Local Social News From Mt Pleasant and Nearby
Mr and Mrs Harold Powers of Mt Pleasant were dinner guests as Mr Powers prepares to enter Northwestern University in Chicago Mrs Kune Hammerburg hosted a Tuesday lunch and bridge club at Mrs L Gleason s home Two tables played with Mrs Clayton Neff taking high and Mrs John Keschman second Mrs Roy Harter hosted the Dollar club with Mrs Leon Casner a guest Three tables of pepper followed the business session with prizes to Mrs Earl Ruby high score Mrs Edwin Lovett low and Mrs Harold Loomis traveler Meeting adjourned to meet with Mrs John Schultz on October 4
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Powers
Mt. Pleasant
Paul Lowrey
Chicago
Powers
Northwestern University
Kune Hammerburg
Roy Harter
Dollar Club
Leon Casner
Earl Ruby
Edwin Lovett
Harold Loomis
John Schultz
Dorothy Telder Toasted At Twin Pre-Nuptial Showers
Miss Dorothy Telder was guest of honor at two prenuptial showers honoring her upcoming marriage to Lewis Waddington of Farwell. Fern Pitts hosted at the Waddingtons home with about thirty relatives attending including the Telder family from Clare. The Brooks home hosted a second shower with around forty friends, a luncheon, and many gifts for the bride to be.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Telder
Lewis Waddington
Farwell
Fern Pitts
John Waddington
Clare
A. D. Telcer
Virginia
Charles Brooks
Ruth Gardner
Brooks
Telcer
Bouchey Couple Celebrate 67th Wedding Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Bouchey of Saginaw marked their 67th wedding anniversary at daughter Mrs. Bert Bowers home in Rose Bush. Family attendance included Albert Bouchey of Portland Oregon Gilbert of Ithaca Claude of Saginaw Mrs. John Waddington of Farwell and Jack of Clare. A chicken dinner and a large wedding cake highlighted the event. They were married September 1 1872.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert Bouchey
Saginaw
Bert Bowers
Rosebush
Bouchey
Albert Bouchey
Portland
Oregon
Gilbert
Ithaca
Claude
John Waddington
Farwell
Jack
Clare
Dorothy Telder Weds Lewis Waddington at Baptist Church
The ceremony took place Friday evening September 1 at 8:30 in Farwell with Rev. Telder presiding. Dorothy Telder daughter of Rev. and Mrs. A D Telder married Lewis Waddington son of Mr and Mrs John Waddington. The couple exchanged vows before palms and flowers. Wedding party included Virginia Telder and Kenneth Telder as attendants, with ring bearer Jimmy Linkfield and flower girl Marion Linkfield. A reception followed at the church dining room and out of town guests joined the celebration. The newlyweds plan a brief northern honeymoon before returning home after September 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Church
Dorothy Telder
A. D. Telder
Lewis Waddington
John Waddington
Falwell
Ruth Gardner
Chas
Brooks
Miss Telcher
Virginia Telder
Waddington
Kenneth Telder
Jimmy Linkfield
Grand Rapids
Marion Linkfield
Hone
Farwell
William Hazlett
C. K. Linkfield
Miller Pitts
Gilbert Waddington
Loomis
Brown Puellac Club Demonstrates Breakfast Menu
The Brown Puellac Food Preparation club met at leader Coloma Leitner's home for a 4:30 p.m. Tuesday demonstration breakfast. Fifteen girls cooked and served, inviting their mothers as guests. attendees included Louise Shafer Joyce Conklin and several local home economics teachers and Mrs. Edith Black and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown Puellac
Coloma Leitner
Louise Shafer
Joyce Conklin
Clare
Edith Black
Aletha Garver
Emma Lower
Vesta Lower
Mildred Town
Ladies Guild Holds Meeting at Murdock Home
The Ladies Guild gathered at Mrs. Frank Murdock's home with Mrs. Jay Hansen co host. President Mrs. Glen Lloyd led the business session as plans were finalized for a rummage sale on the 15th and 16th with Mrs. Annie Rogers named chair. The next meeting is set for September 20 at Mrs. James McKay's cottage at Loon Lake with transport help available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Murdock
Jay Hansen
Glen Lloyd
Annie Rogers
James McKay
Loon Lake
Albert Dawe
Stanley Masten
SHU Try and Clare Sentinel Liner Next Week
SHU Try and Clare Sentinel liner features a forthcoming event next week with sharp focus on the teams and venues involved. The notice highlights local interest and engagement around the upcoming schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Try & Clare Sentinel
Donna Leitner Weds Enos Wayne in Clare nuptials
A formal wedding at the bride’s home in Clare united Miss Donna Leitner and Enos Wayne on Thursday evening August 31. Rev. B R Town led the ring ceremony and a buffet reception followed for twenty five guests. The couple plans life together as he works at Larry Brothers Clothing. she is a Clare High School graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Lower
Clare
Donna Leitner
Enos Wayne
E. Wayne
St. Louis
B R. Town
Hster
Michel
Frances Wayne
Coloma Leitner
Florence Wayne
Jesse Newman, Jr
St. Louis High School
Larry Brothers Clothing Store
Clare High School
Coloma
J. A. Leitner
Beaverton
J. C. Newman
Josie
Jesse Newman
Frank Sweeney
Dorothy
Mt. Pleasant
Ester
Ethel
Florence
Frances
Betty “Wayne
Irene Kaul and Russell Gregg Wed in Sunday ceremony
Miss Irene Kaul daughter of Harry Kaul and Russell Gregg son of Mr and Mrs James Gregg exchanged sacred vows Sunday at 2:00 pm in Rev Charles Kleinhardt home with ring service. Attendants were Mrs Irene Gerow and Harry Gregg. After a chicken dinner at the groom’s home they left for a motor trip in the Upper Peninsula and will live on the Sheridan township farm with his parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irene Kaul
Harry. Kaul
Russell Gregg
James Gregg
Charles Kleinhardt
Irene Gerow
Harry Gree
Harber
Upper Peninsula
Sheridan Township
Legion Auxiliary to Install 1940 Officers Next Week
Gladwin American Legion Auxiliary Unit will hold its Installation of 1940 Officers next Thursday evening. Past District President Adelaide C. Wylie will conduct the ceremony. Clare Unit members may call Mrs. Wylie to arrange attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladwin American Legion Auxiliary
Adelaide C. Wylie
Clare
Wylie
Popular Young Couple United at Pretty Ceremony
Miss Bernice Slinglend and John Watson wed at the Methodist parsonage Friday evening September 1 at 8 o'clock. Rev. Jas A. Rogers officiated with Miss Maxine Cornell as bridesmaid and Warren Watson as best man. The couple will reside with the groom's parents after a brief honeymoon. Mrs. Watson is a Farwell High School alumna. Mr. Watson, Clare High School 1936 graduate, attended Central State Teachers College and Michigan State, now in the Clare produce business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernice Slinglend
Ben Slinglend
Farwell
John Watson
Charles Tord
Jas A. Rogers
Maxine Cornell
Warren Watson
Elm Grove Extension Group Hosts Third Annual Picnic
About thirty people including Elm Grove Extension Group members and families met at Advance Grange Hall on Thursday morning August 31 to join chairwoman Mrs Bruce Williams for a summer picnic at her Houghton Lake cottage. A chicken dinner with ice cream and cake followed, water sports entertained guests, and they viewed Johnson's albino deer before returning home at dusk. Extension lessons will resume in about two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elm Grove Wxtension Lothing Group
Advance Grange Hall
Bruce Williams
Houghton Lake
Johnson’s
Williams
Clara Rebekahs Hold First Post Vacation Meeting
Clara Rebekahs Lodge met at the Hall Tuesday evening for the first gathering after summer break. Noble Grand Mrs. Minnie Wilkie presided as plans were set for birthday suppers in July August and September next Tuesday evening. Readings by Mrs. Henrietta Smith Mrs. Rebecca Abbott and Mrs. Millie Bostian entertained. Mrs. Fannie Schultz shared a trip to Kansas City Missouri for her sister. Two guess boxes were presented by Fannie and Marguerite Byha with Mrs. Etta Howard selecting the correct winners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Rebekahs Lodge
Minnie Wilkie
Noble Grand
Henrietta Smith
Rebecca Abbott
Millie Bostian
Fannie Schultz
Kansas City
Fannie
Marguerite Byha
Etta Howard
Mrs Theo Bowler Honored at Dessert Bridge Event
Mrs Clayton Neff Mrs Leo Brown and Mrs John Keschman hosted a dessert bridge for Mrs Theodore Bowler at Mrs Neff s Wheaton Ave home. Five tables played with Mrs Harold Jones winning high score and Mrs Harold Fleming second. Mrs Bowler received several gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton Neff
Leo Brown
John Keschman
Theodore Bowler
Neff
Wheaton Ave
Harold Jones
Harold Fleming
Bowler
Holwitt and Grace L Gagnon Unite in Methodist Ceremony
Holwitt of Temple and Grace L Gagnon of Evart wed Thursday August 31 at the Methodist church with Rev T A Rogers presiding. Attendants were Mr and Mrs E Burns of Temple.
Walter H Larman Squadron Hosts First Rifle Match
Last Saturday morning Walter H Larman Squadron No 1228 Sons of the American Legion held a rifle match at Dunlop farm. Two officers supervised and scored the event using Sporting Arms targets at sixty feet with two five shot rounds. Donald Dunlop led with twenty nine points, followed by Eugene Maxwell Dean Mance Alexander A Wylie and Wilbur Ireland Jr. The top four scores were named and the next meeting will install officers in a triple installation around early October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter H. Larman
Sons of the American Legion
Dunlop Farm
Sporting
Donald Dunlop
Eugene Maxwell
Dean Mance
Alexander A. Wylie
Wilbur Ireland, Jr
Library Notes on Borrowed Time and Ararat
Library notes highlight Lawrence Edward Watkin's On Borrowed Time a popular fantasy about an old man his grandson, grandmother and death. Saint Exupery's Wind Sand and Stars is July book of the month, an aviation tale praised for beauty and adventure. Ararat by Elgin Glaseclase is a historical novel set near the Black and Caspian Seas about intrigue and romance with a refuge on Mount Ararat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Edward Watkin
New Yorker
Harvard
Antoine de Saint Exupery
Saint Exupery
Lloyd C. Douglas
Jas Dilton
London
Hollywood
Ararat
Elgin Glaseclase
Washington
Black and Caspian Seas
Ai Young Rusd
Ian Arty
Noah
Mt. Ararat
Richardson Family Reunion At Bath Michigan
Clare relatives join the Richardson reunion hosted by Roy Reed at his Bath Michigan home on Sunday September 3. Fifty three attendees enjoyed a noon chicken dinner. Ed Richardson of Hamilton Indiana was reelected president and oldest attendee. Mrs Roy Reed was reelected secretary and treasurer. Attendees from Indiana and Michigan include Edward and Waldo Richardson, Richard Pfannes and daughter, Willis Richardson and four daughters and mother, Frank Walters, Chas Bodkins and daughter Helen with Ward Feighner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richardson
Roy Reed
Bath
Michigan
Ed. Richardson
Hamilton
Indiana
Treaurer
Clare
Edward Richardson
Waldo Richardson
Richard Pfannes
Willis Richardson
Frank Walters
Chas. Bodkins
Helen
Ward Feighner
Sparbel Family Reunion At Arnold Lake
Mrs J Sparbel hosted a large reunion at Arnold Lake on Sunday September 3 with family and guests. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Janes Lyons of Midland, Mr and Mrs Robert Sparbel and others from Clare Big Rapids and Lansing. A pot luck dinner and boat activities marked the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. ©. Sparbel
Arnold Lake
Janes Lyons
Midland
Robert Sparbel
Warren Sparbel
Laura Pederseéti
Lansing
G. H. Thompson
Dickié
Marie Pedersen
Big Rapids
Paul Mancé
Norman Maxwell
Laurie Woodward
Laurene
John Woodward
Doris Sparbel
Clare
Devil's Cauldron plays cruel on Banff ninth hole tale
At Banff Springs Golf, the short eighth known as the Devil's Cauldron sits by a lake where a Manitou legend says the first drive must be offered as tribute. Five years ago Donald Deyell, then hotel chief clerk, barely missed the ace after a first drive into the lake and a second into the cup.
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Banff Springs
Manitou
Rockies
Donald Deyell
Limited Texas and Louisiana Salt Domes Produce Most Sulphur
Freeport Sulphur notes that out of over 300 salt domes in Texas and Louisiana only 11 have proven commercially useful for sulphur. Of those, seven domes currently operate and account for nearly one third of the world’s sulphur output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Louisiana
Freeport Sulphur Company
Americans Spend Most Travel Money in England
The commerce department reports American travelers spent 130 million dollars on Europe last year with the United Kingdom receiving 35 million. Germany France and Italy followed in expenditure shares while no other country exceeded four percent of total spending. Sweden Netherlands Switzerland Ireland Norway and Poland also received sizable amounts.
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Washington
United States
Department of Commerce
Europe
United Kingdom
Germany
France
Italy
Sweden
Netherlands
Switzerland
Ireland
Norway
Poland
Nine Lives of a Cat Edition Traced to Ancient Beliefs
The saying that a cat has nine lives stems from old superstitions about evil spirits inhabiting animals, especially black cats, and witches wielding the form of a cat nine times. Ancient Egypt references the cat-headed goddess Bastet as a mother figure associated with witches and nine lives.
Reel origins traced from ancient references to modern notes
The piece notes the reel's murky origin with early mentions in The Art of Angling of 1651 and its earlier hint in 1496 The Boke of St Albans. It cites Bark er 1657 and describes the wind device noted in 1651. It also recounts the name change of U S president Woodrow Wilson in 1881 as explained by Ray Stannard Baker.
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Grigil
T. Barker
St. Albans
Barker
Wilson
Woodrow Wilson
Ray Stannard Baker
Tommy
Tom
T. Wilson
Thomas T. Wilson
T. W. Wilson
T. Woodrow Wilson
Thomases
New Word Googol Entrenches Public Debt Talk
Columbia University reports the coining of a new word googol to describe public debt. The term means a number beginning with i and followed by 100 ciphers, highlighting vast financial figures in scholarly discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia University
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Howard W. Jones
Mgr
Ladies Guild
Murdock
Collins
Mr. Weist
Detroit
Ath ST
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Elm Grove
Clara Rebekahs
Theo Bowler
A. L
Dean Manee
Aliexander
A. Wylie
Library Notes
Sparbel
England
Roy E. Cimmerer
Clare, Midh
Lax
Fletchers Castoria
Meades Pablum
Krushen
Hinds
Lic
Bayes’ Bakery
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