Local Social Notes Highlight Visits and Family News
Grand Rapids and nearby towns host a flurry of visits as Mrs. Will Lange and friends spend a week together. Detroit visitor CG Jones joins sister Jennie Penrose from Cleveland while Rolland J Courser greets a new son. Various locals travel for shopping, hospital, and church events with family ties and community activity noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Lange
H. D. Kratz
Archie Straight
Grand Rapids
CG. T. Jones
Detroit
F. L. Brown
Cleveland
Jennie Penrose
Albert Dawe
Douglas
E. W. Brown
Farwell
National Council of the Congregational Churches
Park Congregational Church
Newry Arrivals and Local Social Notes
Pvt. and Mrs. Ernest Bryant welcome a daughter Diane born June 16 at Community Hospital Mt. Pleasant. Also new arrivals Joyce Ann born June 20 at Gladwin Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Dawson. a daughter Nicholas Henry born June 20 to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Nutter. Many weekend visits and gatherings across Mt. Pleasant, Saginaw, Clare, and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt
Ernest Bryant
Mt. Pleasant
Diane
Lewis Dawson
Gladwin Hospital
Little Miss
Joyce Ann
M. A. Doherty
Midland Hospital
Doherty
John Schaaf
Warren Schaaf
Betty Kathryn
Hurley Hospital
Flint
Henry Nutter
Central Michigan Community Hospital
Nicholas Henry
Nutter
Lucille Callihan
Community Groups Meet On Weekly Schedules In Clare
Local clubs lodges and councils in Clare list their regular meeting times. The Farwell Townsend Club convenes biweekly. Clara Rebekah Lodge No 167 meets Tuesdays at 8 30 pm. Farwell Rebekah No 208 meets Wednesdays at 8 pm. Clare Lodge No 383 meets Mondays at 8 30 pm. Boy Scout troop 115 gathers Mondays at 7 pm. Clare Common Council meets first and third Mondays. rubbish collection occurs first and third Mondays. Various Townsend Clubs meet on specified Fridays and Thursdays. St John’s Ev Lutheran Church Council meets Tuesday evening in June. Mt Vernon Grange meets first and third Mondays at 8 30 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Rebekah
St. John’s Ev. Lutheran Church Council
Servicemen Addresses and Transfers List
In service notes, 2nd Lt Byron Gibbs, Sgt Robert Bergey, Pfc M D McDonald, Pvt Irwin Colosky, Lawrence Waite, Lt Frank Reger, and T/Sgt Laurence Jackson update new postings or stations. T/Cpls Carl W First and First’s wife Della Hart are noted with arrival in England and Rosebush farm. Sgt E S Barber returns to Fort Belvoir after furlough with family in Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl W. First
England
First
Della Hart
Clare
Rosebush
Private Chester Richard Jr Returns From Camp Grant
Pvt Chet Richard arrived home on a nine day furlough after completing basic training with the 30th Medical Training Battalion at Camp Grant Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester A. Richard, Jr
Chet Richard
30Th Medical Training
Camp Grant
Soldier Wayne E. Brown Leaves for Muroc California
Pfc Wayne E Brown departs with a week spent at home with parents Mr and Mrs H R Brown. His new address will be published when available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne E. Brown
Brown
Muroc
Calif
H. R. Brown
Fort Sheridan Pvt Dale Groves Visits Midland Relatives
Pvt Dale Groves of Fort Sheridan Illinois and his wife spend the week with his sister Mrs Wallace Johnson and husband and other relatives in Midland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William van Vorst
Lowell
Earl Ruby
Pvt
Dale Groves
Fort Sheridan
Illinois
Clare area World War II notices and training updates
Pvt Oden training at Camp Ellis Illinois spent furlough with wife and parents. Pvt Ivan R Oden 36896982 103rd General Hospital Bros 4441 Camp Ellis Ill. Pvt Donald Taylor arrived in Clare for a seven day delay visiting friends en route from Hamilton Field to Miami to report to Air Transport Command. Mr and Mrs Imer Fetters learned their son Pfc Meary Fetters was seriously wounded in action in Italy. Cleo Althea Paxton WAVES trainee graduated from Fairchild Camera and Instrument aerial camera school in New York City and is in training at Hunter College New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iva Freeman
Farwell
Ward Boody
Floyd Woodworth
Jack
Lawrence Gibbs
Saginaw
Hanery Bonham
General Hospital
Leona, Rogers
Lotta Rogers
Albion
Theodore Bowler
Warren Watson
Janet
Rosebush
Charlies Ford
A. M. Artibee
Higgins Lake
Lester Rideout
Margaret
Muskegon Heights
John Brief
Beverly Sowle
B. L. Fisher
Fred Irwin
Ralph Irwin
Ernest Irwin
Stevenson Lake
Allen Runyon
Standish
Virgil Runyon
Alice Loomis
Mason Smith
Owosso
Wade Marett
Detroit
George Carrier
Tom James
Grant
Dee Robinette
Effie Saul
Etta Moore
Murray Moore
Coleman
O. W. Nash
Will Wilson
Clyde Marshall
Wilson
Lila Crossen
Alma
William Lang
Battle Creek
Mason. Smith
L. A. Kin
David McDonald
Effie
Pontiac
Carl Chaplin
Clinton Richmond
Harrison
Clifford Richmond
G. Benburg
Nevon Swobodia
Grand Rapids
Vaughn Wedge
Sandusky
Dave Teale
Wedge
Albert Thurston
Truman Hamilton
Mt. Pleasant
Silver Lake
Jack Bouchey
Albert Myers
Robert Myers
John Bruckart
Elmer Bruckart
Columbus
Ohio
al. Wilson
Sam Wilkinson
Aden Andrews
Holland Road
Jaenichen—Howell
Clarence Scott
Pearl Gages
Port Huron
Evert Scott
Melvin
Levi Scott
Harry Oliver
Toledo
Arthur. Bellinger
Aones
Plerson
Josephine Ritchie
Weidman
Harold Conrad
Tice
Charles Whitlock
Horace Joyner
Gordon McIntosh
Shirley Schaaf
Brazie
Michael Mennehen
Plymouth
Indiana
Pvt
Leonard Stanley
Fort Bliss
Texas
Jack Logie
Boninie
Gladwin
Frank Browers
Phillip
Paul
Lima
Earle Redman
Baptist Church
Milo Myers
Lansing
Loris Roberts
Donald Lée
Earl Owens
Chester Myers
Guy Hayden
Shirley
Sarah Joyner
Bruce
Wisconsin
Alaska
Phil Geeck
Clare
Wayne Geeck
Philip
Bay City
Kenneth Geeck
Robert
Lee Goff
Eisie Peters
L. H Thompson
Pvt. Oden
Camp Ellis
Ill
Ivan R. Oden
103Rd General Hospital
Bros
Pvt. Taylor
W. C. Rainwater
Hamilton Field
San Francisco
Calif
Miami
Florida
Air Transport Command
Imer Fetters
War Department
Pfc
Meary Fetters
Italy
Fetters
Sentinel
Cleo Althea Paxton
Seaman
Route 4
Fairchild Camera & Instrument Corporation
New York City
Fairchild
Navy
Miss Paxton
Hunter College
New York
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ronnie
Perry Geeck
Andy Courser
Rolland J. Courser
Orville Courser
Blanchard
C. A. Perry
M.L. Hargrave
Forest Guest
Floyd Nebelske
Ray Houghton
First Presbyterian Church
Barbara
Hartford
Art Damoth Agency
McEwan Street
Thayers
Newry
vAmerican Legion
Walter H. Larman
American Legion
Clare Townsend Club No
Archambault Hall
Farwell Townsend Club
Farwell Rebekah Lodge No. 208
Farwell 1
C.F. Lodge No
Clare Lodge
C.C.F
Farwell Boy Scout Troop No. 115
Clare Common Council
Loomis Townsend Club
Grant ‘Townsend Club
Him Grove Townsend Club
Mt. Vernon Grange
Byron Gibbs
Vint Hill Farms Station
Warrenton, Va
Robert F. Bergey
Robert I. Bergey
Treadway Bridge Co
Camp Rucker
Ala
M. D. McDonald
Amarillo
Irwin Colosky
Camp Blanding
Fla
Lawrence Waite
Erie Coast Guard Station
Erie
Frank A. Reger
Dallas St
Route
Grand Prairie
Laurence W. Jackson
Jackson
Ferry Command
Central Pacific Area
Sgt
E. S. Barber
Barber
Fort Belvoir
Virginia
Louise Barber
Donald Taylor
Pfc. Mear Retters
Houghton Drug Store
Clare County
Republican
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