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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1929
Page
1
City council votes to repudiate 1927 action authorizing purchase of 500 water meters from Hersey Manufacturing Company and to refuse payment for the meters. The series of events includes charter limits, prior mayoral campaign debate, and prior collection methods versus meter readings.
More than one hundred Camp Fire Girls from Saginaw attend a ceremonial night at Rotary Lake Sag inaw Camp Fire Girls camp in Clare. Miss Mary A. Colvin directs with assistant Miss Mary Ruth Wolf as awards for nature study campcraft and hand craft are to be presented by Winston Thomas. Students age six to eighteen participate with Blue Birds under eleven and senior life saver tests recently honored.
The first baseball game of the season will be played at Ward's Park Sunday afternoon. Admission is 25 cents.
The Robinette family gathered at Alwood's groves in Arthur Township on Sunday August 18 1929 with 160 in attendance the largest crowd since the reunion began A long table about 100 feet was set under maples for a bountiful dinner Invocation by Carmen Newman followed and the president opened the meeting Minutes of last year read Officers elected for 1980 with Hiram Flegel noted as oldest member Continues on last page.
The Clare County Circuit Court at Harrison schedules four criminal cases for August including Hart Davis fraudulently removing mortgaged property Archy Davis battery William R Coil in cest Walter Gruno desertion and more. Also includes civil replevin assumpsit and several divorces with a juror list and road board injunctions for the term.
The Cotton Blossom Singers from the Piney Woods school in Mississippi will present an entertainment at Clare Methodist Church ext Sunday evening August 26 at 7 30. Admission free. The colored quartet from the school sang at Ames church Saginaw last Sunday and are booked for First church Grand Rapids. See window cards with pictures.
Clare County Agricultural Association secures a famed airplane stunt flyer for Harrison fair September 17 to 20. He and a understudy will perform daily parachute drops. Increased horse entries and enhanced entertainment aim to attract more visitors and extended business plans.
A Buick sedan driven by John Pollard Jr living seven miles south and one mile east of Clare burned after overturning in a ditch on U S 27 about one and a half miles south of Clare on Saturday night. The occupants suffered only minor scalp wounds.
The Sentinel announces the Northern District Fair opening in Cadillac on Monday September 9, following the State Fair at Detroit. Officials promise higher priced entertainment and better attractions than last year with three State exhibit groups and two new departments adding value to this year’s event.
Fred Pfeiffer and R. G. Marsh both of Akron were arrested by Deputy Game Warden Hugene Pettit for possessing undersized fish after fishing at Three Lakes in Garfield township. They paid the customary fine for violation of the fish law.
Ill health forces Russell Naftzgar to auction a household goods sale at the residence corner Beech and Wheaton Ave on Saturday August Bist. See list next week.
A Park-Sheppard family reunion was held Tuesday at Clara Aire Ranch describing descendants from early Michigan settlers who arrived in the 1830s. Attendees included relatives from Park Hill New York and western and southern states. Colonel Josiah B. Park, father of the ranch owner, was honored as a Civil War veteran and helped raise Company D of the First Cavalry.
The Mellon Pollock Company of Pennsylvania has equipment ready to spud a new well one mile east of Loomis off U. S. 10, about seven miles from Clare, northwest of the Mt. Pleasant field. No new developments at Lost Lake or McKay as drills continue deeper with no difficulties.
The Methodists held their Fourth Quarterly Conference last Tuesday with reports from Sunday School Epworth League Aid Societies and missionary work. Rev J DeVinney presided and praised the Hurd couple and urged them to stay. Seventeen new members joined the church.
Alva Stephen, nineteen, of near Grayling, and Max Groom, twenty-two, of Howell, were injured when their auto collided with another on U S 27 eleven miles north of Clare Wednesday evening. Stephen cursed knee and body bruises. Groom head injuries and a foot wound. They were taken to Clare for treatment by John Martin of Saginaw after being pinned under the car.
All persons owing bills contracted at the Standard Oil Station up to August 17 call at Citizens State Bank to settle. Avihir Parrisii listed as contact.
Miss Alice Bruce youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs Samuel Bruce of Harrison wed Maynard Maybee of Mt Pleasant at her parents home. Rev H B Johnson officiated with ring service. After a luncheon the couple left for a motor trip to the Upper Peninsula Michigan. They plan to reside in Harrison with Maybee teaching in the high school manual arts department. Out of town guests attended from Gladwin Arcadia Mr Pleasant and more.
Scott Horn of Harrison 48, a Clare County road commission truck driver, broke his jaw Tuesday morning while dumping gravel on the highway. He was taken to a hospital in Bay City.
Norman Densmore a 57 year old farmer from northeast of the city sustained serious injuries when his Ford touring car was struck by a Pontiac Coupe driven by Lester Campbell of Detroit four miles east of Clare on U S 10 late Saturday. Mrs Densmore and a twin daughter were bruised and another daughter was bruised about the body a grandson was unharmed. Campbell was uninjured but his front axle and wheel were broken. he was en route to Houghton Lake.
The ten year old Edward Cattsgrove Jr of Vassar died at Samaritan Hospital in Bay City after appendicitis. He had been visiting grandparents Mr and Mrs Jay Wyman in Clare. Funeral services set for Friday at St Cecilia Cemetery, Clare, beside his mother.
Cedar Ridge Farm announces registration of Percheon horses and sheep of various breeds. The notice lists breeds such as Lesters Swalps Rambelles and Ox fords among others, inviting inquiries about herd stock and breeding.
A warrant is out for Max Ruben by Clare County officers on four counts of obtaining money under false pretenses. He allegedly posed as an employee of Minnesota Woolen Mills in Duluth and cashed a $97.50 check for goods that never arrived.
The Clare Public school will open Tuesday September 8th. Pupils to report in the morning with classes starting at the usual schedule. new spelling and language texts in some grades. High school classes prepared in forenoon with text book distribution in the afternoon. Superintendent Bogan and Principal Tichenor will be available for conferences Saturday and Monday before opening.
August 23 to 30 presents Lariet Kid with Hoot Gibson and Why Be Good with Coleen Moore and Neil Hamilton. Also Greatest Whoopee and Innocence of Paris star Maurice Chevalier. Coming Sept 3 4 5 Show Boat. Matinees Tuesday 2:20. Prices 2be 10c and 40e 20e.
The Him Grove Ladies Aid will host an ice cream social at the church next Wednesday evening August 28. Everyone is invited to attend.
Fifteen local business and professional men met at Clare Hardware and Furniture to organize a Boy Scouts troop. B N Mercer chaired the meeting with George White as secretary and a finance committee named. Noogles of the Saginaw area outlined current Scout work and Clare’s $300 grant was accepted by unanimous vote. Plan includes a park band concert with a Sheilan Scouts demonstration and later subscription drives.
George Burton Whiteside born January 25 1853 in Bethi Ontario died August 14 1929 at his Clare area home after a brief illness. He married Ladusky Malcolm in 1877 and leaves six children two daughters survive with five grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral held at his residence with Rev H B Johnson officiating and interment at Cherry Grove cemetery.
A fragmented note cites a Kansas City Journal Post remark about future directions and a so called spice tire. The text blends unclear phrases and lacks concrete events or names.
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