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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1940
Page
7
Rates for subscriptions and advertising are listed for Michigan and other points with separate charges for single copies liners reading notices and fillers. The passage notes a suggestion about probate notices to be printed by The Sentinel and mentions Judge Wylie for printing.
In Harrison, the Congregational Bible School Junior Girls class celebrated a May day party hosted by teacher Mrs. William Murphy on May 21. Nine girls appeared on the six month honor roll with seven scoring perfect 100 for scholarship and attendance.
Checks totaling 1419.78 have been received by the Agricultural Conservation Association of Clare County and will be mailed this week to the county's wheat growers. County Chairman Robert C. Kleiner announced the decision on Monday.
The Harrison VFW Post hosted a poppy sale on May 25 led by the Harrison Senior Girl Scout troop. Scouts Mary Louise Burns and Dorothy Brown, Margaret Brown and Priscilla Burns, Beverly Zubler and Kathleen Hampton, and others sold about 250 poppies. Memorial day services were led at the First Congregational Church by Dr. A W Johnstone, with Fred Weatherhead in charge of music, followed by visualistic services at Maple Grove Cemetery conducted by the VFW and Girl Scouts.
Western Kansas cattlemen report English starlings and meadow larks boring into cow backs and feeding on animals. Farmers struggle with poison tactics as birds ignore seeds and target dairy herds, prompting sheds and calls for a solution.
Summer 44H clubs organized in rural Clare County schools include livestock clubs directed by County Agent Gibson at Caner Déty Colonville and Davis with 38 boys. a pheasant club in Harrison with 12 members. food preparation clubs directed by Miss Mary Jones at Colonville Carrow Wild Cat Grandon and Temple with about 30 girls. Achievement day slated for early fall will feature livestock displays and home canned and baked foods at the Clare County Fair.
A Chinese belief holds that burning scorpions and centipedes invites their dead spirits to plague the home with revenge seeking insects. The precaution blocks disposal of remains to avert haunting and harm.
Report notes teenage attendees savor Nancy Drew titles during a community event. The gathering highlights popular mystery series and related gifts for young readers.
Sir John Reeves Ellerman Britain’s richest young man earns about ten thousand dollars daily. He donated a 150000 torpedo boat to the Admiralty, but the service cannot locate him. Since 1933 he has hidden his wealth, married Esther de Sola, and runs vast interests from a farm near Sunningdale. He uses assumed names and appears in Who’s Who with five lines.
Mandy Graham, 92, in Dogtown Alabama, built a chapel in her back yard after aging made Sunday travel hard. The simple structure hosts pastors from many denominations delivering sermons as locals attend, with Graham noting that all worshippers share a common destination.
In a London episode a 225 pound officer slept badly until he stripped his bed and found his batman’s trousers hidden under the blankets for pressing. His colonel praised the batman’s cheek and promoted him for showing initiative.
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The Clare County Janitors Club, 62 rural school pupils and teachers, completed a multi day tour from Welch's cabins to Soo Junction, Pictured Rocks, Marquette, Fort Wilkins, Iron River, Iron Mountain, Mackinac Island, and Mackinaw City. They toured prisons, forts, hotels, and scenic spots, with meals prepared in camp and packed lunches daily. The trip, the fourth annual, was organized by County Commissioner Helen Heather and supported by participating teachers Clarabelle Harper, Clara Rockey, Dorothy Heuschle, Viola Buzzel, Ver ona Bower, Marguerite Lower, Byron Clendenning and Duane Reed.
Miss Frances A. Greenwood of the University of Alabama has issued a comprehensive swimming reference book. It draws on 63 countries, 608 subjects, 10 000 titles and 19 languages, and took nine years to complete, tracing swimming from Biblical times to the present and including four appendices on organizations, film references, equipment sources, and lists of magazines publishers authors and titles.
The annual hay harvest totals 100000000 tons and ranks behind corn, wheat, and cotton in value. The data highlight hay as a leading agricultural commodity in the United States.
Gift and Flower Shop showcases durable cleanable books for kids. Favorite stories highlighted include Pinocchio along with other timeless tales suitable for young readers.
Alice L. Seeley Chapter No. 194 held a special initiation night last Friday with guests Grand Electa Mrs Anna Ross Mr Ross and Mrs Good of Midland and Mr and Mrs J Bel linger of Clare. Officers were praised for proficiency and a social hour followed with refreshments.
In the Tub District, fifty or more years ago, a teacher who taught the first years of a local school four miles south of Sears impressed pupil George Tenant with his whistling. His daughter Mrs Etta Peterson sent this remembrance with maple syrup for Mother's Day, noting her father’s esteem. The reminiscence ends with family ages and health of the couple.
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