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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1944
Page
5
The Pedro Club met October 16 with Mrs. Aaron Irwin hosting. Prizes went to first Mrs. Lannie Miller, second Mrs. Allie Henry, traveler and consolation Mrs. Lida Allen. A nice lunch was served by the hostess.
Farwell Central Michigan League players and families enjoyed a hearty baseball supper in Rebekah hall on October 19 after a winning season. The wives and mothers prepared the feast and the group thanked the Rebekahs and organizers Mrs George Sage and Mrs Roy Joslin for hosting and supervision.
Clare area residents welcomed relatives and friends visiting from Flint Ludington Plymouth Grand Rapids and Detroit over the weekend. Guests included the Hunter family at Gilmore and the Masten Hochstetler and Allen households. A deathly list of callers and extended family events is noted with several trips to Mt. Pleasant Grayling Cadillac and Detroit for gatherings and a wedding at First Nazarene Church in Salt Lake City Utah.
Mrs Garehow and Mrs Knott visited the Knott family in Detroit while Mrs Hanes and her husband visited the Isavhart family at Pontiac.
Stanley and Florence Abbott received a wire from Agnes Stanley of Orlando Florida and Miss Agnes reported the city still had lights but many areas without heat or water after a hurricane lashed Florida. The storm reached 108 mph, with streets blocked by fallen trees and many buildings damaged.
Jean Rogers of Farwell is among 300 freshmen expected at Central Michigan College in Mt. Pleasant for Orientation Week starting October 29. She earned a scholarship for high academic attainment and will join other first year students in a four day program of campus introductions, campus procedures, social events, talks by President C. L. Anspach and faculty, and a theater party. Enrollment for all students is on November 2.
School notes cover Senior assembly plans for next Friday and Carnival Queen candidates. Reports on class activities include magazine sales, field trips, spelling contests, theater trips, and Halloween events across seventh through eighth grades plus alumni updates and Lives of Seniors feature Gladys Alwood.
The 18th century merchantmen sailed irregularly as cargoes filled delaying departures. In the early 19th century immigration and mail traffic spurred transatlantic packet ships like the Queen of the West, advertised to depart on a definite day. These slow ships moved many emigrants from Ireland and northern Europe between 1820 and 1860.
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