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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1939
Page
9
Frighner and Parish publishers announce weekly issue at Clare with post office entry and pricing. Rates include $1.50 per year in Michigan, $2.00 for other points, 10c per line for locals, 5c per line for fillers, 25c for ten lines cards of thanks, and 6c per line for poetry or resolutions.
Harrison High School launches the 1939-40 basketball season Tuesday November 21 hosting Edenville Varsity and Reserve teams. The 25-player squad is coached by Ronald Keller and aims to build on last year’s players despite many graduates. The schedule lists 13 home and 7 away games through February including LeRoy Coleman Farwell Weidman Tustin Merritt Marion MiBain and more.
The Hayes Agricultural Unit High School senior class presented Give Me Credit at the school auditorium on Friday evening November 10 directed by Paul Bennett. The performance featured the school orchestra and xylophone selections by Miss Jean Gibson, drawing a large Harrison audience and transporting forty five Merritt High School pupils by bus to attend. Proceeds totaled about 45 dollars for the seniors.
A general meeting of the Harrison Congregational Church will be held in the church parlors Tuesday evening November 21. Friends and members are urged to attend to discuss the engagement of a new pastor.
Forty three members and guests met at Mrs. Lulu Murphy home with Miss Dorothy Brown performing two piano pieces. Reports from district meeting were presented by Mrs. Marion Amble. Upcoming layette project planned for November 14 at the school building. New members welcomed: Thedosia Alubowicz Elizabeth Schaaf David Harper and Chet Paulton. Luncheon followed.
The operetta America The Beautiful for Harrison school grades four to eight is postponed to Wednesday November 29. Directors include Miss Thedosin Alubowicz Mrs Fern Keller and Mrs Ivah Hmery. The Girl Scout troupe plans a December 8 performance at the school gym with younger scouts providing interludes under Mrs Ivah Emery guidance.
The student council held a meeting to perfect the school year program and promote better conduct and school pride. Members are making posters to place in rooms around the building to instill pride and order.
Supt Amble receives praise from Beaverton Supt James MacConnell for Connell High School’s cooperative and wholesome activities. Freshman class hosts Sophomores, Duane Allen leads with Miss Anne Wellington assistance. Basketball practice vs Houghton Lake CCC camp. Border Patrol film draws $4.10 for curtain fund. Thanksgiving break set for Clare County and nearby districts with November 30 classes normal.
The red coated army invaded Clare county last weekend and continued through mid week to be ready for Buck hunting season. Harrison sportmen joined on Wednesday morning and camped on runways awaiting the opening day.
Local brief notes that further Harrison items will appear on page twelve of today’s edition, guiding readers to additional society and community updates.
London dispatch reports Rome’s blackout measures differ from London in lighting, transport, and communications. Street lights dim, blue headlights appear, and cars move quietly with bans on motor horns. Trains to France run, telegraph works slowly in French, but official calls and London reachability remain possible. Imperial Airways still operates with detours.
Italy debuts a stainless steel alloy called ac monital to replace nickel coins as a conservation move. Reports say the decree could save between five and six thousand tons of nickel, aiding strategic material reserves.
Indirect taxes buried in retail prices accounted for 56 percent of all local state and federal revenues in 1938, totaling about 7.96 billion dollars of 14.16 billion. The National Consumers Tax Commission notes state and local units rely heavily on indirect levies, with property, gasoline, payroll, and corporate taxes shaping the burden.
London reports rising numbers of Britons using air travel to reach racecourses. At the 2,000 Guineas in Newmarket, 17 planes from liners to private craft were employed. Plane racing trips began three years ago with small two and three seater aircraft, occasionally carrying French visitors interested in French horses. Jockeys also fly to race meetings.
In Fennville Michigan a 71 year old couple William Shiffert and Elizabeth Sharp wed in Indiana after 51 years and four interrupted marriages. Their engagement was once blocked by parents fearing they were too young. Shiffert married three times. Sharp’s husband also married once.
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