Christmas Gatherings Dot Ancestral Holiday Cheer In Orr Colmena
Farwell Family enjoyed Christmas Day with gifts and a festive spread at the Orr Community Building near Colmena. Attendees included multiple Horn, Hrdlovich, Myers, Marshall, and McCreary families with the day ending in a merry Christmas lunch and good cheer. A second gathering at Anne Schofield’s home featured members of the Luca and Cecil Davisons families with relatives from Grand Rapids and Mason. Gift exchanges entertained all, followed by a Christmas supper at Jack Renner’s home with turkey and trimmings and a large attendance.
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Farwell
Orr
Colmena
Fred Horn
Joe Hrdlovich
John Myers
Myr
Robert Marshall
Betty McCreary
Anne Schofield
Luca
Bernard Schofields
Cecil Davisons
Marilyn
Arlo Barbers
Harry Webster
Grand Rapids
Raymond Schofields
Mason
Richard Harkins
Mt. Pleasant
Jack Renner
WSCS Meets Thursday Eve
The Woman's Society of Christian Service of the Methodist Church will meet Thursday evening at the regular time. This first meeting of the new year calls for good attendance.
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Woman's, Society of Christian Service of the Methodist Church
Farwell Briefs Holiday Visits and Family Gatherings
Numerous Farwell residents share Christmas and holiday visits. Jerry Jones visits Lansing relatives, others host dinners, travel to Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Flint, and Clare. John Moore suffers heart attack and stroke, remains at home. Tokyo residents send Christmas greetings from abroad.
Farmers Find Paying Guests Boosting Farm Income
Farmers in the Farm Vacations and Holidays program report winter guest income as extra cash. Thirty-year survey of 150 farms shows guests pay about 40 dollars weekly for board and lodging, with winter activity guests from hunters to church groups.
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Farm Vacations & Holidays, Inc
New York
N. Y
Poard
Pennsylvania
Detroit
Michigan
Connecticut
Brooklyn
Texas
U.S
Canada
Robert P. Wolfe
Fifth Avenue
Christmas Week Gatherings and Family Visits
George Irwin visited Ann Arbor on Thursday for a check up. Christmas Day guests at Mrs. Inez Bentley included her mother Mrs. Jennie Finch and several relatives from Clio and Flint. Elaine and the children stayed the week. The Jack Renner family held a Christmas Eve party at their home with a tree, gifts, candy and popcorn.
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Jerry Jones
Lansing
Estel Brooks
Jeff Willey
Janie
Freeman Willey
Clare
Bernard Glass
Perry Putnam
Imver Bentley
John Moore
Bury Strong
Rollie Court
Coleman
Frank Warner
Donald Rowe
Charlotte
Ada Rouse
Grand Rapids
Kalamazoo
John
Viola Agle
Dave Wiggins
Flovida
Ed Willey
Houghton Lake
Aaron Irwin Sr
Loren Leist
Norman Brewer
Clarence Smith
Baby
Rey
H. Dickinson
Lyla Dickinson
Fern
Sue Ellen Hall
Bruce Pelch
Carrie Irwin
Bea Bowen
Emily Irwin
Bruce Percis
Joanne Ott
Harrison
Inez Bentley
Lyman
Detroit
Esetoune
Percy Raymond
Emily
Bill
William le Gear
Mr. le Gear
Ray le Gear
Saginaw
Carl Miller
le Gear
Cockrill
Eugene Campbell
William Campbell
Stanley Schunk
Ronald Schunk
Gon
John Hartman
Bert Maynard
J. King
Patrick Husie
King
Alvin Harvey
Flint
Frank Freeman
William Boyle
Eugene Wyman
Grace
Stanley
Grace Wolyen
Ithaca
Bernard Davison
Tokyo
Japan
Irving Cumming
Roy Cummins
William Hartman
Cohootah
Dale Hartman
Clarkston
Lewis
the Brown
Dale
Robert Irwin
Raymond Scott
Bruce Péleris
Aaron
Mary Ellen Hall
Marjorie Ruth Powers
Margaret Inwill
Jay King
Mr and Myrs
Emerson Blodgett
Emerson Koher
Eunice Huston
of. Harrison
Albert McPhal
Leo Embrey
Ice
Lake 13
Clifford Stackman
George Clink
Edward
Detroiit
Neva Edwards
Jack Renner
William Gardow
Burton Bay
Hayle
Emma Perry
William Garchows
Tom Brooks
Anna Powers
Florida
Minerva Richmond
Irene Mitterspaugh
Gertrude Gardiner
Raymond Schofield
Mason
Amy Schofield
Josephine Armstrong
Millie
Bidwell
Grandma Leis
Dewey Dell
Russel Pugsley
Henry Dell
Nancy
Susie
Bruce
Dover
Frank Thrush
Donald Thrush
Fort Knox
Ed Loomis
Fort Carson
Colorado
Bud Loomis
Vernie Hose
J. Putnam
Gilmore
Bernice Cook
Nellié Fordyce
Roy Cumming
Jed Border
Rose Harvey
Emerson Burton
Byron Maynard
Gerald
Lyle Dickinson
George Irwin
Ann Arbor
Jennie Finch
Wallace Graham
Clio
George Fisher
Elaine
Renner
Christmas Gatherings In Colonville And Brown Corners
Neighborhood families from Colonville Brown Corners and nearby towns shared Christmas dinners and celebrations. Relatives from Ewart Blanchard Flint Lansing Detroit Mt. Pleasant College and Owosso joined on various dates. A newborn granddaughter to Orval Vandewarker welcomed at Shull Ranch. Local program nights and Christmas lighting noted.
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Marvin Roach
Raymond From
Melvin Willet
Flint
Kendal Wood
Hetrick
Russell Davis
Irene Clute
Mt. Pleasant College
Gary Lorenz
Lansing
Virgil Newman
Joy
Patricia Prescott
Detroit
J. D. Clute
Orval Vandewarker
Vere Shull
Shull Ranch
Hazel Bodkins
Brown’ Corners
Bodkins Town
Pearl Clute
Francis Thomas
Sandra Courser
Blanchard
Lewis Rutter
Emerson Hampton
Rank
Jack ‘Newman
Kenneth Martz
Dean Vandeveen
Owosso
Ray Strouse
Alice Richardson
Harrison
Edward Richardson
Pratt Corners
Beulah Bodkins
Sanford Mott
Dover
Vandewarker
Pudway
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