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Newspaper

Clare Sentinel

Location

Clare, Michigan, United States of America

Date

Jun 20, 1947

Page

4

Yearbooks Ready for Distribution From Agriculture Dept

Rep Roy O Woodruff announces limited copies of the 1947 Yearbook of the Department of Agriculture The volume titled Science In Farming covers Animals Plants Soils Insects New Products Food and Clothing and New Practices It includes a seven page Sugar beets section and is useful for farmers veterans gardeners chemists beekeepers stock raisers and conservators Requests should be sent to Roy O Woodruff House of Representatives Washington 25 DC while supplies last.

Department of Agriculture Roy O. Woodruff Congress Woodruff House of Representatives Washington D.C

Resumé of County Agents Conference in Washington DC

The report describes a Washington visit by county agents with city touring near the White House. Beltsville Agriculture Research Center on US 1 near Baltimore covers fourteen thousand acres with broad research, including livestock and poultry breeding. Much work is basic and then extended to experiment stations where local climate and soil vary. Next week a tour of the Bureau of Plant Industry is planned.

Washington White House Beltsville Agriculture Research Center US 1 Baltimore Florida Texas North Dakota Bureau of Plant Industry

Scout Master Appointed for Clare Troop 125

Harold Schaeffer becomes Scout Master of Clare Boy Scouts Troop 125. John Rodabough and Marvin Witbeck will assist. The troop meets July 6 and July 17 to prepare for Camp Rotary, then breaks until September. Patrol meetings occur weekly all summer.

Harold Schaffer Clare Boy Scouts John Rodabough Marvin Witbeck Rotary

Legion Auxiliary meeting before Detroit State Convention

The American Legion Auxiliary holds a regular business meeting Monday June 28 at 8 00 at the Legion rooms City Hall. Delegates must attend to receive credentials for the State Convention in Detroit July 3 4 5 and 6.

American Legion Auxiliary Detroit Légion Rooms City Hall

Appreciation Note From Oscoda Card Shower Recipient

Mary Miller thanks friends who organized a card shower during her illness in Oscoda V68.

Oscoda Mary Miller

Evangelist Edwin Moran to Speak at Mt Pleasant Camp Meeting

Rev Edwin Moran former boy evangelist and Owosso Bible Holiness Seminary graduate will present nightly gospel messages at 7 45 pm from June 20 to 28 at the Indian Holiness Camp Meeting in Mt Pleasant one block east of US 27 on M 20.

Edwin Moran Owosso Bible Holiness Seminary Asbury College Asbury Theological Seminary West Indies Islands Mt. Pleasant

Polio Conference Backed by Governor and Foundation Leaders

Health officials and the National Foundation pledged cooperation to prepare for polio emergencies. Governor Sigler recalled his daughter Bev’s death in 1934 and urged science as the real hope. Officials emphasized early diagnosis, immediate hospitalization, and Foundation support of funds, equipment, and personnel to all districts.

Lansing Foundation Kim Sigler Bev National Foundation Sigler William DeKleine Kenneth Landauer West J. Altenburg F. S. Leeder Bureau of Disease Control State Department of Health

Veterans group seeks city ground for new building

Mrs Geneva Pearson and Mrs Mae McCon and Mrs Stella Schofield of Farwell appeared before the City Council Monday evening to request land for a Veterans of Foreign Wars and Auxiliary building. They reported the city may set aside ground on the hill between the driveways to the city tourist park and asked plans and plot size for the proposed site.

Geneva Pearson Mae McCon Stella Schofield Farwell Veterans of Foreign Wars and Auxiliary

Herrick Church Thank You Noted for Startup Help

Rev James V Baney extends thanks to Consumers Power Company Rev Hahn Ray Archbold and neighbors for helping start Herrick church services. Services will continue this week and next by the pastor.

James V. Baney Herrick Church Consumers Power Company Hahn Ray Archbold

Rummage Sale At 201 West First St By Church

Hriday hosts a rummage sale on Friday and Saturday June 20 and 21 at 201 West First Street and 872 EDS Church premises. Proceeds support church activities and community outreach.

Second Annual Dairy Day Is a Great Tuesday Success

The event featured officials from Kraft Foods donating cheese and butter, Thayers and Schaeffer’s Dairies supplying chocolate milk, local bakeries baking breads and cakes, and a first purebred dairy cattle consignment sale led by auctioneer Andy Courser. Champions were crowned in multiple breeds, with dairy queens Margaret McKimmy and Retha Badger Beall making appearances, as planes gave rides and exhibitors wowed crowds.

Chas. Cooper Willard Bicknell Art Kraft Foods Company Dairy Day John Schellhas Thayers Schaeffer Andy Courser Dairy World Guernseys Don Holbrook Clare Holsteins Louis Becker Clare A. A. Moore & Sons Coleman Richard Travis Shepherd Ed McAlvey Farwell Brown Midland Michigan Margaret McKimmy Retha Badger Beall Beaverton Dairy Farm Rolland Thayer Laurence Seiter Sam Grimaldi Saginaw Harold Hardy Courtney Bauer County Road Commission Albert Haley County Agricultural Agents 4-H Club F.F.A Lance Thayer Mark Bicknell Floyd Norcutt Edw. Johnston Four ‘County

Vacation School Closing Exercises at Baptist Church

The Daily Vacation Bible School of the First Baptist Church closes this Friday evening June 20 at 8:00. Irene Brower, supervisor, leads a program of gospel music scripture verses and lessons. Attendance averaged 120 daily with a high of 130. all are invited.

Bible School First Baptist Church Irene Brower BE. B. Redman

Dancing Night With Jimmy Wolfe and His Pack

The event runs Saturdays from May 31, 10 p m to 2 04 a m at the Community Building Lake George. Admission is 60 cents per person tax included. Sandwiches and soft drinks offered.

Jimmy ‘Wolfe Lake George

City police department funding questioned and plan described

Debates over costs of three full time officers continue as figures show state aid varying over years. The city may rely on fines and parking meter revenue to fund the police department making it self supporting per City Council and Mayor Herbert Randall.

State Liquor Control Commission The Sentinel Liquor Control Commission Herbert Randall

Burdo Opens Radio and Appliance Service in Clare

Bill Burdo, formerly with Clare Hardware & Furniture Co and U S Army Air Corps veteran, opens Burdo Radio and Appliance Service in the rear of the Clare store. He offers Speed Queen and Maytag washers parts and service, plus radio tubes and batteries. The Burdo family resides on Wheaton Avenue.

Bill Burdo Clare Hardware & Furniture Co U. S. Army Air Corps Los Angeles California Burdo Clare Hardware & Furniture Bill Yvonne Wheaton Avenue

Rutter Reunion Held at Elwell on June 15

Forty five relatives and friends gathered at the Nelson home in Elwell for the second annual Rutter reunion on June 15, also marking the nineteenth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Nelson. Guests enjoyed a pot luck dinner in the LO CF hall, visited, and viewed last year’s reunion pictures before departing for home with plans to return next year.

Alfred Nelson Berton Nita Elwell Bert Rutter Reuben Rutter Jack Vivian Glenda Clare Vallie Rutter Leland Rutter Geibel Robert Ward C. H. Messenger Saginaw Jewis Rutter Virginia Dorothy Ed Magnus Blanche Strouse John Foster Phyllis Pharis Deloris Whitcraft Alma Beverly Hall Riverdale Jim King Lake George Carol Lynn Rutter Nelson

Card of Thanks for Earl Sternaman Family

We thank friends for kindness during our bereavement. A loved one is resting peacefully and is not dead but sleeping. The family of Earl Sternaman expresses gratitude for support and sympathy.

Earl Sternaman

Clare County Bar offers Saturday attorney service

By resolution the Clare County Bar Association orders offices closed Thursday afternoons and provides one attorney each Saturday through summer. The schedule lists Holbrook Naumes Hughes Holbrook Naumes Hughes Holbrook Naumes Hughes Holbrook Naumes Hughes through September 6 with attorneys named for each date. Signed by Donald E. Holbrook Joseph K. Naumes Harold B. Hughes.

Clare County Bar Association Mr. Holbrook Mr. Naumes Mr. Hughes Donald E. Holbrook Joseph K. Naumes Harold B. Hughes

Grateful thanks for kindness after hospital stay

The writer expresses deep gratitude for acts of kindness received at Mt Pleasant Hospital and at their daughter's home. Special thanks go to the Methodist church W S C S Bible class and the Farwell Rebekahs plus many friends and relatives.

Mt. Pleasant Hospital Methodist Church W.S.C.S Farwell Rebekahs

Gratitude Note From Bernice Moline

Bernice Moline expresses heartfelt thanks to Dr Wood Dr Ballard the Central Michigan Community Hospital nurses Rev Hahn Methodist church and its Young Adult Sunday School class Zenobia Chapter OES No 129 friends relatives and neighbors for flowers cards and deeds of kindness wishing blessings upon all.

Wood

Farwell Mills marks twentieth anniversary celebration

The proprietors thank customers and friends for a week of celebration of twenty years in business. Special appreciation goes to Stuart Bicknell and Mark Bicknell for sending a basket of roses in remembrance. Fred Siegle, Prop.

Stuart Bicknell Mark Bicknell Fred Siegle Farwell Mills & Elevator

Gratitude Note To Clare Hospital Staff

John D. Hanley thanks the Clare Hospital personnel for their excellent care and all friends who sent fruit, flowers, cards and visits during his recovery.

Clare Hospital

Deep thanks for kindness during illness and loss of Bertha Randle

Family expresses heartfelt gratitude to friends and neighbors for flowers and kindness shown during the illness and death of their mother Mrs. Bertha Randle.

Bertha Randle

Farwell school rosé color format recovered by Myrtie Buskard

Myrtie Buskard has identified the person who took the rosé colored format from Farwell school. She urges restoration of the item to prevent further trouble and to safeguard ongoing or future use.

Farwell School

Thanks for kindness while in Mt. Pleasant Hospital

Milton Wilds expresses gratitude to friends and neighbors for cards letters fruit candy and flowers and many acts of kindness during his stay at Mt. Pleasant Community Hospital.

Mt. Pleasant Community Hospital Milton ‘Wilds

Message of thanks for kindness after mother's death

The Utley family expresses deep appreciation to friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy during the illness and death of beloved mother Maud B. Utley. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Vick and son Mrs. Frank, Leonard and children.

Maud B. Utley Alfred Vick Frank Leonard

Box Social and Dance by 43 Club at Grant Town Hall

Box Social and dance held by the 43 Club on Saturday night June 21 at the Grant town hall. Good music and everybody welcome.

Grant Town Hall

Thank You Note to Glare and Gladwin Counties Relief

A personal message from Mr and Mrs Hermes on Schieber thanking residents of Glare and Gladwin counties for help after their home burned down. They express gratitude for the support received during this difficult time.

Glare Gladwin Oir Hmérson Schieber

Open for Business Denton Brothers Cement Block Makers

Denton Brothers, cement block manufacturers, announce they are now open for business at their location three miles west of Clare on old Nia road, half a mile off Uso.

Denton Brothers Clare Old Nia Uso

Classified Rentals Near Loomis North of Town

House with electricity well water garden area one mile north of Loomis near school inquire John Bergey Clare R-4 Phone 7225 F31. Unfurnished flat includes heat lights gas modern $60 per month Write Box 69 Clare Sentinel.

Loomis John Bergey Clare R-4 Clare Sentinel

Bids Wanted for Mt. Pleasant House Sale

Sealed bids invited for the residence at 1102 South Washington Mt. Pleasant due by June 24 1947. Five rooms and bath features include new water softener gas automatic heater large basement and corner paved lot. Open weekdays 930 to 1115 am and 1000 to 400 pm. For evening appointment write in advance. Immediate possession. We reserve the right to reject any or all bids. Horse 309 Bennett St Mt. Pleasant 3712

Washington Mt. Pleasant Bennett St

Public Notice of Debts Not Contracted by Me

I will pay no debts contracted by any person other than myself dated June 16 1947 by Claude R Glass and advises the public. This notice cancels liability for others and directs claims to be against the signer only.

Claude R. Glass

Thanking Customers for Loyalty in Crowded Quarters

Raymond and Irwin L Scott express gratitude to all customers who stayed with them during crowded conditions, appreciating continued support and patience.

Raymond & Irwin L. Scott

Rummage Sale Planned by V E W Auxiliary

The V E W Auxiliary will hold a two day rummage sale on Friday and Saturday at the Catholic church basement. Proceeds support parish activities.

Public Dance at Brinton Town Hall Saturday Nights

A weekly public dance occurs every Saturday night at Brinton town hall with Wallings orchestra providing music. Earl Blodgett and Mer are listed among attendees.

Brinton Town Hall Wallings

Also Mentioned on This Page

Washington D. C H Harold Schaeffer Legion Auxiliary Health Department V.elw Ask City Baptist Church New City Police Department Rutter Clare, Michigan WM. H. Bicknell Member Federal Reserve System Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation John D. Hanley Myrtie Buskard Patsy Leposky Harrison R-2 Clare Photo Service 140-Ji Sanford Mott V.evw. Ausiliary Catholic Church Earl Blodgett, Mer
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