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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1939
Page
9
Friday issue details for Clare post office second class matter rates include 1.50 annual within Michigan 2.00 to other states. Single copies and display ad rates on application. Liners 10c per line reading notices 10c. Fillers 5c per line plus 100 heading extra for cards of thanks 25c for ten lines. Probate notices print request to Judge Wylie through The Sentinel.
Twenty one members of the Harrison Ladies Study Club traveled from the Bear Tip Top Inn to Dow Gardens in Midland for a lunch and a three and a half mile guided tour. The outing closed the club year and featured speakers and events across the year from September to April. Retiring officers were President Anna Carpenter and Leota Green among others, with new officers Leota Van Every and Jessie Gleason elected.
Hayes Agricultural Unit High School faculty members spend summer vacations in varied locales. Leota Van Every teaches in Harrison. Allegra Gager with parents in Carson City. Mary McKeever with mother in Clare. Ivah Emery at home in Belding. Anne Wellington at Lewiston and Douglas Lake. Ethel Gustafson with parents in Marquette. Samuel Morrison at Flora, Illinois oil fields. Ronald Keller manages Wilson State Park store in Harrison. Wendling Hastings and Charles Amble reside in Harrison.
The article notes that 27,000,000 barrels of cement are needed for road construction, roughly twice the amount used in residential building, underscoring the scale of the nation’s highway program and material demands.
The first showing of free movies was held Saturday evening June 3 on the lot west of Hughes Grocery and Hardware in Harrison. Ray Rule of Houghton Lake leads the program with weekly business support funding the entertainments. Each Wednesday through September crowds from Clare County attend, with last season drawing several thousand and expected to rise this year. The program features kid friendly selections and a lively comedy each week.
Miss Pansy Prielipp daughter of Mr and Mrs Earl Prielipp will enter Alma College as a freshman this fall after receiving a scholarship. Miss Prielipp 19 was valedictorian of Hayes Agricultural Unit School of Harrison earning an A average and 18 high school credits. Clifford Bucholz 17 will also enter Alma majoring in music after seven years of piano study and completing West Branch High School music program. Harrison friends extend congratulations and best wishes.
Temple residents report weekend visits to Saginaw General Hospital for Theron Kohn and casual calls at the Roy Holford and Loyd Kohn homes. Families from Temple and nearby towns shared meals, games, and social calls including the Winterfield Pedro Club gathering and multiple friendly drop ins.
COLONVILLE area residents share weekend visits and trips. Virginia Rutter George and Donald David along with Mr and Mrs Wm Vigne and children of Detroit spent the weekend with Geo Vanderwakker and Orval Vandewarker families. Eighth graders Robert Clute Nelson Rutter and Jack Severson toured northern Michigan with county peers returning tired but happy.
A canary sized bird with sulphur yellow body and jet black wings stunned eight experts at the New Horticultural Hall show. Its origin remained unknown after Allen Silver of Newport failed to match it to any species. The bird, brought by a sailor from Africa eighteen months ago, drew keen attention for its golden crown and sleek form. Silver had consulted museum volumes and thousands of skins without success.
In Darwin Australia beauty parlors report a shift as rugged men embrace Hollywood style. Workers note many masculine clients now seek permanent waves plucked eyebrows and masques. The trend follows complaints that film idols influence local men to soften their look.
Sydney reports the London Board of Trade has named Australia the richest of British possessions marking a notable shift in imperial finance and trade standing with Australia surpassing other dominions in wealth.
CHARMAN NEB A farmer near here bought a gray mare colt for $16 twenty two years ago. He decided to sell her but the auctioneer’s hammer fell and the aged horse brought only $16, proving the old adage wrong in a small town sale.
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