National Guard and Reserve to Enter Service
All enlisted men of the Regular Army Reserve Enlisted Reserve Corps and the National Guard not in active Federal Service will be called to active duty by February 1 1942. Determents target health safety essential industries and dependency must be proven beyond doubt. Those claiming dependency will be deferred only if critical. Men will report to the nearest reception center for assignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Regular Army Reserve
Reserve Corps
National Guard
United States
Second Army
Continental
Adjutant General
Postal Receipts Surpass December 1940 Totals
The Clare post office reports December 1941 receipts higher than December 1940. Postage sales reach 3 287.89 while money orders issued 2 438 and sales 22 104 90. Fees total 238 46. Defense Bond sales 10 400 00 and defense stamp sales 574 60. Fiscal year ends June 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Defense
Defense
Clare
Post-Office Department
Farmers to Organize for Instruction in Machinery
An organizational meeting for adult farmers on farm machinery and agriculture will be held Friday evening January 16 at 7 30 in Clare High School auditorium. The event ties to the national defense program and offers guidance on repairing equipment during the current crisis. A free Remus versus Clare basketball game follows in the school gym.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare High School
Remus
Clare
Red Cross Sunday Urges National Observance January 11
Local leaders announce January 11 as Red Cross Sunday to rally clergy and congregations in support of the Red Cross emergency campaign seeking at least 50 million dollars. Norman H. Davis urges pastors to interpret charity and sacrifice, aiding relief for service members and families. Funds tallied across townships advance toward January 16 completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman H. Davis
American Red Cross
P. D. Gibson
Clare County
War Relief Fund
Red Cross
Davis
America
Eed
War Fund
Redding Township
Frost
Dad
National Red Cross
Clare
Citizens State Bank of Clare Stockholders Meeting Notice
The Citizens State Bank of Clare Michigan will hold its annual stockholders meeting at the bank office in Clare on Tuesday January 13 1942 at 400 PM for the election of Directors and other business. Signed James Bicknell President. 1213
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens State Bank of
Clare
Michigan
James §. Bicknell
Correction Notice for Knit Club Lesson Details
The Hast Vernon Extension Club knitting lesson will be held at the home of Mrs Elsie Wild on January 4. This correction replaces the previously announced venue and contact, Mrs Worothy Baders Secretary.
Bell Telephone Meets Demand of National Defense
Michigan Bell reports a year of record demand with 925000 telephones in service, up 110000 from the prior year. Copper shortage and material scarcities forced drastic expansion cuts, while System research and salvaging reduced metal needs by millions of pounds. Continuous use of aging gear and deferred dial system installs kept service steady amid wartime pressures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BELL
Michigan Bell Telephone Company
Bell System
Evening Agriculture Classes At Clare High School
An adult evening school for farmers and others interested in agriculture will be held at Clare High School this winter. The initial meeting on Monday January 12 at 8 00 in the agricultural room will discuss the dairy subject with local and outside experts aiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare
Clare High School
Watch Night Services At Baptist Church Mark New Year
The watch night service on New Year's Eve at the Baptist Church drew many members and friends. The program opened at 9:30 PM with reports from all departments, student talks, and testimonials followed by late refreshments. Afterward, attendees gathered in the auditorium for candlelight communion signaling the old and new year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Church
Trespass Warning on 80 Acres in Grant Township
Notice warns that any person trespassing or taking wood from Henry Heitzelman’s 80 acre property in Grant township will be prosecuted. Land described as SW% of S14 and NW of SH Section 6 Town 17 North Range 4 West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Heitzelman
Grant Township
Town
Citizens State Bank
Clare
Mich
Tire thefts during wartime prompt local warnings
Police urge record keeping of tire makes sizes and serial numbers amid strict wartime rationing. Officials warn thieves will face full penalties and recall Richmond case where a man received maximum petty larceny sentence for stealing one used tire as war urgency rises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia
Carlton B. Jewett
Wmi B. Dunlop
Clare Churches Elect Officers for This Year
The First Congregational Church held its annual meeting with a fellowship dinner. Officers elected include Clerk Mrs Norris Elden and Treasurer L H Davy, with trustees, deacons, and committees named for 1942, signaling a productive year ahead. Also St John’s Ev Lutheran Congregation chose officers for 1942 led by President Paul Nass and Secretary Fred Krell, to be installed next Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Congregational Church
Norris Elden
L. H. Davy
Austin Bates
M. R. Howlett
HE. W. Brown
Sam Loomis
Winnie Coveart
Fred Hudson
Belle Mair
Dorothy Duncan
Fred Krell
Christ. Krell
William Krell
Harold Schaeffer
Ervin Walter
Herman
Walter
Alfred Bay
Seventh Day Adventist Church Reports Splendid 1941 Accomplishments
The Clare church reports strong 1941 activity including foreign mission gifts totaling 366.67 with 200.13 from members and 166.54 from Ingathering friends. The Dorcas Society organized last winter donated 94 clothing items, 10 baskets of food, 10 bouquets, and produced 35 clothes and 3 comforters during the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seventh Day Adventist Church of
Clare
Friends of
Dorcas Society
Somay
Clare City Forms Auxiliary Fire Department Units
Fire Chief Albert Haley announced volunteers selected as an auxiliary fire department for Clare and surrounding territory to assist the regular department during emergencies. The group will serve without pay under the national home defense program. Members include George Ramey Dan Mc Donald Acey Parker Joe Sproat Harley Holt Ralph Shoemaker Roy Beltinck Arleigh Gorr Conrad Walker Gerald Winnison John Groves Lyle Chapman George Wisler Verlin Williams and Stanley Parish. A training school will teach defensive duties for the post office building and U S mails, with Francis Jackson appointing four or five responsible men. County Defense Chairman Lawrence Jackson and others praised the community’s defense preparations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Haley
Clare
National Home Defense Program
George Ramey
Dan McDonald
Acey Parker
Joe Sproat
Harley Holt
Ralph Shoemaker
Roy Beltinck
Arleigh Gorr
Conrad Walker
Gerald Wni
Carleton Garthe
Former Clare Man Dies From Injuries After Fall
John Alvin Kever of Clare died January 4 1942 at his Vernon township farm after months of illness following a fall from a manure spreader. He leaves wife Catherine a daughter Ruth his mother Mrs Matilda Kever two sisters Myrtle Orvis Mae Bullard and two brothers Earl and Art Kever. Requiem Mass will be held at St Henrys church Friday at 9 30 a m and burial in the church cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kever
Clare
Kever
John Alvin Kever
Kirby and
Matilda Kever
Gratiot County
Michigan
Vernon Township
Isabella County
Catherine
Ruth
Perry
Myrtle Orvis
Mae Bullard
Delwin
Methodist Board of Education selects new chair at Sunday meeting
The Clare church session elected Mrs. Lester LeFavour as board member and chair to fill a vacancy caused by Supt H D Kennedy moving away. Wayne Fleenor, a state Methodist worker, planned to visit February 8. Discussions covered a missionary visit, Epworth Leaguers sponsorship, and junior league organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Board of Education
Hall
Lester LeFavour
H. D. Kennedy
Wayne Fleenor
Clare
Laupmanis
Eastern Star Card Party at GBS Division
The GBS will hold a card party in their dining room on Thursday evening January 22. Auction bridge will be played. Members and friends are asked to arrive at 8 o'clock. refreshments will be served. Tickets 95 cents, reception by Mrs. Charles C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GBS
Matetis
Wid Mra
Charles C
State Highway Engineers Move to Clare Office
A unit of the State Highway Engineering Department moved into offices in the J B H Doherty block, recently vacated by Prosecuting Attorney Donald Holbrook, on Thursday afternoon. The engineers will operate from Clare for about a year supervising paving projects at Clare Reed City and Marion from the local office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Engineering Department
J. BH. Doherty
Donald &. Holbrook
Clare
Reed City
Marion
Elusive Check Forger Arrested Here Wednesday
Jack Burns a 54 year old former Coleman resident was arrested by State Police at the Hotel Doherty for check forgery traced to Clare in 1939. He cashed forged checks at Farmers Independent Produce Co Kroger and A Y Store and evaded police before a Friday attempt at Kroger. He stayed at Hotel Doherty until Wednesday and was arraigned Thursday waiving examination and bound over to Circuit Court. He admitted forging checks. Watch for dates of President's Ball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack
Jessie
John) Burns
Coleman
Mt. Pleasant
Doherty
Burns
Farmers Independent Produce Co
Kroger
Clare
B. J. Sanford
Marvin Witbeck
Witbeck
Jennings Archambault
Donald E. Holbrook
Fires Decimate County Farms and Barns in Recent Weeks
Fire outbreaks across the county have destroyed three farm residences and a Harrison business, with one life lost. A New Year’s night blaze on the Jack Emerson farm near Clare leveled a barn, killed nine cattle, and consumed crops and implements worth over seven thousand dollars, despite quick local response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sentinel
Harrison
Grant Town
Ship Farm
Clare
Jack Emerson
Mr. Emerson
H. J. Hierholzer
Tom Jankowsky
Frank Pifer
Emerson
Mt. Pleasant
Hierholzer
Jankowsky
Letters From Soldier Sons Bring News From Asia and Hawaii
Clare County families received letters from sons serving abroad. Max Kapplinger in Shanghani China recounts football games and Marine detachment life, while another son describes wartime censorship, safety assurances, and correspondence delays from Shanghai and Hawaii.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare County
Soldier Sons
Hawaiian Islands
Orient
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National Guard and Reserve
Clare Sentinel
Arthur Steeley
L. C. Garthe
Sheridan Township
Harold O
Winterfield Township
City of
Stockholders Meeting
Jackson’s Market
Bologna
Hamburg
Congregationalists
Seventh Day Adventist Church
St. Henry’s
Methodist Church Board OF Education
Eastern Star Card Party
State Highway Engineers
Adv
Clare Hardware & Fpuinictve Co
William Kapplinger
Farwell
Corp
Jarvis Max Kapplinger
Shanghani
China
Marine Corp
Max
Fourth Marines
Farrell
Pack
Kapplinger
Jarvis
Marine Corps
Shanghau
U. S. Marines
Shanghai
Chita
Ogle
Merritt Medical Department
Schofield Barracks
Territory
Hawaii
Phyllis Jean
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