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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1932
Page
2
The notice outlines subscription prices 50 per year to Michigan and 2.00 per year to other points with Canada at 2.50. Single copies five cents. Display ads and various notices priced per line. Probate notices requested via Judge Dorsey to print through The Sentinel.
Harrison pages report regular services at United Brethren Church with Sunday School and evening evangelistic service and midweek prayers. Congregational Church notes Lent series sermon, play about Enoch Arden, and a busy local social column with many visits, entertainments, and a Dow Ice Company ice harvest update.
Fred M Morgan at 509 McEwan Street promotes a Friday and Saturday sale on March 18 and 19 with specials on milk soup peanut butter prunes molasses pepper campfire marshmallows corn chips ginger ale and more including a free cereal set and no bottle charge at Quick Arrow store.
For nature lovers Budd Lake offers beaver activity on the south and east shores. Two colonies have started at the lake with lodges built and poplar stored for winter. One site sits at the extreme south end and the other on the east shore near the joint.
In Harrison citizens face a April fourth vote on selling the city light plant and water system to Consumers Power for $1000. Figures show receipts of 6333.60 from 4 1 81 to 3 7 32 with expenditures at 7540.74, an overdraft of 1207.14. The plant provides free porch and street lights, and about 1700 annually for pumping water. estimates place unbilled free lighting at 1660. The water system shows ongoing losses and funds have gone to extending the cemetery and residences. Citizens urged to study the question and vote with sound business judgment.
Mr. Jennings of Hillsdale College spoke to Harrison High students and staff on March 10. He defined education as a harmonious development of all faculties and reviewed Ida M Tarbell’s He Knew Lincoln, recounting Lincoln’s rise and assassination. Seniors voted to fund a Hillsdale visit if year-end funds allow.
The city caucus at city hall on March 10 chose Robert Burns as Mayor. Mrs. Charles Amble became Treasurer and Mynard Maybee Clerk. A city committee of John Quinn Elmer Clute and Ortho Boilton was appointed. Supervisors named Henry Gardiner Walter Cregier Seaver Amble. Aldermen listed Barl Green Paul Gibson June Rose.
The Congregational church moved its heating project to a new site for better warmth. The basement will become a banquet hall and social room with a new kitchen to follow. Volunteers led by Paul Beals removed partitions and installed a new ceiling. assistance from Don Schaaf, Bernie Hampton, Walter Crigier, and others. Reggie Reed donated electric work, handling wiring removal and concealed installation. The Young Women's Auxiliary helps cover the expenses.
A fire at L W Wright residence two miles north and one mile east of Harrison destroyed the home while initial evacuations left Wright with minor burns. The cause is unknown. A second blaze hit the Ohio Tavern in the basement while thawing pipes with a blow torch, burning a hole in the wall. the chemical wagon quickly extinguished it.
The Board of Commerce met Tuesday evening at the Congregational church parlors with forty members. Myr. Ty Marston of the East Michigan Tourist Association spoke from Bay City and Senator Carpenter discussed Consumers Power Company taking over the local lighting system. R. Reid defended the current power plant and high school radio provided music.
Mrs. Charles Amble entertained the Bridge Club at her home on March 9 with honors to Mrs. Weidner and Mrs. Beals and guest prize to Mrs. Hampton. Guests included Mrs. Beals and Miss Anna Jons among many others. next hostesses named. Mr. and Mrs. Sheffield hosted a bridge dinner on March lith with prize awarded to Mr. and Mrs. Whitmer. guests listed. Oliver Beamer's eighty third birthday celebrated March 12 with about twenty Harrison men at an oyster supper and card games. local couples hosted a cottage bridge party March 11 by Owosso guests.
Africa travel notes describe the white rhinoceros as guiding its calf with its horn laid along the calf’s flank while the cow moves ahead with its head lowered. The feature is noted as unique among animals and cited by travelers.
A valuable mineral Zonolite, resembling gold in appearance but like cork in feel, resists burning and is sought as a sound absorbing material by acoustic engineers for theaters, autos and other venues.
Authorities warn soda and temporary remedies harm the stomach by drastic action. Buengel's MEBA Alkaline Powder offers a mild quick fix, with relief within 10 minutes and a satisfaction guarantee by A Ey Mussell Dragelst.
Congressman Roy O Woodruff argues deficits threaten national credit and urges immediate budget balancing. He criticizes a proposed 2.44 percent manufacturers sales tax, favors luxury taxes over broad sales taxes, and cites depressed income tax yields from 1930 to 1931 as evidence. He warns further delay could harm currency and credit systems and calls for targeted measures to raise revenue and restore confidence.
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