News and Comments From Washington on Neutrality Dilemmas
A Washington column urges facing the dangers of neutrality as Europe and Asia erupt. It questions cash and carry, arms sales, and the Johnson Act while stressing national defense adequacy, debt, and the duty to the youth in a turbulent world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Woodrow Wilson
Greenland
Caribbean
Germany
Japan
Dutch East Indies
Philippines
England
France
Lake News Lake Church Services and Visitor Notes
Wyrick pastor leads Sunday services at Grange Hall with Sunday School at 10 30 a m and preaching at 7 30 p m with Rev I W Wyrick. Prayer meeting Tuesday evenings place announced. Visitors include Mr and Mrs Clifford Galdeen Toledo and families from Heart and Flint with local residents Galdeen Scott Wirten Byes and Charles Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oman
W. Wyrick
Jesus
Clifford Galdeen
Toledo
Gus Galdeen
Myrii Scott
Children of Heart
Galdeen
Wirten
Charles Smith
Flint
Decoration Day Massacre Warning on Highway Accidents
A wartime style plea urges readers to fight a domestic foe, the Oli Man Accident, by driving carefully. It cites Memorial Day deaths and auto accident tolls, urging personal responsibility to prevent injuries and fatalities on American roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
America
Weekend Visits Highlight Local Social Roundup
Mr and Mrs Sam Main er and Mrs George Scott stayed with Deloss Lehman in Saginaw while a Friday school picnic preceded the eighth grade graduation on Thursday. Edna Jacobs and a Mesick friend visited Del McCumber. Hugh McDonald and Sandra traveled to Saginaw for a week with Dewey Gustin. Irwin Howell took his wife and children to Indianapolis to visit relatives until Decoration Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Scott
Saginaw
Deloss Lehman
Edna Jacobs
Mesick
del. McCumber
Hugh McDonald
Sandra
Dewey Gustin
Irwin Howell
Indianapolis
Local social notes from Mr. Pleasant and Mt. Pleasant communities
Mr. and Mrs. Coe Merril and the Woodworths visited in Lansing and with Harriet Williams and Hattie Acker. Mrs. Letson and daughters spent time with Winifred and Helen May. Ray Bergey and family hosted visits. various relatives dropped by Clyde Kistler and Archie MacDonald households. Donna Jean Woodworth visiting relatives in Mr. Pleasant. Several members attended meetings and shared afternoons and evenings with kin across Mt. Pleasant, Clare, and North Bradley areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coe Merril
Pleasant
Roy Woodworth
Doris
Harriet Williams
Stone School
Mr. Pleasant
Lansing
Woodworth
Michigan Well Drillers Association
Cyril Letson
Winifred
Helen May
Hattie Acker
Ray Bergey
Sarah Poet
Mt. Pleasant
Homer Haddix
Clare
Ray
Bergey
Leon — Warner
Wallace‘ Cornell
Ernest
Bertha Schaefer
Clyde Kistler
Donna Jean
Dee Merrill
M. Ehrhardt
Mrs. Fullmer
Genevieve
North Bradley
Archie Mac
Donald
weekend social noting local names at gatherings
Bruce Tigner of North Bradley spent the weekend with Alger Mac Donald. Homer Odell spent Saturday night with Duane MacDonald. Mrs. Ford Seymour called on Mrs. Frank Wichert Sunday afternoon. A large crowd attended the school picnic Friday. A noon dinner featured homemade ice cream. In the afternoon the youth and school children played a ball game. It was hard to pick a winner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Tigner
North Bradley
Alger MacDonald
Homer Odell
Duane MacDonald
Ford Seymour
Frank Wichert
Notice to Clare County Wheat Farmers 1941 Allotments
The Clare County Agricultural Conservation Committee announces that 1941 wheat allotments are being determined. Farmers who have not harvested wheat in two or more of 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, or 1940 must submit a written request for an allotment. No requests after June 1, 1940. Allotments set for farms with harvests in three or more of those years. Signed Robert C. Kleiner, Chairman.
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Clare County Agricultural Conservation County Commitiee
Fading Railroad Slang And The Phrases That Died
A glossary of 69 railroad terms compiled by Freeman H. Hubbard of Railroad Magazine preserves terms now fading. The author notes that aging railroad workers who kept the slang alive are gone, and phrases like on the spot meant a chance to rest on company time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeman H. Hulbard
Railroad Magazine
Hubsbard
Poppy Poster Contest Winners Announced Here
Clare Public Schools announced winners of the Poppy Poster Contest judged by Mrs. Louisa Bowler Mrs. Mabel Mulder and Harr H Sternaman Senior group winner Henry Denton runner ups Irrances Davis Cleo Paxton Honorable Mention Norma Fisher Junior group winner James Ostrowski Tony Burdo Doris Maxwell Prizes will be awarded by Walter H Larman American Legion Auxiliary Unit 128 Posters advance to the District for further consideration due to strong pupil art from Mr Lowrey’s class
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Clare Public Schools
Louisa Bowler
Mabel Mulder
Harr H. Sternaman
Henry Denton
Irrances Davis
Cleo Paxton
Norma Fisher
James Ostrowski
Tony Burdo
Doris Maxwell
Walter H. Larman
American Legion Auxiliary
Lowrey
Clare
Teachers Panel Sets Standards for a Teacher
The Teachers Club held its final meeting in the Home Economics room on May 15. A panel from each class discussed what a teacher should be, chaired by Mr Kennedy. Senior June Bergey, Junior Katherine Dwyer, Sophomore Douglas Paxton, Freshman Roberta McKnight, Eighth Grade James Kane, Seventh Grade Richard Koch offered views on qualities, with sincerity seen as the key teacher trait.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vanderlip
Kennedy
June Bergey
Katherine Dwyer
Douglas Paxton
Roberta McKnight
James Kane
Richard Koch
May events mix tennis baseball and arts exhibits
May 24 Tennis and Baseball events start the schedule with Heart in focus. May 31 features Tennis Baseball Reed City with further school activities. May 381 Fine Arts and Industrial Arts exhibits run into June, followed by Baccalaureate June 2 and Class Night June 3. June 7 marks the 58rd Commencement.
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Reed City
Schedule Changes For Next Year Classes
Mr Bates Mr Kennedy and the faculty have been arranging next years class schedule. A preliminary enrollment will be taken this week. Senior Science is replaced by Physics. Senior English offered every other year is not offered next year. Geometry will be offered next year.
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Bates
Kennedy
Dream Boat Operetta Delights Clare High Auditorium
Tuesday evening the grades and the mixed chorus presented a music festival in the Clare High School Auditorium. The operetta titled Dream Boat featured sixty students from first to sixth grade with the elementary chorus performing several songs. The setting depicted a trip to dreamland.
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Clare High School
Birthday Supper Planned for Grange Members
Grange gathering on Monday night will include a covered dish birthday supper for members born in March April and May. Visitors include Mr and Mrs Ed Schlafly at the Ralph Brown home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emaline Daniels
Will Hulbert
Mt. Pleasant
Daniels
Jennings Archambault
Clare
Alfred Bental
Fugularice Department
Michigan State Farm Bureau
Rosdden Jones
Lanstig
Jénnings Archambault
Seniors Dress Up Day Delights Students in Cook County
Dignified seniors staged a dress up day entertaining students on Wednesday May 10. Participants dressed in varied outfits from navy chiffon to fishing gear and night gowns with alarm clocks. The event featured a pot luck lunch as teachers joined guests in the Home Economics room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russel Eberhart
Ronnie Brown
Phyllis Sherwood
Neilan Cradit
Cleland Green
Cleo Paxton
Don Dunlop
Aviator Pat Kinzel Chases Coyotes in Wheat Country
Pat Kinzel, an aviator in eastern Washington, has turned to plane chasing coyotes. He swoops and circles as a coyote runs then lies down, paws the air, and snaps at the roaring plane. Kinzel calls the sight the funniest thing he has seen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat Kinzel
Washington
Kinzel
Clare Student Wins Freshman Scholarship to Central State
Waly Krell, head of the senior class with a 9.7 average, won a Freshman scholarship to Central State over Joy Groves. The award covers both semesters of the freshman year and supports his education, after applicants submitted blanks and photos and awaited Mr. Kennedy’s announcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joy Groves
Waly Krell
Central State
Wally
Joy
Kennedy
Thirty Years From Now stage reunion at Clare High
Clare High students staged a future class reunion drama titled Thirty Years From Now in the auditorium. Notables included Don Dunlop as a hopeful U S president and Rennie Brown a Tokio University football coach. Phyllis Sherwood sought a singing role while attended by guests. Forrest Gordon funded a new reception room but could not attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare High
Don Dunlop
United States
Rennie Brown
Tokio University
Phyllis Sherwood
Forrest Gordon
Louise Cummins
Seniors Choose Memorial Tennis Court Location
After months of debate the senior class settles on a memorial tennis court for the school. The location is undecided between the athletic field east side of the school. The class will contribute about one hundred dollars and the school board will supply the rest of the funds.
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Ellen
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Louise Beavers
John Milian
Fu Manchu
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Dorothy Lamour
Robert Preston
Lynne Overman
J. Carrol Naish
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Edison
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Charles Coburn
Gene Lockhart
Henry Travers
Felix Bressart
Yvette
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Paramount Sound News
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Joan Bennett
Walter Pidgeon
Lloyd*Nolan
Gladys George
Lillian Russell
Alice Faye
Don. Ameche
Henry Fonda
Edward Arnold Warren
William Leo Carrillo
Lake News
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Fred W. Graun
Mrs
Sam Main
Loomis
Clare County Wheat Farmers
Robert C. Kleiner
Clare Co. Agr
MT. Vernon Grange
Clare School News
Wally Krell
Cara Nome Beauty Creations
Elsie Vander Schuur
Miss Vander Schuur
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