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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1932
Page
3
Local posting details from The Sentinel noting annual rates for subscriptions and to points in Michigan the U S Canada and abroad. It lists per line charges for display advertising and notices including resolutions poetry and reading notices with penalties and printing services offered by the paper.
United Brethren Church reports Sunday School at 10 30 a m and worship at 11 45 a m with pastor Ghas Kleinhardt and visitors invited. Evening service at 8 p m and Wednesday motion pictures free with collection. Local items list residents visiting, recovering, or traveling, with numerous names and towns across Michigan and beyond.
A report details numerous visitors and residents in the area. Names include Harrison, Newby of Converse Indiana, and locals from Gladwin Flint and Saginaw visiting relatives and friends. Activities include Grange attendance and a weekend ice cream social at Brown Corners.
The Harri son high school senior class of 1930 held its sixth annual beefsteak fry on Sunday August 21. Ex students plus guests traveled by car to Arnold Lake for swimming dancing and a beefsteak meal. Absent were Walter Lang and one other member while attendees included O Dales Schaaf Flora Steurmer Morrell Clute Max Carey Rex Harper Pawwal lace Aurice Paisley and others.
Emma Jane Wheeler Gleason died August 9 1932 at age 82 after a long residence in Mason and nearby areas. Survived by daughter Edith Gleason Wilson son Fred Eugene four grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Funeral from home August 11 with Dr A W Johnstone officiating Maple Grove Cemetery.
The Michigan State Fair and Exposition announces a premier rodeo show to perform each afternoon before the grandstand from September 4. The event highlights top riders and livestock, aiming to attract large crowds to the state fair.
About two hundred people gathered at the Harrison Opera House in August for a meeting of depositors to choose between reorganizing the closed Harrison State Savings Bank under a five year plan or placing it in the hands of a receiver. The vote favored reorganization by a large margin.
The Wilson State Park hosted two large picnics last week attended by about fifty people each from Brown and Clare Baptist Sunday School classes. Sunday August 21 saw park attendance near three thousand as tourists from across the Union and Canada visited. Fishing at Budd Lake yielded strings of blue gill perch sun fish bullheads and bass daily.
Friends of Rev. Ray M. Buster in Detroit gifted a fine motion picture projector to Harrison’s Congregational Church. Pictures premiered last Sunday and will be shown each Sunday and Wednesday with musical programs. No admission fee.
Harrison defeated Clare 13 to 12 in ten innings after a 11 to 11 tie, then won 8 to 4 against Coleman. Nick Pfannes starred on the mound with 15 innings across both games, while Leonard Stanley and F. Thomas led the bats with six and seven hits.
Mr and Mrs Oliver Bishop of Hillsdale visited relatives including the Bentjer and Floyd Thompson households last week. Susan Daly of lint is visiting relatives here. Epworth League held a Crystal Lake picnic for twenty nine youths. Ruth Smith returned from Oscoda, and Wests from Flint plus a Shingle Lake cottage visit. Mrs Jennings and family toured northern Michigan with Mrs Maybee.
Home economics expert Muriel Dundas of Michigan State College shares canning guidance for corn. Use young ears only, trim and cut kernels, cook briefly, pack hot in pint jars or No 2 tin cans, seal as needed, then process 70–75 minutes at specified pressure or three hours in a hot water bath. Pressure cooking favored.
The 25 cent admission for the Michigan State Fair and Exposition from September 4 to 10 is expected to bring more than 400000 visitors, the largest turnout in the fair's history.
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