Farwell Woman's Club opens season with meeting and plans
The Farwell Woman's Club met Tuesday evening at the Library with President Anna Mae Lockwood hosting. Members reported summer events, resignations of two members were accepted, a golden anniversary gift note was read, and plans for a teachers reception and fund raising were laid out. Committees were named and dues for library entertaining were set at one dollar.
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Farwell Woman's Club
Anna Mae Lockwood
Lockwood
Bell Call
Jessie Grasman
Eleanor DeGeer
Mgr
Ww. 0. Fuller
Genevieve Luce
Alice Bieri
Flora Powell
Jennie Bingham
Velma Reiss
Montre Gee
Treasury
Library Board
Sehool
Ie Monsy
Sungs Sea
Prize Winners at Labor Day Celebration
Departments A through 6 awarded prizes in vegetables fruits and domestic arts. Firsts included James Stanley Donald Cook and Dale Laverty with multiple entries. notable names include Frank Howe Tom Robart Bernard Van Buskirk and Mary Mater among others. Judges were Walter Smedley John Laverty and others.
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James Stanley
Donald Cook
John Oman
Raymond Tigner
Dan Hoover
Bernard van Buskirk
Dale Laverty
Tom Roberts
Carter van Akin
Frank Howe
Horace Fordyce
Chloe Renner
Charles Pulcifer
Bernard VanBuskirk
Frank Keplinger
David Pulcifer
Joe Willey
Donald Timpe
Department H
Tom Robart
George Kapplinger
Lille Saylant
Raymond Tegner
Geo. Kapplinger
J. D. Bellinger
Mary Mater
J. Stanley
Hither Miller
Chico Renter
Edith Shear
Florencé Miser
Noyce Nichols
Leslie Howe
Montré Gée
Walter Smedley
John Laverty
I. Ailyard
Town
Commemorating Napoleon at Paris Arc de Triomphe
The Arc de Triomphe in Paris was completed in 1806 to honor Napoleon Bonaparte. In 1949 German troops marched around the monument instead of beneath it as they entered Paris.
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Paris
Hitlez
Farwell Briefs Mail Train Schedule
Eastern Standard Time updates list the train departure times for Ann Arbor Marquette and surrounding routes. No. 52 south leaves at 10 42 A M and No. 61 north at 2 49 P M while No. 1 west from Marquette is at 2 33 A M and No. 6 east at 3 52 P M.
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Ann Arbor
West
Sid Colosky Funeral at Gilmore Church of Christ
Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday for Sid Colosky of Farwell who died Sunday evening in Clare Hospital after months of illness. Howard L. Krause officiated at Gilmore Church of Christ with interment in Gilmore Cemetery. Arrangements were by Russell Thurston. The life story will be published next week.
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Sid
Jennie Hose
Flint
Vernie Hoses
Minerva Richmond
Ina Davison
Houghton Lake
G. EH. Lamb
Samaritan Hospital
Bay City
Leona Baker
Greenville
Lillian McGinnis
Gus. DisBrow
Traverse City
Harold Lockwood
G. P. Whaley
Ann Arbor
Flora Powell
Dewey Dell
Henry Dell
Hickory
Mich
Joe Hisenhauer
Lansirng
Lincoln
Alpena Fair
Mabel
Skiva
Bol
Henry Skiver
David Wigging
Lyman. Frisbey
Clear Lake
David Wiggins
Robert Irwin
Virginia Wiggins
Midland
D. Wiggins
Church Services At Town Hall Sundays
The Church of Jesus Christ holds meetings at the town hall on Sundays and welcomes all. For those seeking a community with God’s love, visit us. No collections or offerings are taken. Check church notices for service times.
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Church of Jesus Christ
Teams Cancel Sunday Game on Wet Grounds
A scheduled match with Rose bush on Sunday was forfeited due to wet grounds. The two teams will cross bats at the fair this week for a rescheduled game.
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Rosebush
Elaine Hose Injures Arm In Fall In Mount Pleasant
Elaine Hose fell on the sidewalk last week and broke her arm. She was taken to Mt. Pleasant Hospital where Dr Harrigan set the injury and she remained there overnight.
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Elaine Hose
Mt. Pleasant Hospital
Harrigan
Curfew Quiet in Miners Town as Council Enforces Law
Last week the village siren sounded at nine to remind miners that the curfew remains in effect. The Council is strict and streets are empty for under sixteen riders. Parents are held responsible and face penalties for their minors.
Goldfish Color Change Under Natural Conditions
A study notes goldfish bred for bright colors revert to greenish brown when returned to the wild. In some areas wild goldfish are so abundant they are sold as food.
Missing Hessé crown jewels flash from Kronberg theft case
In Frankfurt the Countess Von Hesse and relatives said many Hessé crown jewels remain missing despite a large haul recovered in the United States. The jewels were stolen from Kronberg castle last November and were displayed for identification by guards and royal family members including Princess Sophie and Princes von Hessen.
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Frankfurt
Countess von Hesse
United States
J. W. Durant
WAC
Kathleen B. Nash
Chicago
David F. Watson
Burlingame
Calif
Queen Victoria
Kronberg
Sophie
Greece
Philip von Hessen
Wolfgang von Hessen
Cripple Finds Profit in His Fishing Fly Hobby
Hugh Cooney a former merchant seaman injured in a Seward Alaska dockside accident now makes fishing flies in a Seattle hospital workshop. From six to eight dozen flies daily he supplies about 20 sporting goods stores with orders rolling in assisted by his mother and a hospital buddy.
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Seattle
Hugh Cooney
Seward
Alaska
Cooney
Washington State Fly Club
Marine Hospital
MacArthur Plea for Japan Food Broadcast in Senate Testimony
In testimony on the regular military money bill, Eisenhower quoted General MacArthur in Japan asking for food or soldiers, warning both would be needed if not supplied. The Senate Appropriations Committee restored 150 million dollars to a 500 million budget for government and relief costs in occupied Axis countries.
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MacArthur
Japan
Washington
Congress
Douglas MacArthur
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Supreme Commander
Eisenhower
Army
Senate Appropriations Committee
Senate
Inicense
Ancient Mariner Haunts British Naval Barracks
At St Marys naval barracks in Chatham England guards request doubled posts after reports of a ghost wearing a Lord Nelson era uniform with a wooden leg haunting ramparts at midnight. Officials say acoustics from long corridors beneath the ramparts may explain the eerie sounds as patrols move.
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Chatham
England
St. Mary’s Naval Barracks
Lord Nelson
Pepper Shortage Blamed on War Agencies
John N. Garrett of McCormick and Co. denounces U S agencies handling pepper during the war for causing the current shortage. He says these bodies missed opportunities to bring pepper into the country, using the war and price controls as excuses and ignoring industry suggestions.
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U. S
Baltimore
John N. Garrett
McCormick, and Co., Inc
United States
Western Journey Retired couple recounts cross country trip
Mr. and Mrs. David Schwartz of Glare return from an extensive Westward tour starting August 22 with Mr. and Mrs. Henry Schwartz of Beaverton. They visit Sault Ste. Marie locks Route 28 Marquette and Duluth then Draper South Dakota and Mitchell S.D. They describe farms in Weyland’s 980 acre operation and Draper’s 320 acre sale. The trip covers Nebraska Iowa Illinois Chicago Indiana Michigan Galena and Quinley with notes on historic sites and a Corn Palace.
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David Schwartz
Glare
Henry Schwartz
Beaverton
Sault Ste. Marie
Marquette
Duluth
Minn
Minnesota
Pierre
South Dakota
Draper
Corlis Weyland
Mr. Weyland
Warren Sanborn
Navy
Mitchel, S. D
Henry
David
Nebraska
Sioux City
Iowa
Dubuane
Mississippi
Galena
Grant
DeSoto
Abraham Lincoln
I.C.C.F. Hall
Illinois
Chicago
Indiana
Michigan
Fred Smith
Detroit
Quinley
Reading
A. 8. Jenkins
Farwell Church of God Plans Midweek Prayer Meeting
Cottage prayer meeting of Farwell will join the Clare congregation at their church on Wednesday evening at 7 45.
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Cottage
Farwell
Church Services and Schedule For Farwell and Armstong
The notice lists Sunday School at Farwell with 9:30 a.m. and preaching at 10:45 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints assigns Sunday School at 10:30 a.m. and preaching at 11:36 a.m. Women’s Department meets 2:00 p.m. on the second Wednesday monthly at Mrs Wad dington’s home.
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Church OF Jesus Christ
W. J. LaVolve
Farwell Town Hall
Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ _ of Latter Day Saints
John Armstrong
Women’s Department
John Waddington
Methodist Church Announces Schedule of Services and Events
Reverend Charles Hahn leads with church school at 10 45 studying The Perils of Greed public worship at noon Gideon Society representative will speak and present work choir practice Wednesday 4:00 Bible study and prayer Thursday 8:00 in church parlors public invited
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Gideon Society
Gideons
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Farwell Woman’s Club
Church OF God
Methodist Church
Chas
Hahn
Oe Mae
Lenox
the Trading Post
Neal Joslin
Farwell, Michigan
Detroit Automatic Phonograph
Household Appliances, Inc
Clare Cadillac Mede
S. Mitchell St
Hudson
Clare, Michigan
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