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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1934
Page
7
Community life fills Farwell with church events school news and social visits The Pythian groups meet weekly while the Church of God plans Bible study contests and a pancake supper Local families celebrate birthdays weddings and travel with many neighbors calling on friends and relatives across Clare Alma and Flint areas
Pastor Mary E. House leads Sunday School at 8.5, preaching at 11:30 and 8:00 p.m. Young People's meeting at 7:30 p.m. June House is listed as leader. Cottage prayer meeting every Wednesday at 8:00 p.m.
Last Sunday evening the Epworth League was entertained at the BE L and M BA church by about 50 colored slides of foreign countries. Next Sunday evening the lesson on Movies will open a series on amusements and recreation. A large crowd is urged to attend.
Rexall advertises a birthday sale concluding this Saturday night with discounts on store items.
A reader reports dramatic improvement after using a prescription from Allenry pharmacists that alleviated rheumatic pain and neuritis within 24 to 48 hours. The ad claims rapid uric acid removal and swelling reduction, with 85 cent bottles guaranteed by A. Bl Mussel and first class drug stores.
The Farwell Woman's Club met February 18 at Mrs Mary Updegranis home with 15 members answering roll call. Papers on Washington Lincoln and Son were shared along with a state military affairs review and a Go on Earth book critique. A Ten Wolverines paper was praised, a Valentine stunt was performed, piano solos were played, prizes awarded, and guests listed. The group will meet February 27 at Mrs Madge Lambs.
The Gilmore Church of Christ invites all friends to an evening of Japanese entertainment featuring personal experiences from 10 years in Japan. Ira D. Crewdson, minister, will host with Mrs. Crewdson. after the event, church ladies serve lunch.
Mrs Geo Chappell and daughter Winnie of Farwell spent the weekend with the McIntosh family. Numerous visits occurred across families in Wise, Clare, Lansing, and Lake. A stroke affected Mrs Teale in Clare, while the Hollywood Dairy installed a new cream cheese machine.
The report records 406 cows tested with average 732 pounds milk and 26.78 pounds fat. Six unprofitable cows sold. High producers include B. V. Hoyle of Mt Pleasant with 19 Holsteins at 1276 pounds milk and 40.15 pounds fat per cow. Parsons & Sons second in large herd with 25 Holsteins at 1079 pounds milk and 36.87 fat. Ray Wagley of Coleman tops medium class with 15 Jerseys at 764 milk and 37.94 fat. Individual cow leaders listed by age and breed with milk and fat yields.
Saginaw Valley district of Michigan dairy herd improvement associations release December reports detailing herd records, milk yields, and breeding progress across member farms with notes on compliance and program goals.
George Scott and Arthur Olson took a business trip to Detroit on Friday. Several residents called on Mrs. Alvira Davison at Braadstetter Memorial hospital in Mt. Pleasant on Tuesday. Miss Anna May Smalley of Clare visited with Mrs. Geo. Scott Thursday and Friday. Social visits included Chas Badger and Alicea Davison at the hospital, card games at the Sam Muir farm, and a Valentine supper at the Muir home. SCHOOL NOTES mention A grades in spelling, a valentines quilt project, and scarlet fever quarantine returnees and new songs.
A peat digger unearthed a well preserved mantle near Reepsholt in the Einstade canal area close to Wilhelmshaven. The Montreal Herald notes the garment dates about seventeen centuries ago and resembles a modern officer’s cloak, showing peat preserves objects for long periods.
Reports from Michigan State College dairy department show 69 of 65 herds in the area feed alfalfa hay, with only one herd failing to return over feed cost. A small loss of 10.90 dollars for the herd underscores tester value. Clare Isabella association led in butterfat, while H Russell of Saginaw county owned the top district cow. E M Parsons & Sons Bay county had the leading three year old, A O Brugge and Edward Wright of Saginaw county led age-class cows, and Cullen & Simmons of Genesee county topped under five year olds.
A Geological Survey Division report shows Michigan had 11 oil fields with 831 producing wells and 60 gas wells in six fields as of January 1. Mt Pleasant east extension led with 321 oil wells. Muskegon second with 188 wells. Porter at 111 wells. Oil output in 1938 reached 7 941 995 barrels.
The new hatchery auxiliary to the state fish hatchery near Paris is nearly ready and will operate in one to three weeks. Built with CCC and CWA labor, the stone structure sits about a mile south of Parks Hatchery on U S 131 and contains 96 troughs, surpassing Paris Hatchery’s 60. It has a spring-fed water supply deemed ideal for trout propagation.
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, a German composer, was born in Hamburg in 1809. His family, Moses and Abraham Mendelssohn, were Jews, and his father influenced his brother Welix and two sisters to be baptized Lutheran Christians.
Dr Hmil's Adia Tablets offer relief from stomach pains due to acidity indigestion and heartburn between meals. If not satisfied your money is refunded by B A Anderson druggist.
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