Pulpwood Shortage Warns Ahead of Invasion
The Clare County Victory Pulpwood Committee warns a pulpwood shortage threatens industrial war needs on the eve of invasion. A Commerce Department forecast for 1944 Q2 urges intensified use of POWs, returning workers, farmer cooperation, and foreign labor to maintain pulp and paper output for war supplies including planes tanks and bombs.
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Clare County Victory
Department of Commerce
Commerce Department
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Victory Pulpwood Committee
Army
Navy
Berlin
Tokio
Rebekah Mother Daughter Banquet Held With Gratitude
The Rebekah lodge hosted a mother daughter banquet on Tuesday evening with Christian themes about motherhood and civic duty. Awards honored the oldest and youngest mothers present, while plans for upcoming elections and a special event were announced for the next meeting.
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Rebekah
Christ
Fannie Schultz
Redman
Emma Youmans
Neamene Miller
Sparbel
Doris
Schiafley
America
Eva Schlafley
Tyne
Owl trophy plays part in Brownies program in California
Mrs. Myrtle Ratliff led Brownies in a Morning side event with a horned owl gifted by the Koeplingers of Bur bank. The owl, shot near Clare Michigan over a decade ago and mounted by a taxidermist, delighted the audience and rivaled a life like pose on display.
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Duncan Koeplinger
Elmwood Ave
Burbank
Morningside
Brownies
Myrtle Ratliff
Morningside Parent Teachers Association
Valley Times
Koeplingers
Koeplinger
Clare
Mich
Newspapers Key to Red Cross War Fund Drive Success
American newspapers aided the 1944 Red Cross War Fund campaign, raising 211.2 million dollars by April against a 200 million goal. National chairman Norman H. Davis credited the press and advertisers for informing the public about Red Cross relief for armed forces and disasters.
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Red Cross
Norman H. Davis
War Fund
Davis
Randall Family Uncovers 1865 Lincoln Assassination Herald
Mr and Mrs Tom Randall own an 1892 reproduction of the April 15 1865 New York Herald. The issue centers on Lincoln s assassination with a long heading and reports of the president s death and the nation s reaction. It notes headlines on Jefferson Davis Grant Sherman and a cabinet reconstrution discussion.
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Tom Randall
Mary Randall
New York Herald
Lincoln
Thee &c
The
Herald
Jeff Davis
Danville
Grant
Southside
Richmond
Sherman
Johnston
Raleigh
Washington
Statewide Safety Traffic Campaign Begins May 1
The Michigan State Safety Commission launches a month long campaign to reduce traffic deaths by focusing on brakes lighting and steering. Authorities will perform brake checks on motorists cited for violations and issue summons for reckless driving if unsafe equipment is found. Traffic fatalities have risen thirty eight percent in six months prompting stronger enforcement.
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Michigan State Safety Commission
Michigan
Voice of the People Opinion Column Cipher
Sentinel readers submit brief unsigned or signed letters on daily questions. Space is limited to five hundred words and requires writer name and address. Readers are invited to share opinions candidly on current topics for publication.
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the Sentinel
U S Cadet Nurse Corps National Induction Broadcast Planned
Bernard Fitzpatrick of Beaverton writes about national service and farm policy linking to World War I and II ideals. A radio broadcast on May 13 at 4 30 p m will feature U S Cadet Nurse Corps induction with Miss Helen Hayes performing a dramatic presentation for cadet nurses.
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U. S. Cadet Nurse Corps
U.S. Cadet Corps
U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps
Helen Hayes
Dr. Parran
Miss Hayes
Rummage Sale at St Cecilia’s Church by Mrs McConnell
Friday and Saturday May 12 and 18 in the Mater building at St Cécilia’s Church unit 5. Mrs Matt Mc Connell is the chairman with contact 8112 for details.
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Mater
St. Cécilia's Church
Matt McConiell
Rosebush Library Born in 1937 In Isabella Township
Nellie Sherwood of Clare Michigan led a Works Progress Administration project to establish a Rosebush library. Miss Delphine Balge was named librarian as the collection grew with donations from local families and churches. The library moved to a larger space, received township funding, and became part of Mt. Pleasant Public Library services with a monthly subsidy.
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Nellie Sherwood
Clare
Michigan
Work Projects Administration
Sherwood
Rosebush
Hudocia Stratton
Central Michigan College of Education
Mt. Pleasant
Faith Johnston
Delphine Balge
Clare County Library
Stella Sleight
Bar- Towers
Geogre Elias
Margaret Morrison
Orville Graham
William Thompson
Anna B. Herrig
Detroit
Presbyterian Church
W.C.T.U
Floyd Harrison
M. B. Church
Bert McEwen
Isabella Township
Whiteville
Appleblossom Club
Central Michigan College
McEwen
L. S. Stickle
WPA
Township
Isabella Township Board
Mt. Pleasant Public Library Board
Library staff changes at Mt Pleasant with new books
Ten hours weekly at the Mt Pleasant Library were devoted to clerical work. Under the arrangement new reference books were added to the permanent collection and some old books discarded. Non-fiction and reference books were catalogued and the schools obtained their books directly from Mr Pleasant. When WPA was withdrawn on January 14 1943 Miss Delphine Balge resigned as librarian and was succeeded by Miss Rose Mary Lynch the present librarian.
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Mt. Pleasant
Correction to Mass Schedule at St Cecilia's Church
The church announces Holy Hour at 7:45 Friday evening. Communion this Sunday at 7:15 a.m. Mass this Sunday at 10:30 a.m. Services shift from 8:30 o'clock next Sunday morning as previously stated on page three.
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St. Cecilia’s Church
Birthday gratitude from Mrs H Glass to friends and family
Mrs H Glass thanks friends and relatives for the surprise birthday gifts cards letters candy and other tokens. She expresses gratitude and says the memory will be a happy one.
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H. Glass
Gratitude for Cards and Gifts on Mother's 84th Birthday
Frances Wood expresses thanks to friends and relatives for the card shower and gifts for her mother's eighty fourth birthday. She notes she received one hundred six cards and letters, along with candy and flowers from well wishers.
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Frances Wood
Clare P T A Club to Hold Last Meeting of Year
The Clare P T A Club will meet Monday evening May 15 in the Home Economics room of the High School. A short program and refreshments follow the meeting.
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Clare P.T.A. Club
Mt Vernon Grange Seeks Members for Third and Fourth Degrees
Mt Vernon Grange invites all members and nearby granges to attend next Monday night for the third and fourth degrees in full form. The meeting promises a large turnout, with a pot luck lunch and a test of candidates. Master J Archambault urges attendance and notes advertising pays.
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Luich
J. Archambault
Rosebush Egg Prices and Clare Standish Livestock Rates
Prices at Rosebush Egg Grading Station for May 10 1944 and livestock auction results from Clare Standish Yards May 8 1944 list egg grades and per dozen prices along with beef cattle veal and hog ranges. War bonds message urges ten percent of income to support war production.
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Rosebush
Michigan
Clare Standish Livestock Auction Yards
Hitler
For Sale Items and Listings Near Harrison and Clare
Local notices advertise farm for sale near Harrison including a lake and cattle by Kenneth Gamble. Also offered is a Superior beet and bedn drill for sale by Wm. Phillips located southwest of Clare.
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Syo' “Lake
Kenneth Gamble
Harrison
Superior Beet and Bédn
Wm. Phillips
Clare
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Pulpwood
Clare County Owl
California
San Fernando
Randalls
Voice OF
People
United States
A.A.A
Flanders Field
A.A.A. i
American Legion
Bernard Fitzpatrick Beaverton
of the
Tsabella
Fwo Public Library
Delphine Balige
Lender
Clare, Michigan
WM. H. Bicknell
Member
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
MT. Vernon Grange
Samborn
ST. Henry’s Catholic Church
Gordon Grant
John Asline
Isabella Pomona Grange
Alma House
Davenport
Anna
Warner
Dover Road Bridge
Hemlock St
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