Clare Township News and Events of the Week
Clare B B boat captaincy changes and mill fire north of Clare. Vernon township to build a schoolhouse this summer. C W Perry bought a Vernon township farm near Wilson's Mill. New business block on Main and Fifth streets. Two balloon ascensions and Fourth of July fireworks planned. Geo W Jeffries named Fourth Reader. J L Potts chosen for oration. BE Tatman Sr. of Crawford Settlement died, funeral held. Mrs. W H Elden and children back from Midland and Saginaw. Road from lower Tobacco river bridge will not be planked this year due to unrecorded town tax vote. Rev O B Ludwig spoke on The Revised Testament at Congregational church. Saginaw Herald notes Sheriff Miller wedding Miss Mary Lew to Henry Schilling with blessing by Rev I A Reddick. Press extends congratulations. John Shafer family moved from Clare to Willima County Ohio after selling 60 acre farm for 1250 cash to James Fenton of Ontario.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josiah Horsing
Clare B. B. Oo
Michole
Clare
Vernon Township
Wilson’s
Geo. W. Jefferies
J. L. Potts
Harrison
Tatman
Crawford Settlement
Jim Algernon
W. Hi. Elden
Midland
Saginaw
O. B. Ludwig
Congregational Church
Sheriff Miller
Mary Lew
Williama Co
Ohio
Jas. Fenton
Ontario
Woman Thou Gavest Me on Screen at Princess Theatre
Fafous Players-Lasky secures rights to adapt Hall Caine novel for Paramount Artcraft. The Woman Thou Gavest Me arrives at the Princess on Tuesday and Wednesday. Katherine MacDonald stars as Mary in a fiercely dramatic tale with fighter ancestry cited for impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fafous Players-Lasky Corporation
Paramount Artcraft
Princess Theatre
Screen Liter
Ature
Hall Caine
Writer’s Guild
Katherine MacDonald
Mary
Washington
Miss MacDonald
Net Pure Reading Matter. Low to We when asleep.
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Farwell Notes Mixed With Commencement News
Farwell journal items cover strawberries ripe in the season and a long list of local visits. Members attend alumni events, reunions in Ann Arbor and Detroit, and the U. of M class of 1871 reunion at Ann Arbor with several locals noted in attendance.
Notary Public Thos. E. Fair Juntion Record
A fragment notes Thos. E. Fair as Notary Public in Juntion. The readable text references official service, with no additional dates or actions clear. Further context from the source is needed to confirm duties or jurisdiction.
Commencement Day for Nine Senior Girls at Chappell Home
The Class of nine senior girls celebrated with a Grapes fruit spread at the Chappell home. Names include Mildred Rosas Iva Belinger Jessie Winters Jessie Eisenhauer Martha Fuller Hertha Babcock Florence McGuire Blanche Travis and Sarah Brooks. The day featured class history orations glee club numbers and poems with a June commencement theme and guidance on noble deeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chappell
Mildred Rosas
Iva Bellinger
Jessie Winters
Jessie Ejisenhauer
Martha Fuller
Hertha Babcock
Florence McGuire
Blanche Travis
Sarah Brooks
Giles Club
Madge Byrne
J. L. Littlefield
Jessie Eisenhauer
Card of Thanks for Bereavement Offerings
We sincerely thank all our friends for their kind deeds and assistance during our late bereavement and also for the beautiful offerings. From Bessie Barston and Bareton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aleo
Bessie Barston
Ek Bareton
Graduation Address Highlights Student Ambitions and Family Unity
Thursday evening featured a picacast on the platform after rain with a march in invocation by Mr. Whitney and a sal utatory by Florence McGuire. Dorie Masten and Mary Armstrong played a piano duet before Mildred Ruese delivered the valedictory, followed by Johnstons of Cadillac giving an address praising teachers and the students' ideals. He urged unity in homes as a foundation for future leaders, noted the era’s many factions, and quoted hopeful lines about landing on a destined shore where selfishness ends and virtue rules. President Littlefield presented diplomas on behalf of the Board of Education, recognizing the Class’s high ideals and attainments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Whitney
Florence McGuire
Dorie Masten
Mary Armatrong
Mildred Ruese
Johnstons
Cadillac
Bionds
Elaes
Dr. Johnsteena
Etatietica
Will
Pelif
Littlefield
Board of Education
Obituary of Anna Burston in Farwell Church Service
Anna Burston, daughter of Richard and Bessie Burston, born October 6 1873 in Detroit, died after long illness. She lived in Ypsilanti Manistee Cadillac Farwell and worked at the Post Office before illness. Funeral held at the Methodist Church with Rev Davis of Clare officiating. buried in Surrey Cemetery. Survived by mother, one brother Will Hurston, and many friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna
Richard
Bessie Burston
Detroit
Michigan Ave
Ypsilanti
Manistee
Cadillac
Farwell
Shea
Anpea
Methodist Church
Davis
Clare
Surrey Cemetery
Will Hurston
Children’s Day Exercises at M Hi Church
Children carried pennants showing different country names and sang at the morning service. Master Floyd Burston gave the welcome and Mr. Whitney spoke about customs in various lands, stressing the importance of love and understanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Hi
Floyd Burston
Mr. Whitney
Farwell High School Alumni Meet at I.O.O.F Hall
The Tenth Annee Alumni gathering at I.O.O.F Hall on Saturday June 19 featured a reception in the lodge room with green and white decorations and fern accents. An evening program included songs essays and toasts by Alice Henry Aime Bellinger Jennie Bingham Clifford Brazington and others followed by a large dinner for about seventy guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farwell High School
Sret
Enay
Auld Lang
Eagie
Alice Henry Eades
Aime Bellinger
Jennie Bingham
Georgia Littlefield
Pauley
Alger Cline
Clifford Brazington
Solag
Beulah Armstrong Claes
Blanche Travis
Kate McLeod
Whitney
M. E. Society
Windover Ladies Aid Social and June meeting brief
The Windover Ladies Aid plans an ice cream and fish pond social at the Windover school on Saturday evening June 26 with all invited. The Aid Society met June 17 at Mrs. Lenn Berry. officers were re elected and three new members joined bringing total to 23. A lunch followed and the group adjourned to meet again in two weeks at Mrs. Howard Barnes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. E. Achard
Clare
Art Schoonover
Chas. Ford
Wallie Harrington
Earl
Temple
Alex McNeill
Frank Luce
Lake George
Frank Cosgrove
Kathryn Cosgrove
Cedar Lake
Windover Ladies Aid Society
Windover Scchool
Rose Cosgrove
Howard Barnes
Miss Nina Schaar Celebrates Seventeenth Birthday in Maple Grove
Miss Nina Schaar surprised by a Friday night gathering as she marks her seventeenth birthday. She left Saturday to visit grandmother at Vassar. Neighbors and friends report a good time and upended the celebrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nina Schaar
Vassar
Jas
McGoogsin
Saginaw
DH. Deil
Schofield
Donna
Mt. Pleasant
Will Wiggins
Mrs. Leithwaite
Measles Report Among Ed Alger's Children in Gilmore
News notes from South West Gilmore report two of Ed Alger's children contracting measles. Mr and Mrs Isaac Shaver visited her parents. The Agie family from North Gilmore were in town Sunday. Beet weeders from the Shulta house moved to Chicago for higher wages. Mrs Mark Burgess and her son Donald from Marion are visiting relatives in Gilmore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Alger
Isaac Shaver
Agie
North Gilmore
Shulta House
Chicago
Mark Burgess
Donald
Marion
Gilmore
League of Nations denounced by Daily Express editorial
A June London editorial criticizes the League of Nations calling it a great illusion and urges canceling expenditures. It argues the league is incomplete without the United States and that continuing under its current form wastes resources of the British empire in petty squabbles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hres Prees
London
League of N@ions
Daily Express
America
League
Windover Socials and Visits Highlight Weekend
Basil Baker of Detroit planned a stay of three or four weeks at his parents home. Otis Lyons with a North Star family spent the weekend at Windover Lake. Mrs. Smith visited Owaeso. The Ladies Aid hosts an ice cream social at the schoolhouse Saturday night inviting all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Basil Baker
Detroit
Sandsy
Otis Lyons
North Star
Windover Lake
Mrs. Smith
Owaeso
Clare White
Oleo
Charlie Berry
Clare Sanday
Theo Gunderman
Clast Creek Ranch
Len Berry
Ladies Aid
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Clare Preen Sere
Ann. Arbor
Weeek
Sanday
Pere Marquette
Barber
Coleman
David
Leo Barton
Fide
Clara Beach
Mary Todd
Winn
Alma Tiedemann
Lake Gand
John Moore
Urban Elder
Fort Dodge Iowa
Ed Kuss
Battle Creak
Rose
Richmond
Etta Stevens
Pontiac
Big Rapids
Ferris Institute
Johnstone
Liamb
Alma
Messrs
Oliver and
Brown
U. of M
Wee Hoonywell
Union City
Dr. Rikerd
Cline
Elmer Graham
Misa Pierson
Lemuel Cline
Micrae Cline
Myre
Carol
M. E
Frank Littlefield
Lows
Congo Charab
Bundey
Ret
Randall
Chas
Sfineboombe
Shor
Mae Shumway
Bingham Home
Eva Rows
Lena
W. Shumway
Esline Updegraff
Flint
Olas
Ruth Phelps
Battle Creek
Maggie Lockwood
Lee Lavant’s Theatre Co
Thos. E. Fair
Mich
Live Stock Insurance Co
Clase Prophecy
Ira Bellinger
Anna Burston
Odd Fellows
Hall
Parker House
Pierge
Olivee
Sherbet
Oake
Clear Creek Ranch
Maple Grove
Reetish
Eaeglis
United. ‘States
Racine Cou
Atry Road
Firestone
Sherman
the Square
Deal’ Garage
Bank For the People
Farwell State Savings Bank
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