Farwell Social News Highlights Local Visits and Movements
Farwell residents share weekend visits and travels. Notables include Mrs O Malley and son from Chicago with Mary Leonard. Henry House tenants Salema Smith and her mother. Ira Schofield in Flint. baskets of visits to Mt Pleasant and Bay City. Detroit Ephriam Buckner in town. jury duty for Bay City visitors Madge Lamb and Alice Fuller. Dr Lee Briggs family camping on Bulls Lake. Sid Sherman recovering from illness. Alice Austen from Flint visiting sister. Traversa City couples returning home after two weeks. Francis Bingham home from Saginaw. Chappel family and Moore Town guests. James Stinchcomb and Birmingham visitors. Robert Green and Vera Thompson from Flint. Jack Miller family camping at Right Point Lake. Cyrus Richmond reported ill. Flint residents Kilbourn and Reichard camping nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Bingham
Saginad
Frank Chappel
George Chappel
Earl Morgan
Moore Town
Lester Hatch
Jennie Richmond
Detroit
Familly
Laurie Woodard
Canton
Glen Kilbourn
Flint
Clear Jake
Oral Reichard
Flushing
Mgr
Robert Tweedy
Harry Hanson
Milton Davison- Orville Hunt
Hight Point Lake
Bruce Pelch
Clifford Brasington
Littlefield Lake
Cecil Davison
Elmer Schofield
Lake Orion
Velma Schofield
James Luce
Ollie Ayers
Armstrong
Doris Davison
Vrele
Moa
Bertie Graham
Bert Badger
Mrs. Downing
Grandma Fair
T. E. Fair
Greenwood
George Church
Hebert
Bess Brown
E. W. Brown
Don Hatch
Weekend visitors and relocations dot Flushing and surrounding towns
A roundup of residents visiting from Flint Detroit Lansing and Lake Orion with many plans for moving or camping. Several families travel to Flint for weekends others depart for camps at Island Park Mt. Pleasant and Reed City. Camp Meeting Sunday at Reed City replaces regular services with Dr. Phelps and youth departures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Church
Leroy M. Whitney
Reed City
Dr. Phelps
Carr Family Reunion Held in Saginaw
The Carr reunion took place in Saginaw on July 18 with attendees from the Wright district including C. A. Carr and family S. N. Carr and families Less Carr and Ronald Elton Carr from Millbrook Oren Bellingar and family Winn and others visiting. Sunday visits included Elton Carr in Millbrae and Less Carr at the Wess Shaner home near Gilmore. Mrs John Robinson visited Weidman midweek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carr
Saginaw
C. A. Carr
S. N. Carr
Less Carr
Ronald
Elton Carr
Millbrook
Oren Bellingar
Winn
Millbrack
Elton
Wess Shaner
Gilmore
John Robinson
Weidman
Weekend visitors and guests in Rosebush area
Rosebush Mr and Mrs Melvin Hovey visited Marion for the weekend. Mr and Mrs Guss Zombie, guests for two weeks, left Sunday for Lake City. Earl Brooks of Ann Arbor spent the weekend at home. Little Don Larry moved in with Rev and Mrs Whitney. Miss Scarth of Saginaw visited the Oscar Wiley home over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin Hovey
Marion
Guss Zombie
Lake City
Earl Brooks
Ann Arbor
Don Larry
Rev
Boy Sells Egg Hen Had Not Yet Said
In Silverton Oregon on July 29 a boy entered a meat shop with a hen and a sack of eggs. He asked for payment for one hen and twelve eggs though only eleven eggs were present. The butcher paid for a dozen eggs and the hen, trusting the boy’s confidence. The twelfth egg arrived that afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silverton, Ore
Benjamin Franklin
Local Visitors Stay With Area Families
Mr and Mrs Theodore Love and son from Mr Pleasant visited the Cecil Allen home on Thursday. Orie Sisco from Lansing with Mrs Clara Hess and family came to Geo Hess home for a short stay. Ben Haney and children from Lansing visited C St Johns Saturday. Jesse Lee went to Detroit for a few days and Mrs Lee will return home with him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Love
Mr. Pleasant
Cecil Allen
Orie Sisco
Lansing
Clara Hess
Lyle
Viola Harper
Flint
Geo. Hess
Ben Haney
C. St. Johns
Jesse Lee
Detroit
Lee
Speaking of Improvements at State Fair
A personal column note mentions Glenn Pape and Dave Cooks daughter returning from Albion and Olivet colleges for summer. The speaker recounts visitors and hints at improvements at the State Fair including the Agricultural Building exhibits a horse show and a DePalma auto race. The speaker jokes about moving the two colleges closer together as a major improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Pape
Dave Cook
Albion
Olivet Colleges
Joe
Ralph DePalma
Local social notes from Sherman City and nearby towns
Mrs Eva Gray and children spent a Friday with Mrs D Huff near Sherman City. Mr and Mrs James Sisco and Mr and Mrs Rex Allen fished at Town Line Lake on Wednesday. Miss Ethel St John visited Bertha Bellows last week. Miss Ozema Allen and Allen Navarre visited Mt Pleasant Friday. Mr and Mrs Norton Greenhoe and daughter and Mr and Mrs Bill Whitelock of Ionia spent the weekend with Mrs Ed Merrill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva Gray
D. Huff
Sherman City
James Sisco
Rex Allen
Town Line Lake
Ethel St. John
Bertha Bellows
Ozema Allen
Allen Navarre
Mt. Pleasant
Norton Greenhoe
Bill Whitelock
Ionia
Ed. Merrill
Local Sisco Visit and Cranberry Lake Sunday Calls
Miss Beulah Sisco returned home from her brother's Lake Odessa residence. Clare Corey from Yonia visited Sunday at Floyd Bellows' home with friends. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Allen and daughter Ozema, Mrs. Emma Allen, Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Cheadle and two children Ira Cheadle and Arthur White spent Sunday at Cranberry Lake. E. B. Cheadle and Lou Gray were in Mt. Pleasant Thursday on business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beulah Sisco
Lake Odessa
Clare Corey
Yonia
Floyd ‘Bellows
Cecil Allen
Ozema
Emma Allen
E. B. Cheadle
Ira Cheadle
Arthur White
Cranberry Lake
Lou Gray
Mt. Pleasant
Anti Drunkard Law Proposed in Norway
Oslo July 29 Norwegian temperance advocates urge Parliament to enact an anti drunkard law based on Sweden’s two year experience. The plan would appoint government agents in each town to assist wives and children and compel husbands to join temperance unions. If needed the agent could order a drink cure at a hospital or jail the refuser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oslo
Sweden
Prince of Wales Gift Cake Fronts London Bakery
A London cooperative bakery presented a birthday cake to the Prince of Wales. The cake featured a saddled galloping horse, riderless in the frosting. Some friends read the decoration as a nod to the prince’s hunting mishaps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Prince of Wales
Horse Pins In Tree Survives Three Weeks
A New Zealand racehorse washed into a tree during West Coast floods was found alive after more than three weeks in the fork of a tree. It had survived on leaves but died within hours after rescue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
South Island
New Zealand
Beaver Creek Aid Picnic Draws Crowd In Northwest Seville
A large crowd attended the Beaver Creek aid picnic hosted at the home of Mr and Mrs L Gray on Wednesday. Other items note local residents doing chores and trips including Clarence Martin building a chimney at Gee school house and Lucile Dickinson returning home to Mt Pleasant after two weeks with the Dickinson grandparents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaver Creek
L. Gray
Clarence Martin
Riverdale
Gee School
Dora Bradley
V. Dickerson
Ingram
Alma
J. Iniman
J. Dexter
Horsehead Lake
Mecosta County
Lee Loomis
Lucile Dickinson
Mt. Pleasant
Mrs. V., Dickinson
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