Defense meeting well attended in Clare Friday
The National Defense meeting at the Clare City Hall Friday drew nearly 150 attendees. Chairman Eid Johnston and secretary Conrad Walker outlined local Home Defense plans with Clare officials and county leaders stressing expanded auxiliary fire and police units and training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Defense Meeting
Walter H. Larman
American Legion
Clare City Hall
Eid
Johnston
Post Department
Conrad Walker
Frank Thilly
Lake George
Clare County Defense
Lawrence Jackson
Robert Mair
United States
Michigan
FBI
Sheriffs
Red Cross
Ed. Johnston
A. E. Mulder
John W. Dunlop
Sam Wilkinson
Allen Graham
Donald E. Holbrook
Art Damoth
Conrad Walker R. N
Clare County
Ora A Mott Dies at Daughter's Home in Pontiac
Ora A Mott longtime Clare resident died Friday at his daughter Mrs Glenn Hartman home in Pontiac. Survived by widow daughter two sons Malond of Pontiac Sanford of Klemen ranch north of Clare one brother and sister of Elshiart Indiana other relatives and many friends. Remains brought to Clare for funeral at Doherty Funeral Home Monday afternoon conducted by Rev M R B Honderch of the Hagle church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doherty
Honderch
Hagle
Vernon Grange postpones meeting to next Monday night
IMT Vernon Grange plans a postponed regular meeting for Monday night. Jennings Archambault, Master, announces the delay and calls members to attend when rescheduled.
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Vernon. Grange
IU Thevdegree
Vernon. Grane
Jennings Archambault
Christmas Services Open Congregational and Methodist Programs
Congregational Church plans a Sunday service with the Holy Night sermon and The Other Wise Man story followed by a 5:00 PM Christmas program featuring The Nativity in Tableau with the Junior Choir and primary department. The Methodist Sunday School schedules a December 21 Christmas program at 7:30 PM with organ and concertina music, processional, carols, readings, and recitations by various departments.
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Methodist Sunday
Methodist
Paul Lowrey
James Gillespie
Christmas Program at Clare Baptist Church
The Clare Baptist Church presents a Christmas program titled The Birth of the Christ Child on Tuesday evening December 23 at 7 30. The event features recitations songs and exercises by children with special music by the church choir and is open to the public.
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Clare Baptist Church
Christ Child
Bill Hawkins Dies After Stroke in Clare Michigan
Bill Hawkins lifelong Clare resident dies at home on Pine Street after a second stroke. Born June 21 1892 in Clare he served in WWI and married Hazel Tingley in 1919. He leaves a wife two children his mother sister and brother with funeral Friday at 2 00 pm at Doherty Funeral Home and a full military funeral at Cherry Grove Cemetery.
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Bill” Hawkins
Pine Street
William Ward Hawkins
Edward
Jennie Hawkins
Clare
Michigan
United States Army
Hazel Tingley
Maxine
William Ray
National Defense Training School Busy Repairs Militia
Chairman Robert Kleiner and Committeeman Stanley Shunk visited the National Defense Training School at the trailer plant on US 10 Clare Monday evening. They found a busy crew of men and boys repairing cars, tractors, farm machinery and tools with a full line of lathes grinders and welders. Machinery being repaired included a corn binder and drag owned by Franklin Littlefield and a tractor disc owned by Floren Pudway. Supervisor Mr Garthe urged more farmers to bring in their equipment soon.
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Robert Kleiner
Stanley Shunk
National Defense Training School
Us-10
Clare
Franklin Littlefield
Floren Pudway
Garthe
State Police to Fingerprint for Identification
The Clare Study Club sponsors a fingerprinting program at City Hall on Tuesday December 23 beginning at 9 30 a m. Sergeant Wagner and Mt Pleasant State Police Post assistants supervise this free service urging public preparedness and cooperation in victory plans.
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Clare Study Club
Wagner
Mt. Pleasant
Clare
Clare High School Christmas Concert Next Monday Night
Clare High School music department invites the community to a free Christmas Concert on Monday December 22 at 8:00 PM in the high school auditorium. The program features Elementary Chorus Junior High Girls Chorus Junior High Boys Chorus Girls Glee Club and a solo by Joan Shoemaker with pantomimes and costumes by Marvel Vanderlip and Mary Colburn.
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Clare High School
Little Joan Shoemaker
Marvel Vanderlip
Mary Colburn
Paul Lowrey
Milk Delivery Notice From Glave Dealers
Milk patrons are advised of delivery on Christmas and New Year’s Day in Clarg. Order enough milk from your delivery person the day before to ensure supply.
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Clarg
Glave
Campaign to Halt Gyp Schemes Noted in Editorial
Detroit Free Press piece recalls a con artist who flaunted wealth with a $8,600 car and $100 bets at Hialeah racing, funded by Michigan merchants two winters ago. It notes merchants stopped financing his lavish trips as the ruse unraveled and mentions a trumped up arch at a veterans carnival.
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Detroit Free Press
Coral Gables
Fla
Hialeah
Michigan
Red Cross War Relief Drive Underway in Clare County
Clare County launches its Red Cross War Relief Fund drive led by chairman Paul D. Gibson with a county quota of 1600.06 dollars for about 9000 residents. Volunteers—including Mrs Harold Fleming—organize township drives as the county opens headquarters in Doherty block for storage and coordination of supplies.
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Clare County
Red Cross War Relief Fund Committee
Paul D. Gibson
Norman N. “Davis
The
America Red Grass
Red Cross
Gibson
Harold Fleming
Clare
Gibson Wr Ges
Harrison
Farwell
Fred Smalley
Freeman Oil Company
Sentinel Planners Face Christmas Schedule Tight Copy Deadlines
The Sentinel asks staff to submit news and advertising copy one day early next week so the Christmas day issue can mail on time. The notice thanks staff for coordinating with families and deadlines.
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Sentinel
The
Kroger Clare Store Wins Third Prize in Spotlight Coffee Contest
Kroger Store at Clare thanks customers for support during a six week Spotlight Coffee contest. The Grand Rapids Branch awarded third prize to the team, with a $50 prize, shared among all steady employees of the store. Marvin Witheek Mey.
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Kroger
Clare
Spotlight Coffée
Grand Rapids
Tarbe
Ambahg
To Our Grieves A Christmas Message From The Community
A rural town expresses its Christmas spirit through a heartfelt message about peace on earth and good will toward men. The message emphasizes community obligation, neighborly kindness, and mutual faith in blessings for all.
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America
Ideal Theatre Christmas Party Delights Local Kids
About 1500 youngsters per day from Clare Isabella and Midland counties attended the Ideal Theatre Christmas Party to see Walt Disney's Technicolor Pinocchio. Some 5,000 children over three days rode school buses and parents cars to the event, a strong gesture of community spirit.
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Clare County
Isabella County
Midland County
Ideal Theatre
Food Stamp Plan Wins Approval Across Clare County
After three weeks, merchants and customers in Clare County express strong approval for the food stamp plan. Needy families can buy a wide variety of items with fewer restrictions and better diets, while surplus items disappear from markets improving price structure. Some merchants remain unenrolled and must contact the Surplus Marketing Administration in Detroit for enrollment materials.
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Clare County
Federal ‘Building
Detroit
Pat Mich Pate
City Tax Collecting Schedule at Citizens Bank
City taxpayers are informed that taxes will be collected at the Citizens State Bank each Wednesday and Friday afternoon until further notice. City Treasurer Hazel Hawking urges residents to comply with the schedule for Clare.
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Citizens State Bank
Clare
Hazel Hawking
Clare-Isabella District Rebekahs and Oddfellows Meet
The Clare-Isabella District association of Rebekahs and Oddfellows held a December meeting in Clare with about 200 attendees. Ralph Irwin gave the welcome, Floyd Seeley responded, and Mt. Pleasant lodges invited a January gathering. The program featured solos, readings, recitations, duets, a Uncle Sam skit, and a tobacco processing film followed by a pot luck lunch and dancing.
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Clare-Isabella District Association of Rebekahs and Oddfellows
Ralph Irwin
Noble Grand
Clare Lodge
Floyd Seeley
Mt. Pleasant Lodge
Mt. Pleasant
Fannie Schultz
Doris Etter
Etta Howard
Jakie Walker
Sandra Schultz
Mary
Cecelia Dora
Leon Schlafley
Leon
Uncle Sam
Florence Kane
Eva Schlafley
Clare County
Lorraine Schultz
Nyla Belle Walker
Annie
Willie
Phyllis Ogle
Carol Mitchell
Donna Rae Seeley
Margaret Irwin
Harry Nowlen
Congregational Church Annual Meeting Notice
The annual meeting of the Congregational Church will be held Sunday evening January 4, 1942, with a potluck supper at 6:00 o clock. The notice appears in this Clare Sentinel item seeking readers to place classified liners for better results.
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Congregational Church
Congregational ‘Church
Clare Sentinel
Clare County hospital founder enlists in U S Navy
Dr. Cornelius Bennett Wood, longtime Clare physician and founder of the Clare County General Hospital, enlisted as a medical officer in the U S Navy. He offered to turn over his 20 bed brick hospital to Clare County and await assignment at Great Lakes. A county board meeting was set to consider the offer.
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CG. B. Wood
Clare
Clare County General Hospital
Wood
West Sixth Street
Dr. Wood
United States Navy
Detroit
Detroit News
Federal Building
Orient
Cornelius Bennett Wood
Michigan
Mt. Pleasant
Harvard
Miller
Clare County
Gordon Helmbold Appointed Eighth Grade and English Teacher
Mr. Gordon Helmbold will teach eighth grade and freshman English in Clare Michigan. He comes from W K Keiloge camps at Clear Lake Berry County and holds a Master's from Peabody College in Nashville Tennessee earned August 1939. He lives at 101 East Sixth Street Clare and will ease the load created by Kennedy Wiggins and Hunter absences.
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Gordon Helmbold
W. K. Keiloge
Clear Lake
Berry County
Michigan
Clare
Helmbold
Central Michigan College of Education
Mt. Pleasant
Peabody College
Nashville
Tennessee
Winn
East Sixth Street
Kennedy
Misa. Wiggins
Hunter
Christmas Program at McKinley School Negni
The McKinley school plans a Christmas program on Wednesday December 24 at 2:00 PM. Everyone is welcome to attend.
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McKinley ‘School
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Ora A. Mott
Pontiac
Doherty Funeral Home
Bethlehem
Jesus
Colleen Coulson
Earl Ireland
Hawkins
Bhe
Billy Wilson
Tommy Creguer
Cardliffé Kershner
Eileen Parent
Donald Holbrook
Jon Methner
Clarence ‘Adams
Barbara Teale
Page Ten
Marvin Witheek,Mey
Clare-Isabella
Rebekah
C. B. Wood
U.S. Navy
Board of Supervisors
Mr. Kennedy
Rochester
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