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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1926
Page
7
The Methodist Episcopal Church at Farwell welcomes Rev. Edward Truman Smith as pastor with Sunday School at 10:30 and preaching at 11:30. Sermon titled A Commendable Extravagance. Prayer meeting Wednesday. Social includes sherbet, cake, wafers. visitors listed from Detroit and nearby towns.
This local item lists church schedule and Sunday services then moves through quick notes on residents and visitors. Names include Mrs Henry House, Mrs Montzee, Frank Melvin, Lottie Bruce, Bert Osterout, Dr Bertie Graham, Mrs Jas Davison, Homer Stinchcombe, Lester Hatch, Cora Grimm, Lillie Hatch, Henry House, Rachel Mayo, Arleigh Schofield, Tia Schofield, Ralph Amy, Emmet White, Dr Frye, Lawrence, Anna Davison, F W Bingham, Inez Campbell, Vernie Nickerson, Cy Winchell, Nora Davis, Fay Wardell, Jennie Manns, Mrs Bruce Pelch, Donald, Irene, and others. The piece references gatherings at the Women’s Relief Corps, village welcome events, farm activity, and personnel changes in the local phone office and mills.
The Farwell Woman's Club held its third meeting of the year on October 12 at Mrs. Jennie Bingham’s home. Hostess Mae Campbell, the secretary, contributed to warm hospitality as members shared autumn quotations and papers on Columbus and early exploration.
The article records a first rhetorical program held Friday October 15 with attendees Mrs Belle Green Mrs Jennie Bingham Mrs Ruth Miller Mrs J L Littlefield Mr James Stanley and Com Asa H Aldrich It mentions upcoming Senior play dates new library books visits in primary rooms and a Hallowe en party plans The 1st and 2nd grades study health books and Thelma Farrington and Catherine Rosenfield missed last week due to illness
The fifty fourth annual Michigan State Grange meets in East Lansing October 26 to 29 with the East Lansing People's Church as headquarters. About 850 delegates are expected and 500 total attendees. Mrs Dora H Stockman chairs the local committee. WKAR radio will broadcast programs across three sessions. A hay ride and campus tour are planned with Ralph Tenny and others on the college committee.
Satirical list condemns mail order practices urging cash upfront payments and neighborly neglect. Highlights include demanding advance funds, discouraging local roads or church support, and pressuring buyers to rely on the catalog while ignoring home merchants.
In Harrison Michigan on September 29 1926 the Clare County Circuit Court opened to honor Joseph F Bowler a member of the county bar. The resolutions praised him as an able lawyer wise counselor and courteous to opponents and friends and noted the loss to his family and community. The document directs the resolutions be recorded and a copy given to Bowler’s family.
Statewide dairy and alfalfa drive expands to four counties from November 5 to December 31. Michigan dairy and alfalfa efforts rely on Farm Crops Department data showing 500 000 acres of alfalfa this year, up from 74 000 in 1919. County agents in Muskegon Missaukee St. Clair and Midland will coordinate with College specialists to promote alfalfa as nitrogen rich forage, boosting dairy cattle production and reducing need for concentrates.
Babe Ruth hit three home runs in the fourth game of the World Series in St Louis and earned a Chevrolet after a foul clout shattered a plate glass window at a display. Ruth posed beside the coupe with a grin noting how times have changed from past offenses to today’s reward.
A philosophical note on honor describing how four men's deeds reflect onto themselves and cast light on others around them, shaping character and virtue in a communal setting.
A weekly progress roundup lists Kindergarten pupils visiting from Ann Jean Boukout and notes Second Grade enrollment at thirty five students. It covers illness absences in Rose Marie Jackson and Marie Woolston, geography lessons, current events, and a Halloween border in Art. It also reports staff changes, trips, and upcoming plays with student cast lists and quotes. High School seniors led the first assembly featuring Rev. Whitney and announced Martha-by-the-Day as the senior play with cast members named.
The Michigan Conservation Commission, under Act 230 of 1925, bans hunting and pursuing deer for five years starting November 15, 1926, in the district south of Town 20 North including Arenac Gladwin Clare Osceola Lake and Mason counties. Violations incur penalties under Act 280. Signed August 4, 1926 by Director John Baird and Commission officials.
A new silhouette arrives with a rich Russian costume in black velvet. Embroidered in national colors and banded with flying squirrel, it reflects many fall coat and dress features adapted from this model.
Columbus gave the island the name Juana in honor of Juan son of Ferdinand and Isabella. At the king's request the name was later changed to Fernandina.
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