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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1932
Page
6
A garbled page lists train times with frequent misprints alongside church notices and local society items. It records reorganized church activities, upcoming socials, births, illnesses, visits, and club events, all centered on small town life and weekly gatherings.
Rev John Lockyer leads worship at 11 40 with a large male quartette. Church school meets at 10 30. Epworth League meets with Henry Orr leading True Patriotism discussion. Forum hour at 7 00 p m invites high school students. Ladies Aid meets Friday with Mrs Price for all day pot luck luncheon.
A church schedule lists services and meetings led by Mrs Mary Smith and Frances Hanes with emphasis on spiritual growth and character building. The young people report a 395 total attendance in a recent contest where the reds beat the blues by six points. Kenneth Loomis and wife hosted a party at their home with refreshments, games, and singing.
Monday night meetings of K. of P. Lodge and Pythian Sisters continue. Miss W. C. Fuller returns from Rosebush. Flint visitors Charles Austin and family stay with relatives here. Hinkle improving after illness. Clare visits by J. W. Larrphere and Fred Bingham home hosting. Grand Rapids visitor to Dr. S. Frye. Secord and Norton weekend at Lake City. Wardwell family at sister Mil ler’s as youngest child sick. Mt. Pleasant trio Floyd Burston Francis Bingham Mildred Stanley visit. Farwell Rebekahs host chicken supper February 3 with entertainment by sisters and guests Clare and Coleman Brothers and Sisters.
Mr D T Williams will present a lecture titled The Resurrection of the Dead at 7 45 p m on Monday February 15 at the L D S Church Farwell The pastor R B McGuire and his congregation invite all to attend this rare educational event.
About twenty one members of the M B choir drove to the County Infirmary on Sunday February 7th. They found inmates at church services and joined in singing with selections from church hymnals. Riley Closkey performed, bringing enjoyment to the elderly residents as treats were shared and conversations followed. The visit left the choir feeling glad to bring cheer.
Eighteen members gathered at the home of Mrs Monts for a club program listing important Michigan cities and their notes. Carrie Bingham led a Penal institutions paper read by Jennie Bingham. Mary Updegraff discussed useful electrical appliances. Alice Stinchcombe spoke on California as the Lady of Flowers. Blanch Burston presented a memory selection, and Alice Louise Gee offered two pieces. Mrs Norton played piano solos. visitors attended. February 16th next meeting at Mrs Updegraff’s home.
The High School Auditorium will host a future entertainment to raise funds for repairing the township library building. The library serves the township and offers book access during the first and second Wednesdays from 12 to 1, for out of town students, and on Saturday afternoons. Last year about 2590 books were used. The Library Board thanks donors for many books and magazines donated.
Wm Merril and father visited their cottage while Geo Scott made a Clare business trip on Tuesday. Mr and Mrs B A Phillips and Mrs Magele Phillips were Farwell shop gathers Tuesday. Raymond Scott visited Clare and Farwell Tuesday. Alvin Wells family celebrate birth of a 9 12 pound girl born February 4 named Katherine Mary. Mrs Aaron Irwin of Farwell recovering from illness at daughter Mrs Raymond Scotts home. Mrs Sam Muir and Mrs Wm Mahan were Farwell callers Saturday. F Howell and wife invited to teach next year. Harle Shook of Baldwin spent Sunday with Bert Scott. Geo Scott began cutting ice Monday. Lloyd Close of Saginaw spent weekend at Perl Tryon’s. R Murphy of Clare spent Sunday with T H Brooks family. Mrs T H Brooks, Aster, James and Lucille were Clare shoppers Saturday. Geo Scott made a Midland trip Monday. Mrs Chas Sherman has been sick last week but better now.
Louise Davison sprained ankle. Laura Horn absent due to mess. Public Speaking Club welcomed members on February 2. future farmers of America met with Harold Thrush program. Kenneth Cowles beat Clinton Dunkle in boxing. Alumni banker talk by Bernard Schofield approved. Buttered popcorn treated guests. Miss Force’s history class attended Alexander Hamilton play at Ideal Theatre starring Richard Arliss. Dorothy Oman and Nellie Belnap visited. Lloyd Nichols out due to horse riding injuries. Juniors took gate of candy. F I A boys sold it. Seniors plan play The College Hobo next Friday and Saturday. Olga Scott absent due to illness. Farwell Woman’s Club to provide warm dish for elementary noon meals. Home Economics groups rotate serving. Pupils bring own dish and spoon. Warm noon meals cost 1 to 4 cents with 60 grade and 20 high school pupils served daily since January 12.
Local column notes a spring fruit stand at West Hind corner and arrival of larger trucks for Miller, Siegle. West end bus carried football players to Coleman, with talk of a bridal party and other items. Residents report visits, church meetings, temperance efforts, sympathy to Comer family, and social visits by Mayor Hether and James Duncan at Trumble cottage.
Mr and Mrs C B Robbins express gratitude to the fire department Mr Stanley and assistant Roy Putman for lending their truck and to friends and neighbors who helped when their home was destroyed by fire.
In 1691 James Blair was sent to obtain a charter for William and Mary College from the crown. The charter was obtained and later duplicated. By February 8 1698 the new college charter had been established under royal authority.
An advertisement promotes Allenry a tonic for rheumatic pain. It claims an 85 cent bottle guarantees relief within 48 hours and urges continued use to purge uric acid, promising happiness and a money back guarantee. The tone is promotional and hinged on quick cure rhetoric, targeting rheumatic sufferers.
Alfred Gaffney worked on the road the past week. John Gaffney called in the neighborhood Saturday. Oliver Campbell and P MacFadyen went to Clare Saturday on business. Billy Campbell missed school Friday due to illness. A card party occurred at the Campbell Home Thursday night last week. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Kube of Bertha Lake visited Oliver and Mrs. Campbell for a day. Ice is thick enough to fish. Several have fished Doc and Tom lakes. Oliver Campbell to Clare on Wednesday on business.
Mrs Amelia Carr injured her hand after a fall Tuesday of last week. Mrs J B Allen stayed briefly in town from Bay City returning Friday with Audley Smith visiting in Saginaw. Norman Hutchinson visits sister Mrs Wm Horton in Clare. Morris Merrill of Flint weekended with Frank Barton and Bryon Miller families then visited Cal Guest in Pontiac. J N Teall mourns sister Mrs Frank McClellen who died Feb 2 in Snohomish Washington at 79, a Sherman Township pioneer. Sunday children service led by Mrs Honderich drew large audience. Joe McKinley and grandson visited sister and husband J N Tearl. J C Watson cut fingers on buzz saw Monday. Sunday visitors included Henry Kleiner Jr and family and Frank Barton Robt Kleiner Ernest Kleiner. Community mourns Mrs David Comer. sympathy extended.
Mrs. Wawkins drove to Midland with her mother Mrs. Connors for a brief visit at Frank Hartman’s. Alfred Nevills of St. Thomas Ont stayed with nephew A Purdy’s family before traveling to Vernon. George Bureh had teeth extracted hoping to improve health. Several families suffered from colds and throat troubles while outings and hospital visits occurred. School noted a day off for road conditions after rainfall, with many townspeople traveling to Lansing and Clare for appointments and meetings.
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