Michigan schools restart lunch programs with federal aid
The Surplus Marketing Administration announced free school lunch supplies for the 1941 42 year in Michigan and eleven Midwest states. Foods include peanut butter pork and beans canned soups and citrus fruits with more items and fresh fruit expected. The program aided five million undernourished children nationwide last year and aims to reach nine million. Local sponsorship by schools teachers PTAs and clubs is essential with federal foods and community organization ensuring safe meals.
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Michigan
HB. M. Rowlands
Surplus Marketing Administration
Milwaukee
United States
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Rowlands
Work Projects Administration
National Youth Administration
Michigan State College Extension Service
State Welfare Office
1050 Empire Building
Wisconsin
Vernon Pioneer Passes to Great Beyond Tuesday
Vernon township resident dies with funeral held at Stevenson Lake home. Ministers Thomson and Kidren officiated. Mrs. Roy Hooker sang two songs. Interment followed at Cherry Grove cemetery.
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Vernon Township
Stevenson Lake
Thomson and Kidren
Rosebush
Roy Hooker
Mt. Pleasant
Cherry Grove Cemetery
Dangerous Women Then and Now
In early usage dangerous described a woman’s disdain toward a man, marking her as calamitous to him. Over time the term broadened to signify any threat or calamity associated with women.
Cow With Pants Wears Protective Front Leg Garb
Mrs. R. Arbuckle of Champaign, Illinois, owns a cow that wears pants on its front legs to shield them from injury after lightning burned off the hide. The American Magazine notes the unusual use of protective pants for livestock.
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R. Arbuckle
Champaign, T
George's Market Opens Evenings and Sundays
Local market at 118 Hast 4th Street Claré offers quality meats and groceries with evening and Sunday hours. Phone 290.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George’s Market
Hast 4Th Street
Claré
Invasion on Old Tale to Britons
London historians recount a long history of attempted invasions of the British Isles. From Norman and Danish incursions to Jones’s attacks on Leith and Whitehaven, and Lambert Simnel’s puppet rebellion, to William of Orange, Spain, Napoleon and others.
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London
Adolf Hitler
British Isles
The
Daily Mail
England
United Kingdom
John Paul Jones
Jones
Whitehaven
Leith
Scotland
Fourdray
Lancashire
Lambert Simnel
Kildare
Henry Vix
Henry
William of Orange
Torbay
Philip of Spain
Italy
Ireland
Napoleon
Wales
German Boy Sees No Wild West Heroes in Texas
German youth Bert Spiro, 16, arrived in San Antonio and found Texas did not match his Germany-inspired image of Wild West heroes and Indians. He recalls German beliefs about Texas and notes a German author popular for Wild West tales set in Texas.
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San Antonio
Texas
Herbert Spiro
United States
Germany
Hamburg
Draftee Sells Car to Pay Debts for Army Entry
In San Jose California a draftee offered his car for 250 dollars to settle debts before joining the army. He said he had learned a new game called poker from Iowa farm boys and needed the money immediately to clear his obligations.
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San Jose
Calif
Iowa
Plumber Lost Diamond Ring Down Drain At State Convention
C Lester Ray of Dothan Alabama, president of the Alabama Master Plumbers association, dropped a diamond ring down a hotel drain during the convention in Montgomery. He and fellow plumbers could not retrieve it because they left their tools at home.
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Montgomery
Ala
C. Lester Ray
Dothan
Alabama Master Plumbers’ Association
Bernard B Langtree Dies At Home In Saginaw
Bernard B Langtree a former resident of this city died at his home 520 North Franklin street Saginaw on Wednesday after a short illness Barney Langtree was known in Clare where he visited Funeral services are set for 2:00 Saturday at the home with burial at Cherry Grove Cemetery at 3:30 that afternoon
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Bernard B. Langtree
Franklin Street
Saginaw
Barney
Clare
Cherry Grove
Alma Trailer Company dealers banquet honors national guests
James E. Ryan of Clare and Alma Trailer Company hosted dealers from across the United States at a plant banquet in Alma. WSAM radio broadcast from the plant entertained attendees while Dr. Carney spoke. The event featured movies, music, and a Detroit catering service. A following company picnic at Conservation Park drew about 650 employees with prizes and refreshments.
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James E. Ryan
Clare
Alma Trailer Company
United States
Alma
Tennessee
Missouri
Vermont
Texas
Maine
WSAM
Saginaw
Carney
Walker
Detroit
Conservation Park
Colonville School Reunion Near Here Draws Three Score Attendees
On August 30 a reunion for Colonville School teachers and pupils was held in a grove by the Tobacco river on the Gilson farm, with 135 attendees. Officers elected for the coming year include William Gerow president Jay Clute treasurer and Mary Davis secretary. The group planned yearly reunions at the same site and noted letters from former teachers and distant relatives.
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Colonville
Tobacco River
Will Gilson
Charles Neithercut
William Gerow
Jay Clute
Mary Davis
Doris Empey
Maggie Tubbs
William Roe
Florida
Corliss Foster
Detroit
Joe Elwood
Minnesota
McFarland Brothers
Albert Allen
Sheridan Township
Eddie Pudway
Hyeline Gerow
Blanche Strouse
Frank Hampton
Aurora
Colorado
Idyl McLelland-McFarland
Snohomish
Washington
Minnie Bowen Burch
Loto Bath Burch
William Bowen
St. Petersburg
Pontiac
Mt. Morris
Temple
Falmouth
Cedar Lake
Attica
Mint
Card of Thanks from Mrs C H Carpenter
I thank neighbors and friends for flowers letters and cards of encouragement sent during my illness.
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C. H. Carpenter
Sea trials and Bowery tales mix in New York notes
Tales from Edgemere to Broadway recount a drowning boy found after a seven day vigil and a landmark drug store closing. Vignettes move uptown to Washington Heights tenants finding success, then midtown with Bess Johnson sighting as a rehearsing star and a jokey dog tale.
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Midtown
RCA
Bess Johnson
Old Navy Men Tie Knots for Balloon Barrage
Akron Ohio reports two aging ex sailors Henry Longacre an American and Tom Harvey an Englishman apply their knot tying skill to fashion intricate kriots for lines of barrage balloons.
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Akron
Ohio
Henry Longacre
Tom Harvey
Weekend visits and local events around Clare
Saginaw and Detroit visitors stayed with local families over the weekend and Labor Day. Residents from Lansing Flint Decatur Ontario and Toronto joined relatives for fairs church and social gatherings. Community groups schedule lodge meetings chamber of commerce and American Legion events in September.
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Ralph Evert
Saginaw
Alex McKinnon
Roy LaForge
Neil Black
Janet
Detroit
Forest Shumway
Lois Lange
Lansing
Will Lange
Raymond Weeks
Flint
C. B. Neff
Camp Lee
Virginia
Roy Feighner
Labor Day
Raymond Thompson
Muskegon
Lloyd Ardavin
Auburn
Elsie Lumley
Donna Jean
Herbert Randall
M. Steadiford
Billy Archambault
Dale
Greenfield Village
Mannie Sutton
Marcia
Stanley
Norman
Astoria
Oregon
Bessie Sutton
Emma McCarthy
Frank Wiler
Richard
Lois
Grand Rapids
A. E. Mack
Community Club Meetings and Reunions Announced
Local organizations schedule regular meetings across town. Mt Vernon Grange gathers Mondays at 8 30 pm. Clare Townsend Club and other groups meet on alternating weeks with various Friday and Monday slots. The Colonville School reunion is set for Saturday August 30 in Will Gilson s grave.
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Mt. Vernon Grange
Colonville School
Will Gilson
Stanley Burdo Joins Army After 3100 Mile Ride
Stanley W Burdo son of Mr and Mrs Stanley J Burdo of 116 Wheaton Avenue completed a 3100 mile motorcycle trek across the country to enlist at Camp Roberts California He joins Company 8B 78th Infantry Training Battalion for thirteen weeks of infantry schooling and hopes to join a medical corps unit later Previously a clerk at a local hardware and furniture firm and active in Knights of Columbus he traveled from Clare County to Camp Roberts via Mexico Carlsbad Caverns and Presidio Monterey before enlistment.
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Stanley W. Burdo
Stanley J. Burdo
Wheaton Avenue
Camp Roberts
United States
California
Pacific Ocean
Salinas Valley
John Steinbeck
Burdo
78Th
Army Medical Corps
Knights of Columbus
Bardo
Mexico
Carlsbad Caverns
Presidio
Monterey
Clare County
Canuip Roberts
Appreciation note from Arleigh and Iyone Gorr
The Gorrs thank friends for help after their accident and for kindness during the past week. Clare Townsend Club No ％ will hold a penny supper and party next Thursday at 10 P.M.
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Arleigh and
Iyone Gorr
Clare Townsend Club
Han
Nav
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Gov't Aid
Bernard B.langtree
Jas. E. Ryan
Entertains Trailer Company
Alma Concern
Will Gilson Farm
L. L. Stevenson
New York
Edgemere
L. I
Sea
Eugene O'Neill
Ana
Edward Stevens Sr
Broadway
Bowery
Washington Heights
Bell Syndicate
WNU Service
Citizens State Bank
James S. Bicknell
Clare, Michigan
Federal Reserve System and
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Houghton Lake
Prudenville
Higgins Lake
Mrs. Mack
Mrs. McCarthy
Clara Rebekah
Clare Chamber of Commerce
American Legion
Farwell Townsend Club
Clare Townsend Club No
Hatton Townsend Club
Clare Common Council
Him Grove Townsend Club
John E. Sparkel Post
V.F.W
Grant Townsend Club No. 1
Loomis Townsend Club
Clare Lodge
C.F
Claré Masonic Lodge
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Rooms
Grant Township Local No. 143
Farmers Union
Lutheran Ladies Aid
Herman Gross
Coleman
Stanley Burdo
Army
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