Edward Hanes Dies After Clare Accident
Funeral services were held for Edward Hanes who died after being struck by a Ford V-8 driven by Robert Johnson of Traverse City. The crash occurred near US-10 and Prairie Avenue in Clare Saturday night. Hanes, born November 3, 1906, in Wise township, Isabella county, died December 23, 1939, at Ann Arbor University of Michigan Hospital. He leaves three daughters, three sons, his mother, stepfather, a grandmother, a brother and two sisters. Johnson was cleared of blame. Interment followed at Coleman cemetery after services at Thurston's Funeral Parlor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Hanel
University of Michigan Hospital
Ann Arbor
Hanes
Us-10
Prairie Avenue
Robert Johnson
Traverse City
Clare
Johnson
Fordville
Texaco
Wm. B. Dunlop
Edward Miles Hanes
Wise Township
Isabella County
Woodruff Named 10 Study Effects Trade Treaties
Rep Roy O. Woodruff of Michigan is named to lead a special study on how reciprocal trade treaties affect industry agriculture and labor. The panel, chaired by Minority Leader Joe Martin, will also examine U S possessions like Puerto Rico where trade policies are claimed to have reduced domestic purchases. Hearings are expected across the country to gauge local impact of the treaties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy O. Woodruff
Michigan
Washington, D C
Joe Martin
Woodruff Committee
U. S
Puerto Rico
United States
Woodruff
Martin
County Child Health Meeting Set at Colonville
Clare County Child Health Association schedules a January 3 8 00 pm meeting at Colonville church. Dr Cc S Springer of Ingham County Sanatorium Lansing will discuss Tuberculosis with slides and illustrations. Organizers urge attendance and inquiries to Miss Helen Hether Harrison or Mrs J D Clute Sheridan Township.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonville
Clare County Child Health Association
Colonville Church
Cc. S. Springer
Ingham County Sanatorium
Lansing
Helen Hether
Harrison
J. D. Clute
Sheridan Township
Probate Office Opens Saturday to Close Estates Before Tax
The Harrison Probate Office will stay open Saturday afternoon to wind up executors administrators and guardians estates before the new Intangible Tax Law takes effect next Monday. Judge Wylie aims to prevent heirs devisees and wards from paying the tax on open estates and has received a Michigan State Tax Commission notice outlining the Act 301 1939.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison
Wylie
Clare County
Melville B. McPherson
Michigan State Tax Commission
Lansing
Alexander E. Wylie
Michigan
Judge Wylie
Michigan State Opens 25th Farmers Week Plans
The 25th annual Farmers Week at Michigan State College opens with J L Anthony as general chairman and runs January 29 through February 3 at Hast Lansing. New facilities including a fieldhouse and Livestock Pavilion expand programs, boosting audience capacity and space for demonstrations, livestock events, turkey show, and Little International winners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan State College
Hast Lansing
J. L. Anthony
Clare Office Sets Christmas Mail Record At Clare Post Office
The Clare post office handled a record volume of Christmas mail this year with all local staff pressed into service. Letter and card mail broke yearly records for the week before Christmas, while parcel post remained heavy. Counts show five year cancelation totals and daily highs, with letters mailed to destinations worldwide from Clare and surrounding rural routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare
Local Men Develop New Hand Sled For Manufacture
John Northon and Frank Nash complete a full size working model of a streamlined hand sled. Runners and steering parts are spring steel with a single front runner steering mechanism. Displayed at the Northon plant on Hast Fourth street. Production to start soon under Nové lty Sleigh Works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Northon
Frank Nash
Northon
Novélty
Sleigh Works
Baby and Pre school Clinic Scheduled for January Fourth
Tri- County Health Unit Director D. BE. V. Thishoff to host two clinics Friday January 4 at 9 30 a m Far well Library and 1 00 p m at Gulf Gas US 10. Each child gets full physical exam smallpox vaccine and diphtheria immunization. Parents of children under five urged to attend. Far well Woman's Club Health Committee sponsors. contact Mrs Reynold Mick for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BE. V. Thishoff
Tri- County Health Unit
Farwell Library
Im Lake
Gulf Gas Station
Us-10
Farwell Woman's Club
Reynold Mick
Farwell
Clare Kiwanis Club Sees Successful Year End
The Clare Kiwanis Club closed a very successful year at a 6:30 dinner at Hotel Doherty. President Willard Bicknell led the 1939 committee reports highlighting the April 12 athletic banquet and high school field lighting. 1940 officers to be installed January 3 with Harold Fleming visiting Kiwanis International Headquarters in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare Kiwanis Club
Doherty
Willard Bicknell
Bicknell
Harold Fleming
Clare Club
Kiwanis International
Chicago
Loop
United States
Canada
Fleming
Fred .C. W. Parker
Claré Club
International
Clare Teacher Marries Lawton Girl At Christmas
Miss Roberta Hall Ewing of Lawton Michigan wed John Blackwell Speare of Clare at her Lawton home on Christmas afternoon. The ceremony was conducted by Dr Henry Battenhouse of Albion College with immediate family present. Speare, a Clare High School faculty member, will move to Clare next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roberta Hall Ewing
John Blackwell Speare
Clare
Lawton
Michigan
Clyde D. Ewing
Speare
John Speare
Margaret Hwing
Detroit
Johanna Hill
Austin F. Bates
Mrs. Ewing
Specare
Clare High School
Funeral Services Held at DeWitt Sunday for Former Clare Resident
Major Lewis and relatives, including Eugene Wyman and his son Bernard, mourn the death of Mrs. Leon Cutler. Orphaned at nine, she lived with her aunt and uncle until her marriage on November 24, 1915. The funeral was conducted Sunday afternoon at the community Church in DeWitt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Major Lewis
Eugene Wyman
Bernard
DeWitt
Leon Cutler
Congregational Ladies Guild and Ladies Union to Hold Annual Meetings
The Ladies Guild meets January 3 with Mrs M D Feighner for their annual report and officer elections. The Ladies Union meets January 5 at the Parsonage with Mrs Dawe and a 12 o clock pot luck dinner inviting husbands and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congregational Ladies Guild and Ladies Union
Ladies Guild of the Congregational Church
M. D. Feighner
Ladies Union of the Congregational Church
Baskets Brighten Christmas for Clare Families
More than a hundred holiday baskets filled with food gifts and articles were given to needy families in Clare and surrounding areas. The Clare Coordinating Council and local businesses funded the effort with numerous cash donations from civic and social groups and individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare
Clare Coordinating Council
J. B., Doherty & Sons
O. D. Bayes
Joe Sproat
Clare Elevator Co
Wm. H. Bicknell Co
Clare Auto Parts Co
Woodcock & Larmon
Clare Sentinel
Barnes Cafe
Wm. Lange
Russell Thurston
Bob Mair
Anna Mussell
A. E. Mulder
Kuno Hammerberg
Ray Cunningham
Schaeffer's Dairy
Lee & Cady
Fred Hudson
Roy Beltnick
McCoys
Howard Jones
Roy Harter
Frank Holmes
Allen Agency
John Schaaf, Jr
Bill Buck
Bill Tryon
Larry Waird
Curt Hearns
Uncle Tom’s Place
Stuart Rule
Chester Richard, Jr
Don Sprague
Walt Petit
Francis Loomis
Shumway & Loomis
Chalmer Brown
F. G. Slattery
Cornwell Ranch Co
Woodland Dairy
City of Clare
G. C. Born
Art Damoth
Hayes to Lead Clare County Dairy Management Talks
Clare County dairymen may join a six meeting series on dairy management arranged by the county agent with Michigan State College dairy extension. J G Hayes opens January 8 at Clare city hall on dairy feeding, with calf raising to follow. later sessions cover pastures calf feeding dairy building and equipment selecting the dairy site and disease prevention with experts including C M Harrison A J Bell A C Baltzer and Dr B J Kilham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare County
A. C. Baltzer
Michigan State College
J. G Hays
Clare
Hays
C. M. Harrison
Crops Department
J. G. Hayes
A. J. Bell
B. J. Kilham
Mail Deliveries Delayed on New Year Holiday
The Sentinel reports no mail deliveries on New Year’s Day Monday January 1. Readers are urged to mail all newsletters by Tuesday to ensure the paper goes out on schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Séentinel
Paul Bunyan Winter Sports Center Planned Near Harrison
A local firm near US 27 southeast of Harrison plans a mammoth winter sports center with a mile of toboggan slides and looping runs. The design eliminates the long walk back by a 300 foot climb to a new slide series, with initial focus on essential equipment and buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare County
Mammoth
Paul Bunyan
Us-27
Harrison
Clare Masonic Lodge installs officers with open ceremony
The Clare Masonic Lodge No. 404 held an open installation of 1940 officers led by retiring Worshipful Master Stanley L. Masten and Installing Master Ernest W. Brown. Attendees came from Farwell Harrison Mt. Pleasant Vernon Detroit with several visiting Masons and members. Refreshments followed in the dining room after the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Q. Look
Albert Dawe
Charles A. Perry
James M. Langston
Delbert W. Osborn
Alexander BE. Wylie
John R. Empey
Kenneth Gendrie
Edwin Roach
Chalmer Brown
John N. Rodabaugh Marshall Russell Thurston Tyler
James W. Seil
Farwell
Harrison
Mt. Pleasant
Vernon
Detroit
Stanley L. Masten
Ernest W. Brown
John
Floyd Oliver
Annabelle Hampton
Clare Eastern Star Chapter
Bernie IF. Hampton
Hmil M. Bucholz
John Keller
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Ann Arbor Hospital
Thurston
A. D. Telcer
Coleman
Butcher Cattle
Vyoung
Michigan State
Kiwanis Club
John B. Speare
Clare City Hall
Spike Horn Camp
Clare Masonic Lodge
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