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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1940
Page
6
Bowie persuades two frightened refugee girls to drink and eat after a tense period of resistance. By signaling with a cross over a cup he breaks the fear, earns their trust, and the sisters share water and venison as Simmie and Pardalee guide them toward safety.
Bowie and companions, weary from a long desert trek, reach a near-dry river and a ruined house. A cry from the brush reveals Monica Carmelita and the awaiting child Carmelit a as the girl recognizes her mother in Spanish and the reunion begins.
Monica reunites with two frightened sisters and Bowie as the group returns across a river. The sisters cling to Monica while the Indian woman sobs with relief, and language barriers hinder communication among the riders and children.
Monica travels to a half-burned ranch for salt and food, delivering ash mixed bread and venison to three ragged travelers and two shy girls. She consoles them, shares coffee and bread, and learns the ruins marked their vanished home as two girls show quiet hopes for California. Mayhew visits Mrs. Price later.
Phyllis Sharp returned Sunday to her grandmother Mrs Nellie Sharp home from Clare General Hospital where she had been since last August after injuries in an automobile accident. The Franklin township election board met Tuesday to appoint a commissioner to go to Harrison Court House Saturday for information and supplies for Selective Draft registration Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Mayhew journeyed to Clare to meet their daughter Mildred Ransom and Mrs. Lena Richards of Cambridge. They plan to spend the winter here. A shower for Mr. and Mrs. Don Raymond drew a large crowd and pleasant gifts. Various relatives from Detroit Flint and Cambridge visited or planned winter stays with local families.
Local residents hosted and visited across several households. Elizabeth Myers Jay and child toured Edwin Wood’s home. Shull and Elsie shared supper with Gladwin and Clare couples. Ralph Shull and family joined Eugene Orvis for Sunday dinner. Harold Athey plans hospital discharge to stay with sister in Afton for weeks of bed rest.
The Gilmore Church of Christ schedules a 10:00 a.m. song service led by James A. Stanley with Huth Stanley at the piano, followed by communion and a sermon on regeneration. Bible school at 11:00 a.m. led by Alvin Wood on The Message of John the Baptist. Evening service at 7:45 features a youth-led devo and a sermon on tradition versus Apocryphal writings. The pastor urges families to attend and support the church, noting recent community updates and member news.
Mr and Mrs Thorn Jarman and their children attended church Sunday morning and visited the Isaac Spencer home during the day, according to local notices.
Mr and Mrs Charles Cotterman of Petoskey visited his sister Mrs Glenn Powell and family from Friday to Monday. Mr and Mrs Orley Rogers own a new 1941 Ford and left for Pine River Minnesota for a two week visit. Mrs Robert Wilson and children called on her mother Mrs Elith Reynolds Sunday. Mrs B J Ronville and children visited with her brothers Harley Bentley and family returning to Flint Sunday. Also calling at the Bentley home Sunday were Abe Orth Sears Mr and Mrs Paul Wanty and Merle Davison Ann Arbor Mrs Ethel Yoder and the two Misses Gants Pottersville and Barbara Heyden Lansing. Uncle John Fahnestalk returned home with them for a visit.
Laverne Barber and brother Orio Barber hosted weekend guests in Southeast Sheridan. Among visitors were Mrs. Carl Cotton of Elm Grove and Clayton Barber from near Clare, with extended family members from Lincoln Park Coleman and Clare dropping by. Numerous relatives also shared meals and Sunday visits, including the Sowle, Schaar, Loomis, Napp, and Mickle families, plus teachers from Flint and Beaverton connections.
Mr and Mrs M Sowle and their son Lee plus his wife of Lincoln Park motored to Higgins Lake and paused in Roscommon for a Sunday dinner en route.
Local residents share condolences for William Lowrey and attend a Rebekah Assembly in Ann Arbor.Visits include Thurston Allen from Detroit and families from Lansing Clare Harrison Dover Pine Grove Hamilton. Club events at McIntosh home feature pot luck dinner and a short playlette about a daughter and her mother.
Dover residents share visits and calls with relatives in Houghton Lake Flint and Mio. Teachers attend institutes in Flint and Detroit. Local families host, visit Harold McClain in Winterfield, and attend a shower for newlyweds Norman Hutchinson. High school students enjoyed a short vacation.
Mr. and Mrs. Barney McNerney and grandson Joe returned home from Washington and California. Miss Roberta Slocum married Saturday night October 12 becoming Mrs. Roy Gordon. Mrs. Margaret White died October 11 and funeral set for October 15. Weekend visitors included Dora Lee of Pontiac Mina Fisher Alonzo Seabolt and Lonnie of Kalkaska and Almyra Wedel with Fred. Archie and Elmer Youmans visited Uncle Oscar Maxwell.
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