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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1944
Page
4
Cattle owners attending Michigan State College Farmers Week February 1 2 8 will see parasite control demonstrations in the livestock pavilion. Exhibits in Agricultural Hall and the livestock pavilion cover cattle grub lice ring worm and wartime preventive treatments with rotenone pyrethrum coal tar and other carriers.
Clare County hosts the Fourth War Loan and Servicemen Center with weekly hours and Saturday evenings for service members and families. The drive urges updated addresses, contact plans for furloughs, and transport help to and from metropolitan hubs. Major Robert Harriger, Clare High School alum, will be at the center Saturday to sell War Savings Bonds.
Mrs Vera B Peterson expresses thanks to Dr and Mrs Ballard for faithful services during her illness and to Christian friends and neighbors for prayers flowers gifts and cards. She appreciates kindness shown to her mother during her absence at Samaritan hospital.
The Lackie family expresses gratitude to friends neighbors Rev Teale Andrew Friz and various organizations for sympathy and kindness shown during their recent bereavement Mr and Mrs R B Lackie and Mr and Mrs E H A Lackie and Family thank you.
City residents will begin paying taxes at 206 BH Sixth Street starting February 1 while taxes still collected at the Oise Derby home per deputy Vera B. Peterson City Treasurer.
Sunday evening January 30 at 7 30 Rev Frank Colling will speak and Mrs Broadeen Hosback will sing and share news of her missionary son missing or dead in Bolivia The church orchestra and Junior choir will perform and pray for souls Pastor BE HE Redman invites all to attend and worship with us
The article calls for every employed or saving person to invest at least 100 dollars, with higher amounts encouraged. Volunteers across Clare county, including Clare high, 4 H clubs, schools, and town halls, organize rallies and box socials to reach a 315000 dollar quota and support the war effort.
Vernon City and surrounding households hosted guests over Sunday weekend visits. The Pifer, Powell, Tower, and Heiser families shared time at Lake location with extended relatives. Other call-ins came from Mt. Pleasant Lansing Shepherd Clare Farwell Rosebush and Flint communities as kin and friends visited homes and churches.
Sunday visitors gathered at multiple homes across the area. Irwinville guests included Mr and Mrs Andrew Irwin Sr and their daughter and husband. Other stops featured Mrs Virgil White and a friend, Mr and Mrs A H White and family, and Robert George Miller from Rosebush. Vern Funnell and children visited his mother Mrs Margaret Funnell. Kenneth Stanbaugh and son Ivan plan to move into the Alva Powers house on the Hill. Olivia Alwood and Bernadine Bus kard from Farwell visited Myr and Mrs Bert Jackson’s family.
Rev. E. E. Redman and Willis Richardson invite all to Lake George Baptist Church for Sunday School at 2:00 p.m. with a growing program. A Sunday preaching service follows at 3:00 p.m. The Love of Christ is the subject with special singing and music.
The Glenn Collard family are moving to Temple. J. J. Beard attended the Board of Supervisors session at Harrison last week. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Sobiski hosted a card party Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Woolston were guests Sunday at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Weage. Leo Harris of Dearborn spent Sunday with the Harrises. Karl Jackson and Darrell Weage spent last Saturday in Saginaw. We must not forget to purchase that extra pond. Our boys are not forgetting us.
The Arthur Center column details visits from Fern Athey and the Garver family from Ypsilanti plus several neighbors at the Athey and Wood homes. It notes Leslie and Frederick Athey's illness, and mentions Rev. Kleinhardt not yet able to lead gospel services.
About seventy friends and relatives gathered for a wedding shower at Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Carey on January 12 with a pot luck lunch and gifts. Hazel Tripp and her son Bob visited Henry Norman’s home for Sunday dinner January 16. The Thompsons and Harl Fry have flu illness. Some neighbors attended Harrison Junior play. Dramatics teacher James Mead praised. War Bond purchase urged before February 15. Henry Norman and family received Purple Heart for Henry C. Norman Jr who is back on duty at a Pearl Harbor camp after being wounded at Tarawa. Donna Norman returned home from California and Donina resumed her son’s care.
Thursday evening at Harrison High School saw visitors at the Tripp home including Mr and Mrs George Roth Mrs Edldie DuSold and Mr and Mrs Henry Norman. My and Mrs Henry Norman with daughter Elva plan ten days in Flint Detroit and Lansing. A basketball game Harrison versus Merritt set for Friday January 28. A shower for newlyweds Mr and Mrs Donald Malcommson will be held at Frost town hall Saturday January 29. Mrs Don Malcommson and Mrs Laura Catron were Clare callers Saturday.
Temple Sgt Irwin Gallery from California training camp visits his parents Mr and Mrs Arthur Gallery and his many friends here. Mr and Mrs Roy Myers host visitors Lake George while Mr and Mrs James Collard shop at Clare. Mrs Roy Myers attends Blue Star Mothers meeting Farwell. The Carter family from Grandon visits Myers household.
Sunday School attendance rose past fifty with many visitors from Flint Midland and local families. Notes of social visits, Navy enlistment, family gatherings, and sympathy extended for a local sorrow accompany a brief school interruption due to illness and a January mild spell. Congratulations to Mr and Mrs Frank Wichert on their farm wedding and to the Goush family.
Monroe residents vacation with relatives of Homer Pelton while Alma kin visit. Coleman and Clare ties appear with Bert Bergey and Mary Alice Tice. Health notes include Emma McCreary improving in Ann Arbor and Mrs Pelton’s illness. Visits extend to Vernon and Farwell with Waddington and Wichert families in attendance.
A Congregational Guild hosts a Rutmillage Sale at the church this Wednesday and Saturday to raise funds. Items include clothing and household goods to help guests cope with March winds.
The Clare Odd Fellow and Rebekah Lodges host a regular dance Saturday night January 29 in Duncan Hall. They will donate half of the proceeds to the Infantile Paralysis Fund. Tickets sold at the door.
Beulah area sees a conservation officer intervene when a Fordville mechanic fishes without a 1944 license. The incident involves the Isaac Waltons of Clare and district. Fishing license price at Beulah is listed as 12.85 dollars.
Mrs Emma Youmans expresses gratitude to friends and the Rebekah Lodge for the cards plants and gifts received on her eighty sixth birthday. She says she enjoyed them very much.
Owner announces reopening of a meat market on West Fourth Street on Friday January 28. Stresses strict cash basis with sufficient meat obtained.
Coldwater Grange sponsors a Saturday January 29 dance at Brinton St. CC F Hall with music by Jake Colmus Hill Country Orchestra. Tickets cost 50 cents with free admission for ladies.
The family thanks all neighbors and friends who helped during and after the fire, expressing appreciation for every form of support shown to Richard Hmerson Loran and Jennetta Nevill.
Starting January 24 1944 the constables of each ward will conduct a dog census and collect a city license fee of 25 cents from every dog owner In Clare City the first ward constable is Fred Parrish the second ward constable Samuel Wilkinson and the third ward constable Stanley Parish issued by the Common Council City of Clare.
Mr. and Mrs. Gunnar Broberg and families express gratitude to friends for kindness and sympathy, floral tributes, and to the minister, players, singers, and undertaker for support during a time of loss.
The Robison family extends thanks to friends for prayers and kindness during illness. They especially thank neighbors for the wood bee held at their home. Conard Robison and Mrs. O. D. Robison.
A modern furnished apartment for rent advertised with inquiries at Hudson's located at 305 East Fifth Street in Glare. The notice emphasizes ready-to-occupy living space and a specific contact point for potential tenants.
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