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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1927
Page
7
A well-kept yard inspires neighbors to improve as garden clubs spread nationwide. These groups range from social circles to study clubs focusing on plant life, design, and cultivation, often linking to city beautification through parks, playgrounds, and schools. Members must actively garden to join.
A civic appeal praises clean homes and regular upkeep as protection for children. Advocates urge year round paint and cleanliness to prevent germs, linking sanitary living to happiness, sunshine, and better citizenship.
The piece discusses how large cities lose communal spirit as local discussion becomes fragmented among numerous organizations. It argues that broad civic welfare diminishes when representation focuses on districts rather than the whole center, hindering progress.
The preliminary edition of a proposed standard city planning enabling act would extend municipal jurisdiction to all land within five miles of a town’s corporate limits. The draft aims to invite criticism from city planning associations and individuals before finalizing the act.
The text argues that private home ownership brings social stability and silence dissent. It asserts agitators vanish from tax rolls and soap box orators become quiet once property is earned through personal labor.
Paint helps protect wood and metal surfaces reducing repair bills. Focus on vulnerable points like roof edges, eaves, downspouts, and porch columns where the first damage occurs. Regular painting is cheaper than replacement.
A description notes shingles may be dipped in multiple shades such as red green grey or other colors and laid without a fixed design to produce beautiful varicolored surfaces.
Correspondence records numerous Sunday visits and weekend company. Families from Flint Sag inaw and Mt. Pleasant travel to see relatives, attend a funeral, and share time at Lie Mayhews, Charles Adelplue, and other locals.
Last Tuesday Waldo Richardson, son of Ed Richardson, was thrown from a runaway team while helping Jack Emerson. He escaped serious injury with a bruised hip and scratches after the rake was wrecked. Emerson took him to a doctor and he recovered in a couple of days.
Lansing resident Miss Hisse Smith visits Slentz home while Frances Wilds stays with her aunt near Rosebush. Many relatives from Flint Pontiac and Pittsburg visit Clare Farwell Mt Pleasant and Paris areas. Advance Grange hosts a Monday program with over sixty members and guests. Picnic invitations extended to all.
A free dance will be held tonight at Mt. Vernon Hall following the picnic. Residents are invited to attend and enjoy the event in the evening.
Grover Updyke of Temple, Stanford Bruce of Pontiac, and Roy Cook with friends visited Sunday. Many residents and guests shared strolls, ball games, and cottage time at Lake George and Windover. Notables included Mr. and Mrs. Bob Hemstreet, Mrs. C Bates, and Frank Manning renewing health and home projects.
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