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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1940
Page
4
Local church services are listed with times for Rev. E. Drummond and Wiernard Vischer as superintendent. The week features prayers Tuesday at 1 p m and a 11 a m Sunday service with evening hours noted. Residents attended showings of a film at the Gladwin theater with many named attendees.
Mrs. Wesley Costigan was feted at a birthday dinner hosted by Mrs. Ben Carpenter on Friday April 26 at their home. The event featured a white and pastel pink table setting, a pink and white birthday cake, and guests including Mrs. Samuel Bruce of Harrison and sisters from Bay City Mt. Pleasant and Gladwin.
About twenty friends and neighbors surprised Ralph at the Carey home in Frost township Monday evening to celebrate his birthday. The gathering featured card play and refreshments. Ralph received a fine billfold and key case set among other gifts from neighbors.
Sunday School 10 30 a m Supt P A Oman. Preaching 7 30 p m Rev W Wyrick. Cottage prayer meets Tuesday. Many locals visit Bert Scott home and attend funerals. Numerous calls and visits noted among families from Baldwins Flint Bay City Saginaw Lansing Hubbardston Jackson Three Rivers and Clare. Community clubs host a pot luck with speaker Mr Brinker of Bay City.
Local society notes list Irene and Bert Southward, Mr and Mrs Freeman Gilmore of Detroit, Mr and Mrs Alfred Navarre, Mrs Nellie Herman and son of Sherman City, Mr and Mrs Comer of Reed City, and others calling on Mrs J S Cook Sunday. Peter Oman and daughter Elizabeth trout fished at Grayling Saturday. Miss Minerva Pringle of Saginaw weekend with Miss Cleo Tryon. Mrs Pete Hull and daughter returned from a week in Detroit.
Home economics experts at Michigan State College report thiamin losses in vegetables when cooked with soda or excess water. Carrots lose little thiamin, potatoes up to 20 percent, spinach 20 percent plus more in liquid, green peas 80 to 90 percent retained under careful water use, and pork remains rich in vitamin B1 whether roasted or braised.
Secretary of commerce announces 1939 aeronautical exports rose 86 percent from 1938 and 197 percent from 1937. Total $117,081,212. France and Great Britain led demand with 66 percent. Twelve hundred planes valued at $66,386,866 shipped. engines, parachutes, parts, and accessories also exported in large amounts.
London loses its status as the world’s largest city due to evacuation and war. Prewar figures listed London at 8.2 million, now down to about 5 million with large migrations from suburbs and rural areas. The Gas Light and Coke chairman Milne Watson notes a 1.5 million drop in customers since the war began.
Antoine Steenbergen of the Holland-American liner Drechtdyk fell 35 feet into the engine room and spent 15 weeks in a Seattle hospital. Nurses taught him English and he says it didn’t take long to learn, insisting he needed to speak it.
Church schedules at Rosebush and Center Methodist churches with service times and events. Local residents Mr and Mrs Leo Penny and Lois visit Rosebush. others spend weekends with relatives in East Chicago and Marion. Rosebush ball team forms with Joe Battle as manager. Handicraft club members noted among the domestic items.
Miss Delphine Ballge attended the exhibit and program at Mt. Pleasant. Rupert Schofield was taken to University Hospital Ann Arbor last week for gallstone surgery. Julius Foldesci died suddenly and was buried at St Henrys Vernon with Father A Tomaszewski officiating Lear Doherty Coleman in charge of funeral arrangements.
The Wa Hileman family spent Sunday at O M Somer's home near Rosebush. Burly Shaver and Ivan Smith visited Emerson Burton and Chas Heber respectively. 4 H activities drew locals to Clare. John Pixley family moved to Section 18. Chet Sprague drills a well on Heber farm. No school for a few days due to illness of Miss Eddy.
The article states lemons are picked green to preserve keeping quality, before any yellow rind develops as they ripen on the trees.
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