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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1933
Page
6
Schedule details for several trains and lodge meetings appear alongside a long parade of local visits and household news. The column lists train times, Moose and Fythian activities, and numerous residents visiting or traveling, with brief notes on illness moves and community events.
R. B. McGuire presides as branch president and leads weekly services with Sunday School at 10 30 a m prayer meeting 11 30 a m and Bible Study at 7 30 p m completing the church schedule for the week.
Pastor Mary E. House leads 10 30 Sunday School with 11 30 preaching and 7 00 Young Peoples meeting led by Harry House in April. Evenings include 8 00 preaching and Wednesday 7 30 prayer at the pastor’s home. Not entertainment but salvation from sin. cordial invitation to all. Be present.
Rev John Lockyer invites worshippers to Holy Week services at Farwell Methodist Church with Good Friday Watching Around the Cross and Easter Sunday topics Master and Human Welfare. Baptisms and new member reception available. Mrs Richmond leads an Easter program by the Sunday School and a special 8 00 pm meeting to attract a large congregation.
Sunday evening at the M B church the Seth Parker Hour drew praise with an original poem More Than A Friend by Don Pelch and hymns sung by groups. An afterglow concert featured 50 color slides of China and a brief talk from Mrs Emma Littlefield and daughter Mrs Hazel Smith, visiting missionaries there. Next Sunday plan changed from no service to another program here drawing attendees to Gilmore.
The Farwell Woman's Chuir gathered Tuesday evening at Mrs. Montz Gee's home with Mrs. Ina Davison and Mrs. Gee as hosts. Roll call noted Miss Margaret Palmer showcasing an import from Ellis Island. Officers elected included President Margaret Palmer, Vice President Ruth Tyndall, Secretary Minerva Richmond, Treasurer Blaine Force, and press correspondent Alice Stinchcombe. Music featured onyx and piano by Alice Louise Gee and Norton, with songs Lets Go Little Corporal and Polish Garden by Eileen Schofield. Visitors included Mrs. Grace Sherman, Miss Lucile Miller, Miss Gladys Norton, Mrs. Grace Stanley, Miss Leona Byrne, Miss Hileen Schofield, and Mrs. Hdna Babcock. Ice cream and cake served.
The Farwell school notes cover Agriculture class work on Production Prices and Market Information for Livestock Producers, Junior Farmers Week judging teams across dairy poultry and livestock, and FFA news including Layle Littlefield’s State Farmer degree. Other items include a large senior class graduation, measles outbreaks, a Vocational banquet with the Girls Home Economics Club, a fundraiser by the Athletic Association, staff enrollments in extension classes, grade activities such as health plays and patriotic songs, library programs, and new student arrivals with room to read.
Wednesday’s community note highlights include an orchestra serenade, marriages and separations, and visits by locals from Maple Grove Birch Run and Clare. Frank Rawson reconciles with his wife after 38 years, while Marguerite Jeane Sprowl visits grandparents with family.
Nine boys from the Grammar room led by H F Howell hiked nine miles on Saturday carrying items for a first class dinner of bacon eggs potatoes beans bread butter and coffee. They gained tips on open fire safety and conservation and plan more excursions as they pursue Boy Scout interests. Primary Room pupil Richard Schermerhorn has gone to Detroit Lorraine Smith and Betty Lou Davison enter school Fourth graders begin a geography notebook collecting pictures to paste in
The Probate Court of County Clare gives four months from April 7 1933 for creditors to file claims against William Magnus deceased. Claims must be presented at the Harrison probate office by August 1 1933 and will be heard on the Sunday of August 1983 at ten o clock. Dated April 4 1933 Thos S Dorsey Judge of Probate.
Sealed bids for grading in Clare County will be received at the County Clerk’s office in Harrison until 2 PM EST April 28 1933. Work includes specific section-line grading in Garfield and Freeman townships with labor sourced from Clare County and wage minimums of 20 cents per hour for labor and 35 cents for man and team. Bid bond required. job to be completed by July 4 1983. county reserves right to accept or reject bids.
A London university historian reexamines Roman cosmetics noting a lipstick once used by women derived from a red berry called Dilisides that is now believed extinct. The finding reframes beauty practices in ancient society.
Chas Peterson returned home from a winter visit with relatives. Stays include Mrs. Sam Muir and Mrs. Wm Mahan shopping in Ewart on Tuesday and Mrs. George Scott hosting Wayne in Clare. Various residents visited, hosted guests, or attended events around Barryton Farwell and Big Rapids.
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