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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1942
Page
10
Weekend visitors and family updates fill Farwell news with church meetings and lodge notices. Community schedules include train stops in Ann Arbor, Marquette and Clare with church services and Society events noted amid family visits and birthday celebrations.
Pastor Mrs Mary E House lists church activities at Rogebush residence. Sunday School at 10:00, Morning worship at 17:00, Young People's meeting at 13:00, preaching at 20:00. Prayer meetings are held each Wednesday at 7:30 PM with contact by phone 26 613.
Church notes detail John H. Hall's service and area evangelism plans with Holy Communion launching the program. It also notes cooperation with the local Woman's Club to support youth moral life and mentions various social visits and trips by residents and members around Clare and nearby towns.
The green bean trial yielded strong results with 113,417 pounds sold to Scottville canners. They report an exceptionally good first year crop and plan to plant more acres next season as production nears 300,000 cases canned.
Suppers planned for Saturday evening October 3 feature a full menu including buttered rolls sandwiches escalloped potatoes potato salad baked beans spaghetti cabbage salad pickles pie ice cream cake and coffee all priced affordably. W S C S sponsors sale of unwanted items and buys needed goods in Clare Sentinel ad.
The Farwell Ladies Library hosted a teachers reception on Tuesday September 29 with Dr John H Hall addressing Religious Education in the Home and Community. Mrs Ruby Graham introduced guests and Mrs Harold Jones accompanied Mrs Hall on piano. Tea with red white and blue decor followed as attendees were introduced and a next meeting set for October 6 at the Ladies Library with Miss Christine Minshull hostess.
The James A. Stanley family of Farwell held a birthday dinner at the Olin Teachout home to honor Mr. and Mrs. James Stanley, Ruth Stanley, Mrs. Gladys Wolven, and grandson Jerry Wolven. Attendees included extended relatives from Farwell, Whittemore, St. Johns, Alma, Greenville, and Gilmore township.
School notes highlight aviation pictures sixth grade Australia and New Zealand studies. Early elementary pupils made My Book to Help America. Birthday celebrations for Leona and Betty Gibbs with chocolate fudge. Students write original English stories and Barbara Nass pens a new poem. Also explains the secretary of the treasury versus the treasurer of the United States and the 1789 creation of the office.
The American Review of Tuberculosis reports thousands of college students harbor infectious TB due to lack of screening. Michigan schools with tuberculin testing and chest X rays include Siena Heights, Adrian, Kalamazoo, Albion, Emmanuel Missionary, Wayne, Michigan State, Calvin, Western State, Olivet, and Olivet. The University of Michigan conducts universal student chest X rays.
The conservation department lists 202 permanent duck blind licenses issued this year, close to the 248 permits in 1941. Most are on Houghton Lake, Saginaw Bay, Lake St. Clair, Muskegon Lake, with a few on Round Lake near Traverse City and Lake Leelanau.>No new licenses for Tawas Bay or Big Platte Lake yet. Temporary blinds require no license.
A 1942 market listing shows items from Wheat to Hogs and Beef Hides with quoted prices per cwt or unit. It includes categories for meats and poultry such as Prime Veal Spring Lambs Fowls Hides and various beef cuts with price ranges and notes on livestock quality.
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