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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1942
Page
5
Feighner and Parish publish rates for the Sentinel including editorial and notice services. Rates shown cover year subscriptions to Michigan and other points, single copies, display ads, liners and reading notices, fillers, cards of thanks, and printed notices including probate requests via Judge Bates.
Names of residents visiting relatives and friends across Shepherd Paris Lansing Mt. Pleasant Clare Greenwood and other towns. Notable items include a medical update on Ramon Stanley after an appendectomy at Sparrow Hospital and Senator Ben Carpenter attending the Legislature in Lansing.
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Smith hosted a Valentine motif gathering Saturday evening for twelve couples. Ice cream and cake followed lunch, with Mrs. Fred Gubler taking ladies high score, Robert Brown winning men's first prize, and Mrs. Brown with Charles Amble sharing second high scores. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Robert Brown, B F Hampton, William Henderson, Robert Burns, Senator and Mrs. Ben Carpenter, Paul Gibson, Fred Schaaf, Fred Zubler, Charles Amble, Bert Lydell, and John Kemmis.
Funeral services for Mrs Charlotte Rosalind Randall of Arthur township were held at Murphy Funeral Home Harrison with Rev Drummond officiating. She died February 14 1942 at age 86. She is survived by a son Arthur Hellmer, daughter Jessica Powers, sister Nora Corel and three brothers, plus fifteen grandchildren and twenty eight great grandchildren.
The Homes and Garden Division met at Mrs. Charles Amble's home with eleven members. A red call featured economical oven meals. proceeds from a dessert bridge totaled about 87 dollars. Plans were made for a telephone bridge party and a future guest speaker, interior decorator Mrs. Rodgers, for late March.
The Congregational Ladies Auxiliary met Tuesday evening in the church social rooms to finalize plans for the Father and Son Banquet. Mrs. Charles Amble and Mrs. Samuel Morrison led the banquet program, and a $5 milk fund contribution was approved. The group agreed to aid the Girl Scouts with the Mother and Daughter Banquet. The next meeting is set for March 17 with specified hostesses.
State and county police probe a weekend double car theft case spanning Grayling Airport Tavern parking lots and Bay and Harrison sightings. Cars owned by Ted Cooper and Postmaster Anderson were involved. Cooper’s car later found abandoned in Bay county and Anderson’s was damaged and moved to Grayling, with drivers urging caution and locked doors. Sheriff Amble and family also transferred elderly patients to state hospitals in Traverse City and Kalamazoo.
The Congregational Church social rooms will host Harrison’s annual Father and Son Banquet on Monday evening February 28. The program features a humorous black faced skit by local Lads, a special father and son act, and a small lads’ group with musical entertainment. Dinner is at 6:30 p.m. with a song fest in the church auditorium before the banquet.
The Hayes Agricultural Unit School junior class sponsored a Valentine Hop in the gym on Saturday February 14 with dancing and decorations. over eighty students attended. The News Parade of 1941 was shown Tuesday morning. The graduating class of 1942 plans a March 20 high school carnival and daily get togethers to prepare. A Washington birthday program featured a band, grade plays, and valentine activities across grade levels.
Church notices for Highway Tabernacle led by Pastor Clinton Hilton include Sunday School at 10 69 a m and services at 11 15 a m 8 00 p m with special Wednesday evening services. Latter day Saints Church under Elder David Bailey lists Sunday School 10 30 a m 11 15 a m services 8 00 p m with youth groups Oriole and Bluebird at 7 30 p m.
Drummond pastor leads prayer meeting Thursday at 8 p m. Sunday School at 10 a m with Clara Smith as superintendent. Worship service at 11 a m and Sunday evening services at 8:00 p m.
Bible School at 10:00 a.m. led by Charles V Van Blarcom serves as superintendent. Church services follow at 11:00 a.m. Junior Endeavor meets at 6:00 p.m. and Senior Endeavor at 7:00 p.m.
Rosebush Methodist and Center Methodist churches list Sunday School and preaching times with junior choir and Haworth Leannie Harley Fabar of Detroit visiting. Local families from Kalamazoo and Mt. Pleasant called at the George Smith home while John Crawford recovers from pneumonia. Reverend Bi W. Fleming listed with a cold.
Rosbush and Center Methodist Episcopal churches showcase recent upgrades including a new roof paint and oak floor at the church and a modernized parsonage kitchen. Dedication services featured oblations, musical numbers, and remarks by Dr. W. M. Jones and trustees. Separate notes mention social visits and community club activities.
Bessie Dafey helps Red Cross ladies learn to knit and purl. Cornwell and LaVoye families host visitors from Clare and Saginaw. Sympathy extended to Ott and Randall families. Penny Supper at the schoolhouse raises 4.86 for Red Cross work. Dr. Kleekamp of Saginaw visits. Myers family welcomes baby boy.
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