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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1929
Page
4
Fragmentary note from Ann Arbor records shows daily schedule hints for Pere Marquette service and a Sunday call at a home, mentioning Mrs Ronald Barton of Pint and J HL Stinchcomb. The text is incomplete with times like 5 AM and 29:09, unclear destinations or events.
The note cites pastor W. W. Hurd and details Christmas arrangements announced by the Farwell Methodist Church. The December 15 item reflects church activities and a sermon reference mentioning Morons and Regenerates, with further notes on holiday plans elsewhere in the issue.
The church notes Sunday School at 10:30 a.m. Social Service at 11:30 a.m. Evening Service at 7:30 p.m. Women's Department meets every other Thursday at 2:00 p.m. Branch President R B McGuire invites everyone to attend.
Mary E House invites worship at 10:30 Sunday School and 11:30 preaching with 7:30 evening service. Families attend Clare visits, weddings, and hospital trips. Local officials and teachers host and travel between Clare and surrounding towns. Community events include snow fences, library book access, clubs, and a Christmas program.
The Farwell Woman's Club gathered at Mrs. Blanch Burston’s home on Thursday evening December 8. Twenty members answered roll call with Poe quotations. Mrs. Montz Gee presented a Hawthorne biography, Mrs. Alice Stinchcomb spoke on the awakening of New England, Mrs. Lena Davison discussed Cooper’s first great novel, and the group enjoyed two duets by Mrs. Madge Lamb and Mrs. Georgie Littlefield before refreshments. Visitors were Mrs. Grace Sherman and Miss Isham.
Farwell Methodist Church prepares elaborate Christmas program in cooperation with the public school. A large chorus will perform with Mr. Chas. Stinchcomb as Chorus Committee chairman guiding the Farwell Men's Quartette and Glee Club to unite for a Friday night concert on December 20.
Michigan exhibitors capture the first ten places in beans at the International Hay and Grain Show led by Clarence Johnson and John Wilk Jr. Other prizes go to alfalfa seed growers A B Longpre Ivey Tollsch and L H Conklin and red clover winners Lloyd Briggs and Joseph Bell. Rye champion title shifts to George and Louis Hutzler as their rye finishes second.
Financial summary shows Bal. on hand Oct 31 1929 of 17 595 57 receipts for November totaling 5 968 08 and total receipts 23 559 05 expenditures for November 17 398 71 leaving Bal. on hand November 30 1929 of 6 160 34. Deputy clerk Elva Armour signs document for Clare County Road Commission.
Odd OCR snippet mentions Chestnut Coke and burners plus price per ton. Includes lines about Clare Elevator Co and a local ad style notice. Readable elements indicate a trade or classified notice with prices and vendors in Detroit.
Mary Hyass of Ken nan Wis won grand sweepstakes and first meat prize in the National Canning Contest with a jar of peas using a steam pressure cooker. Mrs Hyass plans to buy Holstein cows with prize money. Sears Roebuck Foundation sponsored the event with judges from USDA and state colleges.
Announcement from Atwater Kent Manufacturing Company of Philadelphia reports a 100 percent rise in radio production over the past three weeks due to strong distributor demand. The firm notes ongoing gains in employment and credits market conditions, contrasting with Kent's November price reduction of 27 per radio set.
Grain and feed prices are corrected for Thursday morning with quotes from Clare Elevator Co and L W Jackson. Wheat No 2 listed at 1.14 per bushel, bean prices shown, pork and beef figures noted. Market items include meat and dairy quotes with various unit prices.
Victor Usigte leads a popular concert featuring recording artists as a mixed quartet delivers a beautiful voices blend. The performance highlights talent across ranks, drawing a lively crowd and favorable reviews.
Twin brothers married to twin sisters form a unique quartet touring coast to coast with the Concert Lycéum and Chautauqua Bureaus of America. All four grew up together, live in identical duplex houses, sing since childhood, and blend like a single organ. Their program mixes vocal and instrumental numbers with Hawaiian steel guitar flair. In 1928 Victor Records signed them. The Interstate Lyceum Course second act debuts Tuesday December 17.
A weekend of social calls, a funeral, and family gatherings is reported. Mrs Alma Bellinger visits from St Louis. Arthur Hager hosts a lunch after a party at his home. a Chevrolet gift marks a couple’s Christmas. The Ladies Aid quilts, and the Bunyan Thanksgiving gathering draws relatives from Ponting.
Midland residents visit relatives and extended kin while Emma Lou Watson stays with her uncle A Hutchinson. The community extends sympathy to Milo Robinett’s family after a death. Leon Warren, Eugene Warner, Clyde Kistler return from Grand Rapids after attending sister Dorothy Warner Siscoe’s funeral. Their grandmother Mrs Warner plans to remain in Grand Rapids beyond the holidays. The town reels from Dorothy Warner Siscoe’s death after an operation.
Fred M. Morgan at 509 McEwan Street offers bulk Postum Cereal large package for low price. The ad lists baker’s products, Swansdown Cake Flour, Palm Olive or Lux toilet soap, peanut butter kisses, Quaker crackers, walnuts, Rome Beauty apples, Emperor grapes, iceberg lettuce, Crisco fat, and other daily essentials with noted prices. Open evenings for shoppers.
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