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Newspaper
Shepherd Argus
Location
Shepherd, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1962
Page
10
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Ralston marked their 37th anniversary at their Lake Thirteen cottage on Sunday August 5. About sixty friends and relatives joined the celebration with gifts including a vibrator chair and a lamp. A pot luck dinner with cake and ice cream followed. Mrs. Alice Ralston baked the cake. Guests enjoyed skiing swimming surfing and games, with photographs taken.
Mrs Inez Guild returned home Sunday from a two week tour of the Eastern States visiting historic sites and literary interests. Mr and Mrs Charles LaDuke and family from East Detroit were guests en route home from Sault Ste Marie. Mrs Ethel Hafer of Dayton Ohio and sister Mrs Okla Baughman were dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Sherlie Childers. Mr and Mrs William Bush spent the weekend at Leslie visiting friends. Mr and Mrs Herbert Travis left last week for Seattle to attend the World's Fair.
Mrs. Wilbur Benn joined a Pontiac duo on a touring vacation through Northern Michigan. Several social visits were reported including Worthy High Priestess Club gathering at the Weller home in Mt. Pleasant and family visits among residents of Shepherd Alma Sanford Ithaca and Greendale with multiple local hosts.
The Scramlin Tomlinson Reunion was held August 5 at Lumberjack Park with about 40 attendees. Officers elected include President Lee Scramlin and Vice President Charlott Atkinson, with Leona Harrell as secretary treasurer. A program featured accordion music, poems, and a history of the Scramlin family from Germany to America, noting Civil War service and descendants. Attendees hailed from Lansing, Midland, Alma, Winn, and Riverdale.
The Childs School Reunion will be held at Island Park in Mt Pleasant on Sunday August 19 with a potluck dinner at 1 p m.
The text describes rural Shepherd drilling another water well at home last weekend. Mrs. Ethel Hafer and sister Mrs. Okla Baughman joined latter’s son-in-law Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hughes at Arnold Lake to spend several days with the Hughes family. They visited Hugh Boyd and family from Boston, Massachusetts at the Hughes cottage and had dinner at the Embers on Saturday to celebrate a 24th wedding anniversary.
Mr and Mrs Robert Wentz of Shepherd announce the engagement of their daughter Phyllis P to David A Lennox son of Mr and Mrs Kenneth Menthner of Coleman. An October 6 wedding is planned.
Michigan State Police posts will use color film to photograph injuries for evidence in assault cases. Commissioner Joseph A. Childs notes the program expands on a June 1 pilot study across 11 posts, showing color prints clearly preferred for documenting cuts bruises abrasions and similar marks versus black and white.
The Philathea Class of Shepnerd Methodist Church moved their picnic from County Park to Mrs. Pearl Wilson’s home after Sunday services due to rain. They also attended an ice cream social and visited patients at Broomfield Hospital later in the day.
A sequence of for sale notices details multiple homes and lots across Shepherd Midland and Mecosta counties. Properties include 10 acres with a partial home and trailer, 20 acre plots, lakefront Mecosta County lots, several 3 to 4 bedroom homes with basements, brick and modern designs, and vacant lots with low down or monthly terms. Prices range from 6 500 to 17 500 with various financing terms.
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