Registration for Gas Ration Books Next Week
Clare county motorists will register for renewal of A gasoline ration books in the county schools on Monday Tuesday and Wednesday September 18 19 and 20 with each town school and one rural school in each township accepting registrations on two of the three days. County OPA Chairman Franklin Littlefield requests limiting the days to minimize disruption to classes and explains mail applications to the county ration board won’t be accepted until after October 1. Motors employed in factories with Plant Transportation Committees may submit through those committees, but books won’t be issued before the registration dates. If not obtained on the designated days, motorists may apply at the local board after October 1.
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Clare County
OPA
Franklin Littlefield
Saginaw
Clare
Harrison Agricultural High School
Farwell Agricultural School
Reynold Mick
Arthur Township
Myers School
Young mother dies in Clare Hospital after illness
Mrs. Howard Avery Brown of Flint former Clare Isa bella counties died Tuesday at Clare Hospital after six weeks bed confinement and ten days in hospital. Born September 15 1914 near Mt Pleasant Isabella County she married Howard Avery Brown October 14 1981 in Clare. Survived by husband two children her father one grandfather four sisters two half brothers and many relatives. Funeral services at Lake Gleaner hall with Rev Chas Hahn and burial Brinton Cemetery.
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Howard Avery Brown
Flint
Clare
Isabella Counties
Clare Hospital
Marguerite Galatia Bellinger
Freemont
Goldie Bellinger
Mt. Pleasant
Isabella County
Michigan
Lake
Howard, Jr
Nancy Marie Cleanor
Wm. Esterline
Lansing
Ruby Donders
St. Helens
Fremont Bellinger
St. Louis
Glenn Bellinger
Riverdale Baptist Church
Willing Workers War Club
Doherty
Lake Gleaner Hall
Chas
Hahn
Brinton Cemetery
Flight Officer Dunlop Receives Wings at Oklahoma Field
Donald A. Dunlop of Clare earns Army Air Forces silver wings and a Flight Officer appointment at Frederick Army Air Field in a ten month training program. He returns home on a fifteen day furlough to visit his parents and relatives.
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Donald A. Dunlop
Dunlop Road
Clare
Army Air Forces
Frederick
Oklahoma
Army Air Field
Central Flying Training Command
Dunlop
John Dunlop
Zenobia Chapter to Celebrate Jubilee Fifty Years
Zenobia Chapter No. 129 OES plans a September 21 dinner at the Congregational Church with a pageant and history reading by Mrs. Greta Masten. Worthy Grand Matron, Grand Secretary and Grand Treasurer to attend. Miss Mabel Reynolds and Stanley Masten honored by Grand Chapter. Reservations advised by Dr. Christina M. Schutt.
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Zenobia Chapter No. 129
O.E.S
Congregational Church
Ladies Guild
Masons
Eastern Star
Christina M. Schutt
Greta Masten
Zenobia Chapter
Mabel Reynolds
Stanley Masten
Grand Chapter
Grand Rapids
Miss Reynolds
Masten
Bernice Moline
Red Cross
Wilma Allen
Eleanor Lehr
George Lehr
Clare High School Seeks Band Instruments for Beginners
The Clare High School band is short on instruments after graduates left last June. New instrumental music instructor Harold Collins notes about fifty beginners showing interest this term and urges anyone with an instrument to sell or loan to the school by calling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare High School
Harold Collins
Temperance Workers of Clare County Feature
Notice points readers to a timely Sentinel article by N A McCune on page sixteen about temperance workers in Clare County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sentinel
N. A. McCune
The
Temperance Workers of
Clare County
Rebekahs and Odd Fellows Ham Dinner in Frankenmuth
The Rebekahs and Odd Fellows plan a Frankenmuth style ham dinner at the IOOF hall on Sunday September 24 starting at noon. Menu includes roast ham scalloped potatoes baked beans salad pickles pie and coffee. Adults 76 cents children 36 cents.
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Rebekahs and
Odd Fellows
F. Hall
Clare Bowling Association Opens Season With New Officers
The Clare Bowling Association met at the Dunlop Cafe with 35 members to plan the season opening next Monday. Dominic McConnell was elected president, Leo Russell vice president, Harold Schaeffer secretary-treasurer, and seven directors were named. The merchants league night is moved to Thursday, and the fee distribution was set. Averages will be computed at season halves, and no men’s league bowling during deer hunting week.
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Clare Bowling Association
Dunlop Cafe
Joe Sproat
Dominic
McConnell
Leo Russell
Harold Schaeffer
Jesse Hampton
Dan Sullivan
Harrison
Raymond Griswold
North Bradley
James Stanley
Glen Cain
William Bauer
Gerald Thayer
Merchants League
Masonic Lodge
Mr. Stanley
Stanley
Clare Auto Parts
Clare Hardware
Rosebush
404 Masons
FBI Enforcement Conference at Bay City Next Tuesday
The FBI Law Enforcement Conference will convene at 3 30 p m on September 19 at Wenonah Beach Casino Bay City under R A Guerin Special Agent in Charge Detroit FBI office. Officers will discuss postwar readjustment problems and cooperative readiness with exhibits demonstrations and idea exchange. A Fort Custer Dog Section military dogs exhibit and a judo disarming tactic demonstration are planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FBI
Wenonah Beach
Bay City
R. A. Guerin
Detroit
Guerin
Fort Custer
Staats, Heinz Sentenced for Clare Robbery
Faye Staats twenty of Ewart and Richard John Heinz seventeen of Gladwin waived examination on robbery charges against Mrs. Bertha Beagle in Clare. Staats pled guilty in circuit court before Judge Ray Hart and received four to five years at Jackson Prison. Heinz awaits sentencing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faye Staats
Ewart
Richard John Heinz
Gladwin
Bertha Beagle
Clare
Sam Wilkinson
Curt
Ray Hart
Staats
Jackson Prison
Heinz
Four Poliomyelitis Cases Reported in Garfield Township
Four suspected infantile paralysis cases reported in Garfield township trigger school closure for three weeks at Lake. Gleaner hall screenings in Lake postponed to a later date due to the health concern.
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Garfield Township
Theo Wallington Named Director at Citizens Bank
Theo Wallington was elected to the Board of Directors at a Citizens State Bank stockholders meeting held Friday evening. He has served since 1936 and also directs Lake City Bank and Rose Bush State Bank, with civic and church duties noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens State Bank
Theo Wallington
Wallington
Lake City State Bank
Lake City Bank
Rosebush State Bank
Central Michigan
Theo
The
Sentinel
Conrad Walker Named Clare County War Fund Chairman
Conrad Walker is named United War Fund Chairman succeeding Arthur Damoth who resigns for pressing duties. Paul Gibson and Mrs. Nettie Holbrook serve as county co chairs outside and within Clare city respectively. The report notes Polish War Relief shipments to Warsaw and clothing relief efforts by the Queen Wilhelmina Fund. The National War Fund raises War Prisoners Aid funds for 1944 1945 and highlights a large delivery to German POW camps including books athletic equipment and musical instruments.
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Conrad Walker
Clare County United War Fund
Arthur Damoth
Damoth
United War Fund
Paul Gibson
Clare
Nettie Holbrook
Warsaw
Polish War Relief
National War Fund
Poland
London
Netherlands
Queen Wilhelmina Fund
Local War Fund
Rotterdam
War Prisoners Aid
Canned foods ration changes shrink point values
War Mobilization Director Byrnes and War Food Administrator Jones announce rationing updates as September 17th ends most canned foods point requirements. Some items rise in points while others become point free including beans juices and many jams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Byrnes
Marvin Jones
Byrnes
Jones
Clare PTA Club to Meet Monday Night at School
The Clare PTA Club will hold its first autumn meeting in the Home Economics room at Clare Public School at 8:00 PM next Monday September 18. Plans for the coming school year focus on aiding students and fostering parent teacher collaboration. all mothers with children in school are urged to attend.
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Clare
PTA
Clare Pta
Clare Public School
Former Resident Laid at Rest in Clare Cemetery
Mrs Aliie Chaffee West a Clare native died early Sunday in a Pontiac hospital. Funeral in Pontiac Monday, burial in Cherry Grove Cemetery Clare with Rev Chas Hahn. Survived by husband three sons Himery Prank Vern all of Pontiac a daughter Mrs Mable Pyne Flint ten grandchildren and two sisters.
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Aliie Chaffee West
Clare
Pontiac
Cherry Grove Cemetery
Chas
B. Hahn
West
First Methodist Church
Himery, Prank and
Vern Chaffee
Mable Pyne
Flint
War Price and Rationing Board Hours Updated
The Harrison office of the War Price and Rationing Board sets new hours starting September 1. Weekdays are 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon and 12:45 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. with Saturday 8:00 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. The office closes Saturday afternoons. Clare County War Price and Ration Board No. 39.
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War Price and Rationing Board
Harrison
Clare County War Price and Ration Board No
Fire Department Makes Two Runs Sunday Afternoon
The Clare Fire Department responded to two Sunday fires. At Stevenson Lake Gabe Van Buskirk residence a box of papers ignited bedding and a partition, with about 1000 dollars in damage. At Seymour Border residence on South McEwan Street a box of papers ignited at the rear, climbed the siding to the roof, with about 800 dollars in damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare
Gabe van Buskirk
Stevenson Lake
Seymour Border
South McEwan Street
Army nurse Marie Burke serves in France on 40 and 8 hospital train
Marie Burke is an Army nurse serving with U S troops on the Normandy Front where the 40 and 8 Hospital Train converts French and German boxcars into emergency ambulances. Major L M Hrenburg leads the Medical Detachment coordinating rapid evacuation from field hospitals to English Channel depots and onward to Army hospitals in England.
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U.S. Army
France
United States Army Medical Corps
Normandy
England
United States
L. M. Hrenburg
United States Army Transportation Corps
Channel
English Channel
Clare Chamber of Commerce Postpones Fall Meeting
The Clare Chamber of Commerce fall meeting with ladies from the commerce group and Clare Public School teachers as guests is postponed one week due to school rationing registration. Stuart Bicknell will supervise a planned program of interest to both guests and hosts, with details to be published in next week's Sentinel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare Chamber of Commerce
Commerce
Clare Public
Stuart, Bicknell
Chamber of ‘Commerce
Sentinel
Military Honors for Wayne E. Brown Friday
Military rites were held for Cpl. Wayne E. Brown son of Mr and Mrs Howard R Brown of this city who was killed near Muroc Field California on September 1 during a combat training flight. The bomber crashed after engine trouble with all ten crewmen perishing. Brown a Clare High School graduate and aerial gunner received his wings at Harlingen Texas last May. Funeral services were at the Methodist Church with American Legion Post Walter H Larman as committe and a Legion firing squad rendering a final volley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl
Wayne E. Brown
Howard R. Brown
Muroc Field
California
Murog Field
Wayne
Clare High School
Harlington
Texas
Clare
Leon E. Bemis
Muroe Field
Thurston Funeral Home
Methodist Church
Chas. B. Hahn
Leah Gardon
Walter H. Larman
American Legion
Ernée Temple
Pvt
Lawrence -Reger
George Wisler
Army
Art Damoth
Navy
Arthur Lamb
Ronald Sage
Elmer Olds
Calvin, Foss
Robert Chapman
Russel Telcer
American Legion Auxiliary
Conrad Walker
William D. Harger
Legion
Chic
Burdo
Tommy* Creguer
Lieut John Schaaf With Fifth Army In Arno River Battle
Lieut John A Schaaf of Clare leads a platoon with the 138th Infantry Regiment in the Arno River action as part of the Fifth Army in Italy. The regiment, part of the 4th Red Bull Division, has spent extensive time in combat overseas and is praised by many community members. A large group from various towns attended services and paid tribute to the fallen and surviving soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Schaaf
Arno River
John A. Schaaf
Clare
Arno
Italy
Fifth Army
138Rd Ifantry
A4th
Red Bull
Ray Harrold
Chas, Harrold
Gladwit
Ruth Harrold
Bay Guy
Stanley McClellan
Stanford
Jaret
Frank
Brown
Highland Pay
Dave Dénnie
Ann Arbor
Glenn Carpenter
Naw
Barney
Kawkawlin
Everett
Zelda van “Horn
Mt. Pleasant
Allnay Algor
Thos
Woolf Vand Betty
Faws Lerville
Win, Spencer
Corn Weil
Also Mentioned on This Page
C.P.A
Grand Lodge
Rebekah
C.F. Ham
FBI Enforcement
Jackson
Garfield
Citizens Bank
Clare Cemetery
Fire Department
Marie Burke, RN
Clare Girl
Commerce Group
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