Weekend visits and travel fill regional notices
Local families from Saginaw Clare Detroit Pontiac Millington Alma Grand Rapids and Greenville spent weekends with relatives in area towns. Travel included two weeks in western states and a Navy assignment return from Brunswick Maine. Several educators and extended relatives joined gatherings at homes and cottages across Mecosta Lake and surrounding communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Wurts
Jess Miller
Tie Dixon
United States Navy
Brunswick
Maine
Floyd. Dixon
Battle Creek
Arland Howe
Detroit
H. O. Beutler
Harvey Lowery
Gons
New England States
Russell Cowden
Ruth Hutchins
Harrison Public School
Gerry Peabody
Linda
Joseph Baldinus
Cadillac
Sanford Freeman
Sarah Freeman
Boon
George Miller
Columbus Grove
Ohio
Page Bellinger
East Lansing
David Bellinger
Maynard Danks
Elton
Ricky
St. Louis
Helen Yarnell
Alma
Huon
Rickey
Danks
Helen
Clifford Peabody
Grand Rapids
Keith Singles
Pontiac
Mary Murphy
George Dixon
Fred Ervin
Clare
Freddie Angell
Millington
Labor Day
Fred Angell
Alma man Alfred Gorringe 74 dies suddenly
Alfred H. Gorringe of Alma died suddenly August 28. He visited Clare to see his daughters Frances Brown and Bonita White. He survived by widow and seven other children including Mas Potter Max Carpenter William Gorringe Evans Rich Gordon Harrison Toth. Funeral from Dewey Funeral Home Alma Saturday with Rev. Charles Hahn. burial in family lot. Many friends attended and flowers showed high esteem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred H. Gorringe
Alma
Clare
Frances Brown
Bonita White
Mas Potter
Max Carpenter
Flint
William Gorringe
Evans Rich
Sandusky
Gordon
Harrison
Gorringe
Ohio
John, Toth
Lakewood
Mrs Berdie Allen Smith Dies in Morrice Funeral Held
Word reached here that Mrs. Berdie Allen Smith died at her Morrice home Sunday. Funeral services were held Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. from Morrice Methodist Church with burial in Roselawn cemetery at Perry. She was born in Clare on March 19, 1891 and survived by husband Andrew F F a son Ralph Kurzhall of Tuscar Arizona a daughter Mrs. William Peace of Morrice a brother and sister and many cousins and distant relatives. Funeral services for Mrs. Nettie Cook of Lake follow Friday at 2:00 p.m. from Lake Baptist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berdie Allen Smith
Morrice
Morrice Methodist Church
Roselawn
Perry
Smith
Clare
Andrew FF
Ralph Kurzhall
Tuscar Arizona
William Peace
Woman's Society meeting and church events announced
The Woman's Society of Christian Service holds a general meeting on Tuesday evening September 9 with Miss Ella Carpenter of Farwell reporting on the Big Rapids District delegation to the World Methodist Assembly. The Methodist Church School resumes September 7 with services at 10:00 am and Sunday School at 10:30. Zenobia Chapter No 129 meets September 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Ella Carpenter
Farwell
Big Rapids
General Assembly of the World's Federation of Methodist Women
Methodist Church
Zenobia Chapter
Nursing graduates to be honored at Sparrow Hospital
Thirty four senior nursing students will graduate September 7 from Sparrow Hospital School of Nursing in Lansing. Miss Carol Jean Bellows of Lake is among them. Dr. Robert Swanson of Alma College will address the class, with Dr Hoeverter officiating and Rev Paul Acker assisting. Coker Funeral Home handles arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carol Jean Bellows
Lake
Sparrow Hospital School of Nursing
Lansing
Robert Swanson
Alma College
Alma
Dr. Hoeverter
Bavrit
Paul Acker
Coker Funeral Home
Clare City Commission Proceedings August 18 1958
Regular meeting notes present Mayor Nivison with Commissioners Haley Shayler Burdo. They discuss audits, street seal coating, alleys taxes, property purchases, a highway grant for John C Mackie, curb and gutter purchases, water and sewer extension, building permit, airport permit, staff raises, and bill approvals before adjournment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Commission
Nivison
Haley
Shayler
Burdo
Com. Schroeder
Lester Crittenden
Com. Shayler
Com. Burdo
Com
5Th Street
3Rd Street
Yeas
Com. Haley
Wivison
City of
Clare
John C. Mackie
Nivson
McConica
Vinewood Ave
Courtney Bauer
Jim Hoskins
Gerald Nivison
David Adams
Doris Shaver Allen Rites Held In Clare Michigan
Doris Shaver Allen born June 12 1901 in Arthur township Clare county died August 29 1958 in Clare at age 57 after a life on a farm and later at Kroger's store. She married Eugene Allen February 18 1922 and leaves husband son Roland Eugene two sisters and a brother with interment at Cherry Grove Cemetery following funeral services at Thurston Funeral Home Clare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris Shaver Allen
William and
Julia Shaver
Arthur Township
Clare County
Clare
Eugene Allen
Roland Eugene
Kroger's
Eugene
Roland
Clarkston
Albert Shaver
Hazel Connor
Gladwin
Leo Wallace
Lansing
Thurston Funeral Home
Leslie J. Nevins
Cherry Grove Cemetery
Christine Foster Rites In August
Christine Foster daughter of Henry and Kate Ott was born February 3 1904 in Hatton township and died August 10 in Traverse City after a several month illness. She married Ward Foster August 14 1924 and lived in Lansing before returning to Clare. Survived by her husband a son Rolland a brother Walter Ott and many relatives. Funeral service Wednesday August 13 with Rev Lee W Sickal officiating. Interment in Ott Family Cemetery Hatton township.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christine
Henry
Kate Ott
Hatton Township
Traverse City
Ward Foster
Clare
Lansing
Rolland
Walter Ott
Roseville
Thurston Funeral Home
Lee W. Sickal
Ott
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Franklin Jackson
Saginaw
Ralph Bradford
Donald Jackson
Ray Eliott
Sunfield
Robert Elliott
Harry Trainor
Lake Linden
John Jacobs
Vickie and
Susan Schaeffer
Hell
Clare Furniture
American Cleaners
Nettie Cook
the Lake
Nurse Grad
Clare City Commission
Ray Fatal
Christine Foster
Citizens Checking
Cash Co
J. Stuart Bicknell
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Clare and
Rosebush
Clare Sentinel
Mark
Clare - Farwell
Bob
Virginia
E. Sixth Street
Jersey
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