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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1939
Page
14
Many hosts including Mr. and Mrs. Hart Ruby and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hynak hosted dinners and buffet suppers. Prize winners in bridge included Mrs. Forest Shank Way Mrs. Willard Bicknell and Mrs. Harold Loomis. Attendees came from Shepherd Mt. Vernon Flint and Clare for social gatherings and celebrations.
The Clare Study Club met January 24 with hostess Mrs Clayton Neff. Mrs Willard Bicknell chaired a program by Mrs Jay Green and others. Reads from With Malice Toward Some and The Importance of Living, plus war and refugee discussions.
Walter H. Larman Post No 128 American Legion met at Frank J Kepplinger home south of Farwell for a January gathering with an old fashioned German dinner. The post reported readiness of the Higgins Lake cottage and voted insurance for the cottage and Drum and Bugle Corps instruments. Plans for a Clare Community Building dance were finalized and a party was set for Arthur E. Danioth’s home on February 6.
The group enjoyed meeting with Mrs. Neff in her charming new home. The next gathering will be hosted by Mrs. Burt Greer on February 7, with Mrs. Hochstetler, assisted by Mrs. N. H. Smith and Dr. Nell Arnold, discussing The Way of the World at Home.
The Clare and Isabella District 20 Association of Oddfellows and Rebekahs met in Farwell for the January gathering. Attendance reached 250 with delegates from multiple lodges. A program of speeches songs and tap dancing followed a business session and refreshments ending with late dancing.
Twelve Clare Epworth League members attended the Sub-District Rally in Coleman Monday evening. A 6:30 pot luck supper fed 140 attendees from various leagues before Rev. Jackson led devotionals and Rev. Oldt led singing. Prof. Robison of Central State Teachers College at Mit Pleasant gave the address.
An estimated 350 Veterans of Foreign Wars and auxiliary members attended a Sunday rally in Mt. Pleasant. Delegations from Clare Saginaw Alma Muskegon Grand Rapids Edmore White Cloud Holland Ludington Grand Haven and others joined events at the Masonic temple IOOF hall and Odd Fellow hall with talks by George Calkins and Howard Beers urging a state pension fund for widows and orphans amid rising ex service mortality.
Zenobia Chapter No. 129-O.E.S. held a special Thursday meeting to initiate three candidates. Officers presided as the initiation marked the first conferral by the 1935 officers with many members present. Florence Sunny, Mable Reynolds, and Rev. Albert E.B. Dawe were acknowledged. A reading by Lillian Ryan preceded a piano solo by Adel aide C. Wylie. A pot luck dinner was arranged by Nellie Feighner, Hilda Tibbits, Anna Northon, Lillian Ryan, Bessie Henderson, Mrs. Covert, and Winifred Tasker. Anticipated features include Ye Old Sweetheart Valentine contest at the Gift and Over Shop. details to follow.
Zenobia Chapter No. 129 of the Order of the Eastern Star held a public card party in the Chapter dining room with fourteen tables of auction and contract bridge. Prizes were awarded to top scorers George White Pearl Murdock for Auction Bridge Joseph KX Naumes and Mary Green for Contract Bridge N L Tibbits won the door prize. Committees included Tickets Dortha Lloyd Tables and prizes Annabelle Hampton Greta Masten Lillian Barber Refreshments Lillian Walker Alta Bellinger Hoyne Gorr Winifred Tasker Adelaide Wylie.
Mrs. Jack Paul is corrected to Mrs. Jack Hall in this column. A clearance sale runs starting Saturday January 28 at the Gift and Flower Shop.
In Boston Dr. Albert G. Yeung, medical director at Corey Hill hospital, reports air conditioning may cut pneumonia after operations by 99 percent. Over the past year only one of 743 surgeries led to pneumonia, due to controlled humidity and a steady 75 degree temperature.
Superior workers search for a new toad oracle after Oscar the hop toad vanished following a string of correct warm weather predictions. Ollie Lundgren, Oscar’s adviser since 1933, fears embarrassment from two mistaken forecasts. Oscar rose each fall, signaling summer, but disappeared after a cold spell in his five year run from 1933 to 1937.
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