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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1943
Page
5
Rates show subscription prices for different regions and minor ad fees for liners, fillers, and cards. Social notes list visits and events including gatherings at the Henderson, Scrimger, and Fanning households, and a Girl Scout Halloween party at the VFW hall with named attendees.
A long list of visits and travels shows residents visiting relatives and friends from Harrison to Lansing, Flint, Detroit, Bay City, Saginaw, Midland and beyond. It notes Rev George Hughes accepting a church call, Navy inductions, military service, cabin weekends, and several cross town trips and gatherings.
Mrs Ethelyn Dean is away this week with moving tasks at her former Kindlay Ohio home. Mrs Amble fills her teaching slot and Mrs Doris Tennant oversees Amble’s fourth graders. Gravel is hauled for new front sidewalks to beautify the school grounds.
Mr and Mrs Francis McKenna hosted Sunday dinner for Grandma Schaaf birthday with Bertha Schaaf and relatives from Ohio and Hamilton township. The Study Club Home and Garden Division met at Naomi Dusold’s Long Lake home planning a rummage sale at the Fern Dress Shop site behind the bank. Mrs Earl Skinner celebrated Laura Mae’s eleventh birthday with friends. Merrill McQuiston hosted guests from Waterford and Dover for Sunday dinner. Bernie Hampton hosted a family birthday dinner for Mother Hampton and siblings in Clare with a chicken dinner and birthday wishes.
Elder David Bailey, pastor, leads services at 10:30 a.m. Sunday School at 11:15 a.m. Oriole and Bluebird groups meet at 7:30 p.m. Evening services begin at 8:00 p.m.
Rev. George E. Hughes leads Bible School at 10:00 a. m. Paul D. Gibson serves as superintendent. Church services follow at 11:00 a. m. Junior Endeavor meets at 6:00 p. m. and Senior Endeavor at 7:00 p. m.
The Harrison United Brethren Church lists Sunday School at 10:00 AM, preaching at 11:00 AM, and evening worship at 7:30 PM. A prayer meeting is held Thursday evening at 7:30 PM led by Pastor Rev. Benjamin R. Davis.
10:00 a m Sunday School led by Russell Cook at 11:15 a m church services 8:00 p m evening services special services Wednesday at 8 00 Young People meeting every Friday evening.
The text reflects on Japan’s calendar years with 1943–the Year of the Goat–as the 2,603rd year, noting 1941 as the Year of the Snake and that Pearl Harbor occurred on Monday, December 8 in Nippon, with 1942 marked as the Year of the Horse.
A Monday evening accident north of the fair ground left Mrs Mabel Payne seriously hurt after being struck by a car driven by Mr and Mrs Francis Gassman as she walked on the pavement. She suffered a dislocated hip a broken ankle and possible skull fracture and was rushed to Dr Wilson’s office then Clare Hospital.
The Clare County Honor Roll on the Court House lawn will be dedicated Armistice Day Thursday November 11 at eleven in the morning with a short program. Harrison High School band will perform as James Mead speaks and Veterans of Foreign Wars hold a ritual service. Commander Keysor directs arrangements.
The Harrison Study Club met November 2 at the Congregational church parlors with the topic Religion. Business approved continuing milk bottle collection for school children and raising dues from 75 cents to one dollar. Program featured piano solo, hymns, readings on Thanksgiving and service members, and pumpkin pie hospitality.
The Hayes Agricultural School senior class presented a community play last Friday titled Aunt Samantha Rules the Roost a comedy about an old maid seeking a political career. Dorothy Brown led the cast as Aunt Samantha with strong support from Rosealie Kinne Mary L Burns Helen Knapp and others in colorful roles. Crew included Darrell Weage head of property with a team and James Mead advising on public speaking.
The director led the production with Barbara Bush assisting and Barbara and Susie Henry helping as ushers. The seniors thanked the public for generous support as a large audience filled the theatre. After the play the cast held a party and presented Mr Mead with a gift for his efforts.
A compilation of service personnel with updated addresses and units. Entries include Jack L Runyon 2/c, James G Sparta 2nd Lt., Bernard L Wyman 2/c, Douglas J Paxton Pfc, Lyle S McNeill Pfc, Lavond White SOM 2/c, George Tope 1st Lt., Herbert McDonald Cpl. McDonald, and others with their current postings and APO or c/o Postmaster routes.
Sgt. Gale R. Howard has a new address at 36416127 33rd Field Hospital APO 806 c/o Postmaster New York NY. The listing directs mail to use the APO box and care of the postmaster in New York.
Hollis J Walton A S Co lists new address 1665 U S N T L S Great Lakes New Jersey Lt Byron L Gibbs of Cambridge Massachusetts is home on leave with his mother Mrs Jessie Gibbs Also mentioned Seaman Second Class Paul Creguer on convoy duty in the Atlantic and his parents Mr and Mrs P F Creguer receiving word.
Nelson P Williams a seaman from Farragut Iowa spent a 15 day furlough with his mother Mrs Ada Williams and sister Lucy Jane returning to his base after the visit on Saturday.
Pvt. Clyde Moline of Camp McIlrill North Carolina is granted a six day leave to see his ailing wife at Community Hospital Mt. Pleasant. He will also visit his parents Mr and Mrs Vern Moline.
Pfc Case of Fort Reno Oklahoma visits family during furlough. Cadet Brown Army Air Corps training in Raleigh returns to duty after seven day leave. Master Sgt Doherty Army Air Corps Medical Dept in fourth year of service spends furlough with parents and relatives and plans to report back November 16.
Pvt Jack L Mason returned to Camp Haan California on Monday after a fifteen day furlough spent with his parents and friends in Pontiac. He formerly lived at Mann Siding and his address is Pvt Jack L Mason Btry A 817th NAA AW Bn Camp Haan Area 7 Riverside California.
Charles E. Jones of Harrison Iowa has arrived at Cos College Cedar Rapids Iowa for a five month Army Air Force instruction course. He will take academic studies and elementary flying training awaiting appointment as an Aviation Cadet in the Army Air Forces.
Classified as pilot navigator or bombardier and sent to Training Command schools for specialty training. Cadets selected for aviation branches proceed to the appropriate training center to learn the duties and skills required for their assigned role.
Worden Parsell 21 of Clare RFD 4 after training at the US Maritime Service Training Station Sheepshead Bay N Y has been assigned to the Engine Training Department for advance instruction toward becoming a merchant seaman delivering cargo to battlefronts. He is son of Mr and Mrs Warren Parsell Clare RFD 4, graduated Clare High School, attended Tri State College in Angola Indiana, active in Band and intercollegiate activities, and formerly worked for Dow Chemical Company as a construction worker.
Time tables list Eastern War time schedules for Ann Arbor agents, rail numbers, and multiple bus lines. Routes include Clare and surrounding towns with departure and arrival times, plus connections to Detroit Chicago Battle Creek Kalamazoo. Also shows Great Lakes Greyhound Lines and Yellow Bus connections with intercity links and livestock market prices appended.
Described as a leading veterinary discovery, phenothiazine reportedly destroys most internal parasites. The treatment is linked to protecting livestock worth an estimated 125 million dollars annually and reducing weight loss on American farms, with costs running into millions more.
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