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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1931
Page
5
Rail schedules list Ann Arbor Pere Marquette routes with morning and afternoon times. A busy social column notes visits, travels, and family milestones across Clare and nearby towns, including births and gatherings.
A local grocery ad lists staple items with fixed prices including corn meal tea coffee and soap. Items shown are 5 lb corn meal 3 lb green tea 3 lb coffee 2 lb peanut butter and canned milk among others with prices ranging from 5 to 69 cents.
Clare residents host Flint visitors over the weekend while numerous local residents travel to relatives. A car collision near 4th and McHwan streets is noted with a U.S. mail truck involved. Mrs. Lydia Lynde to lecture on child care October 1 at the high school auditorium. Local graduates and students enroll in Central State Teachers College and other Michigan institutions.
The class engages in sense training with various fruits this week and plans a Friday fruit party. Girls enjoy the play house with dolls, while boys play with cars on the sand table. A Wednesday walk to Schaeffer farm shows Dorothy’s play house and animals.
Sixteen represent post at convention with speeches by leading figures and a call to honor ex service members. Attendees from Clare include Burt Sanford, Omer Parent, Frank Jackson, Homer Douglas, Ed Johnston, Arleigh Gorr, Carl Bauer, Marion Wright, Al Shultz, Riley Harter, Allen Crum, James Clute, Will Holmes, Howard Brown, Jay Bellinger, N L Tibbits. Howard Brown marked present on Thursday morning amid rumors about a Maine Legion suit echoing Michigan styles and possible departure of “Quik.”
The Clare County Fair featured a grand school parade of nearly a mile with about two thousand participants led by Olde Glory and the Clare High School Band. Livestock exhibits, 4‑H work, and community displays drew praise for rural programs and County Agent Gibson’s efforts.
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