Clare High remembers Lieut Sanford in Pioneer tribute
The November Pioneer dedicates its issue to Glenn Sanford a Clare High alumnus and WWII pilot of the 380th Fighter Squadron Based at Oakland Municipal Airport California His achievements include leadership in sports drama and scholarship He received the Kiwanis Athletic trophy in 1937 and spoke at Clare pep meeting during furlough notes honor from teachers and classmates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanford
Glenn Sanford
Clare Hi School
Glenn
Oakland Municipal
Oakland
California
F. C. Sanford
Sushon Bay
Clare High
Kiwanis
Mt. Pleasant
C.H.S
Seniors Present Alibi Bill Next Thursday
The Senior Class of 1944 will present Alibi Bill on Thursday evening December 9 at 8 o'clock in the High School Auditorium. The comedy features Wallace Rilett as Bill Smith with Jim Kane, Barbara Murphy, Beverly Sowle, Harold Baker, Lois Hartshorn and others in a lively cast directed by Mrs. Betty Sheponski.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace Rilett
Jim Kane
Barbara
Beverly
Harold
Jane Ann
Lois
Jim Chapman
Garry
Rosemary
Bill Smith
Jimmy Robison
Annie Smith
Barbara Murphy
Benson
Garry Coveart
Luccy
Rosemary Wright
Mrs. Kennedy
Beverly Sowle
Miss Jones
Lois Hartshorn
Ned Kennedy
Harold Baker
Daisy
Jane Ann Young
Bob Ackerjan
Paul Archbold
Virginia Perry
Barbara Zinser
Martha Koch
Bob Douglas
Mary Lou Sutton
Herb Randall
Betty Sheponski
Cafeteria Opens November 24 for Homemaking III Class
Homemaking III students begin hot lunch service with Harold Baker as manager and a rotating staff. This week bologna salad sandwiches and macaroni meals anchor the menu with daily milk, while the other half of the class works six weeks at various town positions to gain experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Baker
Donna Chapple
Bonnie Gordon
Art Johnson
Jim Kane
Jhese
Bob Ickerman
Jones Standard Station
Barbara Zinser
Dunieps
Betty Lou Lovett
Andersons
Jim Chapman
Glates Garage
Stan Crum
Cities Service
Marguerite McPhail
Davy’s
Superantes Win Big in Magazine Sale Contest
The Superantes led Mr. Pfister’s homeroom with 213 dollars and 75 cents, earning a movie trip at the Ideal Theatre as a prize. Second place was Mr. Bates’ group with 142 dollars and 25 cents, third Mrs. Shopowski’s with 120 dollars, and overall sales reached 684 dollars, tripling last year’s 247 dollars. Top sellers were Jim Kane Jim Chapman Ardeth Cleveland Ronald Arnold and Russell Foell as every student sold above a 34 dollar quota. The senior class prize is 20 dollars. Sales by homeroom include Pfister 213.75 Bates 142.25 Shopowski 120 Garthe 353.00 Garet 47.00 Nelgen 344.00
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Foell
Ideal Theatre
Mr. Pfister
Mir
Shopowski
Garthe
Debating Season Opens for Clare Hi in Bay City Practice
Clare Hi sent four team members to Bay City on November 22 for a practice debate. Pat Hall and Jeanette Rube supported the affirmative while Barbara Murphy and Beverly Sowle defended the negative. No decision was made as this was a practice round.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare Hi
Bay City
Pat Hall
Jeanette Rube
Barbara Murphy
Beverly Sowle
Clare FFA Chapter Attends Alma Leadership Conference
Clare Chapter FFA officers join a leadership training conference in Alma on Friday November 19 with thirteen schools from six counties. Activities include group singing led by Alma coach Lloyd Lear and Mrs Phyllis Crawford, officer meetings, a dinner by Alma Home Economico club, talks and demonstrations, and a showing of the movie The Green Hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare
F.A
Alma
Lloyd Lear
Phyllis Crawford
W. W. Shults
Alma High School
Alma Home
Green Hand
Deer season wrap and Scout Court of Honor event
The piece notes hunters from Garthe to Rodabaugh with a few successes including Garthe’s eleven point buck at 180 pounds and Schroeder’s 150 pound buck. It also mentions mishaps and patchy luck among others. The annual fall Boy Scout Court of Honor is set for December 2 at 8:00 p.m. in Clare High School gym.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Garthe
Norman Schroeder
D. Masten
Herb Randall
North Woods
Bill Hawkins
James Ostrosky
Schaeffer
J. Rodabaugh
Clare High School
Thanksgiving Guests and Local Visits Long list of visitors in Loomis area
Thanksgiving happenings include guests of Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Waddington Frank Wichert Donald Welsey Wichert and others. Extended family visits occur at MacDonald Worden Pelton Court Teale and Carpenter households with relatives from Saginaw Coleman Gladwin and Clare. Revival meetings at Him Grove featured Rev Roy Miller from Ithaca drawing locals.
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Gilbert Waddington
Frank Wichert
Donald Thompson
Wesley Wichert
Jerry Nettleton
North Bradley
Archie MacDonald
John
A. Smith
Phil Worden
Edwin Wichert
G. Wadington
Claude McCreary
Schroen
Ann Arbor
Homer Pelton
Hila Curtis
Ralph Pelton
Lillian Pelton
Lythia Allen
Herbert Pelton
Francis Stevens
Stanley Court
R. A. Mg¢Reynolds
Flint
Ralph Shull
Max
Clarence Davis
Gladwin
W. B. Bruckart
Daisie
Southeast
Sheridan
Bert Bergey
Mary Alice Tice
Frank Musser
Clare
Hlm Grove
Roy Miller
Ithaca
In Service of Their Country
Military personnel on furlough and new addresses listed for service members including Cpl Harold Shaw and Cpl Owen Jarman with postings at Fitzsimons Hospital Shreveport Camp Swift and Camp McCoy among others. Also notes new addresses for Pvt Paul Brown Cpl J R Glass Pvt Jake Peery and others awaiting post office delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owen Jarman
Co. A. S.M.D.E.T
Fitzsimons General Hospital
Denver
Colorado
Sgt Leon E Stanley Change of Address Notice
Sgt Leon E Stanley now at Camp Phillips Kansas seeks updating records to reflect new address for mail and official correspondence. Unit: Co A 313th Infantry APO 79th Division. Military ID 36182337.
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Leon E. Stanley
Leon S. Stanley
Co. A
APO
Camp Phillips
Kansas
Sgt Gede Shaw Furlough Visit From Camp Hale
Sgt Gede Shaw of Hq Co 2nd Bn 533 EB and 8 Ret APO 665 c/o Postmaster San Francisco arrived for furlough to spend time with parents Mr and Mrs Ernie Foss and other relatives. Pvt Foss of a Mountain Training Group at Camp Hale Colorado also visited and plans to return December 10. Ed enjoyed a bit of deer hunting during the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Leslie Shaw
Gede Shaw
Hq. Co
APO
c/o
San Francisco
Calif
Pvt. Foss
Camp Hale
Colorado
Ernie Foss
Pfc Allen Runyon Home on Ten Day Furlough
Pfc Allen Dale Runyon of Fort Gordon Georgia was home on a ten day furlough and returning to camp on Thanksgiving Day. He and his wife were dinner guests of his parents Mr and Mrs Virgil Runyon on Sunday November 21 and were taken to Standish Tuesday afternoon before his departure.
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Allen Dale Runyon
Runyon
Fort Gordon
Virgil Runyon
Standish
Clare man completes four engine pilot transition course
Lt. Stanley Ernest Kleiner of Clare has finished the Pilot Transition Four engine course at Hobbs Army Air Field New Mexico and was commissioned as second Lieutenant with pilots wings earned at Marfa Field Texas on August 30. He is son of Mr and Mrs Ernest C Kleiner 525 N Main Chelsea Michigan and now qualified as a combat pilot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Ernest Kleiner
Clare
Hobbs Army Air Field
Hobbs
New Mexico
Joseph P. Bailey
Hobbs Field
Kleiner
Marfa Field
Texas
Ernest C. Kleiner
N. Main St
Chelsea, Michigan
Thanksgiving Day Visits Across Detroit and Beyond
Mrs. Edna Turner of Detroit visited her sister Mrs. Stewart Beatty for Thanksgiving. Mrs. Leonard Reynold and her two children from West Grant spent the afternoon with Mrs. Lawrence Gibbs and family. Mrs. Claire Maxwell left for Austin to visit Lt. Claire Maxwell, while Mrs. Stanley Dale went to New Orleans to join her husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Turner
Detroit
Stewart Beatty
Leonard Reynold
West Grant
Lawrence Gibbs
Claire Maxwell
Austin
Texas
Stanley Dale
New Orleans
Louisiana
John Schultz
Lorraine
Sandra
R. K. Nutson
Martha Schultz
Owosso
Melvin Brasington
Alma Owens
Bud Brock
Pvt
Eugene Austin
Camp Bragg
N.C
Pontiac
Marian Pike
J. Bellinger
Raymond Pryor
James Beattie
Toledo
Ohio
Letters From Boys in Service
Upton Tupper writes from his unit in 1943 describing good mail service from a Flying Fortress, views of Mount Vesuvius, Naples and Pompeii, and living arrangements with an on-site bar and band. He recalls a Capri trip, a Mediterranean villa, and the Blue Grotto, notes a rumor of 10 percent of the outfit returning home monthly, mentions jam sessions, a dance, and the Africa invasion a year prior.
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Traly
Mount Vesuvius
Naples
Pompei
Isle of
Capri
Mediterranean
Africa
Pvt Frank Scott Visits Grandparents in Washington
Pvt Frank Scott of Fort Lewis Washington, was a guest on Wednesday of his grandparents Mr and Mrs Levi Scott.
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Frank Scott
Scott
Fort Lewis
Washington
Levi Scott
Military mailing addresses for Teale and Walters updated
The notice provides new addresses for Wm. R. Teale and Pvt. Zane Walters. Teale’s details include box and navy post office routing in New York, while Walters is assigned to Hg. Btry., 564th AAA (AW) Bn with APO 4034 care of the Postmaster, Shreveport Ia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. R Teale
Pvt
Zane Walters
Shreveport
New Address for Cpl Henry C Denton Marines
Cpl Henry C Denton now resides at Camp Pendleton Oceanside California in unit Co D Scouts Hg Bn Div Spec Trps 4th Marine Div FMF.
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Cpl
Arthur Higgins
Eng
Camp Swift
Texas
Henry GC. Denton
Henry C. Denton
Scouts
4Th Marine Div
Camp Pendleton
F.M
Oceanside
Calif
Seaman Underwood Home on Thanksgiving Leave
Ray Underwood of Great Lakes a 2/c seaman returned from an eight day leave to his parents Mr and Mrs John Underwood at home for Thanksgiving before resuming duty with the O G N.
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Ray Underwood
Seaman Underwood
Great Lakes
John Underwood
Pvt Lyle Sprague Receives Updated Address
Pvt Lyle B Sprague of the 1026 TRNE Regt RD MCB San Diego California has a new address. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Harold Sprague of Harrison.
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Lyle
Sprague
Pvt
Lyle B. Sprague
Trne Regt
R-D.m.c.b
San Diego
Calif
Harold Sprague
Harrison
Green Returns From Fifteen Day Furlough
Corporal Cleland Green left Saturday morning for Fresno California to resume duties at camp after a fifteen day furlough spent with his wife and his parents Mr and Mrs Ernest Green.
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Cpl
Cleland Green
Green
Fresno
Calif
Ernest Green
Watsons on furlough from Camp Barkeley to Rosebush
Cpl Warren Watson and his wife Mrs Watson of Flint visit his parents Mr and Mrs Charles Ford while he spends a ten day furlough. They plan to return to Camp Barkeley after the visit.
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Cpl
Warren Watson
Watson
Camp Barkeley
Texas
Flint
Charles Ford
George Cluley
Rosebush
Cpl Watson
Camp
Return furlough ends for Cpl Don Shively
Cpl Don Shively and his wife departed for Pratt Kansas after a fifteen day furlough spent with his parents relatives and friends here. His address is Cpl Don Shively Med Det AI.S.G Army Air Base Pratt Kansas.
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Don Shively
Pratt
Kansas
Cpl
Ai.s.g
Army Air Base
Soldier Bryant Returns From Five Day Furlough
Pvt. Ernest Bryant of Hattiesburg Mississippi left Tuesday morning to return to camp after a five day furlough spent with his wife and parents Mr and Mrs George Bryant daughter Mar jory and other relatives His address is Pvt Ernest Bryant Co B 574th 8 A W B Army Air Base Hattie burg Miss
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Pvt. Bryant
Hattiesburg
Miss
George Bryant
Mar.jory
Pvt
Ernest Bryant
Corn Water Use Estimates For Growing Season
A corn plant consumes six gallons of water daily as a rough norm during midsummer. An average 100 bushel per acre corn crop reportedly requires about 2,000 tons of water per acre to reach maturity.
Local Social News Roundup from Vernon County
Vernon City ter and Loomis residents visited relatives in Colonville and Fordyville for Thanksgiving weekend. Bay City hospital bound Fred Akey may undergo an operation. Local families, including Musser, White, Teale, Sheets, and Funnell, hosted or were hosted for Thanksgiving and weekend gatherings in Farwell, Owosso, Coleman, and Pontiac.
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Bert Bergey
Mary Alice Tice
Loomis
Frank Musser
Htta Howard
Marshall Bonham
Emery Bonham
Colonville
Virginia
Bonham
Fred Akey
Samaritan Hospital
Bay City
Stough
Bolen
Eola McDowell
Harl Herron
Fordyville
Austin Trumble
Farwell
Carrie Perverse
Helen
Olivia Alwood
Bert Jackson
Farwell White
Milan
Pete Fredick
Lapeer
A. H. White
Dave Teale
Will
Teale
Fordville
Arthur Sheets
Temple
Alva White
Glenn Billsby
Southwest Vernon
Margaret Funnell
Farwell Club and Lodge Meeting Schedule
Coming events list lodge meetings and club gatherings including Farwell Townsend Club every other Tuesday Clara Rebekah Lodge 167 meets Tuesday 8 30 p m O E S first Thursday 7 30 p m Farwell 10 C F Lodge 210 Wednesday 8 00 p m Farwell Rebekah Lodge 208 8700 Clare Lodge 338 I O O F meetings Monday 9 30 p m John Sparbel Post W F W first and third Mondays Clare Common Council first and third Mondays American Legion Auxiliary first and third Mondays in Legion rooms
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Farwell Townsend Club
Clara Rebekah
Farwell 10.C.F. Lodge No
Farwell Rebekah Lodge
John &. Sparbel Post
W.F.W
Clare Common Council
American Legion
Legion
Community Meeting Schedules Across Local Groups
Local clubs and organizations publish their meeting times. Farwell Boy Scout Troop 115 meets Mondays at 7 00, Clare Masonic Lodge schedules second Tuesdays, Amer can Legion holds second and fourth Mondays, and various Townsend, Grange, Lodge and club groups meet monthly on defined Thursdays or Fridays with locations noted.
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Farwell Boy Scout Troop No. 115
Eln Grove
Townsend Club
Classified liners urge selling extras and buying essentials
Clare Sentinel promotes a classifieds approach encouraging readers to sell items they no longer need and purchase only what is truly needed. The note emphasizes practical thrift and clear decisions to simplify personal inventories.
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Clare Sentinel
Also Mentioned on This Page
Clare School News
Mr. Richardson
Miss Young
Superantes
Harold Shaw
Shaw
North Carolina
Mrs
Henry Mogg
East Sixth Street
Paul Brown
J. R. Glass
Cpl. J. R. Glass
Ord. Co
Jake Peery
Frederick Burton Scott
Frederick Burton Scott S
Charger
Fleet Post Office
New York
N. Y
Gail F. Sowle
M.P
Camp McCoy
Wis
John W. Foell
Gulfport Field
Tom B. Kane
Camp Waldron
U.S.N.T S
Farragut
Idaho
R. W. Coulson
N.ts
Norfolk, Va
Donald D. Sprague
B.lc
Washington, D. C
Jay Haring
F.A. Bn
Fort Leonard Wood
Edwin J
Son
Upton
Upton Tupper
Wm. R. Teale SK
Shulton
Udes
Kingsley
Houghton Drug Store
Vernon City
O.E.S
Clare Lodge No
Loomis Townsend Club
Grant ‘Townsend Club
Grant Community Club
Mt. Vernon Grange
Clare Masonic Lodge
The
Clare Troop 125
Boy Scouts of America
Lutheran Ladies Aid Society
Harold Schaeffer
Clare Townsend Club No. 2
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