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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1945
Page
2
Farwell High School presents Carnival Queen of 1945 on November 9 at 8 30 p m with a long program of concessions from the classes and entertainment. The event supports extra curricular activities and features the school band opening the evening before the sales run to 10 30 p m.
The senior class upper six grades vote for queen candidates Grace Saddler Jean Shilling Ruth Miller Velma John and Juanita Curtiss. Altar to crown festivities aims to match or surpass past years as Orton Jr and William Dewey enjoy furloughs here. Opal Badger returns from Bay City college for the weekend. Mrs Dan Kripa travels to Texas to be with Pvt Dan Kripa. Boyd Wiggins returns home with family after Farwell graduation in 1937.
The library will be open daily after noon from 12 to 1 and 2 to 4 p m with Saturday hours 2 to 4 p m and 7 to 9 p m New books arrive continually and indicate ongoing acquisitions.
The Seniors win the magazine contest by about 72 over quota and plan a class play Where's Grandma scheduled for November 30. Marilyn Davison, a Farwell born senior in late October, is highlighted as a trombone player with interests in piano and music and aims to become a nurse.
Our class party was a success with games and dancing. A revised plan replaced the scavenger hunt while fruit punch and cookies were served. We felt honored by the many teachers attending.
The note welcomes Archie Joe Miller back to the third and fourth grades and mentions planning a Halloween party for next week.
The article notes wartime shortages left rural lines overburdened with many users per line. After the war, expansion and improvement programs will add lines as materials and trained workers become available. Until then residents should be courteous, keep calls short, and hang up properly to avoid tying up lines.
The class notes a map project to show commute to school and a Friday library visit by nine fourth graders. They will present reports on their read book while most report cards look good, and the 3G reading group finished a book and begins Friends and Neighbors with named students listed.
Fourth and fifth graders held fund raising by selling tags with Billy Hunt and Lois Penty leading the fifth grade and Eugene Glass and Virginia Graham topping the fourth grade. Eleanor Siegle celebrated her birthday with can day and a chorus of Happy Birthday. Alan Luce brought a porcupine to show the class, sparking interest in quills. The class studies cotton and the southern states in geography and plans a Halloween party for next week. The fifth graders practice dividing by two numbers, and boys arrived at school early on Wednesday for an hour of work.
Report from eighth grade recounts two volunteer skits led by students Thelma Penny Flora Wilds Alma Hall Patricia Sherman Joanna Allman as Donna Cook and Marjorie Lloyd Ellen Adams Marilyn DeGeer Dick Sabin The class notes perfect spelling scores lists and a October 24 class party with music dancing and a grand march Miss Hewitt begins as head librarian.
Juanita D. Morrow and Chester L. Holford wed in a candlelight ceremony Tuesday evening October 16 at the Marion Methodist parsonage. Witnesses included close friends. Holford recently served two years in Europe and is at Fort Leonard Wood awaiting discharge.
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