Vestaburg Items Highlight War News and Local Updates
In Vestaburg notes, Mrs Anna Hamlin writes from France about her son Frank in the U S Army reporting progress his dispatch notes. Families welcome returning kin from Lansing Detroit Alma and Greenville as loved ones work, recover from operations, or head to training camps. The community mourns Belle Whitney and infant Loreene Maddonna Gregory while Red Cross events promise free entertainment at the schoolhouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eharry Greenhoe
Lansing
Harry O'Connor
Charles Snyder
Greenville
J. P. Snyder
P. O. O'Brien
St. Louis
Doener
Wm. Caris
Wm. Pitter
Detroit
Tolalo
Kenneth Atkinson
Nancy Powers
Reading
Fred Reader
Grant Woodman
Centerville
Myre
Thomas Carls
Kimberling
Vestaburg
Dick Hillard
Frontier
Charles Pangborn
Elwood
Alma
Lewis Priest
David Manley
Rosebush
Anna Johnson
Meldaniel M. J. Briggs
FE. J Bartlett
Sam Shores
Edmore
Minnie Cook
Ray Sweeney
Little Son
Montgomery
Belle Whitney
France
Wm. White
Frank
Alice White
Rock Lake
Conley Stauffer
Staunton
Sam
Stevens
Ed. Stevens
Kie Platt
John Thomas
Martha Walker
Francis Zuver
Chas. Green
Wilbur
Paige Throop
A. Gregory
Youder
Ferrin
Farris
Mra. A. Gregory
Elm Hall
Mra
Iva Rova
Maude Vie
Belding
Alma Residents and Visitors Record Local Notes
The column lists numerous Alma residents and guests, with travel to Grand Rapids and St. Louis, shopping, and family visits. It notes illnesses including measles and scarlet fever, plus a hospital trip for treatment and a local lecture course ending with Red Cross support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex Emery
Alma
Frank Weirman
Ithaca
Raymond Médler
Ora Youry
Grand Rapids
Chas. Merril
Mr. Curtiss
Flo MeLead
Alma Republic
Charles Watson
J. Shepherd
Ben Cressey
Mildred Bodfish
Sam Barnes
St. Louis
Miss St. Knorppe
Stroup
John Clark
Clark
Willard Smith
Will Harris
Karl Potter
Lee Watson
Alex McLean
William Bros
George F. Huntson
Frank Oberst
Chestnut St
Fourth Street
Fred E. Moffat
Alex Chisholm
R. L. Baldwin
Camp McPherson
A.B. Meltizan
Fred Zubler
Opera House
O. I. Bakey
Fred Chapin
Saginaw General Hospital
Francis Hunrick
Red Cross
Forest Hill Social Roundup Includes Local Visits
Forest Hill notes list residents and visitors from Alma, Shepherd, Vestaburg, and St Louis. Mrs. Flora Richardson hosted a family gathering while James Stalters and sons plan a church entertainment. Miscellaneous trips include Gabriel Vanderbeck, Leland, and Lanshaw families with plans and station news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Vanderbeck
St. Louis
Bina Slas
Tressa
Ashley
Charles Faunce
Ohio
M. M. Bauer
Alma
Flora Richardson
James Stalters
Hubert
Charles Leland
Clem Knoop
Lisle
Vernon
Clare Vanderbeck
Robert Beatrick
Fred Creech
Guy Johnson
Vestaburg
Ernest Wells
Ann Arbor
Forest Hills
R.taffman
H.W. Sandel
Owosmo
John Lanshaw
Carl Lanshaw
Wheeler
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Paris Cafe
Alma’s Best Restaurant
The
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Michigan
Consult
Earl C. Clapp
Winir
Yale
Home Lumber & Fuel Co
Alma, Hae
Bastian
Pernt
Oltey
Winslow Bros. Drug Store
Meritol Agency
Anna Hamlin
Breckenridge
Marguerite Clark
Idlehour
Adv
Irene
G. H. Mey
G.H. Mey
Forest Hill
Studebaker
New Keystone
Keystone
Deering
Osborne
J. D. Helman Auctioneer
Otto F. Mey
Guardian
Leo H. Wood
Alma Roller Mills
McCormick
New Caledonia
Oliver
Rawleigh
Glen Havens
J. M. Montigel