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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1945
Page
3
Three seniors from Clare High School’s class of 1945 were named National Honor Society candidates for Scholarship Leadership Service and Character after senior class voting. Jeannette Rube Tony Burdo and Elva Lee McIntosh were announced at the February Frolic last Friday night.
Merle Arch Ambault comes home after a year in the Mediterranean theater. He served in the Normandy invasion and on D Day H Hour during the French campaign, seeing significant action.
Bob White cites sending a copy of the first edition and notes the Pioneer reminds him of the good ole days, expressing nostalgia for past times while aboard the ship. Robert C. White
Don Kirkpatrick writes from sea duty after sixteen months overseas, recalling Clare High School and the Seabees. He praises the school paper and team’s two straight basketball wins and hopes to hear results of the Ewart game. John Hall also noted as a top debater in 1940 41 who helped secure a University of Michigan award.
The Sunday article profiles Helen Louise Verette, a 25 year old WAC from Clare Michigan, detailing her farm roots, training in Daytona Beach and Georgia, overseas service from Australia to the Philippines, and desire to return home marry and resume farm life. It notes her jeep driving in Australia and postwar dream of frilly clothes and a raven gown.
Public wartime rationing guidance lists red blue and sugar stamps with valid dates from December through June covering meats cheese butter fats canned goods and processed foods. It mentions shoes tires fuel oil salvage collection price complaints and district radio programs plus a note to use Sentinel classifieds for selling unused items.
A compiled list of local groups and clubs with their meeting days and times. Includes Farwell Townsend Club Clare Rebekah Lodges Clare Common Council Clare Knights of Columbus plus town events and civic group gatherings.
A damaged text fragment asks about actions for freedom and urges to "Buy Bond." The piece hints at wartime fundraising or civic motivation without clear names or dates.
Sgt. Robert D. Liechti, 22, Flint, Michigan, among six 86th Division troops who silenced an enemy shack on Leyte. They crept within 15 yards and fired a deadly volley after surrounding the dwelling. The encounter left 18 Japanese bodies, with one wounded. Liechti, a Clare school alumnus and Flint Central High graduate, has been overseas since July 1944.
The Michigan Conservation Department reports 18 minors aged 16 or younger among hunting accident cases in 1944. Nine held licenses, six received any safety training, and 14 parents claimed they did not know minors under 17 must be accompanied by an adult. Recommendations urge more training, stricter supervision, and prosecutions of adults who allow unaccompanied minors to hunt. National groups monitor the case, with Sentinel ads noted.
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