Farwell OES Installs Officers at Masonic Hall
Maggie Clark rises as incoming matron and Kenneth Clark as incoming patron at No 194 OES Farwell installation held Friday October 28 1955. Edith Bucholz and Flora Failles honored as past grand officers. program featured two solos by Frank Warner and humorous readings by Alta Bellinger.
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Alice St. Seeley
OES
Farwell’ Masonic Hall
Edith Bucholz
Flora. Failles
Ruth
Cigm
Elearog Lehr
Alberta Brown
iMatrons
Alsé
Frank Warner
Little Grey Home
West
Ellen ‘Graham
Alta Bellinger
Kathryn’ Graham
Kenneth Clark
Lydia Court
Amy Nichols
Jane Brooks
Montz Gee
Eleanor Lehr
Maggie Clark
Blanche Petro
Billy Petro
Stella Koeplinger
Tom ‘Brooks
DeForest and Rawson Attend Grand Lodge and Rebekah Assembly
Mr. and Mrs. Ed DeForest and Mr. and Mrs. John Rawson attended a convention in Grand Rapids October 17 to 19. The men went as Grand Lodge delegates and the women as Rebekah Assembly delegates while other locals visited cabins and cottages on nearby lakes. Ed DeForest learned of the death of his sister Mrs Stella Van Akin in Hudson, and the DeForest party traveled there before returning.
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Ed DeForest
John Rawson
Grand Rapids
Grand Lodge
Rebekah Assembly
Civic
Clarence Davison
Waterbury
Port Huron
Efruff Lake
Stella van Akin
Hudson
Farwell Women’s Club Jewelry Making Session
The Farwell Woman’s Club met at the Library on Monday evening October 24 for an arts and crafts program. New member Mrs. Joseph Grim was welcomed, Miss Bertha Babecock demonstrated jewelry making, and Philip Weaver spoke on stone collecting.
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Farwell Woman’s Clu
Joseph Grim
Carl Updegraff
Allan” Graham
Senate
United States
Homer Stinchcombe
Harold Warner
Edwa Schlafley
Willis Gelston
Isabel Barber Requests Mail for Son in Portsmouth Hospital
Isabel Barber learned her son Dick Blevens is hospitalized at the US Naval Hospital in Portsmouth Virginia. Written correspondence can be sent to J Richard Blevens B12 4680292 Ward 21 US Naval Hospital Portsmouth Virginia.
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Isabel Barber
Dick Blevens
Portsmouth
Virginia
J. Richard Blevens
US Naval Hospital
Northeastern District convention featured in Rogers City meeting
Mrs. Carl Updegraff leads citizenship duties as district chairman at the Northeastern District convention of the State Federation of Womens Clubs in Rogers City on October 26. The 1956 convention is set for Gladwin. Socials included chicken supper at Harrison Congregational Church and CBS initiation at Maso nic Hall.
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Carl Updegraff
Raymond Scott
Eadward DeForest
William Flower
State Federation of Womens Clubs
Rogers City
Farwell
Gladwin
Tom Brooks
Minerva Richmond
Elizabeth Jackson
Ann Power
Congregational Church
Harrison
CBS
Masonic Hall
Ruth Smith
Lansing
Nelly Fordyce
Bernice Cook
Claude Fordyce
Gilmore
Wilton Powell
Mt. Pleasant
Flora Clark
Bertha Babcock
Susan Powell
Mary Luce
George Doer
Alma
William Garchow
Mrs. Anna Belle Phillips Celebrates 80th Birthday
Mrs. Anna Belle Phillips celebrated her 80th birthday at the Rest Home on Monday afternoon. Her daughter in law Mrs. Harry Phillips of Flone visited and brought cake ice cream and candy for patients and staff. She took several photo images with Mrs. Phillips and roommates Marty O Dell and Mrs. Louise Timm with the lighted cake. It was a day long remembered by all.
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Anna Belle Phillis
Harry Phillips
Flone
Birds prove surprising feats in naturalist notes
Bird authorities describe a robin consuming 14 feet of worms and a titmouse enjoying piécrust while a hummingbird reportedly reaches speeds of 60 miles per hour. The quirky assertions illustrate a playful take on animal capabilities from naturalist commentary.
Rogie Home Demonstration Group Holds October Meeting
The Rogie group met on Wednesday October 26 with nine members present and Mrs Donna Poet attending as a visitor. A pot luck lunch followed the morning business session led by chair Mary Miller.
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Rogie Home Demonstration
Donna Poet
Mary Miller
Joe Poet
Roadside vending machine pioneer Curly Lawson shares view
From where I sit Joe Marsh Curly Lawson was first in this area to use a roadside vending machine. He has sold milk and eggs for about a year and praises the setup though with caveats. His model includes refrigeration heating a sign timer and accepts any coin mix. He notes the machines cost around 3500 and are best suited to busy highway locations.
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Curly Lawson
Curly
Last Word in Farm Machinery and Method Traditions
A short column discusses competing farming approaches between Curly’s pioneers and adherents of traditional methods. It notes personal taste in beverages and frames the debate as a matter of differing ideas without resolving who is right.
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Farwell News
Maggie
Kenneth
Lucille
Jones
Minerva Richwoad
Esther
Ann Kinsey
Martha
Ruby Graham
Electa
Ruby Strong
Gertrude Scott
Worthy
Cillers
Jennie Coleskys
Fred Hschenweck
Fred, Jr
Freda Mae
Flint
Alford Eschénweck
Shepherd
H. Campbell
Alma Fs
Adda Russell
H. Buswell
Clare
Frances Thompson
Harold Lockwood
Larry and
Dannie
Lake Orion
Farwell and
Lake
Enim
Fit Books
Mcewaw ST
Clare, Mich
Mrs. Phillips
U. S
1St Division
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Eagle News
Agnes Pudyay
West Branch
Louise Carpenter
Michigan State University
Ruth Carrow
Joe Marsh
United States Brewers Foundation
L” Sale
Northland
Norge
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