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Community connections and family visits in Clare area
Local residents and relatives gathered across Clare Isabella County and nearby areas for Mother's Day, weekend visits, and dinners. Families including Amble, Wells, Mead, Coulter, and VanBuskirk shared meals, with out-of-town guests from Saginaw Bay City Lansing and Detroit. Kenneth VanBuskirk earned a Sharpshooter Medal at Ft Bragg. several residents attended school and church events while others hosted or visited relatives at homes and cottages. The piece highlights social ties, travel, and community activities.
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Willard Wells
Clarkston
Seaver Amble
Chas. S. Amble
Linda
Bud Mead
Jean Mead
Kenneth Coulter
Frank Walters
Ronald Barnes
Saginaw
Whilden Hughes
Wm. Allyea
R. W. Frederick
Budd Lake
Jessie Gleason
Walter Rhodes
Flint
Rachel VanBuskirk
Abe VanBuskirk
Clare
DeWayne Nash
Bay City
Albert Bruce
Ervin Nash
Skeets
Chas
Amble
Paul Bennett
Clare-Isabella County
Myrtle Miller
John. Spohn
Chas. Spohn
Myrtle
Martin Mason
Blanchard
Robert Pifer
Maud Harper
Myr
David Harper
Ted Wheeler
Grand Rapids
Chester
Redding
Iane Dyke
Mary Jane Yost
Irene Myers
Willard Dancer
Dan Holcomb
Barbara
Raymond Haton
Cadillac
Dancer
Hirvin Weaver
Laurence Knoertzer
Ben Carpenter
Art Sheffield
Marjory Lou
Gordon Smith
Winnie Stout
Gladwin
Sam Bruce
Eddie Bruce
Nolph
Ernest Burke
Ashley
Gerald Brady