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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1932
Page
2
Harrison residents met February 1 to discuss Consumers Power Co taking over the local utility. Representatives Wellman and Stevens explained terms, a verbal proposal was accepted, and the city council will continue discussions before a formal decision.
The Harrison column reports Sunday activities at United Brethren and Congregational churches led by Pastor Chas Kleinhardt and Pastor Ray M Busler. Includes sermons, Sunday school, a picture drama, and notes on members’ visits, illnesses, and community events.
The Dow Chemical Company of Midland shifts equipment to town to cut five hundred car loads of ice from Budd Lake for shipment to the Midland plant. Pere Marquette Rail Road builds a spur to the lake bank. Lake shore drive will be blocked from the Hubert home to the McKinstrey cottage during the work.
Beaverton played Harrison on Tuesday February 2 at home and kept the score close in a tight first half. Harrison outspeed Beaverton in the second half and won the game while Clare Merchants beat H A C 32 to 10 the next night with many players ill or injured.
The Study Club held its regular meeting Tuesday night February 2 at the Fred Schaaf home with Mrs Schaaf and Mrs Wallace Harper as hostesses. Two papers were read Homes of Washington by Mrs Edmond Woods and Washington A Man of Sentiment by Mrs Fred Smith. Miss Anna Jons read a letter from the assistant director of the State Federation of Woman's Club Extension Division of the University of Michigan and the secretary was instructed to take names of all women wishing to attend these meetings. A luncheon of sherbet and cake was served.
The high school orchestra held regular practice at the school on Wednesday evening. After two hours they adjourned to the Domestic Science room for a supper, each member contributing a dish. Absence of Jean Schaaf was noted due to excessive instrument practice.
A Marching train trip departed at eight thirty Thursday with Miss Winifred Fanning as hostess. Abundant refreshments, bridge games, and a self described “dummied” partner pairing entertained eight Bridgeville bound travelers and eight for Yellow Stone Park and Yosemite Valley. Rastus acted as porter, luggage collector, and joke figure, while the ride featured dinner service, prizes for top scores, and praise for hostess Miss Fanning Fusco of New York City.
Harrison high school fell 2 1 in a Friday debate against Sacred Heart Academy Mt Pleasant. Team members were Louraine Hughes Marion Roth James Mead with Elizabeth Schaaf Irene Clark and Robert Jones also taking part. The Mt Pleasant team was short a speaker due to illness giving Sacred Heart extra time.
Washington bicentennial program to be presented February 25 at the Harrison Opera House by Hayes. Agricultural High School pupils directed by Mrs. Charles Amble perform a dramatic First Continental Congress in costume, a play The Truth for a Day, with George and Martha Washington revived from an old portrait and Colonial figures. Lil Sal and Sambo present a Folk Play of Old Dixie as part of the event.
An advertisement promotes Kruschen Salts as a fat loss method claiming a woman can shed fat in three weeks by taking half a teaspoonful daily in hot water. It promises increased energy, clearer skin, a younger feeling, and safety guarantees, urging readers to buy from a druggist. money-back if unsatisfied.
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