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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1943
Page
8
A long list of residents and visitors from Harrison Rosebush Vernon Ithaca and nearby towns is given with names such as Beale Samborn Bouchey Malewitz Ackerman Nowlen and Ryan. Activities include hospital visits lodge events travels to Battle Creek Fort Custer and trips to Detroit and Lansing with several family gatherings and celebrations noted.
A country style chicken dinner is planned at the Methodist Church at 5 30 p m on Wednesday January 26 followed by an 8 00 p m showing of the motion picture The Rebirth of a Nation.
Miss Harriet Dice of Saginaw stayed with Miss Jennie Pier son. Mrs Eugene Rook of Harrison visited Mrs Florence Robinette. Mr and Mrs AL Shaver of Mt Morris dined with Mr and Mrs Lyle Chapman. Mrs Joseph Graves of New London Conn visited Mannie Sutton family. Helen Maxwell and sisters joined Mt Pleasant visitors W B Maxwell and wife. Norris Blystone of Ann Arbor and daughters Kay Ann and Linda stayed with Glen Blystone and Dr. F C Sanford. Ryan family hosted a Christmas gathering with Mr and Mrs W Canaan Detroit relatives visiting families in Emmett and Detroit.
Mr and Mrs William H Grimo greet a nine pound baby boy born January 6 at Mt Pleasant General Hospital. Mr and Mrs Wm Zinser welcome a ten pound one half ounce son named Donald Lee born January 8 at Clare Hospital. Ensign E H Rook and wife welcome Eugene Howard Rook Jr eight pounds five ounces born January 9 at Clare Hospital. Fred Cotton and Leona Pringle Crosby welcome daughter Sandra Lee born December 30 at Florence Crittenton Hospital in Dearborn.
Eighth graders at Clare School discuss a sleigh ride and report successful English radio safety plays. History uses microscopes to study smell and microscopic animals while a room committee assigns duties to each student.
The National Program Service acts bring The Jesters to Clare High for an assembly between exams. They perform curious feats as an attractive pair who seemingly know each other’s thoughts, delighting the student audience.
The school library adds works on military life and government service including Keep em Flying Warriors of the Sea To the Colors They Guard the Gates and Captain of the Sky Annapolis Today Our G Men and The Splinter Fleet plus monographs on Army Navy FBI clerical factory and flying careers for women and defense job pamphlets for war time service.
The term boondoggle was coined by Eagle Scout Robert H. Link of Rochester New York to describe a leather gadget worn by Boy Scouts as a uniform ornament or neckerchief slide. The word now describes gadgets tied to work relief programs.
The supply priorities and allocation board estimates that 8 billion dollars will be spent on construction in 1942, with three fourths allocated to war needs.
The article explains Victory Tax rules for 1943 including how net income is calculated, deductions allowed, and the process for employer withholding starting January 1944. It details credits for head of family and single filers, limits on post war credits via War Bonds purchases, and methods to adjust over or under collection in 1943.
The 45 000 ton battleship Iowa is praised by Brooklyn navy yard for its vast paint needs. The ship requires 400 000 pounds of paint to cover 7 200 000 square feet in one coat and could paint a fence 5 feet high and 273 miles long. On trials the Iowa would displace water enough to flood 46 acres or 193 city lots one foot deep. Materials were supplied under contract by 34 states.
A cheerful child’s room is described with pastel blue walls easy to wipe, white ceiling tile brightening the space, a washable shaggy white cotton rug, white dotted net curtains, pink draperies with scalloped valances, and floral pink and blue slipcovers and spread for a dainty, elegant look.
Brief classified note notes multiple opportunities appearing in the Sentinel columns. A phone contact is given as 35.
About 6,000 Boy Scouts were admitted to a Dodgers game at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn after they brought six tons of scrap metal to the gate. The effort showcased their recycling drive and earned entry to the baseball event.
Draft horse shortages reduce farm demand for vehicles with autos and trucks sidelined. The August 15, 1942 Ohio farm price shows horse values down 37 percent from 1910 14 levels, reflecting wartime shifts in transportation use.
Private Charles Wry recalls pitching against a Japanese team in Tokyo during World War II. He notes the courteous bow of Japanese batters as they stepped to the plate. Now he hopes to face the Japanese again, but with hand grenades rather than baseballs.
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