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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1942
Page
5
Frighner Parish publishers announce rates for mailing and display ads with liners and reading notices priced per line. They urge Friends of the Sentinel with probate notices to ask Judge Bates to have the printing done by The Sentinel.
Revered Adam F Light longtime Harrison citizen and former minister dies February 27 1942 at age 79 after months of illness He served in Ohio and Michigan before settling in Harrison and led Congregational Sunday School and Bible classes Funeral held March 2 at the Congregational Church Interment Maple Grove Cemetery Harrison with out of town relatives in attendance
Citizens are urged to register fingerprints and volunteer for defense work at the high school on March 10 11 and 12 between 9 30 a m and 4 30 p m. The appeal notes coastwise threats and calls for prompt action and cooperation.
A report notes that broadcasting stations in Brazil total sixty six. The count reflects a growing network of outlets, with several new stations added in recent months and more planned for upcoming quarters.
Red Cross leaders in Harrison area adopt a production hour plan at a February meeting with 21 chairmen from Harrison and neighboring townships. Members earn awards after 144 hours, plan a Junior Red Cross, knit sweaters for the North Atlantic Patrol, and seek a local home supply station. Volunteers urged to complete sweaters by March 7 for inspection and shipment.
Tuesday gatherings at VPW Hall house with Red Cross sewing for refugees and local wearables. Donations include cloth pieces for lap robes and cotton sateen woolen fabrics left at the court house VFW. Boy and Girl Scouts run weekly drives for papers, rags, and reading material for camps, while adult first aid and wartime classes proceed at local schools and homes under leaders from Pure Oil and local officials.
The Out Door Girls Club met Tuesday afternoon at Mrs. William Murphy home with seventeen members. Ava Jean Bringman was honored for her February birthday with gifts, games, singing, and refreshments. A March party will celebrate four more members’ birthdays. Home and Garden Club meets Thursday March 12 at the Murphy home.
The Light family extends thanks for sympathy during bereavement. They thank Rev. W L Gunther for comforting words, those who sent flowers, pallbearers, chauffeurs, neighbors, friends, the funeral director Bryan Panning, and mention Mr A F F Light and the families of Guy Light Lewis Light and Frank Stuckman.
Mrs J C Coats returned home Sunday after a five week stay with her daughter in Angola Indiana. Mr and Mrs Bilton Geiger and children and Fred Geiger visited at the Rockey home. Dr Slattery attended Perry Davis home where two youngest children suffer pneumonia conditions. Mr and Mrs Stephen Heller visited Donald Davis home near Skeels Sunday. Mrs Angie Sanders is ill and confined to bed. Herbert Horn of Pontiac came to fetch his mother who had visited her sister Mrs Harl Sanders. They returned home Saturday. Mr and Mrs William Kanaar and Walt Sanders called Sunday afternoon. Mr and Mrs John Archbold visited Galion Coats Randolph Rockey and Harl Sanders homes Sunday. Mrs Archbold nee Gladys Ruby, long time resident, joins friends wishing the young couple happiness on their journey through life. The Ladies Aid will meet Thursday March 12 with Mrs Ora Hale.
The Gilmore Center Church of Christ led by J. S. Penick announced a 11:00 a.m. song service and devotion with James A. Stanley and Thelma Rinnet at the piano, 11:15 a.m. communion, and 11:30 a.m. sermon on ministers. Bible school at noon featured Alvin Wood. Evening service noted attendance rise and community remarks followed. Local notices include deaths, visits, and a missionary talk detailing travels toward wartime China.
Sunday dinner guests included Mr. and Mrs. Howard Penrose and family with Mr. and Mrs. Owen Spink. Burt Orvis is seriously ill at Clare hospital. Lyle Bates visited Midland relatives. A Marion family visited the Ervin Orvis home. Lincoln Park guests stayed with Alton David. Frankfort’s Mrs. Moss helped care for ill sister Mrs. Alfred Bay. Chelsea’s Donald Kleiner spent weekend at home. Alfred Bay and Burton Bay hosted Jay Van Buren Alma and others. Bateses from Midland visited their kin.
ARTHUR CENTER residents report a mid November Grange session with seventeen attendees and plans for an open meeting. The column lists multiple visitors and callers at local homes, illness notes for Mrs Angie Sanders and Perry Davis family, and social visits at the Roller and Barber homes. Jack Wood attended the funeral of his uncle Jesse McKenna in West Branch.
Erin Grove figures Robert Kleiner and others attend the Detroit Livestock Association banquet and business meeting in Lansing. Updates report health recoveries, a fatal fire near Stone School, visits, birthdays, and small town gatherings with neighbors and relatives.
Notice to residents of Vernon Township Isabella County Michigan grants Consumers Power Company and successors rights to construct maintain and use electric lines on public highways for thirty years. Grantee must meet safety and maintenance terms and township liable for damages. acceptance required within thirty days for contract validity.
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