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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1940
Page
3
Lois Jenkins hosts six friends for a sixth birthday with cake and six candles. The Earlybirds play dessert bridge at Mrs. Ankrum’s with high and second high scores noted. Josephine Atherton hosts eleventh birthday party for ten friends. gifts and refreshments follow.
Colorado produced gold silver copper lead and zinc valued at 22,235,979 dollars in 1939, reflecting the state’s mining sector output during that year. The report aggregates metal types and estimates overall worth for the period.
Miss Wilma Bay daughter of Mr and Mrs Burton Bay of Hagle wed Ethard Walters son of Mr and Mrs Von Walters of Rim Grove in a ring ceremony at the Hagle parsonage on Friday August 30. Rev Henderich officiated. The couple plan a five day trip to Upper Michigan and Canada before settling in Sheridan township.
Ethel Coulter became bride of Hollis Walton in a September wedding at Clare Methodist Church with Rev Benedict officiating. The ceremony featured flowers in pink brown and cream and a white dalbin backdrop. A luncheon followed at the bride’s home before the couple departed for a week's honeymoon.
After vacation, Mr. Walton will return to his duties at the Consumars Power Company. This marks a routine transition as operations continue with his authorized reentry.
Miss Vesta Robinette of Bay City wed Arlie Clough of Bay City on Friday August 30 in the West Baptist Parsonage with Rev. Ramseyer officiating. The ceremony was followed by a reception and a three tiered cake centerpiece. Attendants included Helen Robinette as bridesmaid and Orval Clough as best man.
Miss Ernestine Archambault and Bernard McNerney wed Saturday at St Henrys Rectory with Rev Grant officiating. The bride wore soldier blue crepe. attendants wore blue and corsages. A reception followed at the bride’s home. couple to reside in Mt. Pleasant with the groom employed by Mel Hulbert. Out of town guests included families from Pontiac.
Mrs. Pauline Dixon was hostess to the K T S Club at her home on August 22. Three tables played Pepper with first prize won by Mrs Eva Fike, second by Mrs Hvajey Anderson, and a consolation prize to Mrs Lida Methner. Refreshments were served.
The little Redfish, a fresh water relative of Sockeye, has been stocked by the U S bureau of fisheries in Wyoming's Uinta mountains and Star valley. Though named red, the fish is silver with a bluish back and tail, with small black spots. in fall it migrates upstream to spawn and both sexes turn red and stop feeding.
Roy Fenton operator of a beer parlor and sandwich shop was charged with creating a public nuisance for waitresses wearing shorts while serving customers. The waitresses face indecent exposure charges as part of the case after complaints from homemakers About the dress code and conduct.
Amarillo architect Guy A. Carlander proposes a wind organ carved into Palo Duro canyon wall to turn constant winds into music. The project, part of Panhandle booster plans, includes Coronado Lodge and an amphitheater for ranch activities to boost tourism and rival Colorado's Grand Canyon.
In Olympia washington the tax landscape for cities shows mills ranging from 0 to 45. Milton near Tacoma avoided any municipal tax levy by funding through state liquor funds and other revenue. East Stanwood led with 45 mills while many cities stay near the 15 to 18 mill limit under state law.
Roy Chapman Andrews of the American Museum of Natural History reports only nine expeditions in the field this year, down from 20 to 60 in prior years due to the European war. He notes Antarctic, South America and South Sea islands remain feasible, but risk loss of collections in transit, and plans for future expeditions are largely canceled. Other scientific institutions echo the assessment.
Medina New York says explorer medical? No. Cleveland M. Nellis, a rural mail carrier, retired after 33 years in the postal service. Entered in 1907 and began with horse delivery. Since 1912 he bought his first car and has logged about 350,000 miles.
Palmer Massachusetts: Elmer B McCleary holds two local posts though aligned with different parties. He ran for auditor as a Democratic candidate, while his name appeared for the planning board as a Republican on the caucus ballot without his knowledge.
Archaeologists led by Dr. Mary Butler from the University Museum plan summer excavations in the Hudson valley to uncover the region’s prehistoric inhabitants before the seventeenth century. The effort, run by Vassar College with Carnegie funding, resumes field work testing 14 Indian sites to map cultural sequences and Iroquois contact within the Woodland pattern. Carlyle S. Smith will assist, directing digs begun last year in multiple states and Guatemala.
Laketown Utah faces a mystery in its rural telephone setup. An old hand crank system runs with a single operator and a $1 monthly per line charge while tax officials hunt for the true owner. The system was built by George H Robinson of Laketown and later sold to Utah Wyoming Independent Telephone company which dismantled it after a payoff.
The shortest path is not straight in Teotihuacan as visitors ascend the Pyramid of the Sun. A zigzag route over the 222 steps makes the climb easier and less tiring near Mexico City.
Havana will establish a section of typically tropical medicinal plants beside the Bosque de la Habana. The project cost will be borne by the government and the National Pharmacological Association.
Platinum resists corrosion and oxidation, making it vital in chemical equipment. Recently platinum clad sheets, a thin bond of platinum to base metals like copper or nickel, broaden their applications for high purity products and corrosion resistance.
Hawaii pays into the United States treasury more taxes than any one of 14 states yet remains designated as a U.S. territory rather than a state. The report highlights the paradox of high tax contributions alongside political status.
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