Harrison Mission Activities and Local Social Notes
Community notices include Sunday School at 10:00 a.m. and services at 11:00 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. at United Brethren in Christ Harrison Mission. Meetings planned for February include Clare Courty school officers and a February meeting. March events feature the Harrison Study Club on March 1 and a Lyceum course at the Community building. Local residents and visitors are listed with social visits and trips across Clare, What Thursday, Ayart, Shepherd, Mt. Pleasant, Hayes, Saginaw, Arthur, Frost township, and Frostville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Brethern IN Christ
Harrison Mission Fev
Drummond
Clare Courty
Loth
Harrison Study Club
Lyceum
Bob Hanscom
Morrel Clure
Clare
George Bates
Bert ‘Waite
Ayart
Walter Lang
Ronald ‘Keller
Wallace Sharp
Elsie Shull
Saginaw
Anna Shull
Arthur
Bates
Delores Dyke
Onna Lee Gordon
Genevieve
Virginia Smith
Ray Smith
Cooper
Frost Township
Southern trip yields successful Florida tour for Hallett party
Mrs Olive Hallett and her daughter and husband Mr and Mrs Howard Stimp. Mrs Harry Campbell of Ionia accompanied them on a four week vacation in Florida and the southern states. They report a very successful trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olive Hallett
Howard Stimpson
Harry Campbell
Ionia
Florida
Harrison Team Falls as Independents and Varsity Lose
The Harrison Independent and school varsity basketball teams both lost while the second string won in recent games. Cadillac YMCA trip, Marion High, McBain and Coleman matchups shaped a tough week for Harrison with early season standings showing mixed results. The article notes upcoming February games at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
YMCA
Cadillac
Harrison
D. Martin
Dancer
Houghton Lake
Farwell
Marion High School
McBain High
Coleman
LeRoy
Harri son Board of Commerce Plans Father and Son Banquet
The January Harri son Board of Commerce meeting at the Congregational church heard L I Leonard report on the winter sports project sponsored by the Chamber. He noted the toboggan slide and ice rink are successes as crowds gather weekly from Michigan and beyond. A Snow Queen is to be selected for the Winter Playgrounds, with a Father and Son Banquet planned for February 25 served by the Congregational Auxiliary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison Board of Commerce
Congregational Church
YWA
L. I. Leonard
Chamber
Leonard
Michigan
John Kemmis
Congregational
Hunting and Fishing Club Elect Officers
The Harrison Hunting and Fishing Club met for its first post reorganizational meeting. Officers named include President PB D. Gibson, Vice President H M Bucholz, Secretary Stuart Huntly, Treasurer Lodge Bednarick, and Executive Committee members B E Hampton Fred Schaaf Robert Brown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison
PB. D. Gibson
H. M. Bucholz
Stuart Huntly
Lodge Bednarick
E. Hampton
Fred Schaaf
Robert Brown
Hphriam Briggs
William Murphy
Cheater Griffen
Francis McKenna
Jake Seelinger
J. M. Btcholz
Harrison’s Oldest Resident Martha S Jenkins Dies
Martha S Jenkins the oldest resident of Harrison died January 23 at age ninety two years two months and fourteen days. A longtime Harrison resident she enriched local life for fifty years leaving seven grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Funeral services were held Tuesday at Murphy Funeral Parlor with Rev. A B Lucas, interment Maple Grove Cemetery Harrison. She was born November 2 1845 in Saugerties New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha
Jenkins
Harrison
Grandmother Jenkins
Oak Street
Saugurt
New York
Frank Crigier
Michigan
Standish
Genevieve
Alfred
Walter
William
Crigiers
Boyne City
Mr. Crigier
Reed
Clyde
Russel Cadwell
Francis Crigier
Neenah Urquhart
Sheboygan
Wisconsin
Wallace Crigier
Clare
School Officers Meeting Called at Harrison
The biennial meeting of Glare County school officers called by the State Department of Public Instructions will be held at the Community Building in Harrison on Thursday February 10 starting at 10 00 a m. Mr Taylor and Mr John Haitema will speak on laws finance curriculum and school procedures. The purpose is to provide legal advice explain teaching procedures and answer questions. The law covers actual expenses for attending officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glare County
State Department of Public Instruction
Harrison
State Department of Public Instructions
Taylor
John Haitema
Haitema
Helen D. Hether
Machinery Repair Meeting at Harrison February 10
Farmers near Harrison can see a demonstration on repairing and adjusting a mowing machine at the county highway garage in Harrison next Thursday February 10 at 1 30 p m A J Bell Extension Agricultural Engineer of Michigan State College will take a mower through all steps of putting it in good running order Many questions on adjustment and repair of farm machinery will be asked Mr Bell is well qualified with years of experience Fred Schaaf local farm implement dealer will have a mower ready for expert servicing for the meeting
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison
J. Bell
Michigan State College
Bell
Fred Schaaf
Forty Years Ago in The Glare Sentinel Briefs
Forty years ago The Glare Sentinel published nonpartisan notices for the week as a severe blizzard curtailed activities and reduced news coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glare Sentinel
Saveré
Long Island Sound Once Valley Long Island Sound
A historical note explains that the Long Island Sound area originated as a river valley. It traces the geological shift that formed the estuary and coastal plain shaping the present shoreline and ecosystem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Island Sound
Harrison Study Club Meeting Draws Large Attendance
The Harrison Study Club met Tuesday evening February 1 in the club room with hostesses Alice Brown Allegra Gager Bertha Uydell and Bertha Green. Twenty eight members and guests attended a brief business session led by Vice President Anna Carpenter followed by a program about They Came Like Swallows and Drums Along the Mohawk. A delicious dessert was served. next meeting is Tuesday evening March 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice
Brown
Allegra Gager
Bertha
Uydell
Bertha Green
Anna Carpenter
Melissa
Bednarick T
Irah Hmory
Marion “Amble
Boulder Lake Ends Ancient Industry at St Thomas Salt Mine
Waters of Lake Mead behind Boulder Dam rise and submerge the St Thomas salt mine once worked by Pueblo Indians from 500 to 1200 A.D. The salt mountain, 300 feet high, fades as scientists note the mine's disappearance while Bonelli family ties and Virgin River Salt Company history are recalled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Las Vegas
Nev
Lake Mead
Boulder Dam
St. Thomas
Bonelli
Switzerland
Bonellis
Virgin River Salt Company
Virgin River Company
Mississippi River steamboat era fades with fast packet decline
The long sunk era of Robert E. Lee style steamboats endures only in ballad memory as modern river traffic shifts to powerfully loaded towboats and barges. Safety valve controls are now sealed to curb dangerous speed methods, and packet service vanished between St. Louis and New Orleans while freight dominates under Inland Waterways and private lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Mississippi
Robert E. Lee
St. Louis
Natchez
Robert BE. Lee
United States Department of Commerce
Steamboat Inspection Service
Department of Commerce
Mark Twain
Federal Barge Line
Inland Waterways Corporation
Mississippi Valley Barge Line Company
Sailor Safest on Ship Says Navy Medical Report
San Pedro California medical authorities for the navy report sailors die most from motor vehicle accidents when ashore on leave, and disease deaths are falling fastest. About 30 percent of navy deaths arise from vehicle crashes, ten percent from drowning, and half of drownings occur off ship while swimming ashore. Ship activities cause few accidents and deaths from aviation and high explosive handling have declined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Pedro
Calif
Karl Benz Recalled as European Auto Inventor
Karl Benz, credited as the inventor of the automobile, began secret experiments in 1883 84 to avoid funding loss and public ridicule. His early horseless vehicle work faced financial risk and social scrutiny before his breakthrough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Karl Benz
Ocean Current Killa Fish In El Nino Shift Off South America
The El Niño driven warm ocean current off western South America alters water temperatures and kills many fish accustomed to cooler conditions, disrupting local fisheries and marine life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South America
Sit Down Strike in Lion Cage Wins for Trainer
Sydney N S W captain Flager a wild animal trainer used a sit down strike in a lion cage to force approval of his tiger act. He sat in the cage with a lamp food and camp bed refusing to obey orders to perform with lions until his act was accepted. The circus manager finally yielded as the show time approached.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Flager
Town Plans to Restore Early Names of Streets
Lewes Delaware plans to revert local street names to colonial designations. The move, initiated by Mrs Kenneth B Stewart and Rotary Club support, would rename Park Avenue to Ship Carpenter Street and Kisg Street to Kings Highway, while Pilot Town Road remains unchanged.
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Lewes
Dek
Board of Town Commissioners
Rotary Clib
Kenneth B. Stewart
Biltmore
Cape Cod
Virginia
Park Avenue
Ship Carpenter
Kigs
Kings Highway
Pilot ‘Town Road
Night researchers study snakes at night in Guerrero
Berkeley scientists led by Dr. Walter Mosauer plan three months of nocturnal field work near Acapulco to learn if snakes sleep, using forehead lamps and powerful lights. They will search mangrove swamps lagoons and mountain jungles, photograph specimens and bring back live reptiles for lab observation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkeley
Calif
Zoological Department
University of California
Walter Mosauer
Guerrero
Acapulco
Birthday and anniversary celebrations warm a cold week
Mrs. Marie Allen marked her birthday with family visitors while Wayne Glenn observed his second anniversary near Grandma Allen. Lawrence Bates and Norman Hutchinson, busy hauling cars, expressed a wish for warmer weather as they worked through recent ice and storms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Allen
Wayne Glenn
Grandma Allen
Dangerous Advice on Substitute Pricing Sparks Caution
A terse note warns sellers against using a SUBSTITUTE priced at 666 to gain mere pennies, stating customers are essential assets and that the 666 item is worth three or four times as much as the SUBSTITUTE.
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Russell Allen
Jessa Allen
Clare County General Hospital
Karl Mars
Nancy ‘Lee
John Briggs
Ferndale
Harry Merrill
Edgar Bringman
Ava Jean
Bert Landers
Leota
Harry Smith
Breckenridge
Fred Smith
Lettie Hill
Charles Ciliax
Mary Hill
al Barber
Flint
Otto Hastment
Alma
Seaver Amble
Harold Clute
Rex Clute
Germaine McKenna
Court House
Gladwin
Francis Thomas
Himer Clute
Summmer
Katherine Briggs
John Kelimig
Ephriam Briggs
Mallon
Barryton
Brigay
Mtr
Charles Hack
Houghton
Mynard
Mt. Pleasant
Mra
B. Williams
Sheridan
Jesse Alien
Susan Beemer
Mint
Karl Mavis
Fred Wood
Ise Bethany Costigan
Bamtel Bruch Aid
Ben Carpenter
Idari
Tha
Martin Naunios
Pleasant
Board OF Commerce
Hunting and Fishing Club
Martha S. Jenkins
Harrison Study
Navy
Beaverton
Buckeye
Vernon
Wise
Isabella
Arenac
Ogemaw
Mecosta
Michigan Farm
Clare County
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