Sunday Socials Tie Families Across Hemlock and Lake Orion
Mr and Mrs Don Shively and sons Howard and Jack hosted relatives at Hemlock. Mrs HiHe Methner and Mrs Anna Wisher visited a hospitalized cousin Mrs Bob Carmen in Lake Orion. Mary Ann and Jimmy McLaughlin of Clare stayed with grandparents Mr and Mrs Ward Johnston. Judy Janie and Jill Methner saw their grandmother Elsie Methner. Other Sunday visitors included George Len Cluley Mrs Ward Johnston Lewis Johnston and Floyd Shively. Charley Doren Elmner Jones and Maude McDonald attended Broomfield Grange. Irene Coughlin student nurse at St Lawrence Hospital Lansing visited home. Jack Culliton of Selfridge Field visited Warren Decker family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Shively
Howard
Jack
Don Bell
Hemlock
HiHe Methner
Anna Wisher
Lake Orion
Bob Carmen
Carmen
Mary Ann and
Jimmy McLaughlin
Clare
Mrs. Ward Johnston
Irving
Cottage visits and family gatherings across Michigan
Mr and Mrs Jatks Trainor and Mr and Mrs Bob Bender spent Sunday at the Trainors cottage on Higgins Lake. Several relatives hosted guests including Wayne Ferris of Cadillac and Miss Marilyn Crawford with Miss Pat Westbrook from Mt. Pleasant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jatks Trainor
Bob Bender
Trainors Cottage
Higgins Lake
Patty Prout
Wisie Meshner
Irving Shively
Methner
George Brooks
Harold West
Olsie
Marilyn Crawford
Pat Westbrook
Mt. Pleasant
Ralph Miller
Social Evening Notes From Wise Township and Surroundings
Mr and Mrs Floyd Thompson and daughter Marilyn celebrated their wedding anniversary with dinner hosted by Mr and Mrs Ernest Hoste. Mrs Ward Johnston hosted a Sunday School class chicken dinner for fourteen members and guests at Salem United Brethren Evangelical church in Wise township. Mrs Jotah Ervin hosted twenty five guests at a Friday afternoon party assisted by Mrs Robert Ervin. Guests came from Midland Clare Shepherd and Rosebush following a games and entertainment afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Thompson
Marilyn Thompson
Ernest Hoste
Thompsons
Jotah Ervin
Robert Ervin
Midland
Clare
Shepherd
Rosebush
Frank Varga Home From Service
Frank Varga returned home last week from Carswell Air Force Base in Port Worth Texas where he served after graduating from Air Police school in Panama City Florida in March 1951. He received an honorable discharge after nearly two years in the Air Force and will help run the family farm with his parents Mr and Mrs John Varga.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Varga
Carswell Air Force Base
Port Worth
Texas
Air Police School
Panama City
Morida
Frank
Air Force
John Varga
Newsport Sailor Returns After Mainbrace Tour
Mr and Mrs Lloyd Spaulding learn their son S A Grayson Spaulding is back in Newsport R L home port after weeks at sea aboard the destroyer USS Fred T Berry in the North Atlantic as part of Operation Mainbrace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Spaulding
S.A. Grayson Spaulding
Newsport R. L
High Seas
Grayson
Fred T. Berry
North Allantic
Pleasant Valley Social News Highlights
Mrs. Lowell Penrose visited relatives at Plint last week. Mr. and Mrs Otto Kleiner were Sunday guests at the McDowell and Shoults home in Essexville. Mrs. Jonnie Bates visited Mr. and Mrs Alfred Roe in Elk Lake. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Allen and family of Midland called on Mrs Magnie Runyan and Hugh Allen. Mrs. Licard Walters has returned from Mt Pleasant hospital and stays with her parents. Henry Kleiner and Way Ann David were Sunday dinner guests at the parsonage. Mr and Mrs Howard Penrose visited Friday with Owen Spink.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell Penrose
Plint
Otto Kleiner
McDowell and Shoults
Essexville
Jonnie Bates
Alfred Roe
Elk Lake
Ralph Allen
Midland
Magnie Runyan
Hugh Allen
Licard Walters
Mt. Pleasant
Burton Bay
Henry Kleiner
Way Ann David
Wand
Howard Penrose
Owen Spink
West Grant residents visit relatives during furlough
Lloyd Rattles on a twenty day Alaska furlough visits home with his wife. The community notes show numerous relatives visiting or being visited in Midland Milan Ortenville Freeland Ionia Farwell Clare Lansing and nearby areas with social calls dinners and family gatherings.
Yemen and Sheba In Ancient Chronicle Context
Ancient chroniclers called Yemen the land of the Queen of Saba and recounts of Sheba visiting King Solomon. Modern Yemen is an agricultural nation about the size of Nebraska with roughly four times Nebraska’s population.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yemen
Arabian Peninsula
Saba
Sheba
Solomon
Nebraska
Local Social Notes With Dinners and Birthday
GILMORE GRANGE reports Sunday dinner guests for multiple families including the Pitts and Laverty households. Lynn Laverty celebrated her sixth birthday with nine friends and gifts. Other entries note neighbors visiting, television at the Shillings, and a family move by the Francis Phipps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Fordyce
Bill Phillips
George Pitts
James Pedgrift
John Lavertys
Walter Wood
Bill Wood
Sidney, Wood Familly
Keith
Willard Baxter
Donna
Mt Pleasant
John Shillings
Lynn Laverty
Lynn
Paul
Lucile Brown
Allen Rawson
Alice Rawson
O. M. Somers
Dale Wysong
Baby
John Dillon, Sr
John Dillon, Jr
Clare
Terrance
Marjory
Francis Phipps
Local residents update from Mt Pleasant notes
Mrs. Wilmer Mogg returned to work at C M C Hospital in Mt Pleasant last Friday while her husband Pvt Wilmer D Mogg is stationed at Camp Kilmer New Jersey. Mrs Clare Bullard remains hospitalized in Mt Pleasant after a serious car wreck on October 11. Barrett Muterspaigh his daughter Beverly and niece Orlon Muterspaugh visit Bay City on business. Barrett John Muterspaugh and John Stavely of Rosebush Carey Robinson of Mt Pleasant traveled to Chicago for treatment at Dr Murry’s Hospital. Mrs Minerva Richmond of Farwell accompanied them and plans to reside in Chicago for the winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmer Mogg
C.M.C. Hospital
Mt. Pleasant
Pvt
Wilmer D. Mogg
Camp Kilmer
New Jersey
Clare Bullard
Barrett Muterspaigh
Beverly
Orlon Muterspaugh
Bay City
Barrett
John Muterspaugh
John Stavely
Rosebush
Carey Robinson
Chicago
Murry
Dr. and Surgeons Hospital
Minerva Richmond
Farwell
Grapefruit quality tips from Michigan state experts
Michigan State College foods and nutrition specialists advise selecting grapefruits with firm smooth texture and well rounded shape. They warn that coarse tough puffy skins signal poor taste and low juice content.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan State College
Wayne Anderson Fractures Collar Bone In Fall
Wayne Anderson aged 11 and Mrs Harold Anderson sustained a broken collar bone after climbing a tree in a woods near their farm. Wayne fell about ten feet, was taken to Central Michigan Hospital for X rays showing a fracture, then returned home in ambulatory condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Anerson
Harold, Anderson
Wayne
Central Michigan
Soil Conservation Service News Items
Dan Balog reports on a study group meeting at the Isabella County farm, where Rev. Harold Taber is invited to join a ministerial soil and water conservation tour. Directors plan more county meetings, with Jim Pelham presenting a Grass Roots conservation film and hosts thanking volunteers for service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Taber
Shepherd Methodist Church
Elton Salsbury
Taber
B. C
Tsabella Soil Conservation District
Weldman
Jim Pelham
Weidman High School
Mesdames
Howard Wood
Donald Ueble
Paul Miller
Clyde Beutler
Julius Bierschbach
Pasture Development Efforts Highlight Coop Support
Marsh plow operator Russell My berg plowed seven acres of muck land for Isadore Schafer in Nottawa township last week. Schafer will plant the field to lacino brome pasture and seed production. District directors receive weekly requests for pasture development help and have aided about 23 cooperators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Myberg
Isadore, Schafer
Nottawa Township
Schaffer
Eouity
B. C
Mellencamp
Five cock pheasants seen over two miles last week
Observer reports spotting five cock pheasants across one mile and three more over another mile last week. The note questions whether this indicates good hunting prospects for the fall.
Behind Iron Curtain Topic of Guest Pastor
Rev Serge Mosienko of Deckerville hosted a six day preaching mission at Rosebush Methodist Church revealing life as a displaced person and the Soviet use of covert forces ahead of public discussion. The series featured evangelistic sermons and guest pastors including Rev Leo Burch of Imlay City and Rev Howard Moore assisting in Rosebush with Rev Mosienko moving to Detroit conference churches in early November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Serge Mosienko
Deckerville
Cloged
Rosebush Methodist Church
Mosianko
Goss
Balkan
Howard Moore
Rosebush
Leo Burch
Imlay City
Weidman Methodist Church
Mosienko
Moore
Detroit
Bowen Busy Bees Contribute To Camp Fund
The Bowen Busy Bees 4-H club met in Bowen school Monday night with Donald Moore hosting and Mrs Harold Anderson in charge. They planned a dance for November 8 at Mt Vernon Grange hall and announced Fall Achievement Day at Mt Pleasant High School on October 22. The club voted to donate profits from a recent magazine sale to the Coldwater Lake 4-H camp fund. Gary Dixon will host the next meeting. Judy Methuer reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowen Busy Bees
Gary Dixon
Judy Methuer
Busy Bee Club
Gilmore Center and Gilmore Church of Christ notices
Six miles south of Farwell Newton Huffine minister leads morning worship at 10 00 Bible School at 11 60 A M Youth Group at 7 00 P M Evening worship 8 00 P M and midweek prayer and Bible study Wednesday 8 00 P M Read of local visits and gatherings including Mr and Mrs Clara Perry Mr and Mrs Ross Renner Mt Pleasant visitors and Mt Pleasant Church homecoming attendance Numerous residents and guests travel or entertain with notes on illness and hospital recovery including Isaac Shaner William Tanner and Dorothy Welch pending return home from Bay City hospital and California visitors
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilmore Church OF Christ
Farwell
Newton L
Huffine
Howard Rathburn
Saginaw
Ruth Pitts
Ross Renner
W. B. Jarman
Owen
M) Jarman
Forest Cole
Laher
Francis, Phipps and Sons
la Vern
Perry
Jiettte, Jarman
Robert Slaith
Ghus
Whitlock
Clare
Gilmore
Isaac’ Shaner
William Tanner
David Wilson
Pontiac
Andrew Hecock
Flushing
Ed McAlvey
Dorothy Welch
Bay City Hospital
Egbert Fordyce
California
Gleaner Rally Set by Isabella County Gleaners
Gleaner Society president Orville Klumpp announces a rally on October 24 at 8 30 pm at the Mt Pleasant Odd Fellows hall. Members and friends are invited to attend for entertainment and many prizes. Dinner will be pot luck with coffee provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orville Klumpp
Isabella County
Gleaner Society
Gleaner
Mt. Pleasant
Odd Fellow
Sundown Drive-in Theatre Says Goodbye to Winter
The Sundown Drive-in Theatre staff bids farewell to the winter season with thanks to patrons. Wishing everyone health and luck, the management extends appreciation for the year’s support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sundown Drive-in
Open at 7 00 P M First Show at Dusk
Community cinema advertises opening at 7 00 P M with first show at dusk Bring the children no charge under twelve free supervised playground and a modern concession stand ahead of the event
Also Mentioned on This Page
Judy
Janie
Jill Methner
Elsie Methner
Jack Culliton
Selfridge Wield
Mrs
Warren Decker
Beaverton Gem Theatre
Ann Sheridan
John Lund
Alor
Sun
Mon
Jane Frazee
Andy Devine
Stanley Y Kramer
Pier Productions
Gary Code
High Hoon
United Artists
Tom & Jerry
Li Go
STAG
David Wayne
Jean Peters
Hugh Marlowe
al Ana
Flame OF
Sacramento
Bill Elliott
Sandra
Cowumea Pictuner
Tsa
Parrae
Stel Tri Toast
Pan America
Paanee
Cary Grant
Karilyn Monroe
Ginger ‘Rogers
University of Michigan Band
Tua
Janet Leigh
Keenan
Wynn
Pearless Fagan
Pleasant Valley
Wayne Morris
Virginia Grey
Pianet Mars Peter Grapes
Andrea King
Marilyn Monroe
Charles Coburn
20Th Century-Fox
Glenn Ford
Rita
Hay
Columbia
Trenidad
West Grant
Lloyd Rattles
Alaska
Harlan Walter
Jack Russell
Johnie
Loris Dysinger
Floyd Baker
Milan
Walter Jerred
Robert
Seeley Johnson
Walmer Armur
Allentown
Henry Gruno
Elmer Reege
Lansing
Thomas Spence
Walter Ellman
Ortenville
Laura Russell
Beather
Fred Russell
William Gruno
Tlenry Grino
Marlyn Garver
Myr
Floyd Lawres
Ray Forbes
Freeland
Sidney Wood
Avery Barber
Glenn Billsby
Bobby Grime
Junior Battles
Ionia
William Battles
al Walters
Roy Walters
Clair Stanley
Harl Owens
Ruth Roberts
Milo Myers
Leon Dysinger
Gilmore Grange
Denver
Wayne Anderson
Soil, Conservation Service
Dan Balog
Isabella County Farm Planner
Aston Blackiner
Coldwater Township
Aaron
Ife
Wood
You
Mr. Callaghan
McEwan Street
Michigan
Yvonne Becarlo
James Graig
Henry
Anne Baxter
Clifton Webb
Jeanne Crain
Boy Scouts
Liberty Bell
Theis
the Freedoms Foundation
Bowen
Gilmore Center
LL Clare
Apaich
Monkey Business
Ginger Rogers
Trinidad
Rita Hayworth
Gleaner Rally
Danny Wilson
Frank Sinatra
Shelley Winters
Alex Nicol
Peggy Don
Arthur Kennedy
Nana Bryant
Red Mountain
BTALE
Alan Ladd
Lizabeth Scott
Johnny Weissmuller
Brenda Joyce
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