Farwell News and Local Notices Schedule and Socials
Farwell community brief listing train times and church activities. Notes on lodge meetings, Sunday School and worship services. Includes numerous local visitations, family gatherings, and weekend trips across Farwell and nearby towns.
Sanderson Reunion Draws Descendants Across Counties
About 100 descendants of John and Clara Sanderson gathered at Lumber Jack Park north of Riverdale for their 12th annual reunion on Sunday July 12. The group, with members in Clare Mecosta Gratiot Ingham Lenawee Saginaw and cities including Detroit Grand Rapids and Flint and states such as Tennessee and West Virginia, shared a dinner and brief business meeting after which programs and games were canceled due to heat. Next year’s reunion will be at the same location on the second Sunday in July.
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John
Clara Sanderson
Isabella County
Freemont
Rolland
Clare
Mecosta
Gratiot
Ingham
Lenawee
Saginaw
Detroit
Grand Rapids
Flint
Tennessee
West Va
Washington
U. S.A
Lumber Jack Park
Riverdale
Taught to Be Patient from Offinatown Sage
Hi Ho the sage of Offinatown says ancestors taught patience and submission but credits a few with knowing when to be aggressive and defiant to secure a remnant of fortune.
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Hi Ho
Offinatown
Bertha Lake Resort Weekend Visitors Report
Mrs Arla Livingston went cherry picking at the orchards while L Preston and wife from Marion visited her father M Dunkle. The Dunkle family hosted a Sunday outing to Alma to see Mr Dunkle's sister and his stepmother Mrs Dunkle near Riverdale. Visitors include families from Ohio Indiana and Illinois occupying cottages. The Henry Wellman family dined with Mr and Mrs R Cowles. Miss Virginia Kepple from Midland hosts six girls in their cottage this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don
Luce
Alan
Frank Luce
Lake George
John Murray
Owosso
Lillian Preston
Dee Stough
Ray Hale
Vernon
Leater
Stinchoomba
Elizabeth Town
Theo. Conklin
Marion
Emmet Gordon
Detroit
Glen Suylamdt
Fred Seigle
Joe Sparta
Dan Feell
Stockbridge
Bert McGuire
Mabie Fisher
Saginaw
Farwell
Geo. Preston
Arleigh Graham
Yansing
John Graham
Jane Graham
Sarah McGuire
Dan Foell
Geo
Sam Bailie
Flint
Farwen
Mary McGoogan
Florida
Floyd Allen
Dover
Jennie Manns
Clare
Geo. Vandebogart
Battlereek
Townsend Club
Town Hall
Dewey Dell
R. Dell
Muskegon
Mary Ward
Greenville
Archie Myers
Barryton
A. R. Hagstroms
Bobby
Tommy McMullen
Midland
Jack Reiner
Kenneth
Diverett Irwin
Arthur Wilson
Clarence Finch
Blaine Force
Lapeer
Carl Updegraps
Gladys Norton
Lake City
Bernard Schofield
Fred Bingham
Budd Lake
Chas, Lehman
Doris Angel
Alfred Richmond
James Richmond
Clear Lakke
Harry Carpenter
George
John Frizzell
Irene Palmer
Pleasant
Jess Palmer
Warren Davison
Lansing
Geo. Davison
Mary Black
Gertrude Oman
Blanche Burston
Lake
F. I. Smart
Herrick
Burton Huffman
Winifred
Milwaukee
Blanche Burstom
John Henry
Emma Pierce
Clio
Francis Thomas
Harrison
Mike McAlvey
Alvin Wood
Gilmore
Frank Rawson
Lew Denton
Fay Rawson
Island Park
Mt. Peasant
A. R. Engstrom
Francis Rawson
Miss Fay
Nate Hatfield
Horace Jenkins
John Moore
Lyle Youmans
Russell. Howell
Belding
Russell
Chas
Austin
Arla Livingston
Arthur Roest
Windover Lodge
Mayworm
Bertha Walters
Bessie Pfanstiehl
Jacob Schepers
Kate Schepers
Buena Vista Cottage
Bob Schepers
McBain
Abe Schépers
Powell
Buena Vista
Misa Virginia Coster
Jimmie
Ewart
Wm. Blain
Wilma
Ona Blain
Bertha Lake
Glenn Goodrich
Ralph Wright
Betty
East Lansing
Frank Jacobs
Petosky
Frank Howey
John Delling
Six Lakes
J. J. Beard
Wm. Dickson
B. H. Walker
John Doherty
S. Harris
Leo
Lake Windover
Eddie
Jennie Burns
Wis
J. A. Burns
George Keller
Marion Mayworm
Carl Hicks
James
Luella Anna
Pontiac
Ray Frisbie
Ira Frisbie
Waneta Ann
Ovid
Norman Tubbs
Means
Ohio
Frank Miller
Williamston
Art Kennett
Perrington
Vern Iver
North Starr
Charlie Lyons
James Schober
Birmingham
Mich
Kenneth Montege
Alma
J. Schepers
Bessie
Bertha Walter
Fred. Bingham
Jess Lamphere
J. L. Corliss and Son
Wilnette, NL
T. J. Malone
Mt. Pleasant
Li' Lewis
Windover Lake Visitors and Guests At Buena Vista Cottage
A long list of visitors and local guests frequent Windover Lake and Buena Vista Cottage scenes over the weekend. Families from Clare Lansing Pontiac Detroit and Alma spend time at Lake Windover Hotel and nearby cottages.
Auto Industry Tops 24 Percent Of Steel Output In 1935
The automotive sector led finished steel consumption in 1935 at 24.04 percent, up from 20.87 percent a year earlier, with building, container, and railroads following. Other major users included agriculture machinery and oil gas water, and exports accounted for 8.85 percent.
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Steel
Verdi's Il Trovatore debut timeline in Rome and US
The opera Il Trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi first premiered in Rome on January 19, 1853 and reached the United States by May 2, 1856.
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Rome
United States
Vast Gold Lost Over Four Centuries Reported
The article notes that more than 500 million ounces of gold, valued around 15 billion dollars at current prices, has been lost during the last 440 years.
French Cows Take Winter Vacation South
A special Paris Lyons Mediterranean train carried 124 deluxe cows to winter in sunny Provence. The bovine passengers enjoy celebrity status and receive a 10 percent rail fare reduction during the trip south for the season.
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Chambery
France
Provence
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George P. Stanford
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Gene Campbell
Reed City
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D. Griffin
Alice ‘Gee
James Bassett
Little
Lois Howell
Chas. Graham
Milo Jewett
James Jewett
Walter Badger
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Warren Brodie
BE. W. Brown
Jeanette Green
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Ann
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Tine Wood
Thelma Putman
Hart
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Charles Schroeder
R. F. Tyndall
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Lou Gee
James Stinchcombe
Frederick Fishing
Dietrich Masten
Gon
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Masten
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C. E. Bingham
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Virginia Wiggins
May Gainsforth
Traverse City
Carl
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Kenneth Loomis
Findley
al Richmond
Agnes Bursick
Stanley Glass
Corinda Seymour
Fordyce
Jacobs Grove
Shepherd
Ray Schofield
Ira Badger
Norbert G. Mesche
Frank Melvin
Hight Point Lake
Zera Minard
Ll. S. Brown
Fred M. Morgan
Cash Food Shop
Pioneer Black Tea
Babe Cleanser
David Harum
Bank Free
Symons
Hersheys
Fred M
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Clara Sanderson Farwell
Bertha
Wheaton Ave
Wm. H. Caple
J. W. Dunlop
East 6Th St
H. S. Smith
Half-moon Lake
Morey Mills
Parnell, R. R. 1
Universal Garage
McEwan
Houghton Heights
Percy Stough
S. M. Carrier
West Third Street
Wm. Hawkins
Jersey
Carl Willams
Wood
Tobacco River
John Rudy
P. F. Cregeur
John Bell
Ernest Warner
Eagle School
Geo. Carrier
Carl Schultz
Hubel
Best
Bob
South McEwan St
3Rd St
Cleveland
Guaranteed Singers
Oliver Becker
First St
Harold Jackson
W. B. Stephison
Mann Siding
H. L. Cleveland
Iva. Frisbie
Doris Sager
Frisbie
Kenneth Benchley
Grover Updike
Greenwood Township
Mark Grover
Wm. Macumber
Loch-A-Bay
K. Benchley
Mickie
Windover Lake
Maple St
Main Street
East 6Th St. Clare
Sentinel Office
Billford
Lakeside Farm
Clare Sentinel
R, W
Fairbanks
Samborn
A. B. Mussell
Ward Feighner
E. 7Th St
R. L. Neeper
Cornwell
Wade
Grain and Feed
Clare Hay, Grain & Bean Co
Lambern
L. W. Jackson
Oun
Amber Freeeee
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