Community Clubs and Social Gatherings Highlight Clare News
Local groups including Ladies Union at Clare Congregational Church plan a Friday meeting with Mrs. Jas McKay at Loon Lake Lodge and a Wednesday August 2 pot luck at McKay Lodge. Shuffle Club guests, contract bridge events, and birthday parties unfold across town with multiple hosts and light refreshments.
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Ladies Union
The
Clare Congregational Church
Jas. McKay
Loon Lake Lodge
Congregational Guild
McKay Lodge
Loon Lake
Ruth Bersey and Lester Garver Wed in Harrison
Miss Ruth M Bergey daughter of Mr and Mrs Floyd Bergey and Lester J Garver son of Mr and Mrs Walter Garver were married at the home of Elder and Mrs David Bailey in Harrison on Saturday July 22 in an ceremony attended by relatives. The bride wore violet blue street length dress with veil and rose tiara. They honeymoon at a northern resort.
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Ruth M. Bergey
Floyd Bergey
Lester J. Garver
Walter Garver
Brown Corners
David Bailey
Harrison
Vernell Bergey
Wilson and Green Family Reunion at Jay Green Home
The Wilson and Green family reunion was held at the Jay Green home in Clare on Sunday July 28. Attendees included J. H. Wilson and family, Laila Wilson of Chicago, P. C. Wilson of Ithaca, Virginia Wilson of Washington DC, Harriet B. Wilson of the University of Michigan, Mrs. Pete Schilling of Alanson, Mrs. Edward Archey of Dearborn, and Jay Green Jr., plus Merle Samborn family and Mrs. Jay Green. Several relatives could not attend due to Army and Air Corps duties.
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Wilson and Green
Jay Green
Clare
J. H. Wilson
Laila Wilson
Chicago
P. C. Wilson
Ithaca
Virginia Wilson
Washington, D. C
Harriet B. Wilson
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
Pete Schilling
Alanson
Edward Archey
Henderson Hosts in Honor of Sgt Stanley Sutton
Mrs Bessie Henderson entertained at her East Sixth Street home last Friday to honor her grandson Sgt Stanley S Sutton home on furlough from the Aleutian Islands. Attendees included Stanley S Sutton Mannie Sutton Ila Joe Graves and small son Stanley Joe of New London Conn Mabel Fortin of Flint Rev and Mrs Watson John Schaaf Annie Rodgers and Florence Robinette.
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Bessie Henderson
East Sixth Street
Sgt
Stanley S. Sutton
Aleutian Islands
Honer
Annie Rodgers
Stanley S.sutton
Mannie Sutton
Ila
Joe Graves
Stanley Joe
New London
Benefit Auxiliary Birthday Dinner Held July 19
The Benefit Auxiliary met on Wednesday July 19 with Mrs Cecil Bushey for the monthly birthday dinner. Twenty two members attended and socialized after a pleasant repast. Members pieced blocks for quilts for returning soldiers and mourned the loss of worker Mrs Mary Jackson who is moving to Midland. The Auxiliary will meet August 2 with Mrs Bertha Cappardt and August 16 with Mrs Raymond Pryor for further birthday dinners.
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Cecil Bushey
Gorry
Mary Jackson
Midland
Bertha Cappdert
Raymond Pryor
Pals and a Pig Tale in Lik Stevenson Narrative
This fragment follows Robert Brogan and his pal Charlie, a talking snowbird, recalling torpedoed sea journeys and life aboard ships with 16 days in a life boat. It mentions Brogan a Seminole 46 and his naval WWI service, plus a side note about Kent Cooper and a pig story in Irvington-on-the-Hudson.
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Robert Brogan
Charlie
New York
Brogan
Merchant Marine
Murmansk
Halifax
South America
Caribbean
U.S. Coast Guard
Chile
Africa
Sicily
Brooklyn Public
Washington
Georgetown
Navy
Annapolis
Pioneer Days Nostalgia From Wendover to New York City
Sergt Richard Jenkins recalls old gas illuminated coaches eastward and a Utah note about buffalo shots from open windows. A thin slice of city life shows a mourning woman feeding a horse, a Sixth Avenue bus rider in riding habit, two aged New Yorkers in winter gear, a watchmaker at his window, Central Park haze, a blind singer with accordion, a doll display, a mole-like manhole worker, Bryant Park pigeons squabbling, and a subway wind gust.
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Richard N. Jenkins
Chicago
Wendover Field
Utah
50Th Street
Sixth Avenue
Upper
Seventh Avenue
Central Park View
Bryant Park
Belk Syndicate
WNU
Navy reports drop in combat wound toll since WWI
Rear Adm. Luther Sheldon Jr. said the U S Navy medical corps has boosted seagoing strength over a hundredfold since the war began and now holds combat wound mortality far below WWI levels. Improvements credited to shock treatment, new casts, sulfa drugs, and penicillin.
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London
United States Navy Medical Corps
Luther Sheldon ,Jr
Rebekah Club Pot Luck Supper at Sadie Ogle Home
The Rebekah Club met Friday at the Sadie Ogle residence for a noon pot luck dinner. Mrs. Etta Howard led the meeting in the absence of the president, and the group recited the Pledge of Allegiance and The Lord's Prayer. Five members responded to roll call and a future dance at the J.C.O.F. hall was planned for Saturday night July 29. The next gathering will be at Mrs. Crystal Walter home for a seven o'clock supper with husbands invited, and refreshments of ice cream and cake were served.
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Rebekah Club
Sadie Ogle
Etta Howard
J.c.0.f. Hall
Crystal Walter
Clare Odd Fellows Plan July 29 Dance and September Class
Seventeen members of the Clare Odd Fellows lodge met with Andrew Irwin Sr in charge. James Irwin installed Franklin Walter as Vice Grand with Clarence Van R. S. and Arthur Waltey assisting. They voted to allow the Rebekah Club a dance on July 29 and to start lodge at 9:00 PM. Preparations for the first degree in September were discussed.
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Marion
Humphrey
Shuffle Club
Barnes Cafe
Marjory Jackson
Fannie Simmons
Thistle Club
Harold Schaeffer
Howard Pick
James Olson
Lyle Chapman
J. J. Green
M. D. Feighner
Miss Wilson
Feighner
Dunlop’s
Austin Bates
Kenneth Borrer
Murl Houghton
Stuart Bicknell
Fenton Ware
Neilan Cradit
Barbara Zinser
Gradit
Dale Miller
Wee
W. D. Holmes
Henry Ackerman
Alice Loomis
Erwin Zinser
Eugene Buzard
Joe Buzard
B. R. Buzard
T. Kenneth Buzard
Detroit
Lance Thayer
William Kirkpatrick
Robert Drew
Kenneth Barnes
Dexter Hiden
Kirkpatrick
Drew
John Bruckart
Chester Richard
Elmer Comes
Marshia Ankrum
Arthur. Ulrich
Comes Traveler
Richardsow
Floyd Randle
Shirley Joann
Charles Whitlock
Edmore
Clarence Anderson
Mr. Anderson
Byron Clark
Oliver, Stanton
Lansing
Grand Rapids
Kroger
Chuck Roast
Kroger's
Ruby Lee
Armour
Soba Gragkers
Barry's
Ian
Scott Co
Avondale
Hunt Club
Pennsylvania
Michigan Maid
Anti Roe
Michigan
Freestone Elbertas
Hothouse
CGT
Ruth M. Bersey
Stanley Sutton
Clare Sentinel
Lights of
Lik. Stevenson
Kent Cooper
Associated Press
Irvington-on-the-Hudson
Mr. Cooper
U. S. Navy
Roy E. Cimmerer
Clare, Mid
Jerris
Southern Rose
Alka Seltzer
Thayers
Mt. Pleasant
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