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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1940
Page
9
The notice outlines yearly rates to Michigan and other points, per-copy costs, display ad rates, and line charges for liners reading notices. It mentions fillers at five cents per line, 10 cents extra for headings, card rates, and a request to obtain probate notice printing through Judge Wylie via The Sentinel.
Harrison residents hosted two social gatherings at the Rushton home with auction bridge prizes won by Mrs. E. M. Bucholz and Bernie Hampton. Guests included local families and officials. Rushton, recently promoted to Assistant District Supervisor for District Nine, will move to Atlanta soon to assume duties. Prank Bush of Gladwin will become Clare County Conservation Officer.
Police declare the so called haunted music machine at a local tavern solved by an electrical short circuit. The nickel music box played itself three times in two weeks with no person in the building and no nickel in the slot.
Robert Malcomson, a Harrison pioneer born in 1868 in New York, died January 10 1940 at age 76 after a heart attack. He lived in Beaverton with widow Molly and foster son Howard, leaving three sons, eight grandchildren and a great grandchild. Funeral services were held at his Beaverton home with a Methodist pastor, burial in Maple Grove Cemetery, Harrison.
The First Congregational Church of Harrison held its annual meeting in the social rooms on Sunday evening January 14. A pot luck supper followed by hymns, a devotional, and prayers preceded a business session led by Deacon chairwoman Mrs. William Murphy. Officers for the year were elected including Clerk Mrs. Jessie Gleason and Treasurer Fred Weatherhead among others. The group discussed engaging a pastor and the clerk was instructed to contact a Mt Pleasant college student.
The community prepares for the Presidents Birthday Ball with a list of patrons and patronesses headed by Mayor John W. Dunlop. Attendees include city officials, chamber leaders, club presidents, and local educators, reflecting broad municipal and civic participation.
Washington responds to foreign saboteurs after a Staten Island barge carrying two Lockheed bombers to Britain sinks. New York police and FBI lead an anti sabotage effort with 50 officers, while nationwide security measures tighten at piers, factories, and bases.
In Limburg Holland a town named America is noted as nearby are small settlements with names like New America and surrounding villages called Pennsylvania Jamaica Saratoga Maryland Hampshire and Florida located about three hours from Berlin.
The January term docket lists cases from trespass on the case to divorce and land contracts. Notable filings include estates, ejectment, injunctions, and quiet title actions with a juror list and ward assignments.
Public notice from Clare County Probate Court announces a hearing to determine legal heirs entitled to inherit the estate of Robert Nixon deceased. Flora Coyne filed the petition. hearing set for February 16, 1940 at 10:00 AM in Harrison. Publication mandated in Clare Sentinel for three weeks.
Probate Court of Clare County sets two month limit for creditors to file claims against the estate of Maurice Black, administrator for Thomas R. Bell deceased. A hearing and examination of claims is scheduled for March 27, 1940 at 10:00 AM in the probate office. Judge Stella White presiding.
Report notes methane or marsh gas used as gasoline substitute in Italy. Mentions widespread use by hundreds of omnibuses converting to marsh gas. Indicates energy and transport implications amid public interest in alternative fuels.
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