Farwell School Commencement and Senior Exercises
The Farwell school year ends with a damp picnic day on Friday May 25 1945 and a trip for seniors to Detroit and Niagara Falls. Graduation ceremonies Thursday May 24 feature Invocations by Rev. Hahn salutatory by Betty Borst valedictory by Imogene Rawson and diplomas for eighth graders. Special awards recognize seniors including Alpha Beta Citizenship Athletic and Music honors with two generation graduates noted and Opal Badger noted for perfect attendance.
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Farwell
Madge B. Lamb
Mary Sikkema
Chas. B. Hahn
Methodist Church
Betty Borst
Reynold Mick
Wilbur Moore
Angeline Hunter
Imogene Rawson
Alpha Beta
Carol Schofield
Dana Schofield
William Dewey
Catherine Rube
Anna Schofield
Carol
Farwell School
Inogene Rawson
Batty Borst
John Bistricky
Dawn Schofield
James‘ O'Grady
Marshall Brock
Bernard Robinson
Catherine Kube
Gerald Wood
Doris van Buskirk
Loramid Smith
Duare Miller
Zisther Miller
Gladys Alwood
Ernest Orton
Bette Braden
John Gelb
Opal Badger
Walter
Navy drubs Farwell in Sunday baseball clash
The Navy team defeated Farwell 42 to 6 Sunday afternoon in a lopsided game. Winning pitcher Murphy and losing pitcher Lockwood are named with players Leon Stanley and Don Stinchcombe noted for solid moments. An outfielder attempted a hidden ball trick, and the crowd saw a mix of sharp play and miscues.
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NAVY
Farwell
Lockwood
Murphy
Leon Stanley
Don Stinchcombe
Farwell Briefs Mail Train Schedule
Schedule notices list rail times for Farwell on wartime mail trains No. 62 South 10 65 A M and No. 61 North 2 45 P M along with Perd Marquette No. 1 West 8 40 A M and No. 6 East 4 03 P M. K of P Lodge meets second and fourth Thursdays. Pythian Sisters meet same evening.
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South
North
Perd Marquette
West
East
K. OF P. Lodge
Pythian Sisters
Red Cross Farwell Unit Seeks Volunteers
The Farwell unit of the American Red Cross meets each Wednesday afternoon at the Library. Work is available for volunteers and all interested ladies are welcome. Chairman Mrs. John Henry led a session last Wednesday cutting hospital slipcovers.
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RED Cross Farwell Unit
American Red Cross
John Henry
Reception and Shower for Powers at Farwell Hall
A large crowd attended the reception and shower for Mr and Mrs Jack Powers of Clare at Farwell I O C F hall on Saturday evening May 26th. They received many lovely gifts and thanked guests who were treated to cigars and candy bars. Mrs Powers is the family Mary Allen Irwin.
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Jack Powers
Clare
Farwell 1
Birthday Social and Local Visits Highlight Weekend
Sunday May 27 marked David Wiggins birthday with family and friends visiting from Lansing Midland Lake and Frankfort. Weekend guests included Mr and Mrs D I Hitler of Chicago and Hazel Smith at Bear Lake. Local trips featured Mrs Leah Wiggins Detroit and Archie Rogers visiting from Steamboat Springs Colorado.
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David Wiggins
Tom Millay
Elsie Dossett
Lansing
Martha Stevenson
Virginia Wiggins
Gene Cashin
Midland
Delmar Scott
Lake
D. I. Hitler
Chicago
Hazel Smith
Bear Lake
W. G. Fuller
Mt. Pleasant
Martha Fuller
Richard Sproul
Birch Run
Almond Powell
Geo. Scott
Harl Milk
Frankfort
Reynold Micks
Lyman Frisbey
Herald Grasman
Mike
Sebewaing
Archie Rogers
Wm. Rogers
Steamboat Springs
Colorado
Amelia Casler
Archie
Leah Wiggins
Detroit
Carl Spangler
Pleasant
Spangler
War. Rogers
Barry
T. J. Brooks
Vernié Hose
Cadillan My
Woodrow Miller
Flint
Local figures host visiting friends and relatives
Mrs Frank Johns and family hosted guests. Alma visitors Mr and Mrs Hart Richard. Toledo guests stayed with Updykes. William Benchley family moved near Ewart. Nelsons bought Krueger property and plan to move. Doris Gordon from Detroit visited Clyde Ma ten. Detroit guests called on relatives. Various weekend visits by residents from Plymouth, Detroit, Lansing, Bay City, Mt. Pleasant, and Clio noted. Mrs. Irwin's medical care continued at Clare Hospital.
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Frank Johns
Hart-Richard
Alma
And
Myre
James A Stanley
Grover Updyke
Geo. Updyke
Toledo
Updyke Ham
William Benchley
Ewart
Hugh Nelson
Lake
Krueger
Nelson
Ida Wardell
Doris
Forest Gordon
Detroit
Clyde Maaten
G. Lester Stinchcombe
Wm. Irwin
Clare Hospital
Vernabelle Sanderson
Plymouth
Jack Miller
Tula Grasman
R.N
Lansing
Herald Grasman
Mikie
Emma Pierce
Clio
Lawrence Horn
Basil Weaver
Scott Horn
Mr. Pleasant
Elmer Schofield
Gladwin
Carol Schofield
Wm. Rogers
Colorado
Harry Webster
Mt. Pleasant
Don Luce
Grandma Trumble
A. Stutting
Church News at Farwell Town Hall
The Church of Christ requests parishioners note services at Farwell Town Hall. Alfred Peterson serves as pastor with Sunday School at 10:00 a.m. preaching at 11:00 a.m. and an Evening Service at 8:00 p.m.
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Church OF Christ
C.w-T
C.W.T
Orton
Church of God Suspends Services Indefinitely
Due to the ill health of Pastor Rev Mary E House services at the Farwell Church of God are suspended indefinitely while the pastor rests.
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Church OF God
Mary E. House
Farwell Church of God
Reorganized Church Sunday Schedule and Meetings
The church outlines Sunday School at 10 30 a m Social Service at 11 30 a m and biweekly Womens Department meetings on Wednesdays at 2 00 p m Meeting place decided at gatherings of members
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Women's Department
Church Activities Schedule and Sermon Topics
Church services set at 10 45 for study theme for adults Being Religious Under Difficulties and public worship at noon with a sermon on The Parable of the Pounds. Youth Fellowship and choir practice will be discontinued through the summer but resume the first week in September.
Library Notes Vacation Hours and New Arrivals
Beginning next week the library will be open only on Wednesdays and Saturdays with new hours listed. Miss Betsy Anderson from the regional library office visited and praised the collection. The library will receive juvenile books from the state library for summer and has purchased several good books this spring. Donations include War and Peace and The Promise. Ella Carpenter will serve as assistant librarian and assist patrons by call or visit.
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Betsy Anderson
Oiy
New Library
Miss Anderson
Cadillac
State Library
Ella Carpenter
Ardinellé's
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E. State St. Clare
Gibson Memorial Works
the Circle
Midland, Mich
321S
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Dean Methner
Frank J. Keplinger
Glass Road
Grant Township
Sanford Mott
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W. C. Allis Chalmers
Ernest Kleiner
Baglé School
Douglas
Guernsey
Olger
Brinton
First House
C. V. Watson
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Hemlock St
Clare, Batt
Coughlin Bros
Earl Hendershot
Emmet Sutton
Beech St
Woodward Motor Saléa
Robert Shai
Remington
Donita Tubbs
Citizens, State Bank
J. W. Schaeffer
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Jerry Morrow
Ernest Allen
Ben Kleinhardt
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Pete Marquette Ry
R. W. Ryan
Dow Corning Corporation
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R-1
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Clarified Bakery
State St
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Maple Grove
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Garnet Ferguson
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J. B. Timpe
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Bertha Rulapatgh
Thelanie Ferguson
Houghton Drug Store
Dan McDonald
Ford Sales and Service
Iwan
Sis
Stanley
Bim Grove
Burt Heas
Clare R-2
C. Patterson
General Delivery
Hendrie Bros
Billie
Auto Collision Service
Wrecker Service
West Fourth St
Clare Sits
Samborn’s Produce & Furniture Co
Consumers Power Company
Grain and Feed Johnston Elevator Co
Lambord
Eet
Rosebush Levatory
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