This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 6 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1939
Page
9
Rates show annual postage to Michigan and other points, single copies five cents, display ad pricing on request, liners ten cents per line, with heading extra, cards of thanks twenty five cents for ten lines, plus five cents per line beyond. Probate notices encouraged to be printed by The Sentinel through Judge Wylie.
Harrison high school gym hosts a senior class carnival with assistance from students. Activities include cake walk fortune telling side shows games and dance to the Music Box. Carnival Queen voting pits Fern Bailey Martha Anne Moore and Lucille Snover with five cent tickets granting one hundred votes. Wallace Allen to MC. Supt Charles Amble Glass sponsor. Clifford Bucholz leads committees.
Miss Ethel Gustafson selects a fourteen member cast for the junior class play Give Me Credit a three act farce to be rehearsed this week and presented in April. The cast includes Fredrick Clark Spencer Atwood Ida Marie Hill Harold Green Mark Warrington Bill McKenna Katherine Norman Valerie Ziegler Ruth Zubler Gloria Gilbert Donna McCartney Audrey Barclay Dagmar White Lois Van Valkenburg Evelyn Malcomson Rita Clifford Bette Davis Milford Sanford Herbert Ross Vonne Stephenson Olive West Belma Mead Kay Lindsay Optimistic Oscar is a three act comedy under rehearsal for early May as the senior class play. Additional Harrison News on Page 12
The piece notes seven thousand insect types with keen senses and skillful weapons. It highlights the praying mantis hearing abilities and the beetle with a piercing crushing pincer mouth as examples of their deadly cleverness.
Discussion centers on expanding Old Age Assistance in Michigan. Dr. Callahan notes a plan to speed up processing as 28 000 applications await review while current grants total 71 000 monthly. A $500 000 state match could unlock 1 000 000 for approved cases, with priorities for emergency cases and first come first served.
In northern Michigan elections Republicans and Democrats nominate for regents with Dr. Dean W. Myers and Charles C. Lockwood for Democrats. Board of Agriculture incumbent Benjamin H. Halstead seeks reelection. Albert L. Lalonde is his Democratic partner. Republicans name Forest H. Akers and Melville B. McPherson. Edna C. Wilson seeks reappointment to the Board of Education for Democrats. Mary Farnsworth leads Republican ticket. County races name Helen D. Hether for commissioner of schools and Marie Bernier Bailey for Democrats.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.