Clare Rod and Gun Club Holds Sports Banquet
About 225 members from the Clare Rod and Gun Club Clare Kiwanis Club Clare Chamber of Commerce and guests gathered in Clare city hall for the annual banquet. Rev. Albert Dawe gave the invocation and a Congregational Ladies Guild dinner was served. George White chaired as toastmaster and spoke for Jesse Hampton who was absent due to surgery. The High School Faculty Quartet performed with pianist Keith Hunter. Officials from the state Department of Conservation and local educators attended. Kiwanis President Theo G. Bowler praised conservation work and cooperation. Chamber President Stuart Bicknell was unavailable. Secretary-Treasurer Henry Doll read the club's favorable annual report. Prof. Paul Herbert discussed Clare County’s future in 2000 with forestry plans and farm ownership projections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare Rod and Gun Club
Clare Kiwanis Club
Clare Chamber of Commerce
Clare City Hall
Red and Gun Club
Albert Dawe
Congregational Ladies Guild
Christina Schutt
George White
Jesse Hampton
Rod and Gun Club
Jack Hall
Austin Bates
Paul Lowrey
Dale W Kennedy
Keith Hunter
Gus Fuehr
Jack Lee
Gladwin
Clare County
Frank Bush
State Department of Conservation
Arthur Steeley
Richard Woodcock
Joe Sproat
Ed. Johnston
Theo. G. Bowler
Kiwanis Club
Chamber of Commerce
White
Kiwanians and Commerce Group
Stuart Bicknell
Stuart
Henry Doll
The
Sentinel
Paul Herbert
Michigan State College Forestry Department
Nash Elected President of Seventh District Odd Fellows
The Seventh District Odd Fellows meeting in Gladwin on April 18 elected Oliver W. Nash of Clare as district president with Harold Rae Standish as first vice president, Russell McKenzie East Towns as second vice president, Ray Ireland Sterling as treasurer, and Michael Cohen West Branch as secretary. Grand Master Dr. Philip A. Callihan spoke, and attendance was light due to bad roads. The Sterling lodge will host the next district meeting in 1942 followed by dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odd Fellows
Gladwin
Clare Lodge
John L. Rodabaugh
Charles F. Howe
Frank Mitchell
Ernest C. Irwin
O. W. Nash
Philip A. Callihan
Fred A. Rogers
Lewis D. Capen
Gladwin Rebékahs
Corporal Neal Elden Flies Home From Tampa
Neal Elden arrived in Clare Friday evening of last week to spend a ten day furlough with his parents Mr and Mrs N A Elden and relatives. He traveled from Tampa Florida to Dayton Ohio on an Army bomber in record time. Neal has been promoted to corporal and is in the Ordnance Department at MacDill Field near Tampa. Mr and Mrs Elden and Neal went to Detroit to visit Mrs V J Kittendorf and family. Neal will leave Detroit Friday for his return trip to Tampa. Mr and Mrs Elden will return to Clare Friday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neal Elden
Clare
N. A. Elden
Tampa
Morida
Dayton
Ohio
Neal
Ordnance Department
MacDill Field
Florida
Detroit
Mgr
Medical Society Meets at Doherty Last Thursday
The Gratiot Isabella Clare Medical Society and Auxiliary met at Hotel Doherty for dinner. Auxiliary officers elected for 1941 42 include Mrs E Becker president Edmore Mrs W E Barstow president elect Mrs R H Strange Mr Pleasant secretary treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gratiot-Isabella Clare Medical Society
Hotel Doherty
Kuno Hammerberg
St. Louis
Donald Borg
Beatrice Lane
Betty Lemmer
Michigan State College
DuBois
Alma
Barstow
Davis
Mt. Pleasant
Hobbs
Clare
Improvements Planned for Wilson State Park in 1941
The Wilson State Park at Budd Lake Harrison will undergo a major remodel funded by a five thousand dollar state bill. Plans include landscaped camping lots, upgraded park entrance, rerouted driveways, and a new pavilion and beach bath house with completion hoped for the 1941 season. Remodeling will extend into next summer with full completion not expected this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson State Park
Budd Lake
Harrison
Rogers
Department of Conservation
Michigan
Rummage Sale At St. Cecilia's Continues Saturdays
Unit No 6 of St. Cecilia's church will continue a rummage sale at Jackson's Market every Saturday until all goods are disposed of adv.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Cecilia’s Church
Jackson's Market
Fourth Annual Conference Held Here Wednesday
The Fourth Annual Quarterly Conference of the Clare Farwell Herrick Methodist churches met Wednesday evening at Clare Methodist Church with sixty members present. Rev. Maylan Jones presided. Reports showed gains in membership and all departments. Officers were elected for Clare and Farwell churches, including treasurers, secretaries, and trustees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare Farwell-Herrick
Clare Methodist Church
Maylan Jones
Hall
Clare
Farwell
Donald Holbrook
Théo Wallington
Clare Church
Don Luce
JL. Clock
Farwell Church
L. Finch
I C. Slentz
Clyde Alen
D. Luce
W. Carpenter
Ina Davidson
J. Town
H. Hinkle
J. Sanderson
J. L. Littlefield
Theo, Wallington
Earl Sternaman
James Knepper
Paul Lowrey
Lester le Favour
E. D. Kennedy
O. W. Lynch
Marvin Witbeck
Charles Church
Study Club Plans Final Meeting Of Season
The Clare Study Club will hold its last meeting at Mrs. Robert Ryan's home on Tuesday April 29. President Mrs. Frank Hochstetler will report on the State Feder ated Convention in Lansing and name the next year's committee. Mrs. Ryan will read her art essay that won second prize in the state contest. Petitions urging city garbage disposal reform, not ready for the May 5 council meeting, will be presented by a club delegation then.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare Study Club
Robert Ryan
Frank Hochstetler
Lansing
Study Club
Hi School Baseball Season Opens Here Tuesday Afternoon
The 1940-41 baseball season starts Tuesday April 29 with Clare hosting Gladwin at 3 30 PM on the Clare diamond. Clare also faces Gladwin in tennis and the tennis schedule began April 22 at Midland where Wayne Brown won in singles for Clare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare
Gladwin
Midland
Wayne Brown
Evart
Eivart
Reed City
Coleman
Mt.Pleasant
Reea ‘City
Mt. Pleasant
Clare High School Pioneer Among Nation's Leaders
The Pioneer published by Clare High School Journalism class was judged among the outstanding school publications in the United States in a National Scholastic Press Association rating. The Pioneer ranked second class, one of the few non metropolitan papers to reach that high level, with editors praised and townspeople urged to support the paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pioneer
Clare
United States
Fred L. Kildow
National Scholastic Press Association
Minneapolis
Association
Two Farwell Boys Drown In Big Norway Lake
Thomas Lee Oberlitner eleven and Richard R Oberlitner seven died in a drowning accident at Big Norway Lake Freeman township on Friday. Their cousin Sadie Denton eight watched as rescuers from the Mt. Pleasant State Police recovered the bodies. Coroner Dr. G B Lamb ruled accidental drowning. Funeral services were held at the Farwell Church of God with interment at Ford cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. M. Oberlitner
Farwell
Thomas Lee
Richard R
Big Norway Lake
Freeman Township
Sadie Denton
Denton
Lou Denton
Mt. Pleasant Post
G. B. Lamb
Thomas Lee Oberlitner
Grant Township
Clare County
Michigan
Richard R. Oberlitner
North Star
Gratiot County
Florien Oberlitner
Henry Oberlitner
Frank Rawson
Farwell Church of God
Mary House
Hisse
Ford Cemetery
Joe
Joan
Unusual Finger Cactus Blooms at Sentinel Office
Mrs. John Lamb brings a blooming Finger Cactus to the Sentinel office. One bloom hangs like a spider on a web with a five point star on the petals over two inches across. The crown forms a wheel rim with pistils as spokes and a snake skin like brown spotted bloom. Several buds remain to open. The plant releases a distinct odor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lamb
Sentinel
Rev Floyd Galusha Accepts Call to Clare Baptist Church
The Clare Baptist Church Board announces Rev Floyd Galusha of Cadillac has accepted the pastorate and will lead worship next Sunday starting the year’s work. He is connected with the Grand Rapids Association of Regular Baptists and trained at Moody Bible Institute. Mrs Galusha will assist with music. Sunday services are at 10 am “Launch Out” and 7 30 pm “Substitution.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare Baptist Church Board
Floyd Galusha
Cadillac
Clare
Galusha
Clare Church
Grand Rapids Association of Regular Baptists
Moody Bible Institute
Chicago
Galugha
Africa
Cooperating Baptist Missions of North America, Inc
Jackson
Michigan
Memorial Baptist Church
Dorothy McCarrell
Memorial Church
Trout Planted Across Clare County Streams This Week
More than 380 000 German Brown and brook trout from Clare county ponds were released in county streams during the first three days of the week. Cooperating groups include the Clare Rod and Gun Club Harrison Hunting and Fishing Club Clare County Road Commission and the State Department of Conservation. Brook trout measure two and a half to eight inches while German Browns run four to nine inches. This spring stocking supplements the regular fall plantings and supports popular trout fishing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare County
United States
Spike Horn Bear Ranch
Clare Rod and Gun Club
Harrison Hunting and Fishing Club
Clare County Road Commission
State Department of Conservation
Clare High School Minstrel Show Debuts This Year
The Speech Class of Clare High School presents its first minstrel show written directed and produced by Emil Pfister with students taking roles in drama music directing stage management and costumes. The program scheduled for Thursday night May 13 promises lively performances with teachers and townspeople in the cast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare High School
Emil Pfister
Mavis Kennedy
Orvetta Jo Miller
Merrit Ogle
Arlo Oden
Mary Belle Ford
al Samborn
Mary Clyde Saryer
Kate Dwyer
Norma Fisher
Rita Creguer
Ruthie, Schug
Sidney Court
Merne Shull
Hiveryons
Mids LeHoux
Musi
Sentinel
Gladwin First Graders Take Debut Train Ride
Forty eight first grade pupils from Gladwin Consolidated School, guided by teachers Mrs Harriett Martin and Miss Mary Myers, rode the Pere Marquette to North Bradley where a bus returned them home. P M agent Robert Ryan photographed the excursion outside the depot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladwin Consolidated School
Harriett Martin
Mary Myers
North Bradley
Robert Ryan
P. M
Robert Hutchinson Dies at 78 in Sheridan Township
Robert Hutchinson born Coburg Ontario April 8 1863 died April 18 194? at his Sheridan township Clare county home at age 78. He came to Michigan as an infant, grew near Burnside, served as sheriff of Clare County from 1905 two terms and again eight years later, chaired the county draft board during World War I, later led the County Road Commission for ten years, and held local offices including township road commissioner and director of the local school district for twenty years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Hutchinson
George
Sarah Hutchinson
Coburg
Ontario
Sheridan Township
Clare County
Mr. Hutchinson
Michigan
Burnside
Robert
Harrison
Mse
Hutchinson
Funeral Services Held for Mrs Thos Dwyer Saturday
Margaret Ellen Griffiths born April 24 1857 in Frankfort Ontario died April 17 1941 at eighty three years eleven months and twenty three days. She married Thomas Joseph Dwyer in 1878 at St Peter in Chains Trenton Ontario and had three children Louise Davis C W Lanshaw and Arthur Armstrong. A granddaughter and great granddaughter survive along with other relatives. She moved from Muskegon to Clare where she lived until death. Requiem Mass at St Cecilia's at 9:30 Saturday officiated by Rev Stan Morrison. Burial beside her husband in Cherry Grove cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Ellen Griffiths
Frankfort
Ontario
Thomas Joseph Dwyer
St. Peter In Chains Church
Trenton
Louise Davis
Clare
C. W. l Lanshaw
Wheeler
Michigan
Arthur Armstrong
Margaret Burnett
Pontiac
Peggy Ann Cote
Muskegon
St. Cecilia’s Church
Stanley Morrison
Cherry Grove Cemetery
Notice on Fees for Announcements by Groups
Announcement policy from The Sentinel declares charges for for profit notices or those seeking admission or participation. Future notices sent to The Sentinel will be published and billed to the group or party sending them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sentinel Office
Millions Spent For Relief Of War Sufferers
The Red Cross reports four million dollars more in relief shipments to Europe and the Orient since February. Milk medicines clothing and flour reach Spain France and Greece while funds aid Finland China and Pacific ports. Local chapter in Clare County seeks knitters for hospital pajamas socks and stockings with contact details for Madge Lamb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Orient
Great Britain
Spain
France
American Red Cross
Exmouth
Greece
Red Cross
Finland
Pacific
Porte
Shanghai
Hongkong
Rangoon
Presdent
Roosevelt
U. S
Greenwood Township
Plan Summer 4-H Projects Across Wide Range
Winter club participants eye summer 4-H activities with options in livestock crops forestry conservation soil care pheasant and poultry raising. Girls may pursue food study home making canning and garden tasks. Early parental cooperation and clear project choices boost success. agents Gibson and James will visit rural schools to gauge interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P.D. Gibson
Mary-Sy. Jamés
Also Mentioned on This Page
Conservation Club
Q. W. Nash
DIST
Medical Society
Doherty
Hammerberg’s
John H. Hall
Methodist Church
Chemical City
Clare Hi School
Farwell Boys
Norway
Thomas Oberlitner
Brother
Rev. F. Galusha
Call TO Baptist Church
Gladwin School
Robt
Sheridan
Thos. Dwyer
St. Cecilia’s
Red Cross Chapter
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