Bridge Club Highlights And Social Gatherings
Mrs Angtia Bates hosted two tables of Contract at Monday’s Dessert Bridge Club with C B Neff first and Murl Houghton second. Various clubs hosted dinners and bridge games, including Tuesday Supper Club with Asline and Ethel Allen as top scorers, plus Thursday and Friday social events ending in praiseworthy prizes and gifts for honorees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angtia Bates
C. B. Neff
Murl Houghton
John Astine
Asline
Ethel Allen
Martin Loomis
Percy Stough
Tim Frey
Harold,Loomis
Ralph Artibee
Jack Hall
Kelly Gibson
Fred Busche
Curtis Hearns
Hall
Busche
Arlene Walker
Ernest Bryant
Donna Morrison
Barnes Cafe
Lowreys Honored at a Clare Farewell Dinner
Mr and Mrs Paul Lowrey and daughters Patty and Gayla were honored at a fellowship farewell dinner in Clare. Church members and choirs praised their eight years of service, with gifts from the Junior Choir and Sunday School staff. They will move to Midland where Mr Lowrey will join Dow Chemical in the Drafting Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul. Lowrey
Patty
Gayla
Methodist Church
A. B. Mulder
Lowreys
Clare
Shirley Artibee
Lowrey
John H. Hall
Earl Sternaman
Bither
Barbara Leavitt
Elsie
Cornbread and Stuffing with Braised Chicken Dish
A simple recipe note describes cornbread and stuffing, paired with braised chicken cooked in a covered toaster style method. The text emphasizes a tasty combination and basic preparation details.
Clara Rebekah Lodge Elects District Deputy President
Thirty six members met for a Clara Rebekah Lodge session led by vice grand Mrs. Mary Mussell. Mrs. Allen Howlett was elected District Deputy President for approval by the Assembly President. Visitors from Farwell attended and two candidates received the degree. Birth day guests included Mrs. Howlett and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Rebekah Lodge
Mary Mussell
Mamie Joslin
Bernice Finch
Iva Dickerson
Farwell
Viva Holt
Gladys White
Allen Howlett
Assembly
Etta Howard
Howlett
Lodge
Sadie Ogle
Crystal Walters
Neamene Miller
Doris Mitchell
Arthur D. Johnson
W S C S Ladies Discuss National Community Work
The W S C S met at Mrs. O L Stevens home with Mrs. Theo Wallington presiding. A June 16 evening picnic at Mrs. Frank Hachmuth’s was announced. Mrs. Empey led the program on rural neighbors with visits to North Georgia Rural Conference work, Bingham Canyon, Calexico Mexicana, and Yuma Indians in Arizona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. L. Stevens
Theo Wallington
John H. Hall
J. A. Quintal
Frank Hachmuth
John Schultz
Doris Empey
Empey
Variou
North Georgia
Bingham Canyon
Calexico
Mexicana
Arizona
United States
March Wedding Announced Here
Mr and Mrs Ray Gordon announce the marriage of their daughter Betty Jean to James A Murphy of Clare. They spoke vows on March 6 before Father S J Morrison at the Catholic parsonage. Attendants were Daniel Burdo and Lorraine Sutton. Betty Jean is a Dow Chemical employee and a 1943 high school graduate. James Murphy is a 1939 graduate. They will live on the Jack Murphy farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Gordon
Betty Jean
James A. Murphy
Jack Murphy
Clare
S. J. Morrison
Daniel Burdo
Lorraine Sutton
Murphy
Dow Chemical Co
Esther Ransom Weds Nathan Chapman in Detroit Nuptials
Miss Esther Ransom daughter of Mr and Mrs Harrison Simmons Grant township wed Nathan Chapman Detroit son of Mrs Caroline Chapman Cleveland Ohio at the Presbyterian Parsonage Detroit May 28. Rev Swain officiated with the ring service. The couple hosted a reception at Book Cadillac Hotel before departing for Rushville Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther Ransom
Harrison Simmons
Grant Township
Nathan Chapman
Detroit
Caroline Chapman
Cleveland
Ohio
Presbyterian Parsonage
Swain
Mary Belle Warrend
John Ball
Cadillac
Mrs. Chapman
Rushville
Indiana
Teachers Leave Today for Summer Vacation Scenes
Teachers depart for summer residences and vacations as schools close this Friday June 4. Several staff list hometowns and placements such as Miss Kitsman Standish Miss Knapp Hart and Library in Lansing Miss ODonnell Alma and Miss LeRoux Muskegon Heights. Others include Mr. Pino in charge of agricultural work and attending an age teachers conference in July with Emil Pfister and Austin Bates spending most time in Clare. Rachel Linnell Shirley Andrews and Susan Urquhart are noted among June brides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathryn Kitsman
Standish
Harriette Knapp
Hart
Library
Lansing
Helen O'Donnell
Alma
Geraldine LeRoux
Muskegon Heights
Paul Lowrey
Midland
Malonya Wood
Johnson's
Susan Urquhart
Caro
Florence Woodard
Birmingham
Leona Nelson
Sheridan
Cathryn Wiggins
Findley
Ohio
Clare
Helen Butler
Chesaning
Gordon Helmbold
L. C. Garthe
King's Daughters Entertained by Mrs Osborn Wednesday
The King’s Daughters Society met at Mrs D W Osborn’s home to finish Red Cross pillows. They completed thirteen and nearly finished nine more, packed cookies for the Rantoul Service Center, and opened with singing and prayers led by Mrs Foss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Baptist Church
Church Auditorium
Harry Foss
King’s Daughters Society
Robert Ryan
Frank Nash
Evan Pugh
David Siel
Barbara
Helen Querback
Barbara Paxton
Jesus
D. W. Osborn
Goldie Loomis
John Walworth
Jean
Janet
Our
Bila Buck
Florence White
Carl Chaplin
Carla. Mae
Barbara Siel
Ivalee Foss
Ryan
Red Cross
Rantoul
Illioise
Rev. Crockett
Jesus Is All the World To Me.” Mrs. Osborn
Foss
Ethel Hendrie
Mabel Bradley
Archie Bazherow
Pacific Area
Pearl Comer
Ray Guy
Wymier
Fred Border
Farwell
Roy Kindey
Farwell Townsend and Local Groups Meet on Various Weekdays
A rundown of regular meeting times for Farwell Townsend Club Loomis Townsend Club and related lodges in Clare and surrounding areas. Meetings occur on Tuesdays Wednesdays Thursdays and Mondays with multiple groups noting first and third week patterns and evening times. several suspensions due to hall arrangements are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loomis Townsend Club
Grant Townsend Club
Clare Townsend Club
Rationing at a Glance for Michigan
Wartime controls list food and fuel stamps with expiry dates for G through M blue stamps, red meat and fat stamps, coffee, sugar and canning sugar, shoes, gasoline, tires, oil, and tin can salvage. Tin can drive held in Clare on the first Thursday monthly. curbside placement advised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare
Hair care advice for factory workers in dusty atmospheres
The article explains that women factory workers face a major beauty problem with hair due to dust. Frequent shampoos are advised, at least weekly, plus thorough lathering, scalp massage, and multiple rinses to remove soap and dust, ending with a cool rinse to restore comfort.
Sentinel liner midatis results at Binal cost.
A Sentinel liner reports midway results at Binal cost with minimal readable details. The item highlights preliminary figures and local effects on pricing. No further names or organizations are clearly documented in the fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Binal
Red Cross Meeting Invites Volunteers at Mrs Stough Home
The Red Cross will meet at the home of Mrs. John Stough every Tuesday at 2:00 PM. Volunteers are urged to contribute surgical dressings for the armed forces and all are welcome to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
John Stough
EWT
Red Cross volunteers sought at Clare unit for Legion rooms
The appeal urges support for the American war effort and asks residents to help with Red Cross work in the American Legion rooms at the city hall every Thursday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Officials request ongoing assistance until victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Clare
American Legion
City Hall
Clare County Chapter Ships 917 Relief Items
The Clare County Chapter shipped 917 relief items to St Louis for hospitals armed forces and refugees. The total includes 565 hospital supplies 131 knitted goods 44 kit bags and 177 refugee garments with some meant for flooded districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare County
St Louis
Sheridan Center Red Cross Unit Meeting Notes
The Sheridan Center Red Cross Unit met at the Harvey Wilson home on May 29 with over thirty attendees including ten visitors and six children. They postponed an ice cream social due to road conditions and worked on lap robes pillow materials and pillow filling. A luncheon honored three birthdays and the next meeting is set with Mrs Stanley Schunk on June 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheridan Center
Sheridan Center Red Cross Unit
Harvey Wilson
H. Cotton
Stanley Schunk
Community Red Cross Sewing Sessions Support War Effort
Weekly Thursday meetings at Vernon town hall focus on sewing blouses robes and lap robes for hospitalized men. Tuesday sessions with Wise group at John Stough home produce surgical dressings to aid wounded soldiers. Clare County chapter invites volunteers to contribute a couple of hours weekly and join the effort in support of service members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon Town Hall
John Stough
Red Cross
Clare County
Axis War Bond Payroll Plan Encourages 10 Percent Savings
Propaganda urges all soldiers to contribute ten percent of payroll to war bonds, claiming every service member is a hundred percent contributor and urging compliance.
Gapens Claim Synthetic Rubber Tire Tread Cuts Skidding
Morgantown West Virginia brothers Clarence and Lonnie Gapen wallpaper store owners report a synthetic rubber tire tread made from waste materials that stops skidding on icy hills. They say the one eighth inch tread applied cold to standard casings could last 5000 miles, with potential wartime use and mass production viability after tests on a steep ice covered hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
W. VA
Clarence and
Lonnie Gapen
Gapen Brothers
Rich Flier Fled Nazis By Gorilla Like Feat
London acting air commodore Whitney Willard Straight, a 29 year old American born millionaire, escaped German capture in France by climbing a rope in a converted gymnasium, swinging through a window and overpowering a guard. He was held 12 miles from Paris and later sent to the Middle East. details of the escape were not released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Whitney Willard Straight
France
Sunday Chronicle
Straight
Middle East
The
Paris
Ceilings Set on Seven Coffee Substitutes and Compounds
Washington officials placed price ceilings on seven coffee substitutes and compounds likely to hit the market soon. Retail prices will range from 15 to 31 cents per pound, depending on the product, with rationing applying to any product containing coffee and requiring coupons from ration book No 1. Substitutes without coffee are exempt from rationing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Potatoes to bolster supplies by mid June nationwide
A. and P. predicts a larger harvest of new potatoes reaching U. S. markets by mid June due to abnormal weather and expanded acreages. Government reports show about 5 million more bushels than 1942, with shipments from California and southern states. canning and storage advice follow to aid the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey A. Baum
Vce
A. & P. Tea Company
Atlantic Commission Company
California
South Carolina
North Carolina
Mississippi
Baum
Wood as a wartime raw material source
The passage notes wood yields a wide range of vital materials for war and domestic economy, including solid and liquid fuels, food and fodder, cellulose and textiles, structural wood products, and byproducts for chemical industries. It highlights wood’s role across fuels, fibers, and industrial inputs.
Bay Saint Louis Named After French King Louis XI
The Mississippi town Bay Saint Louis was named in honor of King Louis XI of France. On December 13, 1814 the Gulf of Mexico near Bay Saint Louis saw a desperate clash between American gunboats and British launches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King Bay
Saint Louis
Miss
Louis XI
France
Gulf of Mexico
Bay Saint Louis
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Roy Dimmerger
A. Derby
O. L. Stevenson
C. W. Lynch
Gray
Robert McMillen
J. B. Quintal
R. A. Brezendine
Will Holmes
Lynch
Gibson
Jack Spencer
George Finch
Phillip Hochstetler
Spencer
Louis Gee
Roy Joslin
A. H. Horton
Hochstetler
Fred Verette
Jay Green
New Orleans
Charles Verette
Eugene Bowland
I. J. Bowland
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Cal Foss
Henry Ackerman
Earnest Bryant
Minnie Smith
Wilson Samborn
Dale Stough
Neilan Cradit
A. ‘Howlett
Rebekah Lodge
W.S. C.S
King’s Daughters
Farwell Townsend Club
0.C
F. Lodge
Farwell Rebekah Lodge No. 208
John B. Sparkel Post
V.F.W
Clare Common Council
Clara Rebekah
C.F
Rebekah
Clare Lodge No
C. F
Grant Community Club
Rim Grove Townsend Club
Mt. Vernon Grange
Egular Communications
Gies Masonic Lodge
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Rooms
Clare Troop 125
Boy Scouts of America
Michigan
Stamp
Chapter
Vernon
Rich
A&p
Armstrong
Clare Hardware & Furniture Co
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