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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1941
Page
9
The Clare Sentinel lists rates for subscriptions and ads, details local society news, visits, hospital stays, and gatherings. Many households in Coleman, Saginaw, Mt. Pleasant, Harrison, Greenwood, and surrounding areas are noted in visits, hospitalizations, and family events with neighbors and relatives.
Double rites were held at the Congregational church in Harrison for Ila Bailey Conway and Sherman Conway of Mt. Morris, victims of a Sunday auto crash. Sherman Conway, born February 17, 1901, died March 2, 1941 in Saginaw at age 40. Ila Bailey Conway, born March 16, 1902, died March 3, 1941 in Saginaw shortly before her 39th birthday. They are survived by children, parents, siblings, and extended relatives.
The Congregational Ladies Auxiliary meets March 19 in church social rooms. Harrison Chapter of OHS hosts a card party March 14 at Bert Lydell Home with bridges and games and a luncheon. Bible Class plans March 27 at Mrs. A F Light’s Oak Street home to start spring sessions and honor birthday celebrants Mrs. Light, Mrs. Anna Rhodes, and Mrs. Hille Town with an all day event and pot luck lunch.
Charles Bruce son of Mr and Mrs Ed Bruce Jr held a birthday party at home Monday afternoon for his seventh birthday. Fifteen guests joined games and contests with prizes. Ice cream and cake were served at a large table with a colorful birthday cake and candies.
Mr and Mrs Joseph Newhound spent Sunday in Highland visiting friends and relatives. Nan Pott of Logansport Indiana and Harry I Pott of Grand Rapids were guests at relatives homes. Visitors included Rex Clute and infant Bethany Ann moving to Midland, and many others calling on Harrison families and attending church events.
The East Vernon Extension Group met March 5 at Mrs. Hlsie Brewer’s home with twelve members and one guest Mrs. Eugene Swaine. Dues and Achievement Day were collected, dress finishes reviewed, and Dorothy Bader led a lesson on Buying Ready Made Dresses. A pot luck lunch followed and next meeting is April 9 at Mrs. Wilson Samborn’s home.
Vernon Center Extension Club met February 26 at Mrs. Marshall Brock’s home for an all day session. Members discussed parenting, shared a dress buying lesson led by Mrs. Dora Schug and Mrs. Delia Wild, and took achievement day dues.
Mildred Teachout reports in for second and third grades about two students leaving last week Kenneth Nellis and Barbara Utley. The class draws Holland life and listens to a gong about Dutch children. A’s in spelling honored the following: Phillip Miles Pearl Powell Shirley Shear Burley McCumber Robert Leichti Betty Wilson Betty Jean Lloyd John Vance Jacqueline Joslin Jenette Wixon Dorotha Weaver Annabelle Mayhew. Fourth graders perform Beowulf in progress while spelling papers show ten of fifteen correct. Fifth graders study Western states and Alta Sherman recalls an underground cavern in the Southwest with rock specimens.
Several students including Ida Vandenberg Rose Badger and Paul Perry showed no absence or tardiness over six weeks while Rose Badger Mavis Ramona Mayhew Fern Miller and Donna Rodgers earned perfect spelling papers Friday. A student paragraph on the Revolutionary War describes taxes on colonial goods and the Boston Tea Party leading to war.
The Home Economics Club reports good adult class attendance with Miss Hogue sharing lunch box ideas and pinwheel treats. A joint pot luck with the Men's Agricultural class is planned for March 19, with a menu of meat loaf and sides. Louise Oman leads the April 11 assembly program and a box social and dance may be held at the high school.
The Farwell FFA chapter ordered a three by six foot display for the Ag room with gold letters and FFA insignia on a purple background. Green Hand and Future Farmer pins were ordered for each member. A program for Lake Grange is set for March 15, and the ITA placed an order for 2,750 tree transplants to be planted in the school forest park this spring, including 1,000 white spruce and 500 red spruces.
The Maine Nursery Co. of Fryeburg, Maine, will supply 250 Austrian pines and Norway pines. The trees are ordered for shipment for planting in the last week of April.
The Farwell district sports note stresses that basketball and all athletics should serve the school’s betterment. It argues a sport must improve school life and character, not dominate it, and promotes graciousness in victory and dignity in defeat as part of the program.
Second Ward reports on Republican convention activities and ward caucuses with details tied to I E Hamptons office at 2212.
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