Community Birthday Celebrations and Gatherings
Social notes record multiple neighborhood gatherings. Kay Lynn Artibee celebrated her fourth birthday at Budd Lake with eight friends, and Laurene Maxwell and Shirley Ann Kile also marked fourth and seventh birthdays with cake and gifts. A Friday Bridge Club met for two-table play hosted by Mrs. John Asline, and Shirley Joann Randall enjoyed a birthday party with friends and a large decorated cake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Artibee
Kay Lynn
John Asline
Bridge Club
Frank Hochstetler
M. A. Doherty
A. Artibee
George White
Asline
Doherty
Floyd Randall
Shirley Joann
Shirley
Dorothy Kile
Shirley Ann
Lavina
DeWayne White
Marjorie
Eddie Tomaski
Barbara
Billy
Marilyn Siel
Fay
Dickie Johnsone
Gail Blanchard
Florence Ryan and Byron Clendening Wed in Missouri
Florence Ethelyn Ryan and Private First Class Byron J Glendening married at St. Louis Missouri on a Saturday in July. Miss Ryan will live with her parents in the city until his return and resume studies at Central Michigan College of Education as a senior. Clendening, a former student at Mt Pleasant college, is stationed at Jefferson Barracks Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Ryan
Florence Ethelyn Ryan
Byron J. Glendening
United States Army
Irving Clendening
Gladwin
St. Louis
Missouri
Clendening
Central Michigan College of Education
Mt. Pleasant
Jefferson Barracks
Kings Daughters Annual Picnic at Tourist Park
The Kings Daughters of the Clare Baptist church plan their annual picnic on Thursday July 30 at the tourist park. Those needing transportation should meet at the church at 4 30 PM. Families and friends of members are invited and asked to bring sandwiches a dish to pass and table service for supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Kings Daughters of the Clare Baptist Church
Rebekah Club Elects Officers and Plans Bake Sale
The Rebekah Club met at Mrs Emma Youmans home for a 1 PM pot luck dinner. Mrs Maude Stevens was re elected president with Lulu Lamb as vice president Eva Nowlen secretary and Etta Howard treasurer. A bake sale was approved and a Friday meeting at Mrs Eva Newton s home was scheduled with a noon pot luck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebekah Club
Emma Youmans
Maude Stevens
Jessie Stough
Stevens
Lulu Lamb
Eva Nowlen
Etta. Howard
Eva Newton
Rebekahs
Happy Gang Welcomes Gerows at New Home Birthday Gathering
The Happy Gang gathered at the Gerow residence near the Baird store on Saturday to greet the Gerows who moved from Lansing. Mr. Gerow, celebrating a birthday, received a cake baked by Mrs. Harry Gregg. Five tables of pepper games yielded high prizes to Mrs. Norman Mayers and Russell Gregg and low prizes to Mrs. Wallace Carrow and Carl Cotton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerow
Baird
Lansing
Mr. Gerow
Harry Gregg
Norman Mayers
Russell Gregg
Wallace Carrow
Carl Cotton
Mrs. Gerow
Pekin 1898 Guard Established At American Legation
The American Legation guard of 18 U.S. Marines was formed in Pekin China in November 1898 to protect the diplomatic mission during tensions in the late Qing era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pekin
Legation Guard
U. S
China
Buy all the war Bonds you can at The Citizens State Bank
Advertises purchasing war bonds at The Citizens State Bank in Clare. The message urges customers to invest heavily from now until Victory, highlighting bank availability for bond sales. The note cites contact detail Clare-4113 for more information or assistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens State Bank
Clare
Governor Announces Woman Volunteers Survey For Michigan Labor
Governor Murray Van Wagoner reveals a veterans and auxiliaries survey registering 135 731 workers for farms and factories. He commends Mrs Elma Clute and Mrs James Gillespie for organizing the house to house canvass and notes the effort sets a pattern for other states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elma Clute
Ameriedan Legion Auxiliary
Goveror Murray D. van Wagoner
Michigan
James Gillespie
Army Meets Navy Wednesday Morn at Golf Course
The Clare Women Golfers met at Twin Elms on Wednesday. General Haley and Admiral Frances Anderson drew sides for an Army Navy match won by the Army by two points. Navy must host a pot luck dinner for the Army at the Haley cottage on Houghton Lake, date to be announced. Next Wednesday Alma women visit at ten. The Round Robin handicap began Wednesday afternoon. Sports chairman Mrs. Margaret Wehrly invites participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare
Twin Elms
Haley
Army
Frances Anderson
Navy
Houghton Lake
Alma
Margaret Wehrly
The John Schultzes Surprised on Fifteenth Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs John Schultz were surprised Monday evening when members of the Try the Moon Club occupied their home for their fifteenth wedding anniversary A chicken dinner was prepared by Mrs Gordon McIntosh with Mrs Etta Howard assisting A decorated cake flowers and prizes for high and low scores were part of the celebration Guests included Joyce Longieliere and Marjory Bryant with Lorraine and Sandra Schultz The club gave a gift and many other presents made the evening memorable
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Schultz
Gordon
McIntosh
Etta Howard
Earl Tupper
George Bryant
Schultz
Joyce Longieliere
Grand Rapids
Marjory Bryant
Lorraine
Sandra Schultz
Local lodge meets under Mussell with guest A E Wylie
Ed Mussell presided over the meeting Monday evening of the local lodge. A. E. Wylie of Mendota Illinois spoke about enjoying the group and shared vacation plans with his family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed. Mussell
Noble Grand
A. E. Wylie
Mendota
Ilinois
Hager Family Reunion At Clare Tourist Park
The second annual Hager reunion gathered ninety seven members from Flint Pontiac Linden Marlette Brown City Mio Rose City Gladwin Skeels and Clare at Clare Tourist Park. William Hager of Gladwin aged 81 was the oldest attendee and Mac Hager of Marlette eight months was the youngest. Mr and Mrs Dewey Paxton celebrated their twenty fifth wedding anniversary with a large decorated cake as a centerpiece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hager
Clare
Flint
Pontiac
Linden
Marlette
Brown City
Mio
Rose City
Gladwich
Skeels
William Hager
Gladwin
Mac Hager
Dewey Paxton
Millions for Victory in World War II War Expenditure
The United States Army and Navy spent over 131 million dollars daily in April. The figure could cover a battleship, an aircraft carrier, a heavy cruiser, and a submarine, and is more than double the prior month’s weapon outlays before entry into the war.
Michigan Defense Activities Show Strong Scrap Drive Results
Official figures indicate Michigan exceeded the scrap rubber quota in the nationwide drive ending July 10, with collections averaging over five pounds per person. A July 2 emergency warning system test reached intended recipients by 10:30 a.m., per Capt. Donald S. Leonard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Donald S. Leonard
Citizens Defense Corps of Michigan
Clare Library Progress Noted In Wartime Year
Estella L. Artibea reports Clare County Library’s wartime year, with 500 books donated for army camps, 1,200 non fiction loans monthly, and total holdings rising to 5,462. National Book Week drew teachers and 200 students. hospital service may resume this fall. Nettie Jackson commends librarian courtesy in Kalamazoo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morrel Clure
Clare County
Isabella
Estella L. Artibea
Porter Remembers Patron in a Friend's Will at City Hotels
A longtime hotel porter for Colonel and Mrs. Elisha Whittlesey learned he was named in Mrs. Whittlesey’s will. The modest inheritance, described as a token of friendship and loyalty, honors his two decades of service at the Manhattan and later the Biltmore. The note comes after Maher kept quiet about the bequest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Maher
Manhattan
Forty-second Street
National City Bank
Col
Elisha Whittlesey
Atlantic City
Manchester
N. H
Houseman
Maher
Whittleseys
Hotel Biltmore
the Biltmore
Whittlesey
Joseph J. O’connor
Biltmore Transportation
Wurke State Building
United States Navy
Beijing
Ensign
Merritt
New London
Renee Lee
Julia Chandler
Warden Knits Bedspread Stirring Women’s Admiration
James H. Walker, chief warden of the Eastern Lane county fire patrol, knitted a bedspread of intricate pattern with more than 400 locks that drew gasps from the women present. The event highlighted the candidate for top knitting honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sue Ore
Womn
James H. Walker
Lane County
Marines Storm Bouresches in World War I Action
Twenty Marines left from an original 250 who faced heavy machine gun fire took Bouresches in 1918, a town then held by 300 Germans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bouresches
Rare Quintuplets Highlighted In Birth Statistics
Medical data shows quintuplets occur about once in 41,600,000 births, quadruplets in 747,000, triplets in 7,103, and twins in 87 pregnancies, underscoring their rarity.
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Ida Crigier
Budd Lake
Lucille
Herbert McDonald
Ralph Irwin
Mr. Mussell
Laurie Woodward
Norman Maxwell
Laurene
James Olson
Thistle Club
Ed Roach
Lakeview
Frank Murdoch
Roach
H. T. Ruark
Olson
Alva White
Mrs. White
Joan Smith
Mary Lou Archambault
Sarah Pryor
Delores Jackson
Ruby Foss
Marilyn Masten
Betty Lou Price
Sandra
Lorraine Schultz
Jack Emerson
Jack
Jack Bouchey
William Elliott
Notawa Township
Lloyd Pitts
Los Angeles
California
Adna Perry
Lewis Cook
Gon
Wendell
Varness Cook
Gilmore
Albert
Robert Myers
Rosebush
Homer Livingston
Mint
Bouchey
Hinkleville
Elmer Osborn
Pepper
Mrs. Osborn
Florence Ryan
Byron Clendening
King’s Daughters
Happy Gang
Gerows
Greyhound
America
Greyhound Terminal
East 6Th Street
Governor Lands Ladies
John Schultzes
ODD
Michigan Council of Defense
Lansing Citizens Defense Corps
Owosso
Clare Library
Nettie Jackson
Kalamazoo, Mich
Broadway
Ole Olsen
Chic Johnson
Sons of Fun
Winter Garden
Ole
Fifth Avenue
Forty-Sixth Street
Forty Fourth Street
Sixth Avenue
Bell Syndicate
WIN
L. L. Stevenson
Warden
Roy E. Cimmerer
Mid
Wrisleys Hobnail
Wrisley
Dr. West Wray
Rex
Giuas SH Djesebae
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