Decoration Day visiting at cottages and family gatherings
The piece lists numerous families visiting cottages on Decoration Day and over the holiday weekend. Guests include Mr and Mrs Ralph Cowles with relatives from Flint, Rosebush, Lake Station, and Farwell, plus Reverend Mayfield and family who bought the Bertha Lake cottage, and other local families from Saginaw and Dearborn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Cowles
Wm. Wheeler
Flint
Harvey Wardwall
Rosebush
Kenneth Cowles
Lake Station
Alfred Cowles
Farwell
Mayfield and Family
Bertha Lake
Leona Long
Sam Davis
Shirley Boyer
Saginawa
Robert Fox
J. Berg
Roy. McPhilmey
Fred Trier
Bert Schultheiss
Paul Owen
Barney Freundel
Frank Behm
Alvin Halliwell
Harold Teeple
Dearborn
Vernon
Marilyn
Eva Monday
Carl Monday
Ray Dexter
Lansing
Sterling Curtiss
Manistee
Alva Dexter
Pontiac
Dude Updyke
Donald
Eugene Blackledge
Joan
Dave van Valkenburg
Harrison
Jim
Sleepy Hollow
Harry Alber
Herbert Lee
Alma
Frank Luce
Vira Luce
Fred Sheppard
Mio
Lemnitzers
Lake George
Fred Markey
R. B. Howard
Harry Kress
Bink
Byatt
Virgil Blain
Russel Kress
Temple
Donna Byington
Corunna
Aleyne Benchoff
Herbert Kummert
Marion ‘Wycoff
Marion
Wycoff
Smith
Waterford
Leewood
Esther van Quackenbach
Detroit
Bett Grawford
Holmoré
Clinton Cook
Don Densmore
Porter
Billy
Mason
Dearborn Child Sharon Named in Weekend Report
A brief snippet notes baby Sharon of Dearborn was up for the week end, recording a family or local social update with the child’s name and place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharon
Dearborn
Windover Lake holiday cabin crowd tightens the scene
Bay City and Lansing families spent the holidays at Windover Lake cabins including Gowen Moore Bishop Gabrick Beach King King Fuller Lobdell and Yes new boats appeared this spring. Many families traveled to Ohio West Virginia and Kentucky to visit relatives while cabins filled up and summer sounds began with whippoorwills calling nightly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Gowen
Jim Moore
Ken Bishop
Bay City
Ohio
Michigan
al. King
Mat Rock
Faunce
Fullers
Lobdell
Harry Whasleys
Midland
Falkners
Grand Rapids
Loon
Whip
Sunday School and Church Services At Lake George
Lake George area notes Sunday School at Lake George Community Building each Sunday 10:00, Lake George Baptist Church 2:00 Sunday School and 3:00 preaching. Residents and visitors listed attendances and cottage visits across Lake George and nearby towns over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake George
Harry Moyer
Lake George Baptist Church
E. E. Redman
Lewis Irwin
Rural visitors and locals gather in Houghton Lake area
Mr. and Mrs. Garry Cokee of Houghton Lake visited Mrs. Seeley Johnson and others. Residents and relatives such as Bert Greer John Eichhorn Jon Paniucki and Jerred joined U S Army member Ed Benic for Memorial Day. Families including the Bakers Spence Defoy and Rehse hosted and visited throughout the weekend and week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garry Cokee
Houghton Lake
Walter Rehse
Seeley Johnson
Bert Greer
Clare
John Eichhorn
Jon Paniucki
Walter “Jerred
Robert
Ed Benic
Steve Benic
R. E. Baker
Detroit
Thomas Spence
Grand Rapids
Leon Dysinger
Joe Paniucki
Jennie McCulloch
Walter Jerred
Estel Reynolds
Ted Benic
James Defoy
N. Defoy
Floyd Prout
Rex Robinette
Harry Cohee
Pleasan Valleys Gossip and Social Visits Noted
Mrs Mable Russell of Hillsdale visited at the Leeths home. Decor Day visitors included Archie Tryon family from Pontiac and Zella Tryon of Detroit with Mrs Mayme Runyan. Various callers stopped by Otto Kleiner and Hemstreet households. A measles illness affected Theola Leeth. Local wedding reports tied to Plint and nearby families. Salt starch tip included to keep starched clothes from sticking to irons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mable Russell
Hillsdale
Mack Leeth
Archie Tryon
Donald Tryon
Pontiac
Zella Tryon
Detroit
Mayme Runyan
Otto Kleiner
George Arpt
Royal Oak
George Manis
Flint
Glen Bay
Little Theola Leeth
Forrest Leeth
Walter Kleiner
Everette Carncross
Alton David
Frank Barton
Wallace Barton
Robert Kleiner
Ruth Anne
Henry Kleiner
Donald Kleiner
Earnest Kleiner
Carl Wehrman
Big Rapids
Hemstreet
Della Gerow
George Hemstreet
James Teal
Sylvia Wilson
Dover
Owen Spink
Lowell
Penrose
Plint
Laurence Bates
Midland
Mayme Bunyan
Hugh Allen
John Presley
Spink
Gladys Mercer
Bay City
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Bertha
Usband
Peyton
Jb.marley Standard Service
Paink Gzze
Saya
William DeBleine
Bee Michigan Dairy Products
The
Universal
Willys-Overland
Bob
McEwan Street
Clare, Michigan
Windover Lake
Leo King
Mr. Waite
Frank Coxy
Ovid
Mea
Jack
Johnson
Roy ‘Grean
Lake George Resort
H. M. Woodman
Jim Luce
Raymond Pokorny
Jeanne
Arthur Pokorny
Catherine Cripps
Dorothy Cripps
J. B. Lydell
Dick Seitz
Jim Hennesee
Howard Barkall
Chas, Tomrell
West Grant
Pleasans Valley
Ani
Mt. Pleasant
Clare, Gladwin, Isabella
Clare Tourist Park
Andy Courser
Donald E. Holbrook
Smith Cabins
Baker
Vern Cloud
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