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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1940
Page
6
Miss Virginia Rutter attended a visit featuring a Christmas program. The event included festive activities and community engagement at the venue.
Mr and Mrs Harold Shaver and family visit relatives in Morris and Flint amid Christmas celebrations. Ted Newman and family shopped in Saginaw for gifts last week. Francis Gordon returns home for holidays. Rex Robinette and sons join L Robinett household guests. Cecil Pudway and Glen Blystone and families from Colonville and West Grant attend. Verne Haines helps at Davy's store during season. Students enjoy two week break with high school back December 30. Glen Poet transports lambs from Brand Farm to St Johns.
The Eagle notes mild excitement over an oil well to be drilled on Chris Reger’s property near Bailey Lake. Operations underway include a slush pit and access roads as locals hope for a gusher. Residents attend gatherings and report other community happenings and travel.
Erma Dunkle visits Pontiac with friends and relatives for a week. Lake George area residents attended a Christmas program at the Lake George school. Mrs K Ferguson and Dorothy Livingston holiday with Detroit relatives. Oscar Rube and wife head to Clam Lake for winter. Tensil Cascadden visits Pontiac for holidays. Clinton Dunkle family and Bud Dunkle of Pontiac spent the weekend here. Ona Blain and family return from Battle Creek for the weekend. Fred Bauer and wife visit Herold Knight in Mt. Pleasant. Julia Dunkle stays with cousin Emma Dunkle. Ladies Friendly Social Club held a pot luck dinner at the Lake George Community Building. Next meeting will be at Mrs. Fred Wolf’s home. Sam Ramsey of Flint hosted friends at their cottage for the weekend.
The Maple Grove Sunday School meets at 2:00 p m with preaching at 3:00 p m and Thursday prayer meetings at 8:00 p m A Christmas tree is skipped but a children s treat is planned Rev Olin Teachout is invited to preach next Sunday with Mrs Teachout and accordion music Family visits and travel update include Mr and Mrs Wallace Graham and son Lauren of Flint visiting My and Mrs Louis Finch and Mr and Mrs Reuben Tigner attending a funeral in North Bradley plus Louis Finch traveling to Flint for Christmas and Mr and Mrs William Wheeler of Ithaca visiting J H Timpe and his wife.
Researchers study carved stones found from North Carolina to Georgia to probe the fate of the Roanoke colony. Eleanor Dare is linked to Georgia with inscriptions dated 1592 and 1598, prompting Dr. H J Pearce and colleagues to assess authenticity and seek further clues, including Eleanor Dare’s tomb.
In Oakland California Dr Paul Michael reports to the American Medical Association that higher blood sugar improves golf scores. He tested 30 players aged 30 to 45 with handicaps from 10 to 27 and found sugar during play reduced handicaps.
Raw aluminum production in 1939 reached a record 327,090,000 pounds valued at 64,600,000 dollars. The prior year 1938 produced 286,882,000 pounds worth 56,659,000 dollars.
The United States government earned over 4.879 million dollars from selling forest products across 158 national forests in a recent year.
A terse assessment notes that autographs from Vakhie, whether from sports figures or stage performers, hold little market value and are unlikely to attract collectors. The comment highlights limited demand and resale potential for these signatures.
A short note advertises New Years greeting cards available at Houghtons Drug Store.
Mrs. Mary Somers 60 lives in a furnished room on Eighth Avenue. She finds a roll of $370 in five and ten dollar bills, turns it into a policeman, and hopes to gain the money if no rightful owner claims it within six months. The column also notes lipstick wastefulness and a humorous anecdote at the Savoy Plaza.
Washington outlines a 1941 plan to 75 000 miles of key roads and 1 800 bridges upgraded for mass troop and supply movement. The program funds 259 million dollars federal aid plus state matches and adds 3 112 miles of new roads to military sites with widened dustless surfaces and reinforced bridges.
Boeing researchers in Seattle use a ground strato chamber to mimic stratospheric conditions up to 40 000 feet. The three ton tank recreates rarefied air and supercharged cabin environments to test pressure seals windows and controls for future high altitude commercial and military aircraft.
Rural school teacher N. Burrell Rowley reports a tame gray fox trotted along behind him as he walked to school in New York. The animal followed nearly to the door, echoing the well known Marys Little Lamb rhyme.
Montgomery Alabama Dr J N Baker state health officer declares modern medicine reduces death risk from disease for conscripts and civilians alike. He says coordinated medical manpower in emergencies will curb disease spread and may influence war outcomes.
Charleston hotel proprietor John Cator installs a sign in front of his establishment revealing exact distances to the North and South Poles. The post also directs to Paris Berlin and Tokyo, sparking curiosity among passersby.
Ottawa reports Canadian freighters built for the Montreal to upper lakes run are risking bombs torpedoes and mines as they proceed to British Isles. The ministry chartered eight steam barges from Canada Steamship Lines and requested the Shipping Board to supply 21 more.
A brief note claims two or three raw carrots provide the daily requirement of vitamin A. The statement emphasizes the high vitamin A content in raw carrots as a simple daily source.
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