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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1928
Page
5
Ann Arbor South Central Standard notes list church activities for Methodist and L D S groups, Sunday school times, and pastor names. Local social updates include illnesses, visits, travel, car accidents with minor injuries, weddings, funerals, and community events around Farwell Gilmore Rosebush Clare and Bay City.
Special Memorial Day services are planned for Sunday May 27 at the M B church. At 9 15 a m the WA R W R G school children and cemetery visitors will meet to decorate graves of Civil Spanish American and World War veterans and W A CG members. A 1 45 p m parade to the M & church follows with G A R American Legion W R CG members Boy Scouts Camp Fire Girls school children and citizens headed by Gilmore band. The program starts at 2:00 p m with attendees urged to join.
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union met with Mrs. Carrie Bingham. Officers elected were Pres. Mrs. Lillie Clock, 1st Vice Pres. Rosa Stratton, 2nd Vice Pres. Hattie Masten, Cor. Sec'y. Della Stinchcombe, Recording Sec'y. Carrie Bingham, Treasurer Lizzie Baker, Supt. of Devotional meetings Wilmina Shumway, Supt. of Flower Mission Della Stinchcombe, Supt. of Mother's meetings Carrie Bingham. Mother's day program by Mrs. Bingham deemed profitable and enjoyable.
Farwell Woman's Club met Tuesday evening May 16 at the home of Mrs. Allen Graham for an art night. Mrs. Graham, a former president, oversaw the event as discussions on fine arts unfolded with a talk on American artists and a collection display.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions refreshments served and a visitors list including Mrs. T Mohrlock Mia C Graham and daughter Louise, with scattered names and quotations implying a social event.
A Prairie Farmer writer explains grapevines bear fruit on current season wood from last year’s buds. Trim severely but carefully in February to reduce bud count on long canes, leaving four or five canes with three or four buds each to boost future grape quality.
The apple tree borer is less known than the peach borer but equally damaging. Growers who treat peach trees with pesticides often neglect to remove borers from young apple trees. Two or three borers can stunt a tree for years, preventing vigorous growth and full recovery.
Eriest Angelo of the West Virginia College of Agriculture advises removing all dead and diseased canes from blackberry and raspberry patches. Biennial canes that bore fruit last season should be cut to near the surface, old brambles burned to prevent pests, and 1027 growth thinned to four canes per cluster.
The phrase appears to reflect English Puritan rhetoric labeling a political or religious adversary as a dangerous figure. The fragment suggests a historical polemic context around seditious or martial conduct in Cromwellian or early modern England.
Early lamp filaments used cotton batting and silk tissues burned to glow. Bamboo paper also served as a filament source in early electric lamps, illustrating the experimentation before modern carbon filaments.
A humorous line from P G Wodehouse notes that milkmen and fashionable photographers marry least. Milkmen see women too early, while photographers spend days amid feminine loveliness, becoming surfeited and morose.
An old ad promotes Pronto Paste as a portable aid for travelers and daily use. The copy highlights convenience and immediate usefulness at a druggist, suggesting practical value for on the go routines. The tone mirrors classic period advertising.
Rural listing advertises Russgett potato seed labeled quality guaranteed by Hanley Bros. Seeks buyers for farm planting stock with assurances of robust yield and reliable sprout vigor. Located near Hanley farm market with contact for order details and pricing.
Last Thursday evening Verona Bowers hosted a Sunday School class social with refreshments. A wide circle of relatives and neighbors from Gladwin Barwell Alma Bay City and Flint visited and spent weekends with Emma Wilds, Jasper Snider, and other local families, sharing illness updates and hopeful recoveries.
A patchwork of rural update items: W M Clark and son Ray traded at Clare. Seventh and eighth graders took exams at the lake area. Residents welcomed steady rain aiding corn planting and crops. Joe Clark first to plant corn. Garden growth praised after rainfall. Sunshine dinner hosted 25. Quilts made. blocks pieced for another. Floyd Lake group from Plat Rock prepared for Decoration Day. Family visits and ice cream at Joe’s. uncle Milton Lamb joined. Neighbors and relatives from Flint, Ewart, Ionia, Sonia, and Lake noted, with social calls and car rides in new Whippet. Cottages around Hight Point well represented. Don Brown at W B Cook’s job. J C Brown in road work near Sonia. Saturday visitors listed. various family gatherings and chatter among locals.
A truncated ad fragment advertises potted plants for sale in Thurston area listings. Likely from a local classified or shop notice detailing available greenery and pricing.
Mr and Mrs Forest Brown of Flint bury their year old baby in Lake cemetery on Wednesday. Unknown dogs killed two Ray Clark sheep Wednesday night. Mr and Mrs Wm Clark of Hight Point visited Mr and Mrs Bert Scott on Sunday. Mr and Mrs Pete Malosh spent Sunday with son Clifford and family. Mr and Mrs Mat Colosky of Farwell were on our streets. Sunday visit by Mr and Mrs Calvin Tryon and daughter Wana at Chas Storms home. Florence Gilman returned home from Saginaw hospital last week. Memorial exercises to be held at Garfield cemetery Decoration day.
The community records weekend visits by Mr and Mrs John Kuster and families from Lan sing, Saginaw, and Forest Hill. Seventh graders from our school went to Clare for an examination. Local families entertained relatives and called on neighbors. Edwin Wood family suffered an accident, with Donna Coats assisting at the home. D N Davis lost two brood sows in the last week.
Sunday visitors at the Tryon home included Mr and Mrs Clifford Price and family Mr and Mrs Lyons and family Mr and Mrs James Shaver Mrs Charley Weaver and two sons from near Gladwin.
Mr and Mrs F P Davis visited near Bard with their daughter and family. Clifford Castle and relatives visited Riverdale. Amos VanHorn and others from Flint and Detroit relatives stay with McClung family. Neighbors move back to farms as spring crops look good while fall crops were poor. Local notes on examinations and garden talk end with humorous asides and clinic praise.
Mr and Mrs Wm Magnus are confined to the house and bed with summer flu while their son Henry has recovered enough to work. Mrs Percy Durfee traveled to Detroit on Tuesday for her niece's funeral. Erwin White works with his tractor for H Greene this week. Mrs Claud Turner of Pontiac visits to tend to her homestead.
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