Shepherd Extension Group Meets at Mrs Dean Home
The Shepherd Extension Group gathered at Mrs Walter Deans home with nine members and two guests. A report on a legislative visit by three attendees was shared. The meeting discussed dressing, color coordination, and design with several members acting as models. A lunch was served. The next meeting will be April 28 at Ms Clifford Harrys home with Mrs Roy Balcom as co-hostess.
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Shepherd Extension
Walter Dean
Clifford Harry
Roy Balcom
Shepherd Rebekah Lodge Meets With Members Present
Rebekah Lodge met at the I O O F Hall on Wednesday April 1 with 22 members, 13 past noble grands. Barbara Hoover presided as Noble Grand. Announced April 10 cleanup day and April 15 lodge night with a pot luck lunch. Ill health reported for Hugh Beebe at Ann Arbor Veterans Hospital and Pearl Vance hospitalized in Grand Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shepherd Rebekah Lodge
F. Hall
Barbara Hoover
Iva White
Ruth Brown
Hugh Beebe
Veteran's Hospital
Ann Arbor
Pearl Vance
Grand Rapids
Winn Community Rachel Circle to serve dinner Thursday
Winn community news notes the Rachel Circle will serve dinner in the church dining room on Thursday April ninth starting at 5 30 p m. The column lists local residents visiting, hosting, and attending events across Winn including families Starkweather Snyder Foster Snyder Wood and others with several hospital and post office meetings mentioned.
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Rachel Circle
William Himebaugh
Winn
Florida
Doris Thompson
Grace Starkweather
Morris Hodges
Burdon Richey
Hugh Beebe
Mizgalski
Detroit
Stanley Turner
Beaverton
Merle Whitney
Shepherd
Dan Turner
William Snyder
Blanchard
Frank Foster
George Sandbrook
Alice Judge
Wiles
Rock Lake
Iane Barker
James Snyder
Burdon Richey and
Earl
Larry Dunn
Holt
Daniel Pryett
Gary
Mr. Pleasant
Edith Whitney
Vada Green
Ellen Markham
Patricia Forquer
Tri-County
Isabella
Clare
Tremendous Trifles and the Rise of Sweet Adeline
Massachusetts native Harry Armstrong left home with little money and a song no one wanted. He moved to New York and played piano in a cafe while seeking lyrics for My Old New England Home. Attempts by Charles Lawlor and Jimmy Walker failed before success.
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Harry Armstrong
Sweet Adeline
Armstrong
Massachusetts
New England
New York
Charles Lawlor
Sidewalks of
Jimmy Walker
Sweet Adeline: Armstrong and Gerard’s Barber Shop Triumph
In 1903 My Old New England Home evolved into Sweet Adeline after Armstrong and Richard Gerard found Adeline on a Patti concert poster. The song became a million copy seller, popularized by male quartets and securing Armstrong’s enduring income.
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Armstrong
Richard Gerard
Gerard
Rosalie
Adeline
Adelina Patti
New England
Sweet Adeline
Shepherd Briefs Residents Visit Noted Families in Community
Mr and Mrs Dale J Stalter of Beaverton called at the home of Mabel M Stalter Wednesday. Mrs John R Moore and family and Mr and Mrs Walter Cockfield and family, all from Detroit, are visiting their parents Mr and Mrs Lester Bidlack of rural Shepherd and Mr and Mrs Lloyd Hollenbeck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale J, Stalter
Beaverton
Mabel M
Stalter
John R. Moore
Walter Cockfield
Detroit
Lester Bidlack
Rural Shepherd
Family visits and birth announced in local notes
Judy Keeh and family welcomed a new daughter born March 17, Denise Rahl of Mt. Pleasant visited her aunt and uncle Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Hollenbeck and Judy. The Past Matron Club of the Shepherd Eastern Stars met for a potluck at Mrs. Robert Adams’s home. Theo Hummel is home after winter visits. Don Helmar of Lansing visited relatives Mr. and Mrs. Uri Hungerford.
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Judy
Harold Keeh
Banch
Senton
Denise Rahl
Mt. Pleasant
Lloyd Hollenbeck
The
Shepherd Eastern Stars
Robert Adams
Theo Hummel
Don Helmar
Lansing
Uri Hungerford
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Shepherd &Ctension
Rebekah News
Wright Avenue
Winn Community
Gladwin
Tenth District
Falsettas
Inez Hayhoe
Forrest Green
Glenn Lowe
Lucy Renesberger
Big Rapids
Harold Wood
Diamondale
Irving Wood
Jess Wood
Ann Snyder
Gratiot Community Hospital
Leonard
Leonard Super
Doepker
Michigan
Savngs
Qraebed
Napa
Posrp
Shepherd Briefs
Archey Brothers Olds
Rambler Sales
S. Mission Ph
Wire Service
Adams Flower Shop
N. Mission
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