Vernon City Social News Highlights Visits and Illness
Vernon City notes detail Shirley Herron of Clare visiting her great grandmother Mrs. Eola McDonel while Ruth Herron recovers in Clare General Hospital. The column lists numerous callers and visitors from Clare, Flint, Owosso, Sheridan, Mt. Pleasant and beyond, plus outings, picnics, and a Farwell colored TV prize winner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirley Herron
Clare
Eola ‘McDonel
Ruth Herron
Clare General Hospital
Herron-McDonel
Patty Robin
Mark Cleveland
Flint
Helen Cleveland
Mannie Sutton
Elly Tice
Mort Tice
Wilma Bradley
Sheridan
Walford Siel
Vernon
Bob Hitchock
Bobby Jr
Pamela
Grant
Shirley Frye
Owosso
Howard Cotton
Joe Swain
Jennie Cobleigh
Frank Robinson
Mt. Pleasant
George Bryant
Elsie Walters
Harland
Laura Boody
Ardis Rest Home
Farwell
George Tope
Clara Stone
Harrison
Elia Sherman
Alice
George Snider
Frank
Ray Utley
Eola McDonel
Nancy
Ernie Cleveland
Eugene Swain
Auburn
Richard Swain
Highway Land Office Moves North to Cadillac District
The Michigan State Highway Department will move the Right-of-Way Division for 25 Northern Michigan counties to the Cadillac District Office effective July 15. The consolidation reflects reduced workload as Ohio Mackinac Bridge Freeway land purchases wind down, with the bridge project slated for completion and opening by year end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan State Highway Department
Michigan
Howard E. Hill
Northern Michigan
Highway Department
Cadillac
Ohio-Mackinac Bridge
Poor outlook for North American duck production this year
The Fish and Wildlife Service reports a record low breeding population across prairie pothole nesting grounds due to drought. Aerial surveys show a 37 percent drop in southern Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba with mallards 12 percent and pintails 28 percent below last year. Michigan surveys will yield brood counts by mid July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
United States
Department of the Interior
Fish and Wildlife Service
Prairie Pothole
North America
Federal
Dakotas
Minnesota
Prairie Provinces
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Northwest Territories
Ontario
Michigan
Conservation Department
Summer Bible School at First Baptist Church
The First Baptist Church hosts a summer Bible school July 16 to 20 from 9 to 11 am directed by Al Hashley of St. Louis Michigan. Activities include 3-D visual aids, flannel graph, contests with prizes, perfect attendance awards, and a Friday evening demonstration. The Crusaders class hosts a lawn party July 21 at 5 30 pm, with Gordon Rydman in charge. A quarterly business meeting is set for July 15 at 7 30 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
al Hashley
Rural Bible Missionary
St. Louis
Michigan
Crusaders
Robert Gebauer
Gordon Rydman
Coyote Holler Social Notes From Local Families
Mrs Maude Norman and family visited in Worcester Massachusetts with their son Perry Norman and Gene. Weekend guests included W E Norman David of Pontiac Russell Norman of Flint and others. Church events at Gilmore Church of Christ drew crowds.
Avon Air Park Picnic Brings 78 Guests from Three States
Members from Ohio Indiana and Michigan gathered at Potters Park Lansing for a Sunday Avon Air Park Florida picnic. Leona Bonham spent a weekend in Pontiac visiting Bertha Beamish and relatives. Wilton Powell anniversary party in Mt Pleasant featured family and friends with cake ice cream and punch. Rev Olsen of Lapeer amid revival visit Mr and Mrs Roy Cummins. Ruth Bigelow attends Youth for Christ camp at Winona Lake. Laurence Sommers family visit to John and Kath Sommer. Alan Reiss grandson of Hershell Reiss visits from Florida. parents plan Michigan arrival mid month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Harvey
Walter May
Frank Freeman
David
Rose Mary Harvey
Alf
Avon Air Park
Florida
Lansing
Potters Park
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan
Leona Bonham
Pontiac
Bertha Beamish
Leona
Bertha Babcock
Flora Clark
Wilton Powell
Mt. Pleasant
Marie Horton
Arnold Olsen
Lapeer
Harrison Baptist Church
Roy Cummins
Ruth Bigelow
Winona Lake
Youth For Christ
Laurence
John Sommer
Ralph Sommer
Madison
Tennessee
Hershell Reiss
Alan Reiss
Hubert Schofields
Alan
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Arnold Bidwell
Arthur Brown
Rosebush
Glen Foltz
Birmingham
Grayling
Herbert Cunningham
Oscoda
Frank Bowen
Edith Talbot
James
Ann Arbor
Edna Wilson
Vernon Township
Russell Moody
Detroit
Ella Sherman
Fred Cotton
Jeffrey
Farmington
Frank Pringle
Fred Bush
Lester Olds
Farm Bureau
Arleigh Gorr
Tom Ackerman
Harold White
George Sexton
Cyriel Belle
Carol Ann Shafer
Blanche A*wood
Elmer Wilson
Dorothy Keaton
Elm Grove
Lela Marie Wilson
Earl Wilson
Caro
Ilinois
Robert Babcock
Eva Foss
Virginia Finch
John Gallagher
Denslow’s Flowers & Gifts
Coleman, Mt. Pleasant
N.‘ Mission Rd
Highway Land Office
Selz
Baptist Bible School
Coyote
Mrs. Maude Norman
Henry Norman
Perry
FE. Norman
Gene
Worcester
Massachusetts
W. E. Norman
Russell Norman
Lloyd Daniels
Lake City
Ken Hall
Essexville
Albert Miller
Ralph Kennedy
H. H. Britt
Laura Brown
Mary Jo
Charlotte
Gilmore Center
Gilmore Church of Christ
Elmer Rodey
Carter
Broomfield Memorial Hospital
Herbert Honeywell
Egbert Fordyce
Traverse City
Kenneth Myers
Bellville
George Pitts
Farm Bureau’ Pioneer Group
Elmer Kidder
Littlefield Lake
Janice
Connie
Dennis
Lynette
Doris
Donald Wood
Alvin Wood
Hessel Forest
Stephen
William Philipps
Vanesse Cook
Ed McAlvey
Iona Lautzenheiser
The
Christian Church
American Oil Research
Standard Oil Division
American Oil Company
Standard Service
Bob Beck
McEwan
Bill Koch
Mgr
West
Consumers Power Company
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