Odd Fellows and Rebekahs Elect Officers Monday
Forty members attended the 1.0.C.F. session as officers for the coming term were chosen led by Frank Walter as noble grand and John L. Rodabaugh re elected trustee for three years. Installation is planned before January and a District Association meeting allocated for December 29 in the hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
1.0.C.F
Andrew Irwin, Sr
Noble Grand
District Association
Harley Holt
Gordon McIntosh
Richard Hall
Frank Walter
Ernest Green
Harve Barter
Hd Mussell
John L. Rodabaugh
Andrew Irwin
Mary Mussell
Eva Schlafley
Marguerite Leonard
Elizabeth McIntosh
Viva Holt
Fannie Schultz
Helen Erter
Eleanor Lehr
Odd Fellows
Tri-County Association
Odd Fellows and Rebekahs
Clare
Rebekah
Odd Fellow
Salina Hales
Effie
Clare High stages Almost Summer with strong student cast
The Clare High School spring play Almost Summer drew about 475 attendees last Friday. Tony Burdo led as Paul with strong turns by Jack Rodabaugh as Juthor Jones and Joanne Richard as Pauls girlfriend. The production, directed by Barbara Rickerd, featured lively supporting turns and student volunteers in responsible roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare High School
Tony Burdo
Paul
Tony
Jack Rodabaugh
Juthor Jones
Rascal
Joanne Richard
Bill Hawkins
Jan Bicknell
Harvey Hartshorn
Mr. Smudgely
Elva Lea MclIntosh
Pat Lucas
Douglas Masten
Shirley Bowes
Junior
John Cobb
David Holt
Vena Lee Gillespie
Richard Koch
Lucille Bolle
Kath Yleen Seiter
Bob Samborn
Joe Methner
Bill Cobb
Barbara Rickerd
City Tax Payers and Scout Meeting Schedule
City of Clare tax collection begins Friday afternoon December 8 at Citizens State Bank and continues Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays through January 10. Vera B. Peterson is City Treasurer. Clare Boy Scout Troop 1265 meets at 7:30 PM Mondays in the high school History room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare
Citizens State Bank
Clare Boy Scout
Bowling Belles
Freeman Oil Co
Grove Bros
Clare Bowling
Michigan Bell Lh.c.'s
A1 Pinspillers
H. MeJames
M Hales
A. Grant
Russell
M. Hales
Masons
K of
Wisler Ao White
Beck
Wisler
Sullivan
White
Merchants League
Schaeffers
Dunlops
Loomis Welder
Clare Hatchery
Clare Alleys
Farmers Produce
Dover
Fisher
McCluskey
Cimmerer
Wallington
Schultz
Harold Fleming
Austin Mayer
Deagon
Wm. Leis
Clave Rel
Ray
Merchants Urged to Guard Against Check Forgers This Christmas
Secret Service chief Frank J. Wilson warns merchants against cashing checks for strangers and advises simple precautions. Mails daily nearly one million checks with eight million monthly to armed forces dependents. Verify endorsements and require identification to prevent forgery losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank J. Wilson
U. S. Secret Service
Treasury Department
Wilson
Hall and Porch
Secret Service
SGT Townsend Returns After Fifty Bombing Missions
T/Sgt Charles A Townsend 24 of Petoskey Michigan returns from ten months in the Mediterranean Theatre where he completed fifty bombing missions. He now serves as an aerial gunners instructor at Myrtle Beach Army Air Field South Carolina for the Third Air Force. Townsend enlisted 1942. He earned the Air Medal and Mediterranean Theatre Ribbon for his record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mediterranean
Charles A. Townsend
Petoskey
Michigan
Myrtle Beach Army Air Field
S. C
Townsend
Myrtle Beach
Third Air Force
Army Air Forces
Fort Custer
Sheppard Field
Texas
Columbia Army Air Base
8. C
United States
Greece
Yugoslavia
Corsica
Italy
Central High School
Muskegon
Armed Forces
Michigan State College
East Lansing
Floyd Townsend
D” Street
Iron Mountain
Maxine Hawkins
State Street
Clare
Sgt. Townsend
Allen
Infantry
Camp Fanning
Changes Plea on Larceny Charge and Pays Fine
Lee Tiny Van Sicklen formerly with Clare Cleaners was arraigned and charged with stealing a customer’s suit. He changed his plea to guilty, agreed to restitution, and received a $10 fine plus $3.85 costs and six months probation. He paid the fines and was released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee “Tiny” van Sicklen
Clare Cleaners
Jennings Archambault
Archambault
Farwell W S C S Rummage Bake Sale
The Farwell W S C S announces a rummage and bake sale on Saturday December 9 at the library. Proceeds support organization activities and community programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farwell W.S.C.S
Bake sale and bazaar at the express office rear
An I. D. S. Church event at the rear of Jackson's Market holds a bake sale and bazaar on Saturday December with aprons quilts holders and many other articles for sale through the church sponsors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Express
Jackson’s Market
I. D. S. Church
Grant Township Tax Collecting Notice
Grant Township taxpayers informed that tax collection will occur every Saturday at Citizens State Bank until further notice. Dorothy Heuschele is treasurer. the notice is published in A. Sentinel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens State Bank
Dorothy Heuschele
Treas
Announced for Clare County AAA committee elections
Final arrangements for electing AAA committeemen, alternates, and a delegate across Clare County were announced by Robert C. Kleiner. Meetings begin December 13 with elections in each township to select leaders for handling the farm production program and reconversion tasks after the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AAA
Robert C. Kleiner
Clare County
Franklin
Hamilton
Hamilton Town Hall
Winterfield
Winterfield Town Hall
Greenwood
Redding
Summerfield
Arthur
Arthur Town Hall
Hatton
Hayes
Frost
Harrison
Garfield
Surrey
Lincoln
Freeman
Grange Hall
Lake
Sheridan Township
Sheridan
Grant Township
Grant Town Hall
A P Team Extends Win Streak In City League
In Monday play, A and P continued their nine game winning run, narrowing the gap with league leaders 404 Masons. Top scores included D McConnell 498 in the series, Mat Brown 202 in a game, and Blamer Davies nearly bowling a 200.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masons
A&p
Clare Auto Parts
Clare Hardware
Houghtons
Rosebush Y
Sun Off Co
North Bradley
D McConnell
Mair
Stanley
Mat
Brown
McConnell
Blamer Davies
Auxiliary Members Attend Convention in Coleman
Ten members from Clare American Legion and Legion Auxiliary attended the Tenth District meeting in Coleman on Sunday afternoon December 3. The event featured separate Legion and Auxiliary sessions, a 6:30 banquet in the Grange hall, and Lt. (jg.) Harding as main speaker fresh from Pacific service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare American Legion and Legion Auxiliary
Tenth District
Coleman
Legion
Auxiliary
Lansing
Grange
Coleman Grange
Black
J.g.) Harding
Bay City
Pacific
Clare
Robert Archambault
Omer Parent
Jas. Clare
Conrad Walker
William Harger
Algred Unsworth
Floyd Hanchett
Hunting Season Toll Second Only to Last Season
During the 1944 Michigan deer season fifteen hunters were killed by gunfire, two by monoxide, nine by heart attack, and one in a car crash, totaling 27 accidental deaths. Thirty four are reported injured in woods accidents. Gunfire deaths were the season’s second highest on record. Deer counts show 6,000 crossing Mackinac Straits, down from prior years. Bears, bobcats, foxes, coyotes and wolves were tallied at the Straits. lower peninsula totals pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Upper Peninsula
Straits of Mackinac
Conservation Department
Straits
Lower Peninsula
Richard Calowin
Grosse Pointe Woods
Redding Township
Clare County
Eugene Allen
Clare
Harold Schaeffer
Dr. McKnight
Doc
Spike Horn Bear
Spike Horn
Mandy
Local Prize Winners Listed for Charity Event
Mond Ruby of Van Dyke and Paul Roof of St Johns share top prizes. Duplicate prizes awarded for closest weight and lightest pair. Elton Brasington and Farwell R-1 noted. Ernie Cleveland and Clare also mentioned among participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mond Ruby
van Dyke
Paul Roof
St. Johns
Elton ‘Brasington
Farwell
Ernie Cleveland
Clare
Card of Thanks for Kindness to Mrs MacDonald
The family expresses sincere appreciation for the kindnesses shown to Mrs. MacDonald in hospital and during bereavement. Pfc. and Mrs. Duane MacDonald thank those who helped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacDonald
Pfc
Duane MacDonald
Taxpayers to Collect Taxes at Store and Home
Notice to taxpayers lists collection of taxes at the store once owned by Raymond Scott in Lake on Saturdays and at the speaker’s home one mile east of Lake on Mondays and Wednesdays until January 10. Gertrude Scott Garfield Two Treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Scott
Lake
Gertrude Scott
Garfield Two
Custom Butchering Starts January at Hendries Market
Custom butchering will begin in early January at Hendries Market with services offered by Clarence Kirkpatrick. The notice invites patrons needing this service to seek assistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Kirkpatrick
Hendries
Notice to Housewives Bonnie Mae Flour Offer
Get a 25 pound Bonnie Mae Flour bag for 1.16 as Christmas baking aid. Farwell Mills and Elevator promotes Freedom bonds with today’s buy bonds message.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonnie Mae
The King of the Wide World Today Poem
A wartime era verse by I Jane Malosh praises the farmer toiling from dawn to dusk under OPA limits. The piece thanks weary farmers and asks readers for column ideas for the new year and future poems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O.P.A
Farmer
I. Jane Malosh
Lake
M. K. Brown Roosevelt Oil Co
Clare, Michigan
Gratitude Note From Bessie Henderson
Bessie Henderson thanks the Eastern Stars Guild neighbors and friends for the beautiful plant flowers cards and letters Dr and Mrs McArthur and hospital staff for care and kindness and neighbors who cared for her home while in the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guild
Mrs. McArthur
Bessie Henderson
Classified Lost and For Sale Notice
Lost rocking chair reported Thursday. Finder please return to my home four miles south and two percent east of Clare or notify Mrs. Lewis Weadle. For sale twelve gauge shotgun three shot automatic in perfect condition. Vernon, phone 113, Clare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare
Lewis Weadle
Vernon
Vernon Township Tax Payers Tax Collection Notice
Vernon Township in Clare calls on taxpayers to collect taxes this Saturday and every Saturday until further notice. Lotz Ralph Irwin serves as Township Treasurer and oversees collections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Irwin
Community thanks for support after Wesley Snider's passing
The family expresses heartfelt gratitude to neighbors and friends for kindness and sympathy shown during illness and death of Wesley Snider. Special thanks to Rev. Chas. Kleinhardt for comfort and Mrs. Ernest Green and Mrs. George Lehr for music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Snider
Chas. Kleinhardt
Ernest Green
George Lehr
Earl White
George Snider
Percy Snider
James Snider
In Memoriam Mary Jane Rhodes Remembered by Rhodes Family
In memory of our beloved mother Mary Jane Rhodes who passed away two years ago on December 6. The Rhodes Family keeps her memory alive and misses her daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Jane Rhodes
Appreciation Expressed by Pauline Krell
Pauline Krell thanks friends and relatives in and around Clare for the many letters and beautiful cards sent to her in Detroit during her illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare
Detroit
Pauline Krell
Tax collection schedule for Surrey township
Dale Rulapaugh treasurer announces Saturday afternoon tax collections at Farwell State Savings Bank each Saturday in December for Surrey township residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farwell State Savings Bank
Surrey Township
Dale Rulapaugh
Treas
Sheridan Township Tax Collection Schedule
Sheridan Township taxpayers must appear at Citizens State Bank in Clare on Saturday December Sth and again Saturday through January 13 19465 to pay taxes. Treasurer John Klingelhofer warns of tax collection at the bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens State Bank
Clare
Sheridan Townshin
Hatton Township Taxpayers Update Ends January 13
Hatton Township notes a deadline for taxpayers running to January 13, with Cleota Kanarr serving as treasurer and reporting on financial matters affecting Hatton residents.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Fujl House
Vera B. Peterson
C. A. Townsend
A. Sentinel
Bowling News
City League
Knoéxs
WM. H. Bicknell
Member
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
U. S. Treasury
Treasury Department and
War Advertising Council, Y
Farwell Mills & Elevator
Ady
Vérnon Township
Lotz
Memoriam
Rhodes
Sheridan Township Taxpayers
Warely
John Klingelhofer
Hatton Township
Bananey
Cleota Kanarr
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