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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1933
Page
2
We thank neighbors and friends for sympathy and help during the illness and death of our father and grandfather Frank Coats. Gratitude to Rev Chas Kleinhart for comfort, Miss Alice Heller for songs, Mr. Doherty for service, and all who sent flowers. Your kindness will be remembered.
The Clare Isabella Pomona Grange will meet next Thursday at At Vernon Grange hall. The county convention for Clare and Isabella will be held at this meeting. A pot luck supper will be served.
Michigan farmers facing a 42 percent rise in hog numbers and 57 percent price drop may opt for fixed government prices on light pigs and sows to reduce future supplies. Pigs 25 to 30 pounds are paid 9.5 cents per pound, 96 to 100 pounds at 6 cents per pound, with increases in weight lowering value. Farmers receive a $4 per head cash premium for sows due to farrow within three weeks, plus an extra payout if not docked. Fixed pricing continues until one million sows and four million pigs are bought or until Oct 1, with sale options to terminals, cooperatives, or commission firms and federal inspection prior to acceptance.
A Glinton county storm in St Johns July 23 damaged the floral hall and a barn belonging to W B Gegier. Adjusters from Michigan Mutual Windstorm Insurance Company of Hastings settled the losses quickly and mailed checks Tuesday morning about 36 hours after the damage. The company touts its prompt service and large windstorm portfolio.
The third meeting for reorganizing Grant Grange drew a nice crowd and twenty members on the charter list, mostly young folks. A lively program featured songs by the boys and performances by the girls, with a call for older residents to join and support community entertainment efforts led by J. Archambault, Deputy.
Open Saturdays at Rosebush cider mill starting in September. Beal City hosts steady cider pressing on Mondays and Tuesdays. M A Wells offers a Jersey cow for good mixed hay swap east of Lake.
A report from the Wheat Adjustment Office at Mt Pleasant states Isabella county will reduce wheat acreage by 15 percent. The note appears in the News column of Hither and Yon News. The item reflects local agricultural policy guidance for the season.
Local note items report Levi Willey of Mt. Pleasant visiting Clare M G Geeck of Saginaw guests H C Cudney family and other Clare friends move of residents Chester Sprague family moves into Free Methodist parsonage on east 7th street several households relocate Bert Waite family moves to Hast Fifth street Woods family leave west apartment for Saginaw H C Dudney notes death of Mrs T I Phelps of Greenville at age 89 with funeral services held Saturday.
The South West Vernon Union Sunday School held its Old Timer’s Get Together Picnic at Stevenson Lake on Friday August 25 with over one hundred attendees. Agnes Bauder led the program including hymns recitations by children, readings by Mrs Nelson Irish and Jessie Turner, and a talk by Rev Gross. Allen Bander won the men’s race and the event ended with plans to make it an annual occurrence the last Friday in August.
Miss Frances Anderson will open a piano class the week of September 21. Registration and contact details appear in district announcements.
A Ford V-8 stock car completed a 10,038 mile test run in which it was fueled by Mobilgas and lubricated with Mobilgas. officials claim an average of 21.99 miles per gallon and negligible oil consumption. The White Star Refining Co staged the run to resemble real driving conditions.
Friends and relatives gathered at Frank Thrush home Sunday August 20 to wish Mrs. Thrush many happy returns. They later traveled to Rickels Landing on Littlefield Lake for a pot luck dinner where Mrs. Thrush received a birthday cake from her son Leonard. A 45 candle cake was prepared by Mrs. Bessie Thrush and 24 attendees helped finish the meal. The group included Mr. and Mrs. Frank Thrush and sons Wilbur Roy and Leon, Mrs. Susie Beach and son Glenn and daughter Doris, Mr. and Mrs. Lester Thrush and daughter Arline, Leonard Thrish of Gilmore, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wichert and son Wesley, Mr. and Mrs. Eda Wichert and daughters Lena and Edna My, Mrs. Gilbert Waddington and daughters Vergile and Lindalee, Mr. and Dan Sager of near Coleman.
J C Nisbet urged dairymen to choose sires based on progeny tests for better future milk production. Pedigree or type alone won’t drive progress. record keeping through cow testing associations will help locate superior dairy bloodlines. A C Baltzer noted bulls from dams with three or more lactations now come from 10 000 cows tested across 56 associations. The Lake City program also featured a Guernsey bull calf donated by the Experiment Station farm won by Robert Lawther of Barryton.
The Clare Shipping Association announces shipping dates on Tuesday September 5 and Tuesday September 19. Contact R. Brooks and Walter White for details at extension 220F21 with shippers.
Local notice urges residents to contact Samborn s for disposal or sale of used batteries and radiators, providing a phone contact for inquiries and pickup options.
Numerous cases were continued while Otto Garchow and Augusta Garchow's actions were dismissed on motion by T. Carl Holbrook for Miller and Squires. All other calendar cases pushed to the December term.
Two Clare couples led delegations to a joint convention that drew about a thousand attendees, lasted two hours, and covered six miles. The event featured a banquet with 1500 guests and speakers including Governor William A. Comstock United States Senator Arthur H. Vandenburg Edward Hayes and John A. Biden. The program continued with a Grand Military Ball and various committee assignments. The meeting ended with a united session and radio broadcast of the address by National Commander Louis A. Johnson. New officers were elected including Don L. Beardsley Leslie P. Kergen and Al Joldersma.
Mrs. Carl Schrumpf of Niles and Ethel Fisher of Big Rapids were elected as Vice Presidents. Bertha Proestel of Detroit remains State Secretary with Mrs. Joseph Bailey of Birmingham as Treasurer. The 1934 Convention is set for Traverse City.
Major Roffe’s farewell party featured a saber hew of the old guard, a decorated new mess hall, and a dinner for the command. Capt J W Bollen beck presided with guests from Roscommon and Harrison, while speakers praised Roffe and gave speeches by Camp staff and local officials. He departed Friday for Fort Riley Kansas amid a fanfare including a skyrocket cheer.
Officers and men of Company 684 hosted a farewell dinner for Major A W Roffe at the camp mess hall before his departure to join the Cavalry School. Prominent Roscommon and Clare county residents attended. Roffe, famed as a top army horseman, supervised new facilities at Houghton Lake State Forest camp, including bathhouse and mess hall, built largely without outside help. Capt Joseph W Bollenbeck of Fort Wayne will succeed him as commander. The semi monthly Co 684 dance at John’s Rustic Ballroom, with a new intermission act, is set for September 6 as the ballroom ends its season.
Advertises livestock for sale with shipping dates on Tuesday September 12 and 26. Contact P. B. Geeck of Mer. by telephone number 129.
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