1927-12-23; Clare Sentinel

              Established 1878
CLARE, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY MORNING; DECEMBER 23, 1927
New Series Vol. 36, No. 9
ENJOYS EXCELLENT
HEALTH AT ONE
iNDREDYEAR
Wm. Shaffer, of Wise Township,   pas   Excellent
Memory and Recalls
Many Incidents of
His Early Life,
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A century has failed to bow the
shoulders of William Shaffer, who
lives With his son on a farm eight
miles, southeast of Clare, and although he celebrated his one hundredth birthday on the 26th of last
August, he enjoys good health and Is
active about the house and farm.
He is six feet three Inches in
heignth and stands straight as an arrow. With a long, snow white beard,
and black hair, only slightly streaked
with- grey, which hangs down on his
shoulders he makes a striking appearance.
His father was of Dutch ancestry,
])ut his mother was a full-blooded
Cherokee Indian woman and a descendant of "Pocahontas. He was born
in Ohio, and lived in Paulding county
until he came to Isabella county,
Michigan, in 1904. In his home
county, he was called "Wild Bill" because ot his fearlessness and great
strength. He relates the story of
how he cleared and ditched forty
acres of the low, brush land in Paulding county, Ohio, in those early days,
and in return for his labor was given
forty acres of the wild land. This he
also cleared and ditched and converted into a productive farm,
Mr. Shaffer has an excellent mem-
dry and recalls m&ny incidents of his
boyhood days, He said*. "Not many
men can remember when they were
six years old, but my father died
when I was that age, and I can well
remember his funeral and how I cried
at his casket. When I was four
years old, my father was breaking up
new ground and one of the oxen laid
back in the yoke. My father drove
a. nail in the end of a stick, and I
walked along and prodded the ox
with this stick when he refused to do
his part of the work."    *
He Was a man thirty-four years of
age at the beginning ot the Civil War
and his two younger brothers enlisted in the Union Army, but he remained at home to care lor his aged
and widowed mother.
Mr. Shaffer had a paralytic stroke
when he was sixty-five years old aud
for a number of years was in poor
health. He said: "The doctors said
I would never be a well man, but I
fooled them all, and today I feel good
and am well and strong," To prove
the assertion, the aged man arose
from his chair and with his hands
clenched and head erect, he walked
across the room with all of the vigor
and sprightliness of a middle aged
man.
Sixty-three years ago, he was married to his wife who is 78 and a very
active woman, taking care of a large
flock of chickens both winter and
summer, and prides herself on the
la*rge and excellent garden she has
oach year, and where she does all
of the hoeing and pulling of the
•weeds. Her mother was a free Negro
woman but -her father was a white
man,
Mr. and Mrs. Shaffer sold their
farm iu Ohio in 1304 and came to
Michigan, purchasing a tract of wild
land near Coleman, although 77 years
of age, he and his wife, during the
next few years cleared eighty acres
of this land, and they resided there
until one year ago, when they went
to live with their son.
NEW TEST WILL AID
DAIRYMEN OF STATE
Improved Method of. Diagnosis
Will Help Disease Control Work,   '
An improved method that has recently been perfected for the diagnosis
of Bang's abortion disease in cattle
may prove of great value to dairymen
3n Michigan, is the statement made
by the bacteriology department at
Michigan State College.
The old method for the determination of the disease required two days
to complete the test of blood samples
from suspected animals. The same
test can be made by the improved
method in two minutes.
The time saved in. making the individual tests can now be utilized to
make additional determinations, and
the studies being made of the disease
and means of control can now be expanded.
Doctor I. F, Huddleson, who perfected the new test, believes that
Bang's abortion disease is the greatest handicap that the dairy industry
faces at "the present time. Animals
that are apparently healthy may bo
carriers of the disease and transmit
it to other animals in the herd.
Since being perfected at Michigan
State College, the test has been adopted by Wisconsin and is now being
used in the disease research work in
chat state.
tEAUTIFDL PAGEANT
A GREAT SUCCE
EVART CLUB TO
EMERTA1N KIDDIES
The Exchanged Club of Evart expect to make Saturday a gala day for
the children of that village and surrounding country, and hope to have
one thousand boys and girls as their
.guests during the afternoon.
They have rented the Lyric Theatre
and a special feature film will be
shown free. Large chocolate bars
and packages of animal crackers will
be presented to each child, and practically eVery merchant in the village
has arranged for special favors for
their youthful guests.
Seating Capacity Taxed to
Overflowing by People
Wishing to See Bihies. 1 Play. ,
The Christmas pageant. "He That.
Cometh", by Miriam Blanton Huber,
given at the Methodist church last
Sunday evening was in every way the
greatest success, many pronouncing
a the finest similar production ever
given in Clare. The crowd filled
every inch of space in the spacious
auditorium, including transepts, balconies and aisles.
In Michigan the Christmas offering
goes to the Methodist Children's
Home. Just before the last scene,
the pastor described this work for
orphaned and homeless children, and
the offering was a little more than
fifty dollars, with some small sums
to be handed in next Sunday.
Mrs. A. E. Mulder was chairman for
the arrangements, being the Sunday
School superintendent for the month
of December, and had directed certain of the scenes, while Mrs. T. Carl
Holbrook served as special director
and certainly accomplished wanders.
Mrs. Fred McGuire, directed the
music which was especially fine. The
colored spotlight effects were very
striking and beautiful, and were arranged and directed by E. H. Sternaman.
One of the most beautiful and
-spiritual touches was the reciting of
■.hie Twenty-third Psalm by- the audience turned to face the beautiful
west window, which depicts in .art
c,'iass, Christ, as the Good Shepherd,
leading the sheep and carrying the
lambs. The interior lights were
switched off while special lighting on
the outside of the church, arranged
by Jay Bellinger, illuminated the pic-
lure in the center of the window.
The decorations and stage settings
were very beautiful and represented a
good deal of w6rk by the committee,
but many assisted and by loyal cooperation, made it all possible. The
star was designed by the pastor and
Allen Kidder wired the readers
booths and provided the rose tinted
lights which, though hidden, illuminated the interior with fine effects.
The mental impressions and spiritual teaching was very good, leaving
a renewed sense of the wonderful
story of the birth of the King, of
Kings.
INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS
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Hobson Arbor held installation of
officers at L O, O. F. hall, Thursday
night, December 15. Mt. pleasant degree team put on the work with Edward Little, District manager, present, W. thank the ladies of Hobson
Arbor for the bountiful supper served to 120 companions, also the Mt.
Pleasant degree team for their work.
Charles Church,
Chief Gleaner.
Tom
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Princess Theatre
December 24-30
Sat. 24th—Tumble River -
Mix—A raring ranchman on a
page, routs the rustlers.
Sun.-Mon.—Mart Power — Jtichard
Dix and Mary Brian—A Xmas- picture for you and your family—A mixture of comedy and drama with Dix
as an ex-officer of the Tank Corps,
who works in a Tractor plant, shows
xip the managers tricking, and finally
uses one of the tractors to save the
village from destruction.
Tues.-Wed.—Now We're In the Air—
Raymond Hatton and Wallace Berry,
—The champion comedy team of the
screen.
Thur.-Fri.—Toms Gang—Tom Tyler
—and new serial—The Golden Stallion,,
, Watch for Fred Thomsons first
Paramount picture—Jessie James-
January 3-4.
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IJHIS should be .the most successf-ul Christmas in our
history if we try to make it so, Let us crowd hate
and its kindred, suspicion and gloom, out of our
hearts. Let us focus our eyes on that guiding star which led
the Wise Men to a poor abode, and in the warmth of its
glow rekindle in ourselves the genial flame of charity.
Let us, for the day at least, forget the things that worry us.
In their places let us substitute thoughts of the many things
for which we may be thankful. 'Let us forgive our enemies
and lean more heavily upon the staff of friendship. Thus each
of us will become a center cf happiness and able to spread
that cheer which is at the heart of Christmas observance.
No season of the year so delightfully excites one's imagination
or calls more sympathetically to one's tenderest emotions. We
• do not need to be reminded that the festive occasion commemorates the announcement "of the religion of peace and
love, for the feeling is all around vs, It expresses itself in
tranquillity for the old and in joyous promptings for the young.
Happiness is in the air.
The penetration of the Christmas spirit encourages us in the
faith that the world is growing better, for it cannot be otherwise than that the recurrent planting of such seeds year by
year tends more and more toward the fruition of universal
love and brotherhood.
Our greeting to you is for a merry Christmas and the wish
that all of us may carry much of the spirit and blessings of the
- day into every other day of the year. Thus shall we draw
nearer to the fulfillment of the ideal typified by Christmas.
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LAST CHANCE
AT BONUS FOR
WARVETERANS
Failure to Apply for 'Compensation by That Time
Will Bar Future
Claims.
World war _u-.ii who were in the
service of the country" during the
great conflict and who have as yet
not filed claim for compensation, or
soldiers' bonus, will have to do so on
or before Saturday, December 31, as
that is positively the last date on
which an application will be recognized. After that date the ex-service
man will have no more rights to ask
for his compensation or bonus than
an ordinary citizen who never seen
a gun and the government and state
officials in charge of these matters
state that December 31, is absolutely
the dead line.
Local Legion officers are making
every attempt to round-up every ex-
service man Who has not attended to
this important item and get all applications in so there will be no local
men deprived, through negligence, in-
aifference or any other reason, from
what they are entitled to.
This is very important and every
eligible person should attend to it at
once if they have not already done
so.
NOTICE. TO PUBLIC.
As Christmas day this year falls
on Sunday the undersigned banks
will be .closed all day Monday, December 26th.
The Citizens State Bank.
The Clare County Savings Bank.
NEW YEAR DANCING PARTY
Spickerman's Orchestra will furnish
music for * the New Year dancing
party at Mt, Vernon Grange hall on
Friday evening, December 80th. You
are welcome. , 8t2.
E. A. WHITE WRITES
TO CLARE FRIENDS
Would Enjoy Entertaining Clare-
ites in Sunny South for
a Winter.
315 Rush St.
New Smyrna, Fla.
Dec. 16, 1927.
My old friend,
George Wilson,
Clare, Michigan:
We were very sorry when we learned of your sickness, and we are very
glad to know that you are better now.
I often think of our good, old time
friends at Clare, and since that recent
visit with them; I think of them often-
ei". Friends of earlier days are nearly all gone now, this naturally makes
Clare friendships more dear to me;
If I were able to do it, it would afford me great pleasure to entertain
all Clare friends one whole winter at
least, down here in- Florida. This is
a wonderful climate to live in but it
takes hard knocks to make a living.
Kindest regards from    the    White
family to the Wilson family.
Sincerely*,
E. A. White.
SCOUT COMMITTEE
APPOINTS LOCAL
ADVISORY BOARD
 a  	
Clare Has Been Made Part
of Saginaw Area Under
New Plans.
STUDENTS RETURNING
FOR HOLIDAYS
Among our young people who. are
attending college .we have learned
that the following are home for
the holiday vacation: Emma Rogers,
Laura Thompson, Reva Derby, and
Francis Jackson,, of Gentral State
Teachers College at Mt. Pleasant;
-uta Kidder, Mercedes Moore and
Norris Asline. of Albion College, Albion; Francis Anderspn, of Oberlin
College, Oberlin, Ohio; James Johnson, Alm'a College,- Alma; Frank
Bicknell and Max Koch, of U. of M.,
Ann Arbor; Mark Bicknell and Allen
Kidder, Michigan State College, East
Lansing; Robert Jackson and friend,
Harold Hibbard, of Notre Dame,
South Bend, Ind.-
The Citizens State. Bank this year,
has calendars especially prepared for
teachers of schools and they arc
urgently requested to call- and get
one.'—adv.
The Boy Scouts of America has become one of the leading and important movements of modern times, and
scouting is considered by education
as essential to the* complete training'
of a boy and man.
An area plan ot supervision which
was recently adopted by the "organization has proven very effective and
Satisfactory, and the leaders of this
great organization for boys are making every effort possible to secure the
co-operation of the citizens of every
community, where troops have been
formed, in order that the boys may
have scouting in all of its forms and
ideals.
This new plan of organization provides for the division of the state into districts or areas, with trained and
conipetent leadership. Clare has
been made, a part of the Saginaw
area, and this .community is very
fortunate in this respect, as Scoutmasters Qoddard and Morgan of Sag**
inaw are recognized as the leading
scout executives of Michigan.
W, S., McAllister, H. C. Cudney and
■M.. B. Gallagher are the members of
the local Troop Committee, and have
co-operated witli       Scoutmasters
Sternaman and Ross Thompson in
the work - of the local organization,
but these gentlemen have felt the
need of increased activity in order to
bring every boy of scout age in Glare
into the troop, and they have appointed an advisory committee of fifteen
, to assist In the plans of area supervision and co-operation.
The members of this advisory committee a,re:
C. W" Perry, Geo. White, Rev.
Hurd, Kov. Johnson. Dr. Mulder, Dr.
McKnight, "Fred Morgan, John Doh-
eriyr-_Ed, Johnston, Jas, Bicknell, Willard bicknell, Ed. Zemmer, F. O. McGuire, Fred Thompson, Leo Hampton
and Jas. Clute.
DECEMBER 31ST
IS LAST DAY
Plates Can Be Obtained at Office of Clare, Realty
Company.
The  Attorney  General   Has  Ruled as
•*- Follows:
1. You may issue 1928 plates on
new motor vehicles purchased after
December 1st, , 1927, without requiring the payment of the 1927 tax or
procuring affidavit.
2. You may isstu-f 1928 plates for
new cars purchased before December
1st. 1927, as shown by bill of sale,
without collecting the 1927 tax, providing that the owner makes affidavit that such motor vehicle has not
been operated by such owner upon
the highways of Michigan during
1927.
3. You may issue 1928 plates on
used motor vehicles on which 1927
fax has not been paid, providing you
procure the affidavit as in paragraph
two.
1928 license plates, for both passenger and commercial vehicles can
be obtained at offices of Clare Realty
Co. daily between hours of 8:00 and
d:00 o'clock (excepting Thursday afternoons). . j
Monday, December 26th, having
been declared a legal holiday, this
office will be closed'.
BASKCTEERS LOSE
0 REED CST?
But Win From    Shepherd
With Large Margin Wed?
nesday Night.
Clare high school lost to Reed City
last Friday by the score of 16 to 8,
and won their game from Shepherd
Wednesday by a score of 27 to 12.
Clare's substitute team started in
both of these games, at ■ Reed City
playing the first quarter, and in the
Shepherd game,_ they played the first
and third quarters.
Reed City lost tiieir championship
team ofvlast year through graduation,
and this year's team, is not to be
compared with that almost perfect
machine which carried off the state
honors, but the Clare boys-seemed to
have an off night, and lacked the
speed and vim which usually
characterizes their playing. Reed
City secured the first field goal and
maintained the lead throughout the
game.
The preliminary game between
Reed City's second team and the
Clare midgets was an interesting and
exciting one, but Reed City won by
the score of 17 to 11.
In the Shepherd game, both the
regular and substitute teams played
an excellent brand of basketball, the
former. holding the visitors scoreless
during their half of the game, except
for four free throws in which they
were successful, while they annexed
21 points to Clare's count.
Shepherd were held to one field
goal during the entire game, but
made the rest of their score by accurate free throws. They were successful in ten out of nineteen chances.
The preliminary game between
Clare's midgets and Shepherd's second team resulted in a victory for
Clare by the score of 1£ to 7. This
game was fast and although the locals
were outweighed almost two to one,
what they lacked in size and weight
was more than made up In speed and"'
accuracy.
There was a large attendance and
the high school band under the direction of George Boyd furnished music
between halves and intervals of the
game.
Next Thursday evening an alumni
team will play the high school team
as a benefit for the Athletic association and a large attendance of'fans is
desired, .   c-      "
LARGE CROWD ENJOY
FM SUPPER
About two hundred were served to
a fish supper in the K. of P. hall,
December 10th. The fish being served by the Barnes Cafeteria. After
some discussion it was agreed by all
that Barnes*-' couldn't, be beat for
serving all kinds of dainty dishes,  .
If you wttut to cline
Just- fall in line
At Barnes' Cafeteria,
Take a knife, fork and spoon.
Step forward and soon
You will be .where Barnes will
serve you.
Then Barnes, he will say;,
Steak, porkchop or fish, today.
Tho best in Clare there you'll find
it.'.  •
And when you have dined -
You will say to mankind
Barnes' has the place
And I'm glad that I found it.
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Eastman Kodaks at Anderson's adv.
PULPITS OCCUPIED
BY PROHIBITION
SPEAKERS SUNDAY
O'Brien and Wilkins Here
in Behalf of AntirSaloon  .
League and its Work.
Sunday was Anti Saloon League
field day for Clare,, and the pulpits Of
the Congregational " and Baptist*
churches and Church of God Chapel,
were occupied by representatives of
that organization at the morning services,
, Fred TL O'Brien, postmaster at
Coral, Michigan,. and editor of the-
Coral News was the speaker at the
Baptist church. Mr. O'Brien has
ueen an' ardent advocate of the dry
cause, and opponent of the liquor
traffic for many years.
He referred to the time when the
laboring man worked twelve hours a
day, and about all the satisfaction he •
could get out of life was to go to the
saloon and by taking two or three
beers or a drink of whiskey try and
make himself happy, and compared
these conditions with the present day
in which the laborer has a real happy
home, a happy family* a radio, a
fliver, works eight hours a day five
days a week and has time to enjoy
the fruits of his efforts.
The speaker declared that a
propoganda is being carried on-
through the metropolitan press to try
and mi-ike people believe that prohibition is a failure, but that they never
print a line about the benefits of
prohibition, or what i6 has done for
the great mass of people, especially
■.he laboring man.
Rev. Charles C. Wilkins, of Detroit,
who was formerly a resident of
Kansas, was the speaker at the Congregational church and Church of God
Chapel. Rev. Wilkins was an acquaintance of Carrie Nation. of prohibition fame, and carries on his;
speaking trips, a Bible which she:
read and carried for many years, and
which was presented -to him by her
heirs after her death, in accordance*,
with a request she had made.
This speaker explained the new
program of education, publicity aud'
research which was adopted by the-
Anti Saloon League at their recent
National convention in Washington,.
D. C. He said the public are to be-
taught the dangers of indulgence' im
liquors, the truth concerning the. bene-
nts of prohibition and the necessity
of the enforcement of all laws.
Rev. Wilkins said this work ot
publicity and education is to be done
through the public press, moving pictures, and educational posters, which,
are being distributed to* the educational institutions throughout the-
country. j,
TWO DAY FREE EVENT
The Gladwin County Farmers and
Teachers' Institute, Mid-winter Fair
and Poultry Show at Beaverton, January 5th and 6th, 1928, will be a two-
day free event.
Speakers have been arranged for*
from the M. S. C. ^ Department of*
Education, Farm Bureau, Northeast
Michigan Development Bureau, county
talent and others. The subjects ot
■ilf-^lf** culture, -ower farming, poultry raising, certilisd seed, boys and'.
f*..-*is club work and many other subjects of educational value will be discussed. Exhibits of farm and school,
poultry and pet stock, household products and fancy work will be on display. Liberal prises are. offered for
exhibits.
Several reels of motion pictures*,
will be used to illustrate the various
subjects discussed. Beaverton extends a cordial invitation to everyone
to attend this annual event.
ADDS NEW HEARSE
TO EQUIPMENT
In keeping with his policy, to give
the very best possible service to his
patrons, Charles Thurston, the. funeral director, has added a new
limousine hearse to his complete and!
first class equipment.
This hearse is the very latest and"
most up-to-date to. be obtained >and"
has many modern and convenient
features. It is mounted on a Reo
chassis1 and is attractive as well as;
serviceable. ,
NOTICE TO MY PATRONS.
After January 1st, 1928, I will do a*.
strictly cash ■ business at my garage-
at Farwell.
-   All persons now owing me please'
call -and settle your,   account   before
February 1st, 1928.
9t5 o. Sherman,
Fleming Shoe Go. are giving away
a jackknife with every pair of bays
shoes* or" arctics.—adv.
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