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Newspaper
Shepherd Argus
Location
Shepherd, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1964
Page
7
The Automobile Club of Michigan notes tents now serve as a home away from home with lighter, easier to store models. For long trips choose bungalow or wall tents, while light travel favors suspension, Pup, and Pop tents.
Four tent types are described including the Parkview bungalow tent and the wall-type oldest style. The station wagon tent attaches to a vehicle and the sleeping tent offers one-piece canvas construction with no stakes and an aluminum collapsible inner frame.
The text mentions canvas sleepers that can be rapidly mounted on car-top carriers, describing a curbside or tailgate related setup. It outlines a simple attachment method and implies portability for travelers or campers seeking easy, compact shelter options.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Wood were honored by their four daughters and sons in law on their 25th wedding anniversary. The event, held Sunday June 14, drew about sixty five relatives at the lawn dinner of Mr. and Mrs. Wood with open house in the afternoon. Attendees came from Alma, Mr. Pleasant, Coleman and Shepherd as gifts and money were gratefully received.
Newlyweds Mr and Mrs Robert Davidson left for a week at the World Fair after tying the knot Saturday at Trinity Lutheran Church Elmore Ohio. Bride Bonnie Crozier daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Crozier Elmore. Attendants included Phyllis Crozier sister best man Walter Davidson and usher Darold Sonley. Over 300 guests attended the reception in Fellowship Hall with buffet cake coffee and punch. The couple will reside on a farm mobile home nearby.
A long column notes social visits around Shepherd and nearby towns interspersed with a feature on Ruth Hawley the first Michigan apple queen who became Mrs Gordon Bruce in 1952. It recounts her duties travel and later life in Grand Rapids and Europe. The piece ends asking readers whether queens really have more fun.
Ira and Dennis Delong fished at Six Lakes and brought home a nice mess of fish. Mr and Mrs Claremont Bellingar of Perrinton visited Mr and Mrs Grant Curtiss on Saturday forenoon. Charles Bellingar of Six Lakes called on Sunday morning at Mr and Mrs Curtiss home. Ivo Carey and family spent Sunday at Sanford Lake with Arthur Schwind and family. Mrs Ari Hungerford and Nellie Bowman joined Francis Whalen's party to Muskegon for the V F W convention.
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