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Newspaper
Mount Pleasant Times
Location
Mount Pleasant, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1926
Page
2
Local residents share visits across Alma, Remus, McBain and Grand Rapids. Highlights include Mrs. Hattie Fields of Louisiana visiting her mother, numerous relatives recalling illness and recovery, a misfortune with a car near town, and school resuming Monday as families carry on season travels and gatherings.
Mrs R G Fisher and daughters Ela and Kathleen returned to Lansing Sunday. Mrs Sarah Dimon visited local friends earlier in the week and plans to winter with the George Taylor family in Gladwin. Mr and Mrs Harry Welsh returned from Canada on Saturday. Verda Cole joined Delmar Watson of East Mt Pleasant at Chippewa Evangelist church Sunday night. George Bays was brought from Howell last week in critical condition and is under care at the Fred Baumgart Home with a Mt Pleasant nurse. Horse pulling contests at the fair draw farmer interest. Mrs James Watson and children attended the Kennedy reunion at the park in Mt Pleasant last week.
The Stacy family baptisms occurred at Comer church Sunday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Raymond McNamara visited with Patrick Carey's family this Sunday. John Myers family and Tillie Caldwell moved from Midland to Lansing last week. Elsie Bufford and Mural Whitney visited Loren James. William Caldwell of Lansing visits here this week. Frank Fedewa host Wednesday visitors including the Maynard Stacy family and Mrs Fedawa from Beal City. Maynard Stacy's family spent Sunday evening at the Niswonger home.
The M. Y. P. S. will meet at the Oren Bellingar home on Friday night September 8. Curiously, several from the neighborhood attended the Bellingar Mull reunion at Island Park Wednesday and family visits continued with members of Curtiss and Bellingar households.
Winn Mrs Inez Kent and children from Lansing visit relatives here. Fay Dill and son Floyd of Lansing join Mr and Mrs John Casler for a weekend. C E Davis attends the Davis reunion at Island Park. Paul Binkley sells his car to Alvin Peacock. L R Hewitt and family spend a week with Arthur Ingersoll near Two Rivers. M L Riggle visits Alma. George Osborn hosts daughter Mrs Cloyd Walden and Detroit family at Crystal Lake. Henry L Smith family and Percy Spicer of Dayton Ohio also part of Sunday gathering. Genevieve Kniffin and Mrs Caldwell with daughter Mable return to Lansing. Tuesday, continuing events.
Various families and individuals are noted in weekend and travel entries. Bruce Croskery and family visit James Croskery in Ionia while Helen Ulam Clara Lentz attend a Sandbrook fair. Other gatherings include Millard Hunt family from Lansing, a New York summer return by Henry Curtiss and son Kendall, Bernie Root buying a truck, Leona Curtiss visiting from New York, and multiple trips to Battle Creek Carson City Crystal Lake Owosso Port land Littlefield Lake Mt. Pleasant Brit and Detroit.
Beal and Mrs Gross welcome Stanley as the newborn son. Local families including Mr and Mrs Vernon Simmer and Mr and Mrs Joseph Laubenthal visited relatives after traveling from Lansing. Grand Rapids visitors and a Marywood reception are noted along with Weidman celebration attendance.
Donald Decker visits Ionia fair and Florence Winzel returns to Saginaw schoolwork after vacation with Ed Angleman and McQueen families. Durand relatives visit, plus Jack Dempsey’s dog kennel life and Chaplin at Hollywood cafes. George E Brennan rails against Prohibition, Senator Smoot’s sleep and golf, Judge Landis and Doumergue habits, and Maude Royden’s Hampstead household.
The world's funniest screen actor Charlie Chaplin is not trained in music yet shows a natural sense of harmony. He plays violin as his favorite but also handles piano cello mandolin and harmonica. He learns tunes quickly and performs popular numbers and classics with his own quaint finesse between scene takes.
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