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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1940
Page
12
Schedule details list passenger trains No. 52 No. 51 No. 1 West No. 6 East with times in EST. Community items note Pythian Sisters meetings, Church of God services, Latter Day Saints social, and numerous alumni and local visits from Alma, Mt. Pleasant, Detroit, Saginaw, Flint, Bay City, and Pontiac.
James A. Rogers ministers the Methodist Church with Sunday School at 10 45 and morning worship at 1 00. Memorial Day exercises are set for Thursday at 2 00 pm with public invitation to attend. Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints led by Elder R B McGuire. Sunday School 10 30. social service 11 30. Zion's League 7 30. Evening services rotate between Clare and Farwell with preaching at 8 00 pm. Women’s Department meets the second Wednesday at 2 00 pm. Everyone welcome.
A Wednesday evening study group led by conductor Farwell at F. D. No. 2 meets weekly. The message cites Luke 16 25 26 describing a fixed great gulf between the living and the dead and the final judgment.
Kenneth Loomis visited his father Ben Loomis in Suginair after an accident in Saginaw. Numerous locals and guests from Saginaw Vernon Detroit Ironwood and Cadillac shared visits at Frank Rawson’s home. Teachers departed for home while Miss Tassava Vandenburg Baker Bailey and Norman Lahti returned to their own towns. George Sage and Ronald visited Flint and Albert Saul from Lansing dropped by. Davison couples from near Clare called on A Richmond, and more locals spent Sunday and weekend hours in various Michigan locales.
The week of May 20 to 25 marks Open House Week for WPA projects. Surrey Two Library invites the public to visit as WPA funds pay the librarian's salary, expanding hours to Tuesday through Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. with many new books.
Farwell shows a preliminary 1940 census population of 538, up from 422 in 1930. The announcement from the Office of the Supervisor of Census at Bay City notes figures are preliminary and may be corrected.
Mrs. Marie Robbins of Adrian and Maurice Robbins along with Edna Zick of Saline attended graduation exercises Friday night and the Alumni Saturday night. Mrs. Madge Lamb and Mrs. Etta Brown joined sixth District Michigan Library Association activities at Cadillac with speakers including Miss Eudasia Stratton and Dr. Charles Anspach. A Decoration Day program is set for Thursday May 30 at 2:00 PM in the Methodist church with Rev. James Rogers as speaker and special music.
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