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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1939
Page
11
The column lists rail arrivals with times for Ann Arbor and Pere Marquette plus lodge and church meeting schedules. Local social notes mention families visiting, church activities, school staff, and recent graduations at Mt. Pleasant and Farwell.
James A. Rogers presides as minister with a church school meeting led by Louis Finch at 12:00 noon. Morning worship follows at 12:00 o’clock with a message by the minister and a cordial welcome to all.
Gail Pulcifer leads a weekly Sunday meeting at 3 pm inviting all to seek eternal life on earth through Jehovah God and study of the Word. The note lists attendees and visitors including James Stanley Denise Smith Bernice Stanley Mary Leonard Ira Rogers and others with several local family connections and travel mentions.
A short note lists Peter Yohan seeking relief from rheumatic pain with unspecified remedies. The fragment provides no dates or locations and lacks further medical details or outcomes.
In Farwell area reports mention excellent blackberries for sale. Visitors included Mrs D W Rowe and Mrs Lena Correy of Big Rapids and Mrs L N Baker with Déna Jo of Stanton. Other guests were Mr and Mrs Meryl Graham of Ann Arbor en route to the Upper Peninsula, with Mr Graham newly licensed in aviation. Loudon Harrison and relatives vacationed with guests Cecil Harrison of Clinton Indiana and Mabel and Helen Wood of Terre Haute at Littlefield Lake. James and Jack Bistricky and Ronald Sage left for a tour of the Upper Peninsula.
John Waddington and sons acquire the gas station previously owned by Harold Higging, marking the transfer of business ownership.
The chief praises the best time giver while the seaman quips that love at first sight is the gift. The exchange blends maritime slang with a playful line about timing and romance.
Advance sale of tickets for A Hillbilly Wedding indicates a full house for the opening Thursday evening at Farwell High School Gym. The production promises a hilarious local program with new specialty acts and a cast including Lizzie Zilch, with a bridal party, flower girls, and a train bearer. Tickets are 25 cents at Farwell Drug Store.
Mrs Hazel Littlefield Smith and her children Haldon and Dennyce returned from New York last week to her mother Mrs Emma Littlefield's home. The party had been at the World's Fair and were met on arrival in New York by Haldon and Dennyce after a trip from England.
Walter Smedley chosen president Bernard Schofield secretary and David Wiggins treasurer at the newly elected school board meeting. Other members listed are Mrs. Madge B Lamb and Orville Sherman. Bus drivers named include Howard Randall Henry Fahnstalk Ray Wolston Millard Pitts and Emil Foell who is also chief garage mechanic.
Stillwater Oklahoma O Collegian reporters at Oklahoma A and M college discuss a coded system where figures replace phrases. They explain that ty uses numbers for greetings farewells and social meanings with ty six ty hundred eighty eight and other codes representing various social actions and statuses.
Paris dispatch notes that the USSR's annual births in 1937 neared four million, up 18 percent from 1936, while literacy rose to 28.8 million pupils. It claims no unemployment exists and factories employed over 27 million workers, with demand for more labor.
Mrs Mildred Tessens and two daughters and Miss Esther Robbins of Detroit visit Mrs dra Van Valkenburg. Walter Knight and daughter Joan Marie of Flint visit Lynn Budd. Dave Van Valkenburg visits Marion friends. Area threshers work amid rain delays. Mrs Olive Bruce and Minnie Kieth finish Mt Pleasant summer school and Bruce to teach next year. Several families travel to Soo and Newberry visiting relatives. Betty Budd Rosie Kurchmar Evelyn Malconingson attend homecoming in Marion.
Regular AMONG THE GRANGES meeting is set for August 15 with Mrs Genevieve Fancon guests of Charley Davis family. Sewing machine clinic at the Grange Hall serviced 8 machines. Mr Bell of Lansing instructed with Miss Jones assisting. Townsend picnic at Cotton Grove success. Davis reunion at F P Davis home drew large crowd. Local folks report farm chores, hospital visits, and travel to Marion, Portland, and St Johns. The 8th annual Grange picnic is scheduled for August 13 at Lake George Park.
Probate Court of Clare County issues notice to creditors of Lida A. Finch deceased. Claims must be filed by December 11 1939 for examination and adjustment at Harrison probate office. Hearing set for December 18 1939 at ten o'clock in the forenoon. Judge of Probate Alexander B. Wylie signs the notice.
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