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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1943
Page
11
Community notices list church services, Sunday School times, and midweek prayer meetings at the Church of God and Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Neighborhood social news recounts Christmas visits and family gatherings across Rosebush and nearby towns.
The church schedules a 10 45 a m Sunday school a 12 00 worship and a 6 00 Holy Communion with a 7 30 youth session led by Neal Joslin The minister will meet Thursday afternoon A long list of Christmas visits and guest dinners follows including families from Plymouth Detroit Clare Muskegon Bay City Ypsilanti Farwell Birch Run Saginaw Rosebush and Grayling with multiple households noted in holiday hospitality.
Donna Jean Badger, daughter of Mr and Mrs Walter Badger, was among ten women promoted from freshmen to sophomores in the Capping Service at Saginaw General Hospital School of Nursing. The group completed six months of training since June in Ann Arbor and received caps and blue capes with gold linings. A reception followed the ceremony with Donna Jean’s mother among the guests.
Word from former teacher Ida Vandenburg places her at the U S Naval Hospital in San Diego learning the naval way. She reports good meals and entertainment and recalls Frank Morgan and Robert Young dining with the group before a lawn show. Local items note a new baby Linda Kay born to Mr and Mrs Hid Marshall, Christmas visits by families, and WSCS pilates fruit baskets delivered to over twenty shut-ins.
The Methodist Sunday School held a Christmas program last week featuring a tree, organ music by Mrs. G. H. Lamb, recitations by Shirley Shear and Bertha Hose, songs by the Junior Choir, a piano solo by Florence Seigle, and a youth drama The True Meaning of Christmas directed by Mrs. Minerva Richmond and Mrs. Don Luce. The event, amid illness and practice time limits, drew a large audience and praise for all participants.
Amonk district presented Christmas programs at Reiter School with Ina Davison, Wilson School with Anna Schofield, and Windover Lake with Olive Badger. Attendees from here joined in. Isabel Sparta of Detroit visited relatives, while Miss Mary Sparta remains in Detroit for a week. Word arrived of John Ritchie’s death in Weidman. funeral plans were not set.
Mrs. W. O. Shumway expresses heartfelt gratitude to many friends for gifts cards and greetings received. She notes she would thank everyone personally if possible.
Ural residents share holiday greetings and family milestones. Mrs Walter Dellar joined daughter and relatives for Christmas. Mr and Mrs Arnold Ott welcomed a granddaughter Jacklyn Lee, and Arnold and Chas Ott celebrated with relatives. Wm Hartman and family, plus Nora and Bernard Allen and Nancy Jo Garver, marked the season with gatherings.
In Clare County Probate Court held in Harrison on December 14 1943 Judge George Bates ordered January 18 1944 as the hearing date for George Haring's petition to administer the estate or appoint another suitable person Public notice to be printed weekly for three weeks in the Clare Sentinel.
Petition filed to determine legal heirs and who inherits real estate of Leon Wilkins deceased. Hearing set for January 17 1944 at 10 o'clock in the forenoon at the Probate Office. Public notice to be published weekly for three weeks in the Clare Sentinel. Judge of Probate announces order.
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