Emily E Howell Weds Jacob L Colmus In Single Ring Ceremony
Emily E Howell and Jacob L Colmus of Fatwell united in marriage Friday January 26 at 8 00 pm in the home of Rev Chas Rieinhardt. They were attended by Mrs John Coulter of Clare. The couple will reside on the Colmus farm in Grant township.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bizet
Clare
Jacob L. Colmus
Fatwell
Water United
Chas. Rieinhardt
John Coulter
Colmys
Grant Township
Clare PTA February meeting at Clare High School
Fifty members of Clare P T A met in the Home Economics room for the February gathering. President Mrs Wallace Johnson opened the meeting, with minutes by Mrs Clayton Neff approved and Royal Akins reporting a satisfactory treasurer’s account including proceeds from Janie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare P.T.A
Clare High School
Wallace Johnson
Clayton Neff
Royal Akins
Janie
Akins
Clare Community Council
Clare
Johnson
Mt. Pleasant
R. J. Fuwate
Kenneth Borrer
James Gillespie
Clare City
Earl Ruby
Harold Loomis
Donald Reynolds
John Rodabaugh
Frank Nash
Norman Waggoner
Harold Jones
John Roda- Baugh
Clare school program showcases student activities at March meeting
At the Clare school event Mrs. Willard Bicknell chaired a March meeting program highlighting student activities. Jeannette Aube explained home room operations while Harvey Hartshorn led the Senior High Student Council and Tom Burdo reported on the Junior High council. Various group reports followed, with Glee Club tickets urged for April 6 and a closing singalong by Sally Gillespie. Refreshments were provided by a parent committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard Bickhell
Righ
Madelens Houmas
Up ‘Gaeuh
Hcipal
Clare
Hot
Sti Ee
Witn
Jeannette Aube
Harvey Hartsho
F.F.A
N. K. Waggoner
Sally Gillespie
Doris Gerow
Kenneth Borrer
R. J. Fugate
W. N. Byers
Stuart Bicknell
Theo. G. Bowler
King's Daughters Meet at Robinette Home Wednesday
The Baptist King's Daughters Society met at Mrs. Coe Robinette's home on Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Earle Redman, vice president, opened the meeting with singing and prayer. The session included scripture from Romans 8 28 a poem and a musical verse. A committee was formed to coordinate with the Hospital Auxiliary Unit committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist King’s Daughters Society
Coe Robinette
Earle Redman
Olin Banghart
Robert Ryan
Dee Robinette
Roy Kinsey
Clare City Library Event Notes Reschedule Local Mission Luncheon
A fragment notes a February meeting at Rantoul Gospel Center in Rantoul. It mentions a February missionary and birthday luncheon organized by the Clare City Library for a unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare City
Rantoul Gospel Center
Rantoul, Sinais
Greenwood Grange Welcomes Ten New Members
Greenwood Grange accepted ten young people for membership after an engaging Tuesday evening program starring Daisy Bilingold. An auditing committee of Norman Shimmell Gertrude Conn and Henry Heintz will meet February 27 to audit the Grange books. The next meeting is March 6 at Greenwood town hall with all members urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenwood Grange
Daisy
Grange
Norman Shimmell
Gertrude Conn
Henry Heintz
Imieet
Verne ‘Woodin
Greenwood Town Hall
Clara Rebekah Lodge Holds Meeting With Plans For Auxiliary Unit
About thirty members met in their hall with Mrs. Eva Schlafley presiding. Applications read with balloting next Tuesday. Soldiers prayer by Mrs. Carrie Green. Plans for a Clare Hospital Auxiliary Unit presented by Mrs. Fannie Schultz. Delegates elected for District meeting at Farwell on April 13. Special party and pot luck lunch planned for next Tuesday. Legion dinner proceeds reported by Mrs. Lehr. Initiation set for March 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara
Mona Wilkinson
Farwell
Theta Rho Girls Club Holds Meeting Despite Storm
Despite bad weather the Theta Rho Girls Club met in the 1.6.0.1 hall with Elva Lea McIntosh presiding. Waldeen Henderson outlined Red Cross service ideas and upcoming projects. Members planned Easter card donations to Percy Jones Hospital and a scrapbook, with next meeting set for March 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theta Rho
Hall
Elva Lea McIntosh
Eliabeth McIntosh
Waldeen Henderson
Red Cross
Percy Jones Hospital
Temple Mrs Carl Miller Treated At Mt Pleasant Hospital
Mrs Carl Miller was admitted to Mt Pleasant Hospital Friday night and underwent surgery Saturday morning. Mrs Roy Ashcraft and son Charles attended the Harrison basketball game. Floyd Holford and family of Saginaw visited his parents. Merlin Chamberlain, coastguardsman, arrived Tuesday to visit his parents. Nita Morrow and Mrs Guisie Besaw visited Clare on Wednesday. Temple was well represented at the Rod and Gun Club fish supper Friday. Mrs RF Minter visited Mrs Roy Myers and Dorothy Simpson visited Nita Morrow. Charles Ashcraft Langston and son Bud with Mr Strouse and Harold Yost went to Mt Pleasant Wednesday night for basketball. Dow Chemical and Central Michigan games referenced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Miller
Mt. Pleasant Hospital
Roy Ashcraft
Charles
Harrison
Floyd Holford
Saginaw
Roy ‘Holford
Merlin Chamberlain
Mayd Chamberlain
Dedzi
Retiring Heavy Wool Draperies for Summer Use
A note explains replacing heavy wool draperies with cotton arrangements to save the wool for future cold seasons, preserving fabric for extended use.
Lt Eugene Maxwelts Homecoming From Austin
Lt Eugene L Maxwelts arrival home Friday from Austin Texas marked a furlough spent with his parents Mr and Mrs John Register, along with friends Patty and Clave. The note lists his new address and unit details at Gowen Field Boise Idaho.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene
Maxwell
Eugene L. Maxwell
Hlbga
Gowen Field
Boise, Idaho
John Re
Hall
Austin
Texas
Johney
Gister
Patty
Clave
Fort Sumner Visitor Spends Week with Tupper Family
S/Sgt. Upton Tupper and Mrs. Tupper of Fort Sumner New Mexico stayed with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Harl Tupper and family from Wednesday to Sunday night last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upton Tupper
Tupper
Fort Sumner
New Mexico
Harl Tupper
Warren White Returns on Two Week Furlough
Warren White from Camp Maxey Texas arrived Thursday of last week for a two weeks furlough with his wife in Clare joining his parents Mr and Mrs A B White of Lake George.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren White
Camp Maxey
Texas
Clare
A. B. White
Lake George
Air Medal Awarded to Lt Maxwell in England
Mrs. Claire Maxwell received a package last week for her husband 1st Lt B C Maxwell containing the Air Medal with two oak leaf clusters. The decorations were earned in England where he serves with a Troop Carrier group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claire Maxwell
B. C. Maxwell
England
Private James S. Chapman Arrives at Keesler Field for AAP Tests
Pvt. James S. Chapman of Clare Michigan has arrived at Keesler Field Mississippi to undergo medical and psychological testing at the AAP Training Command unit. The results will determine his suitability for pre aviation cadet pilot bombardier or navigator training. Upon completion of processing he will move to the appropriate Army Air Forces station to begin air crew training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James S. Chapman
Keesler Field
Miss
James 8. Chapman
L. W. Chapman
7Th
St. Clare
Mich
AAP Training Command Station
Pvt
Chapman
Army Air Forces Training Command Station
Rationing At A Glance Summary Of Wartime Stamps And Rules
Wartime ration details cover meat cheese butter fats canned goods sugar shoes gasoline tires and salvage. Stamp validity spans from December through spring deadlines with ten point values for most items and five points for sugar. Notices include required book numbers and inspection reminders for tires and vehicles. Local salvage collections occur monthly in Clare.
Serviceman Miller Receives Combat Infantryman's Badge
Tech Sergeant Oren E Miller of Glare Michigan earned the Combat Infantryman Badge for nineteen months overseas in the Pacific Theatre. He served as a platoon sergeant in a rifle company of a veteran infantry division and saw action against Japanese forces in the Himalayas Moluca area. He joined the service in April 1942 after farming, trained at Camp Forrest Tennessee, and was an active outdoorsman before enlistment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tech
Oren E. Miller
Moluccas
Oren EB. Miller
Glare
Michigan
Pacific
Miller
Hivisiom
Molecas
Forrest
Tenn
Commendation for Gerald L. Shaw in Shore Battalion service
Gerald L. Shaw of Clare listed as Signal Section, Headquarters Company, Shore Battalion, 83rd Engineer Boat and Shore Regiment receives high praise for excellent performance in setting up and maintaining communications during M1 operations. Despite intense artillery and mortar fire his conduct aided mission success and earned recognition from Lt. Col. Dewitt L. McLallen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald L. Shaw
Lula Shaw
Clare
83Rd Engineer Boat and
Dewitt L. McLallen
5383Rd
Eb&sr
Liberator unit garners 200 mission citation in England
Cpl Patrick J Walters of Clare Michigan serves as dope and fabric specialist with the 392nd Bombardment Group based in England. The unit received a citation for distinguished and exceptionally outstanding performance of duty on 200 missions over Germany and occupied territories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick J. Walters
England
Patrick J Walters
Clare
Michigan
392Nd Bombardment Group
Lorin L. Johnson
Payson
Utah
William J. Kepner
Second Bombardment Division
852Nd
Germany
Berlin
Gotha
Politz
Bremen
Hamburg
France
Norway
Holland
Belgium
Poland
Paxton Receives Doolittle Commendation for 357th Group
Private First Class Douglas J. Paxton of Clare Michigan earned a Keep em Flying commendation from Lieutenant General James H. Doolittle for aiding the 357th Fighter Group based in England. The unit, led by Colonel Irwin H. Dreene, set Luftwaffe fighter records by downing 5614 interceptors in air and one on the ground in a single day near Berlin. Paxton, a clerk in a service squadron, distributed belly tanks essential for long range combat. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Dewey Paxton and joined the service in December 1942.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas J. Paxton
Eighth Air Force
England
East 4Th Street
Clare
Michigan
James H. Doolittle
357Th
Berlin
Paxton
Irwin H. Dreene
Viroqua
Wisc
Pfe. Paxton
Dewey Paxton
Armed Forces
Private Shaver Receives Combat Infantryman Badge
Pfc Ronald D Shaver son of Mrs Ruby F Shaver Routède Michigan served with the 39th Infantry Regiment of the 100th Infantry Division Seventh Army in France He was awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge As a member of the South Division under Major General Withers A Burress the unit trained in the Carolinas and Louisiana and paraded in New York City during Infantry Day 1944 while the War Department selected the 100th Division as first organization for advancing infantry capabilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald D. Shaver
Seventh Army
France
Ruby F. Shaver
Clare Michigan
Alexander M. Patch
Andrtiex Khotior
War’ Department
Organg
160th Division Presents Expert Infantryman Bridge Token
The 160th Division activated November 15, 1942 at Fort Jackson South Carolina and its personnel represent every state in the union as it presents the Expert Infantryman Bridge to a member.
Planes Carry Prohibited Plant Material At U S Ports
About 25 percent of 13,938 planes arriving at 23 ports of entry last year from foreign countries carried prohibited plant material. There were 681 actual interceptions of insects and plant diseases.
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Pete
Emily E. Howell
For
King’s Daughters
Robinette
J. E. Doherty & Son
Insurance and Real Estate
Clare County
Youmans
Country
Ora E.durlop
U.S.N
Péligacola
Fila
Sgt
Jellies
Ecoeg
Gentral
Phi Whom
BVBLY
Mariday
WSAM
WEDF
P.imaevery
Advertiters Exchange
Slo
Knoxville
United States Employment Service
City Hall
Alma
American Red Cross
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