Social Club Bridge and Lady Gatherings Spotlight
The Ladies Union meets Friday with Mrs. Bessie Henderson on Hast Sixth Street. Rebekah Club also gathers Friday with Mrs Crystal Walter for a pot luck lunch. Several bridge groups meet at Hotel Doherty and Barnes Cafe with high scores recorded. A stork shower honors Mrs Phil Hochstetler. June’s fourth birthday party includes a red, white, and blue theme and gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies ‘Union
Bessie Henderson
Hast Sixth Street
Harley Holt
June
Patty Lowrey
Martha Rogers
Lavonne Russell
Eileen Parent
Mary Elizabeth Sanford
Dick Thompson
David Holt
Lois Arlene Lower Weds Navy Man in Brooklyn
Mrs. Arthur Lower announces the marriage of Lois Arlene Lower to Baker 3/c William J. Walter of the U S Naval Reserve. The ceremony took place May 12 at 5 p m at Grace Methodist Parish House Brooklyn read by Rev W B Thompson. Walter serves aboard U S S Daly and the bride worked at Dow Chemical in Midland after Mt. Pleasant college years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Lower
Lois Arlene
Baker
Wm. J. Walter
U.S. Naval Reserve
W. B. Thompson
Grace Methodist Parish House
Brooklyn
New York
Aithwy Walter
Naval Reserve
U.S.S. Daly
Walter
Mt. Pleasant
Dow Chemical
Midland
Harry Cornells Celebrate Billie Marian Birthday Party
Mr and Mrs Harry Cornell entertained Sunday evening in honor of Billie Marian's birthday. Out of town guests arrived from Pontiac Eliot Marion Cadillac and Hersey to join the celebration. Rush Proper nephew of Mrs Mahan entered the army this Wednesday and was seen off by his wife and mother Mrs Ervin Kulenkamp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Cornell
Billie Marian
Billie
Pontiac
Eliot
Marion
Cadillac
Hersey
Mrs. Mahan
Rush Proper
Ervin Kulenkamp
Rush
King's Daughters Meet at Mrs Paxton Home
The King's Daughters Society gathered at Mrs Dewey Paxton's home Wednesday afternoon. Members sewed pillows for the Red Cross and discussed plans for the upcoming Mother-Daughter banquet. Bessie Foss presided, opening with Work for the Night is Coming. prayers and devotions followed by Mrs Paxton. Flags for the church were ordered by the Flag Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King’s Daughters Society
Dewey Paxton
Red Cross
Bessie Foss
Ethel Ryan
Paxton
Jennie Long and Cecil Cascadden Wed at Her Home
Jennie Long and Pvt. Cecil Cascadden wed at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Long in Gladwin County. The ceremony before Rev. Roy Munger included attendants Mrs. Roy Munger and Clarence Cascadden. The bride’s patriotic blue crepe gown and the groom’s furlough attendance highlight a simple home ceremony. The groom, stationed at Deming New Mexico, returns to his camp. the bride will return to Detroit for employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Long
Gladwin
Wwden
Jennie
Cecil Cascadden
Goldie Cascadden
Vernon Township
Roy Munger
Midland
Clarence Cascadden
Deming
New Mexico
Clarence
Robert
Linnie Markell
Mary Harvey
Lillie
Agnew
Detroit
Final Meeting of Year Held by Literature Club
The Clare Good Literature Club held its final meeting of the year on Tuesday May 18 at Mrs Earl Rubys home with strong attendance A pot luck dinner was served and president Mrs Harold Schaeffer led the business session Reports were satisfactory fall programs were discussed the scholarship standard will stay the same a winner was to be chosen this week and members voted to send greetings to sons of members in service Members were urged to donate extra jars of fruit for the Star Commonwealth Drive this fall
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare Good Literature Club
Earl Ruby
Harold Schaeffer
Mrs Paul Lowrey Pupils Recital Sunday in Eliminate Style
Mrs Paul Lowrey presented her pupils in a piano and vocal recital at her West Seventh Street home on Sunday afternoon May 16. Parents attended and refreshments followed. The program featured pieces by Thompson Madeline Seiter Thompson Laureen Seiter Thompson Joyce Seiter Stairs Caroline Seiter Richter Anna belle Dwyer Cadman Haw ley Dor othy Mae Smith Massent Joan Shoemaker Kathleen Seiter Bueno Dorothy Mae Smith Mallard Anna Lee Selizer Nevin Gor dolak Phyllis Worster Shubert Smith and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Lowrey
West Seventh Steet
Thompson
Madeline Seiter
Caroline Seiter
Richter
Annabelle Dwyer
Cadman
Hawley
Dorothy Mae Smith
Bobby Jackson
Kathleen Seiter
Granada
Bueno
Massent
Joan Shoemaker
Mallard
Anna Lee Selizer
Lake Rose
Nevin
Phyllis Worster
Shubert
Smith
Clare Odd Fellows Hold Meeting Confer First Degree
Wm. D. Harger presided as Noble Grand at the 1.0.C.F. meeting Monday evening. After openings, the first degree was conferred on four candidates with plans to take them to Midland soon for the second degree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. D. Harger
Noble Grand
C.F
Midland
Clara Rebekah Lodge Holds Tuesday Meeting
Twenty members attended as Mrs. Mary Musselly chaired the session. The Soldiers Prayer was led by Mrs. Henrietta Smith, with Mrs. Eliza Johnson presiding over business. An application was read, nominations made, a hospital bed thank you note read, and a money making project approved. A recommendation was sent to support a boy for the Odd Fellows and Rebekah Camp at Big Star Lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Rebekah Lodge
Mary Musselly
Henrietta Smith
Eliza Johnson
Noble Grand
Fannie Schultz
Breen
Machinery A costs varying per use for farmers
The note explains that a machine used only two days annually may cost $3 per day. If eight days are used by four farmers, the daily cost drops to 75 cents.
W S C S Group hears talks at home of Mrs Fisher
The W S C S Group Discourse met at Mrs HU Fishers home. Mrs Theo Wallington presided and reports were read. Upcoming meeting on June 2 at Mrs Henry Ackermans home. Talks covered Faith, volunteer women, childhood and youth problems, foreign missions, hatred and race prejudice, and Japanese Americans. Lunch served by hostesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.S.C
HU Fisher
Theo ‘Wallington
Henry Ackerman
Ralph Artibee
Otto Pino
America
Pino
Ralph Shoemaker
Htta Howard
George Bryant
Households urged to apply for canning sugar
War time guidance expands home canning sugar access for housewives. Applications start May 15 via local boards, with Sugar Allowance Coupons of 1 3 5 and 10 pounds tied to War Ration Book One. Institutions may cane but with variable sugar allotments and reporting.
White Tern Lays Single Egg in Bush Fork
A white tern lays one egg and deposits it in a bough or fork in a tree bush.
Local Notes From Resort News and School Closure
Miss Mary Waldron returns home after working away. Mrs L Lewis and baby come home from University Hospital Ann Arbor. Bobby Artibee son of Mr and Mrs Don Artibee hospitalized for surgery last week. Sunday School at Windover School House 10 30. Mrs Martindale in Grand Rapids to tend to grandson. School closes Friday with a picnic at the school house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary, Waldron
Local Weekend Visits and School News from Long Lake
Detroit residents Mr and Mrs Ayers spent the weekend nearby and attended baccalaureate services. Clare shoppers Laura Catron and Lela Malcommson visited. Henry Norman and family visited the Bert Davison family in Dolph. Donna Norman returned to work in Ypsilanti after weekend with her parents. Lucy Marlatt visited daughter and husband in Alma. Emerson Burton sheared sheep last week. School will be out May 21. Thomas Payne Sr celebrated his birthday Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ayers
Detroit
Laura Catron
Lela Malcommson
Henry Norman
Bert Davison
Dolph
Donna Norman
Ypsilanti
Henry Normans
Lucy Marlatt
Jack Aberdeen
Alma
Patsy
Emerson Burton
Clare
Otto Bartlett
Midland
Geo. White
Gladwin
David Bailey
Robert Ball
Marian Bailey
Whittemore
Thomas Payne
Lake George Baptist Church Services and Local News
Rev E E Redman leads Sunday School at 2 30 and preaching at 3 30 as the Lake George community gathers. Visitors from Detroit Owosso Pontiac Saginaw and Newfoundland area join parishioners for weekend cottage stays and family visits around May 9.
Spitsilvers Win Defense Stamp Party At School
Last Tuesday the Spitsilvers won a defense stamp party with games contests and a weiner roast. The district reports 990.15 in stamps and bonds sold locally. Visitors this week include Nancy Stevens and others as the school nears final tests and Friday closes the term. A picnic is planned at the school house and plans for a janitor trip to Micao are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbcat
Spitsilvers
Nancy
Francis Stevens
Loomia
Betty Randle
Betty VanBuskirk
Verna Mae Waite
Donna Jean ‘Woodworth
Nancy Stevens
John Densmore
Howard Cotton
June Stevens
Paul Zimmerman
Ted Reger
Teale
Aralker
Pike
Claudia. Stellaéhier
Micao ‘Eien
Ottoil
Red Cross Appeals Seeks Surgical Dressings and Knitting
Red Cross will meet at Mrs. John Stoughs home every Tuesday at 2 PM to boost surgical dressings for armed forces. Knitting totals include 13 sweaters 12 army helmets 4 navy helmets 2 cap mufflers 8 wristlets. Sewing produces 47 fracture pillows 18 chair cushions 6 lap robes 25 hospital bags 51 hot water bottle covers. Fifty yards of cloth bought made into linings backs. Mrs. Wasson donates $2. Next meeting at Mrs. Harvey Wilsons on Thursday May 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
John Stough
RWT
Gracie Williams
Wasson
Harvey Wilson
Sheridan Center Red Cross Unit Meeting Highlights
The Sheridan Center Red Cross Unit gathered Thursday May 13 at Mrs. Clarence Jordan’s home with fourteen attendees including visitors. Members tied dap robes, sewed wool blocks, and filled pillows. They planned an upcoming ice cream social to raise funds for materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheridan Center Red Cross Unit
Clarence Jordan
Automatic blackout at New England plant thresholds loading areas
The loading and unloading zones of a large New England manufacturing company are fully enclosed to allow in plant freight movements. At night blackout operations extinguish all nearby lights automatically when doors rise and switch them back on after lowering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rebekah Club
Crystal Walter
Clayton Neff
Srecko Kajser
Leo Brown
Doherty
Ed. Johnston
H. T. Ruark
Curtis Hearns
G. W. Brown
Richard Hartshorn
Artibee
Eugene Wyman
Joseph Naumes
Stanley Masten
Leo Hampton
Friends Club
Barnes Cafe
Louie Thayer
Leon Casner
Frank Murdoch
Thayer
Casner
Lawrence McCluskey
Tim Frey
Omer Parent
Dick Groves
Donna Tubbs
Groves
Harold Elgar
Kenneth Ritter
Charles Jackson
Phil Hochstetler
Lois Lower
Harry Cornells
King’s Daughters
Louise
Jennie Long
Literature Club
Clare Odd Fellows
W.S.C.S
Windover Lake
Long Lake
Lake George
E. E. Redman
Kenneth Cowles
Church of Antioch
Albert Bowen
Norway Lake
Rose Duross
Howard Anderson
Saginaw
Paul Wesch
Miller
Owosso
Wesch
Russell Smith
Jack Krieger
Joe Stone
Russell Shepard
Chas. Shepard
Wmn
Lulham
G. A. Silover
Julius RB. Borst
New Jersey
Silover
Mary L. Smith
Webberville
Roy E. Cimmerer
Clare, Mid
U.S.P
U. S
Sheridan Center
Fleming Shoe Company
Davy Bldg
Michigan
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