Johnston Elevatory Office Adorns Main Street With Awning
A newly installed awning graces the Johnston Elevatory office on South Main Street enhancing the storefront.
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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1948
Page
4
A newly installed awning graces the Johnston Elevatory office on South Main Street enhancing the storefront.
A new window display at te Bverts' Jewelry Store shows a military wedding with an honor guard marching in, the commanding officer raising his sword, buglers playing, church doors opening, and a bride and groom figure inside as church bells ring.
Dr G C Born and Glenn Lloyd traveled to Detroit Sunday and returned with a large power driven X-ray table for Doe’s offices. The new equipment will aid staff efficiency and improve patient service.
Clare Fire Department responded to Dave Ward Field at 8:00 p m Sunday as a girl show tent at the Florida Amusement Company carnival burst into flame. The fire caused an estimated 500 dollars in losses to owner Kurt Hedrick of West Virginia and was not insured. Hedrick said it likely started from a ground cigarette with no wiring involved.
Elsie the Borden cow appears at Witbeck Super Market and chews her cud, drawing curious shoppers as a lingering showcase of dairy history in town.
The Reynolds Regina Agency leads the Regina Vacuum Cleaner Corporation sales contest from June 1 to August 31. Don and his staff strive to retain first place and win the $250 grand prize as reports show their top position.
A missionary from Columbia will speak at Loomis Missionary Church Friday at 7 45 PM. Mary Kinrath will show slides and display curios from her field. Sunday evening Rev M Hendrich will preach and the pastor hopes for a full house.
Mrs. Oliver Birdsall thanks Brown Corners church Clare Baptist church and King's Daughters for prayers plants and cards and help during illness with sincere appreciation.
Kinney, president of the Eastern Milk Producers Cooperative, warned at the quarterly meeting that continued sale of dairy cattle for beef could reduce milk supply. He said this year’s production lag behind last year and announced the group would push a full price of 5.90 dollars per hundredweight for class 1-A milk, up 44 cents, with price as the key factor for a potential fall shortage.
Citrus City in Texas is a planned phantom municipality created by Howard Moffitt. He sells $500 lots for a street grid named after fruits and flowers, funding a chamber of commerce that has no residents or real activity.
U. S. coast and geodetic survey official Elliott B. Roberts says the north magnetic pole lies about 300 miles farther north than believed. Arctic operations lack reliable magnetic data, hindering navigation. No ocean surveys in two decades since the Carnegie disaster. Magnetic direction differs from true north and changes globally.
James R. Goddard receives a new address at U.S.C.G. Lifeboat Station Brie in Pennsylvania. The notice lists him as V.N. 3 and Y.N. 3, indicating unit or designation within the Coast Guard facility.
We express appreciation and thankfulness to neighbors and friends the Free Methodist church at Coleman and all friends of Christ for uplifting prayers also neighbors and friends from our former home who came to help bear our sorrows Truly our loss but his gain Mr and Mrs Ezra H Miller and family.
Roy Gainsforth thanks friends and neighbors for assistance and kind remembrances during illness. Your kindness will always be remembered.
Local Greyhound routes updated with extra weekend Ludington service and revised times. Buses stop at Detroit’s 115 Hast Fourth St with connections at Lansing for Jackson and Chicago. Clare departures include morning and afternoon runs, with St. Ignace links to Sault Ste. Marie Marquette Calumet and west. Reed City Ludington connections offer Traverse City access, with added Friday Saturday limits and weekend evening runs.
The Clare Methodist Church will conduct a daily Vacation Bible School from June 21 to July 2. Miss Frances Penland of Nashville Tennessee directs the program after training at Scarrett College. Classes start each weekday at 9 00 AM through closing day July 2.
The Tenth District Meeting of the American Legion and Auxiliary will be held Sunday, June 20, 1948 at 3:00 p.m. in Mt. Pleasant High School on South Fancher St. A banquet in the high school auditorium will follow. All Walter H. Larman Unit members are urged to attend.
Market prices show barley buckwheat and beans at 4.00 to 12.00 with produce and meats from local dealers. Hog beef veal lamb and eggs listed with graded egg prices for June 14 1948 at Rosebush Elevator Company with Grade A extra large to Grade C notes.
The family expresses gratitude to all who assisted with preparations and the ceremony at the church. Special thanks to the ladies who helped at the house and to Mr and Mrs Harl Henderson.
In loving memory of Robert Leroy Vollmer who passed away June 21, 1944. Gone but not forgotten. His mother and brothers and sisters remember him four years after his death.
State Farm reduces automobile insurance rates in Michigan and invites inquiries to J Archambault inGlare contact phone 271 37tt for details.
Open to the public round and square dances at Water Edge Park Sportsman's Club every Saturday night. Music by Spicker Man's Orchestra. Food will be available. visitors are encouraged to attend and enjoy community entertainment.
The Clare livestock sale lists bids across cattle and sheep categories. Best butcher steers and heifers bring 28.00 to 31.00, cows 16.00 to 24.00, bulls 20.00 to 24.00, calves up to 30.50, and slaughter lambs 23.00 to 25.00 with sheep at 10.00 to 12.04 and cull ranges noted.
A special meeting will be held at Wise Town Hall in Loomis on Saturday June 19 at 1 PM to discuss cleaning and repairing Bickerton Drain. All interested in the drain should attend. Joe Methner, Supervisor.
In appreciation for the kindness shown us in our loss of husband and father the Elm Grove church Ladies Aid the pastor Mildred Bennett Mrs Fred Burmeister at the organ and the Robinsonette sisters are named by the Hess Barlow and Burmeister families as thanks.
We express heartfelt thanks to those who assisted and comforted during her illness and death Mrs Hilla Jacobs. Special thanks go to the doctors and nurses for their good care, family members Grover Updyke Mary Finn J. W. Jacobs and Clifford Waite plus Clyde Engle and Mary Finn.
Mrs. Bessie M. Liddell expresses thanks to friends and neighbors for visits prayers cards and flowers during her stay at Clare Hospital. She especially thanks Dr and Mrs McArthur and all who cared for her.
Mrs. Lawrence Daiton expresses gratitude to friends and relatives for cards letters and flowers received during hospitalization at University Hospital Ann Arbor.
A brief note from Ed Gambie thanking friends for cards letters and visits while he was hospitalized. Contact Cole at 4671 for sale showcase information.
Free pickup and delivery service advertised by Band Box Cleaners. Contact phone 34 in Clare for this offer.
The Clare County Bar Association lists a series of Saturday clinics offering free or reduced cost legal services. Sessions alternate between Joseph K. Naumes and Harold B. Hughes on specific Saturdays from June 19 to September 4, detailing dates and host attorney.
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