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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1931
Page
2
The Clare Sentinel details weekly Friday issues, post office entry as second class matter, and rates for subscriptions to Michigan and U S locations. It lists display advertising costs, rates for notices and poems, and job printing capabilities, with probate notices requested to be printed by The Sentinel.
Harrison area church services and events are listed with pastors, times, and programs. Christmas program at United Brethren noted. Dozens of local names record visits, travels, hospital, and banquet attendances, plus a bridge club meeting and a debate practice between Mt. Pleasant and local students.
The Out Door Girls Club held its annual Welfare Day on Saturday to aid children in need in the community Florence Hegins earned the honor for soliciting the most money in this effort.
The Harrison Lodge No. 4386 held a special meeting on December 16 with a 7:00 oyster supper and a third degree conferred. Officers for the year were installed including Don Schaaf as Worshipful Master and B F Hampton as Senior Warden. Guests from Clare Lodge attended.
Harrison Study Club met at Mrs. Charles Amble's home on December 17 with 30 members. Officers elected were Alice Maybee president, Marion Amble vice president, Pearl Clute secretary, Emma Van Duesen treasurer. The program featured violin duets, readings, carols, and a Santa gag as gifts for twelve needy families were arranged by the welfare committee. Luncheon followed with hostesses Whitmer and Hillabrandt.
On Friday December 18 Roscommon hosted Harrison City at the Opera House with Roscommon winning the overtime showdown 28 21 after ties kept the score close. Roscommon led by Mynard Maybee Harold Hillabrandt Francis Thomas Howard Simpson and Robert Hecker plus Léonard Schwantz who replaced Hillabrandt after Q1. The upcoming return game is set for January 30.
Friday assembly showcased student works under Speech Class with Miss Averyl Gaines directing. The high school orchestra opened with St Nichols Night and As we March Along. Students read their poems and performed an Uncle Neils Children Hour imitation. A violin duet by Dorothy Gene Whitmer and Leota Hillabrandt followed by a playlet and carols. Ice cream reception closed the program as Christmas break began.
Henry Randle and a Detroit friend spent the weekend with his mother. Mr. and Mrs. Orla Barber and child ran Friday to Flint after visiting several Allenks in the community. Mr. and Mrs. Byx’s baby of Heart visited a day at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Rosco Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Klism Grove and his brother were with her brother Mr. and Mrs. Rosco Smith.
Sunday visitors from Indiana included Mr Haas Miss Richards and Miss Evans. Evans stayed three weeks with her sister Mrs Kistler. Clutes visited Gladwin with Lennon family. Prayer meeting and Christmas program held at Sabbath School with a tree for children. Our community extends sympathy to the Slater family in sorrow.
Mr and Mrs John Morris of Mason visited their parents Mr and Mrs M C Foster over the weekend. Nealie Cook and sons were dinner guests at James Watsons home Sunday. Peter Cook and children shopped in Cadillac Monday. Thelma Brooks visited Frank Daviss Tuesday evening. Young Peoples meeting at Frank Daviss home with good attendance Tuesday evening. Mrs Mary Randall visiting her son at Houghton Lake. Elmer Randall visited relatives at Lake City Monday. Lear Diamond and wife lost their home by fire Wednesday contents partly saved. Eold Cuttler Dorothy and Frank Davis Edith visited John Suttons Sunday. Mrs Edd Cuttler visited Mrs M C Foster Wednesday afternoon.
Mr and Mrs Geo Lawton of Detroit spent a few days at their cottage on Bertha Lake last week. Various neighbors from Saginaw Clare Windover Lake George Hunt near M-61 and Gilebs farm gather shares visits and work. Marguerite Kube plans Christmas in Flint with Arthur Kube family.
Sentinel readers hear holiday greetings from Hinkville. Notable Sunday visits include Geo Burch and Sherman families at Himer Lackin’s in Herrick. Midland visitors Mrs Hartman and child called on Hawkins and Grandma Connors. Pirdy visited Nevills in Vernon. White family from Detroit and Burch kin from Clare called at the Burch home. Gordon McIntosh family attended a Baptist cantata. Hinkle visited Fisher in Surrey. The school presented a program Friday night.
Report notes nearly 30 percent of New York City's population is Jewish. The piece mentions a local vacation for a class and visitors from Saginaw at the Purdy home, plus a church pageant in Clare.
One of the strangest wills on record belongs to Frenchman M. Auguste Pasquier who had his testament engraved on a leaf of his chair. The odd document is reported as part of a local antique collection and draws curiosity from readers.
A note describes the Painted Desert as about 100 miles long and varying from 15 miles wide to a point zero, outlining its extent and shape.
A concise reflection attributes human improvement to internal growth rather than external factors, echoing Froude’s philosophy. The quote emphasizes self-development as the source of progress.
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