Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1921-07-29
she has employment.


visit his sons +. b. Dow of the |. X. l..
fruit farm and Leonard Dow OF Ad-
vance. The newly WEEDS will make
their home in Florida.
Mr.. Little of Detroit and his bride,
Miss Gladys Crane, who were married
in Detroit Thursday arrived Friday at
Cedar Lodge, the home of the brides
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. C. A. Crane.
MIR. Little returned to Detroit Sunday,
but Mrs. Little will remain until her
mother comes home from Mt. Pleasant
where she is attending summer school
which will be the first week in Aug.
j. p. Seller threshed 2S6 blu. of rye
Saturday July % from Is A of ground.
The rye grew OIL what was known as
the Dan Staley homestead.
Mrs. w. j. Herring and little daugh-
ter Of Traverse City spent part of last
week at her fathers farm the L. E.
Phillips place.
Mr.. and Mrs. Curtis Hurd of Horton
Bay spent Saturday and Sunday with
their daughter Mrs. A. b. Nicloy.
A letter from the Misses Byrel and
Dorothy Mcdonald state they are in
Detroit visiting at the home of their
aunt Mrs. Lon Sheldon at present.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Gaunt of Three
Bells dist, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Wurn of
Star dist. and Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Weav-
er and family OF Boyne City made a
dinner party at the Ira Mckee home
Sunday in honor of Mrs. Florence Nc
Kee who is spending her summer
vacation there.
The Misses Eleanor Olstrom and
Ruth and Florence Noble of the Ad-
vance dist. spent Sunday with Miss
Dorothy Etcher of Cedar Lodge.
Geo. Etcher of East Jordan visited
his brother A. j. Etcher and family at
Cedar Lodge Sunday.
A. j. Etcher made business trip to
Charlevoix Monday.
David Gaunt is the first to deliver
pickles to the East Jordan Station. He
delivered 9 blu. Saturday July %.
Ray LOOMS of Star dist. and Gene
Inman of Boyne City went buckle
berrying Saturday and Sunday.
The usual large crowd attended the
Peninsular Grange dance Sat. evening.
While the Peninsular Grange team
was playing ball with the East Jordan
team at East Jordan Saturday, Pitcher
Ben Martin had the misfortune to
sprain his arm thus losing the game by
very large score.
The game of ball that was to have
been played at Hayden Point Sunday
between Peninsular and Springvale
was called off because the Grange
pitcher sprained his arm.
The Star ball team consisting of boys
ranging from Is to l3 years OF age went
to the Hayden Point diamond Sunday
expecting to play the Rusty Nine an
other kid team from Boyne City but
when they got there, there was team
of full grown men some of them old
leaguers but they played just the same
and although they were badly beaten
they hope to play again.
Mrs. Ira Mckee and daughter, Mrs.
Florence Mckee expect to start Thurs
day for Ohio to visit relatives.
The weather has been slightly cooler
the past week for which everyone is
thankful.
The Dat harvest is well under way
and although the straw is short it seems
to be well filled with grain,
Marion Russell cut oats with the bind
er for Joel Bennett Saturday and j.
w. Hayden Monday.
George and Elton Jarman worked
for w. Sanderson part of last week
hoeing potatoes.
Derby Hayden is hoeing potatoes for
G. C.. Ferris.
A Mr.. Wallace of Boyne is working
for John Sanford now.
Corn is tasseling and caring fine.
= The farmers meeting at the Star
Schoolhouse Monday evening July Is
was well attended both by farmers and
threshing machine agents. 1t was
finally decided to purchase stock in
the machine already owned in Three
Bells dist. by s stock holders. Another
meeting was called for Monday, Aug. |
to draw up articles of agreement. In
the meantime it was planned to canvas
the East end of Eveline twp. for mem.
bers.
Among the agents to attend the
thresher meeting at the Star School
house July Is were MIR. Evans of near
Ellsworth who had a second hand
machine and Mr.. Shepard and Fos-
ter for the Huron and Ford makes and
Mr.. Kurkall for the Greyhound OF Toll
edo, o. who passed cigars.
Hoeing potatoes and cutting weeds
are in order for hand labor and oat
harvesting for team work.
Potatoes are coming fine now with
about 3.4 of stand for the earlier
paintings and the later paintings are
not up enough to tell how they will be
but with the rain and cooler weather
they should be fine.
A letter from Miss Dorothy states
she is employed at 9l2 Michigan Ave-,
Petoskey M. and is well and likes her
job very much.
No one can remember when flies
were SO troublesome. They equal the
plague in Egypt.