Farwell Labor Day Parade Delights Town Crowd
Farwell Main Street overflowed with a colorful Labor Day procession led by four uniformed servicemen as the Army Navy Air Force and Marines raised the U S flag. Seventeen decorated bicycles horses pony revelry from 4 H youth riders and clubs plus church floats and local groups joined the festive pageant. Miss Farwell Cathy Denton rode in a red trimmed white convertible amid banners crosses and patriotic displays.
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Farwell
Army
Navy
Air Force
Marines
United States of America
44 Bronc Busters Club
Tobacco River Trail
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Methodist
Grace Bible
Sparta Esterline Post
Jcs
PTA
Elkie Star Mothers
Ford Diesel
Miss Farwell
Cathy Denton
Sunday Dinner Guests and Community Notes
Sunday dinner guests at the Vaness Cook home included Mr. and Mrs. Don Cook of Bath Mrs. Myrtle Glass Mrs. Emma Perry and the Kenneth Renner family. Afternoon callers at the G Birdsal home were several Brown Corners residents including Nancy Hull and Janet Garver. Nancy Wall and four others leave for Africa as missionaries and teachers. Nearby visits included the Burys Strong and Leo Embreys households and relatives from Union Lake Spencerville and Columbus. Jerry Jones returned from Navy duty. Claude Fordyce celebrated a birthday with 37 relatives. Mrs. Dee Shaw suffered a severe heart attack. The Emerson Blodgett and Updyke families visited. Dean and Gary Paesens had tonsils removed.
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Vaness Cook Home
Don Cook
Bath
Myrtle Glass
Emma Perry
Kenneth Renner
Stuart Graham
Charles Hull
Nancy
Africa
Janet Garver
Brown Corners
G. Birdsal
Nancy Wall
Metropolitan Airport
United Brethren Mission
Burys Strong
Clarence Gee
Jackson Logan
Leo Barton
Union Lake
Dick Moore
Era Moore
Seidell
Columbus
Ohio
Wilbur Coffman
Spencerville
Arlo Barber
Arlo
Pon Wallace
Alma Hospital
Don
Farwell Health Club
Leo Embreys
Lake Thirteen
Jerry Jones
Navy
Claude Fordyce
Farwell
Nellie Fordyce
Elton
Dee Shaw
Emerson Blodgett
Sherman City
Warry Hoffman
Glenn Updyke
Detroit
George Updykes
Frankfort
Grover Updyke Sr
Arnold Thompson
Frank Thompson
Dean
Gary Paesens
Kerwin Paesens
O.K
Crowley
Barryton
Myrtle Buskard
Homer Rodgers
Methodist Church Services and Missionary Guest Speaker
The regular Methodist services will be at the usual hour next Sunday. The September W. 8S, CL, & meeting is set for 8:00 p.m. Thursday at the Church. Grave Bible Fellowship meets at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Dale Richardson home with Pastor Groeneveld leading a Soul Winning Bible topic. Miss Mary Koeinrath of Clare, back from Colombia, speaks at Missionary Church on Sunday September 10. Several local visitors and guests are noted among families and friends.
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Grave Bible Fellowship
Dale Richardson
Groeneveld
Mary Koeinrath
Clare
Farwell Welcomes Dutch Exchange Student Pierre Vergonet
Pierre Vergonet from Sneek Holland arrives in Farwell as the Farwell Woman's Club sponsored exchange student. He will live with the Raymond Agle family and attend Farwell High School as a senior, after arriving August 27 at Detroit Metropolitan Airport.
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Farwell
Pierre Vergonet
Sneek Holland
Farwell Woman’s Club
Pierre
Roclf Vergonet
Park Staat 11
Sneek
Friesland
Holland
Raymond Agle
Farwell High School
Metropolitan
Detroit
Agle
America
Densley
The W Walkers Tour The East
Mr and Mrs Winston Walker and family have returned from a 10 day vacation. They spent four days with Jean Cohen in Northampton Massachusetts then toured Taconic Park Catskill Mountains Allegheny and Berkshire mountains. They visited Mary Howard in Pennsylvania crossed the Peace Bridge and toured a Secret Cavern in New York State with colored underground waterfalls.
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Winston Walker
Massachusetts
Jean Cohen
Northampton
Taconic State Park
Catskill Mountains
Allegheny
Berkshire Mountains
Mary Howard
Pennsylania
Peace Bridge
New York State
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Mrs. Lois Birds All
Dan Reardon
Ponta
Wilbur Fletcher
Lawrence Randwell
Tewart
Womans Club
Dole
Hawk’s Fresh
Dubuque
Packag
Ruby Bee
Hills Bros
Hart Tomato Juice
Bridgeport
The
W. Walkers
East
Auld Lang Syne
Tarweil
Mary Barlow
Gladys Wolven
Elder Beavers
Bettie Marotzke
Joanne Wilcox
Tyone Gorr
Joyce van Nostrand
Bobbie van Nostrand
Sheryl VanNostrand
Christine King
St. Louis
Leona Rowe Baker
Iena Rowe Maston
Michigan
Jén
Genesee
Clare, Michigan
Sentinel
U.S.A
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