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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1952
Page
7
The W C T U met with Mrs Robert Dunn on Thursday evening with nine members present. Mrs Idd Johnson president led the business meeting and Mrs Roscoe Philo gave devotions. The group sang old favorites including selections requested by the hostess.
Preston Johnson unveils a free program on June 20 in Rosebush headlined by Shep Comes Home with Flame the dot. Short subjects include Why Play Leap Frog and an Andy Pandy picture. A week later June 28 features Abbott and Costello Hold that Ghost and several shorts including The Story of Our Play.
The Key and Mrs. Howard Moore and son David move into Rosebush Methodist parsonage June 27 succeeding the Dunns from Bellaire. Mrs. Moore, a pianist active in church work, will greet congregations May 22 at morning worship. the family moves the following week. David, a high school senior, is interested in basketball.
The Community Council held a special session on Memorial Field to finalize plans for the July 4th Homecoming. Co chairs Mrs Ivor Stork and Mrs Harold Flaharty oversee a barbecue beef dinner and volunteer tasks, with requests for dish towels from residents.
The Owens family gathered at Memorial Field on Sunday June 15 with 75 attendees. A noon pot luck featured ice tea and watermelon. Harl Owens led the business meeting and program while awards went to Melvin Brasington Kathy Lee Owens and others. The group donated five dollars to Memorial Field and planned the 1953 reunion for the same venue. Don Owens Clare was named president with Bill Ingram vice president and Bob Owens chairing the 1953 entertainment committee.
The Rev. Robert Straley former pastor of Leaton Methodist Church resigns from ministry and accepts a post at C M C Hospital. The Stra leys will reside on the Lloyd Spaulding farm on the property formerly known as the Fall place.
Miss Dorothy Roethlisberger became the bride of Arthur M. Steele in a quiet Rosebush Presbyterian ceremony Sunday at one o'clock. The aqua gabardine suit and white accessories marked the bride. The couple, with aunt and uncle Mr and Mrs Ralph West as attendants, left for a northern Michigan wedding trip.
Bowen Busy Bee 4-H club met June 9 with Beatrice Cluley hosting. Thirty three members and seven mothers left Rosebush by chartered bus at 6:00 am for a Detroit day trip visiting Greenfield Village and the Henry Ford Museum, returning about 9:00 pm. Next activities include a June 18 meeting at Mrs. Eva Joy Anderson's and June 19 softball practice at Memorial Field. David Lennox to host July 14 meeting.
The M G M epic Quo Vadis began filming in Italy with Robert Taylor and Deborah Kerr heading a cast reported at 30 000 people In key roles Leo Genn Peter Ustinov and others join the story of Christianity In Rome The production features 110 speaking roles with casting trips to London Paris and various locales before cameras roll in Hollywood
More than one hundred attendees at Memorial Field pavilion bid farewell to Rev. and Mrs. Willis Dunn and family as WSCS members from Weidman Rosebush and Rosebush churches honor them. Rev. Thomson praised their community work and Nebraska Wesleyan ties. Luggage gifts, humorous dog rhyme, and committee setup marked the evening.
Alfred Comfort, former Rosebush resident and local store operator, died May 20 at University Hospital in Ann Arbor after a stay since May 5. Burial followed May 28 in Oakwood Cemetery with services at Braun Funeral Home Adrian. He is survived by wife Edith and daughter Eva.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Spaulding and Mrs. Floyd Graham were Sunday dinner guests in the M. Conner home in Lansing. The occasion marked Mr. Spaulding’s birthday and their wedding anniversary.
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