Vernon Leaton Council Attends Diocesan Meet
A Vernon-Seaton Council delegation from the Big Rapids district attended Grand Rapids Diocesan Council events on October 5. The program included mass at St Andrew's Cathedral, luncheon at the Pantlind Hotel, committee reports, and talks by Judge Daniel J Healey and Dr Jerome Kerivin. Father Falicki closed with a call to spread Catholic doctrine. The Mt Pleasant Beal City parishes and others across the diocese were represented and urged to carry out the work set for them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosebush
Vernon-Seaton
Big Rapids
National Council of Catholic Women
Grand Rapids
Diocesan Council of Catholic Women
Mother Singers
Traverse City
Julius Newberry
Daniel J. Healey
Detroit
Joseph Gabriel Finten
Cardinal Mundelein
Chicago
Civic Auditorium
Jerome Kerivin
University of Chicago
Father Falicki
Mt. Pleasant
Beal City
Clare Post 2 Nearing Top Membership for 1940
Clare American Legion Post No 2 in Michigan was praised by State Legion Headquarters for its 1940 membership surge. The Clare squadron led sixty Michigan squadrons by going over the top, with all officers paid up and plans for a record year ahead. The post has repeatedly won the Most Distinguished Citation for early over the top status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare American Legion
State Legion
Detroit
Michigan
Clare
Clare S. A.L
Conrad Walker
State Headquarters
U. S
Methodist Sunday School Board Meets Tuesday at Sternaman Studio
The Methodist Sunday School Board gathered Tuesday evening at Sternaman Studio with fourteen officers and teachers present. Mrs. Wm. Garchow led prayer, Mrs. Sternaman presided, reports from the secretary and treasurer were accepted, and several issues were acted upon with others to be decided later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Sunday School Board
Sternaman
Wm. Garchow
Lake George Lad Electrocuted At Play Near Home
Julius T Borst ten year old son of Mr and Mrs Julius R Borst of Lake George was electrocuted at 2 PM Sunday while at play. He touched a wire from an electric line while climbing a tree near an abandoned nest and fell unconscious. Chief Dunlop led the exhumation and Dr Sanford pronounced him dead. Funeral held at Lake George Community Building with Rev Dawe officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius T. Borst
Julius R. Borst
Lake George
Pete
Junior Hergenroeder
Sylvia Borst
Farwell School
Betty
G. A. Silover
Albert Dawe
Clare Congregational Church
Lincoln Township
Farwell
Veterans groups to observe Navy Day in Michigan
Alvan Macauley of Detroit is general chairman for Navy Day events on October 27 and has been named commander of American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars posts statewide. With war readiness emphasized, officials expect broad participation from AJIT groups as Presidents Roosevelt and Governor Dickinson urge observance. Mayors statewide support the proclamation and call for active involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvan Macauley
Detroit
Michigan
Macauley
Roosevelt
L. D. Dickinson
AJIT
Pictures Pictures Pictures Ady Gift and Flower Shop
An invitation to view large new pictures now arriving at the Gift and Flower Shop. The notice highlights ideal placements over mantels, in a davenport space, or on expansive wall areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Ady
Gladwin Lewis Leads Discussion at High School
Townspeople and civic leaders gathered in the Clare high school auditorium to hear a panel on Juvenile Delinquency. Led by Gladwin Lewis, former Michigan Kiwanis Governor and Michigan Children's Institute field representative, the discussion covered causal factors and the need for adult and parental education to guide youth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Patterson
Neuro- Psychiatric Institute
University Hospital
Ann Arbor
Herbert Marshall
Central State Teachers College
Mt. Pleasant
Gerald Lamb
Clare County
BE. R. A. Commission
Farwell
Kenneth Hollidge
Midland
Clifford Wartley
E K. D. Kennedy
Lawrence Lossing
Clare
Sixty Special Deputies Aid Clare County Officers
Sheriff Seaver leads a joint effort with the Clare Rat and Gun Club and Harrison Hunting and Fishing Club to deputize sixty special deputies. They assist Conservation Officer O E B Rushton in enforcing game laws across Clare County during hunting seasons. Deputies expand coverage beyond the lone officer to safeguard hunters and landowners and promote clean sport and safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seaver Amble
Clare Rat and Gun Club
Harrison Hunting and Fishing Club
Tag
Clare County
O. EB. Rushton
Clare Hardware Announces Big Buck Contest at Store
Clare Hardware & Furniture Company opens registration for a Big Buck Contest starting tomorrow. The heaviest deer from season start to December 2 wins a Winchester rifle with four other prizes. A prize list and rules appear in this week's Sentinel advertisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare Hardware & Furniture Company
Timothy Regan Dies Sudden at Vernon Home
Timothy Regan a longtime Vernon Township resident died suddenly in his chair at his home near Clare about 5 30 Tuesday evening Cause acute dilatation of the heart He was born May 10 1857 in Park Hill Ontario Canada and died October 10 1939 at age 82 He is survived by wife Mary one son and three daughters Funeral services will be held at St Henry s church Vernon Friday at 900 a m with Rev Fr Tomaszewski singing Requiem High Mass burial in St Henry s cemetery An obituary will be published next week
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timothy Regan
Vernon Township
Clare
Timothy Joseph Regan
Park Hill
Ontario
Canada
Mary
St. Henry’s Church
Vernon
Tomaszewski
St. Henry's Cemetery
Gospel Band to Perform at Lake George Lincoln Town Hall
The Gospel Band from the Flint Gospel Assembly will perform at Lincoln town hall Lake George on Sunday morning October 15 during preaching services and again Sunday evening. The public is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flint Gospel Assembly
Lincoln Town Hall
Lake George
Lake
Sixty-one Years of The Sentinel Servicing Clare and Vicinity
The Sentinel marks its 61st birthday as it pledges continued service to Clare and northern Isabella counties residents. The paper notes its growth from a small initial issue to a regional weekly with broad reader and advertiser support reaching beyond local borders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sentinel
Clare
Little Country Weekly
Isabella Counties
Dixie
Reideed
Alma Young Man Injured in Auto Wreck Sunday
Marvin Taylor 18 of Alma is hospitalized with a fractured pelvis and abdominal lacerations after a Sunday evening crash on US-27 near the north Clare city limits. Passenger Jack Freeman 17 and his brother Donald escaped injury. Freeman claimed he tried to pass then cut back causing the overturn into a ditch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin Taylor
Alma
Clare County General Hospital
Taylor
Jack Freeman
Freeman
Donald
Indian Lad Escapes Officers With Rest Room Break
Lester Langdon thirteen year old part Indian from St Ignace had been at Soys Vocational School Lansing for larceny. He fled while in Clare under custody of Mrs L M Conlogue and Wm Dolan entering a rest room at Jones Standard Service Station. He escaped by locking the door and slipping out a window. Police pursued three miles west then lost trail in a wooded area. State Police to aid capture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Langdon
St. Ignace
Soys
Lansing
Clare
L. M. Conlogue
Mackinac County
Wm. Dolan
Langdon
Jones Standard
Sixth and
McEwan
Wm. H. Dunlop
Landon
Clarence Scott Injured in Saginaw Railroad Yard Accident
Clarence Scott, son of Mr and Mrs Levi Scott of Cluse, yard master in Michigan Central yards at Saginaw, stepped near a moving freight car and was struck in the back by its step. Dragged along after grabbing a hand rail, he remained in very serious condition after six weeks at St Mary's Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Scott
Levi Scott
Cluse
Michigan Central Railroad
Saginaw
Scott
St. Mary’s Hospital
Isabella Indian accused of assault near Rosebush
Abraham Solomon a 31 year old Indian WPA worker from near Rosebush is jailed in Mt. Pleasant charged with criminally assaulting a 35 year old unmarried woman early Monday. He broke in by a window, chased the women to the yard, seized one and bit her cheek. state police and sheriff jailed him within an hour. He faces attempted rape charges and possible circuit court action next. Names of the women are withheld.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham Solomon
Rosebush
Isabella County
Mt. Pleasant
Solomon
WPA
Denver
Clare
Isabella
Methodist Auxiliary Meeting at Goodman Home
The Methodist Auxiliary met at Mrs. Fred Goodman’s home on Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. Reva Maxwell presiding. Program chair Mrs. Paul Lowrey led devotions. reports from the district meeting were given. plans discussed for Harvest Supper on November 7 and Bazaar and Fish Supper on December 8. A lunch was served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Goodman
Reva Maxwell
Paul Lowrey
Wm. Garchow, Jr
Frank McKnight
Rogers
Laderman
Pierson
Mary Rose Potter
Bernice Elliott
India
Nene
Martha Ann Parent
Ernest Ramey
Pomona Grange to Elect Officers October Meeting
Isabella County Pomona will meet Union Grange on Wednesday evening October 18 for officer elections. A pot luck lunch will follow. Neilia B. White serves as secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isabella County Pomona
Union Grange
Clare Chamber of Commerce Holds First Fall Meeting
The Clare Chamber of Commerce met at Hotel Doherty at 6 45 PM with about thirty members present. President Kenneth Barres led the session after an invocation by Rev Albert Dawe, with a luncheon and group singing. The secretary reviewed summer activities including a US 27 delegation’s talks with Highway Commissioner Van Wagoner on trunkline signals tourist park upgrades and band and sports cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare Chamber of Commerce
Doherty
Albert Dawe
Austin Bates
Kenneth Barres
Dale Kennedy
Murray D. van Wagoner
Clare
Francis Jackson
National Association of Postmasters
Washington, D. C
Kennedy
Chester Richard
Chambers
Chamber
National Builders and Tourist Convention
Toledo
Hugh Barnes
Harrison Board of Commerce
Clare County Board of Supervisors
County Road
East Michigan
East Michchigan Tourist Association
Health Education Consultant to Visit Clare Schools Next Week
Anna K Hollinshead a heart education consultant for the Michigan Tuberculosis Association will spend October 16 to 20 in Clare visiting local schools. She will lecture for teachers on Wealth Education on Various Grade Levels and The Teachers Own Health with talks for parents on Health Drama Through the Ages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna K. Hollinshead
Heart Education
Clare
Michigan Tuberculosis Association
Hollinshead
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
National Organization For Public Health and Nursing
National Tuberculosis Association
Kennedy
Michigan, Tuberculosis Association
Marriage of Virginia Kirkpatrick and Fred Gerard
Mr and Mrs Floyd Kirkpatrick announce the marriage of their daughter Virginia to Mr Fred Gerard of Mt Pleasant on July 29 1939 in Defiance Ohio. Mrs Gerard a Clare High School graduate class of 1935 has worked for Strange Oil and Gas for three years. Mr Gerard is a high school instructor in Honor Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Kirkpatrick
Virginia
Fred Gerard
Mt. Pleasant
Defiance
Ohio
Gerard
Clare High School
Strange Oil & Gas Company
Honor
Michigan
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Vernon-Leaton
Clare Second Legion
N. McHinvan
Kroger
Tadies
John W. Dunlop
Harrison
Cuett
Marion Johnson
Rolmnd Woods
Ralph Eaton
John Burnett
Wm. Henderson
Joseph Sullivan
Delmar Thayer
Fred Clark
High Hickok
Francis M. Baker
John Radabaugh
Fred W. Scheat
Darius Scott
Reginald S. McBride
Vern V. Hains
Wilmot Carpenter
Hol. Moder
Gladwin Lewis
Rushton
Fteighney
Clare Hardware
St. Henry’s
Lake Sunday
Alma Young
Clyde B. Smith
Coleman
Hilltop Tavern
Us-10
Trig
Smith
J. L. Kiooz
Myr
Lad
N. McEwan
St.Cecilia’s Churen
Tita Ei TuRo
Methodist Auxiliary
Goodman Home
Pomona Grange
Neilié B. White
Clare Chamber Commerce
Clare School
Virginia Kirkpatrick
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