1926-06-04; Clare Sentinel

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THE   CLARE   SENTINEL
THE
Official   Paper of,. .„. j
Clare   and   Clare   Countyl
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Established 1878
CLARE, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 4,1926
New Series Vol. 34, No. 32
SEVENTY-ONE
RURAL GRADUATES
JtKOUNTY
• Exercises   to   be   Held  in
L&keside Pavilion, Harrison, Saturday Morning,
June 12th.
Picnic Dinner at Noon* Reunion
of Former   Graduates and
Field Meet in the
Afternoon.
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The rural schools of Clare, county
graduate seventy-one pupils from the
eighth grade this spring. Appropriate
exercises will be held for them in
Lakeside pavilion, Harrison, Saturday morning, June 12th, at ten o'clock
(central standard time). Everybody
" cordially invited.
Supt. Walter W. Gumser, of the
Clare city schools, will address the
graduates and the hundreds of people
who expect, to attend. His topic on
ihe occasion will be, "Does Education
; Pay?" Music *will be furnished by the
'■ Farwell High School Orchestra, under
the direction of Madge Byrne Lamb,
one of the best musical experts in
central Michigan. Roland Finch, director of athletics in the Clare
schools, will have charge of the big
field meet in the afternoon. He will
he. Ahly, assisted -by Superintendents
Barner, of Fafwejl, and Kidder, of.
Harrison, "The rural teachers of the'
■ county will have supervision of the
mammoth picnic or community din-
rier. _■ *•
-. Class Program
* • Class March, Orchestra.
Invocation, Rev. Clarence W. Long.
Vocal Solo, Wal.ter W, Gumser;.
Salutatory, Lois Dawson.
Music, Orchestra.
Class Inventory, Delia Silver.
Class Grumbler, Maurice Dora.
Music, Orchestra.
Class Poem, Vera Wechter.
• Class Will, Henry Mendendorp.
Music, -Orchestra.
Address, Sup't, Walter W. Gumser.
, Valedictory, Sarah Bauer.
* Music, Orchestra.
Presentation of   Diplomas,    Com'r.
Asa H. Aldrich.
Music, Orchestra.
Benediction, Rev. Forest Knauss.
■Class- Motto, Education is Wealth.
Class Colors*. Red, white and blue.
Class Flower: Red carnation.
ROSTER OF GRADUATES
Clare Group
Harley W. Randle, William Smythe,
Cecil E. Hubel, Sarah A. Bauer,
Maurice L. Dora, Vern D. Dysinger,
Mary D. Ginn, Alice E. Karl, Frank
W. Lajewski, Emma I. Nass L. G.
Roberts, Grade Schieber, Frank A.
Coats, Edna I. Dawson, Lois E. Dawson, Barbara E. Dysinger, Calla L.
Gerow, Adelaide K. Lansing, Gerald
L. Myers."
Harrison Group
Harold Lambert, Victor Wylston,
Leslie Bringman,. Shelley Burton,
Marjorie Cook, Neva McQuestion,
Esta Price, Viola Brown, Aria Cowies,
Margaret Gable, Marie Haynak, Arlie
R. Iutai, Elnora A. Root, Cecil Shim-
mill, Pearl J. Heintzelman, Robert G.
Merrltt, Flora Stuermer, Guy Stanfield, Merlin Spohn.
Marion  Group
Siegel Vander Woude, Henry Mendendorp,  Mena Randal Katie Doorn-
bos.
Gladwin Group
Harry A. Cooper, Milford Campbell,
JjJthel Campbell, Richard A. Knispel,
orge Silver, Paul Wallace, Emma
""Klievoneit, Earl C. Vannatter, Ralph
M. Campbell, Hilma Ehle, Lillian
Schultz, Delia Silver, Vera A. WeclK
ter, Fredrlca Knispel.
Farwell Group
Walter L. Utley, Evelyn Musall,
Andrew Oman, Genevieve Colmus,
Eva C. Smedley, Marjorie Shinabarg-
er, Leo M. Colmus, Grant H. Chapman.
Lake Group ,
Lucile Halstead, Lucile M. Brooks,
Sarah Buckley, Robert Carson Harry
Lackie.
Beaverton Group
Gertrude A. Loar, Blanche M. Jos-
lyn. v
Faculty
Asa H. Aldrich, Commissioner
• Belle Deller, Tessle Haines, Icem
Slentz, Maude Barber, Ruth Kranich,
Irttie Shull,, Alta Cooper, JOhn Nash,
Oliver Nash, Minnie Keith. Myrtle
Spohn, Helen Howell, Lettie Hatch,
Isaheli Woodward, Geraldene Hampton, Nina Rosendahl, Ahna Rltter,
Mifrlam Hecker, Rachel Mayo, Lulu
AdeMue, Arthur Fisch, Gladys
Woods, Alice Graves, Margaret Palmer, Lillian Hatch, Alice . Compton,
"Frank Nash, Bruce Williamsr Forest
Knauss, Salome Smith, Susan Shep-
a|d, Beatrice Finch, Edward Scholia, Mary Huber, Nova Davis, Emil
Gieis, Leonard Schwanz", Forest
"ttoVell, Sylvia Ford, Minerva Rich-
-mondr Freda Garohow, Bessie Bough-
f«n, Gayla Harpe**, -"Thomas. Hecker,
l|?iarie Kleiner, Harold Horton,, Bern*
RURAL FIRE TRUCK
SHOULD BE CALLED
AS FIRST ACT
Many   Farm   Buildings   Burned
on Account 'of Alarms Coming* In Too -Late.
The Clare rural fire truck has been
of great assistance "to the people living the vicinity of Clare, but the firemen are not given a fair chance,-for
usually they are not called until every
other means of extinguishing the fire
are seen to be of no avail.
When a fire Js discovered; whether
in the city or. country, the first thing
to do, is to call Clare telephone Central and give the alarm and location
of fire from city. She will do the
rest. .
The expense of this rural truck is
so small that people living in the
country cannot afford to be with out
its protection and service and the
boys are ever ready to serve those
in trouble.
ice Tew, Nellie Bellinger, .Gertrude
Mitchell, Leah Garchow,. Bertha "Wolf,
Chancey H. Jones, ,John Foster,
Blanche StrouSe, Lucy Smythe, Clara
DeBarr, Minnie Caul, Fern Hecker,
Frances Scrimger.
W. C. FULLER HURT
IN AUTO WRECK
Accident Occurs Last Week,
■Thursday At Shear Grossing At Farwell.
W. C Fuller, owner b.f the Farwell
flour and feed mill was seriously
injured When the automobile he was
driving was struck by a Pere Marquette freight engine late last week
Thursday afternoon.
Mr, Fuller was driving to the mill
to get the miller who was employed
there and apparently did not see the
train approaching as he neared the
Shear crossing. Some men who witnessed the accident, say they shouted
at him but he evidently did not'hear
them as he drove on the track in
front of the train. The car was a
complete wreck and Mr. Fuller has
one leg broken In two places and is
bruised about the head and body with
possible internal injuries.
He was rushed to the hospital Saturday, where it was found that he wa.s
not as seriously injured as at first
thought, but in a serious condition.
Late reports from there are that he
is resting much easier and if no complications set in his chances for recovery are good, although it will take
many weeks for the limb and body
injuries to heal.
DUNKLE-BLAIN
Sunday,-May 30th, at the Methodist
parsonage, Farwell, occurred the marriage of Miss Mildred, daughter, of
Mr. and Mrs. Delos Dunkle, of that
place, to Lafayette Blain, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Wm. Blain, of Keego Harbor. The ceremony was performed
by Rev. M. F. Nash and they were attended by Miss Mabel Cowies and
Austin Dunkle.
The bride was very charming in a
gown of rose crepe de chene and the
groom wore a suit of blue corduroy.
After the ceremony they returned
to the home of the bride's parents,
where a bountiful fish dinner was
served.
The young couple will make their
home at Keego Harbor, where the
groom has employment.
Friends and relatives wish them
much joy and success.
THIS WARRANTS THE PAVING OF TRUNKLINE M14
While visiting at the home of her
parents, Mr, and Mrs. Wm. Krell,
five miles north of Clare last Sunday,
Mr. and Mrs. .Sid Corman noticed the
heavy traffic on M-14 and at 3:30 p.
m. began to counfthe number of cars
traveling south. At 6; 00 p. m. 446
cars had passed this point in 2 1-2
hours. No check was ' kept oh the
north traffic.
WAR VETERANS
BANQUETED AT
METHODISTCHURCH
Sunday School Tenders Appropriate  Event   to  Old
Soldiers That Are Mem-,
bers of That Church.
Monday night Civil War Veterans
Reed, Smith, Alger and Younglove,
members" of the local M, .E. church,
were tendered a -banquet^ in the
church parlors by the M. E. Sunday
School. 'After all had been seated at
the tables and while the girls were
placing the good things prepared for
the meal, W. W, Gumser led in the
singing of several old time war songs,
also 'gave a very fine solo himself,
accompanied by Miss Alderton,
Pros. Atty. T. Carl Holbrook, who
had charge of the arrangements, had
invited in eight worlu. war veterans,
four of whom were placed on each
side of the older comrades seated at
the head of'.the table, and very ably
introduced the various speakers of
tl>e -evening,
Mr. Bruce, Gibbs, representing the
Sunday School, gave a fine talk on the
idea of their making possible this enjoyable meeting and in token of their
appreciation-.of' her services as Supt.
of the Sunday School presented Mrs.
Stella Lampman, . with a beautiful
picture, who. in turn as ably thanked
them for the*same.
Mr. Philo Smith the first veteran
called on, gave a short notation of his
life in the Civil war, boasting of the
fact tliat he was but a little past
seventeen at the time of his entrance.
Mr. Byron Alger dwelt briefly on
his service, recalling that still 'there
were buried in, a well some where on
the grounds of the Civil war, some i2
pair of handcuffs worn by he and
some eleven others of his comrades
who had been placed in the guard
house because they would not drill,
but had decided not to wear their
steel bracelets longer.
Mr. Warren Reed, displayed a, saber
carried by him throughout the war.
He spoke of his services at Gettysburg, Cemetery Ridge, Round Top
Mountain, Peach Orchard Grove; told
of the passing on of scores of his
comrades, the battle at Pavllllon
Station at the time when he -was
Buglar for General Custer; told of
seeing General Lee shake hands with
General Grant after the Confederates
had displayed a flag of truce and
many other interesting remembrances.
. Mr. Younglove, who has now reached that stage of infirmity where he
has to travel with the aid of crutches,
.was then propped up^on pillows, until
comfortable, and for the course of an
hour held his audience spellbound as
he dwelt on the country then and
now, his experiences as a boy, his
lessons from the same, conditions of
today, war, the positive aftermath of
the same, of his days in the Civil
war, of the hardships and privations,
of the one occasion when just a lad
he had the pleasure of eating at
Abraham Lincoln's own table with he
and his family, mentioned of General
Grant seeing personally that he had a
pass to go home and many other interesting things. When the last song
was sung and the crowd was dispersing many were the warm hand shakes
with the veterans, and the warmth
glowing from every countenance bore
testimony that each and all had passed a pleasant evening.
Card of Thanks
We extend our deepest gratitude to
the neighbors and friends, who assisted us during the illness and death of
our beloved wife and mother. We
are also thankful for the services of
the pastors and to all for their floral
tributes.
N, I>« Rumsey
• and children.
Dance At Crooked Lake.
A dance will be given at ihe Pavil-
llon at Crooked Lake every Tuesday
and Saturday evenings. Good "oiuslc.
MRS. NEIL BUSUONG
DEPARTS THIS LIFE
At her home in Sheridan township
Wednesday, June 2nd, occurred the
death of Mrs, Neil Bushong at the
age of 17 years, 9 months and 5 days.
The funeral will be held from the
Colonville church Saturday afternoon,
Rev: Frank Bates officiating and interment made in the Hatton cemetery.
The obituary will be published next
week.
RURAL CARRIER EXAMINATION.
The United States Civil Service
Commission has announced an examination to be held at Clare, Michigan receipt of applications for which
will close June 16, 1926, to fill the
position of rural carrier at Marion,
Michigan and vacancies that may
later occur on rural routes from that
post office. The date of examination
will be stated on admission, cards
mailed applicants after the close of
receipt of applications.
JONES I All OR SHOP
ENTERED SUNDAY NIGHT
Burglars    Break-   Out  Window
Pane and Take Two Suits
and Two Caps.
C. S. C. SCORES
ANOTHER SUCCESS
Sometime Sunday night the
Howard w" Jones tailor shop on west
4th street was entered by robbers by
breaking out the pane of the window.
The following morning upon opening
the store Mr, Jones noticed one suit
had been taken out of the display
window and an investigation showed
that the intruders had departed with
two suits and two caps.
According to announcements in the
daily papers three youths, and an
Ionia ex-convict are In the Tuscola
county jail at Caro following their arrest and confession to the police of -a
series of petty robberies throughout
central Michigan and It is thought
that these men will be connected up
with the local job.
MRS. ELIZABETH RUMSEY
While. visiting at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Tony Freed, of Hatton township, Mrs. Elizabeth Rumsey
was stricken* with paralysis and passed away Saturday, May 29th. Had
she been spared until September 4th,
she would have been 69 years old,
Mrs. Rumsey --had made many
visits at her daughter's home and
won a wide circle of friends who will
regret learning of her sudden" departure. Her visit here was of just
one week's duration.
She had spent about fifty years at
Oak Grove, coming to Maple Rapids
four years ago.
She leaves a faithful husband, of
Maple Rapids, three daughters, Mrs.
Chas.. Batchelor, of Chapin; Mrs. Paul
Dangle, of Ann Arbor; and Mrs. Tony
Freed, of Clare; and two sons, Harry,
of Parrington and Raymond, of Maple
Rapids, together with a host of
friends to mourn her sudden demise.
Services were conducted from the
Freed home Monday by Revs. Bacon
and Klelnhart and the remains taken
to Oak Grove Tuesday where services
were held from the Oak Grove church
by Rev. Reynolds and burial made in
the cemetery at that place.
ARCHAMBOULT FARM
HOME BURNS TO GROUND
Loss Will Mean   Many  Thousands of Dollars to Owner,
Robert Archamboult, living two
miles south of Clare, suffered a severe loss Wednesday evening about
5:30 o'clock when, his home was burned to the ground.
The family were all working out of
doors when the little girl went to the
house to get warm, but could not
gain entrance on account of the
smoke. She gave the alarm to her
parents, but the blaze had gained
such headway that nothing could be
done to save it.
The rural fire truck was called but
could do nothing.
The loss on the building will reach
over $6,000 with only ?1500 insurance.
No estimate has been placed on the
loss of the household effects, which
carried an insurance of $1700, but
will reach many hundreds of dollars.
MEMBERS OF CLARE 0. E. S.
VISIT FARWELL LODGE
Wednesday evening about forty
members-- of the Zenobia Chapter O.
E. S. journeyed to Farwell where they
were served with a sumptuous supper at 7:00 o'clock by the Farwell
lodge.
Following the regular opening of
lodge by the Farwell Chapter the
Clare officers were placed in charge
and conferred the initatory work in a
very pleasing manner.
The Farwell members proved
themselves royal entertainers and
both lodges are looking forward to
many more of the pleasant occasions.
DANCE AT LAKE GEORGE.
A dance will be given at Pioneer
Pavilion, Lake George, every Saturday night, Good music. 32t2
.IfiRiESIgTlBLE are our good wearying "suits, They'll have them if they
have to steal to get them, Howard W,
Jones. ".'"••"•■-
CARNIVAL COMING.   .
Work is well under way erecting
the ferris wheel, chire plalne, merry-
go-round, shows « and concession
stands on west 2nd street near* the
Glare Hay, Grain & Bean Co. elevator,
for the Leonard Amusement Co.,
which will be'opened in the city Saturday and continuing all next week.
This company visited our city in
previous years and vrill be remembered as bringing a clean line of amusement.
Appreciative Crowd Greets
"Ye Old Town   Vodvil"
Last Week Thursday
Evening.
Under- the very capable management and direction of Mrs. T. Carl
Holbrook, Jr„ assisted by .Mrs. A. H.
Horton, Mrs, A. E.' Achard and Mrs,
Donald Bicknell, Clare was given a
treat last week Thursday evening
that seldom comes to a city of .Its.
size. . '
We can well be proud of our musical and dramatic talent, ahd it was
indeed an appreciative and enthusiastic audience that greeted "Ye
Home Town Vodvil." Each act met
with a storm of applause, and encores were generously given.
To mention one act as above another, would be impossible. All were
excellent, with beautiful costumes
and -vyel! regulated lighting effects adding much to the occasion.
To our own home folks -"who so
generously gave their time and talents, they extend their sincere appreciation, and also to • the young
men from Mt. - Pleasant, Messrs.
Buroh, Haight, Cole and Teller, who
contributed the splendid acrobatic
act. .
The Glare Study Club stands for
civic improvement and betterment
of social conditions. They have sponsored and carried to success many
things that have bettered our city,
and it is for such work that the proceeds derived from this, play are to
be used. While the money made is a
valuable consideration to them, yet
there is another side to be considered.
One more successful venture, one
Which helped, bring together the
people of our city and surrounding
country, and .furnished' them with a
clean, wholesome entertainment,
equally enjoyed by old and young.
Let's boost for The Clare Study
Club.
SCOUT EXECUTIVE
MEETS WITH C. OF C.
At the regular meeting of the
Chamber of Commerce which was
held at the Phelps Cafeteria following a sumptuous six o'clock dinner
Tuesday evening, the question of organizing a Boy Scout troop in Clare
was discussed. Mr. W. E. Wyley,
scout executive, of Bay City, was
present and explained the-work and
method of orgahizaing such a troop.
Dr. Miller, also a scout master of Bay
City, spoke of the benefits derived
from such a movement, not only to
the boys but to all the men connected
with, it in any way. Plans are being
rushed as fast as possible in order
to get a troop in the field this summer.
WEEK END GUESTS.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Church and
children, Mr. and Mrs. Theo Merrihew, of Herrick, entertained over
Decoration day, Mrs. Church's father,
J. Wager and sister, Mrs. Pearl
Pierce and "daughter, Lilian, also sister and brother, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Fathers and little daughter,
brother and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Wm.
Wager and children, Robert Reed,
Miss Elaine Parker, Paul Wright and
Mrs. Martindale, all of Detroit; also
Mr. and Mrs. George Breen and family, of Grand Rapids. They all gathered at the Theo Merrihew home for
a family dinner and reunion.
In the afternoon they were joined
by Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Steers, of
Flint, Mr. and Mrs. Edd Scott,, Mr.
and Mrs. A. T. Bliss and family, of
Midland; brothers and sisters of
Chas. Church, also several other
friends making a happy reunion of 42
relatives and friends. All attended
Memorial service at Clare and Coleman.
THE FYR-FYTER.
NOTICE TO TELEPHONE PATRONS
Persons wishing to call Western
Union, please call 8F3. This is listed
in the directory as i*v M. tower,
Michigan Bell Telephone CO.
LGST.*-MOimteft Goodyear tire 33675.
Finder please leave at Hotel
Doherty ahd receive reward.
The U. S. Government, bought 245,-
000 Fyr-Fyter Hand Fire extinguishers. They put 1,400 of them on the
Battleship West Virginia. I'am selling this same extinguisher. Price
moderate. Get the best and save
your home. Let me show you a
sample and how this wonderful little,
machine works.
J. W. Gleason, Representative,
Clare,, Mich., R-2—-adv.
ODD FELLOWS MEMORIAL
SERVICES NEXT SUNDAY
Members of the I. O- O. F. lodge of
this city will hold their Memorial
services at the City Park next Sunday at il;30 a. in.
Rev. H. B, Johnson of the .Congregational church will give the, address.
VALUABLE FARM HOME
. BURNED LAST WEEK
Rural Fire Truck Makes   Eight
Mile Run in Sixteen Minutes.
Other Buildings Saved.
The large two story frame farm residence belonging to Robert Hovey
and located on.e mile north and one-
mile east of Rosebush was entirely
destroyed by fire late last week
Thursday afternoon.
The Clare rural fire truck was called and made the run in sixteen
minutes but it was too late to be of
any assistance, except to protect the
out buildings by the use of the chemicals and only one tank was used for
this purpose.
Mr. Hovey is the son of William
Hovey, the postmaster at Rosebush,
and they were attending a sale some
distance while Mrs. Hovey was at a
neighbors.
The children were at home and had
built a fire in the kitchen range and
■were preparing supper.
There was a pipe extension on the
kitchen chimney and it is thought
that sparks from this set fire to the
eaves of the. main part of the house.
Practically all of the furniture on
the first floor of the home was saved.
The loss was estimated at five
thousand dollars with thirty-eight
hundred dollars insurance.
MASONIC LODGES
OF COUNTY TO
MEET IN CLARE
  o
Plans Being Completed   for
Big   Get-to-Gather Meeting Tuesday, June 8th.
The entertainment committee of
John Q. Look lodge, F. & A. M. of
this city is making extensive plans
on holding a get-to-gather meeting of
lodges of Glare, Farwell and Harrison
to be held at their hall Tuesday, June
8th, the meeting to begin at 3:00 p.
m.
The Clare lodge will confer either
the first or second degree. The Harrison lodge will .cnfer the third "degree up to the lecture at which time
all will retire to the Phelp's Cafeteria
for supper. After supper the Farwell
lodge will finish the work.
Following the close of the work in
the third ReY. Gallagher, Grand Chaplain of the Grand Lodge of Masons
will give an address.
Princess Theatre
June 5 to 11 Inclusive
Sat., June 5—Youth and Adventure
—Richard Talmadge—Fast action and
thrills.
Sun .-Mon. — Mannequin — Alice
Joyce Liberty Magazine $50,000.00
prize story. A heart gripping story
revealed on the screen by a master
director, James Cruze.
Tues.-Wed.—The American Venus
Star cast.
Thur.—The Lucky Lady—Greta
Nisson.
Be sure and meet Irene—she comes
to the Princess Theatre, June 29-30.
THE AMERICAN VENUS
Paramounts magnificient screen entertainment, which immortalize the
charms of .America's most beautiful
girls, an eye-dazzling spectacle of
gorgeous extravagance, in which lavish and amazing scenic effects, luxurious settings and rich arid wonderful,
costumes are used,, a bright and lively plot with harmony of color, grace,
beauty and novelty.
Tues.-Wed.—8-9—30c-10c.
Matinee,  Tuesday—3:30—20c-10c.
Fri.-Sat,—- The Deadwood Coach-—
Tom Mix—A western feature with a
star everyone enjoys seeing.
installs new electric
meat cutting Machine
This week the Jackson Market installed a new electric meat cutting
machine that greatly assist them in
the preparing of all kinds of meats
for the customer.
Besides being a labor saver the
machine cuts the meat at any thickness by an endless narrow band saw,
Which performs the" work very neatly.
Mr. Jackson invites their friends
and customers to call and see the machine in operation.
The Fleming. Shoe CO, is showing
some extra specials in men's dress ox?
fOrds,*---adv,
AN APPRECIATION.
The Clare 'Study Club "Wish to extend' thanks to all who contributed to
the success of their entertatameht. To
all who took part,* to Mr, .Sternaman
fbr operating lights; to Wm, fit. Bicknell Co., Davys', and Duncan & Hewlett for loaning gowns.
Beulah Caple,
iithel Alleiv
. ^ Publicity Committee..
HUNDREDS PAY
TRIBUTE TO DEAD
Many Prevented From .Attending   Decoration   Day
Services'by Threatening Rain.
As had been planned, the progranbn
for Decoration Day was carried on ast-
announced. thru these  columns  last ■'
week. *
At 10:30 the line of march wast
formed as laid out in Ex-service Men's. .
Memorial Day ritual, Following the- ,
Mt, Pleasant Indian band were the*
soldiers and many cars loaded with-.
people. At the school house the parade was halted to allow the school
children to take their place in the
line,
At the cemetery the crowd encircled the soldiers monument. "America" was sung by the children, Then, ■
followed the American Legion program. Hon D. E. Alward, "the grand.
old man, from Clare" was introduced
and for one half hour he held the?
several hundred people, who eome-for
miles to rightfully pay homage to-
their soldier dead, spell bound as he
told of the original idea of Decoration^
its significance to the present and; ,
coming generations, and the hard- •
ships of war and the aftermath, Rev.
Frank Bates pronounced the benediction. In this issue the Walter H.
Larnian post wishes to thank Mr.
Bogan .and the Misses Alderton and?
Compton for arranging for the songs-
by the school. They also wish to
thank Mr, Hirt, Mr. Thurston and Joe-
McKeever for their services and,
especially Rev. Frank Bates for his-
kindness, -remembrance of which Willi
long remain with them. They also-,
rejoice in the fact that seventy-five .
percent of local Spanish war Vets-
were out and that there are still a
few of the Civil war vets able to attend the services. It was a pleasing:
sight to see Mr. Warren Reed our 92* .
year old Vet shake hands with the-
boys and Mr. Alward after .the program Following we print the address
given by Mr. Alward:
58 years ago, the 80th day of May-
was set apart, for the strewing o£
flowers of Union soldiers.
Gen. John A. Logan, tne Gran*
Army's first commander, appealed to-
the people to
"Cherish tenderly the memory of
our heroic dead, who have made
their breasts a barricade between out-
country and its foes;"
And he pledged the soldiers living:
never to let their eyes grow dim or
their hands slack or their hearts
grow cold, but to keep the solemn
tust as long as life remained.
Looking backwards, over one's own
life, 58 years does not seem a long;
time.
There are those within the sound.1
of my voice today who, 58 years ago,-.
lived in Vernon township or* in the?
vicinity of Dover, and Who can recall,
the time of the- first burial in this-,
cemetery. (
Since then, people have come to.*
Clare and Isabella counties.from*.the-
north, the south, the east and the
west, and from across the sea. All.
the country 'round about has been,
transformed into productive farms,,
and younder, there has arisen out of
the wilderness, our beautiful and progressive and prosperous city of Clare...
58 years ago! Then, o'ur country's-
greatest war had just been fought an<L
won.
Since then the American people?
have borne the burdens and suffered.'
the wounds, and been crowned withf
the glory of two more wars, both*
waged on our part without greed or
selfishness, but with a purpose t»,
serve others and to save the civiliza.—
tion of the world.
With the' passing of these 58 years;
this silent city of the dead has grown*
Here, in times of supreme sorrow,,
those near and dear to us have been
laid away and the tears of relatives
and friends have told their tale of sorrow.   '
Was it father or mother, husbanct
or wife?
Was it son or' daughter?
Was it brother or sister?
Here, there and everywhere today-
their graves are bedecked . with?
Spring's choicest flowers, proving-.
that those who have gone before are
not forgotten, and attesting our love'
for themr which shall never fail,
"They are. not dead, these loved,
ones whom we mourn,
Though out of sight and hearing;
they have gone;      •
They live,—removed from earthy-
care and ill,
Wlth.Bweeter, holler powor to bless--
us still."
That, we can truly say Of our*
soldler dead, Their lives were part*
Of the nation's life. Their. serVlce-
and their suffering and their sacrifices were for you and me. Surely"
inemry of what they did will abide*
With the plsoplO as long as the Republic shall endure.
It is to rehearse the story Of their*
service and thei* sacrifice, to bring:
hack to mind the history of what they
(Cohtlhued oh page hihe)