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Clare Sentinel

Location

Clare, Michigan, United States of America

Date

Nov 15, 1940

Page

3

Harrison Ladies Study Club Achieves Much At Meeting

The Harrison Ladies Study Club held a November 7 gathering at Miss Anna Joes home with 31 members present. Reports from social welfare library and Girl Scout committees outlined donations for Christmas baskets, a rental library, and upcoming Lyceum programs while division groups planned winter activities and listed members by division.

Harrison Ladies Study Club Anna Joes Charles Amble Thomas Belt Ben Carpenter Jessie Gleason Presidcus Wirs M. M. van Every Robert Brown Ephriam Briggs

Club Plans and Donations Highlight December Meeting

Bertha Green and others form divisions to oversee programs for the year. The Literatura group will entertain in January, Home and Garden in March, Music and Drama in May. Five dollars go to the school milk fund with five more later. A parliamentary drill by Mrs. Amble precedes Mrs. Hughes reporting on the North eastern District convention in Mt. Pleasant. A 5.00 silver collection closes the evening social hour with refreshments. The next meeting is the annual Christmas party on Tuesday, December 17 hosted by several members.

Miss Gager Home and Garden Alice Bates Sadie Beals Alice Brown Amber Burns Dorothy Carey Anna Carpenter Ida Crigier Leota Green Lucina Hampton Rhoda Gibson Theo Hibbard Gladys Kinne Tressa Lucas Bertha Schaaf Ethel Smith Marguerite Fanning Ione Bush Olive Weidner Carrie Ligmion Hilda Bringman Frieda Whitmer Margaret Derby Irah Emery Gertrude Gardiner Jessie Gleason Maude Harper Bertha Green Clarabelle Harper Olive Hantett Beril Jesson Amble Bertha Hughes Mt. Pleasant William Murphy Pearl Clute Olive Hallett Fred Smith William Henderson Wallace Harper

Dinner Party for Eastern Star Officers at Tip Top Inn

Worthy Matron Mrs. Sadie Beals of Harrison Chapter 408 entertained Eastern Star officers at a November 7 dinner at the Tip Top Inn. The event featured color themed decorations, a three course chicken dinner, and a brief program led by toastmaster Mr. Weatherhead with remarks from the Worthy Matron and guests from Harrison and Pinconning.

Sadie Beals Harrison Order of Eastern Star Tip Top Inn Fred Weatherhead Bert Lydell Clyde Pifer Emily Cleveland Emily Wertner Jessie Gleason Fred Zubler Ervin Weaver Earl Green Bertha Green Fred Jones Olive Weidner Olive Hallett E. M. Mitchelz Pinconning Weatherhead

Outdoor Sires Club Elects Officers and Plans Year

Mrs William Murphy hosts the fall organization meeting of the Out Door Girls Club with new members aged nine to twelve. Officers elected include President Mrs William Murphy Vice President Mary Ruth Briggs Secretary Donna Jean Richmond and Treasurer Joan Pifer. Committees named Sick Diana Wilson Delores Wood Irene Brandon Flower Lila Mae Pifer Joy Vertner Janet Gleason Welfare Joan Gibson Inguard Birch Ava Jean Bringman. A December tag day sale is planned to fund welfare work and the club adjourned with a social hour and treats.

William Murphy Mary Ruth Briggs Donna Jean Richmond Marilyn Huntley Joan Pifer Joy Vertner Lila Mae Pifer Janet Gleason Wilda Hecker Diana Wilson Delores Wood Irene Brandon Joan Gibson Inguard Birch Ava Jean Bringman Piarsa

Bible School Class Holds All Day Meeting

The Congregational Bible School class met Thursday November 7 in church social rooms with twenty members attending. A pot luck dinner followed and a brief business meeting. The next class gathering is set for Thursday December 5 at Mrs Schuett’s home with Mrs Brattin and Mrs Taylor assisting.

Congregational Bible School Fred Schuett Adah Brattin Minnie Taylor

Langsdon Birthday Surprise At Home Celebration

Mark Langsdon, surprised on his eleventh birthday by a party of twelve at his parents home. He received many gifts including a beetle gun. The afternoon featured games, refreshments, a cake table, and place cards. The Altay Guild held a church social on November 14 with a program, social hour, and refreshments.

Mark Langsdon Mark Altay Guild of The Congregational Church

Harrison Briefs United Brethren in Christ

Community notes from Harrison list church services at 10 11 and 20 0 clock with a Thursday evening prayer meeting. Social items mention visits from Briggs families Draper McKenna Lang Schuett Archambault and others, plus a Silver Wedding Anniversary in Shepherd and local travel to Mt Pleasant and Owosso.

United Brethern IN Christ Harrison Mission E. E. Droum Clara Smith Jack Briggs Frank M. Myers Estella White Bay City Mix Donald Herrington J.B. Garrabrant Joseph Newbound Marion Roth Richard McCartney Saginaw Frank Walters Tawns City Morrell Clute Pearl Clute Clare Rex Clute Harrison P. Clute Francis Thomas Mancelona John Hughes Detroit Elmer Hughes Jesse Allen Vesta Budd Zeno Budd Greenwood Township Budd Harry Ri. Philo Central State Teachers College Mt. Pleasant Mynard Maybee Samuel Bruce Otto Hastment Alma Sheriff Seaver Amble Hilda Brief Ann Arbor Paul Lang Walter Lang Gena Fisher Sadie Beals Allan Larnard Httle Jimmie Lansing Ben Carpenter Onalee Gorden Marion William Schuett Clarkston Fred Schuett Albert Archambault Dickie Remus Robert Hecker Frank Higgins O. Amble Hamilton Townsship Brucé Reigle Read City Gerald Reigle John Kemmis Owosso George E. Bersetto Jonesgills William Murphy Dimimie Schneider Ethel Light Byatt Miriam Hecker Gerald Reigie Anid Freemont Indi

Harrison Area Social and School Note Recap

A Sunday visit by Mr and Mrs Donald Seelinger and infant to Lakeview relatives. Visits by Mr B Town and family of Farwell to Bluie Town and Fred Schuett. Rex Clute of Saginaw visited. Hagison Independent basketball team formed and practicing weekly with schedule to come. Harrison Public School attendance fell to 50 percent due to bad weather. Bus routes by Redding and Frost townships halted. other Harrison buses carried fewer pupils.

Ane Donald Seelinger Lakeview Jake Seelinger Harrison B.town Farwell Bluie Town Fred Schuett Rex Clute Saginaw Hagison Harigon Redding and Frost Township Harison

Footwear Fit: London Women Struggle with Small Sizes

A survey finds that only one in ten London women can wear a size three shoe. About a quarter need larger sizes, highlighting a shortage of small footwear options for women in the city.

London

Pirate Blackbeard Rumored to Have Thirteen Wives

Historical tale notes Blackbeard the pirate reputed to have thirteen wives, linking legends to his 18 named spouses and coastal raids along North Carolina in the early eighteenth century.

Blackbeard North Carolina

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