Veteran Judge Thomas S. Dorsey dies at Clare home
The community plans a tribute for Judge Thomas S. Dorsey who died Tuesday morning at his Hast Highth street home. Born October 24, 1856 near Homer, Michigan, he built a long career in law and public service after starting as a stone cutter and marble worker. Continued on Page Ten.
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Thomas S. Dorsey
Hast Highth Street
Wm. A
Margaret. Dorsey
Homer
Calhoun County
Michigan
Union City
Union City School
Clare
Clare Granite & Marble Works
Weight tax returns allotted to counties of state
State Highway Commissioner Murray D. Van Wagoner vouchered 111 012 584 to Aud Gen Vernon J. Brown for the first quarter weight tax returns of 1939. First quarter totals rose to 10 223 762 versus 9 911 (approx) year ago, hinting at higher auto sales. Counties and cities receive full weight tax plus 6 550 000 annual gasoline tax. Nearby county payments include Clare 25 758.74 Gladwin 27 128.74 Isabella 62 050.21 Midland 59 034.92 Osceola 31 331.88.
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Murray D. van Wagoner
Vernon J. Brown
Clare
Gladwin
Isabella
Midland
Osceola
Clare High Sociology Class Visits Central State College
Thirty six Clare High School sociology students and Superintendent Kennedy visited Central State Teachers College at Mt Pleasant on Friday. They toured the home training school girls dormitory elementary department and science building and heard Dr Trout speak in the college auditorium.
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Clare High School
Kennedy
Central State Teachers College
Mt. Pleasant
Dr. Trout
Lady Golfers Party At Mrs Hampton Home
All women golfers are invited to a party at Mrs. S. H. Hampton's home on Monday evening May 1 at 8:00. Bridge and Chinese checkers will be played with Mrs. Lou Hampton and Annabelle Hampton as co hosts.
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S. H. Hampton
Lou
Annabelle Hampton
Motorola Radio Home and Car Ad
Classified ad for Motorola radios available at Bob's Garage with phone number 342. Includes home and car radio options as an advertisement.
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Motorola Radio
Bob's Garage
Sheridan Woman Dies at Daughter’s Sheridan Township Home
Myrtle Christine Bell Strouse died at the old homestead in Sheridan township on a Wednesday afternoon in April 1939 at age 68 years 9 months and 1 day. She was born July 18 1870 in Salem township Indiana, married John Wesley Strouse in 1887, had two children Clare and Alta, moved to Sheridan in 1902 with husband and family, and was survived by son Clare daughter Mrs Lyle Waite ten grandchildren and a brother John Bell of Stroh Indiana. Funeral held at Thurston Funeral Home 2:00 PM Saturday officiated by Rev M R Honderich with interment in Cherry Grove cemetery. Relatives from distance included Mrs Dina Burke Syracuse NY Will Hayward Ray and Donna Belle Stroh Ind Mrs Eva Bell Maxine Crib South Milford and Howard Waite Belvue.
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Myrtle Strouse
Lyle Waite
Sheridan Township
Myrtle Christine Bell
Salem Township
Stuben County
Indiana
Joshua
Jane Bell
John Wesley Strouse
Clare
Alta
Strouse
John Bell
Stroh
Thurston Funeral Home
M. R. Honderich
Eagle Church of God
Cherry Grove Cemetery
Dina Burke
Syracuse N. Y
Will Hayward
Ray
Donnabelle
Stroh, Ind
Eva Bell
Maxine Crib
South Milford
Howard Waite
Belvue
Rainbow Grill Opens in Reopened Clare Quarters
Michael Chaoutis and Peter Theodoris open Rainbow Grill at 427 McEwan Street Clare after remodeling. They relocated from Lansing where they ran Gladmer Cafe in the Gladmer Theatre building slated for demolition for a new theatre.
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Michael Cliaoutis
Peter Theodoris
Rainbow Grill
McEwan Street
Clare
Lansing
Gladmer Cafe
Gladmer Theatre
Chaoutis
University of Chicago
Theodoris
My. Chaoutis
Rummage Sale Set by Congregational Guild
The Congregational Guild will stage a rummage sale Friday and Saturday in the church basement. Proceeds benefit church projects.
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Congregational Guild
Fred E Smalley Celebrates 73rd Birthday in Clare
Fred E Smalley honored at his Clare home on Sunday April 23 for his 73rd birthday. Born April 23 1867 in Eaton County Michigan he moved to Clare as a child and built a wagon shop. He served 22 years as councilman and 35 years as a city fireman and helped grow Clare with his business and civic work.
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Fred E. Smalley
Clare
Eaton County
Michigan
Roderick Smalley
Montcalm County
Peter Callam
Ulyssis
Grant
Smalley
South McEwan
McEwan
Stearns
George Scott
Lake
Vern Haines
The
Brand
Harold Lockwood
Farwell
Clare High juniors stage It Never Rains play
The Clare High School junior class presented the play It Never Rains to about four hundred fans in the school auditorium Tuesday evening. The cast included Mabel Rogers Betty Green Loretta Hales Henry Rogers Ronald Brown Jimmy Rogers Wallace Krell Norteen Sears June Bergey Clara Donovan Joy Groves Walter Donovan Cleland Green Dorothy Donovan Lucille Crequer Dane Lawson Paul Manee Margery Ackerman Gale Margery Parish Mary Mary Lou Roach and College Girls Grace Hodson Louise Cummings Lois Lange Shirley Allen. Between acts, tap dances and songs by Patty Hall Jacqueline Frey Hugh Maxwell Donald Woolston Wallace Crigier Cleland Green and Douglas Paxton entertained. The program was well received by an appreciative audience.
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Clare High School
Mabel Rogers
Betty Green
Savannah
Loretta Hales
Henry Rogers
Ronald “Brown
Jimmy Rogers
Wallace Krell Norteen Sears
June Bergey
Clara, Donovan
Joy Groves Walter Donovan
Cleland Green
Dorothy Donovan
Lucille Crequer Dane Lawson
Paul Manee Margaret
Margery Ackerman
Gale
Margery Parish
Mary
Mary Lou Roach Colege
Grace Hodson
Louise Cummings
Lois Lange
Shirley Allen
Phyllis Sherwood
Donald Woolston
Rolland Allen
Patty Hall
Jacqueline Frey
Hugh Maxwell
Wallace Crigier
Douglas Paxton
Earl Sternaman Wins Award at Ann Arbor Photography Exhibit
Harl Sternaman, local photographer, received an award of merit for a portrait at the Michigan Photographers Association exhibit in Ann Arbor. The winning subject was the two children of Renee Smith of South Dakota visiting John and Mrs. Smith in this community. The Sentinel congratulates him on his portrait work.
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Harl Sternaman
Michigan Photographers Association
Ann Arbor
Sternaman
Renee Smith
South Dakota
Mr. Smith
John Smith
the Sentinel
Services Held Here Sunday for Mrs Zimmerman
Funeral services for Mrs. Paul Zimmerman were conducted at the Thurston Funeral Home with Rev. M. R. Honderich presiding. Interment followed in Cherry Grove Cemetery. The obituary notes she was born Minnie Albrecht July 10 1875 in Detroit and died April 19 1939 at 62 years 9 months and 9 days. She moved from Saginaw to Clare county, married Paul Zimmerman April 16 1895, and left eight children with seven grandchildren and many relatives and friends mourning her. The piece lists numerous out of town attendees and expresses the community’s high regard for her as a Sheridan township pioneer.
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Paul Zimmerman
Thurston Funeral Home
M. R. Honderich
Cherry Grove
Clare County
Fred
Cora Davis
Sheridan
Christine Waltz
Grand Rapids
Florence Crawford
Detroit
Minnie Bdick
Mary Randie
Bertha Randie
Clare
Martha Depew
Flint
Otto
Herman Albrecht
Saginaw
Otto Albrecht
Gertrude Albrecht
Oliver
Lewis Slater St
Errol Hellema
Elsie Caw
Marie Charles
B. Weisman
Edward McKnight
Robert Omar
H. C. Nelson
Clifford Crawford
Ward and Clarence
Sparta
Roy Dutcher
Lloyd
Ralph Langworthy
Mt. Pleasant
Gospel Workers Convention Set for Clare May Day
The 41st Gospel Workers convention of the Church of God will meet at the Clare Church of God on Tuesday May 2 starting at 10:00 AM. The program features prominent speakers and a noon potluck dinner, with all welcome under the theme Team Work.
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Gospel Workers’ Convention
The
Church of God
Clare Church of God
Ann Arbor Railroad Sets New Passenger Schedule
Beginning next Sunday April 80 the Ann Arbor railroad will install a new schedule for passenger service. Trains from Clare will run No 62 southbound at 10 58 p m and No 61 northbound at 2 18 p m.
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ANN Arbor Railroad
Ann Arbor
Clare
Clare Welcomes Thousands of Trout Fishermen This Weekend
The Clare area braces for a weekend influx as trout season opens at midnight drawing thousands of anglers. Local merchants report strong sales of leaders boots jackets and fishing licenses while authorities note nearly 500000 fish have been planted in Clare County streams this past year to bolster supply.
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Northland
Nimrods
Clare
Sentinel
United States Department O Fisheries
Michigan Department of Conservation
Clare County
Johnson speaks at Clare Kiwanis on world issues
Rev. H. B. Johnson of Oxford addressed Clare Kiwanis Wednesday on the world situation. He argued against simple class or national hatred, cited Italy as an overpopulated economy example, and proposed a World Economic Conference to tackle economic justice with six months of national review followed by joint solutions. Austin Bates introduced him. Herman Frickney attended.
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Clare Kiwanis Club
H. B. Johnson
Oxford
United States-Canada
Johnson
Italy
Europe
Jesus
Austin Bates
Herman Frickney
Mt. Pleasant
Mid-Continent Oil Sponsor Demonstration At City Hall
The Mid-Continent Oil Company will sponsor a public meeting at Clare City Hall Auditorium on Wednesday May 3 at 7:00 PM. Company representatives will demonstrate uses and qualities of petroleum products and assist attendees with questions and suggestions for motor tractor and fuel oils.
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The
Mid-Continent Oil Company
Clare City Hall
Last Rites for Former Citizen Held Wednesday
Obituary notes Pean Dunley died April 22 1939 in Pontiac at age 69 after a two week illness. Born Elk township Sanilac county March 11 1870 he lived near Clare then moved to Pontiac. survived by wife Alice later Mrs Sally Acre, two sons Vern and Delmar Acre, one daughter Ellen, a sister and many nieces and nephews. Burial at Cherry Grove cemetery after services in Pontiac and here with Rev Gene Burton.
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Adolphus Alpena Dunley
Elk Township
Sanilac County
Pontiac
Clare County
Alice Abbott
Sally Acre
Ellen Dunney
Vern Acre
Clare
Delmar Acre
Alberta
Michigan
George Johnston
Brown City
Hattie Dunley
Peck
Charley Dunley
Clio
Floyd Dunley
Pete
Ray Dingman
Lavern Johnston
Armada
Tom Finnigan
Detroit
Olive Clapsaddle
Anna Bone
Gene Burton
Cherry Grove Cemetery
Pioneers Open 1939 Baseball vs Gladwin High on Local Diamond
Clare High School’s Pioneer baseball team opens the 1939 season Tuesday against Gladwin High on the new athletic field. Key players from last year return though Leosh is sidelined by a fractured ankle. new recruits join the lineup as Clare fans are urged to attend the season opener with 25 cent admission.
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Clare High School
Gladwin High
Gladwin
Jetter
Cradit
Kleiner
Bryant
Leosh
Mance
Marshall
Parent
Annual golf banquet set for May 4 at Twin Inns Club House
President Tim Cotter and the active entertainment committee led by Edward Johnston announced this week that the annual golf banquet will be held Thursday evening May 4 at the Twin Hills Club House Our Dry Cleaning will give your spring clothes a spring like freshness Clare Gleaners Adv
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Tim Cotter
Edward Johnston
Twin Hlms Club
Clare
May Term of Circuit Court Convenes in Harrison
The May term of Circuit Court will convene at the Court House in Harrison on the second Monday in May with three criminal cases before Judge Ray Hart. The calendar includes sixteen Issues of Fact and Chancery cases such as The People vs Bob Stager and The People vs Eugene Williams for breaking and entering. Chancery matters include divorce and deed disputes like Mary Lucile Carek vs Vincent Carek and Cash Richards vs Lawrence F Coplin. continued on Page Ten.
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Court House
Harrison
Ray Hart
the People
Bob Stager
Eugene Williams
Wayne C. Price
Mary Lucile Carek
Vincent Carek
Cash Richards
Lawrence F. Coplin
Addie Coplin
Ross A. Alkire
Bill
Public Banquet and Program at Clare School May 3
Community event at Clare School gymnasium next Wednesday at 7:00 PM to raise funds for a new school bus. Bus will serve all grades and may be shared with other local organizations. Amateur program and motion pictures in the auditorium. Admission: adults 50c, students 25c, children under seventh grade 1c with parent.
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Clare
Clare Graduates Pitch for Alma Mater in Hillsdale Game
Dr and Mrs F C Sanford and Mr and Mrs Lovie Thayer traveled to Hillsdale to watch the Michigan Wolverines face Hillsdale College in the season opener. Clare graduate Glen Sanford pitched all ten innings as U of M won 5 to 1 after an extra frame tied 1-1. Lyle Allen, another Clare alum, pitched for the University.
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CLARE
Alma Mater
Hillsdale
F. C. Sanford
Lovie Thayer
U of M
Sanford
Glen
Lyle Allen
Piano Tuning by P Alexander Announces Clare Visit
P Alexander the piano tuner will return to Clare for tuning work. For service call Miss Frances Anderson to place orders.
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P. Alexander
Clare
Frances. Anderson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dorsey
Clare High
Thos S. Dorsey
Daughter
Lansing Cafe
Third Dimension
Adyv
Earl Sternaman
Photographers
Aist Gospel Workers’ Convention
Clare Tues
Kiwanis
United States
Canada
Doherty
Mid-Continent Oil CO
City Hall
Pean Dunley
General Hospital
Pioneers
New Athletic Field
Fred Aiey
Loose Wiles Biscuit Company
James Duncan
Calvin J. Harvey
County of Clare
Kazererz J. Rzewiske
Arthur J. Benninghausen
Ralph J. Webb
Curtis B. Daniels
Ralph Sherwood
Ernie
Louma
Adolphus Thompson
Sadies W. Dille
Edna F. Griffin
Bay City Hardware Co
Robert Gardner, Inc
Gardner Lumber Company
Lilah J. Buell
Sylvia C. Compton
Pure Oil Company
Paul Revere Insurance Company
Miles Darling
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