First Deed To Win Army's Medal of Honor 1862 Story
The article recalls Lincoln approving the Medal of Honor in 1862 and recounts Lt. Bernard Urwin’s rescue of Bascom’s trapped infantry at Fort Breckenridge in 1861. It notes Urwin later received the Medal in 1894 and cites his leadership in guiding a rescue through hostile territory to save wounded soldiers.
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Washington
ANS
Lincoln
Severia Infantry Regiment
Fort Breckentidee
George Bascom
Bascom
Cochise
Harlem Globetrotters to visit Central Michigan University
The Harlem Globetrotters perform at CMU at 8 p.m. on Monday November 5. The event marks the first local appearance of the Globetrotters’ first unit with Meadowlark Lemon Sweetwater Clifton and Clarence Wilson. The show is sponsored by CMU School of Health and Physical Education and Recreation.
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Harlem Globetrotters
Central Michigan University
Globetrotters
Meadowlark
Lemon
Sweetwater
Clifton
Clarence Wilson
Central Michigan
CMU School of Health and Physical
Sir Me Giohetroste
Atlantic
Weekend Social News From Michigan Towns
ITN brief listing visits and social calls across Beaverton Lansing Okemos Emerald Lake and surrounding areas. Residents hosted relatives and friends from Detroit Chicago Muskegon Kalamazoo and Mason while attending Central Michigan University homecoming events.
Clare family fetes Mrs Close on 75th birthday
The Clare Sentinel reports Mrs. Lloyd Close celebrated her 75th birthday with a Saturday dinner including Gordon and family of Auburn, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Brown Jr. and Clare, and Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Colton and family. A Sunday birthday dinner at Sanford honored Mrs. Close and her great granddaughter Evie Braley with Mr. and Mrs. Walter Braley and family present.
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James Gordon
Auburn
Howard Brown,Jr
Clare
Lewis Colton
Lloyd Close
Local Lake District Social Notes Report Weekend Visits
Saturday evening guests included Mrs Minnie Gilman’s daughters and their husbands from Harrison and Alma. Many residents visited relatives and doctors, with several trips to Mt Pleasant Clare and Grand Rapids hospitals noted. A mix of family gatherings and hospital updates fills the Lake area social roundups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Gilman
John Craford
Harrison
Frank Carstensen
Alma
Robert Miller
Clare
Kay Clark
Mt. Pleasant
Roy Neeper
Lucian Owens
California
Thomas Owens
Pontiac
Owens
Lake
Ardis Rest
Maggie Sheardy
Finch
Lansing
Eight Point Lake
Fred Sowle
Jack Sowle
Barryton
Dale Colton
Indian River
Fred Swain
Garden City
Swain
Crooked Lake
Colton
Dorothy Iserhoth
Gratiot County Hospital
Irvin Galdeen
Mary Galdeen
Lambertville
Theodore Deegan
Glen Scott
Buttersworth Hospital
Grand Rapids
C.L Grain
Grand Ra
City
Calvin Tryon
Jennie Muir
Claud Ward
Reed City
Raymond Scott
Wayne Napier
Pleasant Lake
Charles Tryon
Scott
Clifford Jones
Averill
Sanford
East Vernon Extension Met for All Day Meeting
The East Vernon Extension met at Mrs. Joyce McDonald’s home on Thursday October 18 for an all day session. Fourteen members attended with visitor Mrs. Alfred Catries and two children. Dues collected totaling 10.50, yearly 75 cents per member, to Mrs. Ed Kennedy, treasurer. Members began smocked aprons. some started tote bags. Next gathering November 8 at Elsie Wild’s house at 1 30 to make yarn kitties and cover house slippers. Hostess and committee served a buffet luncheon.
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East Vernon
Joyce McDonald
Leda Stough
Alfred Catries
Ed Kennedy
Elsie Wild
Twin boys and several newborns listed at Clare General
Mr and Mrs Donald Switzer announce twin boys born October 15 at Clare General Hospital. Lloyd Basil weighs 5 pounds 11 2 ounces and Floyd John 5 pounds 7 1/2 ounces. Other births include Brian Scott Cor nell 7 pounds 2 ounces, Stanley McKenney’s son 8 pounds 1 ounce, Clarence Ostrowsky’s son 5 pounds 13 ounces, Charles Wright’s daughter Annette Marie 8 pounds, Timothy Eugene born October 14 weighing 7 pounds 9 ounces. grandparents named.
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Donald Switzer
Clare General Hospital
Lloyd Basil
Floyd John
Brian Scott
Ronald Cornell
Clare Hospital
Stanley McKenney
Farwell
Clarence Ostrowsky
Mt.Pleasant
Charles Wright
Midland
Annette Marie
Eugene Wendel
Timothy Eugene
Arvilla Kirkpatrick
Riley Kirkpatrick
Evelyn Weadel
Northwood Institute Enrolls Clare High Grader James Perrine
James Perrine son of Mr and Mrs James Perrine 1608 McEwan Clare Michigan is enrolled as a freshman at Northwood Institute Midland Michigan. He is a Clare Public High School graduate who made the all state first football team and played three years of varsity basketball active in track and was a member of the Varsity Club in high school.
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James Perrine
McEwan
Clare
Northwood Institue
Midland
Michigan
Clare Public High School
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Ile
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ITV
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Slaine Thompson
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James Hosttian
Howard Malcolmson
Beaverton
Seth Cotton
Grant
John Tice
John Stough
George Tice
Emeral Lake
Harry Cleveland
Ruth Gerry
Jack McPherson
Detroit
Lee Greer
Robert Greer
Philip van Every
Jackson
Leota van Every
Gertrude Gardiner
Harold Weaver
Charlotte
Richard Schroeder
Earl Henderson
Walter Warren
Henderson
Ronald Cooper
Gary Headington
Emily Musgrove
Hersey
Terry Cooper
Gary
Arthur Switzer
Southgate
G.C
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Arlen.Ward
Debbie
Mike
Okemos
Wilson Bader
Susie
William Archambault
Kalamazoo
Albert Rube
Vance Grane
David Crane
Jerry Crane
Muskegon
Ben Kanaar
Donald Holbrook
Chicago, Ilinois
Alpena
Laurence Seiter
John Clark
Fairplay
Colorado
Mabel Akers
Mason
Seiter
Jerry T Langvardt
David Seiter
Gratiot Community Hospital
Clare Sentinel
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Clarified Bakery
Ken Cox
Rexall
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