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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1941
Page
2
Clare School stage echoed with a vocal and instrumental Christmas program held Monday in the auditorium. Students and faculty presented the nativity story with costuming lighting and stage effects while the Junior High and Junior Band performed pieces by Handel Neidlinger Mozart and Gruber reflecting a festive community showcase.
Two shops on Clare’s main street added neon language last week. Economy Drug Store now displays Roy's Economy Drugs in neon while Harris & Hirt Hardware signs combine hardware with Martin Senour Paints. A local suggestion urges shoppers to reuse bags to reduce waste.
In San Diego California an arrested motorist charged with drunken driving unsuccessfully defended himself by explaining that he had been zig zagging to dodge a skunk.
The article explains receding colors like blue and green make walls appear larger, while warmer tones such as red, orange, or yellow seem to push space back.
Dover residents enjoyed the singing of Christmas carols by the Sunday School girls Sunday evening. The broadcasts of the Christmas spirit from home to home brought comfort during these days of world conflict.
Fifty members gathered at the Dunlop Cafe Thursday evening December 18 for a Central Michigan Alcoholic Beverage Association session presided over by President Err Howell. The business meeting covered numerous association concerns followed by a luncheon and social hour.
El Salvador's henequen, once a major export, is now nearly fully used domestically in the coffee bag industry, per the department of commerce.
An advisory committee including R F O Grady Inez Eaton and Mrs Bertha Hughes will continue to function under County Council of Defense. The director will appoint speakers and arrange assignments with the State Speakers Bureau providing prominent speakers for significant occasions. The program aims to tell Clare county residents about America's defense needs through a statewide network led by State Director Donald Hayworth.
Arthur Lamb sends a brief telegram from Wheeler Field Hawaii to his parents Mr. and Mrs. John Lamby in Clare. The message Merry Christmas Arthur Lamb arrived in Clare via Honolulu and San Francisco, delivered at 1:30 pm, showing the wire raced eastward, beating time.
Staff Sgt. Robert Doherty arrives on Christmas Eve to spend a forty eight hour furlough with his parents Mr and Mrs John Doherty. He is in the Air Corps stationed at Selfridge Field.
Mrs. John King of Lake George reports her son John Owen King has left Fort Sheridan Illinois and is bound for an assignment on the coast. The note was received last Friday and confirms his departure.
The department details two district communications systems linking Hast Lansing and Detroit area posts, plans seven new posts, and 44 total in state. It notes 630 officers, 92 patrol cars, new labs, 120187 fingerprint records, two troopers killed in 1941, and service through 12 major strikes amid national defense efforts.
State police, under Commissioner Olanders policy of fairness to both sides and firmness in an order for no violence, established a remarkable record of public service under trying conditions.
The United States Civil Service Commission announces open exams for Senior Storekeeper Principal Storekeeper Storekeeper Assistant Storekeeper Junior Storekeeper and Under Storekeeper in Michigan Field Service. Applications from first or second class Michigan post offices or the Seventh U S Civil Service District in Chicago will be received until further notice.
Words fail us as we thank neighbors and friends who aided after our home burned Saturday. We are especially grateful to Dick Winters Heart Allen Mr and Mrs L G Thompson and family for their help and support.
List of clubs lodges and organizations scheduling regular meetings. Mt Vernon Grange meets Mondays at 8 30 pm. Warwell Townsend Club and Clare Townsend Club No 2 meet on alternating Tuesdays and Thursdays. Hatton Townsend and Grant Townsend clubs meet on specific Fridays. Clara Rebekah Lodge meets Tuesdays at 8 pm. Zenobia Chapter meets first Thursday at 7 30 pm. American Legion Auxiliary meets second and fourth Mondays. Farmers Union Grant Township meets first and third Wednesdays. Elm Grove Townsend Club meets second and fourth Fridays. Clare Lodge meets second and fourth Mondays at 8 30 pm. Clare Masonic Lodge holds regular communications on the second Tuesday. Sparbel Post V F W meets first and third Mondays. American Legion meets second and fourth Mondays.
Surrey Township Treasurer Emil Foeil announces tax collection at Farwell State Savings Bank every Saturday afternoon through January 10. Taxpayers are advised to appear for payment of taxes.
Beginning December 13 and continuing until January 10 I will be at the Citizens State Bank Clare each Saturday afternoon to receive taxes. Mary Sanders Treasurer.
Vera Slocum Wise Township Treasurer will collect taxes at Brewer and Thompson Implement Store in Clare January 7 and at Loomis Town Hall January 14. Public notice lists locations and dates for tax collection by Wise Township.
Old laws punished grocers for shortweight sales leading to the bakers' dozen. The term arose when bakers added an extra bun or doughnut for good measure, a practice evolving from enforcement rules.
A note explains that when an absent person is being discussed in a manner aimed to undermine them it is termed hackbiting. The term appears in a brief dictionary style entry noting its social meaning and usage.
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