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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1947
Page
12
The notice describes weekly Friday issues and post office entry at Clareau as second class matter, with subscription rates for Michigan readers and civilians outside Michigan. It appeals to Friends of The Sentinel to request Judge Bates to have probate notices printed by The Sentinel.
Forty four attendees at the Harrison VFW Post and Auxiliary pot luck supper heard Gladys Ritble install a new officer slate led by Laura Wilson as President and Alice Brown as Senior Vice. Others include Ethelyn Pugna as Junior Vice and Donna Hecker as Secretary. The group voted to serve a lunch for the Red and Gun Club on May 4. Carolyn Beam won the club’s raffle quilt.
St. Athanasius parish under Fr J J Sruba sets Mass on the first and third Sundays at 10 30 am and on the second fourth and fifth Sundays at 9 am monthly at the church in Harrison.
United Brethren Church in Harrison leads Sunday School at 10 00 and preaching at 11 00 with evening worship at 8 00. Prayer meeting is Thursday at 8 06. Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Harrison Michigan lists Elder Hubert Beavers as pastor with services at 10 30 a m and Sunday School at 11 15 2 m Edmond Dunham appears with evening services at 8 00 p m.
Rev Clinton Hilton leads Sunday School at 10 00 am. Mrs Harold Yost conducts morning service at 11 15 am. Evening service at 9 30 pm. Special Wednesday service at 7 30 pm. Young People meet Monday evenings.
The Congregational Church invites members and friends to 11:00 a.m. worship on Sunday May 4. Rev Harold Watson will speak on Can the Church Lead Us or Not questioning if the church can win the world to the Christian faith amid ongoing spiritual battles. James Mead supervises Sunday School at 10:00 a.m. and the service emphasizes the church's important task beyond the wartime victory.
Island coconut palms provide meat for food and building, with a large end bud resembling cabbage used as a vegetable both cooked and raw, illustrating local plant yield and culinary use.
A brief note notes content continuing on pages ten and fifteen with ongoing items and briefs across sections. The entry signals editorial layout and cross-page references typical of the newspaper’s mid-century structure.
Mrs Jack Ferguson hosted a Saturday afternoon party for her daughter Beverly to mark her eighth birthday from 2 00 to 4 00. Guests included Janet Bruce Joan Bruce Susie Balmer Beverly Carpenter Sally Gendreyske Val Raye Morris Avis Jeffries Judy Coulter Mary Lee Eileen McDonald Marlene Siegle Tommy Atkinson Gary First. Games and contests were held and a white birthday cake with pink candles and decorations and ice cream were served. Beverly received many lovely gifts.
The Harrison Study Club meets Tuesday evening May 6 at 8 00 in the school English room. Thora Morrison chairs the program with Gladys Kinne Roberta Roth and Bertha Hughes assisting. Marian Amble is program chair for the evening. Rifja Whitmer sings The House By the Side of the Road and Billy Amble plays a trumpet solo.
On May 11 the Young Woman's Fellow ship will lead Mother s Day services at the Congregational church. Special offerings honor local mothers and the minister will speak on Next to God at 11:00 a m with a cordial invitation for all to attend.
Mrs. and Mr. Ronald Shaver welcomed a seven pound eleven ounce daughter named Barbara Kay on April 24 at Mt. Pleasant Community Hospital. The newborn and mother are staying with maternal grandmother Mrs. Mark Young. Local residents and visitors are noted in a series of social calls and community activity across Mt. Pleasant and nearby towns.
More than two dozen new crop plants have been developed in the last year by United States pathologists. This batch of innovations signals advances in agricultural genetics and disease resistance.
The Harrison Home and Garden Club met at Mrs. Marian Trowbridge's home on April 24. Valera Ferguson led the meeting as officers were elected for the coming year: President Valera Ferguson, Vice President Ethel Hagen, Secretary Anna Joos, Treasurer Marian Trowbridge. A card party report showed $28.00 balance. A pot luck mother and daughter banquet was set for May 9 at the high school gym, with 200 tickets at 25 cents each.
Glass utensils evolved from oven only to heat shock resistant for surface cooking. They clean easily and heat evenly for uniform browning, and foods can be served in the same dish, saving dishwashing time. Use grids under top-of-stove glassware on fast heating electric stoves. do not use ovenware over direct heat.
The piece notes major chemical firms now rely heavily on products created since 1928 with many items appearing only in the past few decades. It cites a large manufacturer's claim that roughly 46 percent of 1942 sales came from products not yet made in 1928. It adds that plastics stand out among these innovated offerings and that most divisions depend on post World War I research.
The albino lycaste skinnersi, also called monja blanca, was displayed in Northwestern University’s botany conservatory. Dr Margery C Carlson brought the plant to the United States nine months ago after acquiring it from an Indian in San Salvador by chance.
Nutrition consultants say a supplement of foods rich in vitamin C is needed by many who eat away from home most of the time. Those who dine in restaurants or dormitories cannot always rely on vegetables for vitamin C and should use more tomatoes and citrus fruits when possible and keep them as snacks.
Frost warning advises keeping a tub or several pails of water in the storage room to protect stored crops. A thin skim of ice may form on the water before crops are damaged by frost.
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