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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1927
Page
4
Sunday activities at the Latter Day Saint and Methodist Episcopal churches are listed with service times and social events. The community shares travel updates, hospital news, and numerous visits among residents including families from Mt. Pleasant, Lansing, Flint, Ypsilanti, and Clare.
Church of God notices list services and activities at 4 00 a m 11 00 Sunday School 7 30 evening service Wednesday prayer meeting and Friday song practice. The Junior Young People group enjoyed meetings and residents and visitors from Lansing Detroit Flint Alma and other towns attended local events and reunions. Upcoming M B H A id meeting October 6 and clock change to Central time noted.
Friday evening Mrs Chas Koeplinger and son Frank hosted a gathering of American Legion members and wives to organize a Legion Auxiliary. Commander Frank Koeplinger and most officers were re elected. Auxiliary officers include President Mrs Chas Koeplinger and Secretary Mrs John N Hervett. Pot luck supper followed.
High school forms an athletic association with officers Elmer Schofield president and Carl McAlvey secretary. The article lists class officers for Twelfth, Eleventh, and Tenth grades, a baseball game loss to Coleman, and Sewing Club leadership. Local visits and book uniform updates are noted along with library additions on geography history and hygiene.
The first Camp Fire Girls meeting of the year met in Mrs Hoaks room on September 22. A business session named officers: Jennie Frizzel President, Annabelle Horton Vice President, Valeria Basset Secretary, Jeanette Green Treasurer, Ruth Shear Critic, Mildred House Press Correspondent.
This week opens with rain and poor weather affecting bean harvesting while no killing frost has appeared. Reports note visits among Clare and Sheridan residents, weekend returns from Mt. Pleasant Normal School and Indiana, and locals helping with harvest duties.
Pratts Corners residents Mr and Mrs Arthur Johnson and others spent Thursday evening with the N Howard home listening to the Dempsey and Tunney fight over the radio. Nearby visitors included Glen Lloyd Cecil Dale Hart Howard and Ed Richardson Sr. at Cornwell farm.
Harl Funke returns home after summer work in Arthur township. Mrs Hawking drives to Mr Pleasant with her niece Miss Kratz a CGT student. Mrs Bila Boody from Clare visits over Friday and Saturday with her daughter.
Dover notes a Sunday School contest ending with gold badge wearers meeting at FR S Weaver’s home to decide a treat. The piece invites continued attendance, a new three month competition, and mentions Rev Kleinhardt sermons. It also reports travel by local families, a ball game October 7, and a baby boy for Mr and Mrs Roy Hoover Jr.
Saginaw residents and relatives from the area gathered for multiple social visits. Mr. and Mrs. Chas Smith hosted kin including the Turner and Lumley families with daughters Josephine and Ruth. Several families, including the Blystones and Robbinnets, extended visits and shared time with Emil Cappaert, J. Newman, and others.
Northwest Greenwood reports Mr and Mrs Andréw Vanderwood of Marion were Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs Hudson Jones. Wim Telfer of Owosso Packing Co and B H Clarik shipped a carload of stock Tuesday to Owosso. They were guests of Mr Clark's parents Mr and Mrs Wri Clark while in town.
Detroit visitor Mr Brandol came to visit his wife and daughter and left with them Sunday evening. Local families attended the Dempsey Tunney fight at the Bruce home and at Clark’s. Mrs Graub remains very ill with no recovery hoped. District No 2 reports steady schooling by Joseph Brill as teacher. Rain continues with no sign of fair weather needed for potato digging.
Beatrice Myers spent the weekend at home while relatives from Flint Clare Mt. Pleasant Edmore and Bennington visited or stayed with the Myers family including J N Myers W B H Myers Bert Hubel and others. The gatherings included a birthday party and multiple Sunday visits across several towns.
Thomas Nichols travels to Clare on business while Edgar Cook returns to Ida Michigan for the winter after summer with his daughter Mrs M Bates Ralph Cowles of Lake Bertha visits his daughter Mrs Alfred Abbott. Several locals, including Himer Kress, Glen Harris, and L. Lautzenheiser, are noted with health, moves, and gatherings at cottages and lakeside events. Duck hunting crowds form as county roadwork continues and a sale draws attendees.
The passage notes families lingering at the tourist park during vacation, enjoying fishing and hunting stories told beside the stove at Frank place. Rainy days inspire plans and further storytelling, with Frank as the teller of these tales.
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