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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1940
Page
7
Residents and visitors appraised a busy holiday season at Bertha Lake Resort with numerous families from Saginaw Flint Owosso Pontiac Adrian and Haslett joining in Labor Day festivities at Farwell. The notes document social visits cottage stays and weekend trips across the region.
Residents and visitors flocked to cabins and cottages across Fairview Tamarack Lakewood and Silver Lake with many families from Lansing Saginaw Owosso and Detroit spending Labor Day weekend in Tompkins and Shorewood cottages. School started Tuesday with most scholars present.
A long column of social notes from Windover Lake reports visitors and callers in Lansing Detroit and nearby towns. Names include Bud Lyons Helena Vanderwoode Dorothy Vanderwoode Ralph Goodrich and many others with activities at cottages schools fairs and Bible School lectures. The piece records weekend visits from J A Burns S Harris George Harris and Esther Harrison among others and notes the first day of school with Miss Helen VanderWoode teaching.
Miss Mary Belle Ford spent time with relatives in Gladwin while Ralph Allen and family traveled to Traverse City to bring home Jeannette Allen from a clinic where she had been two weeks. The report notes health improvement and various local visits plus a quiet August wedding at the parsonage.
Local residents from Eight Point Lake and surrounding areas share weekend visits and social events. Families including Hall Wheaton Brown and others traveled to Lake City and Cadillac. weddings, birthdays, and school activities are noted amid illness and injury updates. The Clare County Fair is recalled with rain affecting activities.
The Gilmore Center Church of Christ led by Pastor J. S. Penick schedules 10:00 song service, 10:16 communion, 10:30 sermon “The Second Coming of Christ.” 11:00 a.m. Bible School with Alvin Wood guiding a study on comparative religions, starting with Jewish religion in light of the New Testament.
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