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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1940
Page
4
General Motors celebrates its 25 millionth car with a demonstration by Charles Kettering. He shows how vacuum-power shift, used by Chevrolet, represents ongoing engineering progress that continually outmoded past designs.
Catholic St. Cecilia's led by Rev. Stanley Morrison holds Mass at 10 30 a m Seventh Day Adventist meets at Easter Building with services at 1 30 p m Brown Corners Uu B Church hosted by Rev E Town offers Sunday School at 10 30 a m and preaching. Reorganized Church of Latter Day Saints at Loomis has Sunday School 10 45 a m and preaching at 8 00 p m each Sunday.
Arthur Center area churches list service times Reverend Chas Kleinhardt leads at 10:30 with Sunday School at 11 06 and gospel service at 8pm Everyone welcome St Johns Evangelical Lutheran with Pastor C Einhammer offers German service 945 English 1045 Sunday School 1045 in church basement Nazareth Church on South McEwan Street holds Sunday School at 1030 am.
Morning worship at 11 30 a m evangelistic service 7 30 p m Church prayer meeting Wednesday 7 45 p m cottage prayer meeting Friday 7 45 D tt
Reverend J W Teale leads Loomis Gospel Mission with Sunday school at 10:00 and worship at 11:00. Evening service follows at 7:30, with Tuesday evening prayer meetings at 8:00. All are urged and welcome to attend.
Floyd G. Smith pastor presides at I. C. C. F. Hall with a prayer and testimony service at 11 30 Zions League at 7 00 p m and preaching at 8 00 p m Extra help will attend from Beaverton until further notice not altering services with Farwell
Lincoln Town Hall invites all ages to Sunday School followed by preaching. Pastor J Wyrick will lead with Alfred Cowles supervising classes. Bible Study Thursday evening. Everyone welcome to attend.
Fragmentary church notice proclaims a forthcoming Christian message by Mrs. Wytick and urges readers to bring their Bible, asking if they are ready to meet Him.
James A. Rogers minister leads 10:00 a. m. Morning Worship with choir directed by Mrs. Empry and a sermon titled Wings and Hands. Church School 11:15 a. m. Epworth League meets at 6:10 p. m. with Bible study led by Mavis Kennedy. Auxiliary and Ladies Aid plan meetings this week.
The West Sixth and Maple Street church offers 10:00 church school led by Vera B. Peterson, 11:00 morning worship on the Holy Spirit, 7:30 Young People's hour, 8:00 evangelistic service with the sermon Let us make haste, and a 7:30 Wednesday Prayer and Praise session. Mrs Ruth Bristol and Mrs Myrthe Jones from Lansing will provide special music.
The Christian Science Church outlines the Sunday lesson sermon titled Soul for February 18 1940. The service centers on Golden Text from Leviticus 26 and Psalm 62 along with correlative readings from Science and Health by Mary Baker Eddy.
Rev Albert Dawe leads 10 15 worship with sermon Belief in Oneself as part of the Lent series Man the World and Christ The junior and senior choirs provide music and church school at 11 30 led by Superintendent Mrs Frank Hochstler Visitors and new residents receive a cordial welcome to worship with us
The Eagle Church of God lists Sunday School at 10 30 and service at 11 30 with Christian Endeavor Sunday evenings at 8 00 Cottage prayer Wednesday at 8 00 Young People prayer and Bible study Friday at 8 00 Elm Grove holds Sunday school at 11 00 and preaching every other Sunday evening at 8 00 Prayer meeting Thursday at 8 00 Christian Endeavor every other Sunday at 8 00 Colville reports preaching every other Sunday at 8 30 Cottage Prayer Meeting in winter Tuesday at 8 00
A. D. Telder preaches at Sunday service on the unyielding desire for victory in life. The sermon links spiritual victory to overcoming sin and worldliness, asserting God makes absolute victory possible without harming good. The piece references spring marble games and wartime imagery to illustrate striving and triumph.
Sunday School 11 15 a m and services 6 30 p m 7 30 p m sermon on The Salvation of the World's Greatest Monarch with accounts of repentance and divine power. Dover Tabernacle led by Chas VanDen Bergh Supt with classes for all and mentions of local visitors and fishing trips near Tubbs Lake.
Alma caller L R Perkins and Harrison caller Kenneth Benchley are noted. Miss Helena Vander Woude and Miss Verona Bower enjoyed skating at Clare after school. Edna Griffin of Harrison visited Kenneth Benchley. New baby Noretta Mae born to Mr and Mrs H C Burrell. Community events include a missionary hour hosted by I W Wyrick at Lake George on February 7. Newly elected officers for the year: Edith Burns president, Maude Harris secretary, Maude Cowles treasurer. Next meeting February 21 at Maude Cowles’ home.
Locals Lew McKenzie and Minnie Converse visited relatives in Lansing over the weekend. Barryton shoppers and area residents attended gatherings, with several coasting party participants from Lake, and Mrs. Belle Wheaton visiting her cousin. Harry Brown underwent a tonsillectomy and was recovering at Dr. Woods hospital. Mrs. Ethel Smith and daughter Jo Ann of Detroit visited Clare relatives.
Lake George area visitors and residents spent the weekend at cottages and cabins including J. R. Borst from Flint, Ray Brace and wife from Lansing, and Stirling Curtiss from Lansing. Local activity covered fishing, a youth recreation play, and a Marion show trip.
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