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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1940
Page
5
Readers recount visits over New Year weekend in Clare and surrounding townships. Many families hosted relatives from Flint Detroit Saginaw Greenwood Vernon and others with multiple gatherings at homes and parsonages. Community events include church meetings auxiliary pot luck dinners and a watch night service.
The ten day vacation for Franklin Unit teachers and pupils was dampened by a chicken pox epidemic affecting Ott Sharp Frank Riske Andy Helming and Floyd Brooks. Community sale visitors included Clare Ecklin and Dan Woodry while the school board met at the Sharp schoolhouse.
Church service notes from Gilmore Center led by Pastor J S Penick include song service at 10 00 am with James A Stanley, communion at 10 15 am, sermon Taking An Inventory at 10 30 am, Bible School at 11 00 am led by Alvin Wood, and Young People's meeting at 7 30 pm. Evening sermon The Haunted Man based on Matthew 27 1 5.
MANN Siding notes no changes in Townsend club officers for the year. Local members John Hileman Toledo Wm Satler Lansing Claire Hileman Mt. Pleasant visited relatives. Chas Heber family and Burley Shaver visited. Town meeting urged with Farm Program details for farmers. Claire Hileman holiday visit with grandparents Somers near Rosebush. School children enjoyed vacation.
Mt. Pleasant hosts Albert Neal and Uptown guests Owen Spink and other locals share visits across families. Garver family reunion at Currie Farm marks New Year’s Day with John Garver hosting. Betty Lou Bay and kin spend weekend with grandparents Burton Bay. Burton Bay and Clarence Bay visit New Year’s at Clarence Bay’s home. Congregation aids meet at Geo Hemstreet home with plans for January 4 at Mrs Bryan Miller. Congratulations to Everett Carncross newlyweds.
Dover residents report illnesses from colds to the flu since Christmas with few events to note. Jim Miser and son Kenneth of Pontiac visited over New Year with Ervin Miser's family. Lyle Bond stays with his parents Floyd and Mrs. Allen. Florence Miser visits Clare and Bertha Grover travels to Detroit for winter.
Daughters and couples spent Sunday afternoon visiting relatives across Hatton and West Branch. Several households hosted guests including Mr and Mrs Dale Montney, Mr and Mrs Jake Milan, and Mr and Mrs Robert Kleiner. A nurse named Myra and others were mentioned with well wishes for the New Year. Vane Mickel traveled to Detroit seeking work.
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