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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1940
Page
3
The Percy Durfee family in Hatton learn their aunt has died in Midland. Various local visits and weekend hostings occur as families from Pontiac Alma Detroit Farwell and Mason are mentioned. A Christmas program is slated for December 20 and a note asks readers to sell with Clare Sentinel liners.
An article advises on lighting an outdoor Christmas tree or shrub to enhance home charm while avoiding weather damage. It warns against indoor light sets, emphasizes safe insulation, and warns about overloading circuits during cold weeks. It also notes minimal ornament use to preserve beauty.
Zenobia Chapter No 129 of the Order of the Eastern Star held its December meeting with large attendance. Worthy Matron Lillian Walker led the session as the new 1941 officers were introduced and plans for the coming year were made.
Miss Vena Weight visited relatives in Gladwin and with her niece Mrs. Harley Bentley. Mrs. Robert Wilson called on Mrs. Orley Rogers. Miss Virginia Rogers was absent from school due to a sick mother. Wishing a speedy recovery.
The library showcases Nina Fedorova’s The Family about Granny Mother Peter Lida and Dema as a Russian clan in 1937 Tianjin China with strong ancestral nose imagery and lasting influence. Howard Spring’s Fame in the Spur traces one man’s rise to fame amid women who shaped his career, beginning with his first pursuit of prominence.
In 1812 Franz Gruber the organist at a Tyrol church faced a broken organ on a stormy evening. Parish priest Joseph Mohr requested simple music for the Christmas service and later wrote the words while Gruber composed the tune that same night, giving birth to Silent Night.
The straw cat or pampas cat is described as a yellowish gray wildcat with straw-colored bands. An Opportunity school offering language history philosophy and other cultural subjects for $1 per course during leisure time opened at the University of Toledo.
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