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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1957
Page
2
Rural community notes reveal the Good Will Club met at Mrs. Carl Quderkirs home for an all day session with a noon potluck. Members tied quilts and sewn carpet rags and presented a 50th wedding anniversary gift to Mrs. Irvin Shively.
A pink and blue shower for Mrs. William Strauch was held Friday evening January 18 with fifteen guests. Hostess served ice cream and cake and guests brought many useful gifts. Visitors included Douglas Haggart, Joe Mogg, Norman Haggart and family, Mrs. John Methner and daughter Janey. Janey helped a Coleman school bake sale the following day.
Revivals begin the third of February led by Reverend Robert Fast with Mrs Elza Beery visiting Findlay Ohio and Rockford Ohio for two weeks of meetings. Local callers included Ernest Kleiner Lizzy Webber Walter Kleiner and family and Frank Poet and son Dick with visits to Clair Hoover of Rosebush.
Mrs. Ernest Kleiner led a Bible class dinner in church parlors Saturday evening with many visitors and longtime members attending. It notes guests from Clare Seville and local families, plus dental visit updates and plans for the Ladies Aid meeting on January 31.
Local items describe bake sale sponsored by the WMA with Erma and Jean to pick up goods. Multiple social visits include Mrs. Beulah Armentrout with daughter, and Sunday dinners for the Kleinwardt and Langworthy households. A fire loss in Clare is noted with sympathy extended to affected residents. Several residents plan trips to St Petersburg Florida for a vacation.
Gilmore Center hosts as Mr and Mrs Alvin Wood dine with Alma neighbors. William Philipps returns from Central Michigan Community Hospital while William Tanner remains admitted there since January 14. Helen Johnson of Sanford visits Tanner home. George Rheibar and Inner Alien are noted. Claude Wendell family from Flint visits. James Pitts travels to St Louis. balance and soil fertility tips end the item.
Delwin Grange met Tuesday with 28 present. Health Committee discussed First Aid and Farm Surpluses. A peanut passing stunt entertained. each attendee received a candy sucker. January 29 a Conservation film Land Water and Fish will be shown. Guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Clare McTaggart included Merton McTaggart and Dennis of Bay City.
Last Saturday night guests joined the John F. Shillings Jr. family for supper. Sherry Bowling went to Mt. Pleasant Hospital for observation and X rays then to Saginaw. Attendees at Harvey Shilling's Owosso funeral included many Shillings and Agle families. A pink and blue shower honored Mrs. Dale Laverty. Wedding guests and receptions linked the McLeod in Ionia event. Visits spanned Freeland Milan and Saginaw communities with multiple family gatherings and a no school Friday afternoon at Farwell.
Mildred Blain spent Wednesday and Thursday in Lansing on township business. Gene Sarkozi visited his brother Frank Sarkozi and family and shared a Sunday dinner. Mr and Mrs Keith Blain and family joined by Mr and Mrs Ben Van Horn and daughter and Mrs Frank Sarkozi and children shared a birthday dinner with Mr and Mrs Laray Blain and sons.
About 60 guests attended a wedding shower for Mr and Mrs Allen Howard on January 19 in the Methodist Church basement. The event featured pink and white decorations, a cake and ice cream luncheon, and gifts for the couple from out of town relatives and friends.
Mrs. William LaGear returned home from work on the evening of the 14th to find a birthday surprise party planned in her honor by her mother Mrs. Cockrell and sister in law Mrs. Carl Miller. Seven guests attended and shared a pleasant evening with lunch and gifts.
Jim Embrey, son of Mr and Mrs Leo Embrey, severed a tendon in his thumb while whittling. The injury requires a cast for three weeks. The incident occurred Friday.
At the January 16 meeting the troop recited the Pledge of Allegiance and planned a bake sale for February 19. They continued badge work with some members showing notable effort. Achievement Day is set for March 13 with location to be announced later. They sang Taps during recess before dismissal.
Farwell residents list weekend visits including Judy Barton with sister in Ferris Institute and others in Clare and Coleman. Local illness updates, church group activities, reading of Moe youth events, and various social calls populate a brisk community roundup with multiple named families and places such as Grand Rapids, Mt. Clemens, Saginaw, Coleman, and Clare Hospital.
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