Midwest Storm Ravages Farms and Vessels Across State
A midwestern gale devastates western Michigan with at least three vessels lost or damaged on the Great Lakes. Dozens of barns silos windmills and power lines fall as the death toll climbs above eighty. Shipping disruption and widespread property damage follow with Coast Guard searches for survivors.
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Midwest
Western
Michigan
Great Lakes
Coast Guard
Robert Shull
Here
Robert Archambault
Clare
Page Hight
Horton Dies After Long Ill Health at Home
Arthur H. Horton, longtime resident, dies Sunday noon at his East Fifth Street home after years of illness. He lost his left leg in a 1937 gun accident, endured bravely, and often whispered Thy Will Be Done. Born 1872 near New Rome Wisconsin, he studied at Lawrence University and Milwaukee Normal, later working in road machinery sales. He married Mabel Kerr in 1907, had three children Marian Thomas Virginia, and moved to Clare in 1920. Funeral services were held November 12 at Thurston Funeral Home with burial at Cherry Grove cemetery.
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Arthur H. Horton
East Fifth Street
Mr. Horton
Boyd
Wisconsin
Minneapolis
Minn
Mabel Kerr
Milbank
S. D
Detroit
Lansing
Marian
Thomas
Virginia
Clare
Horton
First Congregational Church of
Order of Free and Accepted Masons
Mabel
Wayne EH. Grimm
Whittemore
Betty
Mt. Pleasant
George M. Finch
Thomas Warren Horton
Victor Arthur Finch
Anne Virginia Grimm
Mamid
Hazard
Schuyler
Milwaukee
More Telephones In Clare During the Past Month
At November first Clare had 619 company-owned telephones in service, a gain of nine during October, per Michigan Bell manager T. C. Maher. nationwide, the company totaled 803,449 in service, up 8,283 in October from September.
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Clare
T. C. Maher
Michigan Bell Telephone Company
Prominent Clare resident Benjamin N. Mercer dies at 69
Benjamin Neely Mercer longtime Sag in aw sales representative and former Saginaw mayor dies at his Clare home after months of ill health. Born in Belfast 1871 he moved to Canada then Michigan and later Clare. Survived by wife Victoria daughter Vic Ross Mercer and brother Stuart of Chatham Ontario. Funeral rites were held at Thurston Funeral Home Clare with burial in Saginaw.
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Benjamin N. Mercer
Benjamin Neely Mercer
Belfast
Ireland
Canada
Saginaw
Champion Machine Company
Gale Manufacturing Company
Michigan
Mercer
Hee 1
Bif
Vic Ross Mercer
Stuart Mercer
Chatham
Ontario
Thurston Funeral Home
Clare
Albert Dawe
1940 Red Cross drive aims to meet county quota
Clare County Roll Call Chairman Mrs Harold Fleming reports satisfactory progress in the 1940 Red Cross membership drive with county cooperation and worker assistance. The drive funds will aid disaster relief within the county state and nation. Individuals can contact local chairmen or send fees to Mrs Harold Fleming Clare.
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Clare County
Harold Fleming
Red Cross
Claré
Armistice Day Exercises Held at Clare High School
A capacity crowd filled the Clare High School Auditorium for Armistice Day exercises led by Commander John W. Dunlop of Walter H. Larman Post No 128. The program opened with the band playing the tenth Regiment March and included a prayer by Rev. James A. Rogers before remarks honoring the end of World War I and a pledge of allegiance.
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Clare High School
John W. Dunlop
Walter H. Larman
American Legion
Dunlop
Seienlion
Keith Hunter
James A. Rogers
Clare Methodist Church
America
United States Army Mobile Recruiting Unit to Visit Clare
A U S Army Mobile Recruiting Unit will tour lower Michigan and be in Clare November 14 15 and 16 in front of the post office building. Captain M C Higgins 2nd U S Infantry Reserve leads the team with Sergeant M E Wilson and Corporal H W McGee from Selfridge Field. The unit has a 45 foot truck with living quarters and cooking gear and will show Army movies at 8 06 Friday evening at the city hall auditorium. Mayor John W Dunlop and Legion members will attend and eligible youths are invited to enlist during the visit.
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United States Army
Clare
Lower
Michigan
M. CG. Higgins
2Nd
U. S. Infantry Reserve
M. E. Wilson
Sixth Corps Area Headquarters
H. W. McGee
Selfridge Field
Army
John W. Dunlop
Welter H
Larman Post
Arées
Legionnaires
Hil Ft
Olaye
Heenk’s Plates Ad From Art Damoth Insurance Agency
The fragment advertises 1941 Heenk’s plates available through Art Damoth Insurance Agency, referencing a location at 2110. The unclear OCR suggests a small insurance and art sale connection with a year marker.
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Damoth Insurance Agency
Clare County 4 Her Leaders Meet at Harrison School
Clare county 4 H club leaders gathered at Harrison school Monday evening November 11 for their fall group meeting. The Home Economics Club of Harrison high school supervised by Miss Anne Wellington served a banquet for forty leaders in the English room. State leaders Miss Lola Belle Green and Nevell Pearson provided winter club instructions.
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Clare County
Harrison
Harrison High School
Anne Wellington
Lola Belle Green
Nevell Pearson
Mrs. K. Shilling Taken By Death In 1940
Mary Gilmore Shilling born 1862 in Stuben county Indiana taught in Angola and married Isaac N. Shilling in Mt. Hope Indiana. Survivors include six grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Funeral services were held at D. W. Osborn home with Rev. A. D. Telder officiating and burial at Cherry Grove Cemetery.
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Mary Gilmore Shilling
George
Mary Gilmore
Stuben County
Indiana
Angola
Isaac N. Shilling
Mt. Hope
Worthy E
Lillie B
D. W. Osborn
A. D. Telder
Qcherry Grove Cemetery
Town Meeting to debate totalitarian aggression topic
The Clare Town Meeting Discussion Group plans a 9:30 p.m. Thursday session at Town Hall New York City following Americas Town Meeting of the Air on NBC Blue. Moderator George W. Denny Jr will guide talks by A. A. Berle and Carlos Davila with local host Emil Pfister announcing details and Thanksgiving greeting cards at Houghtons Drug Store.
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Clare Town Meeting
Americas
America
Town Hall
New York City
E.S
N.B.C
George W. Denny, Jr
A. A. Berle
Carlos Davila
Chile
United States
Mix
Emil Pfister
Avery
Aventure
Plister Willy Act
Lighaeléal
Zenobia Chapter Elects Officers for coming year
Zenobia Chapter No. 129 of the Order of the Eastern Star held its annual meeting with many members and visitors. Officers for 1941 were elected, including Worthy Matron Illian Waller and Worthy Patron Donald E B Holbrook, with installation set for November 14.
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Zenobia Chapter No
Order of the Eastern Star
Annabelle Hampton
Alexander EB. Wylie
Cristina M. Schuett
Doris Empey
Flower Fund
Lillian Walker
Illian Waller
Donald EB. Holbrook
Greta P. Masten
Albert Dawe
Christina M. Schutt
Bella Mair
Mabel Reynolds
Donald 2. Holbrook
Lillian Barber
Marie Hendrie
Gertrude Schaaf
Clare Debaters to Meet Hersey in November Contest
Clare High School debating team meets Hersey High School in its first public contest of the season. The event is in Clare’s auditorium on Tuesday after noon November 26 at 2 00. Clare will be represented by Kath erine Dwyer Barbara Caple and Mavis Kennedy.
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Clare High School
Hersey High School
Clare
Katherine Dwyer
Barbara Caple
Mavis Kennedy
Hersey School
Republicans Win District Offices in Final Count
Final counts in Michigan elections show Republicans leading in key races. Rushton leads Starr for Attorney General amid Jackson voting machine issues and possible recounts. Murphy defeats Keyes for Lieutenant Governor. Fry defeats Flynn for State Treasurer. Woodruff, Carpenter, and Dunlop win legislative seats with sizable margins in Clare county.
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Jackson
Herbert J. Rushton
Raymond W. Starr
Starr
Jackson City
Clare
Frank Murphy
Eugene C. Keyes
Theodore I
Phil” Fry
Felix H. Flynn
Michigan
Wendell Willkie
Roy O. Woodruff
William J. Kelly
Clare County
Ben Carpenter
Charles F. Klump
Osceola-Clare
John W. Dunlop
Judson BH. Richardson
Christmas Bazaar at Congregational Guild
Bazaar held by the Congregational Guild on November 28 offers afternoon and evening shopping and social hours. Proceeds support church programs.
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Congregational Guild
Ady
Thanksgiving Day Proclaimed. Sentinel Published One Day Early
Next Thursday November 21st is Thanksgiving Day by presidential proclamation. The Sentinel will publish one day early to observe the holiday and all correspondents and advertisers are urged to submit copy in advance. Fifty Christmas meeting cards and envelopes with your name printed on each card cost $1.00. The Clare Sentinel.
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United States
The
Sentinel
Clare Sentinel
November term of circuit court to convene Monday
The calendar lists cases for the November term of the circuit court to convene in Harrison next Monday. Criminal matters include People v Bob Stager breaking and entering and People v Walter Hergenroeder breaking without entering. Other cases cover unlawful driving away, breaking and entering, assumpsit, conjectment, trespass, and related issues.
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Harrison
State of Michigan
Bob Stager
Walter Hergenroeder
Earl Wirick
Frank Natazman
Albert LeRoy Courtney
Robert Clyde Castle
Sixth Annual Community Fair At Clare High
The sixth annual Clare High School Community Fair drew well attended crowds, with 300 students from 21 schools on the final day. Winners across events included Ernest Bargood, Agnes Harmon, Vernel Carey, Naomi Pudway, Clarence Eberhart, and others in sprinting, jumping, and field contests. Rural schools vie for top honors with Colonville leading, and the Citizens State Bank awarding a $5 prize to the top rural school.
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Clare High School
Priddy
F.P.A. Ane
Jay Hansen
Louise Conklin
Ernest Bar— Good
Eagle School
Agnes Harmon
Herricks
Ernest Ebargood
Vernel Carey
Phinisey
Naomi Pudway
Colonyilies
Clarence Eberhart
Chester Charr
Wildcat
Margaret Ackerman
Herrick
Arlené Orms
Myers
Kenneth ‘Pakcifer
O'Connor
Donald Armentrout
Brown
Donna Chapple
Vernon Center
Delores
Haring
Phimsey
Alice
Grosvenor
Eleanor Williams
Carrow
Jeansite Aube
Rose Athey
Harwood
Bonnie Gordon
Balsley
Donald Murphy
Colonville
D.haines
Clara Sheridan
Blanche Strouse
Wilson
Bernice Moline
Minnie Caul
West Grant
Rachel Willes
Citizens State Bank
Hosier
Jamies Rawley
EVRA
Harold ‘Brooks
Ralph. Hart
Sook
Faynelk Whites
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Congregational Church
Tae
Benj. N. Mercer
Clare Home Sun
Osceola
Harrison School
K. Shilling
Houghton's
Zenobia Chapter
Donald E. Holbrook
Hersey
Start
Atlantic
Circuit Court
Ray Hart
Fred Aiey
Loose Wiles Biscuit Co
George G. Bowen
Richard I. Benninghausen
Ken
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