Church Monday Nite at Clare Methodist
The Sub-district Workers Conference of the Big Rapids District met in Clare Methodist Church to plan the Church School Advance. Rev Charles MacKenzie presided. Wayne Freenor discussed church school duties while instructors led sessions. Dr Glenn Frye delivered an inspiring message and the gathering closed with prayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Rapids
Clare Methodist Church
Charles MacKenzie
Mt. Pleasant
Wayne Freenor
Board of Education
Michigan Conference
Wayne Fleenor
John Alexander
Heath Goodwin
John R. Scott
Keith Avery
Glenn Frye
Methodist Peace Temple
Benton Harbor
Frye
MacKenzie
Lungershausen and Canfield Open Tax Law Firm in Detroit
Arnold W. Lungershausen formerly assistant United States attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan and chief of the legal division at the U S Collector of Internal Revenue, and J Henry Canfield formerly Assistant Chief Field Deputy in the same IRS district, have opened Lun gershausen Canfield a tax focused law firm in Detroit at 1219 Dime Building. Canfield a Clare High School graduate is the son of Mrs Minnie Canfield of Harrison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold W. Lungershausen
United States
District of Michigan
United States Collector of Internal Revenue
J. Henry Canfield
Detroit
Lungershausen & Canfield
Julte
Dime Building
Canfield
Clare
Clare High School
Minnie Canfield
Harrison
Pheasant Comes to Town in West State Street Garden
Chet Richard flushed a hen pheasant in his garden on West State Street Monday afternoon of last week, illustrating the era’s rural wildlife sightings near town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chet Richard
West State Street
Propellers Awarded to Olson and Bicknell for War Bond Work
W James Olson and Mark Bicknell each received propellers from the Michigan War Finance Committee recognizing their services in promoting the sale of War Savings Bonds and supporting the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. James Olson
Mark Bicknell
Michigan War Finance Committee
Old coffee pot rekindled for cold morning brews
Jay Green and Ken Hendrie revive the old coffee pot used during ice fishing trips when Ken was in school. They plan to brew a cup or two of steaming ava on chilly mornings and invite others to join the morning beverage sessions if they catch them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay Green
Ken Hendrie
Ken
Jay
Confusion Over $1 War Savings Stamps Reaches Spokane
Postmaster Will W. Simpson reports patrons mistake the $1 War Savings Stamps for penny stamps. Several customers affixed the $1 stamps to postcards and at least one letter carried three $1 stamps, causing notable postage errors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will W. Simpson
Spokane
Washington
Six-section cucumber grows at Geeck Victory Garden
Mrs. Phil Geeck donates a remarkable six section cucumber grown on a single stem. The vegetable is displayed at the Sentinel office and praised as a potential aid for feeding armed forces and war refugees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sentinel Office
Phil. Geeck
Geeck
Clare's Last Hitching Post Removal Notice
A wooden hitching post near Thayers' Dairy Bar will be removed for the Weat Fourth street widening project. The relic, once carved with teeth marks by countless horses, is believed to be Clare's last remaining hitching post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare
Thayers
Weat Fourth Street
Clara Townsend Club Meeting Schedule
Clara Townsend Club No 2 meets each second and fourth Friday evening of the month in Archambault hall to gather and conduct monthly activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Townsend
Archambault Hall
Rim Grove Townsend Club
The
American Legion Auxiliary
Community Canning Center Opens at Clare High School
The Community Canning Center at Clare High School operates this fall and winter to can fruit and meat. Several quarts of chicken have been processed. The Home Economics Room will be open Saturday with Mrs. Harry Bradley in charge. Facilities are available to people who wish to can chicken for service members. Tin cans and equipment for canning and sealing are provided. The program is sponsored by the State Board of Control for Vocational Education at Lansing and all women may use the equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare High School
Harry Bradley
State Board of Control For Vocational Education
Lansing
Smoke Damage Heavy in Midway Restaurant Fire
Clare Fire Department responded to the Midway Restaurant on East Fourth Street at 5 40 Sunday afternoon where a gas stove oven caught fire. A thirty pound roast in the oven ignited and produced dense smoke. The fire was extinguished with a hand extinguisher. The roast oven lining and interior suffered heavy smoke damage. Estimated damage 150 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare
Midway
East Fourth Street
Tolson Wins War Production Award for Meter Testing Gadget
Morton C. Tolson of Lake George receives a top War Production Drive honor and a substantial cash prize for a new meter testing gadget. While in high school classmates predicted dancing or night club fame, Tolson built a radio related career with Western Electric. He trained Army radar operators and worked in the Radar Department for the firm before the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morton C. Tolson
Lake George
Farwell High School
Morton
Chicago
Navy
Army
Western Electric
Norman Tolson
Bowling Belles Lead Tuesday Standings in 1944 Ladies League
In the October 3 1944 bowling news the Ladies League shows Bowling Belles top with 2 wins 0 losses followed by Ten Pins 6 3 LHCs 5 4 Freeman Oil Co 5 4 and Michigan Bell 4 6 Clare Bowling and Grove Bros at 3 6 Pinspillers at 3 6 with high series by A Grant 435 N Grove 429 M Cimmerer 422. High single games include W Becker 168 HE Cain 164 Donelda Haring 164 and M Cimmerer 159 among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowling Belles Qt
Ten Pins
Lh.c.'s
Freeman Oil Co
Michigan Bell
Clare Bowling
Grove Bros
Pinspillers
A. Grant
N. Grove
M. Cimmerer
W. Becker
HE. Cain
Donelda Haring
Isabella County GOP Women to Meet at Church Home
The Isabella County Republican Women's Club will hold a meeting Thursday evening October 12 at 8 00 p m at the home of Mr and Mrs Chas Church in Wise township. Vernon and Wise townships sponsor the event with speakers from Mt. Pleasant county and state officers present Mrs Rae Hooker will deliver an important message for Republican women and voting age residents. Ladies and husbands are invited with Mrs Albert Swinz and Mrs Chas Church as township chairmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isabella County Republican Womens Club
Chas. Church
Wise Township
Vernon
Wise Townships
Mt. Pleasant
Rae Hooker
Song
Albert’ Swinz
Chas
Church Township
Recruits Sought for Expanded Merchant Marine Duties
The U S Maritime Service issued a call for all qualified youths ages 16 to 44 and men 26 to 60 to train for vital sea se rms in deck engine radio and purser pharmacist roles aboard merchant cargo carriers. Training at Sheepshead Bay New York follows immediate transfer post selection with Detroit offices in Room 111 Federal Building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
U. S. Maritime Service
J.g
D. C. Phillips
Ohio
Michigan
Kentucky
Maritime Service
Sheepshead Bay
New York
Detroit
Federal Building
Clare Men Receive Combat Infantry Badge Honors
Staff Sgt. Roger C. Haring of Clare and Private First Class Winston A. Raymond of Clare are cited by their regiments in the 34th Red Bull Division and 8th Infantry Division respectively for actual combat in Italy on the Fifth Army front. The Combat Infantryman Badge honors proven fighting ability with a silver rifle on infantry blue within a silver wreath. War Department authorization recently adopted the decoration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger C. Haring
George Haring
Clare
34Th “Red Bull
Italy
Winston A. Raymond
Route 1
8Th Infantry Division
War Department
Methodist Sunday School Officers and Teachers
The list of Methodist Church Sunday School officers and teachers for Rally and Promotion Day services is recorded with roles across departments. Includes superintendents, secretaries, treasurers, pianists, choristers, teachers, and substitutes for Junior, Primary, Beginners, and Cradle Roll, with named individuals such as Mrs Sternaman, Leo Russell, Rev Hahn, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sentinel
Methodist Church
Sternaman
Leo Russell
Laurance ,Sester
Laurance Seiter
Hari Sternaman
Barbara Teale
Doris Gerow
Mabel Mulder
Alma Seiter
Leonel Green
W. Irish
Sowle
Fannie Schultz
Florence Samborn
W. Bader
Fred Pierson
Reva Maxwell
E. A. Samborn
Agnes Pierson
J. Paul
Charles Church
W. Byers
Glacys Witbeck
Leta Gillespie
Helen Maxwell
Gillespie
Evangelist B. M. Nottage to Visit Dover Tabernacle
An evangelist from Detroit named B. M. Nottage will preach at the Dover Tabernacle on October 18 for one evening only. The event invites local residents to attend the spiritual gathering and hear the visiting speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. M. Nottage
Detroit
Dover Tabernacle
Sailor Boys Quartet to Perform at Clare and Lake George Churches
The Sailor Boys Seamen's Quartet and the Chaplain will sing and speak at Clare Baptist Church and Lake George Baptist Church on Sunday October 8. Morning service 10 30, afternoon 3 00 at Lake George, evening 8 00. Rev. E J Redman invites all to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sailor Boys
Seamen's Quartet
Clare Baptist Church
Lake George Baptist Church
Clare
Lake George
Seamen’s Quartet
E. J. Redman
Mrs Borle Recieves Letters From Clemskerke Sister
Wise town ship resident Mrs Firman Borle received two letters from her sister in Clemskerke Belgium mailed September 9 the day the community was liberated. The notes confirm the family is alive and well after three years nine months without news. Borle has a Brussels sister who, though liberated, has not yet contacted her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Firman Borle
Wise Township
Clemskerke
Belgium
Borle
Brussels
Four Clare Girls Enroll at Bay City Business College
Four Clare girls have enrolled at Bay City Business College. Donna Gardner, daughter of Robert Gardner of 103 West Prairie Street, Clare. Betty Hildebrandt, daughter of Mrs. Avenelle Hildebrandt of Clare. Betty Irwin, daughter of Ernest Irwin of Clare, R-3. and Rosemary Wright, daughter of Chas. M. Wright of 701 West Fifth Street, Clare, are listed among new students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay City Business College
Donna Gardner
Robert Gardner
West Prairie St
Clare
Betty Hildebrandt
Avenelle Hildebrandt
Betty Irwin
Ernest Irwin
R-3
Rosemary Wright
Chas. M. Wright
West Fifth St
In Memoriam for Wife and Mother October 1942
In memory of our wife and mother who passed away two years ago October 6 1942. Day after day we think what she is doing in those bright realms of air. Year after year her tender steps pursuing behold her grown more fair. Chas Carpenter and children.
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Chas. Carpenter
Community clubs and meetings schedule in Clare area
The readable items list regular gatherings in Clare including Farwell Townsend Club meetings on alternating Tuesdays, Farwell Rebekah Lodge on Wednesdays, Clare Lodge No 333 on Mondays, Boy Scout troop 115 on Mondays, Clare Common Council on the first and third Mondays, VFW John B Sparkel Post on same, and recurring rubbish collection, Advance Grange 1014, Grant Community Club, Rim Grove Townsend Club, American Legion Auxiliary, Lutheran Ladies Aid, and Glaré Masonic Lodge communications on their respective schedules.
Blondy Demands Respect in Spike Horn Bear Stories
A note from Spike Horn Bear Camp clarifies Blondy demands correct pronoun usage in news about him. The resident requests being called the napa bear in future Spike Horn and related报道 stories to reflect his identity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blondy
Spike Horn Bear Camp
Clare County
Spike Horn
Napa
Card of Thanks for John Sherman
The family expresses sincere thanks to relatives neighbors and friends for kindness and sympathy shown at the death of husband and father John Sherman. Mrs John Sherman Mr and Mrs Maynard Clark and Nh and Mrs Leonard Clark.
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John Sherman
Maynard Clark
Leonard Clark
Appreciation note from the Turners
Mr and Mrs K A Turner thank friends and neighbors for a farewell party and gifts before moving to St Johns. They express hope to linger in memories as those in turn linger in theirs.
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St. Johns
Mrs
K. A. Turner
In memory of Julius (Pete) Borst
A memorial note honors Julius Borst known as Pete, who was killed at Lake George on October 8, 1939. Sylvia Borst and Betty Borst express enduring grief and remembrance for their son and brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius
Pete) Borst
Lake George
Sylvia Borst
Betty Borst
Thanks for the kindness at my father Mayd Merica's death
I express heartfelt gratitude to friends and neighbors for kindnesses sympathy and floral tributes during his illness and passing. Special thanks to Rey Hahn Miss Gerow and the Thurstons for services and comforting words, with Mrs Jesse Lamphers for the Freedom Bond effort today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayd Merica
Rey. Hahn
Beloved Husband Father Brother Remembered by Family
A heartfelt thank you note expresses gratitude to neighbors and friends for kindness after the death of a husband father and brother. The message specifically thanks Rev Mary Barbour her comforting words the Cummings family for hymns and music and the undertakers for their courteous service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary’ Barbour
Cummings
Mamie Buckley
Calvin
Buckley
Floyd Hunt
Ermma Cork
Mary Halley
Charles Buckley
My Mother Presided There Poem Ad
A reflective verse recalls a welcoming house presided by a kindly mother figure. The speaker describes the mistress with snow white hair, her garden, the spring, knit items, and the comforting beacon of light that symbolically frames her care and motherly love.
Auction Sale of Livestock and Farm Implements Near Rosebush Farwell
Claude Fordyce will hold a public sale at the premises 2 miles north of Rosebush and 614 miles west or 8 miles south and a half mile west of Farwell. The auction starts Tuesday October 17 at 12:30 PM. Andrew Courseér, Auctioneer. William Moline, Clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Fordyce
Rosebush
Farwell
Andrew Courseér
Willian Moline
Classified Liners Note Late Classifieds Warrant Help
Classified notice reports a late entry seeking waitresses with pay under Bailéy Cate Clare Itt. The item requests applications and indicates bail conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Per Sob
Bailéy Cate
Clare
Ltt
Registration Notice for General Election in Clare 1944
The Clare Michigan City Clerk announces registration for the November 7 1944 general election. Eligible electors may register on regular days at the clerk's office except Sundays holidays or between the 20th day before the election and election day. The last full day for personal registration is October 18 1944 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Registration on election day is allowed for those unable to register earlier under oath and meeting qualifications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare
Michigan
Mantster
Also Mentioned on This Page
Clare Methodist
Church School Workers of
District Plan Advancement
Midway Restaurant
Bowling News
Isabella CO
Republican Women’s Club
U.S. Maritime Service ‘Training Station
Methodist
Clare and
Memoriam
Farwell Townsend Club
Farwell Rebekah Lodge No. 208
Lodge No. 210
Clare Lodge No
Farwell Boy Scout Troop No. 115
Clare Common Council
John B. Sparkel
V.F.W
Grant Townsend Club No. 1
Advance Grange No. 1014
Grant Community Club
Lutheran Ladies Aid Society
Fred Schug
Glaré Masonic Lodge
America
Citizens State Bank
Clare, Michigan
WM. H. Bicknell
Member
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
MY Mother
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