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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1939
Page
8
Alva McReynolds spends the week in Flint while a parade of visitors arrives at Clare homes. Neighbors and relatives from Alma Ypsilanti Lan sing Bay City and Detroit drop by for weekends and dinners as church groups plan meetings and residents travel to Detroit Bay City and Arthur Illinois for family occasions and events.
The Clare golf club opens its 1939 season after an annual meeting led by President Tim Cotter. New officers named include H. A. Anderson as President and Theo Bowler as Vice President with Homer Douglas as Secretary treasurer. The opening day drew about 160 golfers to Twin Elms, with renewed rivalries between Leo Hampton and Harry Wherry and celebrations of past champs and club offerings.
The Meat A While club met with Mrs Harold Kile on Wednesday May 8 for a pot luck dinner. The next meeting was moved to Mrs Hber Rays May Bath due to the school picnic on Wednesday May 17. Mr and Mrs Garceia and Mrs Oscar Maxwell and others were visiting between homes and a new baby arrived Friday weighing eight pounds with mother and babe doing well.
Mr and Mrs Clarence Cook and family visited Mrs John Marks in Ashton on Sunday. Elgin Hickok and children traveled to Walhalla to fetch his brother Guy who helped care for their father. Rena Heimbecker of Sears stays with her parents Thomas and Mrs Cook as Orville Lane hosts friends from Lansing. Harry Blodgett and Mrs Coke of Boyatt visited sister and daughter Mrs Thomas Cook on Sunday.
Pleasant Valley residents host and visit over the weekend with multiple local households. Dan Bay and family from Curtis joined Burton Bay at the Bay home while Clare guests included Mr. and Mrs. Jack Smith and Miss Mary Sheen. Andrew Bates and Owen Spink hosted dine chats with Harrison and Hagie connections. Vera Dysinger spent the weekend at home. Leon Warner moved to the Carncross farm.
Dick Fenske of Detroit visited Marion Nedrow over the weekend. Flint residents Mr. and Mrs. Carmen Newman stayed with J. C. Newman’s family from Friday to Sunday. Galen Corts and son Gary and grandmother Frank Sanders visited Roy Batch in Midland Sunday. Harley Coats family with Jack Hanner spent the day at Ralph Brown’s. J. C. Coats and John Rockey stayed at the Coat’s cottage at Hubbard Lake. John Horn family from Pontiac spent the weekend at Harl Sanders home. Vereah Leitner of Gladwin attended a dinner. Afternoon callers included Orle Somers and daughters Pearl and Betty and sons Arden and Robert, Lorin Leitner, J. C. Newman, Jesse, Josie, plus Carmen Newman and family at Ted Newman’s home.
Harrison Miss Elizabeth Town visited her parents in Farwell over the weekend. A kitchen and roof fire at Rev A B Lucas home on East Oak Street was extinguished Thursday morning by the local fire department after neighbors fought it with a garden hose. Fire likely started from an overheated kitchen chimney. Mrs Kate McKesver of Clara visited her sister Rev A B Ducas. Mr and Mrs Herb Grovener of Clare were Sunday guests at Mr and Mrs Joseph Newbound. Ralph Shull of Gladwin called on his sister Mrs George Bates and family. Mr and Mrs June Rose visited her mother in Ithaca this week. Mrs Rose remained for a few days visit. Mr and Mrs Henry Gardiner and ...
Mrs Anna Rhodes attended funeral services for Mrs Brody at Coleman. William and Margaret Murphy visited Mt Pleasant. Schaaf family vacationed in Flint. Keller family shopped in Saginaw and visited Mt Pleasant. Wycoff and children visited from Houghton Lake while Myers hosted guests. Numerous local trips and church events noted including a sermon by Sheldon Hastings at Alma College. The Young Women's Auxiliary will meet May 10 at 8 pm in the Congregational Church parlors.
Karolyn Amble hosted a birthday party at her Lake Street home May 3 with eight friends. The event marked her fourth birthday with games, pastel decorations, balloons, party favors, a white cake with pink candles, and many gifts. County Clerk William Henderson and Mrs Henderson hosted a separate social evening with Euchér play and refreshments.
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