Night on Venturer Ends in Tense Vigil
On the Venturer the crew hovers between danger and quiet. Mary keeps watch at a window as Richard, Peter, Gee, and Willie Leeper face potential attackers while George resolves to protect them. Richard reasserts himself ashore, but an accident in thick grass leaves him injured and fighting for breath.
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Peter
Rannels
Gee
Willie Leeper
Mat
Willie
Mary
Richard
George
The pit prison and a boy's desperate wait for rescue
A boy named Richard falls into a deep ash pit with a round opening above. He calls for Peter, hopes for a line and whale rope from the ship, and endures hunger, cold, and a foul odor while awaiting help. Time stretches as rain taps the surface.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter
Richard
You're flying high in the Navy
A fragment recalls Navy life with harsh duty and harsh weather in a peat bog, describing damp cold, ash tunnels, and hunger for warmth. An appeal promotes joining the Navy with promises of free meals, medical care, rants about travel, skilled trades, and future pay. A booklet offer urges youths 17 or older to enlist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
U.S. Navy
Correction issued on Ralph Eaton death notice and local social news
The notice corrects the Ralph Eaton family death to name the youngest son Bruce. The column then covers a canceled screening of Meat and Romance due to weather and a neighboring fire, visits by Miss Pearl Somerg, a wedding gift event for Mr and Mrs Jack Van Beelen, and updates on Gerald Gould, Jerry Giers, the Pixley and Hileman households, sympathy for the George Abbott family, and deer hunting plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Eaton
Bruce
Harrison
Gerald Gould
Charles J
Seb. Plannes
Gould
John Pixley
Dr. Wilson
Jerry Giers
Jerry
Beaverton
Landon
Flint
Hileman
George Abbott
Gilmore Center Church Announcements and Local News
Gilmore Center Church of Christ hosts services with J. S. Penick as pastor. Morning schedule includes song service, communion, sermon The Home, Bible school Union With Christ, and evening study of Romans. Local items note Fordyce sale, visits, sick Bay Perry recovering, and various dinner guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilmore Center
Gilmore Church OF Christ
J. S. Penick—Pastor
Judy Philip
Alvin Wood
John
God
Christ
Snowy start marks heavy sixth rush and visits in Clare
Our first snow fell on the sixth in heavy quantity for the season. The column records numerous visits among residents of Wallaceberg Clare and nearby areas including Mrs Leila Leosh of Grand Rapids and Mrs George Shaler of Clare. Club meetings, lunch plans at school, and local travel are noted with several families mentioned by name. A closing wry note contrasts a stripper with a cement finisher.
Andersonville youth host parties praise led by teachers
Marilee Tice hosted a Friday party with Devils ghosts and food. Salem church youth held a fine gathering at a member's home. The Orr School children enjoyed a well run party organized by Miss Ma Ruth Acker. Gaylord Cagratt and the girls club 4 H party showcased orderly committees led by Mr Porter.
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Marilee Tice
Andersonville
Salem Church
Orr School
Ruth Acker
Gaylord Cagratt
Porter
Winterfield social notes from Harrison weekend visits
Several locals attended events near Harrison. Detroit couple Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Coleman spent the weekend at their farm here. Dr. J Delts enjoyed Sunday dinner with his daughter Mrs. Frank Davis and family. Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Prelipp and son shopped in Cadillac. Mr. and Mrs. Edd Ontler, Mrs. Amos Church and Miss Verona Bower visited Lewis Lockwood Thursday. Hidoris Whittford hosted a guest from St. Johns Tuesday.
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Harrison
Clarence Coleman
Detroit
J. Delts
Frank Davis
Wilbur Prelipp and
Cadillac
Edd Ontler
Amos Church
Miss Verona Bower
Lewis Lockwood
Hidoris Whittford
St. John’s
Pleasant Valley Social Guests Share Weekend Visits
Mr. and Mrs. George Hemstreet and Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Hemstreet were guests of Paul Mercer in Reed City on Sunday. Otis Kleiner visited at Clare with Robert Ryan. Mrs. Orville Sanders of Alma stayed with her sister Burton Bay last week. Owen Spink visited John Presley and family. Clyde McDonald of Alma spent the weekend with Burton Bay. Walter Kleiner and Henry Kleiner visited Ernest Kleiner Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Hemstreet
Gerald Hemstreet
Paul Mercer
Reed City
Otis Kleiner
Robert Ryan
Clare
Orville Sanders
Alma
Burton Bay
Owen Spink
John Presley
Clyde McDonald
Walter Kleiner
Forrest Leeth
Henry Kleiner
Ernest Kleiner
Lake News Church Services and Community Notes
I Wyrick pastor leads Lake church with Sunday School at 10:30 a.m. and preaching at 7:30 p.m. Cottage prayer meets Tuesday 7:30 p.m. Visitors and local residents gather for a Farwell club event and carnival reports. Travel plans include Raymond Scott and Robert Jones families visiting relatives in West Virginia.
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Ichard
Onaiha
Ben Ames Williams
Benames Wiliams We
AK Aviation
Rurals
Claud
Horace Fordyce
Claud Fordyce
Horace
Witon
Hebert Fordyce
LaVern Perry
Sonia
Hd Alger
Helen
Bert Shaver
Lawrence Willoughby
Isaac Shaver
Gordon Glass
Vanesse Cook
Gilmore
Bob Smith
Migsouri
Furleigh
Alfred Lietz
Charles Hames
Jatman
Tim Cotter
Plymouth
Tim
Cotter
G. McCreary
Wallaceberg
Canada
William Teale
Scott Allen
Leila Leosh
Grand Rapids
George Shaler
Vern Moline
Matilda Smith
Stockbridge
Eugene Kelly
Vansville
Arthur Sharland
Will MelIntosh
Richard Winn
Birch Run
Bernice Woodward
Gordon McIntosh
John Perry
Ann Arbor
Jay Bellinger
Arthur Bellinger
Emma Trader
Farwell
Bellinger
Arthur Gagner
Bay City
Kittie McIntosh
Helping Hand Club
George Burch
Anna Gilmore
Burton Allen
America
A. Oliver
Rose Hoke
Mt. Pleasant College
B. Slater
William McManaman
Smith
Nellis
Tice
I. E. Smalley
Verne Hains
George Scott
Nettie Cook
Abbie Metcalf
Crystal
Cross
Bert Scott
F. B. Ramsdell
Charles Cook
Clare Hospital
Bertha Gunderman
Orval Phillips
Lansing
Sam Muir
Calvin Tryon
Alfred
Gypsy Rose Lee
Winterfield
Lake News
Raymond Scott
West Branch
C. F. Howell
Aaron Irwin
Robert Jones
West Virginia
Hazel Scott
Farwell High School
Lloyd Close
Saginaw
Sati Muir
Adlerika
Doherty Insurance Agency A Complete Insurance Service
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