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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1960
Page
16
Farwell PTA promotes broader PTA participation with a membership drive offering 50 cents per year. A Get Acquainted Dinner is planned in the high school gym on September 19, with tickets at 1.50 each. Mary Ashley chairs the ticket committee and hopes 200 attendees.
The George Davison Reunion gathered about 50 relatives on Kap plinger Dr hosted by Mr. and Mrs. George Davison. Attendees included Mrs. Alvira Rain of Higgins Lake, Mrs. Sherwood Wing of Lansing, and relatives from Ovid Port Huron Lansing Higgins Lake Farwell. Terry Lynn Davison S/ A home from Great Lakes after a serious car accident, a Blue Jacket Choir member, was present for the first time since hospitalization. Pot luck dinner on the lawn featured visiting and photo taking. this was the first reunion in five years.
The Woman's Society of Christ ian Service at Farwell Methodist met sept 1 with Gertrude Scott presiding. A rummage sale for October projects was announced and a family night supper planned for Sept 15. Mamie Baird, a missionary, spoke on 26 years in Cortez Central Mexico with slides of churches schools and homes.
A big crowd lined Main Street in Farwell by 9 30 amid a colorful parade. Old Timers visitors and residents watched groups with floats representing lodges churches Boy Scouts businesses V F W auxiliary the Farwell Band decorated bikes riding horses a team and road of dogs horse and buggy and more.
Sunday school moves to 9 30 a m and worship to 10 30 a m. Subscribe to Together magazine via Herbert Rice. Farwell Methodist membership meeting September 18 at 2 00 p m with members received September 25. Grace Bible ladies meet 7 00 p m at Mrs Don Cowles home with a missionary talk. Transportation by calling LY 8 2388. Special guest Floyd Baker of Grand Haven speaks at 11 00 a m service and 7 30 p m service next Sunday. Public welcome.
Secretary of State James M. Hare announced all 1960 full year motor vehicle licenses and tabs will be sold at half price starting September 1. The offer covers 1960 passenger car tabs and plates for light commercial vehicles including pickups trailers and motorcycles with heavy trucks over 50 dollars in weight taxes excluded. Hare cited auto dealer discounts and early 1960 car releases from the Detroit show as factors easing registrations and benefiting first time buyers and families purchasing a second car.
A Labor Day gathering at the Grover Updyke residence included Mrs. Updyke’s niece Mrs. Royal Hockey and her husband from Royal Oak with their sons Glenn and Grover Jr. and their families, the Arnold Bringold family, and Gene Blackledge of Loomis. A second event at Lyle Dickson’s home drew relatives from Flint Saginaw Pleasant Rosebush and Buckley for a lawn dinner.
Saturday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Powell enjoyed swimming boating water skiing and a Stevenson Lake picnic. Families and relatives from Jackson Midland Plymouth Florida Saginaw Mt Pleasant and West Branch attended visits and house calls. Mrs. Forest Howell of West Branch took her mother Mrs. Belle Graham home for two weeks as her health shows some improvement.
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