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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1939
Page
9
The Sentinel notes an all day November meeting set for Thursday November 2 at the Congregational church rental rooms. Members will tie off comforters and spend the afternoon piecing quilt blocks before adjourning to reconvene November 2.
An infant and pre school clinic funded by the Tri County Health Unit was held at the Hayes Agricultural Unit. The unit plans tuberculosis film shows for freshmen and seniors, followed by skin tests and X rays for positive cases. The health initiative includes annual school screenings and milk fund support, with new members joining the club and a forthcoming November meeting with a guest speaker.
Harrison Ladies Study Club meets at Miss Anna Joes home with forty attending. Beverly Zubler plays Contra Dance and The Pines. Mrs Pearl Clute reviews The Yearling by Margery Rawlings and describes the Baxter family. Martha Knecht talks on Tri County Health Unit work and club support. Leota Van Every presides as Bays City district meeting delegate chosen.
Miss Germaine McKenna of Harrison daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank McKenna and Clarence A Ousley were married Saturday October 7 in Grand Blanc Justice EB Curtiss officiated The ceremony was small with immediate family present The bride wore Norse blue silk crepe with gold trim and a sailor hat They will reside at 1123 Avenue B Flint where the groom works at Hardy Bakery The bride previously worked as a stenographer for the Clare County Agricultural Conservation Association
Members gathered October 5 at Mrs. Bertha Schaaf home for an all day session with a pot luck noon dinner. The group voted five dollars to the school milk fund for lower grade pupils and ten dollars to the church budget.
Harrison mourned the death of Mrs Florence Mary Burnham Peck at age 51 after a brief illness at her Harrison home She was born 1888 in London England and married Arvine William Peck in 1916 The couple lived in Detroit before moving to Harrison in 1930 She leaves her husband seven daughters one son three stepchildren and several grandchildren Funeral services were conducted October 9 at the First Congregational Church Harrison and interment followed at Maple Grove Cemetery in Harrison
Supt Charles Amble was elected president of the CMOAA Athletic League at the first meeting of the year held Monday evening October 9 at Marion high school. Officers were chosen and tentative basketball schedules set. Coaches and superintendents from McBain Tustin LeRoy Marion Farwell and Harrison schools attended.
Harrison Mission Rev E E Droum and Pastor Sunday School 10:00 a m Bernard Fischer Supt Church Service 11:00 a m Evening Service 8:00 p m Tuesday prayer 7 30 p m You are welcome to all services. Mr and Mrs Kenneth Smith of Wayne visited her parents Mr and Mrs Paul Moore and Miss Martha Anne. Mrs Ida Crigier of Clare and her daughter Mrs B Urquhart called on Harrison friends and relatives Tuesday. A new furnace was installed in the home of Mr and Mrs Francis McKenna. Mr and Mrs Jesse Allen and sons Russel and Duane returned home after a four day visit with their daughter and husband Mr and Mrs Bert O Mealey and family of Adrian. They will visit their sons Howard and Rex Harper and families at Bridgeport Connecticut and attend the Worlds Fair in New York City. Mrs Pearl Clute left Wednesday to visit daughter and husband Mr and Mrs Francis Thomas and sons of Farwell.
Big Brown Bear Robert Colthart, shop instructor at Dunsmuir high school, Idaho? Calif., startled by a brown bear wading across the stream to eat his day’s rainbow trout. He climbed a tree for safety as the animal fed along the water.
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