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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1958
Page
10
Last week Thursday and Friday several residents visited relatives or were visited by kin from Pontiac Andersonville Dover Traverse City and Bay City. Notable entries include Etta Abbott Bonham families the Harings and Besants with trips to Florida and Michigan lakeside retreats.
Well over one hundred Clare county women and guests attended their annual Achievement Day May 7 in Clare Congregational Church dining room. Registration at 10:00 a.m. featured a cake decorating demonstration by Mrs. Kuepfer of Harrison and blue ribbons for Hamilton Harrison Greenwood. Red ribbons went to Meredith Clare Nix and Hagle.
A reader asks how vast a thousand parts fit into a small space. The column surveys the TV set showing how designers shrink complex components to fit one compact instrument. The device is described as the era’s most intricate item for the average person and a source of lasting enjoyment.
The Clarabella Extension Group met May 15 at Mrs. Joe Tomaski’s home for their final meeting of the year. Fourteen ladies attended. Mrs. Duane Miller reported on Achievement Day for absentees. They planned a banquet for June 19 replacing the traditional family picnic. Hostess served sandwiches relishes and individual cakes.
Pie James A. Allen of Coleman son of Mr and Mrs Lester J Allen recently took part in an Exercise Continental Army Command maneuver near Fort Polk Louisiana. He serves as a truck driver with the 596th Quartermaster Company at Fort Lee Virginia and enlisted in June 1957. Darrell G Estep son of Mr and Mrs Paul C Estep of Coleman arrived in Germany and joined the U S Army Garrison after enlisting in August 1954. he was previously at Fort Ord California and attended Shepherd High School.
Mr and Mrs Allen Thomson welcome a son David Lewis born May 10 at Clare General Hospital weighing eight and a half pounds. Mr and Mrs Norman Orvis greet a daughter Brenda Kay born May 11. Harley Carnis of Harrison reports a baby girl Robyn Sue born May 12 at Clare Hospital weighing eight pounds. The next meeting set to elect new officers on the third Thursday in August.
May 18 marked the Golden Anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Fetters. Fifty years married drew friends and relatives to Isabella county for an open house with their five sons Dan Lew Lionel Merle Donald and daughters in law and a grandson in the service. Mr. Fetters a retired railroad worker still farms for Merle.
A local notice urges residents to keep sidewalks clear and avoid littering. It warns against sweeping debris into streets and throwing trash from vehicles to maintain a tidy neighborhood.
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