Farwell briefs recount church, family, and community events
Mr and Mrs Mack Heinlein led devotions at Gospel Mission services and sang specials with Mrs Heinlein. Guests attended services from Detroit and Ortonville. Camping trips and church gatherings, picnics at Lake George and Hight Point Lake, and a Snyder family reunion were noted along with Channel 12 Music Bingo prize winners. Families traveled to Midland and Benton Harbor for outings and visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mack Heinlein
Pleasant
Gospel Mission
Heinlein
Detroit
Ortonville
Vernon Andrews
Harold Kelly
Lake George
Methodist
Ruth Bigelow
Mary Archbold
Jill Hochstettler
Ruth Ann Bentley
Bernard Schofield
Jack
Kenneth Renner
John Ayles
Midland
Gene Cashin
Cashin
Lassie Mathews
Jack Renner
Pearl Trowbridge
Bill
Bert
Benton
Harbor
Snyder
William Trowbridge
Trowbridge
Percy Snyder
Kenneth Loomis
Susie Swallow
Harrison
Eddie
Susie
Addie Culburtson
Ewatt
Minerva Richmmond
Edith Schroeder
Alfred Beck
Jennie
Cathy
Allison
Flint
Farwell News Family Reunion Held at Farwell Park
The Frank Thrush family reunion gathered at Farwell Park on Sunday July 26 with 34 members and one guest at a noon dinner. Sixty six immediate members exist but about half could not attend due to distance health and service duties. Wayne Thrush chaired with Gerald Thrush as vice chair Sidney Thrush as secretary treasurer a program committee of Mr and Mrs Harold Thrush and Leslie Thrush as historian. Two new members joined Joseph Wayne Thrush and John Michael Thrush. The youngest attendee was the Indianapolis Cres Thrush child. the farthest to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Thrush
Farwell Park
Wayne Thrush
Gerald Thrush
Sidney Thrush
Harold Thrush
Leslie Thrush
Joseph Wayne
Arlo Thrush
John Michael
John Dybol
Farwell
Cloyce ‘Thrush
Indianapolis
Indiana
Open House Showcases New Ardis Convalescent Home West of Farwell
Clare County residents attended the Sunday open house for the Ardis Convalescent Home on M-115 two and a half miles west of Farwell. The 44 bed facility offers hospital like care with registered nurses on duty. Guests toured the home and enjoyed coffee and cookies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare County
Farwell
Local families enjoy gatherings and outings across Michigan
A flurry of visits and shifts in weekend plans unfolds as Long Beach California relatives, Stanton sisters, and numerous Michigan households travel to Clare Otsego Lake Ludington and Houghton Lake. Attendees include the Cummins Coffey Kolenda Fenner Birdsall Loomis Todd and Osborn families among others.
Farwell Briefs of Weekend Social Visits
Mr and Mrs Leo Higgins entertained her grandmother Mrs Minnie Wilkie of Clare and Bishop Sam Asch of Beaverton Sunday. Donald Ferguson and others visited in Mt Pleasant. Letta Wiggins and Beulah Riley called Sunday. Frank Crowley and Myrtle Buskard trip to Saulte Ste Marie and Soo Locks. Hartman family reunion in Mt Pleasant. Arley Renner and family visits. Sidney Hood and Fred Cooks from Flint visited Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Higgins
Minnie Wilkie
Clare
Sam Asch
Beaverton
Donald Ferguson
Wally
Mt. Pleasant
Dewey Dell
Henry
Russell Pugsleys
Letta Wiggins
Beulah Riley
Frank Crowley
Jack Renners
al Young
Mrs. Sidney Hood
Fred Cooks
Flint
Local families share meals and visits across towns
Multiple Sunday gatherings and weekend visits link residents from Temple to Lake George and Mt. Pleasant. Guests include the Schofields, Watters, Parsens, Hosners, Marazitas, Eby family, and many others alongside moves and anniversaries.
Horsepulling Featured At Isabella Fair
The Horse Pulling Contest at the 1959 Isabella County Fair runs August 18 to 22 with Michigan teams competing. Earl Hafer and Ernest Klump chair the event offering 700 dollars in prizes, heavyweight night show and daytime lightweight class, as officials distribute 2500 fair programs. The fair is dedicated to the Isabella County Centennial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Earl Hafer
Ernest Klump
Isabella County
Also Mentioned on This Page
Northland Hardware
Clare Cleaners
Dick Ulrich
Anderson's
Farwell News
Peet
Food Awards
Lloyd Thatcher
Long Beach
California
Nora Jones
Stanton
Roy Cummins
George Coffey
Michael
Norman Kolenda
Clio
Patricia Fenner
Harrison Assembly of God
Ludington
State Park
Emmet, Griffin
Scottville
Hiley Jarvis
Clen, Denning
Saginaw Barracks
Emma Lower
William ‘Walters
Brown Corners
Glenn Birdsall
Elmer Godwin Jr
Terry
Monty
Joyce Carncross
Diana
Ricky
Norma Jean Halslander
Houghton Lake
Ray Collard
Joe
Alan Luce
Hight Point Lake
James Brooks
Lansing
Otsego Lake
Thomas Brooks
Lyman Frisbey
Clear Lake
Allen Graham
Cliff Malesh
Lake
Goldie Grimm
Kenneth Todd
Rockford
Illinois
Carl ‘Updegraff
Emil Foell
Thomas Elliott
Janet Woodward
Lorene Acton
Gus Francey
Marcellus
Frank, Thompson
Miss Murphy
Arnold Thompson
Donald Murphy
Coleman
Kenneth Anderson
Big Rapids
Ernest Osborns
Nelson
Pearl
Osborn
Custer
Gem. Theatre
SUN
Rabe Ree
Office
Sandra Dee
Dan O'Realiay
Susan Kohner
Robert Ala Eee
Ivanita Moore
Hanalia Jackson
Earl Grant
Esa Eaton
John
Gary Agle
J. B. Watters
Temple
Anna Schofield
Raymond Schofield
Andy
Don Luce
Ronald Eby
Montgomery
William Molines
Ted Hiles
Gilmore
Molines
Chesaning
Kenneth Steiner
Shirley Koher
Saginaw
Harold McCumbers
Caroline Dunlap
Frank la Grew
Inez Bentley
Ann Mayhew
Houghton
Jay. King
John Haring
Loomis
Viola Smith
Jessie Shaffer
William Hanes
Alma
Ed Hanes
Martin Gerstener
Buryl Strong
Strongs
Budd Lake
George Bedard
Berkley
John Bedard
Bedard
Walt Moores
Lake Michigan
George Hall
Rev
J. W. Teate
Joan Locke
Webb Strong
Pinkney
Buryl Strongs
Mrs. Vaness
Rosebush
Mich
Arba A Leleiay
COBB
Earl Crrys
Technicolor
Pee AL Asad
John Carradine
Th Co
20Th Century
FOX Melvase
Cary Grant
Ingrid Bergman
Phyllis Calvert
Warnes Brod
Marieus Monroe
Olivier
Boot Hill
The
BekShoe
Susan DE. Hayward
Chandler
Ris Bih Technichior
Paramount Release
Walt Disney
Telife
Ny Technicolor
Disney
Paramount
Loren Fauthony Quinn
Michi Koer Richard
LONG
Fred Macmurray
AcQtuasia Nicrate
Lin McCarthy
Louis Keely
Prima Smith
Inl
Gus Janes
Gregory
Henry Slater
Kits Charney
Columbia
Kirk Douglas
Anthony Quinn
Hal
Chrolyn Jones
Ear
Hutte
Gregory Peck
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