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Newspaper
Mount Pleasant Times
Location
Mount Pleasant, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1926
Page
4
Riverdale residents visit relatives in St Louis and Chicago while others travel to Alma Grand Rapids and Cedar Lake. Aged Prescott Varnum Civil War veteran dies at Petoskey with funeral in Riverdale.
The Coe area groups hosted visits Sunday with the Leonards and Latimers at Harold Leonard’s home. G J Vroman and family at Wm Avker’s. Floyd Packer and family entertained Artie Taylor and others. William Reed Bohannan and Russel Teegarden joined the wedding of Freda Louise Acker to William Kirk Swan at the bride’s home, with a dinner for eighteen before they departed to Bay City. Arda Vroman visits grandparents Mr and Mrs Wm Acker for the week.
Local residents including Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Allen of New York and visitors from Mt. Pleasant Brampton Bakersfield and John Moore home in Walton Corners. A death report for Herbert Maybee of Bakersfield Cal is received. The rest is editorial chatter and advertising copy about travel, forgiveness, law, weather, and a service ad.
A dense local social scene covers visits and gatherings across Millbrook, Remus, Barryton, and surrounding areas. Notables include Mr and Mrs Jacob Aulbach hosting, Joe Douglas visiting Andrew Heath's, and Dr J Smith expected for a Sunday stay.
Isabella County Road Commissioners held a regular session at the courthouse in Mt Pleasant on May 1 1926. Chairman Charles R Converse and member E B Glass attended. Minutes of the prior meeting were approved and vouchers 134 to 148 were authorized for payment. A petition from Blanchard merchants asking for Main Street road work was read. motion to accept the petition and have the engineer report costs was carried.
The Isabella county road commissioners approve a 1000 dollar per mile funding scheme to speed road construction in Nottawa Gilmore Sherman Vernon and Trabella townships. Projects include 3 miles in Nottawa 4 miles in Gilmore 3 miles in Sherman and 2 4 and 2 mile segments in Vernon and Gilmore with lines set to connect sections and townships. Minutes note no protests, vouchers 149 to 178 approved, meeting adjourned by C R Converse and E B Glass.
A concise note frames a dynamic cycle from short to second to first as the main thrill. It praises a successful figure while urging him to step forward and deliver a speech.
Forest Hill and nearby towns report extended visits and travels. Ardella Far visits relatives in Muske gon. Thelma Post, teaching in Vicksburg, spends summer with her parents. Noble Wolf visits Mt. Pleasant. Ernest Wells moves family to St. Louis. George Von Thurn visits relatives in Ohio. Dale Hamilton seen with State Journal carriers in Lansing. Mrs. B Hamilton returns from two weeks with relatives in Flint and Saginaw. John and Bert Towersey host visitors from Ohio Winn Blanchard and St Louis. James Towersey on the sick list.
James Peak from Saginaw visited his parents Mr and Mrs E E Peak and sister Mrs Helen Fairchild. The Blough school reunion drew Carl ton Burkett and family to Clinton. Viola Shults visited Mrs E H Doty, and Clarence Myers with his daughter and mother visited the N E Doty home in Sunny.
Andrew Cerneck and family are driving a closed car. Marshall Nichols of Alma spent Wednesday with Cecil Miller. Roy Allen is driving a new car. Visitors at Fred Miller home Sunday included Mr and Mrs Rendel Kniffen and Christopher Miller of Mt. Carmel.
Pleasant Mise Viola Chivington and Floyd Snyder with companions from Mt. Pleasant noted in attendance. Rendel Kniffen suffers inflammation in his hand from a small sore during the period.
South Lincoln residents attended the funeral of Prescott Varnum at Strickland Baptist Church on Sunday. Treva Keep of Lansing stayed with her uncle Uri Hungerford. Mary Duffy, ill, shows slow improvement. Hungerford drove to Mt. Pleasant Friday and back with a new car. Frank Myers, employed in Alma, visited Uri Hungerford’s home. Due to ill health Will Hamilton sold his team and leased his farm to Elton and Jesse Willoughby.
Fremont residents report visits and gatherings. Wonsey family members travel to Flint last week. Mrs. Mark Young visits her parents. Mrs. Hetherington and Mrs. Gound visit sister. George Wonsey recovers from a recent auto accident. Thelma Edwin and Wilma Tomlinson visit grandparents. A shower at the Hetherington home honors Mr. and Mrs. Mark Young.
Taylor Corners residents host Ed Sargent plus Lenten Durfee families from Chicago and Jackson. Edward Kennedy returns from Toledo for weekend. Bryan Ohio visitors stay with Smiths. Fultz Pontiak family alumni gathering at Shepherd. Grandparents visited by Chaney Bates and others. Gilmore family with baby at Lakeview.
Donald Tynan has mumps. Mrs. Ella Matthews of Detroit and Mrs. R. Wadley of Alma visit Mrs. Irene Decker. Mr. and Mrs. A. Ingram call on the W. Tynans. James Dexter returns from Wisconsin. Tom Parker visits the Tynans. Chas. Tynan in Riverdale. W. Carroll visits relatives in Nova Scotia. Genevieve Carroll returns from Tawas City and Lorraine from Grand Rapids.
Mr and Mrs Edward Andhlum, in Saginaw the past days, returned home Friday evening. Minnie Miller visited Minnie McQueen Friday afternoon. George and Carl McQueen of Lansing spent the weekend here. Floyd McQueen accompanied them home Sunday evening. Mrs Ethel Carnes of Lansing visited her sister Mrs Ed Decker and returned home Sunday evening. Birds of a feather knock together.
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