Red Cross Kick Off Broadcast Features Truman Eisenhower Hayes
The 1949 Red Cross Fund Campaign radio kickoff airs February 28 at 9 30 p m EST via ABC NBC CBS and MBS with President Truman General Eisenhower Helen Hayes and Jimmie Stewart among speakers Wayne King’s orchestra provides music The Michigan kickoff follows February 26 on WXYZ Detroit 7 00 7 15 p m with a letter from 48 volunteers The drive runs March 1 roll call while donations to United Fund are accepted but Red Cross is not part of that fund
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American Red Cross 1949 Fund
American Broadcasting Company
American Red Cross
President Truman
General Eisenhower
Helen Hayes
Jimmie Stewart
Geneneral Hisenhower
Miss Hayes
Mr. Stewart
Wayne King
White House
O’connor
NBC
CBS
MBS
ABC
Williams
Michigan
Detroit
WXYZ
Michigan Radio Network
Red Cross
United Fund
United Health and Welfare Fund
Bake Sale at Gay's Dime Store Sponsored by Loomis PTA
A bake sale is planned at Gay's Dime Store on Saturday February 26 sponsored by the Loomis PTA. Proceeds support PTA activities and student programs.
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Gay's Dime Store
Loomis Pta
Scout Family Pot Luck At Clare School Next Monday
The Clare District Scout dinner is set for 6:30 PM in Clare High School gym. Troops from Clare, Harrison, Farwell and Temple, plus Cub Pack and Brownies, will attend with scouts, leaders, and families. Awards for troop achievement and a Fortieth Anniversary Crusade will be presented. executive staff and district officers will lead the event.
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Clare
Clare High School
O'Cllock
Harrison
Farwell
Temple
Valley ‘Trails
Wm. ©. Morgan
Theo Wallington
Arm of Liberty
Field
Fred Beckman
Harold Schaeffer
Howard Everts
Clare County Girl Scout and Brownie Council
Father and Son Banquet Celebrates George Washington Event
At the Congregational Church the annual Father and Son Banquet drew a crowd of over one hundred men and boys. Puppet show by Margery Rose and Dorothy Webb entertained with a three act act featuring a lion tamer. Toasts honored dads and sons while the dinner emphasized fellowship and guidance.
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Congregational Church
Don Armstrong
CMCE
Guild Society
Sarah Beck
Bob Murdoch
Leo Brown
George Beck
Dave Fleming
Carl Sands
Jay Hendrie
Dex Hilden
Harold Collings
Dale Groves
Dave
Dale Grove
High School Music Speaking to Feature Study Club
Clare Study Club plans a March meeting at the Methodist Church social rooms offering an evening of school talent. Mrs. Leota Van Every coordinates a music department program led by Mrs. Warner and the girls Madrigal Singers, with declamation and dramatic readings from the speech department by Mrs. Bowerman. A large turnout of members and guests is anticipated.
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Clare Study Club
Methodist Church
Leota van Every
Warner
Bowerman
Mrs H Oldfield Hurt In Buffalo Auto Crash
Mrs Howard Oldfield sustained severe injuries in a February 16 Buffalo auto crash that left a brain concussion and 34 stitches around her eye. The couple had traveled from Clare after visiting her parents and remained hospitalized, while Sgt Oldfield prepared for overseas duty.
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Howard. Oldfield
Buffalo
New York
Betty
U. S. Marine Hospital
Conrad Walker
Sgt. Oldfield
Pioneer Arthur Township Lady Passes Sunday
Mary Elizabeth Leitner Sanders, born July 16 1892 in Grant township, married Earl Sanders December 26 1914 and had four children. She joined Friends Church then Arthur Center Church of God, active in Riverside Grange and Brush College Ladies Aid, died February 20 1949 aged 56. (Continued on Page Twelve)
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Mary Elizabeth
Samuel
Marcia Leitner
Grant Township
Arthur Township
Earl Sanders
Grace Coats
Raith ‘Newman
Russel Sanders
Clare County
Helen Sims
Brush College Ladies Aid
Tréas
Methodist Rural Life Program Set for March 10
The second annual Methodist Rural Life Program will be presented March 10 at 8 90 pm at the Clare Methodist Church. Committee members Earl Beatty Louis Becker and Warren White arranged the program inviting anyone engaged in or interested in agricultural production to attend. Full program will appear next week in The Sentinel.
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Clare Methodist Church
Earl Beatty
Louis Becker
Warren White
Three Husbands Initiated as Masons in OES Line
Zenobia Chapter line officers welcomed three husbands as Members of The Order of the Eastern Star in a Thursday ceremony at the Masonic Temple. W. H. Gephart Harry Roberts and Dexter Elden received the obligation amid a program that included a solo by Manford Hardesty and a reception.
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Zenobia
Order of ‘the Wastern Star
Masonic Temple
W. H. Gephart
Erma Gephart
Harry Roberts
Lucy Roberts
Dexter Elden
Elizabeth Elden
George Lehr
Eleanor Lehr
Manford Hardesty
Hardesty
Vena Lee Gillespie
Fred E Smalley Dies in Florida After Illness
Fred Evans Smalley born April 28 1867 in Vermontville Michigan died February 17 1949 at St Josephs Hospital Tampa Florida after a brief illness He lived in Clare and Isabella County worked in brick kilns blacksmith shop served as volunteer firefighter and city alderman He married Carrie B Colson in Harrison May 4 1898 They had three daughters and a son Funeral at Thurston Funeral Home Clare with Rev M R Honderich and burial at Cherry Grove cemetery
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Fred Evans Smalley
Vermontville
Eaton County
Michigan
Froderick R
Eliza Jane Smalley
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Tampa
Florida
Isabella County
Clare
South McEwan St
Elzy
Smalley
Carrie B. Colson
Harrison
Hilda Scott
Lake
Muriel Hains
Anna May Lockwood
Farwell
Thurston Funeral Home
Rev
M. R. Honderich
Eagle Church
Cherry Grove Cemetery
Burdo Baby Badly Cut When She Falls From Crib
Elaine Burdo nineteen months old daughter of Mr and Mrs Ben Burdo was badly cut on cheek and forehead when she toppled from her crib while a babysitter was watching. Her nursing bottle broke on the foot and the glass cut her. She was taken to Dr K Hammerberg for seventeen sutures and is recovering at home.
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Elaine
Ben Burdo
Burdos
Homie and Plaine
Supper and Bazaar at Farwell Methodist Church
The Farwell Methodist church W.A.G.S. invites all to a supper and bazaar with a cafe style buffet on Saturday evening March 6 at the church. Proceeds support church activities.
Clara Chamber of Commerce names committees for coming year
The Clara Chamber of Commerce board met at Dunlop Cafe with President G. Born presiding and full attendance. Harold Hughes named program chairman. Committees set: April Kenneth Hendrie, September Leon Brown, October Farmers Night Jennigs Archambault, November Lawrence Jackson Jr. A Pending airport expansion spurs a new committee led by Leo Brown. Maps supply exhausted. committee for improved maps includes Art Damoth, Larry Jackson, Bud Anderson, Marvin Witbeck. Membership committee led by Dr. C. B. Neff. publicity by Chester A. Richard and John W. Dunlap. Delegation to Winter Sports Council March 1 at East Tawas Holland Hotel includes Bicknell, Anderson, Born, Fleming, McConica, D’Arcy, McArthur, Damoth, Archambault.
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Clara Chamber of Commerce
Dunlop Cafe
Atty
Harold Hughes
Kenneth Hendrie
Leon Brown
Jennigs Archambault
Lawrence Jackson, Jr
Clare
Leo Brown
Clare County
Michigan
Art Damoth
Larry Jackson
Bud Anderson
Marvin Witbeck
C. B. Neff
Conrad Walker
Dr. S. C. McArthur
Jennings Archambault
Sentinel School and 4-H Notes Publication Window
School notes must be written as of Friday and 4-H Club notes as soon after meetings. Mail them by Monday for publication in each week's Sentinel. Gate
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The
Sentinel
Is Gate
United Fund Receives Broad Community Support
A broad nod from numerous groups signals strong backing for the United Fund drive. Community leaders, businesses, and local organizations express commitment to a campaign that funds multiple social services and aims to boost regional welfare.
Four Lansing Children Die in Fire Tragedy
Four grandchildren of Mr and Mrs Al Shaver of Brown Corners perished in a flash fire at 11 30 Friday night while sleeping in a one story frame home. The mother Zelma Shaver Clark tried to reach them cutting her hand on a window. The father William Clark arrived but could not reach the children. Officials suspect suffocation before the flames and note an overheated coal stove as the likely cause. Funeral services were held at Stelle Leadhey Chapel and burial followed in Cherry Grove cemetery.
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Jess Miller
Mt. Pleasant
Harold Pifer
Harold
Lansing
al. Shaver
Brown Corners
Zelma Shaver- Clark
Clare County
Shirley Jean Clark
Stanley Dean
Ee Edward Lyle
Ronald Lee
William Clark
Art Renner
Hstel-Leadhey Chaptel
Cherry Grove
Stockman to Speak at Congregational Church Next Sunday
Verne Stockman of Central Michigan College Mt. Pleasant will lead Sunday morning services at the Congregational Church. Regular worship has been by visiting speakers after the Rev Powe’s illness. the substitute arrangement will continue at his home for several weeks.
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Congregational Church
Parolee held on breaking and entering charge
A parolee from Jackson Prison, Wayne Price, was arrested after breaking into a Dunlop Road home and stealing a radio. He admitted taking the Zenith valued at 99.50 and sold it to Ralph Irving for 10.50 to help his hospitalized wife. Price, arraigned, was bound over to circuit court.
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Albert McPhail
Dunlop Road
June Grosvenor
Chicago
Grosvenor
Corsant
Tucker
Sheriff Seaver Amble
Price
Ralph Irving
Irving
Zenith
Wm. B. Dunlop
Jackson
Farwell Citizens Organize to Plan School Improvements
Thirty five Farwell residents and school board members met with Frank Killian of the Rural Education Department to form a citizen committee. Robert Jones was named acting chairman and Homer Stinchcombe acting secretary as plans to involve all district organizations and community members were set. A follow up meeting is scheduled for March 4 at 8 00 P M at the schoolhouse with two representatives from each district organization invited to participate.
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Farwell
Frank Killian
Rural Education Department
Central Michigan College
Killian
Robert Jones
Homer Stinchcombe
Schooly House
Krell Accepts Position With Tennessee Eastman Company
Mr and Mrs Max W Krell left for Kingsport Tennessee on Saturday February 12 as he accepts a position with the Tennessee Eastman Company and began work there on Tuesday February 15 He earned a Master’s Degree from Michigan State College in chemistry and the couple noted pleasant weather and blooming scenery on their trip to Linden Drive Kingsport
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Max W. Krell
Lansing
Kingsport
Tennessee
Tennessee Eastman Company
Max
Michigan State College
Linden Drive
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Masons
Clare Masonry
Lodge
Zenobia Chapter
O.E.S
Wm. D. Elden
Blue Lodge
W. M. Beatty
Alma Lée Seiter
Connie
Mandalay
Mr. Currie
Bake Sale
H. Oldfield
Mr. Pleasant
Mary Sanders
Arthur
Methodist Rural Life
Marion Elden
Husband
Fred E. Smalley
Burdo
W.ags
A. Cafetroia
Atyle Sapper
Haxaar
Edward Lyle Clark
Stanley Dean Clark
Ronald Lee Clark
Lansing State Journal
Sports Council
al Shavers
Stockman
Kenneth Cook
Hisse
Harold Hoyey
Clint Cook
Lake George
Max Krell
Tenn
Eastman
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