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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1938
Page
3
Evart, undefeated, defeated Clare 14 to 6 at Clare on Friday November 4. Evart scored first on a drive finished by Dwart and a successful extra point. Clare answered in the third quarter with their lone TD as the wind hindered offense, but Evart added a second score and extra point to seal the win.
Dr Harvey White of Detroit, a narcotics lecturer, spoke at Clare High School on October 25 detailing narcotics dangers. He stressed education about drugs including opium and marijuana, warned against peddlers, and noted arrests of 48 people selling dope near Detroit high schools this year.
Clare Home Economics Club members were guests of the Coleman club on Thursday evening October 27. The Clare group performed the formal initiation for the newly organized Coleman Home Economics Club. After the initiation, Coleman members held a masquerade Halloween party with eight Clare members attending.
Shop classes built paths for the carnival and painted the floor gaining painting and construction experience. Woodworking students built an electric panel cabinet to store tools and six tables and benches for work areas.
A Wednesday dedication program honors new murals and a statue at Clare Public School. The event features remarks by George J. White and Paul Lowrey, band performances by Clare High School, and presentations by Michigan Federal Art Project leaders including Samuel Cashwan. The program includes an unveiling, a painting and installing segment, and a Pioneer Mother sculpture reveal with a benediction.
On October 26 the athletic board discussed basketball needs and chose to rent an electric scoreboard instead of buying one due to cost. The decision focuses on temporary use and budget considerations for the coming season.
The article details a fall themed museum across multiple grades with projects from first graders making a home play house and a sand box to second graders creating books about Teenevise a brownie and a surprise corner. It notes third and fourth grade activities including posters on the care of the teeth and a Halloween party.
The Pioneer staff plans a trip to Saginaw on the 14th of this month visiting the Saginaw News office and several other sites. A fuller write up will appear in the next issue.
With the football season closing the reserve squad receives praise for loyal support to the varsity eleven. They contributed to the Pioneers’ success, providing substitutes for games and practice targets and cheering from the sidelines toward victory.
A Thursday October 20 jamboree at the high school drew about ten rows of attendees. Dancing ran 7 30 to 9 00 in the downstairs hall with swing tunes. Afterward a large fire on the athletic field lit the night as hot dogs sold and speeches followed.
The Clara varsity and reserve squads suffer a string of injuries mid season. Slug Mance breaks thigh, Walt Kleiner tears leg muscle, Samborn tears shoulder ligament ends season, Warren Watson cracks collarbone and dislocates shoulder, and Tig Dwyer sustains a deep lip gash but remains active.
Johnny Parker edits a small paper with assistants Chester Richard and Galvin Foss as they learn journalistic writing in the fourth hour English Glass class. The project trains students in compiling and editing newspaper articles for publication.
A large crowd attended a school carnival with multiple shows in the auditorium. The Shack in the music room drew popular interest, door prizes were offered, and Bert Kane loaned skee ball and a target. Proceeds went to the school. Mrs. Wilda Boyles of St Louis won the radio prize.
Community citizens enjoyed a Northwestern Assembly circus Friday evening November 4 featuring trained animals performing without whips. Fred Anderson and Mary Miller showcased acts including an educated pony, a diving dog, and a monkey banana eating race with a local student as a participant.
A compilation of social happenings in Temple includes visits by Mr and Mrs Clarence Trump of Ithaca and Bill Squires of Gaylord. Roy Myers reports building a new service garage and witnessed a meteor event. Anna Crawford and others take Hawaiian guitar lessons in Marion.
Wallace Krell travels from Clare to Kansas City for the National Future Farmers of America convention with Michigan delegates visiting Chicago sights including Shedd Aquarium and Field Museum. The trip features bands, a banquet at Hotel LaSalle, a tour of Swift's Kansas City Plant, and a return to Battle Creek. Delegates include two boys from Hawaii and the larger FFA membership listed at 171000.
A single pound of cotton may contain as many as 100 million fibers, illustrating the remarkable complexity of the plant’s textile structure and the scale of material inside everyday fabric.
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