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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1939
Page
5
The notice outlines weekly Friday issues mailed as second class matter at Clare Post Office with rates of 1.50 yearly and 5¢ per copy, plus 10¢ per line for locals and extra charges for headings. It invites probate notices to be published by The Sentinel via Judge Wylie for printing.
Local church services listed with E. E. Droum and Bernard Fischer leading Sunday worship. Blanche's Tavern, run by Mrs. Clara Dyer, closes as she moves to Ewart. Charles Kline injured in oil field incident but eye injury not serious. Harry Ireland sentenced to Jackson prison for breaking and entering. Lyceum series returns with a magic act at Hayes Agricultural Unit School. Numerous community updates include visits, travels, and meetings across Harrison and nearby towns.
LaVerna Bates, teacher at the Myers school in Harrison, sprained her right ankle Friday while sitting with pupils near the hill. She will convalesce at her parents’ home, and the school in Arthur township District 8 will be closed January 30 to February 3.
A twenty by forty foot frame building rises on Main Street beside the State Saving Bank of Harrison. Expected to open in a few weeks as a pool room and recreation hall run by Elmer Amble and Jyde Brandon, with June Rose constructing the business as part of the William Murphy drug store and Grocery store company.
A flurry of visits as Harrison residents hosted family from Clare Mt. Pleasant Frost and Alma. Weekend gatherings included anniversaries, new grandchildren, and hospital hops. Local students and workers resumed duties while friends and kin visited from Detroit Remus and Saginaw.
Ten children gathered at Mr and Mrs Ernest McCartneys home after school to celebrate Jerry McCartneys sixth birthday. The party featured games contests and refreshments including yellow birthday cake. Jerry enjoyed many gifts from his playmates and the cake was decorated with white icing pink trim and candles.
Obituary outlines Michael Fanning a lifelong Harrison resident and businessman. He led Peoples Bank and the State Savings Bank, helped the community, and was active in education and funeral service circles. Married Rose Sweeney in 1893, he leaves five daughters, two sons, five grandchildren, a sister and three brothers. Funeral held February 1 at St Anastasia Church, Harrison.
Enrollees at Camp Houghton Lake 83-S begin preparation of 125 Michigan Minerals display sets for public schools. The project follows a winter effort that produced 500 rocksets for schools, supervised by Norman Billings and St. BEng Aide, with minerals drawn from Upper and Lower Peninsulars.
Michigan State College extension dairyman B C G Scheidenheim says grooming cows with clipped hindquarters and udders improves cleanliness and milking ease. December production rose 6 percent nationwide with Michigan’s 26 000 cows yielding 25.67 pounds butterfat per cow. Fewer cows were removed, and demand for good animals grows amid disease-elimination programs.
Neighbors gathered Tuesday evening to surprise Laurence Robinett with a birthday wish at his home, as music and a midnight lunch followed. Nearby Mr and Mrs Vernon Haines visited Geo Scott at Lake Sunday evening. Brand news on page three.
The notice mentions items found in odd places and irregular sediments and advertises an "Us Old Sweetheart" contest in this week’s paper for the Gift and Flower Shop. It asks if readers have anything for a Clare Sentinel liner next week.
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