Opening of U S 27 celebration draws hundreds
Hundreds gathered Tuesday to celebrate the completion of U S 27 with praise for the Hersey Gravel Co and state highway workers. The day featured car parking along the highway, baseball games, speeches, and music from Clare HK SS band and Harrison orchestra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hersey Gravel Co
Shorty
Oldman
Krell Gas Station
Clare Supervisors
Bauer
Dover Soft
Allers
Warriors
Eagle
Robi
Kleiner
Doverites
Arthur Pleming
Clarettes
Browns
Iva Miller
Ith
Clare
Eunice Sunday
Sendinel
Billie’ Krell
Ted Rowler
Asa Aldrich
Harrison
Clare HK. S
H. Wehrly
Chas. Butts
Butts
Geo. White
Clare Chamber of Commerce
W. L. Park
U. S
Aire’ Ranch
Florida
Ideal Theatre Schedule Promises Laughs and Classics
At the Ideal Theatre a double feature Sailors Luck with Dunn and Hiller and a romance Dangerously Yours starring Warner Baxter screen dates March 28 29 and 30 31. A Western Tonto Rim stars Jane Grey with Stuart Irwin and Sun will present a night edition of Out All Night with Zasu Pitts. Vaudeville on Web 1 2 offers 7 artists 1 hour Hawaiian acts dancing and comedy plus The Cohems and Kelleys in Trouble with prices 10c 20c 26c.
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James Dunn
Sally Hiller
Warner Baxter
Tonto Rim
Jane Grey
Stuart Irwin
Zasu Pitts
Slim Summerville
Slim
the Cohems
Kelley
Tiny Fire Truck Captures Lansing Convention Attention
Clare firemen showcased a handmade miniature fire truck built on a 30 year old Scripps Booth chassis. Chief Albert Haley and teammates Albert Doherty Willard Bicknell Robert Archambault Wilber Ireland and Leo Hampton drove it to Lansing for the Michigan State Firemen association gathering attracting crowds and a police escort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Clare Fire Department
Michigan State Firemen's Association
Clare Firemen
Scripps Booth
Clare
Albert Haley
A. Doherty
Willard Bicknell
Robert Archam‘panit
Wilber Ireland
Leo Hampton
Last Respect Paid to R A Leffingwell
Funeral services for Riley Alansing Leffingwell were held at his Clare home with Rev. J H Lockyer officiating. He was born October 3 1862 in Medina county Ohio and died leaving wife Olive and children Harriett Mina Morene. Interment followed at Cherry Grove cemetery with many relatives from Mt Pleasant Hart Shepherd Rosebush and other towns attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riley Alansing Leffingwell
Medina County
Ohio
Isabella County
Olive Kennedy
Harriett McKinnon
Mina Kirkpatrick
Clare
Morene
Leffingwell
Frank Leffingwell
Mt. Pleasant
Geosmith
Clyde
Durward Kennedy
J. H. Lockyer
Cherry Grove Cemetery
Out of Town
Walter
Harry Leffingwell
Jane Leffingwell
Hart
A. M.’Gilmore
A. A. Kennedy
D. A. Kennedy
W. Kennedy
Geo. Kennedy
J. G. Kennedy
Edward Kennedy
Jay Kennedy
Ivan Kennedy
Pleasant
Roy Kennedy
Mildred
Shepherd
M. S. Gilmore
Jacob Imhoff
Lewis Lyons
Geo. Gillispie
Harry Gillispie
Fred Flory
Frank Ayris
Consail
Eli ‘Werris
Jim Watson
May Kennedy
Rupert Schofield
Chas. Lehman and Family
Rosebush
Letter from Be Brown Denying Authorship of Article
A reader signs as Be Brown and states they did not author last week’s Sentinel article about Clare County Bank. They affirm future articles will bear their signature and deny involvement with the disputed piece.
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Sentinel
Clare County Bank
Clare County Savings Bank to Pay Out First Dividend
Allen R. Graham receiver for Clare County Savings Bank announces the first dividends will be available to depositors next Saturday. The payment is among the largest by state banks from own resources, reflecting cash on hand and liquidation since receivership began January 14 this year and custodianship since May 20, 1932. Holders of Receiver's Certificates for scrip will receive some value upon presenting receipts to A. B. Gibbs, agent of the Clare Chamber of Commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen R. Graham
Clare County Savings Bank
A. B. Gibbs
Clare Chamber of Commerce
Graham
Lutheran Church Marks 25th Anniversary With Three Services
St John's Lutheran celebrates 25 years since dedication with three services next Sunday July 30. Morning German service at 9 45 led by Rev Henry Lange Milwaukee Wisconsin. English service by Rev Wynfried Westendorf Dowagiac. Afternoon message by Rev Hugo Hoenecke Sturgis. Special music and noon dinner in basement. Former members invited along with the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John’s. Lutheran
Henry Lange
Milwaukee
Wis
Wynfried Westendorf
Dowagiac
Hugo Hoenecke
Sturgis
Vacation Bible School Attendance Rises Each Day
Attendance at the Vacation Bible School at the Baptist church increases daily reaching 96 on Thursday. The event continues with participation from church members and local families.
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The
Baptist ‘Church
Stough No 1 well strikes oil near Clare
Drillers at Stough No 1 four miles south and 0.5 mile east of Clare hit oil atop the Dundee formation. Oil and gas shot about 30 feet above the derrick as casing and storage work rushed ahead. Estimated output around a thousand barrels.
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Stough
Clare
Dundee
Currie
Beatty
U. S. 27
Lively Party by Company 684 at Houghton Lake
A lively event by Civilian Conservation Company 684 at Johnson's Rustic Dance Palace featured a reveille signal and indoor salute, with selectees performing songs and a famed Artillery Song. Guest women from Clare to West Branch joined the festivities, followed by an indoor retreat and flag lowering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houghton Lake
Cvilian Conservation Company
Johnson’s
Rustic Dance Palace
Bouller
Fowlerville
Paul, Bishop
Moriarity
Beck
Whittake
Mr. Culhane
Selectas Delaney
Eninese
Lawrence
Adams
Rouser
Bailey
Canja
Martin
Paul Jones
Clare
Harrison
Prudenville
Roscommon
Grayling
Higgins Lake
West Branch
Priory
Jolnsan
Pastie Tavern
Henry Johnson
Rural Fire Extinguishes Gasoline Fire on Tractor
Last week Thursday forenoon the rural fire truck answered a call at Krell gorners five miles north of the city where a Hersey Gravel Go. tractor, just refilled with fifty gallons of gasoline, back fired igniting drippings on the tank. Jas Clute drove the truck and the blaze was quickly subdued, saving the tractor from serious damage. The department notes it is the only rural unit in the state to extinguish an oil well fire with water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Krell Gorners
Hersey Gravel Go
Jas Clute
Auxiliary Unit Chooses Delegates to July Meeting
Ten members of the Walter H. Larman Unit of the American Legion Auxiliary joined the Mt. Pleasant Unit Monday evening for a meeting. Visiting units from Bay City Clare Coleman and Midland attended with their presidents. Ethel Fisher of Big Rapids spoke on legislative duties. Norma Nagel and Mrs. Fisher addressed the group. Delegates to the Department Convention in Grand Rapids were elected from Clare, with Susan Hall and Adelaide Wylie chosen as delegates and Geneva Willey and Iyone Gorr as alternates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter H. Larman
American Legion Auxiliary
Mt. Pleasant
Bay City
Clare
Coleman
Midland
Ethel Fisher
Big Rapids
Nellie Wiley
Fisher
Ruth Parent
Geneva Willey
Alta Bellinger
Elma Clure
Edith Gorr
Belle Jackson
Reva Maxwell
Blanche Walker
Adelaide Wylie
Department
Grand Rapids
Susan Hall
Iyone Gorr
Clare-Isabella Pomona Grange Meets August 4 at Mt Vernon Hall
The Clare-Isabella Pomona Grange will meet at the Mt. Vernon Grange hall Friday evening August 4. Advance Grange members will stage a play at the lecture hour with other features. A potluck supper will be served. Fourth degree members invited.
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Clare-Isabella Pomona Grange
Mt. Vernon
Advance Grange
Five Officials of Clare County Savings Bank Arraigned
Five bank officials in Clare County were arraigned last Friday amid scrutiny of a local savings institution. The article recounts a vanished coin purse lost by a boy named Chester Richard Jr and later found by Bert Jackson and Herman Leis among garden leaves. The purse contained a one dollar bill and was reported decomposed yet sent for replacement at Washington.
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Clare County Savings Bank
Chester Richard, Jr
Bert Jackson
Herman Leis
Washington D
Leis
Wm. H. Bicknell
Old Landmarks Destroyed By Fire In Hatton July 13
Fire ravaged the homes of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Turner and Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Hains in Hatton. The blaze damaged outbuildings including a large sheep barn and corral, with many fruit trees. Wind spreading brands forced crews to guard nearby woods while firefighters from Farwell and neighbors battled the flames. Loss estimated around 3500 dollars. families relocate to relatives as the village loses key landmarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Turner
A. E. Hains
Hatton
Turner
Farwell
Hains
Gordon Snelling
Donna Lea
Traverse City
Lost carrier pigeon lands near Clare
A canner pigeon with two leg bands was found at Chas Haring farm eight miles south of Clare last Friday. One band bore the number 1668 and the other band No 4. Mrs. John Coulter broke her leg in a fall while painting at home last Friday.
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Chas Haring Farm
John Coulter
15 Percent Dividend to Depositors Announced by Receiver
Depositors of The Clare County Savings Bank are notified that the first dividend payment will be ready after Saturday morning 8 30 o clock July 29. Present your Receiver s Certificate for endorsement when the check is given. If you pledged your certificate for scrip return the receipt to Mr Gibbs and your original certificate will be surrendered. Attend promptly but not rush in the first day. Allen R Graliani, Receiver.
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Clare County Savings Bank
Four Clare bank officials held on fraud charges
Four Clare County Savings Bank officers were arrested in Clare by Sheriff Woods and Undersheriff Hrter after a one man grand jury probe led by Judge Ray Hart. Sutherland McGuire Anderson Douglas and McKay faced arraignment and $3000 bonds. McKay was later held in Detroit and returned for arraignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare County Savings Bank
Clare
Justice of the Peace
S. M. Callihan
GC. H. Sutherland
Fred McGuire
BE. A. Anderson
Homer Douglas
James A. McKay
Detroit
Exitmond Woods
Theo. G. Bowler
Perry Maynard
George R. Murphy
Lansing
FL. O. McGuire
C. W. Perry
H. M. Douglas
McKay
James McConnell
Vernon Township
Hart
McConnell
Atty. Theo. Bowler
the Sentinel
Circuit Court
Michigan
Clare Chamber of Commerce Scrip Retirement Notice
Notice to scrip holders that Clare Chamber of Commerce scrip will be retired during a thirty day period starting Saturday July 29. A B Gibbs serves as authorized agent for the retirement.
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Clare Chamber of Commerce
A. B. Gibbs
Elm Grove Church of God Ice Cream Social Planned
The Young People Sunday school class at Elm Grove Church of God will host an ice cream social at Elm Grove Grange Hall on Wednesday evening August 2. Proceeds go toward buying a piano for the church. Everyone is invited to attend and support the youth.
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Elm Grove
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Ideal Theatre
Scripps-Booth
Robt. Archambault
Lansing State Journal
R.A. Leffingwell
Brom—Home
Wheaton Avenue
BE. W. Brown
Lutheran Church
Houghton
Camp
Dr. Hess
Munsell's
Allen R. Graliani
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