Red Cross Sets 1946 Clare County Campaign Leaders
John C. Primus announces Pearl W. Pidd as chairwoman and George Lehr as co chair for Clare County Red Cross fund drive. Local quota is 2860 with 40.6 percent kept by Clare County chapter and 59.4 percent sent to national fund. National Red Cross activities include services to occupation forces hospitalized veterans and veterans services intensified after VE and VI Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Primus
American Red Cross
St. Louis
Pearl W. Pidd
George Lehr
Clare County
National
Red Cross
Ideal Theatre
Mt Pleasant Kiwanis hosts guests at Wednesday dinner
The Clare Kiwanis Club met at Hotel Doherty for a 6:30 dinner with President Austin Bates presiding. Entertainment included songs, a tap dance, vocal numbers, piano duets and trumpet solos performed by local members and guests. Inter club meeting brought thirty Kiwanians from Mt Pleasant and Clare guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare Kiwanis Club
Hotel Doherty
Austin Bates
John R. Hall
William Gibbs
Kenneth Hendrie
Gibbs
Lu Ann Hampton
Pat Hall
Harold Collins
Marylou Wyman
Bernard Wyman
C. Goddke
Mt. Clemens
S.g
Mac Cutler
Kiwanian
Houffeling
Mt. Pleasant
Nat Smith
Eugene Wyman
Walter Hales
Clare
Doherty
Jerry Nivison
Jack Hall
Hall
Harold Fleming
Walt
Ace Parker
Kiwanis
Charles W. Mackenzie
Clare Club
Bates
Ray Butterfield
Ted Bowler
Capt
Tim Cotter
Willard Bicknell
Howard Johnston
Fonda
Zenobia Chapter Hosts Busy Friends Night Initiation
Zenobia Chapter No. 129 held a well attended Friends Night and initiation on Thursday February 21 with about 175 in attendance. Guests came from Midland Beaverton Harrison Farwell and Coleman as guest officers performed the initiation for Arlene Howlett and Garnet Warner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaversdih
Virginia Ross
CGM
Marie Roth
Harrison
Rhoda Gibson
Marshal
Sara Wilson
Midland
Mary Beth Sapinger
Edna. Bruce
Harrison Warder
Thomas Brooks
Farwell
Sentinel
Marjory Kennedy
Esther Sias
Beaverton
Coleman, and Harrison
Bay Guy
Arlene Howlett
Garnet Warner
M. R. Howlett
Wanted trucking jobs in Clare offers phone contact
A brief notice seeks trucking work with a contact phone 9073 in Clare. Rates are described as reasonable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare
Clare Youth Center discussed at community council meeting
The Clare Community Council met at the City Library on February 21 with representatives from PTA Odd Fellows Rebekahs Methodist Church Boy Scouts Student Council and the Rehabilitation Office. The group reviewed Rotary committee progress on a Clare Youth Center and planned a school meeting to involve more residents in funding and support. The next council meeting is set for March 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare Community Council
Jesse Hampton
Roll Call
P.T.A
Odd Fellows, Rebekahs
Methodist Church
Boy Scouts
Clare
Hampton
Rotary Committee
Clare Isabella teachers to meet at Mt Pleasant auditorium
Clare Isabella Counties Teachers Institute and District Michigan Education Association will convene at Mt Pleasant High School on Friday March 8. The program features Dr Louis B Raths and Dorothy LaSalle with music by Mt Pleasant and Central Michigan College ensembles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare-Isabella Counties Teachers’ Institute and District
Michigan Education Association
Mt. Pleasant High School
Clare and Isabella County School Commissioners
Central Michigan College Guidance Conference
Isabella-Clare
Clare
Isabella
Louis B. Raths
Bureau of Educational Research
Ohio State University
C.M.C
Central Michigan College
Dorothy LaSalle
School of Education
University of Michigan
James Knapp
John F. Brown
Clare Counties
Forrrest Williams
M.H.A
David Trout
Central Michigan Guidance Conference
Myrtle Robison
Mt. Pleasant
Florence Brown
C.M.C.H
Rose Dill
George Fitzpatrick's Hen Cackles Loudly
George Fitzpatrick of Clare R-2 brought a large hen to the Sentinel office amid garbled notes. The bird reportedly measured eight and five sixteenths inches around the long way and six and three quarters inches in circumference. One White Rock is credited with aiding this effort to lay bigger and better eggs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Fitzpatrick
Clare R-2
Sentinel Office
George
Ideal Theatre to Install New Seats Next Week
The Ideal Theatre will be closed Monday and Tuesday March 4 and 6 to install modern seats. Management apologizes for the lapse in programing and promises improved comfort and service. It reopens Wednesday March 6 with Yolanda and the Thief and resumes regular schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ideal Theatre
Michigan
Thief
Clare Pioneers Draw Sacred Heart in District Tourney
Clare High School fell 28-25 to Gladwin in a tight Friday game as the Pioneers, averaging over 30 points per game, failed to convert key chances. The loss leaves Clare at 9-6 on the season and leads to a district opener against Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart at Central Michigan College gymnasium in Mt. Pleasant next Thursday at 4:00 PM with subsequent games set Friday and Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare High
Pioneers
Gladwin
Clare
Cappaert
Joslin
Seltz
Bud Rodabaugh
Shepherd
Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart
Central Michigan College Gymnasium
Mt. Pleasant
Harrison
Coleman
Beaverton
Farwell
Sacred Heart
Dex Elden Joins Sentinel Staff in Clare
Dex Elden, a Clare native and 1931 Clare High School graduate, becomes a member of The Sentinel staff. He built a career in retail management before serving 27 months in the U.S. Marine Corps, including time in Hawaii Iwo Jima and Japan. The Elden family will remain in Clare with their daughter Katherine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dex” Elden
Sentinal
Dex
Clare High School
Michigan State Normal College
Ypsilanti
Davys
Claré
Vaughn-Ragsdale
Greenville
W. D. Baltz
Alma
Stanley’s
van Dyke
Detroit Steel Products Company
U.S. Marine Corps
26Th Marine Regiment
Hawaii
Iwo Jima
Palat Islands
Japan
Eldens
Katherine
Clare
Polio Campaign Successful in Clare County
The 1946 fund drive for the Clare County Chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis raised 474.34 dollars with half to the county fund and half to the national foundation. County chair Mrs. Fenton Ware and treasurer Mrs. Laurence Jackson led the effort involving several local organizations and businesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare County
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
City of
Clare
Dante
American Legion
Farwell
Farwell Rebekahs
Farwell Odd Fellows
Harrison
Clare County Infantile Paralysis Fund
National Foundation
Fenton Ware
Laurence Jackson
Harold Fleming
Clare School
Wm. Kirkpatrick
Eleanor Moran
Blanche Sage
Ruth Allen
Harrison Junior Malesh
Lake
Lulu Sears
Lake George
Anna Crawford
Temple
Ware
County
Clare Hardware & Furniture Co
Wm. H. Bicknell & Co
Mark Bicknell
Clara McGinnis longtime Farwell resident dies at home
Mrs. Clara McGinnis aged eighty four died at her Farwell home on a Monday in February 1946. Born Clara Cowling in 1861 in New York State she lived in Sheridan Marion and finally Farwell where she married James McGinnis. Survived by son Oscar Peterson of Ann Arbor grandsons Dr Victor Peterson and J R Peterson great grandchildren and a Lansing sister. Funeral held in Clare with Rev E C Redman officiating and burial in Greenwood Cemetery Marion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara McGinnis
Farwell
Clara Cowling
New York State
Michigan
Sheridan
August Peterson
Oscar Peterson
Ann Arbor
Victor Peterson
J. R. Peterson
Saginaw
Lansing
Clare
E. C. Redman
Greenwood Cemetery
Marion
Father and Son Banquet Postponed to March 6
The Father and Son Banquet at Clare Méthodiat Church was postponed from February 27 to March 6 due to weather. All committees remain in place unless the new date clashes with other engagements. Bob's Sales & Service in Clare, Utah, is named as the General Electric dealer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare Méthodiat Church
General Electric
Bob's Sales & Service
Clare
Stuart Bicknell Announces Campaign for State Senate
J. Stuart Bicknell executive vice president of The Citizens State Bank of Clare announces candidacy on the Republican ticket for State Senator in the 28th District. Supporters note his strong two year showing against retiring Senator Ben Carpenter and expect nomination and election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Stuart Bicknell
Citizens State Bank of
Clare
Ben Carpenter
Service Medal Honors 221 Local Selective Service Members
Veteran members of the Selective Service System in the Saginaw area will be honored on Tuesday March 5 at the Bancroft Hotel ballroom. Brig. Gen Le Roy Pearson will award medals authorized by Congress for two years of uncompensated service in local draft administration. The ceremony includes 221 local and appeal-board members government appeal agents medical examiners and reemployment committeemen from multiple Michigan counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saginaw
Congress
Bancroft Hotel
LeRoy Pearson
Selective Service
United States
Congress of the United States
Boards of Appeal
Michigan
Arenac
Bay
Clare
Gladwin
Gratiot
Huron
Tosco
Isabella
Midland
Ogemaw
Roscommon
Sanilac
Tuscola
Clare County
Arthur F. Damoth
William B. Dunlop
Edward G. Johnston
A.J. Doherty, Jr
Gerald H. Lamb
Farwell
Stewart Coyles McArthur
Burton’ Jay. Sanford
Harl Charles Wilson
Harrison
Charles al. Wéliman
Rummage Sale at Congregational Church Basement
Church basement rummage sale scheduled for March 7 8 and 9. Volunteers are asked to bring items March 6 to the basement or call 575 for pickup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congregational Church
Dail
Heavy Snow Disrupts Traffic Across Central Michigan
Monday night to Tuesday brought the heaviest snowfall in over twenty five years with thunder on Tuesday morning. Power company reports a transformer burned near Mt. Pleasant as crews battle blocked highways and poor visibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Consumers Power Company
al Wellman
Itforms Us
Mt. Pleasant
Lake George
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Clare Rotary Elects Officers and Discusses Hospital
The Clare Rotary Club elected Dr. Stewart C. McArthur as president with Geo White as vice president and Donald Richardson as secretary. Speaker Dr. McArthur outlined the Clare Hospital's non profit status, support needs, and future community financing while noting current hospital capacity and staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare Rotary Club
Barnes Cafe
W. N. Byers
Stewart C. McArthur
Geo. White
Donald Richardson
Larry Jackson
Stuart Bicknell
Frank LaGoe
Byes
Claire Hospital
Clare Hospital
United States
McArthur
Clare
American Medical Association
Michigan State Department of Health
Michigan Crippled Children’s Commission
Veteranis ‘Bureau
American Hospital Assoviation
Blue Cross
Tisuranes
Also Mentioned on This Page
P. W.pidd
MT. Pleasant Club
Zenobia Chapter
S. C. McArthur
Dortha Lloyd
Doris Gevow
Frances Reed Glover
Greta Masten
Colonville Church
Bill
Children’s Bible Hour
Rotary Club
Clare - Isabella
George Fitzpatrick’s
Green and White
W. Dexter Elden
Veteran Selective Service System
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