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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1955
Page
16
Open house at the home of Mr and Mrs Gordon Smith Sunday April 10 honoring their 25th wedding anniversary. Hours are 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. All friends invited.
Mr and Mrs Garnet Ferguson receive a long distance call from California that their son Cpl Donald Ferguson and wife will be home Thursday or Friday this week He has been in Japan and has not seen his parents for three years He will have a short leave before being sent to Ft Leonard Wood Mo He will be stationed there until November Mr and Mrs Eugene Crosby welcome a baby son born at Clare General Hospital Saturday morning March 26 The young man weighed 6% pounds and was named David Eugene Mother and baby are doing nicely
A mild review lauds The World of Mr Sweeney starring Charlie Ruggles as a grandmotherly figure in a grocery store set. The piece notes the gentle humor and well-crafted scripts, while lamenting lack of sponsorship and a TV landscape dominated by melodramatic soap operas.
Janet Bauer was struck by an icy snowball at school on Wednesday. She was taken to Clare hospital and diagnosed with a chipped pelvic bone. She returned to school on Friday.
Social rounds report weekend visits from Grand Rapids Ithaca Flint Deckerville and Lansing residents. A Lake Red meeting at the Billings home is announced. Tornado debris in Canton and a Canton baby born are noted along with hospital visits and local travel tales.
Greenwood Grange noted weekend visitors at the Henry Heintz home were their son Don Heintz and Judy Parson of Owosso. In Owosso area news the Hinvin Budd home hosted Bill Peyton and daughter Caralid of Lansing, Bill Magnus, Walter and Linda Van Valkenburg. Beaver season opened Sunday in Greenwood area with Al Collins Willard Bringold and J B Watters trapping beaver. Rev Charles Strait of Temple visited the J B Watters home Friday afternoon.
Michigan State Police pistol team competed in two national opens in Florida. Forest H White and Cpl Don A Downer earned bronze caps for high scores at Coral Gables Mamithgo Open Pistol Tournament. White placed fourth in timed fire with 197 of 200, Downer scored 294 of 300 in Camp Perry. Team finished third in police departments for .22 and .45, fifth in .38 events.
The Eagle News reports ongoing revival messages led by Rev. Brady with plans for Six Church Rally choir practice next Friday and a rally Sunday night. Ladies Aid meets Thursday for an all day church basement gathering. Local residents and visitors from Clare, Standish, Flint, and Midland stop by or host at homes, with families visiting Armentrout, Bates, Roe, and Beery households.
Total fair attendance in the United States reached 985 million in 1953, equaling roughly half the national population. The figure highlights the era’s widespread public events and large-scale state and county fairs across the country.
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