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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1956
Page
7
A parade of visits fills weekends from Grand Rapids to Coleman with gatherings at homes of Bentley Birdsall Wood Schofield and others. Many neighbors share dinners, tea, and social calls while planning an upcoming church ice cream social.
A large gathering celebrated Father's Day and multiple anniversaries and birthdays with relatives and friends. Attendees included Kenneth Renner and family, Otto Reese’s kin, and several Lansing visitors. Alan Luce and Estel Brooks were noted among local residents enjoying the weekend.
Alvin Schram and children and Stella Fraser visited relatives in Coleman and Temple. Mr and Mrs Carl Taylor hosted a call from Flint. Ernest Foss family and Jennie Foss visited his mother in Clare. Arthur Bennett and family visited James Bennett from Grand Rapids. Frances Thompson left to live with a nephew in Evart for the summer. Jennie O'Deil of Coleman called on Marty O'Dell.
The family of Mrs Anna Schofield gathered for a pot luck dinner on the Don Lucé lawn Sunday to honor her birthday. Ten children and their families attended, including Mr and Mrs Mimner Schofield of Mason and others from Pleasant, Barber, Reiss, Davison, and Scho field households. Dinner guests included Mr and Mrs Milton Harriger of Rosebush and Mrs Jennie Bing ham.
Mrs Audrey Warner and child ren of St Johns and Rex Fair with two children from Lansing visited Mr and Mrs Rey Shear. Arnald Martin of Saginaw spent the weekend at the Shear cottage and Mr and Mrs Leon DeForest of Saginaw called on H DeForest.
Michigan State University specialist Leo J Mérten explains windstorm coverage in standard fire insurance policies covers tornado damage. Property owners should document losses for casualty deductions on tax forms, with or without insurance, and note that water damage is covered if storm winds caused physical damage.
Local Mt Vernon Grange notes cover a lecture on school problems, visits from Bay City relatives, birthdays, a birth in Lansing, a youth conference near Midland, and plans for the July 2 Grange meeting. Voter transportation to July 9 school elections is arranged. contact Jennings Archambault for rides.
A local newspaper ad announces an upcoming auction sale in Clare. Details include date, time, venue, and items to be offered, inviting bidders to attend and place bids. The notice emphasizes terms of sale and contact for inquiries.
A guidance note from Michigan State University extension clothing specialist Florence Rann explains washing and shaping sheer rayon dresses and blouses. Wash before soiled, avoid soaking, rinse in warm water, blot with a Turkish towel, then lay wrong side out on a padded board and press lightly to reshape and dry in about an hour. A small advertisement follows offering a Sentinel Wanted position for 45 cents a week at phone number 35.
The excerpt highlights vast coal and coke transport stats with 826 coal trains daily and 842 cars hourly. It describes the Belgian Congo's Albert Park as 186 miles long and 12 to 30 miles wide with varied physical and climatic features including lakes hot plains denk juhgles and steep slopes. It notes soil formation from volcanic lava near the park’s southern edge.
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