Bridge Club Luncheons and Socials Gather in Local Week
A series of social bridge sessions at Gleason's and at home venues filled the week with high scores and entertaining events. Mrs. John Asling and Mrs. Homer Douglas led in bridge, while Mrs. Quinton Ankrum and Mrs. Charles Jackson topped other games. Guests, refreshments, birthdays, and family gatherings marked the busy schedule with families and neighbors sharing meals and celebrations.
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Gleason's
John. Asling
Homer. Douglas
Stanley Parish
Bridge
Quinton Ankrum
Charles Jackson
F. C. Ware
Leo Brown
Kenneth Borrer
Harold Jones
Eli Fisher
Marjory Bryant
Nina Yarbrough
Pontiac
King's Daughters Hold First Meeting of Season
The Baptist King's Daughters Society met Wednesday afternoon at Mrs. Robert Ryan's home to start the fall season. President Harle Redman led, prayers followed, and members discussed sending Christmas boxes to boys overseas. A nominating committee was appointed for next year's officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist King’s Daughters Society
Robert Ryan
C. N. Roberts
Owensville
Indiana
Harle Redman
Roberts
Roy Kinsey
Ryan
Carl Chaplin
Alfred Cookson
Society
Mary Gilmore
Exports Gold Dominates Nicaragua Trade in 1940
In 1940 more than 60 percent of Nicaragua exports were bar gold and gold bullion, reflecting a heavy reliance on precious metals in the national trade balance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicaragua
Study Club to Open Fall Season With Luncheon
The Clare Study Club will hold its first fall meeting at Mrs. Gleason's on Tuesday September 12. A luncheon at 1:00 pm will be followed by a short program. Telephone reservations to Mrs. Fred Goodman.
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Clare Study
W.S.C.S. and Circle Announce Their Meetings
The Woman's Society of Christian Service opens the season with a 1:00 pm meeting at the church on Wednesday September 13 followed by luncheon and program led by president Mrs Mulder. The Susannah Wesley Circle meets September 14 at 1:00 pm with Mrs May Chaffee. Mrs Wm Garchow will give a book review.
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Woman's Society of Christian Service
Mulder
Susannah Wesley
May Chaffee
Wm. Garchow
Rebekahs Resume Meetings Plan September Anniversary
Twenty five members of the Clara Rebekah Lodge met in their hall on Tuesday evening after summer vacation with Mrs. Mary Mussell presiding. The Soldiers Prayer ceremony was given at nine. A proclamation from the Assembly President urged observing the Rebekah Anniversary near September 20. Plans were made for October assembly in Flint. A jewel gift for Mrs Betta Howard was approved in preparation for the Decoration of Chivalry. Assembly President Mrs Zetta Timpson of Detroit will attend. A birthday supper followed hosted by Mrs Carrie Green Mrs Corinne Hartman Mrs Crystal Walter and Mrs Mussell. Several members had birthdays but were absent.
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Rebekahs
Clara Rebekah Lodge
Mary Mussell
Assembly
Rebekah Assembly
Flint
Betta Howard
Zetta Timpson
Detroit
Carrie Green
Corinne Hartman
Crystal Walter
Mussell
Red Cross Call to Make Surgical Dressings
Local Red Cross invites volunteers to the John Stough home each Tuesday afternoon to assemble surgical dressings for servicemen. Those who cannot spare a full afternoon may give an hour, with each dressing aiding a soldier serving abroad. The appeal urges citizens to do their bit on the home front.
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Red Cross
John Stough
In Service of Their Country
Military update listing sailors and soldiers with new addresses. Lyle LaVoye 2/c N.A.A.S. Fentress Norfolk VA Lt. Bryon L. Gibbs Camp Crowder MO Pvt. Max Howard 36955808 11th Armored Div Camp Cooke CA Nelson P Williams S 2/c U.S.N.A.S. Santa Ana CA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyle LaVoye
N.A.A
S. Fentress
Norfolk
Bryon L. Gibbs
Camp Crowder, Mo
Pvt
Max Howard
11Th Armored Div
Camp Cooke
Calif
New Addresses for Military Personnel Listed
Cpl. J. R. Glass receives a new address at 364-22979 786th Ord Co APO 450 Camp Cooke California. Paul E. Archbold S 2/c renamed Paul H. Archbold 8 2/c Operations Boat Div Quonset Point Rhode Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Glass
Cpl. J. R. Glass
Ord. Co
G.M
APO
Camp Cooke
Calif
Paul E. Archbold
Paul H. Archbold
Operations Boat
Quonset Point N
A. S
Phode Island
Soldiers Receive New Addresses
Pfc. Herbert Shilling announces a new address at Jefferson Barracks Missouri while Pvt. Herbert Shilling and Wm. J. Archambault update their postings. Archambault lists Memphis Tennessee as part of his unit details at NATTC.
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Herbert Shilling
Pic
Has. Co
Jefferson Barracks
Wm. J. Archambault
N.A.T.T.C
Memphis
Tenn
Bouchey Pfc Clifton E listed at Camp Shelby Hospital
Pfc Clifton E Bouchey 36404511 of the Med Dept is stationed at Station Hospital Camp Shelby Mississippi with a new address on file.
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Clifton E. Bouchey
Med. Dept
Bks
Station Hospital
Camp Shelby
Miss
Two Soldiers on Furlough Return to Nearest Kin
George D. Graham a 2/c seaman is visiting his grandparents Mr and Mrs Walter Smedley of Farwell and other relatives during a ten day furlough. Pfc John Owen King has returned after two years in the Aleutians and is on a thirty day furlough with his parents Mr and Mrs John King of Lake George.
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George D. Graham
Seaman Graham
Walter Smedley
Farwell
John Owen King
King
Aleutians
John King
Lake George
Family honors Pfc Floyd Callihan Jr before overseas duty
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Callihan entertained relatives at a Sunday gathering to honor their son Pfc Floyd Callihan Jr who plans to go overseas soon. All of his brothers and sisters and families were present for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Callihan
Cpl
Floyd Callihan, Jr
East Seventh Street
James Callihan
Charles Callihan
Detroit
Frank Ingraham
Grand Rapids
Ruth Callihan
Coleman
Elton Mogg
Ralph Irwin
Pfc
Floyd, Jr
S/Sgt. Elmo E. Siel Returns Home on Brief Leave
S/Sgt. Elmo E. Siel arrives home Tuesday for a two day furlough from Camp Rucker Alabama. He is accompanied by his Kalamazoo wife and visited by his parents Mr. and Mrs J W Siel along with other relatives and friends.
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Elmo E. Siel
Siel
J. W. Siel
Kalamazoo
Camp Rucker
Alabama
Furloughed Soldier Estell Dysinger Pie Visits Family
Pfc Estell Dysinger Pie on a twenty seven day furlough from Fort Rosecrans Calif visits his wife from Ann Arbor and his parents Mr and Mrs W D Dysinger and other relatives before returning to Ann Arbor on Thursday August 31st.
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Pfc
Estell Dysinger
Dysinger
Fort Rosecrans
Calif
Ann Arbor
W. D. Dysinger
Young Private Bergey Starts Infantry Basic Training
Pvt Donald Elmer Bergey nineteen year old son of Mr and Mrs Ray Bergey of R-4 Clare arrives at Camp Wolkers Texas Infantry Replacement Center to begin basic training as an Infantryman assigned to a battalion emphasizing rifle training.
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Donald Elmer Bergey
Bergey
Ray Bergey
R-4
Clare
Camp Wolkers
Texas
Infantry Replacement Center
Pfc Joseph P Shaw Receives Combat Infantryman Badge
Pfc. Joseph P Shaw brother of Tilden Shaw of R-1 Clare in the Fourteenth Army Corps in the Southwest Pacific Area earned the Combat Infantryman Badge from Lt. Col. John E H Frick of Ottawa Ohio. Shaw served with Headquarters Fourteenth Air Corps and saw action with the Thirty seventh Division on Bottainville.
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Joseph P. Shaw
Tilden Shaw
R-1
Clare
Fourteenth Army Corps
Southwest Pacific
John EH. Frick
Ottawa
Ohio
Shaw
Fourteenth Air Corps
Bottainville
Furlough Ends for Lt Krell Returning to Florida Base
Lt Max W Krell on a fifteen day furlough to visit parents Mr and Mrs Chris Krell and friends in Florida. He will report back to the Tan pa Florida Third Air Forces Replacement Center on return to duty. Mrs Krell accompanied him home and will stay there for now.
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Max W. Krell
Krell
Fort Myers
Florida
Chris
Tanpa
Third Air Forces Replacement Center
Fort Mysts
Injured Sailor Gerow Transferred to Battle Creek Hospital
Private Gerow, wounded in the left elbow at Attu in the Aleutians, has been moved to Perdy Jones Hospital at Battle Creek. He is now spending two weeks with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Gerow, in Sheridan Township.
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Gerow Pyt Gerow
Battle of Attu
Aleutian Ysland
Perdy Jones Hospital
Battle Greek
Wesley Gerow
Sheridan Township
S/Sgt Reginald J House Arrives Home From Pacific Service
S/Sgt Reginald J House, four years in service, arrived Sunday at his parents home Mr and Mrs George House. He spent forty five months in the Central South and Southwest Pacific and is a veteran of the Pearl Harbor raid and other major engagements.
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Reginald J. House
House
George 5 .House
Central
South
Southwest Pacific
Pearl ‘Harbor
Pvt Robert William Heber Begins Training at Camp Wolters
Pvt Robert William Heber age 23 son of Mr and Mrs Chas Heber of R-4 Harrison arrives at Camp Wolters Texas to begin basic infantry training. He is assigned to a rifle trained battalion with address 36469 539 Co C 68th Infantry Trn Bn Camp Wolters Texas.
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Robert William Heber
Heber
Chas.Heber
R-4
Harrison
Camp Wolters
Texas
Infantry Replacement Training Center
Co. C
68Th Infantry Trn. Bn
Leo T Horseman Returns to AAF Redistribution Station No 2
Leo T Horseman 35 of Clare has arrived at the Army Air Forces Redistribution Station No 2 in Miami Beach after service overseas. He will receive medical and classification evaluation to assign him to the duty best suited for him. Horseman has 30 months of Alaska duty as a truck driver and chemical warfare worker and previously worked as a pumper for Freeman Oil Co.
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Leo T. Horseman
Clare
Continental
United States
Army Air Forces
Miami Beach
AATF
AAF
Alaska
Route 3
The
Freeman Oil Co
Letters From Boys in Service England May 6 1944
Excerpts from two letters written by U S service members in England describe longing for home and a free world. Pvt Harnest G Dargood praises America, notes London’s beauty, and asks family to write back. Pfc A G Esterline recounts arrival, sea voyage, meals, shipboard life, and small comforts like horsehide gloves amid reflections on a year since leaving William & Mary.
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London
U.S
Hagle
Merle Estrline
Pfc
A. G. Esterline
England
Mom
Pop
Scudol
W&m
Letters From Abroad Describe Travel And English Trains
Gene sends a brief update from overseas noting V-Mail letters home, a pen, and letters from before leaving the States. He describes English boxcars as smaller with four wheels, mentions passing through pretty countryside, and recalls interactions with English people and a Red Cross worker. He promises to write as often as possible.
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States
Red Cross
Love
Gene
Soldier writes from France in 1944 letter home
Cpl. Arthur Higgins tells Wes Higgins in Saginaw that he has arrived in France with American troops. He describes cheering crowds, language barriers, a lower French standard of living, fox hole experiences, and receiving peanuts, candy, photos, and mail packets. He notes old money values and war damage seen, and signs off with love.
First Haying Begins With Timely Harvest Stage
A concise guide notes that haying should start with the crop that first reaches the best harvest stage. It emphasizes timing to maximize yield and quality for the season.
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Gleason’s
Chester Wallace
Homer Douglas
Wallace
Richard Hartshorn
John Doherty
Claude Hartman
Ernest Green
Leonel Green
Cleland Green
Kay
Jeff Hartman
Hart Tupper
Batty Jane Knight
Norma Six
Bendon
Lorraine
Sandra Schultz
Joan Marshall
Barbara Johnson
Virginia Bonham
Alma Lee Seiter
R. K. Nutson
Martha Schultz
Owosso
Gordon McIntosh
Hiva Lea
King’s Daughters
W.S.C.S
Circle
Nelson P
Williams
Williams S
U.S.N.A.S
Santa Ana
Pvt. Harnest
G. Dargood
Wesley Higgins
Carrol St
Saginaw
Arthur
P. Higgins
France
Wes
Flora
Ronnie
Fox Hole
Roy E. Cimmerer
Clare, Mid
Fletcher’s
Ampires
Teonmney
Wat
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