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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1940
Page
8
The August 7 to 13 results show Brown defeating North Bradley to win Class C in the first division. Gulf beat Harrison as Class B play began. Herrick leads Class C on two wins, with three weeks left before Labor Day. The Sentinel will publish the exact schedule. copies are being printed for distribution.
Conservation officers in Michigan enforce a 1939 amendment banning motorboat use without mufflers and prohibits careless or heedless operation that endangers people or property. Offenders are being arrested on southern lakes as officials clamp down on nuisances to protect fishermen, bathers, and shoreowners.
A note describes the platypus as a mix of fish and bird, noting it combines aquatic and avian traits with mammalian features in a unique monotreme form.
The dahlia was discovered in Mexico by Cervantes in 1784 marking the origin of the flower's recorded history.
Resident hunters will wear orange back tags for small game and red tags for deer this fall. Michigan printed 700000 shotgun licenses and 240000 rifle licenses to meet growing hunter numbers since the Depression era. More than 2,000 game wardens will distribute licenses and tags in September as the department expands licensing and digests for the season.
New York grocers and restaurant operators will observe Iced Coffee Week from June 23 to 29. The event, the third of its kind, opens a summer campaign on behalf of the iced beverage, announced by W. F. Williamson of the Associated Coffee Industries of America.
Cambridge Harvard junior Richard Andrew from Pleasantville N Y expected excusal when he was the sole member of the class of 10 present Professor Frank B Cawley continued the lecture outlining its object for 50 minutes while Andrew sat unnoticed and distressed.
Gulf suffers its fourth defeat of the season to Winkler Lucas of Saginaw as Clare totaling four hits lose 11 to 4 on Saturday. Saginaw bats 11 hits to Clare s four with Barownowski and Rousseau pitching for Saginaw and Spencer McConnell for Clare. Last Thursday Gulf defeated Harrison 8 0 in a five inning exhibition as Harrison forfeited the league game. Gulf set to play Mt. Pleasant in an exhibition Friday and Michigan Toledo in Alma Sunday seal division final vs Leonard Refinerys.
Oscar Quam of Minneapolis teaches hunters duck calling in six nightly classes and a correspondence course. He splits calls into diver and dipper dialects with notes mapped to musical scales, notes wing flapping as a guide, and urges ladylike quacks to lure drakes within range.
Frank Behm and his wife hosted friends and family at the resort. The Schulz family from Minnesota and Wisconsin visited for several days. Mrs. G. Weiderholt and son from Bridgeport stopped at their cottage. Sam Ramsey and family from Mint vacationed at their cottage. The Rogers from Cuyahoga Falls Ohio, left for home after a week’s stay. Oscar Kube and wife plan a Clam Lake trip. Marshall Barr and Lan Sing hosted visits with Hazelton and Max Barr. P and Hetzner from Saginaw visited Otto Pietsch. Ben Gordon is cleaning the Lake George schoolhouse interior. Condon and Mint friends completed a new cottage last Sunday. Mrs EB returned home from Traverse City Saturday.
In southern Arizona the University of Arizona team uncovers a giant mastodon skeleton uncovered by erosion with the exact dig site kept secret. Papago Indians share a myth that the monster menaced their tribe until slain by the tribal god Etoi who sacrificed himself to strike the beast.
Lorain public schools install whiteboard style maps of Europe with boundaries colored in washable crayon. A glassy covering protects maps from smudging so they stay up to date if borders shift overnight. Teachers say the system keeps geography classes current for the community.
Jenny the royal air force carrier pigeon, on patrol with an R A F pilot in a Lockheed Hudson bomber over the North Sea, laid an egg midflight. The incident did not endanger the mission and the bomber returned safely, illustrating the pigeons' role as emergency message carriers for British air crews. Jenny is one of many homing pigeons loaned for the war, with some valued at over $300 each and used if radio fails.
Dr Edward H Spicer of the University of Arizona leads a racial study of Yaqui Indians in Arizona. He plans to evaluate about 3000 fugitive Yaqui from Mexico to learn their relation to other tribes and Mexicans, their adaptation to American culture, political beliefs, and changes since historic warlike days.
Swiss frontier forces report a stag crossed from Vorarlberg into St Margrethen and became entangled in thousands of miles of barbed wire. The exhausted animal was killed after dragging 300 yards of wire and posts from its antlers. frontier troops later ate the venison.
In Delphos Ohio the Marion township constable race is between C C Ford and his son Donald Ford and cousin J N Cochran with the Ford family guaranteed to retain the office.
The note describes early California ski competitions dating back to the gold rush era, highlighting historical interest in skiing as a sport in the region. It implies a long tradition without detailing specific events, dates, or participants.
A historical overview notes that China’s silk industry has thrived for about four millennia, highlighting its deep cultural and economic significance across dynasties. The aging craft remains a symbol of national heritage and global trade.
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