Riverdale Social Notes and Local Travels
Riverdale residents and visitors fill weekend with visits to Lansing Alma and Marion. A new house on Earl Woodard’s farm nears completion after a fire. Community events include bake sale profits and a Beaver Creek ladies aid dinner followed by a Riverdale baseball team formation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George la Paugh
Mt. Pleasant
Mavis Tubbs
Clarence Crittenden
Lansing
Thelma van Alstine
Aeane
Jessie Prichard
Elwell
Earl Woodard
Harry Tubbs
Lakeview
F. E. French, Sr
Carson City
Perrinton
Carl Romine
Hubert Hicks
Carl Bink
Alma
Lansing Winans
Otto Grant
Will Shong
Grand Lodge
Benjamin Orsin
Harry Fisher
Crystal
James Fisher
Er. W. Farris
A. Scramlin
W. Bradley
EF. J. Scramlin
P. W. Britten
Q. Scofield
Vestaburg
Charles Green
L. M. Forquer
Merle
Edgar Erskin
Cora Hudson
Howard
Claud Parkinson
Owosso
Agnes Carmer
Robert Nisonger
St. Paul
Alma High School
Harold
Ethel Jenson
Grand Rapids
James Jenson
C. H. Manzer
Riverdale Promoter
Fred Leiter
Twila
Freda Bradley
Florence Schrock
Isabella County
Walter Bartlett
Carl la May
Saginaw
R. Huzenger
Rosa la May
Fred Harmer
St. Clair
R. D. Harmer
Ladies’ Aid Society
Charles Going
Leo Going
Going
Detroit
Carlton Ringle
al Schnepp
Saturay
J. B. Moble
Paul Phelps
Art Schrock
E. G. Ellison
Carrie Tallon
Iya and
Leong
Alfred Deitzel
M. E. Bradley
Walter
Florence Collister
C. W. Boyer
Mary Rhodes
Samuel Barton
Napoleon
Ohio
John Dome
Vern Hay
Toledo
Martin Sloan
Local residents take visits across Michigan and beyond
In a flurry of weekend activity and travel many families and friends from Merrill join relatives in Detroit Birmingham New York and Ann Arbor. Alys worths Fay Midd lesworth Trombly and Parker families share visits and celebrations while graduations and gatherings unfold including Western State Normal exercises and multiple Sunday calls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Alysworth
Fay Middlesworth
Alysworth
Detroit
Birmingham
New York
George Trombly
Virgil
Ione
O. B. Parker
Elmer Parker
Laurence Trombly
Vivian
Merrill
Alice Bolinger
W. J. Bolinger
Billy
Hazel Bolinger
Ann Arbor
T. E. Hampton
Clare
T. C. Hampton
Martha Krugar
Two Rivers
Ted Waite
George Briggs
Chevrolet
Briggs
Londeau
A. Scott
Glenn
Miles Drallette
Kalamazoo
Western State Normal
Genevieve
de Grouts
Elmer Gross
Steve Neubecker
Fred Neubecker
Charles Pierce
Harry Dailly
Winegar
Wisconsin
Grand Rapids
Ray
Pontiac
Oscar Ru
Howard Flowers
Tom Briggs
Blanchard
Chris Ostrum
Edmore
David Flowers
Ray Morey
Lydia Jane
Local residents visit friends and relatives across towns
Day by day social notes list numerous visits and gatherings. Names include Mills Crosley King Sherman City Looman Grand Rapids Allore Sag inaw Bellows Mt. Pleasant Shultz Shepherd Hines Lansing Clare Remus and Two Rivers. Mrs Gatehouse returns after an eighteen month visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lart Boyer
Wesley Mills
Crosley
R. R. King
Herbert Peck
Mark Lames
Barryton
Will Bywater
Sherman City
Grover Bellows
George Looman
Grand Rapids
al, Sprague
Alfred
Charles Johnson
Emma Johnson
Grover Bellow
Allore
Pearl
Saginaw
Ed. Allore
Harvey Beutler
Mt. Pleasant
George Beutler
Clifton Shultz
Shepherd
T. C. Hampton
T. C. Hampton and Son
Albert Pavreau
Remus
Edmond Shultz
Dorothy
Keith
Hight Point Lake
W. W. Terry
Eva
Herman Cook
Two Rivers
Albert ‘Favreau
S. D. Gatehouse
Local social notes roundup in Isabella county and vicinity
Mrs. Shumway of Albany Illinois plans to reside with Mrs. Merman Cook in Isabella county. Wedding watchers included Mr. and Mrs. Carr and Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Carr at De Witt for Miss Blanche Kent and Elton Carr. Various residents visited relatives, attended church, or traveled to Bass Lake Six Lakes Barryton and Detroit over the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shumway
Albany
Illinois
Merman Cook
Isabella County
T.C. Hampton
Gladys
Favreau
Brinton
Saturay
W. J. Bolinger
Billy
Barryton
Remus
Leslie Carr
Sidney Carr
Blanche Kent
Elton Carr
de Witt
Mort Hayes
James Bell
Walter Smith
Town
Neil Failing
J. Gillette
Ray Gillette
Bass Lake
David Williams
Isaiah Davis
T. B. Crane
Wm. Cahill
William
Amy Parks
Riverdale
Tom Bywater
Gena
Helen Shaffey
Oliver Knight
St. Johns
Henry Craven
R. R. King
Reverend King
Genevieve Scott
Glenn Frantz
Tonia
Asa Frantz Ome
Asa Frantz
Austin Fender
Pete
Glenn Scott
Detroit
Grand Rapids
Conrad Neubecker
Fred Neubecker
Ray Dillenbeck
Violet
Ruth
Clare
Elsie Bolinger
Merrill
Lloyd George’s treasured mementoes include Versailles peace signature
The record notes that among Lloyd George’s kept items is the fountain pen he used to sign the Versailles peace treaty and the Irish peace agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd George
Fountain New
Give And Let Give Is Dentist S Novel Policy
A Kansas City dentist responded to mail order firms sending unsolicited neckties with a counter move. After receiving a bill with the neckties, he mailed back two old plates to the firm and demanded payment of 95 dollars, claiming the plate weight would fit their staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
United Press
Baseball Captain Elected at Central Normal
Leo Hutchinson of Cass City was chosen as the 1926 baseball captain at Central Normal. Hutchinson has played both catcher and pitcher this season and is a former Cass City high school star. He succeeds Harold Hursh of Mt. Pleasant as captain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Normal
Leo Hutchinson
Cass City
Hutch
Harold Hursh
Mt. Pleasant
British strike costs 8.5 million dollars per hour
The report notes the British strike incurs an enormous hourly cost of eight and a half million dollars, a figure described as enough to sustain an old automobile.
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Weidman
Snow White Bakery
Hileman Bros
Baby
Arthur G. Kennedy
Department of English Philology
Stanford University
Stanford, Calif
Joan Alden
Ocean Park
Los Angeles
Calif
Misa America
Atlantic City
N. J
E. E. Palmer
Yellow Jacket
Beckley
Isabella County Farmers Grain Co
Will Francis, Mor
Broadway and Mission
Breidenstein & Kane’s
Breidenstein & Kane
New Arts
U.S
Servel
Consumer’s Power Co
East Broadway
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