Memorial rites for Pfc Frank V. Krehmar Sunday
Memorial services for Pfc Frank V Krehmar son of Mr and Mrs Joe Krehmar Clare will be held at 2:00 p m Sunday at the Clare Methodist Church Rev Chas B Hahn will officiate He joined the U S Marine Corps Oct 3 1942 and went overseas Mar 10 1943 Parents received a letter July 24 1944 noting posthumous awards including Purple Heart Presidential Unit Citation Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal and ribbon with star The family has received the Purple Heart certificate and five medals for marksmanship and bayonet drill He is survived by a sister Victoria Irene and his parents
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfc
Frank V. Krehmar
Joe Krehmar
Clare
Tawara
Gilbert Islands
Clare Methodist Church
Chas. B. Hahn
Pfe. Erchmar
U. S. Marine Corps
Irchmar
W. W. Or
U.S. Marine Corps
Marine Corps
U. S. Marine Corps Reserve
United States
Frank
Victoria Irene
Former Clare Girl Laid At Rest In Detroit Widow
Alice Margaret Rankine aged forty two of Detroit died in a Georgian Bay boat accident on August 16 1944 while vacationing with her husband She was born January 26 1902 in Clare county daughter of James and Mary McClung and later moved to Detroit where she worked as a Civil Service employee She married John R Rankine in 1931 and they lived in Detroit Funeral held at Elm Grove Church August 21 with hymns Sometime We’ll Understand and Safe in the Arms of Jesus Interment at Cherry Grove Cemetery Attending relatives listed from Detroit Jackson Saginaw Midland Cadillac Rosebush and other places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Margaret Rankine
Detroit
Georgian Bay
Alice
Clare County
James McClung
Civil Service
John R. Rankine
Jessie Gangler
Elm Grove Church
Chas. Kleinhardt
Rank
Pillsbury
Jésus
Miss Rank
Cherry Grove Cemetery
John Rankine
Andresen
Wm. Neldham
C. Phillips
Jackson
Chas, McClung and Sons
Mason
Wm. McClung
Myrtle. Stenger
Saginaw
Geo. McClung
Hunt
A. Seaman
Midland
Isabella County Pioneer Johnston Dies at 83
Isabella County obituary recalls Theller Antoine Johnston born August 17 1861 in Peel Ontario. He settled Rosebush in 1882 married Jessie Cameron in 1885 built a farm west of Rosebush then east of St Henrys. Died August 19 1944 aged 83 leaving two sons Ward and Bowman four grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isabella County
Theller
Antoine Johnston
Francis and
Elizabeth Johnston
Peel County
Ontario
Tle
Rosebush
Mr. Johnston
Ann Arbor
Mt. Pleasant
Clare
Jessie Cameron
William Newhouse
Norris
St. Henry’s Catholic Church
Kilgren
Heart
Ward
Bowman
Mesick
George Bayliss
Frank
Clare Sentinel Want Ad Promises Quick Results
Local Clare Sentinel notes want ads offer fast responses for classifieds. Readers are invited to place notices for jobs, items, or services to reach a broad community audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare Sentinel
Youths Confess Beagle Robbery Here Last Week
Richard John Heinz and Faye Stats, both youths, waived examination on charges of robbing Mrs. Beagle at Beagle's Cafe at 3 30 am on August 14. They are held on 2500 bond each awaiting circuit court arraignment. Police recovered most of the loot and 5000 ration stamps. Trooper Jack Foster and Pvt. Joseph Brant led the investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard John Heinz
Gladwin
Faye
Stats
Ewart
Sam Wilkinson
Bertha. Beagle
Beagle
Clare County
Heinz
Clare
Jack Foster
Mt. Pleasant
Pvt
Joseph Brant
Fort Custer
Art Lamb Narrow Escape Near Standish
Arthur J. Lamb of this city suffered serious injuries at Stirling well in the Deep River field five miles north of Standish Arenac county. His right throat was lacerated near the jugular, his arm bruised and a bone cracked, with chest injuries. He received first aid in Standish and later medical care. X rays showed no other broken bones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur J. Lamb
Stirling
Standish
Arenac County
Art
Douglas
G. C. Born
Clare
Robert Ackerman
Henry Ackerman
Harrison
Pere Marquette
Robert
Clare Hospital
Don Butters
Clare R-4
Ashby Drilling Company
Bay City
H. J. Ballard
Camp Rotary Boy Scouts Aid in Forest Fire Fight
Groups of Boy Scouts from Camp Rotary worked in four hour shifts to help extinguish the Cornwell forest fire at the Cornwell Ratch and George Winn farm. They joined fire departments Conservation Department crews and neighbors in bringing the blaze under control and learned firefighting lessons in practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Rotary
Cornwell Ratch
George Winn Farm
Wayne Tennant
Rotary
Missing in action: T/Sgt Joe H. Waring over Austria
Mrs. Joe H. Waring of Pontiac received word from the War Department that her husband T/Sgt Joe H. Waring has been missing since July 26 over Austria. He enlisted in the Air Corps in spring 1941 and earned two Air Medals and Oak Leaf Clusters for merit after completing 37 missions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe’ H. Waring
Gladys Stoy
Pontiac
War Department
Joe H. Waring
Austria
Waring
Air Corps
Clare Hardware Refrigorator Helped in China Mission
Michigan State College radio WKAR announced Major John T. Tripp of the U S Army Sanitation Corps secured eight icy ball kerosene refrigerators from Clare Hardware and other suppliers for use in China. The devices power a health laboratory and hospitals where electricity is unavailable, preserving serums for 24 to 36 hours.
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Michigan State College
WKAR
China
R. J. Coleman
John T. Tripp
U. S. Army Sanitation Corps
State College Station
Army
Clare Hardware & Furniture Company
Roy Huckins
Coral
Clarence Beardsilee
Sheridan
Rudolph Schemms
Frankenmuth
John OQ. Roberts
St. Louis
H. C. Kildegaard
Gowen
C. L. Emery
Albion
Clift Implements Service
Cygnet
Ohio
Tripp
Mgr. Coleman
J. Burdo
Clare
Dwyer Aboard LST in Action With Enemies in New Guinea
Thomas E. Dwyer Jr a 24 year old from Clare served as phone man on an LST approaching Lae New Guinea under fire. After bombs hit the ship he helped assist the wounded and returned to duty as aircraft were shot down. He enlisted in June 1942 and served since March 1943 aboard the LST in Huon Gulf.
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Thomas E. Dwyer, Jr
St. Clare
Lae
New Guinea
7Th Fleet
Huon Gulf
Dwyer
LST
Southwest Pacific
Thomas Earl Dwyer
Bluejacket
Board Meeting Notice at Claré Congregational Church
The Claré Congregational Church announces a board meeting of the Board of Trustees and the Board of Deacons on Monday night at 7 30 at the Citizens State Bank building. All members urged to attend. Rev Harold Watson, Minister.
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Board of Trustees
Claré Congregational Church
Citizens State Bank
Harold Watson
Reed City mourns longtime legislator Miles Callaghan
Former State Senator and State Representative Miles M. Callaghan of Reed City died at his home after a third stroke. He served Osceola Clare district 1929 to 1937 and again 1941 to 194? He led the Osceola Orchard Company and helped found the Osceola County Chamber of Commerce. He is survived by his wife Rena M. Grant and sister Katherine Cornell.
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Miles M. Callaghan
Reed City
Callaghan
Osceola Clare
Flo
Ofter
Osceola County
Portland
Osceola
Another Clare County Pioneer Passes Sunday
Charles Emerson Davis born October 29 1870 in Williams County Ohio died August 20 1944 at his home in Sheridan township Clare county Michigan after a brief illness He was 73 He moved to Michigan as a youth and built a farm and home with his own hands He married Dessie Robinet in 1898 and had three children Russell Clarence and Arvilla He was survived by his widow three children fourteen grandchildren and other relatives He was known for his blacksmithing outdoorsman interests and community standing and the notice ends with continued on page.
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Charles Emerson Davis
Nelson and
Elizabeth Davis
Williams County
Ohio
Sheridan Township
Clare County
Michigan
Arthur Township
Charley
Dessie Robinett
Russell
Clarence
Gladwin
Arvilla Strouse
Butternut
Fred
Edward
Bertha Crawford
Luella Wright
Edith Johnson
Nora Bniley
Archie McLeod Named Postmaster in Marion
Archie McLeod appointed postmaster of Marion succeeding Mrs. Wavial Dunbar who resigned in June. A former Clare resident and long time Marion barber, he ran the Marion ball club for twenty years and served six years as deputy sheriff while active in civic affairs, and plans to join his wife in Whitehall.
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Archie McLeod
Marion
Wavial Dunbar
Depuy
March of Dimes Funds Fighting Polio in State
The 1944 March of Dimes appeal reports a record 10 978 491 donated to fight infantile paralysis. Basil O Connor says funds will expand epidemic aid and research as outbreaks rise in North Carolina Kentucky New York Louisiana Pennsylvania Virginia Tennessee Ohio Michigan Maryland Mississippi Indiana. One half of January funds stays with 8 000 county chapters. Local Clare county funds have assisted past victims.
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National Foundation For
Basil O'Connor
Foundation
North Carolina
Kentucky
New York
Louisiana
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Tennessee
Ohio
Michigan
Maryland
Mississippi
Indiana
O’connor
National Foundation
Isabella County
Missaukee County
Clare County
Caroline Schug Dies at Daughter's Home in Clare
Caroline Dorothy Drumm Schug aged 85 died Saturday at her daughter's Clare home. Born in Ulmet Germany January 3 1859 she came to America at 23 and married Julius Schug in Syracuse New York. Funeral at St Johns Lutheran Church Clare with burial in Cherry Grove Cemetery.
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Caroline Schug
Caroline Dorothy Drumm
Carl
Dorothy Drumm
Ulmet
Germany
Clare
Michigan
America
Julius Schug
Syracuse
New York
Vernon Township
Carrie Snider
Lewis
Lena Schaeffer
Rose House
Albert
Fred
St. Johns Lutheran Church
Carl Leyrer
St. Louis
Cherry Grove
Reginald House
South Pacific
Lowell Schaeffer
U. S
Washington, D. C
Ruthie Schug
Battle Creek
Kellogg Foundation
Percy Huston
Houghton Lake
Rolland Snider
Mason
Harl Snider
Reed City
Lyle Eisenberger
Mt. Pleasant
Wm. van Vorst
Lowell
Homer House
Harry Schug
Dale Schug
Detroit
Young People Rally to Elect Officers Tuesday
The Young People's Christian Endeavor Society of Colonville Eagle Elm Grove Arthur Center Dover and Brown Corners will hold a regular business meeting Tuesday evening August 29 at the Hagle Church of God at 8 15 BWT. Following the business, the election of officers for the coming year will take place. All officers and delegates are urged to be present.
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Young People’s Christian Endeavor Society of
Colonville
Eagle
Elm Grove
Arthur Center
Dover
Brown Corners
Hagle Church of God
B.W.T
Postal Department limits overseas small gift mail with food
The Post Office Department ends the prior allowance for small packages up to eight ounces to armed forces overseas sent as ordinary mail without the addressee’s request if they contain foodstuffs or candy. Larger gifts up to five pounds may be mailed with a required addressee request, preserving Christmas parcel rules.
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War Department
Post Office Department
Postal
the Sentinel
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PEC
Frank V. Krchmar
Rev. Hahn
Methodist
Eclare
Art Lamb
BOY Scouts
Cornwell
Clare Hardware
Orient
Tommy Dwyer
Sen. Callaghan
Wes
March OF Dimes
Ir. O’connor
Daughter
Lutheran Church
Postal Department
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