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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1938
Page
5
First graders at Clare School worked at the carpenter bench making tops guns and airplanes. In room activities two ball teams formed with Donald leading the Giants and Jimmy Joslin the Tigers. Reading used Nip the Bear and class writing moved toward elusive script.
This week our room welcomed Joe Johnston's mother Benny McKnight's mother Dawn Gardner's mother and Mrs Foster a former parent and visitor. Herbert Smith has returned to school but now stays with his parents in Detroit where little Jackie is receiving treatment.
Jack Powers returns to school while Bunny Brown visits on Thursday afternoon. Mary Lou Williams and Vivian Huntley miss class due to illness as science lessons cover wind and water shaping the earth's surface.
Mary Jane Kane led a Holland themed program with Ruth Clevye land Rosemary Dwyer and others in Dutch costumes. Rosemary performed a Dutch dance Phyllis Ogle shared a Holland story Arlene Capen read Wooden Shoes of Little Wolf and students sang Dutch songs.
Farwell Junior High defeated Clare Junior High 17 to 8 on Thursday May 19. Standout hitters included Carl Cappaert 4 for 4 and Junior Samborn 4 for 5, with contributions from Floyd Callihan 3 for 4 and Wesley Samborn 2 for 5. Several players did not get a hit but supported the team. An additional junior high game is set for May 27 at Farwell.
Miss Tobler’s French and Latin classes staged a pageant titled The Spirit of Ancient Rome. Florence Hales played the Spirit of the Present and Bette Walker the Spirit of the Past. Chester Richard narrated a Trip Through Roman History with sound effects by Wayne Brown John Parker Katherine Dwyer and Rita Creguer.
A short play closes the Language Club meeting with Donald David, a pupil who dozes through Latin. In a dream Caesar’s ghost consoles him and reframes Latin as worthy, convincing him not to quit. The club will meet once more this year and plans a weiner roast and hike.
Tri County Health Unit reports on a high school art trip May 17 18 visiting Cranbrook Michigan and Detroit Institute of Arts. The group toured Cranbrook Academy of Art Christ Church and the Y M C A and learned about murals by Gerald Mast and John Morse.
Poppy Day honors World War dead with memorial poppies worn nationwide on May 28. The poppy recalls battlefields in France and Belgium and is produced by disabled veterans for the American Legion Auxiliary to fund welfare work.
Johnson Electric Shop announces a nationwide contest with 300 refrigerators as prizes running May 20 to July 1. Procter and Gamble and Servel, Inc. conduct the event. entrants submit a 25 word sentence completing I like P G White Naphtha Soap because. Winners chosen for originality and sincerity, with NBC broadcasts aiding exposure.
University of Michigan Professor Ramsdell reports Clare county mills produced about 724000 board feet of lumber in 1935. Eighty four workers logged 980 man days, totaling 101 percent of the county five year average, with 771000 board feet of nonfuel wood products and 308000 shingles. Hemlock led with 178000, Norway pine 116000, white pine 103000. 381000 board feet were from logs salvaged from local waters.
A red circus minded squirrel entertains on a telegraph wire along a railroad right of way. A 70 year old wheels a 120 pound trunk eight miles to an express office and back with a borrowed wheelbarrow. Pauline Fucinari 12 wins a school spelling championship after immigrating from Italy in 1986. Gas in a water well turns to a gas well after an odor triggers ignition. An 1811 election notice is found in a Clare home remodel. Gas theft ends with a fire on a parked vehicle in Standish. Longtime Vicksburg election board member Louis Rapp 88 has served 70 years in Brady township offices. A dog adopts a weak pig as a foster litter on a Croswell farm. A fire on a gasoline truck is contained with only minor loss.
North Michigan crowds ready for the 1938 dance season with the Rustic opening on Friday May 27. An eleven piece orchestra led by Eddie Irwin will provide music as the newly redecorated Dance Palace hosts what locals expect to be the finest grand opening in the Rustic’s history.
The Clare County Farmers Union held its regular monthly meeting at Sheridan Town Hall. Discussions were engaging and members enjoyed a post meeting lunch. The next gathering, June 9 at Hamilton Town Hall, announced by Secretary Edith Raymond.
A Cloier's Weekly note says the Bible gives no clear indication of Mount Sinai's location though it is the Bible's most sacred site. The article highlights the ancient significance of Sinai in the Old Testament.
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