1925-12-25; Clare Sentinel

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WE.   GLAHE   SENTINEL
Established 1878
STINCHCOMBE FAMILY
WRITE HOME FOLKS
Farwell   Mail  Carrier  and
Family   Enjoying   Leave
of  Absence   and    Are
Spending Winter
in West.
CLARE, MICHIGAN.'FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 25, 1925
winter term at
c.h;n. begin; •
january 4th
Buildings and   Equipment Being
Rushed to  Care  for  Large
Enrollment Expected.
The interesting letter relating the
experiences of the Chas. Stinchcombe
family on their sojourn to the Golden
State was sent to us for publication
by Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Baker, of Far-
well. We are confident that their
many acquaintances will be pleased
to know all are enjoying the trip immensely.
345 Alta Ave., Whittier, Cal.,
Dec. 10, 1925
Dear Folks:
Am thinking of you all this morning
and must write. We arrived here
two weeks ago last Friday evening.
Our trip was very interesting, altlio
to begin with we all felt homesick
after waving good bye to the dear
friends at the depot ancl leaving tne
little spot on the earth's surrace into
which I have put more than forty
years of my life except for short
journeys away.
As we left the train at Saginaw we
espied the smiling face of Mabel Fisher and a visit with her matte our stay
ra Saginaw very pleasant. Then at
Flint the tall figure of my dear hroth-
er was first to great us ana tlian
Frank and Bertha appeared, so our
wait there seemed very short. At
Flint we found much more snow than
at home ancl it continued to grow
deeper as we reached the Indiana line.
A lady from central Indiana said tliey
had eight inches on a level
As we neared Chicago the display
of lights was beautiful and all the
world seemed to be one vast city us
we rode for an hour or more. The
Dearborn station at Chicago was
thronged with people all in a hurry,
noisy trains, autos, trucks, cabs rusn-
ing here and there in the darkness
and it seemed to me it would be impossible for us to get on the right
train, notwithstanding that "green
ticket-a-yard-long," but before long
Mr. Stinchcombe found a stand whore
he must show that ticket ancl behold!
they kept all the tickets and gave
him just a "scrap of paper" ancl hurried us out thru a loug dimly lighted
corridor to a certain coacn in a long
train of ten coaches. As we were hurried and pushed inside we discovered
..the beds were all made up for night
and found our section. This was all
new and very different from what l
nad expected: for there was so little
room ancl the porter was busy waiting
on a lot. of other folks as green as u*.
Edith groaned and said she could ncn
sleep without her window up. Charlie
and Homer climbed in the booth
above in a very undignflea maniu-;-.
(Undignified does not express it.) but
after awhile we got stretched out and
-were thankful for the rest. Our train
bumped along out of Chicago in a
way that made us feel lire was very
uncertain, but finally settled down to
a steady pull and all was timet. The
first rays of daylight found us in Missouri. There was no snow in sight
but mud every where and if there is
anything interesting in Missouri I will
have "to be shown." Kansas City with
its high buildings and hustle made, us
think of Flint. We noticed Montgomery Ward's store building near tne
depot and were surprised to find tne
Missouri river a muddy ugly looking
stream
Having our lunch box we ate when
the train was moving and always got
out and walked when the train stopped. Well, from Kansas City they
switched us around so that we went by
way of Topeka, a much less direct
route than our ticket called for, but
Topeka is an . interesting city. We
climbed up so that we could see thti
capital building and some beautiful
homes. The sun shone warm, streets
were dry ancl clean. People moved
leisurly about, looked happy and I decided I would like to live in Topeka.
Here we saw our first cowboy fixed up
with all the trimmings and looked 'in
every way like the ones we react
about. Here we realized for the first
time that we had really left winter
behind, for it looked about like September 1st at home. We traveled all
day in Kansas, thru wonderful farming country. Cattle, hogs, great
corn and wheat fields many grist mills
and thru oil fields. One well was
close to the track and we saw the on
on water beside the coacn. We went
to bed in Kansas and the first rays of
morning light showed us some reai
Texas steers and the conductor tola
us we had passed thru Okianoma in
the night-and were now in the panhandle of Texas and that we would
enter New Mexico and have breakfast at Clovis at 8 o'clock.
We were surprised to see a heavy
white frost every where this morning
in Texas and it looked like a cold
morning at home the last,of September. Have seen no stumps, and trees
only where set out since entering Kansas. Texas plains strtched as far
as the eye could reach covered with a
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Rapid progress in the erecting and
equipping of the frame building on
the campus of Central Michigan Normal School indicates that the Mt.
Pleasant Normal will be adequately
prepared to take care of the large enrollment expected for the winter term,
which starts Monday, January 4th.
Central . Normal's Administration
Building was destroyed by fire, December 7. Those three new buildings
will provide classrooms and a-
cafeteria that previously had been
housed in the Administration Building.
■ Within the past two weeks Central
Normal has been acquiring a new library of several thousands of volumes
to replace the collection that was de--
stroyed by fire. The dormitory's recreation room has been transferred into a general library for the school, a
handsome outside entrance has been
completed for the library's new headquarters. The $25,000 emergency fund
appropriated by the state for the purchase of books to replace those lost
by the fire and also the regular school
funds available for the library, are
being expended rapidly for thousands
of books. The librarian and assistants are spending the holiday vacation cataloging and classifying the
new books to have them ready for use
by the students at the beginning or
the new term.
Already much equipment has been
received ancl made ready for the new
buildings. The schedule for the winter term has been arranged so as not
lo interfere with the usual work t-:u-
riPd cm at the other four :arj,' buildings of the campus. During tlu» ms;
ten days of the fall term, following
the fire, classes were held in neariy
every available space in the other
buildings. Such crowding will not be
necessary during the coming term,
since two of the new buildings are exclusively for class  rooms.
In view of these ample preparations
Central Normal is bound to nave a
most succsssful winter term. Demonstration of loyalty on the part of
present students and many letters
from prospective new students are
forecasts of a large enrollment.
MACCABEES VOTE
MALGAMATION
Two-third Vote Secured in
Four Day Fight at Detroit Convention.
The convention of the Ladles of the
Maccabees, held at Detroit recently
to vote on a proposed merger with
tne Men's organization of the Maccabees, resulted in a vicious fight between the proponents of the plan, under the leadership of Mrs. Frances
E. Burns, Great Commander, ancl the
opponents led by Mrs. Care, which
lasted four days, during which time,
four ballots were taken on the proposition, the. final vote approving the
amalgamation by a necessary two-
thirds majority
Following the first ballot, Mrs.
Burns and Mrs. Anna O. Holthe, past
grand commander, feeling the. adverse vote reflected upon their administration, presented their resignations from office. In order that a
split in the body might be avoided,
the convention voted to reconsider
the vote, and the resignations of Mrs.
Burns and  Mrs. Holthe were  tabled.
As a result of the balloting Friday
night, December 11th, which approved the proposed merger, It is expected
that the courts will be asked to enjoin the state insurance commissioner
from recognizing the consolidation, according to a statement issued Saturday by William P. Turgle, spokesman
for the insurgent group.
LAUNDRY RECEIVED
AT FRIZ'S STORE
For the benefit of my patrons, I
wish to announce that laundry for the
Cadillac Steam Laundry will be received at the A. N. Friz store, first
door north of the Princess theatre.
Bundles brought before Tuesday evening will be returned the latter part
of the) week.
9t2 Glenwood Holmes, Agent.
ERROR CORRECTED.
Last week through an error the
price of beans was quoted at ?5.30,
or one dollar too high for the Clare
Elevator. This undoubtedly caused
a few smiles as well as much inconvenience for which we take the blame
and will try and be more careful next
year.
FOR POOR CHILDREN
Last Minute Appeal Being Made
to Secure Funds For
Needy Ones.
A last minute appeal to secure
funds to provide a Happy Christmas
for hundreds of homeless children under its care has been broadcasted by
the Michigan Children's Aid Society
through newspapers all over the
state.
These poor unfortunate children ;:re
dependent for whatever they get upon
this society and it is trying hard to
collect money enough to provide lor
every child. Up to this year the Society has confined its appeal to a
mailing list of those who have previously contributed to the work but
in addition to Santa Claus letters this
year a general appeal is being made
to secure additional money.
Last year the Michigan Children's
Aid Society touched the lives of 3,
103 children scattered all over Michigan. These children are all worthy
of help and need it badly. Some are
orphans, some have been deserted by
parents (many as mere babies), and
some are sick and crippled. The Society takes them and cares for them,
provides a good home, and many are
eventually legally adopted into splendid homes.
All of this work costs money and
the general public is asked to send
in a Christmas contribution either
through this newspaper or directly lo
the Society at  its headquarters.
Letters addressed to Box 384, Lansing, will be gratefully acknowledged
and the money so received put to
splendid use.
Locals   to    Play    Alumnae
Team New Year's Night,
Friday evening the second hlgn-
school basket ball game waB piayect
at Gladwin, The boys showed great
improvement over the nrst game
which we thought was fine. The two
new men for this year, Brown ana
White, are steadily showing improvement. Petchnik is playing a fine
game in his new position at running
guard as is shown in the ract that due
to his work and that of White only one
short shot by Gladwin reached tne
basket during the entire game. Johnson and Comer had an eye for tne
basket and played a fine game against
large men who were the Gladwm
guards.
LINEUP:
Clare Gladwin
Johnson, F, Thorington, F.
Comer, F. Riethel, i\
Brown, C. Cowan, u.
Petchnik, (i. Kinne, G.
White, G. Tinnon, G.
Friday, January 1st, (New Years
night) both the boys and girls play
the Alumnaes. The Alumnaes lineup
is as yet not settled but this promises
to he an exciting game..
SEES POOR FEEDING
WORST DAIRY EVIL
A WORD TO
Low Average   Milk   Production
For  State   Blamed   on   Im-
- proper Rations for Herds".
WEET eve eternal! Wondrous night!
Aglow with songs and candlelight;
Aglow with dreams and mystic spells
Of Santa Claus and Christmas bells!
LET my dreams of Youth run free!
Glad Chrifetmas eves, come back to me!
Change me to child! Let me once more
Go nightie-clad to Dreamland's door.
—William Herschell
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PLANS IN READINESS
FOR JUNIOR PARTY
Evening   Program of  Such Nature as to assure all a
Good Time.
The arrangements are all made and
committees are appointed ror tho
Junior Community party to be given
for the young people ot Clare at Duncan's hall on Tuesday evening, December 29th, from eight to eleven o'clock.
Only those young people from the
seventh grade up and actually residing in Clare will be admitted.
The entire program of the evening
will be of such a nature that all will
have a good and profitable time. The
Clare Study Club is putting forth an
extra effort to make it a success for
they feel that our young people should
have these recreation and amusement
advantages, with  proper supervision.
DANCE AT LOOMIS.
Dance at Loomis every Wednesday
night commencing December 16th.
Music by Gladwin County Foot Warmers.
Princess Theatre
December 25 to January 1st
Christmas—The Making of O'Mally
—Milton Sills—A picture the wkhole.
family will enjoy.
Sat. 26—Contraband—Lois Wilson—
3 miles out in a sea of thrills and adventure.
Sunday—Fourty Winks—Theodore
Roberts and cast—A short title—A
long laugh.
Mon., Tues., Wed.—I'll show you
the town—Reginald Denny—A comedy
bubbling with fresh and novel( situations. You will laugh long and
heartily as you follow Denny in his
fool hardy attempt the show four
zealous woman the town.
Thur.,Fri.—Grounds for Divorce—
Florence Vidor.
Serial—The Riddle Rider—Wm.
Desmond. Matinee Tuesday-»-3:30—
20c-10c,
THE   RIDDLE   RIDEft
A story of the-western Rangers ana
Cow Men, and how they fought to protect their property and sights, against
the oil snydicates—-Wan Madden who
owns the ranch which contains the
oil,—ancl the Riddle Rider a masked
man—have many thrilling adventures
and narrow escapes.
CLARE PIONEER
LAID TO REST
Mrs. Emily  Brownell  Came  to
Clare in 1873 and Has Made
Home   Here Since.
Mrs Emily Brownell, who is believed to have been the oldest resi-
dnt ot the city, passed away at her
home on South McEwan street Wednesday, December 16th. She was
98 years of age and the widow of a
Civil war veteran.
Her son, Orin Brownell, who lives
at Detroit, is her only known relative,
and he was present at the funeral
services which were held from the
C. A. Thurston residence *on West
Fifth street last Saturday afternoon.
Rev. H. B. Johnson officiating and
burial made in the Cherry Grove
cemetery.
Notice
Parties owing me can settle   their
accounts at the Clare County Savings
Bank.
8t2. Grant Terwilliger.
LUAL EfctfUiAHiS
If I trr.de OaU of town, and you trace
of    tow.!,    KiiJ     everybody    elso
trades out of town, what in this world
is going to become of our town?"
Mr. Merchant:
This certainly is the truth, ancl it
applies to all towns, large and small.
You are a storekeeper, a distributor
of merchandise in your town, and are
depending on the patronage of the
people of the town ancl perhaps the
country adjacent. If everybody
bought your line of goods away from
your town, you would, of course, have
to move out. The civic spirit of buying at home is the thing th'at builds
up a town. If a town is worth living
in, it is worth trading in.
Now, then, Mr. Merchant, there are
insurance agents in your town. They
represent some of the best "Old-line"
companies in existance, ana like
yourself, they have a position to maintain. They put out quality goods, ana
they give the best insurance service
before and after the fire. Do you buy
your fire and Tornado insurance "At
Home' from these local agents who
live among you, or do you huy it away
from your town from mail-oraer mutuals? These agents will have to move
away if no one in their home town
buys what they have to sell.
The residents ot your own are paying taxes to furnish you fire and police
protection, school advantages ana
other local benfits. You get no support from non-residents ror this protection.
Think this over,  Mr.  Merchant, as
the cases are parallel.
Adv. Clare Realty Co., inc.
ELLEN BROWN.
Little Ellen Brown, twin daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Don Brown, of Bight
Point lake, was born March 27th, 1920,
and passed into its heavenly home on
December lfth, 1925. Cause of death
being scarlet fever.
The little child was loved by all
for her winning ways and will he
sadly missed by her loving parents,
two brothers ancl two sisters.
The twin sister, Helen was seriously
ill with the same disease but is now
out of danger. Two other children
are ill at this time.
The family have the sympathy of
their many friends and relatives in
the time of their sorrow and illness. X
That Michigan's comparatively low-
average milk production Is due more
to poor feeding practices on the part
of the state's dairy farmers than to
any other one cause is the belief of
Prof. O. E. Reed, head of the dairy
department at the Michigan State College.
Illustrations of the effect of corrected feeding in increasing production
in herds are given in a circular on
"feeding hints" just sent out by Professor Reed. It was in this pamphlet
that the college dairy authority gave
"underfeeding ancl improper feeding"
as the prime causes of low milk production in the state
"Tho first principle to learn in feeding dairy cows is to keep them full ac
all times." says Professor Reed. "It
they are cows of the type that put the
feed on their backs they should not
be kept in the dairy, but should be disposed of for beef. • It is not always
the amount of feed that is responsible
for low production, but the kind una
quality of the feed has the greatest
influence upon production. The kino
and quality of feed also has a great
influence upon the economy or production.
"Many barns this winter afe fillecr
with shredded fodder and timothv
hay, and the cows in these barns will
have these feeds as their main diet,
as far as roughage goes. These are
the most expensive feeds. If one
should attempt to balance v. ration for
an average cow by furnisning the
proper kir-ds of grain to go with
timothy luiy and corn fodder, no-
would find, if he kept tracs or the expenditures, that it would cost him
practically twice as much to ouy the
necessary grain to balance this ration
as the cost of the grain that would he
necessary to balance a ration with alfalfa hay as the roughage.
"For full ancl complete instructions
on feeding your cows, write to tne
Dairy Husbandry Division, Michigan
State College, East Lansing, Michigan. When writing for mrormatioii
on feeding, be sure to state what kind
of roughage and grain you have on.
hand." '   ,
0. E. S. MEETING.
Regular meeting O. E. S. Friday
evening, January 1st. This being
New Years night the Chapter will
have a Bocial evening, all are asked
to have some thing for entertainment.
A pot luck supper will be served, to
which husbands are invited. Come
and have a good time.
FEED GRINDING
I will do feed grinding at my farm
1 1-2 miles north of Colonville on
Tuesday and Friday of each week.
Will grind any time if date is made in
advance.
9t2. Carl Garshow.
All velvet hats at reduced prices at
the Style Shoppe.—adv,
MR. AND MRS. ST. NICHOLAS
VISITED CONG'L. CHURCH
The Congregational cnurch was
filled to capacity last Sunday evening
and it was necessary to place chairs
in the aisles, to accomodate the congregation. The Sunday school had
charge of the program. The children
who took part had their songs and.
recitations well learned and needed
no prompting.
At the close of the program, Santa
Claus arrived and as a special treat
brought his wife with him. They
distributed sacks of candy to all or
the children present.
FORMER CLARE LADY
DIES AT DETROIT
News of the death of Mrs. Kittie
Goodman, a former Clare resident,
but for the past several years located
at Detroit, reached Clare friends last
week Thursday.
The funeral was held from tho
home Saturday and interment made
in a cemetery of that city.
We hope to be able to secure more
details for next week.
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