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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1943
Page
4
Uncle Sam requires chest x rays for every man before army induction. A mobile unit of Michigan Health will be in Clare county May 26 27 28 offering free x rays to high school students and adults without appointments. Tuberculosis groups urge all adults to follow suit.
The Clare High School senior class left Wednesday morning on an 8 32 Pere Marquette passenger train to Ludington then a boat to Milwaukee Wisconsin. The trip was funded by James Olson proprietor of the Ideal Theatre who donated all proceeds from Mondays show of Fantasia. Class members sold tickets and ushered at the show with Miss Cathryn Wiggins Leo Brown and Mrs Brown chaperones.
The speaker recalls Christian teaching to ask only for what is needed and to share with others. Growing old and ill, they offer a heartfelt prayer asking God to pass by their needs and give any good fortune to someone who needs it more.
The Rebekah Club invites the public to a dance at Clare City Hall Saturday evening May 16 with modern and old time dancing. Music by the Sehlafleys Lelw and Gerow. Admission 6 cents per couple with 25 cents extra for a lady. War bonds encouraged.
The Clare Wire Department tested a forty five foot ladder against a fifty eight foot flag pole to hoist the school flag. The ladder reached roofs and hotel stories but fell short of the flag pole top, prompting plans for a longer ladder and potential professional climber for future flag raising.
Sealed bids for multiple structures at a gravel pit farm Wise Township near Clare must be submitted to the Isabella County Road Commission by 1:30 p.m. Central War Time on May 25, 1948. Each building bid must be separate with 10 percent certified check. cash or satisfactory settlement day of sale. bids may be rejected. Frank Apple, Peter Schaper, M. C. Hutchinson.
The chimpanzee is the animal most nearly approaching man in bodily structure and appearance, noted in early scientific comparison. The statement highlights similarities in anatomy and form between humans and chimpanzees as an observable trend.
Princess Watassa of the Michigan Tuberculosis Association spoke to 1,214 pupils across fifteen schools in Clare county from May 4 through May 7. School commissioner Miss Helen D. Hether arranged the tour, part of tuberculosis Christmas seal funded education. Verna Valette, Chippewa Indian from North Dakota, known as Princess Watassa, is a Milwaukee State Teachers College graduate.
Special service by Rev. Crockett from Chanute Field near Champaign Illinois at 7 45 p m Tuesday May 18. He will discuss army camp work and soldier welfare with a free will offering to cover his expenses. Rev B K Redman pastor invites all churches and parishioners to attend.
The Johnson and Bicknell families express heartfelt thanks to friends and neighbors for kindness during illness and death of beloved husband and father. They acknowledge floral tributes and comforting words from Rev. EB. By Johnson, Mrs. James S. Bicknell.
Michigan growers and shippers saw 1942 cash returns rise 63.4 percent to 5,237,258 from fresh fruits and vegetables sold through the Atlantic Commission Company. Growers earned a record 56.8 cents of the consumer dollar, up from prior years, with potatoes and onions delivering the largest returns.
The Auxiliary reports Poppy Day on May 29 to honor fallen and disabled veterans. Poppy making keeps many former servicemen occupied during winter and spring and aids in rehabilitation. More Americans are expected to wear poppies as tribute and to support veterans families.
Oliver Earley longtime Michigan resident and family man dies at his daughter's home. Survived by one brother Leander of Woodsfield Ohio nine children Alton Saginaw Marne Daytona Beach Clarence Detroit Lawrence Columbus Oliver Clare Katherine Whe tstone Crooksville Ohio Mrs Wm Dunlop Clare Mrs Donald Artibee Lake Station Mrs Clifford Lane Vernon Twp twenty grandchildren three great grandchildren and many friends Funeral services held Thurston Funeral Home at 2 pm Monday with burial at Cherry Grove Cemetery and interment Tuesday at Cherry Grove with Rev Harry L Cleveland officiating
Lt Col Archie B Whitlow announces WAAC needs include unskilled women aged 21 to 45 with two years of high school, no dependents, good health and character. Army training covers photography, administrative work, truck driving, cooks and bakers, radio repair, music, and more. applications at Rexall Drug Store via Mrs Roxford Allen.
A historical note recounts the wolf’s decline and buffalo dominance of the western plains once spanning from the Atlantic to beyond the Rockies.
The South Gilmore Red Cross Unit will meet May 20 at Mrs. James Pedgrift's home for an all day session with a pot luck lunch at noon. Helpers for Red Cross work are urged to attend.
Clare High School musicians staged a spring concert highlighted by a junior band parade with flags and a Star Spangled Banner finale. Director Henry Garen led the effort with Joanine Richard Paul Lowrey Carleton Garthe and Walter Poels aiding in baton work stage setting and construction. The event netted funds for a $100 War Savings Bond and about $63 in equipment for current and future bands.
Acid waste from chemical industries and war work worsens sewer corrosion and disrupts biological treatment. It threatens receiving waters, fish life, and natural self-purification processes.
The Clare P T A announces its regular meeting moved from the third Monday to the fourth Monday, May 24, at 3 30 p m, in the kindergarten room of Clare school. Francis Ruark.
The Board of Review for the City of Clare will meet at City Hall on May 17 1943 at 9 00 a m to preview and equalize the assessment rolls across wards. The session will extend four days as required by law and may continue longer if needed. City Clerk Alex McKinnon signs the notice dated May 4 1943.
Effective Saturday May 15 holders of A B and C gasoline ration books must visit H A Jones at Corner Sixth and McEwan and Jones Standard Service West US 10 for specified hours Monday through Sunday. Locations list daily and weekend times for redemption.
There will be no city delivery of first class mail on Saturday afternoons but parcel post will be delivered. Post office hours are 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Ensure your return address is on all mail. Francis Jackson Postmaster.
Development of new packages and packing methods will call for about 11 billion board feet of lumber in 1943, compared with the usual 4 percent rise in output.
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