Rose Session Draws Five Thousand For Michigan Eastern Star Meet
The Seventy-second Annual Session of the Grand Chapter of Michigan Order of the Eastern Star convened in Grand Rapids last week with about five thousand in attendance. Worthy Grand Matron Grace L. Catterfield and Worthy Grand Patron Milton E. Miller led officers including Grand Esther Adelaide C. Wylie as delegates from Clare and other chapters represented by Eva Bogardus Doris Empey Iva D. Fisher Nellie M. Sherwood Hilda Tibbits Adelaide Wylie.
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Grand Chapter
Michigan
Order of the Eastern Star
Grand Rapids
Grace L. Catterfield
Flint
Milton E. Miller
Saint Clair Shores
Esther Adelaide C.wylie
Clare
Adelaide CG. Wylie
Alexander H. Wylie
Farwell
Etta Brown
David Wiggins
Leah Wiggins
Herpolsheimer Company Department Store
Former Business Man John Dwyer Dies in Clare Home
John Terrance Dwyer born August 13, 1860 in New York died October 14, 1938 at his Clare home on East Third Street. He worked in lumber and railroad construction before retiring in 1929 and returning to Clare. Survived by sister Mrs. Mary Sheridan of San Pedro, California. Funeral October 17 at Doherty Undertaking Parlor with Rev. Albert Dawe. interment Cherry Grove Cemetery.
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John Terrance Dwyer
New York
East Third Street
Clare
Great Northern Railroad
Coast
Oregon
California
Mary Sheridan
San Pedro
Doherty Undertaking
Albert Dawe
J. Keschman
Lionel Duncan
Cherry Grove
Vandewarker Home Completes With Elegant Country Style
The brick home of Mr and Mrs Orville Vandewarker Colonville is finished with refined features including French panel doors and filtered water. Weekend guests were Willard Vigne and family of Detroit with Neil Vandewarker and Johanna Mack also visiting for a game dinner.
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Orville Vandewarker
Colonville
Garcon
Vandewarker
Willard Vigne
Detroit
Neil Vandewarker
Iarion
Johanna Mack
Clare
Aar River in Switzerland Stands as Nation's Longest
The Aar River is the longest river entirely within Switzerland. It flows through key regions, extending across the country and shaping local geography and hydrology.
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Switzerland
Aar
Clare-Kewanis Club entertains politicians at meeting
Clare Kiwanians hosted county and district political candidates at Hotel Doherty Wednesday night. Introductions included State Representative contenders George Marble and Seaver Amble, sheriff candidates, treasurer, clerk-register, coroner, road commissioner, and circuit court commissioner. Pins were awarded for perfect and 100-meeting attendance. Left-handers lead attendance with .987 average. right-handers follow at .928.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doherty
Harry Wehrly
Bernie Hampton
George Marble
Clare
Osceola
Seaver Amble
Tim Graves
Clare County
Francis McKennan
William Henderson
Andrew Friz
William BW. Sanderson
Byron Geller
Wehrly
M. A. Doherty
Willard Bicknell
Mrs Mary David dies at 78 in Clare County
Mrs Mary David born March 5 1860 Green Springs Ohio died October 13 1938 aged 78 years 7 months 8 days Funeral conducted from home and Thurston funeral home Reverend M R Honderich officiated interment in Cherry Grove cemetery Survivors include sons Stephen Q George S and Charles R a brother Curs Mathis nine grandchildren and four great grandchildren
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Mary Jane David
Green Springs
Ohio
Stephen A. David
Portland
Michigan
Lura
Harrison
Sheridan Township
Clare County
David
Curs
RR. Mathis
Clare
Stephen Q
Detroit
George S
Marine City
Chas. R
Thurston Funeral Home
M. R. Honderich
Cherry Grove Cemetery
Clare s busy summer 78 snapshot of old town commerce
A historical slice of Clare in the summer of 1878 describes a bustling commercial district. Shops include A M Ervey boot and shoe shop, Slattery’s Stearns House, Bogardus millinery, Alger House, Forward’s Anglo American, O Callaghan grocery, Lee’s grocery, Lang bakery, Wolsky general store, Halstead barber, Jefferies meat market, and the town hall upstairs. Other merchants listed are Bowdish druggist, Miss Grace Whitley dry goods, Crawford groceries and menswear, Trevedick drugstore, J Spring grocery, and Weiss jewelry with stationery and wallpaper goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bebee
BE. H. Fairchild
Alger
John O'Callaghan
G. W. Lee
Fred Lang
Wm. Wolsky
G. W. Halstead
Fourth Street
Bowdish
Grace
Whitley
R. Crawford
Mr. Crawford
H. Trevedick
Clare
J. Spring
H. Hitler
Tisoks
Netionk
Early Clare businesses and mills define thriving pioneer town
The passage recounts Clare's 1878 economic bloom with W S Cooley harness shop P Campbell boot and shoe shop Rockefellow post office millinery Burt Husted salon and more. It notes Ort Planing mill Horning Grist and shingle mill Post Saw mill J J Horning Grain Elevator and nearby shingle mills while the Fr and P M railroad links Clare to Mt Pleasant as key shipping routes. The narrative credits pioneer spirit and natural resource development for Clare becoming a growing city.
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W. S. Cooley
P. Campbell
Rockefellow
Post Atfica
J. C. Rockafellow
Burt ‘Husted
Henry Ort—Planing
Horning
F. L. Post
R. Lamb—Foundry
J. J
Clare
Horning Bros
G. W. Boorn & Co
Mt. Pleasant
Clara
Miss Mabel Van Hoose Guest of Honor at Farewell Party
Miss Mabel Van Hoose was guest of honor at a farewell dinner hosted by Davy's employees at the Haines home on October 19. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Davy, Mr. and Mrs. Duncan, and Mr. and Mrs. Keschman. She leaves Clare with her parents for Rushville Indiana before marrying John Mitchell in Marlboro Maryland on October 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel van Hoose
Davy
Vern Haines
L. E. Davy
Lionel Duncan
John Keschman
VanHoose
Clare
M. J. VanHoose
Rushville
Indiana
Marboro
Maryland
John Mitchell
Miss van
Davys
Wireless Phone Carries Voices Through Walls
A vest pocket telephone allows speaking through room walls without wiring. Earphones and a box enable the deaf to hear talk while moving about. Concealed microphones adjust with actors, aiding gallery listeners. Uses include air raid precautions, gas mask conversations, mines rescue talks, and security monitoring in a store.
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London
West End
Firearm collection in Iowa Falls shows US history through weapons
Matt Kickles, 26 year chief of the Iowa Falls fire department, houses a 1200 gun private collection. The display spans from Revolutionary muzzle-loaders to Civil War and Spanish American War carbines, including duplicates of Lincoln Garfield and McKinley assassins' weapons. He prizes Kentucky rifles for frontier history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Falls
Iowa
United States
Matt Rickles
Kickles
Lincoln
Garfield
McKinley
Kentucky
Kicklés
Metropolitan Theater
Fortified Future War Forts Built in Four Hours
Washington officials and foreign military attaches watched a 50 ton pill box fort demonstrate vacuum concrete that hardens in four hours. Inventor Karl Bilner showed how forms of wood or light metal house the mix which, after pouring, is cured by vacuum to create a stronger, cheaper bombproof shelter ready by dawn.
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Washington
Bureau of Standards
Karl P. Bilmner
New York City
Bilmner
Billner
Buckeye Tree Foretells Weather in Chardon Ohio
In Chardon Ohio a 55 year old buckeye tree in the Timms yard apparently predicts rain five to six hours ahead. Neighbors rely on the bark dampening pattern two feet from the ground before storms and the tree dries after rain. Tim and William Facey discovered the effect with local farmer Charles Repp calling it remarkable. Weather experts are urged to study the phenomenon.
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Chardon
Ohio
Western Reserve University
Cleveland Weather Bureau
Timm
William Facey
Charles Repp
College
Weather Bureau
Tim
Study of malaria goes forward with canaries
Emory University researchers, led by Dr. Elizabeth Gambrell, will continue malaria studies using more than 50 canaries after a $3,000 Abbott Laboratories grant. The work, begun months ago with a $1,000 Scaentes grant, explores canaries as models for human malaria treatment.
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Atlanta
Emory University
Emory
Abbott Laboratories
North Chicago
Canaries
Elizabeth Gambrell
Scaentes Organization
Gambrell
Shelter Belt Aids Quail Population Rise
Mangum Oklahoma reports a 50 percent increase in local quail attributed to the government's shelter belt tree-planting program. Sam Byars, a federal nurseryman, notes quail are massing in the tree strips as a result of the initiative.
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Quail Mangum
Okla
Sam Byars
Byars
Immigrant Glen Hale Dies Suddenly Near Gladwin Michigan
Glen Hale aged 45 dies at his Gladwin area farm of a coronary blood clot while working evening chores. He leaves wife Maude Cochrane and six children Rayfield Virginia Marjorie Lou Ralph Allen Clyde Epler R. C. Hale and four grandchildren. Funeral held at Roger Funeral Home with Rev. Chas Kleinhardt.
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Glen Hale
Woodbury
Eaton County
Michigan
Gladwin
Glen
Maude Cochrane
Clare County
Rayfield
Virginia
Marjorie Lou
Ralph Allen
Clyde Epler
R. C. Hale
Flint
Orie Hale
Edith Barnes
Alta Wasson
Clare
Roger
Chas. Kleinhardt
Cobra Plant Proposed To Combat Grasshoppers
Colorado Springs reports botanist M W Dye of Seattle advocates the cobra plant Darlingtonia chrysamphora as a natural predator of grasshoppers. The hooded plant traps insects in a hollow stalk, then kills them with stem base acids and even forms nectar-like secretions to lure prey. Dye notes winter feeding with hamburger may be required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado Springs
M. W. Dye
Seattle
Dye
Clare Pomona Grange Meet With Garfield Grange
Clare Pomona Grange holds a Wednesday meeting with Garfield Grange on October 26. A railroads speaker is scheduled. a pot luck lunch follows. Irma Williams serves as Pomona secretary.
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Clare Pomona Grange
Garfield Grange
Irma Williams
Pomona
ELECT GEORGE MARBLE STATE REPRESENTATIVE
Donated by friends urges elect George Marble highlighting support for tax limits on real estate high ways rural electrification school funding and tourist development. Marble is portrayed as advancing national wealth distribution and public works.
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George Marble
Lake George Library gratefully thanked donors
Mina Van Buskirk Lake George Librarian expresses thanks to Mrs Edd Wiltsie Mrs Frank Wace Mrs Minnie Birch and Mrs Pearl Cubié for thirty two books and Geographic magazines. She invites them and others to visit and enjoy the library.
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Edd Wiltsie
Frank Wace
Minnie Birch
Lake George
Pearl Cubié
Geographic
Mina .van Buskirk
Card of Thanks for Neighbors and Friends
A family expresses gratitude to neighbors and friends who aided during their mother’s illness. Stephen, David, Charles, David, George, and the families extend thanks for support and generosity.
Dwyer Family Thanks Friends After Bereavement
The Dwyer Family expresses heartfelt thanks for flowers and kindness received during their recent bereavement.
Appreciation Note for Church of God Sunday School Friends
Ward Helghner thanks the Church of God Sunday school and many friends for flowers cards and acts of kindness during his stay at Clare County General Hospital.
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Church of God
Clare County General Hospital
Ward Helghner
Community Club and Service Group Schedules
Coming Events include a Christmas Bazaar on December 7 hosted by the Methodist Auxiliary. Clare Chamber of Commerce meets first Tuesday monthly. Eastern Star holds first Thursday meetings. American Legion meets fourth Monday. Masonic Lodge communicatons on the second Tuesday monthly. Clare Kiwanis at Hotel Doherty each Wednesday at 6 30 PM. American Legion Auxiliary meets first and third Mondays at Legion rooms. Farmers Union Local 143 meets first and third Wednesdays. Ladies Guild of the Contraditional church rummage sale on Thursday Friday and Saturday November 3 4 5.
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The
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Rooms
Hallowe'en Shadow Social at Wilson School
The event at Wilson School on October 27 at 8 p m features a cafeteria style supper served by district ladies. Proceeds benefit the Boys' Handicraft club and Girls Sewing club, with all welcome. Offie L Hales, teacher.
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Wilson School
Offie L. Hales
Auction Sale of Live Stock and Farm Machinery Planned
Carl Monday will offer a list of live stock and farm machinery at public auction Thursday November. Watch for particulars in next week's Sentinel.
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Carl
Sentinel
Apples for Sale and Local Deals at Fowler Orchards
Our choice apples, all varieties, are ready. New cider mill in operation eleven miles north and two miles east at Fowler orchards. Rexall Le 'dale ends Saturday night. When ordering that new car specify Motorola radio. Bob's garage.
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Fowler Orchards
Motorola
Bob's Garage
Rexall le ‘Dale
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Zenobia Chapter
GR. Lodge
MR. and
Mrs. Vandewarker
Rexall
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Aenicas
Williard , Bicknell
M.A. Doherty
Mary David
Mabel van Hooseguest
Army
WSU
Citizens State Bank
the Peoples Bank
Stphen David Chas
David Geo
David and Families
Dwyer
Methodist Auxiliary
Clare Chamber of Commerce
American Legion
Masonic Lodge
Clare Kiwanis Club
Grant Township
Farmers Union
Hallowe'en Shadow Social
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