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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1956
Page
4
Findlay College students spent Thanksgiving at home with local families. The Rural News notes several visitors and dinners, births at Mt. Pleasant Hospital, and church events including L T S meetings and a pension supper for Arthur Center youth.
Riverside Grange met Tuesday night to honor 11 Beaverton teachers during American Education Week. The program led by Community Service Chairman Clara Rockey featured group singing readings jokes and games followed by a pot luck. Attending were Superintendent Harold Broka and wife Harriet Martin Florence Adams Selah Nearing Jean Singer Minnie Schroder Virginia Ross Walter Crosby Marie Broka Mrs McKinniny and Marjorie Burr.
Dilwin Grange reports a busy period with visits, dinners, and open houses across local families. Notable attendances include Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Acker and family, the Wing and Dixon households, and guests from Midland and Pontiac. A Safety Program by a Mt. Pleasant trooper drew 36 members, and a December 4 program titled This Is Your Life is planned.
A long Thanksgiving period brings numerous visits and meals as Clare area families gather. Many relatives travel from Owasso Saginaw Lansing and Findlay Ohio for dinners, calls, and church bake sale plans at Gays store.
Mr and Mrs Willard Bush hosted a group of hunters and visiting families from Ortonville Lansing Kalkaska Pontiac Battle Creek and Pontiac at Windover Lake last week. The gatherings included Thanksgiving dinners and visits with the Blain Goodrich Sarkozi Sarkozi and related families. George Berle and others joined in deer hunting and Sunday calls.
The community shares Thanksgiving visits among residents including the Rutters Towns Clutes and Davises. Attendees include Arthur Town and family, Patricia Prescott, Janice Town, and Thomas Abbott's funeral is noted with sympathies to the Abbott family. A Farm Bureau meeting with Owen Spink is mentioned with plans for December 4 Arlington Severson home.
Local families hosted and visited relatives over Thanksgiving and the weekend. Ernest Young and family spent the holiday with Jim Bradley and family, while Russell Paxton Y hosted his children. Various calls and visits occurred among the Bradley, Seit er, Wickert, Bergey, Coe, Parsell, Siel, Young, and McDonel households in local towns.
Winterfield residents Richard Loucks from Pontiac hunts deer for a week. Ruby Gaskill works in Lan sing. Vicki Gaskill stays with Donna Landers Wednesday night. Wilfred Landers and family attend Hunter’s Ball Saturday. Anron Briggs and Muskegon visitors visit John Gaskill. Rex Edwards visits Wilfred Landers Tuesday morning. Wilfred and Bert Landers and Dickie visit Mrs Fred Richardson Friday.
A man brings his six year old son to Buck Benson's shop. The boy, handed a peppermint by Buck, heads to unwrap and eat it while the father scolds. The boy correctly says "Charge it" when asked what to say to Buck. The piece argues for getting facts before forming opinions on drinking beer.
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