The Fenton Independent October 16, 1924

Attorney Sylvester Pheney of Holly was in the village on business Saturday.

The paving on North Leroy street is now open for two blocks north from the Fenton House.

E. Allen Dunton, wife and family and Chas. Huse of Lansing spent the end with Mr. Dunton's mother, Mrs. Luella Dye.

Mr. and Mrs. Earl Smith of Webberville were the guests of their friends, Mr. and Mrs. L.M. O'Dell over Sunday.

The township board held a meeting early in the week when matters contingent to the primary elections were cared for.

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bair who recently purchased a farm near Byron were in the village for a short time the first of the week.

Don't forget about the big Halloween celebration for Fenton on the evening of October 31. Watch for bills telling you all about it.

Mrs. James Massey has just returned from Pontiac, where she has been spending a week with her daughter, Mrs. Theron Ewles.

Mrs. John Rockman and Mrs. James Massey were called to Port Huron Saturday by the serious illness of Mrs. Fred Rockman.

Mr. and Mrs. Maxwell of Royal Oak were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. F.W. Watson. Mrs. Watson and Mrs. Maxwell are sisters.

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Becker and daughter motored to Battle Creek the first of the week and were the guests of Mrs. Becker's mother.

Mr. and Mrs. A.C. Morningstar and daughter are the guests of Mr. Morningstar's people in Wauseon, Ohio, for a week or two. They made the trip by auto.

A.H. Lemen left Fenton yesterday for St. Petersburg, Florida, where they will spend the winter in their southern home. Their address is 803 Fifth street north.

Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Dittslock and Mr. and Mrs. John F. Newton and their mother, Mrs. Ora Newton, are spending a few days driving through the northern part of state.

The Independent is in receipt of a card from Mrs. M.E. Valentine, in which the request is made to have her paper sent to 632 Eleventh street Marysville, California, in the future.

Robert Beach and Edward Renwick accompanied by Mr. Herdell to Lansing Friday evening where they were his guests at one of the fraternity houses until Sunday afternoon.

Mr. and Mrs. James Massey motored to Port Huron where they were week end guests of her brother and family, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rockman.They also called on Mrs. Frank Bice of that city.

Mr. and Mrs. G.W. Pellett were accompanied to Lansing last Saturday by Mr. and Mrs. N.H. Chesnut and J.S. Chesnut to see the big football game. Mr. Pellett is a graduate of M.A.C.

E.D. White, who works on the farm of Mrs. H.C. Wright, brought a pretty large potato to the Independent office Monday.. The big Murphy weighed over two pounds and was perfect in all respects.

Mr. and Mrs. J.R. Barbour were the gusest of their son, Wilford at M.A.C. last Saturday and witnesses the football game between M.A.C. and the University of Michigan. They were accompanied to Lansing by their other son Morris.

Mr. and Mrs. H.A. Roberts have moved into the Galloway house on Elizabeth street. Mr. Galloway and family have moved into the house recently vacated by Mr. and Mrs. N.H. Gordon, who have recently purchased a house on South Leroy.

The Independent has requests of changes in address of Mrs. F. McOmber from Yale to Holly, Michigan and of Fred Rockman from 2211 Willow street, Port Huron, to 2419 Gratiot avenue of Port Huron. Both people were at one time residents of Fenton.

Fred Day was in Holly last week endeavoring to find a house which he would buy and make that village his home. He has now decided that he and Mrs. Day will go to Flint, where they will purchase a lot and erect a house, with the thought of speculating on the deal.

Mr. Bailey, teacher of agriculture in the Holly schools was in Fenton last Friday afternoon witnessing the football game between Fenton and Howell high school teams. Fenton will meet Holly latter in the season and no doubt he wished to get a line on the Fenton team.

Among those who attended the Knights Templar field day at Owasso last week Thursday were Commander G.W. Tamlyn of Fenton, Commander Dr. and Mrs. F.E. Benton, Dr. and Mrs. C.M. Major, Edgar Webber, M.G. Saunders, Alfred and Clarence Schwanabeck.

Mr. and Mrs. B.V. Taylor of Detroit spent Wednesday with their daughter, Mrs. Clifton Devereaux on Caroline street. Mr. and Mrs.Taylor leave soon for Florida. Enroute they will visit Dr. W.T. Taylor in southern Indiana. Mrs. Taylor's sister will accompany them south.

Mr. and Mrs. Thurman McCracken are now occupying the Winglemire house on Rockwell street, west. They have been residing in the Robert Goodfellow house for the summer, but when Mr. Goodfellow and family returned from the summer at their lake cottage, Mr. and Mrs. McCracken were obliged to find other quarters.

Guess that Will Collins has been sitting up nights for the past week getting another cabbage to grow larger than the one which was brought in by Mr. and Mrs. Kemp last week, for Will brought another stalk to The Independent office that had 18 heads on it. Will says that he is not going to let any fellow in the country take the honor away from him this year.

Last Friday evening, October 10, Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Foley entertained one hundred and ten guests in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd C. Lewis, who have just recently married. The bride is the sister of Mrs. Foley. Dancing was the feature of the evening and, after a bountiful lunch was served, the guests of honor were presented with several gifts, tokens of the respect of the assembled guests.

Miss Mahala Doerr is the guest of her two sisters, Mrs. Harry Carmer and Mrs. Ray Robinson. Miss Mahala is one of the corps of teachers in the Clarkston schools and as they have been having a vacation there during the week, miss Mahala has been spending the time in Fenton. While here she was also the guest of Mrs. M.O. Carpenter. Miss Mahala graduated from Fenton schools several years ago.

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kirshman of Linden were in Fenton last Saturday evening. Fred has had the charge of the Linden Creamery for the past four years and tells us that the business is steadily growing, having been better during the past year than ever before. This is a matter of which fred can well be proud. Mrs. Kirshman tells us that her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Bristol who live in Pontiac are well and getting along very nicely.

The Fenton fire department was called to Holly last Saturday morning to assist the department of that village in stopping the fire that had gotten good headway in the Michigan Lumber and Supply Co. plant. It was a bad blaze and will close the plant for a time. Residents of Holly tell us that this will mean the throwing out of employment between fifty and sixty men until repairs are made. It is a bad blow to the company for their order book was well filled.

The Independent is in receipt of a post card from Lewis Brabon, who is a resident of Los Angeles. It reads: "I guess that you couldn't read the 'first installment' so I thought I would send you another bunch that you can read. Am feeling fine and doing well. I expect to see the old town again next summer." Some time ago Lew sent us some papers printed in Mexican. The last installment were copies of the Los Angeles Examiner printed in English. We thank him kindly and have passed them along to others who have been in Los Angeles and are interested in this California city.

When the editor of the Fenton Independent returned from lunch Saturday noon he found a card from len Feighner publisher of the Nashville News and Field Secretary for the Michigan Press Association, in the door. Evidently "Fike" had been a visitor at the office during the noon hour. We are extremely sorry that we were not in so that we might have had a little visit with that congenial spirit of the press. We would suggest that the next time he comes to Fenton and arrives during the noon hour that he comes to the house and simply ask us to put on an extra bunch of fixins'. We would rather do this than to miss a little visit with him.

Chronilogical Review of Important
Events in Fenton During 1935

January 1, 1935
Charles J. McGuire, 81 died Friday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C.F. Adams.

Funeral services for george Metzger, 62, who died December 26, were held Saturday morning at Mt. Morris.

Bert Goodrich, 64, died of self inflicted gun wounds early Sunday morning.

Mrs. Clifford Wortman, north Linden was painfully burned last week when her gasoline iron exploded.

Testamonial dinner given Cong. W.W. Blackney at Hoskins restaruant last Thursday. Forty-two present.

Mrs. Hazel Hall, 54, died at her home on Hickory street early Saturday afternoon.

Benjamin Bangs, 71, died at his home in Oakland, Calif., Friday.

January 4
Lloyd W. Earl and Gertrude Hankstafer wed on Christmas day.

Leone Lucile McAllister, born at 11:50 a.m. January 1, is first 1935 Fenton baby.

Russell McComb and Miss. Nellie Rueling married Saturday.

Mrs. Edmund Gould re-elected president of St. Jude's Guild.

January 8
Maurice Matthews announces candidacy for state legislature at special election.

Lawrence Joslin and Miss Mary bussey marry at Santa Cruz, December 22.

Joe Davis, 66, brother of W.R. Davis, died Saturday at Byron hospital.

Benton Charles Schupbach, died December 16, at University hospital in Ann Arbor.

Mrs. Caroline M. Buzzard celebrated her eighty-sixth birthday anniversary Sunday at her home at 512 E. Ellen street.

Austin Gilbert of Clio a patient in University hospital at Ann Arbor.

Mr. and Mrs. Roy Thornton are the parents of a baby son, Charles Edward born January 5.

January 11
George Cole, 77, died at his home on Adelaide street.

A son Donald Burke, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Burke, December 10.

Mrs. John Skinner was taken to McPherson Memorial hospital in Howell last Saturday suffering from injuries received when a tree in which she was helping her husband fell, struck her.

January 15
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Moore celebrated their silver wedding anniversary, Saturday night.