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Newspaper
Shepherd Argus
Location
Shepherd, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1963
Page
6
Mrs Betty Heistand assists part time in caring for Mrs Hattie Young. Phillip Young son of Mr and Mrs George Young is home on leave from military service.
Furloughs from California bring sailors back to the Great Lakes Naval Base in Chicago for further training. Local residents assist Nellie Diverbiss Childers while the Arza Cole family expands with two new trailer homes. Justice of the Peace Clara Moyer, 100, marries Melford J. Kelsey and Wanda Briggs in Jasper township.
The regular monthly meeting of the Shepherd Woman’s Society of Christian Service will be held at the Methodist Church on Thursday May 2 at 1 pm. Lois Oren will install the newly elected officers. All officers are urged to attend. Julia Bryant Alma Wilson Hulda Gilmore Mary Otis.
The hostess committee for the dessert luncheon and several church meetings are listed. The Annual District meeting is set for Wednesday May 1 at Fremont with registration via Bessie Musser. The Council of United Church Women gathers May 3 for a May breakfast in Mt Pleasant and the Executive committee meets April 29 at 2 p.m.
The notice lists couples and their residence towns for marriage licenses including John E. Barr Mt. Pleasant and Judy E. Cole Weidman Judith K. Wilkinson Lansing Richard L. Kellogg Crystal Joyce S. Scott Mt. Pleasant William J. Rodgers Farwell Sharon F. Myers Barryton Richard W Fate Jr Mt Pleasant Judith G. Surrell Mt. Pleasant Darrell G. Kanine Riverdale Sue Ann Wilson Mt. Pleasant.
The Forest Hill Church of Christ ladies aid will meet Thursday at 7 p.m. at the church for their monthly gathering. The article also lists local visits and family events from Forest Hill residents including 4-H activities in Alma and various visits among families in St Louis Shelby and Beal City.
Guests of Mr and Mrs Ted Frisbie attended a Friday night gathering. The event featured family friends and neighbors in a cordial social at the Frisbie home.
A series of Easter and weekend visits tie together households in Shepherd and nearby towns. Dennis and Della Delong hosted chats with Chatpman and Williams families while My Shock relatives joined Easter gatherings with Kellys in Cre scent Lake Pontiac Michigan. Mt Pleasant callers Ari Hungerford Helen Fisher Nelda Gilmore and others visited the Hungerford and Delong households.
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Kirkconnell hosted Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Delia Mills of Mount Pleasant and her sister Mrs. Mabel Miller of Chippewa visited Shepherd to see old friends and share pancakes with maple syrup and sausage. They called on Mrs. Melinda Goffnett and Mrs. Ella Chamberlain.
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