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Newspaper
Mount Pleasant Times
Location
Mount Pleasant, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1926
Page
13
Local residents and visitors are listed in this page of social updates. Names include Weidman Chas Rathburn, John Ritchie, Ray Forbes, Chas Pridgeon, and many others. Travels reference visits to Big Rapids Clare Harrison City Detroit and Lansing.
The Presbyterian church, led by Minister C. B. Hawkins, announces the last service before August closure. Sermon titled The Quest in the Wilderness followed by Sunday school at 11 45. Hawkins will vacation with his family in Benzonia for a few weeks.
A schedule notes a drop in hours from 2 to 4 o'clock with an open invitation for all residents and visitors to attend and explore offerings.
Sunday schedule shows 10:00 a.m. Sunday school and 11:00 a.m. preaching at Chippewa township church located 1 1 2 miles south and 4 miles east of Mt Pleasant. First Baptist Henry Morgan minister offers 10:30 a.m. worship 11:45 Bible school 6:00 B Y P U 7:00 evening worship at 212 E Broadway upstairs. Church of God 212 E Broadway 10:30 Sunday school 11:30 services 6:80 Young People 7:80 preaching and Wednesday prayer at 7:80. All invited.
G W Cappy pastor of the church at 922 North Lansing invites all to Sunday school at 10 a m preaching at 11 a m and 7 45 p m. A prayer meeting is set for Thursday evening at 7 30.
The funeral of Bertha Brooks was conducted at the Sherman City church on Thursday afternoon. Various local residents were noted visiting relatives and friends, including Emma Allen staying with Sarah Bellows, and travel between Detroit and Lansing links in a busy weekend.
Howard Carroll and family from Lansing spent several days here with relatives. Tolene Hummel vacationing with Mrs. Carl Rhode. Dorothy Williams returned from Lansing after a two week visit. Several couples and individuals attended a community meeting at the hall. Mrs. Mayd Miller and two sons visited with Mrs. Will Shaw. Mrs. Chet Bailey of Remus visiting her daughter. Delbert Packard of Ann Arbor spent two weeks with his parents. Jackson visitors stayed at the Wm Shaw home and toured Blue Lake. Mrs. Howland of Grand Rapids visiting Mrs. Lawrence Lovell. It can be proved without insurance statistics that careful drivers live longer.
Pastor Ledford prepares for a four Sunday vacation with preaching duties shifted to substitute ministers. Dr. F Goodrich of Albion College preaches August 1. Ledford to fill pulpits in Knoxville Tennessee August 1 and 22 with a Smokey Mountains broadcast. He resumes August 29.
A Hereford cow slaughtered in Kansas City Kansas yielded unusual stomach contents. Items included eight brass shotgun shell caps, fourteen pistol cartridges, ten nails, a wire piece, a saw blade fragment, and scraps of brass, iron and steel weighing about one and a quarter pounds. The animal was healthy and had government approval before slaughter.
Church of Christ led by Pastor L. G. Blood invites attendance at Bible school 10:00, communion and morning worship 11:00, and evening evangelistic services at 8:00 with Samuel Bishop Pack as evangelist and Miss Trena Zinn as soloist. Young people meet at 6:45. Residence 415 S Lansing.
A group from Clare and Mt Pleasant spent the weekend at Evanlake and the home of Mrs. E B Cheadle. George Hess remains very ill. Charles Bellows, long illness, died Tuesday at his daughter's home.
Lutheran Church K led by Pastor Baumann schedules services at 10 a m in Mt Pleasant and 3 p m in Leaton marking a day of worship.
The First Church of Christ Scientist holds Sunday services at 10 30 with Sunday school at 11 45 and a Wednesday testimonial service at 7 45. A reading room is on the side entrance corner South Normal and Wisconsin streets, open Mondays Wednesdays and Saturdays.
East Lansing July 22 Michigan's finest farm teams winners of 1925 contests will vie for the state championship during Farmers Day at Michigan State College on July 30 The Vanderbeck team of Alma holds the state record at 2875 pounds while Allen Haskins team of Ionia stands second at 2800 pounds Both outfits are expected to weigh around 3500 to 3700 pounds with a $30 purse posted by the Ionia Free Fair management An exhibition of MSC military officers riding will accompany the program and the day includes inspections, a noon basket picnic, and a campus tree meeting
Night sessions left the House of Commons exhausted after 2 a.m. and the Smoke Abatement Bill was passed without discussion or members’ knowledge. Prime Minister Baldwin urged cancelling the vote so proper consideration could follow in a later session.
A gentleman farmer faces a strange quarrel over a senator’s right to hold a seat, while a farmer notes financial losses mirror common trials. A remark on inspiration and success ends with a wry word on whiskers and merit.
A quotation questions self perception as a man considers how a barbering choice might alter his appearance. The line implies vanity and identity tied to grooming.
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