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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1942
Page
3
The Ladies Union and Congregational groups plan meetings and pot luck suppers. Card clubs and birthday celebrations occur at homes of Mulder Hartman Pudway Mussell and others with high scores and prizes noted. Hostesses serve lunches and desserts amid birthday songs and gift exchanges.
Mr and Mrs Roy Gordon announce the marriage of their daughter Irene to Robert Fisher son of Mr and Mrs Lewis Fisher of Lansing The vows were spoken at Mary Sabina chapel in Lansing with sister of the bride Raymond Reed attending They will make their home in Lansing
Jackson-Green led the Monday Gleason's bridge event with the evening high score and top overall tournament total as sixth round unfolds. Grand slam honors went to Douglas-Wyman Hartshorn-Rassat and Jackson-Green. weekly high scores listed for five teams and year-to-date leaders noted. A Red Cross collection is taken each week.
The Clare P. T. A. Club will hold its November meeting next Monday afternoon at 3:30 in the high school kindergarten room. Miss Mabel Reynolds will present a music and dance program featuring her entire grade along with two vocal solos by Joan Shoemaker. Mothers with children in any grade are urged to attend and remember the date.
The Try the Moon Club hosted Mr and Mrs Earl Tupper and Mrs Tupper on their 12th wedding anniversary and birthday at George Bryant home. After dinner prizes went to Mr and Mrs Gordon McIntosh Mr and Mrs Tupper and Mrs John Schultz. Gifts were presented to the honored guests.
Miss Dorothy Schlafley daughter of Mr and Mrs Edward Schlafley married Mr Jack Spencer son of Mrs Hazel Spencer in a 11 00 a m ceremony at Metropolitan Church Detroit Michigan Dr B Allen officiating The bride wore a powder blue street length dress with brown accessories and American Beauty rose corsage Attendants were the groom’s sister and husband Mr and Mrs Raymond Bauder They will reside at 1004 Court Street Clare
Edna I Bennett daughter of Mr and Mrs Harrison Bennett of Clare R-4 and Elton Anderson son of Mr and Mrs George Anderson of Loomis were married Saturday night at nine o'clock at the brides parents home. Rev Wesley Teale officiated. The couple plan to reside in Pontiac where the groom works in a defense plant.
The Clare Study Club met at Mrs. Jay Green’s home on Tuesday November 10 with president Mrs. N. A. Elden presiding. A program tied to education and National Book Week featured readings and four musical numbers plus a book review of The Cup and the Sword set in postwar America.
Seventeen members of the Youth Fellowship group traveled to Mt Pleasant for a Sunday rally. Attendees included Dr. and Mrs John H Hall Mrs Earl Sternaman Willard and Wilbur Ireland Agnes Pierson Roger Teale Jack and Phyllis Sterriaman Kay Clute Vena Lee Gillespie Margaret Zinser Beverly Sowle Doris Maxwell Martha Ann Parent Kennetha Barnes and Lois Hartshorn. Slap the Axis buy a War Bond today.
Miss Virginia Fox daughter of Mr and Mrs Arthur Fox of Ionia married Orville Cooley son of Mr and Mrs Stephen Cooley of Hastings at the Methodist Church in Ionia. Rev Frederick Dunbay officiated with maid of honor Miss Jackie Smith and bridesmaids Kay Mitchell Jane McKendry Joyce Fox Doris Harvey. The couple will reside in Clare where he manages the meat department at Kroger following a reception at the bride's home.
Louise Ahrens married Frank Peck in a private Tuesday evening ceremony at the Streif home. Rev. Earle Redman officiated at 9 30 with attendants Mr and Mrs Earl Skinner from Harrison and close relatives present. Peck, recently inducted into the army, served as son of Muskegon and is on a Fortuster furlough.
The Ladies Guild met in the church parlors led by the vice president Mrs Lionel Duncan. They voted for a pot luck fellowship supper next Wednesday evening November 18 at 6 20 for members and friends with supervision for young children during services.
A reader asks if they should invest 10 per edit of income into War Bonds. The note frames a small personal finance decision as a broader patriotic savings measure.
Zenobia Chapter No. 129 of the Order of the Eastern Star held its regular annual meeting on Thursday evening November 19 with Worthy Matron Greta Masten presiding. Officers elected for the coming year include Worthy Matron Belle Mair, Worthy Patron Rev. Albert Dawe, Associate Matron Mabel Reynolds, Associate Patron Jay Bellinger, Secretary Christina May Schutt, Treasurer Doris Empey, Conductress Nettie Holbrook, Associate Conductress Wilma Allen, with other officers to be appointed before the installation that same evening. Refreshment committee named Thurza Dawe Bessie Perry Dorothy Lloyd.
In round five at the Hotel Doherty bridge tournament the Doherty-Kajfez team led with the afternoon high score and captured grand slam honors alongside Naumes-Hampton. Afternoon scores listed show Doherty-Kajfez 10 940 and Naumes-Hampton 9 340 among four high teams. running totals put Doherty-Kajfez at 45 690 and Naumes-Hampton at 45 470.
Eighteen friends and neighbors gathered at the Glen Pool home to honor Lucille the bride of Herb McDonald. The groom left next morning for training camp and the bride would return to Wayne to live with her aunt Mrs. Henry Seestedt. A buffet luncheon followed as Lucille opened gifts. Mrs. Norman Hutchison played piano while Misses Wisse and Alma Rank sang a duet. The group ended with “God Be With You Til We Meet Again” and “God Bless America.”
The Baptist King's Daughters Society met at the parsonage with Mrs. Redman as hostess. Mrs. Harry Foss led a brief session and plans for the Bible Conference on Friday November 13 were finalized. Devolutions and prayers followed, roll call cited verses, and a war effort pledge. Members mended and tied a quilt for Mrs. Redman, to be a surprise gift. Next meeting November 18 at Mrs. Fred Loomis. Thanksgiving week no meeting, then December 2 with Mrs. D. W. Osborn.
The red winged black bird feeds largely on animal matter at 26 percent. Despite complaints in parts of the country the bird appears to cause little actual damage.
Agricultural leaders call on families to expand home grown food and feed production as a vital contribution to the United States war effort, urging increased self sufficiency across communities.
The Clare Townsend Club No 2 postponed their November 12 meeting and will meet tonight in the Archambault building room for a party and supper. Members and friends are invited and urged to attend.
The 1.0.C.F. Lodge met in their hall Monday evening with Ed Mussell as Noble Grand presiding. The District Association was announced for Thursday. The Midland Degree Team demonstrated the first degree on two Clare candidates and invited Clare members to Farwell to assist Wednesday evening.
Mrs Pfannie Schultz led the Tuesday session with Mrs Daisy Tiedeman taking the reins as Noble Grand. Plans were set for the district Association gathering in Clare on Thursday. Jessie Stough was elected by ballot for reinstatement. Scraps reports by Elizabeth McIntosh and Albn Howlett funded the treasury, with Eleanor Lehr urging all scrap records in by next Tuesday. Arthur D Johnson addressed the group before departing for Florida.
Roscoe G. Stephens, 76, a self taught astronomer from Kennebunk, has studied the stars since age ten. He built and uses a nine foot telescope to pursue his hobby despite limited formal education.
Ann Royall, publisher of the Paul Pry in Washington from December 1831, is named the first U.S. newspaper woman. Harriet Beecher Stowe is cited as the first influential newspaper columnist, with wide audience reach. Nellie Bly, famed reporter and world traveler, completed her record around the world in 72 days and six hours in 1889 while with the New York World.
A demonstration claimed to show a method to fake fingerprints baffling the French police. The process requires a genuine print from the victim, obtained by shaking hands, then applying a plastic substance on a gloved finger. Experts doubt its practicality and note tests would reveal deception, with faked prints appearing in reverse.
A brief note observes that an angleworm detects light and minor ground vibrations. It notes the creature cannot see but can sense environmental cues such as earth movement and shifting light, implying a subtle response to early disturbance.
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