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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1939
Page
9
The Clare Sentinel announces weekly Friday publication and USPS mailing from Clara Michigan pricing and rates for subscriptions, display ads, locals, liners, and cards. It requests probate notices be printed by The Sentinel via Judge Wylie.
James Darling Sr 82 birthday honor recalls Harrison’s rise from a wooden village to a booming lumber center and back as tourism grows. Born September 30 1857 in Port Dover Ontario he moved to Harrison in 1883 and worked in lumber then with Pere Marquette Rail Road before retiring twenty years ago. He now enjoys gardening and flowers.
Mr. Darling, longtime Harrison resident of fifty six years, speaks of local life from days when saloons dominated the town. He lists his extensive four generation family with relatives in Harrison Mint Greenwood and Allegan and notes open house and a chicken dinner honoring his birthday, with many relatives present.
Jerry Larion died Thursday September 21 at his Harrison home after a life in Battle Creek Saginaw and Harrison. He was born March 7 1863 and married Lucinda Miller February 10 1904. they had son Ralph. Funeral Sunday at Fanning with Rev H E Drummond. interment Flushing cemetery. He served as a paper hanger and painter and leaves two sisters and a brother.
Mr and Mrs Wallace Harper and Mr and Mrs David Harper plan a two week vacation in the east starting October 7 visiting Bridgeport Connecticut and the World Fair in New York City. George Earl of Temple and Dan Sullivan of Harrison wrecked on M 11 three miles west of Harrison with both drivers blaming partial fault. Sheriff Seaver Amble investigated.
Dr and Mrs A W Johnstone will return this week from New York City where he spoke and she visited Belfast Ireland and family in Grosse Pointe Farms Bethlehem PA and Harcourt Johnstone in PA. He will be a featured speaker at the Harridon Board of Commerce first meeting of the year on Thursday evening October 5 at the Congregational church social rooms.
The Young Women's Auxiliary met at Mrs Mary Weatherhead's home with twenty one members and two visitors. A dinner at Rep and Mrs B F Hampton honored Mrs Anna belle Hampton of Clare who won the Charles Strange Golf Trophy for the third year running. Guests enjoyed a seven o'clock chicken dinner, socializing, and games led by Miss Kathleen Hampton. A separate September 30 celebration at Mr and Mrs Robert Brown marked Mrs Stella Briggs and Mr Brown's birthdays with progressive pedro and MHucher, prizes and gifts.
The Ambassador Quartet performs at the Harrison school gym Thursday evening October 12 as the second Bob Hanscom Lyceum program. The four men present vocal numbers solos and quartet pieces plus a bells concert using over forty bells of various sizes. They are top entertainers known for harmony and dramatic music and are highly popular nationally. The show starts at eight o'clock with enthusiastic Harrison residents awaiting the performance.
Harrison High School added Laura Prescott Milton Prescott and Iva Wilson to the freshmen class bringing total enrollment to 381. Charles Hamilton spoke to upperclassmen on Choosing an Occupation. He is president of Bay City and Port Huron business colleges and a former Michigan educator and author.
The article notes the book Choosing an Occupation offers real help to pupils seeking direction. It highlights practical advice and guidance aimed at assisting students in selecting suitable career paths.
The club held its annual meeting with prize awards for golf and related events. Members received gifts such as a motor truck, sedan, pocket knife, and a nursing bottle with humorous captions. Election of 1940 officers named Leo Hampton as president and Homer Douglas as secretary, with the entertainment and tournament committees reassembled.
The Twin Elms banquet reflected sadness at Ike Hampton’s retirement from golf and club leadership. Tim Cotter voiced that Ike would want the squad to carry on, honoring the late I. H. Hampton known as Granddaddy of Twin Elms Course whose legacy remains in spirit with the club and players.
A woman confides fatigue to an eminent doctor at a dinner party and asks for a remedy. The doctor replies with a practical and humorous suggestion, recommending she simply take a taxi to her morning shopping.
The lecturer notes that nature seeks balance, citing that loss or impairment in one sense or limb is compensated by others becoming sharper. Pat agrees, adding a humorous observation that when one leg is shorter the other becomes longer.
The brief presents a playful exchange about dessert choices at a banquet. It features a pun on fish related themes with a jellyfish reference as the dessert answer, framed as a whimsical dialogue.
A telegram exchange shows the father sending a message about eloping. The groom replies with a question. The bride answers not to return home and promises forgiveness.
A gift and flower shop advertises a clearance sale now in progress with a 20 percent discount on every article.
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