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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1928
Page
4
Community items from Clare Farwell and nearby towns detail church services and events. Names include W. W. Hurd pastor and L. D. S. Church branch president. several residents travel to Mt. Pleasant Saginaw Flint and Ludington. The McGoogan family mourns S. McGoogan death and funeral plans announced.
The 1928 annual financial report for School District No 1 in Farwell, Clare County Michigan, shows July 11 1927 cash on hand 906.09 in the general fund and 70.12 in the library fund. receipts include primary money 2492.90 library money 69.35 non resident tuition 999.00 and taxes totaling 4 056.18 with delinquent 1303.89 and miscellaneous 32.36. Expenditures include teachers salaries 1600.00 men 1600.00 women 6630.50 library books 114.30 general purposes 1126.12 fire escape installation 270.00 janitor 525.00 leaving balances 628.75 general fund and 25.17 library fund. Farwell Michigan June 11 1928 W D Stratton secretary. The report notes teachers leaving for Flint positions and twelve board meetings. no outstanding debts or bonds and the levy is $1 000 less than two years prior.
The Farwell Schools ran from September 6 1927 to June 8 1928 with 91 boys and 92 girls enrolled. Four graduates from twelfth grade and seven from eighth grade. new handicraft and domestic science classes introduced. Forestry suffered in drought. only about one tenth of 3000 seedlings survived.
Reports detail the June 20 gathering at Gilmore Christian church with remarks by President T H E Fair and Rev W D Stratton. Sessions covered individual responsibility, unity, and missionary work in the Sunday School, followed by a noon picnic and community discussion.
Pontiac groom Haas injured seriously after his horse stumbled on jumps at Bloomfield Open Hunt Club. West reports potato losses of 5 to 50 percent due to rains. Detroit counties learn air mail route to skip Pontiac Bay City and Wlint for lack of landing fields. Deaths from auto accidents noted with Detroit ranking third in fatalities. Various local items include Oosterbaan’s college stats, Beavers seizures, ferries, and Ferris Institute expansion plans.
A Michigan convention addressed how to expand missionary work locally amid a churchless area. Speakers urged age appropriate Bible teaching, with Gladys Schug guiding a discussion and the Farwell Girls Glee Club and a male quartet performing. The next meeting is set for December at the M E church in Farwell.
The notice lists Catholic Mass at 10 00 A M led by Rev George Flanagan and Seventh Day Adventist Sabbath School weekly, plus St John’s Ev Lutheran with W W Westendorf pastor noting 9 45 A M German services and 10 45 A M English services.
Daniels Skanés announces a Sunday program with Pastor preaching at 2:00 p. m. after a 1:00 p. m. Sunday School. Everyone is invited and asked to bring someone along.
A Congregational church schedules worship at 10 15 a m with a sermon by Pastor H B Johnson followed by Sunday School at 11 15 a m. The item outlines the weekly schedule for readers.
July 8 service notes by Pastor W Hurd include morning questions about floods and fires and an evening meditation on Judas. The fragment indicates biblical musings and church discourse typical of a parish service card.
Laura McCrea, pastor, invites all aged 18 and over to join Sunday School at 10:20. Preaching at 06, Young People meet at 6:30, Sunday evening at 7:30. Prayer meeting Wednesday at 7:30. Everyone welcome.
After a three week absence Rev. A. P. MacDonald resumes duties at usual hours. Morning worship at 10 o clock and Bible school at 11 o clock. Parents urged to bring children to Sunday School. Miss Laura Thompson leads Sept evening service at 7 30.
Popular Mechanics describes a novel drying method using a fishing schooner rig from Havana. Fish are hung on the lines rather than taken ashore, staying clean and sun exposed throughout the day.
Cream Hees quoted by L. W. Jackson shows hogs at per cwt dressed 14.00 to 18.00. Mutton 14.00, Veal 17.00, hides and Wool values listed. overall results include beef and cattle price ranges and miscellaneous market figures from the source.
Sealed bids for grading gravel and drainage on two Clare County roads are due by 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in Harrison. Plans and specifications available at the County Clerk’s office. A $50 certified check accompanies each proposal. Published by Board of County Road Commissioners Emma Hoag, Clerk.
Walter Hough head curator of anthropology at the Smithsonian Institute says embalming by the Egyptians ceased near the end of the fourth century A D due to the spread of Christianity Christians did not embalm the dead as Egyptians did but wrapped them in cloth robes
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