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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1944
Page
5
Rates for mailing within Michigan and other points in the U S are listed. Single copies cost 6 cents. Display ads available on application. Local liners and reading notices charge 10 cents per line, with 10 cents per line for fillers and 25 cents per ten lines for cards of thanks. Resolutions and poetry priced per line.
Harrison area residents report weekend calls and visits to relatives in Temple Saginaw Clare Cadillac and Mt Pleasant. Several travelers include Billy Legge Dean Bucholz and Bruce Woods with family guests at Myers Amble Mai Wis Brooks and other households. Courtships, military draft news and hospital status appear amid a steady stream of weekend social activity.
Mrs Laura Wilson hosted a bridge evening with Mrs Gertrude Gardiner Mrs Leota Van Every and Mrs Theo Hibbard. Mrs Hibbard won high honors. Leota Van Every later hosted a bridge club gathering with a luncheon. Marie Skinner led scores followed by Martha Sullivan and Leanore Hughes. A family Sunday gathering honored Leo Ray Mitchener home on a thirty day furlough from overseas where he has been a paratrooper since last April. Mr and Mrs Gay Mitchener hosted.
A roundup of casual gatherings. Guests from Lansing and Midland visited Sunday dinner. A Bucholz cabin dance honored Bobby Burns home on furlough and Dean Bucholz set to join the Army. The William Hendersons were surprised by the Buchie Club with prizes and a pot luck supper. The Spohns home hosted a Friday party for Myrtle Miller featuring blankets pillows and abundant donations for Charles and wife Spohn. Community singing capped the long evening.
Elder David Bailey serves as pastor with services at 10 30 a m Sunday School at 11 15 a m Oriole and Bluebird groups meet at 7 30 p m and Evening Services at 8 p m for the church's weekly program led by Pastor Bailey.
Rev. George E. Hughes leads Bible School at 10:00 a.m. Paul D. Gibson oversees the school. Church Services begin at 11:00 a.m. Junior Endeavor meets at 6:00 p.m. Senior Endeavor at 7:00 p.m.
Route to weekly services lists Clinton Hilton as pastor at Highway Tabernacle. Sunday School at 10:00 a.m. Church services at 11:15 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. Wednesday evening 8:00 p.m. Young People's meeting every Friday evening. Russell Cook noted for September 11. Members instructed to attend.
Reverend Benjamin R. Davis leads Harrison Mission with Sunday School at 10:00 and preaching at 11:00. Evening worship is at 7:30, followed by a Thursday prayer meeting at 7:30.
The week’s notices record reduced Sunday School turnout and reminders to attend next Sunday. Missionary society met with Mrs. Edwin Wichert, reading letters from Minnesota Dakotas and Montana missions. Local visitors include Rev Wilson and family, Mr and Mrs Powers, Tice family, and others at various homes.
A terse Bay area classified note asks what you do not hold and what you need. It implies help from Imérs or a Clare Sentinel service to assist in finding needed items.
Army and Navy personnel are named with printed overseas or current addresses. Pfc Stanley Dale New, Cpl Norris Carrow Ned, Francis Lavond White, Pvt Duane Leroy Robison, Pvt Hazel M Sutton, Lt Jo M Rosendahl, and Sgt Arthur Lamb are shown with posting details and furloughs while restrictions limit full printing of ship names and some locations.
Mrs Harley Coats and two children returned from Canada last Friday after visiting relatives. Angola residents Mr and Mrs Heyman Wisner stayed over weekend with Mrs Coats's parents. Several families attended a dinner and birthday events for Russell Sanders and Larry Newman. Antonias, Barretts, and others joined Sunday gatherings at multiple homes and a Colonville meeting.
Community notes list prayer meeting at the parsonage Friday evening and multiple Sunday visits. Families visiting include Honderichs Hutchinsons and Riletts Garvers Bates and Bunyan families Spicers Bay City Hemstreets Carncross Leeth Newman Poets and others.
Mr and Mrs Jesse Newman Jr were afternoon callers. Mr and Mrs Burton Bay entertained Alma relatives over the weekend. Mrs Everette Garncross spent Monday in Mt Pleasant. Mr and Mrs Clarence Bay and family and Mr and Mrs Glen Bay and boys spent Sunday at the Burton Bay home.
Sunday School 11 00 a m and preaching at 12 00 noon in the Lake School Building. CG Club members Mrs Elizabeth McCon and Mrs Edgar Stanley hosted a dinner at Mrs Stanley s home. Local residents and visitors are listed with weekend travel and family visits including Miss Olive May Scott and Millard Scott who returned from New York.news
Sunday schedules at Rosebush and Center churches follow with services and youth activities. Local residents share visits, travels to see relatives, and health updates. Library offerings include Angel of the Waves and Yes Mom, plus popular science magazines and April 1944 furniture features.
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