Local News Briefs from Colonville and Nearby
Mrs. Ruby Thompson spent the weekend at her home and will stay in Pontiac with Archie Tryon and family for a couple of weeks. The Ladies Aid plans a bake sale at Vanderworkers Grocery on November 19. Rev B N Davis and daughter Nancy visit Wm Kistler's home. First snow of the season fell Tuesday morning. Deer hunters Jay Clute and M D Clute head to Mio. Ed Hierholzer also hunts. Frank Walters entertained Indiana visitors. Tessie Bodkins hosted the Ladies Aid on Thursday November 3 with about 30 present.
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Ruby Thompson
Pontiac
Archie Tryon
M. GC. Killop
Ladies Aid
Vanderworkers Grocery
Nancy
Six Lakes
Wm. Kistler
Jay Clute
M. D. Clute
Mio
Ed. Hierholzer
Frank Walters
Indiana
Tessie Bodkins
A. D. Hampton
Winterfield Attendees Attend Longs’ Friday Reception
Several people attended the reception for Mr and Mrs Donald Long on Friday evening. Mrs Mealie Cook is reported on the sick list. C J Dells is visiting his daughter Mrs Clinton Foster and family.
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Winterfield
Donald Long
Mealie Cook
C. J. Dells
Clinton Foster
Local Social Notes Include Visits and Hospitalization
Mrs Peter Cook called at the Chas Doornbos home Thursday Miss Helena Vander Woude visited her parents over the week end Mrs Joe Watkins was taken to Clare hospital last week We all hope for her speedy recovery Clarence Coleman and Roy Turner went to Flint Monday
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Peter Cook
Chas, Doornbos
Helena Vander Woude
Joe Watkins
Clare Hospital
Clarence Coleman
Roy Turner
Flint
Townsend club forms in Hatton community scene
Town residents report a Townsend club organizing locally in Hatton with hope for success. Threshers worked at Mr Pilgrim's farm threshing beans and buckwheat last week. Miss Susie Pilgrim travels to Houghton Lake briefly. Mr and Mrs List and Mr and Mrs Bradford shared supper in Clare. A cold wind followed recent warmth and the Mitchell family of Mann Siding lost their barn to fire.
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Townsend
Pilgrims
Susie Pilgrim
Houghton Lake
List
Mitchell
Mann Siding
Gilmore Center Church Of Christ Daily Schedule And Socials
Long church service and devotion at 10:00 with communion at 10:15 led by elders and deacons. Sermon at 10:30 titled Practical Thanksgiving. Bible School at 11:00 led by Alvin Wood. Young People's meeting at 7:30 with Acts 9 study. An 8:15 sermon on Different ways to meet sin. Community notes include family celebrations and a Thanksgiving chicken dinner in the church basement.
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Gilmore Church OF Christ
Alvin Wood
Local Notes On Health and Family News
Mrs. Lewis Cook underwent an operation at Wood's hospital in Glare and is hoped to recover soon. Mrs. Doherty is on the sick list. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Lietz entertained their brother and family over the weekend. Myr and Mrs. Theron Jarman are parents of a baby boy named Al, born November 8.
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Lewis Cook
Wood's Hospital
Glare
Doherty
Alfred Lietz
Myr
Theron Jarman
Indians Make Tom-Toms Now of Old Auto Tubes
NIAGARA FALLS A new industry thrives on the Tuscarora reservation as tom-toms crafted from old inner tubes and oil cans sell to tourists. Ray Fadden says the craft started when a pupil devised a drum to draw visitors to beadwork displays, creating stronger demand for the drums than the bead work.
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Niagara Falls
Tuscarora
Treasure-Trove Legend of Home Ended by Wreckers
Evansville Indiana reports the 90 year old homestead built in 1849 by German immigrant John Scraper was torn down by wreckers. Local legend claimed a hidden chimney compartment held jars of gold and silver, one jar never found and never reported. The house, passed to new owners, is being razed.
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Evansville
Ind
John Scraper
United States
Germany
Scraper
Banks
Town Clock Tells All With Expansive Face
Residents of Charleston can read time easily from the courthouse clock. The dial radius is 9 feet, the minute hand 4 feet, and the hour hand 3 feet 6 inches. The clock runs ten days on one winding.
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Charleston
Iil
Martha Washington House Delivers Snug Concrete Cottages
The “Martha Washington” concrete cottage promises low upkeep and long life. Built to be firesafe and termite-proof, its two bedrooms and functional first floor offer ample storage in a compact design.
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Martha Washington
Lights of New York by L L Stevenson
A vivid portrait of Manhattan’s Battery Park and New York Harbor daily life. The piece captures dawn tugs and ferries, liners entering the bay, and the bustling Battery crowd. It celebrates the harbor’s constant motion and the stage-like view of ships, goods, and people that define summer Saturdays.
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Lights of
New York
L.L. Stevenson
Staten Island
Richmond
New Jersey
Kill von Kull
Coast Guard
Ellis Island
Governor’s Island
Narrows
Battery Park
Hudson
Bay
Glass Houses Near Reality In Modern Toledo Survey
An architectural survey led by John D. Biggers finds the glass house era approaching. Homes built in 1938 double window area and a single glassmaker produced 10 square miles of flat glass last year. The rise of picture windows and vitrolite expands indoor light and all glass kitchens. Miss Doris Wirth runs Australia’s Wirth circus in Adelaide.
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Toledo
John D. Biggers
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