Clare P T A honors guests at Monday evening event
At Clare High School the P T A hosted 150 parents and guests for a pot luck dinner in the gymnasium at 7:00 pm followed by an educational program in the auditorium. Rev Earle Redman offered the invocation and Supt Austin Bates led community singing before student speakers discussed postwar steps for lasting peace and a world police center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parent-Teachers Association
Clare High School
Earle BE. Redman
E T.A
H. T. Ruark
Herbert VanHoose
William Bailey
Gerald Brown
Wilbur Ireland
Bert Mizer
Ralph Artibee
Paul Lowrey
Jack Paul
Austin Bates
Jimmie Kane
Nay Clute
Beverly Sowle
Russell F Foell
Lois Hartshorn
Emil Pfister
Mr. Pfister
Unique Service Planned at Clare Baptist Church
The Clare Baptist Church hosts a Sunday evening service led by its young members in an imitation radio broadcast titled Broadcasting For Jesus. CBC stands for Clare Baptist Church with vocal solos duets instrumental numbers and an original reading by Mrs. Robert Ryan. Donald Woolston superintendent of the Sunday School will speak and the Junior Choir will perform. Rev. E BE Redman extends the invitation to all.
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The
Baptist Church
CBC
Quare ‘Baptist Church
Jesus
Robert Ryan
Donald Woolston
BE. Redman
Scholarship Fund Established Here to Train Nurses
The American Federation of Women's Clubs and American Red Cross sponsor a scholarship to train nurses. Clare community groups discuss cooperation to establish a college training fund for a local nurse. Clare High School Student Council donates $10 with more gifts expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Federation of Woman’s Clubs
American Red Cross
Clare Community Council
Student Council
Clare High School
Two Farm Homes Burn to Ground Last Wednesday
Fire destroyed the farm home of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Brown three and three quarters miles northwest of Farwell at 9:00 am last Wednesday. Mrs. Brown found the blaze in a non cooking area. no insurance covered the loss and all furnishings and cash over $60 were destroyed. The Browns, their son Holdie daughter Lila LaGrow, three grandchildren, and Mr. Brown’s brother Roebert, are staying with son Ivan Brown. Also burned was the Roy A. Sweet home northeast of Clare. more than 600 quarts of canned goods and second floor and basement furnishings were lost. insurance partially covered the damage and the family camped in a tent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Brown
Farwell
Brown
Pere Marquette Railroad
Orc
Hdldie
Lila LaGrow
Mr. Brown
Roebert
Ivan Brown
Roy Sweet
Roy A. Sweet
Geo. Baker
Clare
Arthur Township
Bell Telephone Cited For Rising to Wartime Needs in Michigan
The Michigan Bell Telephone Co met 1942 wartime demands as war calls surged and service limits were set. Maj Gen Olmstead praised the company for its spirit, with nearly 1.8 billion total calls and 28.14 million long distance messages, while lines passed a million in service for the first time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan Bell Telephone Company
Michigan
Michigan Bell Organization
Dawson Olmstead
U. S. Army Signal Corps
Deoraft
State Returns Weight and Gas Tax to Counties
State Highway Commissioner Lloyd B. Reid submitted vouchers to the Auditor General for the return of 1,587,810.91 dollars in weight and gasoline tax revenues to Michigan counties. The report covers the fourth quarter 1942 weight tax and second-half gas tax payments, with gas tax refunds totaling 1,275,000 dollars and weight tax refunds 312,810.91 dollars. nearby counties list allocations for Claye Gladwin Isabella Midland Missaukee Osceola and Roscommon with two quarterly figures per county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd B. Reid
Michigan
William Snear Dies After Heart Attack in 1948
William Snear of Wise township died January 18 1948 at age 77 after a heart attack while returning home from Clare. He was born in 1865 in Erie County Pennsylvania and married Cora Rowling in 1908. Survived by wife four children two sisters one brother and four grandchildren funeral held Loomis Gospel Mission with Rev J Wesley Teale officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Snear
Wise Township
Clare
Snear
Floyd Tubbs
Here
Tromie
Harmon
Connie Snear
Erie County
Pennsylvania
Tyabella County
Cora Rowling
Ashley
Michigan
Millie
Roy
U. S
Tressa
Alfred
Frank Snear
Lila Wood
Farwell
Carrie Hersey
Oregon
Loomis Gospel Mission
J. Wesley Teale
Loomis Cemetery
Andrew Friz
Home Salvage Week Planned in Clare County
The Clare County Woman's Home Salvage program announces a county drive from January 22 to 29 to gather salvage materials. Bring worn nylon hosiery to Bicknell's and Davys' for collection, fats to meat markets, and save tin cans in dry places. Mrs Fannie Schultz named local chairman. County chairman Mrs John H. Hall will appoint Harrison and Farwell local chairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare County Woman's Home Salvage
Bicknell’s
Davys
Fannie Schultz
Clare
John H. Hall
Harrison and Farwell
Annual Stockholders Meeting Postponed by Independent Produce
The stockholders meeting of Independent Produce Combatives has been postponed to a later date. Advertisements announce the delay and note the new schedule will be published when set.
License Plate Tabs Go on for 1943
Branch offices of the Secretary of State in Clare and the County Treasurer in Harrison will issue full year 1943 passenger license tabs and commercial stickers starting Saturday January 23. Half year passenger tabs follow a week later. Tabs attach to last year’s plates. If plates were not issued last year, 1942 plates are free and 1948 tabs are sold. Obtain tabs early to avoid lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of State
Damoth Insurance Agency
Clare
Peter Oman
Harrison
OPA to Force Conversion of Oil Heating Units
The Office of Price Administration will require conversion of all oil heating systems in non private dwellings. Wim A Henderson says rationing boards will withhold fuel oil unless proof of conversion by a definite date or impossibility is shown. The rule targets the thirty state rationed area amid a tightening oil supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Office of Price Administration
Wim. A. Henderson
War Price and Rationing Board
Washington
Decree in long standing veterinary case limits Morgan practice
Michigan circuit decree issued January 2 1948 restrains Arthur J. Morgan from vaccinating cattle for Bangs disease treating livestock and practicing veterinary medicine. The order by Judge Ray Hart enjoins Morgan and specifies no costs for either side. The case, filed November 1941 by Michigan State Veterinary Medical Association Charles Stirling and F E Myers, seeks to bar Morgan from presenting himself as a veterinarian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan State Veterinary Medical Association
Charles Stirling
F. ®. Myers
Arthur J. Morgan
Morgan
Clare County
Stath OF
Michigan
Circuit Court
County of
Clare
Michigan Corporation
F. E. Myers
Ray Hart
Arthur’ J. Morgan
Cipenit
Sidnes
Littles Settle for $600 in Five Year Old Case
A settlement of 600 dollars was reached with Waldo Taylor and Calyin Lamer of Bay City for Charles Little and his father Edward Little. The case, filed after Charles Little injured his hand in a cement mixer mishap at the Tourist Guide Station in Clare on August 6, during station construction, had travelled through two justices and a labor commission before the Clare circuit court in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Little
Clare
Edward Little
Waldo Taylor
Calyin _Lamer
Bay City
Tittle
Taylor and Lamer
Tourist Guide Station
Justice Courts
Labor Compensation Commission
Doe
Circuit Court
Council For Little
Little
Rededication of Clare Methodist Church Parlors and Kitchen
Clare Methodist Church plans a Sunday program January 24 to rededicate the rebuilt parlors and kitchen with a guest sermon by Dr W Maylan Jones. A fellowship dinner follows the morning hour, and a later showing of The Rebirth of China will be held as part of the missionary W S C S program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare Methodist Church
W. Maylan Jones
Big Rapids
China
Leo Brown
Paul Lowrey
W.S.C.S. Society
Joseph H Squires Dies After Yearlong Illness
Joseph Harris Squires a longtime Clare resident died at his Grant township farm Tuesday morning after a year of illness. Funeral services are set for Friday at 2:00 pm at Thurston Funeral Home with Pastor Chas Kidsinhardt officiating and burial in Cherry Grove Cemetery. His life story will be in next week's Sentinel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Harris Squires
Clare
Grant Township
Thurston Funeral
Rey
Chas
Kidsinhardt
Cherry Grove
Sentinel
Congregational Father and Son Banquet Thursday
A Congregational Church event, the Father and Son Banquet, will be held in the church basement Thursday evening January 28. Rev. Dave Austin Bates Led Brown Carleton Garthe lead in charge while Ladies Child Will Serve a menu featuring fried chicken biscuits and gravy. Tickets are $1.60 for father and son, with one case secured from members for attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aphital Wather and Son
Congregational Church
Shileg
Dave
Austin
Bates
Brown
Carleton
Garthe
Nlenu
Tha’ Chidéken
Art Dainoth
Three Local Boys Meet in Hawaii
A Sat Tech letter from Jay R. King describes a Christmas visit in Hawaii by three Clare County servicemen Sgt Arthur Lamb of the Air Corps Sgt Jay R King of Ordnance and Pvt Loran Miller Coast Artillery. They note weather contrasts with home and send belated New Year wishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sat. Tech
Jay KR. King
Lake George
Clare County
Hawaii
U.S. Army
Hdstor
Arthur Lamb
Air Corps
Jay R. King
Ordnance
Loran Miller
Coast Artillery
Classification Required for All Subject to Call in Michigan
All men in Michigan aged 18 to 88 who are registered but lack classification cards were told by State Selective Service Headquarters to contact their local boards immediately. From February 1, any man in this age group without his Classification Card Form 57 and his Certificate of Registration may face a fine, imprisonment, or both. Continued on Page Ten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Selective Service
January 1943 Circuit Court Opens at Harrison
The January term of the Circuit Court convenes at the Harrison courthouse next Monday January 25 with Judge Ray Hart presiding. Cases listed include People v Bob Stager breaking and entering People v Paul Oakley removing mortgaged property and others such as disputes over quiet titles divorces and estate matters amid a crowded criminal calendar and civil filings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nm Harrison
Ray
Hart
Bob Stager
Paul Oakley
Lynes Oakley
Rowland
Mussel
Hamton Township
Otto Yeager
Walter Krahn
Michigan Potato Growers Exchange
Clare Elevator Co
Kotcher Lumber Co
William
Eva Lowe
Ernest Hammond
Pearl Hammond
Fred L. Blaisdell
Leta Blaisdell
Frank Myers
Gordon Johnson
George W. Pringle
Fifteenth Child Health Conference Seeks Well Chidren
Mothers invited to county health office Clare City Hall next Thursday January 28th to bring babies and pre school children for weighing measuring exam and optional immunization. Staff includes Tri County Director Helen Lanting MD and County Nurse Ina Mary Young RN with no fee. Emphasizes preventing winter diseases and epidemics through precaution and care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare City Hall
Tri-County
Helen Lanting
Ina Mary Young
R.N
Clare Chamber of Commerce Reaches Eighty Members
The Clare Chamber of Commerce has reached eighty members as plans for the year's activities proceed despite wartime constraints. Local business names and sponsors listed include Consumers Power Company Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co Gas Corporation of Michigan Davy and Company Ideal Theatre Citizens State Bank and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Consumers Power Company
Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co
Gas Corporation of Michigan
Davy and Company
Hotel
Doherty
William H. Bicknell and Co
Ideal Theatre
Citizens State Bank
Robert Shull
Mich
Bell Telephone Co
W. C. Cornwell
Kroger Baking Company
Freeman of
Dunlop Cafe
Clare Sentinel
Leo
Hampton- Clare
Howe
and Furniture Co
Lyle Chapman
Joe
Sproat
Arthur Damoth Clare
Dr A
Be Mulder
Donald ‘Holbrook
Kenneth' Gayeh Neler
Withes Hawaets
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Clare P.T.A
Clare Baptist Church
Bell Telephone Company
Signal Service
RAV
Bell System
Detroit
Claye
Gladwin
Isabella
Midland
Missaukee
Osceola
Roscommon
County
Annual Stockholders Meeting
OPA
Dorothy, Ohn Beringer
Gauthsen
Littles
Jones
Joseph H. Squires
Selective Service Bureau
War Manpower Commission
Tony
J. HE. Doherty
James Stanley
Harold Jones Seiter
G. C
Anderson Drug
Houghton Drug Store
Lawrence Jackson
Clare Hospital
Clinie Clure’s
Gambie
Farmer’s Produce
Johnston Elevator
Harris and Hirt
J. J. Green Grove Brothers
Ernie Hammond
Harold Mallory
Herbert Leonard Allen Realty Company
Robert Mair Paul Manee
Mary. Holbrook
Floyd Calihan
Clare Cleansis
Louise Flower Shop
C.B. New
Roy Joslin
Ted Bowler
Sternaiman
Jennings
Archainbauite
Martin Eesti
Frank Pelea
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