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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1928
Page
7
Community notices from PERE MARQUETTE East detail church events, meetings and hospitalities. Reports include elderly health, visits, and local engagements at churches and lodges. A box social at Richmond hall on February 17 funds a piano balance for the M B and church.
Methodist Episcopal Church advertises a box social at Richmond Hall this evening and Sunday. Competent judges will award a prize for the best decorated box, with a reward offered for the winning entry.
Church notices list Sunday School at 10:00 a.m. Morning worship 11:60 a.m. Evening 7:30. A new Young People committee promises varied programs. Local reports include several coal deliveries, ice storm damage, visits, illnesses, and community travel around Clare and nearby towns.
Last Friday night the Sewing class Handicraft club and Boy Scouts held a Valentine party at the school house. Pupils split into two groups supervised by a teacher. After games and lunch of heart shaped valentines paired partners for supper. Girls of the Gleé Club plan a Box social at Richmond's hall on February 17 1928 with a rhetorical program at the school house. Everyone is invited.
The Crisis pamphlet by Thomas Paine, influential in American colonial opinion, reached Philadelphia book stores on December 19 1778. Advertisements note the new edition available at Kirkpatrick's drug store locations.
Lawrence Herseville, Mayhew, Jerry Price and Richard Matthew recalled a weekend with a dance at Price's place attended by Miss Gladys Perry and friends. Sunday gatherings included visits to James McGuire and Charles Adelbindes, and several attended the Ford auto show in Gladwin.
A Lake George community roundup lists visits and gatherings from Friday to Sunday. Names include Arleigh Schofield, Charles Calkins, Everett VanHorn, Oscar Delling, Don Luce, Bernard Schofield, Newton Kress, G A Silover, Fred Bingham, and Roy Green among others. Activities cover fishing at Springlake, dinners at Oliver Campbell's, hunting, and visits across farms and cottages with several families noted.
The column notes various weekend visits including Ira Root and daughter Bernice with Ralph Browt, Howard Brockway from Pontiac, John Boulton, Gena Burton and Otto, and condolences offered for a funeral in the family. It also mentions dance attendance at Temple, people visiting relatives in Gladwin, Clare, and Flint, and Norma Burtot’s search for a lost dog while gathering wood.
The report notes many neighbors and relatives visiting at Geo Gibis home including Mrs Gibis and daughters. Rex Robinett escaped uninjured after his car went into a ditch during an ice storm. Dorothy Heuschele is recovering from burns while her mother tended the coffee pot mishap. Charles Baker and daughters Jane and Ella May visited with family in Mt Pleasant.
Community notes report apologies for newspaper omissions and readers’ disappointment. Social visits list Clair Coulter, Ernest Wallace, Wilbur Lower, Glenn Gordon, Chas Rieinhardt, Mrs Rhodes, Dorothy Kleinhardt, and Lydia Johnson’s newborn Morris. Local events cover Arthur Center Ladies Aid meeting, Eagle gatherings, and crowded church services with praise for progress.
Percy Durfee has his hand out of the cast and feels well. White family from Saginaw visited, and Erwin White's parents renewed acquaintances. Mrs. Durfee, Mrs. Grewe and the teacher did business at the Brown Friday evening. Crows announce spring while winter clothes stay handy. Mrs. White called on Mrs. Trumble for health. A neighbor suffers rheumatism. a Hot Springs cure is mentioned. A California doctor recommends electric shocks for some ailments. February brings flirtation among young ladies and jokes about leap year. Joe Ladd of Harrison wintered in Florida and reports local business mood. The heavy rains have drenched oyster beds and left Joe busy.
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