Harrison Mission Notes and Local Social Rundown
United Brethern in Christ Harrison Mission reports Sunday services at 11:00 am and 2:30 pm with school at 10:00 am. Community notices list hospital visits, family visits, funerals in Clare and Mt. Pleasant, and locals visiting relatives in Cadillac Detroit West Virginia and Alma.
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United Brethern IN Christ
Harrison Mission
Drummond
Glen Smith
University Hospital
Ann Arbor
Wayne L. Fosgett
Eleanor
Cadillac
Harrison
William Henderson
Dorothy Allen
Clare
Daniel Crouse
Mynard Maybee
Mt. Pleasant
Francis McKenna
Perle
Charles van Blarcom
Hayes Township
Kathleen Peterson
West Virginia
John Briggs
Jake Briggs
Midland
Detroit
Josephine Henderson Hosts Ladies Auxiliary Meeting
The Congr egational Ladies Auxiliary met January 19 at Josephine Henderson home with Edith Bucholz Ida Rose and Alice Bates assisting. Alice Brown was elected president and five new members joined including Mrs C E Rushton Fern Rose Clara Smith Dorothy Punches and Grady Kinney.
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Congrégational Ladies Auxiliary
Janary
Josephine Henderson
Edith Bucholz
Ida Rose
Alice Bates
Alice Brown
C. E. Rushton
Fern Rose
Clara Smith
Dorothy Punches
Grady Kinney
Brown
Board of Commerce
YWA
Prizes Awarded in Bridge Party Series by Harrison Ladies Club
Mayor Robert Burns won first prize a billfold for high score in the bridge series sponsored by the Harrison Ladies Study Club. Mrs Ronald Barton earned first prize a baked pin plate. Mrs BE Wilson took second prize a vase. The club hosted eight guests per party and raised funds to furnish a new club room in the Court House.
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Robert Burns
Harrison Ladies Study Club
Ronald Barton
BE. ©. Wilson
Court House
Charles Amble
Ben Carpenter
H.C. Wilson
Anna Jo0s
Mra
Eyed Smith
Local Independents Struggle in Busy Basketball Schedule
January games bring losses for the Harrison Independents with a 27 28 setback to Houghton Lake on the home court. Beere led scoring for the visitors with 16 while Akin had 12 and Neir 8 for the locals. Cadillac YMCA and McBain loom as upcoming opponents as Harrison aims for the Houghton Lake tournament with J Grove M Roth A Light E H Hughes J Mead D Harper W Hughes W Dancer HB Chaffee G Price on the roster.
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Farwell
Ins
Ee the Indies
Houghton Lake
Neir
Baker
Murry
Grove
Harrisonites
Roth
Independents
Cadillac Ymca
McBain
Harrison Independents
Lake City
Cadillac
Roscommon
Grayling
J. Grove
M. Roth
A. Light
E. H. Hughes
J. Mead
D. Harper
W. Hughes
W. Dancer
HB. Chaffee
G, Price
Last Rites Held for John Arthur Vosburg
Funeral services were conducted January 16 at Fanning Funeral Home with burial in Greenwood Cemetery. John Arthur Vosburg born July 8 1858 in Scipio New York died January 13 in Cleveland at 79 years 6 months and 5 days. He moved to Michigan at 21 and helped establish a rural school in Greenwood Township. He married Hattie Gillette in New York and had two children Keith and Louise both of Cleveland. Mrs Vosburg died July 1909.
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Jack Briggs
Norma and
Way
Midland
John Briggs
Charles
Reynolds
Fed Jongs
Bert Landers
Leota
Edgar Bringman
Don Hammer
Lake City
Harl Green
Harrison
al Barber
Elint
Jake Seelinger
Jesse Hammersly
Dickie
St. Louis
Rex Clute
Clute
Hamilton Township
Ephriam Briggs
John Kermmis
Lake Odessa
Ray Rule
Houghton Lake
Jesse Hemmersly
Alma
Hammersly
A. B. Lucas
George McKeever
Clare
Morrel Clute
Morrel, Jr
Elmer Clute
Samuel Canning
Detroit
Joseph Newbound
Keith Vosburg
Cleveland
Ben Carpenter
Alton Haites
Mr. Pleasant
Mynard Maybee
Allan Larnard
Lansing
Karl Mavis
Jesse Alien
Lowery
Brown
Clara Smith
Myr
William Cunningham
Hatton Township
Zoella Clark
Durand
Larry Knapp
Bert Kane
Fred Smith
John Arthur Vosburg
Fanning
Greenwood
A. F. Light
Scipio
New York
Keith
Michigan
John Stewart
Greenwood Township
Hattie Gillette
Louise
Ohio
Vosburg
Fifth Lyceum Number Presented March 1
The Hayes Agricultural unit school presents the fifth Lyceum number at the community building on Tuesday evening March 1. The program features the play The Tale of Two Cities with eight roles performed by Bob Hanscom. Hanscom is a well known actor whose Harrison appearances have drawn strong crowds.
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Hayes Agricultural Unit School
Two Cities
Bob Hanscom
Winter Sports at Harrison Draw Crowds Again
Mild weekend slowed toboggan slides at Harrison's new winter playgrounds but a Tuesday weather change revived the fun. The Harrison Board of Commerce backs the project with support from local businesses and citizens, with generous donations fueling the effort.
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Harrison
Harrison Board of Commerce
Harrison and
Vicinity
Stitches on Clothing Save Lost 8 Year Old
An eight year old girl in Washington D C was saved by a dress stitch showing the address 1601 A street Washington D C Catherine Freeman had been to visit her grandmother in South Carolina and was not met at the station due to her mother delay. She pointed to the stitched number and was escorted home safely.
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Washington
Catherine Freeman
South Carolina
Catherine
Forty Years Ago Local News Highlights and Observations
A German woman Mrs Plans of Mann Siding died Monday. funeral Thursday at 2 PM, Catholic cemetery. A new carpet installed in the county court room with W W Harper furnishing, after an ad led to the purchase. Mail carrier Wan McDonald reports a 12 hour, 300 mile trip between here and Long Lake. Two Germans with families to settle near Hatton. No church services or Sunday school on Sunday due to widespread causes. Lumbermen less jubilant about the snow now.
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Harper
Hatton
District 1.0.0.F. meeting draws 500 plus attendees
Grand officers and members of the Clare Rebekah Lodge hosted a district assembly with more than five hundred attendees from Brinton, Clare, Coleman, Farwell, Mt. Pleasant, Shepherd, Weidman and Winn. Performances by Montana Rustilers and other duets preceded remarks by district leaders and guests. The next meeting was set for Shepherd on February seventeenth with dinner and dancing to conclude.
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Harry Nowlen
Patsy
Jerry Irwin
Betty Irwin
Patsy Irwin
James Gillespie
Brinton
Clare
Coleman
Farwell
Mt. Pleasant
Shepherd
Weidman
Winn
Association
Hast, Tawas
Milbrook
Jesse Lee
Otis Tripp
James Rogers
Rogers
Assembly
Myrtie Page
Lansing
Edward M. Sharpe
Bay City
The
Michigan Assembly
Etta M. Smith
Grand Rapids
Grand
Fred A. Rogers
Michigan Rebekah Assembly
Pearl Liverance
Fowlerville
Roy DePoty
George Klump
Clyde Soper
Hast Tawas Lodge
DePoty
Donald Davis
Martha Irwin
Card of Thanks to the Board of Supervisors
Elmer Ciute expresses gratitude to the Board of Supervisors for the generous box of fruit and the kind thoughts and best wishes. The note thanks them for their thoughtful gesture and states appreciation.
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Board of Supervisors
Elmer, Ciute
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Schaeffer’s
Schaeffer
Schhaeffer’s
Ladies Auxiliary
Clifford Geiger
Betty Schwartz
Lyle Nelson
Montana
Ty Box Heat Gimmerer
Pertussen
Vicks
Belfair
Parke Davis
Jean Nolan
Prince Albert Union
Kentucky Club
Sir Walter Raleigh
Geo
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