Surprise Birthday Party Honoring Mrs. DeForest
Mrs. Ed DeForest was surprised Saturday night when she returned home at 7 p m to a house full of relatives and friends. Out of town guests included Mrs. Melvin DeForest of Adrian Ohio and others from Sylvan ia Ohio. The gathering celebrated their 45th wedding anniversary on November 29 with gifts and a lunch of sandwiches salads cake jello and coffee. Overnight guests were Mr and Mrs Melvin DeForest and Mrs Audrey Warner and Charles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed DeForest
Melvin DeForest
Adrian
Audrey Warner
Charles
St. Johns
Leon DeForest
Jack Weston
Neta Weston
Sylvania
Ohio
John DeForest
Nancy
David
Frank Coker
Clarence Riley
DeForest
DeForests
Service men's new addresses listed for Pvt Mack and A3/e Russell Terrell
New mailing addresses released for service members. Pvt Mack 8 Harvey E.R.16554480 14 Med Hosp Field DIA APO 252 New York NY. A3/e Russell Terrell AFL16582041 819th Trans Sqn Dyess AFB Abilene Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mack
Harvey E.R
Med
Hosp. Field
APO
New York, N.Y
Dyess Afb
Abilene, Texas
Blue Star Mothers Gift Plan For Service Members
The Farwell Blue Star Mothers met November 18 at Mrs. Vina Updyke home with eleven members. They voted to send each service man two dollars as Christmas gifts and to contribute ten dollars to Veterans Hospitals in Dearborn Grand Rapids and Saginaw. Addresses of area service men should go to secretary Mina DeForest. A potluck followed, and a birthday cake celebrated five members. The December meeting schedule and a holiday gift exchange were announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farwell Blue Star
Vina Updyke
Alda Louch
Mina DeForest
Dearborn
Grand Rapids
Saginaw
Nellie Young
Mabel Campbell
Leota Farrow
Mira DeForest
Bina Updyke
Chigo Renner
Farwell Briefs Sightings in Bay City and Detroit
Lucille Jones and Mrs. Frank Warner were in Bay City Saturday. Ernest Osborn spent three days this week on business in Detroit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucille Jones
Frank Warner
Bay City
Ernest Osborn
Detroit
Scouts Enjoy Song Fest At Farwell Meeting
The Farwell Girl Scouts met on Wednesday November 20 with Mrs Merle Halslander as committee chairwoman. Fourteen girls attended a song fest and Joan DuCharme led the business session. Plans were laid for selling the Christmas Lantern Nut Pack and for a family dinner in early December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farwell Girl Scouts
Merle Halslander
Joan DuCharme
Pink and Blue shower honors Mrs. Bernard Pitts
Mrs. Stuart Graham entertained Friday night November 22 honoring Mrs. Bernard Pitts with lively games and tempting refreshments. Arthur Ferguson was surprised by family for birthday greetings. John Bazaire of Brinton died November 20 after twenty days as a patient at Farwell Rest Home. Margaret Young, related to Mrs. Thomas Elliott, recovered from scarlet fever surgery in Ford Hospital on November 12 and plans Thanksgiving with family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuart. Graham
Bernard Pitts
Pitts
Arthur Ferguson
Jay Colosky
John Bazaire
Brinton
Farwell
Margaret Young
Margaret Woodward
Thomas Elliott
Clare
Ford Hospital
Fred Snyder
Midland
G. A. Wilson
Gladwin
Sidney Hood
Bud
Loomis
Roy Shear
Duane Updyke
Walt Henry
Robert Roe
Mignon Mogg
Lucille Jones
Wendell Cook
Ralph Carpenter
Harrison
Jack Cavanaugh
Lake George
Gary Agle
Frank Warner
Grover Updyke Jr
Orla Polock
Lansing
Arthur Reese
Mt.Clemens
Harry Higgins
Leo, Higgins
Wesley Higgins
Helen Benford
Auburn
Frank Thrush
Mae McCann Sprapg
Clare Hospital
al Young
Florida
John Moore
Tillie Ingraham
Mt. Pleasant Hospital
Jennie Bingham
Franklin Littlefield
Kerwin Parsens
Lewis Saupe
Norman Johns
Richard Ormiston
Flint
Rufus Brasington
Mary
Millard
Peter Waalkes
Grand Rapids
Loris Dysinger
Thomas Brooks
Walter Case
Pint
James Brooks
Estel
Irwin Scott
Harvey ,DeGear
Dewey Dell
Bob Courtright
Henry
Mt. Pleasant
Local families host, visit, and travel in Clare area
Over the weekend and past week numerous residents from Davisburg Lansing Flint Clare Mt Pleasant and surrounding areas hosted visited or traveled. Guests included Harold Buffmeyer Dan Knight Vern Funnell family Jones Updyke and others with varying schedules from hospital stays to weddings and church events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alva Dexter
Davisburg
Ray
Lansing
Dyke Jr
Harold Buffmeyer
Flint
Dan Knight
Vern Funnell
Fred Hord
William Miotke
Clare
Richard Sproul
Flora Clark
Bertha Babcocis
Kenneth Loomis
Ed Loomis
Rumsey Swallow
Harrison
Mamie Chappet
Farwell
Wedding in Alma Unites Ardis Davison and Jerry Wolven
Ardis Davison daughter of Mr and Mrs Bernard Davison of Alma wed Jerry Wolven son of Gladys Wolven of Ithaca on a November Saturday at the Alma Methodist church officiated by Charles Hahn. Attendees from Farwell included Jerry s grandmothers Grace Stanley Roy Cummins and others. The couple received many gifts and guests traveled from nearby towns as family and friends gathered for the ceremony and Thanksgiving week events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Carman
Berdine
Flint
Bernie Davison
Bernard Johnson
Alma
George Irwin
Marion Hall
Clare
Cook Home
Robert Hansen
Mary
Sue
Emil Foell
Duncan Koepplinger
Lewis’ Nuber
Koepplingers
Seattle
Washington
Grace Fahenstock
Albert McPhail
Ed Beard
Windover
Mary Steiner
Saginaw
Caroline Dunlop
Charles
Hahn
Ardis Davison
Bernard Davison
Jerry Wolven
Gladys Wolven
Ithaca
Alma Methodist Church
Farwell
Jerry
Grace Stanley
Roy Cummins
Anna Schofield
Olin Teachout
Linda
Alvin Wood
Also Mentioned on This Page
Russell Terrell
Blue Star
Jay King
Ronnie
James
Kenny Roberts
Pleasant
Donald Black
Ledge
Frank “LaGrow
Charles Brown
Temple
Bridgeport
Chrissen
Kodak
Kodak Pony
Brownie
Speedy Dalton
Dyer
Ray Dee
Tatty
Beaverton
Gem Theatre
Doris Day
John
Carol Raitt
Haney
SUN
Clark Gable
Yvonne Decarlo
S Oleman Sandra Theatre
Cata
Pegi
Weer Sun
Mon
Tues
Cinemascope
Jeffrey
Hunter
Sheree North
Tony Randall
Cameron Mitchell
Dirk Century
Actvat
Peu
Goldie Grim
Nellie Fordyce
Howard Stratton
George Clink
Elberta
Michigan
Charles Nelson
Lake
Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter, Day Saints
J. Doty
Houghton Lake
Dan Butterfield
James Passon
Judy Curtis
Earl Border
John Pipoly
J. Pipoly
Wildwood Shores
Paul
Mt. Morris
Lester McCullough
Clio
Birch Run
Jayne Mansfield
Betsy Drake
Joan Blondell
Trooper’ Hook
de Luxe
Suger
Barbara Stanwyck
United Artists
Henry Fonda
Anthony Perkins
TIN
istaVision
Cat
Betsy Palmer
Michel Ray
Mitzi
Gaynor
Jeanne Crain
Joe E. Lewis
Eddie Albert
Beverly Garland
Jackie Coogan
Elvis Presley
Tostanine Sip
Tyler
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