic City
New Jersey
Mabel Weaver
Carrie Irwin
Jay King
Dick Gillum
Douglas
Flint
Ronnie Osborn
Sanford
Richard Osborn
Leo Higgins
Glenn Powells
William Hunts
Lake
Glenn Jr
Raymond van Buskirks
George Davison Jr
George Davison
Herb Jensen
Gaines
Berenth Michaels
Mt. Pleasant
Martha Irwin
Blanche
Stevenson Lake
Leonard Irwin
Jerry Green
Clare
Belle Graham
Lee Doxtader
Harold
John Sexton
Sexton
Fred Horns
Vern Funnell
Peggy Gamble
Ann Arbor
Billy Kadwell
Ewatt
Wilbur Fletcher
Vernie Hose
Jerry
Bernard Dawson
al Young
Jack
Saginaw
Youngs
Bernard Glass
Allen Howard
Lake George
Kate Collard
Byron Dye
Ellea Mills
Thomas McCormick
Farwell Missionary Church
Lloyd Presley
Herschel Reiss Jr
Clare Baptist Church
William Mietkes
Michael Detzler
Billy
Ann Arbor Hospital
Russell Seamans
Riverdale
Herschel Reiss Sr
Bernard Schofield
Florida
Leo Flynn
Thomas Green
George Corcorn
Stanley Lansing
Death of Alma Owens
Alma Jane Mitchell Elliott Owens born June 1 1878 in Vernon Township died February 9 at Central Michigan Hospital aged 86. Survived by five sons Don Earl Archie Thural Fred and others, three daughters, 22 grandchildren and 48 great grandchildren. Funeral held February 12 at Gilmore Church with burial in Gilmore Cemetery. Coker Funeral Home in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma Jane
George
Catherine Mitchell Elliott
Vernon Township
Central Michigan Hospital
Alma
Hugh Owens
Lyle
Earl
Farwell
Don
Clare
Archie
Saginaw
Thural
Fred
George Runyan
Zeta
Lansing
George Leasher
Olive
Blanchard
Blanche
Gilmore Church
Gilmore Cemetery
C.H. Gates
Coker Funeral Home
Also Mentioned on This Page
Farwell News
CBS
Clare Sentinel
Clare-Isabella County
Michigan
U.S
Michigan Press Association
William D. Elden
West Fourth Street
Yangee St
R. D. McKinney
Keith Akins
California
Farwell Pta
Farwell Bronco Busters
Farwell School
Alice Smith
Leona Bonham
John Moore
Alonzo Schofield
Oregon
Wally Merton
Minnesota
Laura Pike
Alma Owens
Eagle and Arthur
Eagle Church of God
Loretta Kleiner
Joe Miller
Farmer Peet
Peet
Qmalad
Maxwell House iI Coffee
Isswift
Pke
Delmonte
Kraft Axe
Philadelphia
Farwell, Mich
Reynolds
Aluminum
Dinty Moore
Stockton
Butterfield
Toy
Elcor
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