Community notes from Colonville and area
Reverend and Mrs M R Honderich visited at the James Teale home in Colonville on Tuesday. Death notices reach from Detroit to Clara Rockey’s family with funeral in Gladwin.
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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1948
Page
9
Reverend and Mrs M R Honderich visited at the James Teale home in Colonville on Tuesday. Death notices reach from Detroit to Clara Rockey’s family with funeral in Gladwin.
Mt Vernon Grange met February 16 with 46 present and several visitors. Five members have birthdays this month. Members were asked to save items for the March program hour. A legislative committee on orange principles was formed including Jennings Archambault Lionel Duncan and Dick Brooks. Auditing committee members are Clair Stanley Ray Archbold and Martin Holquist. Mr and Mrs Lewis Dawson and Joyce Ann were Sunday evening callers of Mr and Mrs Archie Dawson.
The Clare Michigan common council convened with Mayor Randall presiding. Members present were Ald. Fleming Fullerton Harney Johnson Manee. Ald. Lehr absent. Bills were approved as recommended by the finance committee. First reading Ordinance No. 186 and purchase of 500 feet of fire hose approved. Mayor Randall announced resignation. council accepted it. The meeting adjourned with signatures of Mayor Randall and City Clerk McKinnon.
Sunday visitors include Mr and Mrs Archie Acerman Mrs Willard Bell and Jane Ayn at Mr and Mrs Eddie Marshall. Mrs Ray Archbold and daughter Diane visited Flint relatives, while Phil and Ray Archbold shopped in Saginaw. Card party and pot luck supper set for February 25 at Mt Vernon Grange hall. all welcome.
Community updates list hospital stay for Lewis Lockwood in Cadillac and a visit by Mrs. George Laughlin to Mrs. Wilbur Philipp for the newborn John. Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Pence and Mrs. Frank Davis travel to Cadillac on Wednesday. David Nichols settles on the Vern Mann place as Eldoris Whitford shows improvement.
The Ladies Aid met at the Community building with Mrs. Arvilla Newman and Mrs. Alice Davis as hosts. Forty six attended dinner. Several families visited and hosted guests including the Coats, Sanders, Newman, Gingery and Cassidy households with multiple afternoon and evening calls noted.
The Riverside Grange assembly with 35 members from Riverside Sheridan and Greenwood organized a Pomona Grange and elected Worthy Master Charlie VanBlarcom Overseer J C Newman Lecturer Margaret Myers Steward Calvin Cotton Assistant Steward Bernard Allen Chaplain Mary Miller Treasurer Mrs Calvin Cotton Secretary Marie Stanley Gatekeeper Clarence Cotton Ceres Mrs Ross Lang Pomona Alice Denslow Flora Mrs C Van Blarcom Lady Asst Steward Josie Allen Executive committee Carl Brin gold Ross Lang Bryan Miller Members chosen from three Granges. Next Pomona meeting March 12 at Sheridan Grange hall Him Grove for installation.
Mrs Florence Russell and grandson Mike Walters visited Bruce Williams. Elm Grove Extension Club met with plant lesson by Roth Williams and Horace Fancon. Family dinners, birthdays for Glen and Judy Fancon, and visits from Coleman Loomis Hope Detroit Clare Midland noted. Carrow car crash injures none. other visits listed.
George Hemstreet returns home from Ann Arbor in improving health. Local visitors include Orris Presley, Otto Kleiner, Alfred Roe, Archie Tryon, Mayme O Runyan, and Jennie Bates at Mt. Pleasant Community Hospital. Mrs. Howard Penrose back from Clare after four weeks away. Jennie Bates recovering from operation. Birthday dinner honors Gerald Hemstreet with family attendance.
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