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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1946
Page
2
About fifty guests gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Funnell Thursday afternoon July 18 to honor the young Wellington Funnells whose marriage was announced last week. Mrs. Funnell served ice cream and cake after the reception. Guests gave many gifts for their new home. The couple’s plans for a spring move were deferred as they visited relatives until Monday.
Sunday afternoon celebration honored Larry on his sixth birthday with cake fruit salad ice cream and sandwiches. Guests included Mignon Mogg Phillip House Terry House Shirley Mary Phillips Billy Phillips Billy Stebbins Buddy Stebbins Wanetta Neelands Betty Petoskey Darwin Yeager Delores Yeager Grayson Spaulding and Joanne Ervin.
Layle Smith, grandson of Mr and Mrs Henry House, arrived in Rose Bush Sunday after discharge from the Navy at Great Lakes. He served almost two years starting at seventeen aboard the crew of the Sheridan and has been in Japan China and other Pacific points. He joked about chasing Grandpa and Grandma, when he arrived home.
Garden feature notes Rev Gustave Malm a retired Standard Church minister who lives opposite Thear Alten as the hero of the first installment. His productive garden yielded 200 pints of peas 11 pints of beans and 84 pints of strawberries with canned goods sold and plenty for home use. A transplanted Kentucky Wonder bean is teased for next week as the mystery bean name.
Del Mathews of Detroit spent the weekend at his home here. Dick Hunter of Detroit is on a week's vacation staying with his parents Mr and Mrs Will Hunter.
Local society notes detail visits for Mrs. Haines and family en route to Chicago, travels of the George Elias and Dan Coyne households, multiple guests from Detroit Toronto Alma and beyond, cherry picking trips to Traverse City, and a large Watson family reunion at Island Park with extended relatives from Denver Los Angeles and Okemos.
St Henry s Catholic Church led by Rev Gordon Grant lists Mass times in Vernon Township on the first and third Sundays at 8 30 am and on the second fourth and fifth Sundays at 10 00 am All welcome Rosebush Methodist Church under Rev H W Kilgren offers Sunday School 10 15 am Worship 11 15 am Youth Fellowship alternates Sundays at Rosebush and Leaton W S C S meets second Wednesday each month Choir practice Thursdays Presbyterian Church led by Rev R O Thomson Rosebush Bible School 9 45 am Morning Service 10 45 am Evening Service 8 00 pm Wise Bible School 11 00 am Preaching 12 00 noon Ladies Aid Rosebush first Wednesday Wise Ladies Aid second Wednesday.
A health note states that potatoes themselves do not increase body fat. One medium potato and a slice of bread each contain about 1000 calories, and the extra calories come from gravy butter or added fats.
Ad for a foot fungus treatment at Houghton Drug Store touts a speedy cure made with 90 percent alcohol. The seller claims rapid effectiveness and urges readers to buy at the local drugstore.
Mr and Mrs Oliver House of Rosebush announce the marriage of their daughter Wanda June to Wellington Punnell, son of Mr and Mrs Henry Funnell of Rosebush. The ceremony occurred Tuesday June 25 at 7 30 p m in the Clare Lutheran parsonage. The Rev B C Leyter officiated with Miss Virginia Funnell and Bob Funnell as attendants. The couple plans a Bay City Wenonah Beach and Lansing honeymoon. Wellington served nineteen months overseas in the South Pacific aboard the destroyer Radford and earned a Presidential Unit Citation among other honors. He now works for a trucking firm and plans to build on a Baird lot next spring.
The guide advises thorough brushing preparation by lifting hair with a brush and using a clean brush for best results. Rinse under warm water, spray with faucet pressure, and dry the brush in sunlight if possible for cleanliness.
Highlights include mustering-out pay based on length of service and retirement income for long service. Retired ranks can receive up to 185.63 monthly for life after 30 years. All prior active federal service counts toward retirement. GI Bill benefits apply for enlistments before October 5 1946. Choice of branch and overseas theater available on 3 year enlistments at the Clare Michigan post office building.
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