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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1941
Page
4
The Lamp Houghton Lake CCC enrollees work on a project to cut white cedar for telephone poles. Deer in nearby swamps reach lower branches after being discarded and fed on foliage, effectively hand feeding themselves as crews felled trees. Some wonder if this feeds a starving population in winter or a planned policy.
Clare Ladies Bowling League results show Barnes Café 40 26 leading Grove’s 5 and 10 with 31 29. Individual high scores include Hazel Doherty 33 and Helen Grise 394, Dr Slattery 30 30, and Coleman 28 32.
Mason No 1 and K C No 2 each won three games as the KC teams and Masons split the week. Mason No 1, aided by Jim Stanley four strikes in the final game, took two of three over KC No 2. Dr Mussell led Mason No 1 with 433. L Beck toped KC No 2 with 482.
In the Inter-City League this week Farwell swept Harrison 3-0 while Coleman edged Farwell in a split series. Dr. Mussell rolled 225 and Harring 221 to headline high games. Mussell led Clare with a 535 series and Bradshaw anchored Coleman with 223 in 543. High single scores included Mussell 225 and Bradshaw 223.
Nivison's Cafe leads the City League after a 1059 pin win over Clare Drug in three games marking the first 1000+ series at the local alleys. Jim Grove posted 246, Glen Cain 225, Lowell Schaeffer 208, with a 2816 three game team series and multiple high counts for the club.
A bowling recap shows Ice Fishing With Variations defeating Schaeffer's Dairy in three games by eight pins in the last, Gay's taking Johnson Electric two of three, and Standard Oil sweeping Gulf Gas. Individual scores include Wentworth 188 and 462 for Standard Oil, Clare Elevator led by J C Marotzke 518 series, and J Grove posting 283 2467. Minutes note reminiscences of George Washington and a quilt project, with plans for a March fifth meeting hosted by local members and a recent funeral in Mt Pleasant.
Mr and Mrs Charles Adeblue are visiting relatives in Milling ton and Flint this week. Mr and Mrs George Miller visit relatives from the south part of the state and returned home Sunday. Mr and Mrs Robert Robinson and son Russell of Haslett spent Saturday night with Edd Cady en route to Houghton Lake fishing. Mrs Lawrence Mayhew spent the past week in Flint with daughter Mildred Ransom and returned home Saturday. Mr and Mrs Cloyd Switzer called on his father Gale Switzer Saturday night.
Gilmore Center Church of Christ notes a full weekend program led by J. S. Penick with services Communion sermon Bible school and evening devo tions. Local injuries include Elam Seymour sprained ankle and O A Kates rib hurt. A baby girl arrives for Mr and Mrs Ernest Hoisington. Pennicks in Kentucky hope to return by mid March.
Grange gathering sparse as weather keeps members away and Master Jennings Archambault is in Chicago. Arthur Archbold returns. Frank Wild is ill. Nat, Fred Smith, Richard Waterman and Doc Pottery visit Wesley Oliver for cards and oysters. February 18th birthday gatherings held at Walter Wilt's residence with Amy Wilt and Wesley sharing the date.
Mr and Mrs Lester Thrush hosted dinner with family. George Leagure and Warren McGuire attended, along with Wim Ingraham and Mrs Alma Oweng. Roy Thrush celebrated his seventeenth birthday on February 22 with friends at the Thrush home and at Matt's hill. Lester Thrush works in Mt Pleasant and Edd Gamble improves at home. Weather slows travel. Dick Perry cuts wood for Gaylord Fordyce.
A simple quater inch plywood dinghy for three persons can be built in a small farm basement workshop with ten dollars in materials and a few hours. The design weighs about 100 pounds and fits on top of a car. Plans and a finished boat were shown during Farmers Week at Michigan State College.
Wash Day in parts of Europe is a six month ritual where linens are scrubbed on stones with brushes and beaten with wooden paddles amid laughter and repartee. The vivid scene captures communal labor and social amusement during a rare domestic ritual.
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