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the Sentinel
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Beals Rites Held for Harrison Resident Paul E Beals
Funeral services were held at the Congregational church in Harrison for Paul Edward Beals 64 who died August 1 after a long illness. Rev Harry St Philo officiated with interment at Maple Grove Cemetery. Beals and his wife ran the Tip Top Inn on Main Street and were longtime Harrison residents. He is survived by Sadie A Beals and two children Maurice Johnson and Foster Beals.
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Congregational Church
Harrison
Paul EE. Beals
Harry St. Philo
Maple Grove
Henry Gardiner
Paul Gibson
Robert Burns
Les Leonard
Paul Moore
Charles Amble
Mildred Roach
Dundee
Paul Edward Beals
Adrian
Lenawee County
Elias Beals
Seneca Falls
New York
Beals
Sadie A. Seip
Columbus
Ohio
Grand Rapids
Tip Top Inn
Mr. Beals
Main Street
Sadie A. Beals
Maurice Johnson
Foster Beals
Toledo
Ida Wood
Blissfield
Larissa Baurer
Rochester
Foster Hoag
Waterloo
Marie Zak
Floyd Hamilton
Gena Fisher
Detroit
Orson Wood
Harold Randolph
D. A. Knight
R. W. Karns
Richard Seip
John Seip and Son
Lb. G. Schlegel and
Gulf Super Service Station Opens in Harrison
The new Gulf Super Service station at the M-61 and US-27 corner in Harrison held its official opening on Saturday August 3. Leon Stanley, returning to Harrison business circles after two years away, is proprietor. Patrons received gifts for each dollar spent and children enjoyed balloons. Stanley’s background includes Gulf Refining Company School in Saginaw and a prior Sinclair service station stint in Harrison.
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Harrison
Leon Stanley
Gulf Refining Company
Saginaw
Ithaca
Gulf Company
Leon
Sinclair
Harrison Girl Scouts Enjoying Week at Higgins Lake
The Harrison troop of twenty eight girls, led by Onaiie Higgins Margaret Brown and Jean Gibson, accompanied by Captain Mrs Irah Emery and Mrs Neil Kinne and Miss Anne Wellington, left August 5 for a seven day outing at Higgins Lake Cottage. They funded the trip through social events and bake sales planned over the past year.
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Harrison Girl Scout Troop
Irah Emery
Neil Kinne
Anne Wellington
Higgins Lake
Onaiie Higgins
Margaret Brown
Jean Gibson
Harrison Briefs Visit From Neward Families
Miss Thelma Brandon of Neward Ohio visits brothers Clyde and Glenn Brandon and families. Foster Beals of Tolaito Ohio and Mr and Mrs L G Schlegel and family of Columbus Ohio are staying a while.
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Thelma Brandon
Neward
Ohio
Clyde
Glenn. Bandon
Foster Beals
Tolaito
L. G. Schlegel Ard
Columbus
Weekend Visit Across Detroit Family Gatherings
Ten weeks into the period, Mr and Mrs James Palmer and family spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs Clyde Brandon and family. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Merle Palmer and Mr and Mrs Dick Lanier of Detroit.
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Moe
James Palmer
Jamily
Merle Palmar
Dick Lanier
Detroit
Clyde Brandon
Fam.ly
New Post Office Opens In Harrison On West Main
The Harrison Post Office moved to a remodeled building on West Main Street last Monday with Postmaster Stella Briggs and staff ready for public service. The former Clare County Cleaver site now houses the post office featuring raised ceilings, new heating, running water and rest rooms, plus expanded mail handling and parcel post facilities.
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Harrison. Post Office
Harper Building
Second Street
Stella Briggs
West Main Street
Clare County Cleaver
United States Post Office Department
Jesse Allen
Mike Wise
Loomis
Harrison
Second annual family reunions across Michigan towns
Bay City hosted the Stanley family reunion with members from Lansing Detroit Flint Grand Ledge Sault Ste. Marie Royal Oak Clare and Harrison. Eugene Stanley aged 83 led guests as the group elected James Stanley president Bess Waton secretary and Jennie Tooley assistant treasurer for next year’s gathering in Bay City. The Ladd family held a second reunion at Wilson State Park with 56 attendees from Clare Isabella and Gladwin counties. Ernie Spohn was elected president Clarence Ladd vice president and Marie Snyder secretary treasurer for planning the 1941 reunion in Harrison next August.
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B. F. Hampton
Clair Stanley
Max Stanley
Harrison
Eugene Stanley
James Stanley
Clare
Bay City
Stanley
River Road Park
Little Sandra Lee Wood
Lansing
Detroit
Flint
Grand Ledge
Sault Ste. Marie
Royal Oak
Clare and
Bess Waton
Jennie Tooley
Ladd
Wilson State Park
Isabella
Gladwin
Park
Ernie Spohn
Gladwin County
Clarence Ladd
Marie Snyder
Mt. Pleasant
Professor Urges Open Minds to Seek Truth at Holyoke
Professor Walter Kotschnig urged Holyoke College students to keep minds open but not overly so and to pursue education for a philosophy of life, intellectual honesty, and a constant search for truth rather than just skills.
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Holyoke
Mass
Walter Kotschnig
Holyoke College
Piano Lost in Long Move Ends Up in Dallas
A Minneapolis transfer company moved A. M. Shearer’s piano 2,300 miles wrong and stored furniture later showed the piano missing. Investigation found it had been sent by mistake to Dallas Texas.
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Minneapolis
Minn
A. M. Shearer
Shearer
Dallas
Texas
George Clinton Takes Oath as First New York Governor
George Clinton took the oath of office as the first governor of New York in 1777 on an upturned barrel in front of Kingston courthouse, according to fragmented OCR notes. The scene places Clinton at a pivotal moment in early state governance.
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George Clinton
New’ ‘York State
Kingston
Words of Dig Washington War Words Enter Everyday Speech
A Washington survey shows bombs and guns from Europe reshape speech with words like blitzkrieg black–out and Lebensraum entering daily use. Terms such as Trojan Horse safety zone combat zone total war leaflets and ski patrol join the popular lexicon as Americans absorb wartime news and rhetoric.
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Washington
Latin-America
Poland
Maginot Front
Troy
United States
Europe
Ship's Bad Luck Hawk Placed in London Zoo
A rescued falcon nicknamed bad luck was placed in the London Zoo after alighting on the Japanese liner Terukuni Maru. Steward Saki fed and sheltered the hawk, released it, but the bird returned and later rode in a lifeboat to safety with the crew of the Beverley? bound for London.
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London
London Zoo
English Channel
Saki
Bird in Hand Brings Federal Attention in New Orleans
Vincent Matassa was freed on a $500 bond after being caught with a captive mocking bird. United States Commissioner R HA Carter Jr ruled he violated the migratory bird treaty act by possessing the feathered animal.
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New Orleans
Vincent Matassa
Matassa
United States
R. HA. Carter Jr
Dogs Once Fair Game in Colonial Massachusetts
Boston reports that two hundred years ago colonial laws banned dogs in Nantucket and Duke counties Massachusetts. The statutes allowed any dog found in those counties to be killed with no action against the person who killed it.
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Colonial
Massachusetts
Boston
Nantucket
Duke
Airplanes Battle Insects Across Skies for Crop Protection
The United States conducts an aerial pest control program using government planes to capture crop destroying insects at high altitudes. Entomologist P A Glick reports boll weevils at 2000 feet and other pests at up to 13000 feet. Traps are deployed from aircraft with staged altitude changes to collect samples.
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Washington
United States
Europe
Agriculture Department
P. A. Glick
Chicken Dinner and Picnic at St. Cecilia's Church
Church announces a chicken dinner and picnic on Sunday August 11 from 12:30 to 3:30 at St. Cecilia's Church in Clare. Proceeds support parish activities.
Estimating a rattlesnake's age by tail buttons unreliable
Experts say age cannot be accurately determined from rattles or buttons. Snakes may add multiple buttons yearly, but many are broken off, so most specimens show only 10 to 12 at most.
No Free Mail For Inmates In Canada Camps
An order ends free mail for inmates at Canada’s enemy alien camps and stops friends from sending unstamped letters. The privilege, once extended after internment, is canceled.
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Canada
Sparkels Welcome Son John William at Clare County Hospital
Mr and Mrs J K Sparkel announce the birth of a son born Wednesday morning August 7 at Clare County General Hospital. The baby weighs five and a half pounds and will be named John William.
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J. K. Sparkel
Clare County General Hospital
John William
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