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THE   CLARE   SBNTINEL
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Official   Paper ^of
"Clare   and   Clare   County
Established 1878
GLARE, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 23, 1928
New Series Vol. 36, No. 22
MARCH TERM OF
CIRCUIT COURT
NEXT MONDAY
Troubles in County Expected to be Ironed Out by
Short. Session.
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Tfie People vs. Earl Davis, Fraud-
nlent removal ot mortgaged property.
The People vs. Ota Root, violation
of the prohibition law.
The People vs. Orih Ward and
Charles Williams,, larceny-, from- the
person.
Tlie People vs. George Petchnick,
forgery.       •     ■    O - .
Issues of Fact
' Ralph Kniffin, Appellee vs.   John E.
Myers, Appellant., appeal in assumpsit. - ,' '
August Arndt vs. Elmer Miller, assumpsit.
Stimpsou Computing Scale Com--
pany, vs.- Raymond Scott', assumpsit.
Edwin McCoy vs. Howard Jones,
trespass. . -  ■
The First National Bank of Reed
City, Michigan, a corporation, vs. Le-
Roy B. Church, attachment.
The -First National Batik of" Reed
City, Michigan, a Federal corporation,
vs.'LeRoy B, Church, attachment.
First National Bank of Reed City,
Michigan, a corporation, vs. Wm..  G.
Cornwell and Wade Cradit, trespass.
Chancery Calendar
Mortie Braucher vs. Clara L. Run-
yan aud Thomas B. Fair, injunction.
- William C. O'Keefe et al., vs. Leila
B. Callam, Frances Callam and Bank
of Saginaw, bill for partition and division.
Edima Richardson, vs, .Alice Rich-
ardsou, divorce.
A. Harvey Sons Manufacturing Co.,
vs. Edward Seltzer and Mary 30. Seltzer, bill for foreclosure of mortgage.
Charles F. Hext, vs. John J. Mor-
iarty, Joseph R. Moriarty and Thomas
Conlon, administrator, injunction.
Clare County Savings Bank, vs.
Claude A. Rekers and Adah A. Rek-
ers/ injunction.
In the matter of the petition of
Oramel B. Fuller, Auditor General of
the State of Michigan for and in be
half, of said State, for Ihe sale of certain lands for the taxes assessed
thereon in the year 1925 and previous
years. Petition filed January 24, 1928.
Frederic Miller vs, Annie-Miller, divorce.
Anna Geeck, administratrix of the
estate of Perry D. Brown vs. Saginaw
and Clare County Railroad Company,
et.al, bill to quiet title.
Doris Loveless vs. Ernest Loveless,
bill to carry decree Into execution.
' Robert Kelley vs. Lottie Kelley, 6\-
vorce.
Harley Mangle vs. Ada J. Mangle.
divorce.
Eliza Daugherty vs. James A.
Daugherty, divorce-.
Eola Guthrio vs, Elmer E. Guthrie,
divorce. i
Causes in which no progress has been
made for more than one year.
Chancery
Ells G. Hughes,, vs. Bertha M.
Hughes, divorce.
Eola Guthrie vs. Elmer Guthrie, divorce.
COMPLIMENTARY DINNER
.     TENDERED BASKETBALL,
COACH AND PLAYEftS
:s
Great helping of delicious chicken
pie, -mounds of snowy white mashed
potatoes covered with gravy, salads,
pie, cake and everything else that
goes to make up a dinner, which
would-be most enjoyable- to a group
of boys who 'had .an opportunity to
let down for a time from a long period
di strenuous basketball training, when
these rich foods were taboo, was just
a p"art of the menu of the banquet
which was served by Mrs. Nora-Barnes)
of.the Phelps Cafeteria to the Clare
high school basketball squad, Thursday evening of,last week.'
The wonderful season the boys
have had this year, together with the
excellent reputation for clean sportsmanship -which the boys have gained,
led Mrs. Barnes to. give tha 'arts this
complimentary dinner, and the hearty
-yells which -were given for Mr. and
Mrs. Barnes at the close of the banquet gave evidence of the apprecia-1
tion of the guests.
Superintendent, G. R. Bogan, Coach
Aldread and Rev. H. Br Johnson were
also, 3,mong the guests and e".uh one
of these gentlemen, together with H.
B. Johnson, Jr„~ Captain ofjhe team,
spoke briefly.
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Notice
The Library will be closed Saturday and Monday* March 24th and
26th. Artyone hare books due on
those dates return them March 31st,.
and no fines will be required. The library will be open at 1:30 p. m. on
March-.list. "J-
' Mrs. Ii*. Hochstetler, Librarian.
EARL BOUCHEY KILLED
IN AUTO ACCIDENT
Deceased Had Spent Boyhood
Days in This Community—
Meets Death in Chicago.
Earl Bouchey, son* of Mr. and Mrs.
Gilbert Bouchey, former residents of
Clare, was killed in ah automobile accident in Chicago,. 111. He was _ returning home with live other friends
in his'car from a party./.Thinking tlie
way was. clear he failed • to observe
one of the stop signs. A.car coming
-from' a side street, struck' him broadside, overturning his . car, pinning
him'beneath.'. He'was badly mangled'
and died in the ambulance on way
to the hospital. The others were-ser-
iously injured. The accident occurred'at 1:15 o'clock Thursday morning
on the 15th day of-March. >; -. -.
. -He was«an ex-serviceman and/spent;
f©urtee'fc . months of service across. ^
He leaves' to mourn their loss, wife-
and one. child, father, mother, one
brother and four sisters and a host-of
relatives and friend's.   "•'■•_
Funeral services , were . held . in
Ithaca- on Sunday at 2:00 o'clock at
the home. Relatives attending from
Clare were, Mr. Jack Bouchey, Mr.
and Mrs. Bert McLaughlin and daughter, Mrs. Gillis,, Mr. and Mrs. Elmei'
Fetters, Mr. aud Mrs. Bert Bowers,
Mr. and Mrs, Jack Waddingtoh, of
Farwell, also friends"   and    relatives
LOCAL BUSINESS
HOUSES PURCHASE
STOCKSATST. LOUIS
Messrs. Thompson and Mc
Elwain are in  Charge of
New Clothing and
Shoe Stores-
ERSMO
ED TO VGT
DAI APRIL
Can County-at-Large Afford
to Increase It's Building
Program by Accepting the 50-50 Plan.
I have been aspect to explain my
reasons for asking the 50-50 county
road plan submitted to the people at
the coming April election, in Clare
county, instead Of leaving it with* the
Board of- Supervisors. -It is not a
question in my mind of the- fifty-fifty
plan being right or wrong, but can we
afford* to increase our road building
program. -
With the l'oads we'have, and,people
moving out so rapidly, it does not
warrant much road building at present. Isabella county, south of us, a
fairly equal county, with over five
times our valuation, has agreed to
lay off "on road building for five years
until the rural situation improves,
■Good roads is one of the greatest as*
sets a community or city can have,
but we should be governed by our
ability to build them.
We are now on the 25-75 road plan
which retards roa4 building some.
The county pays. 25 percent, and the
township pays 75 percent of the cost.
If we adopt the 50-50 plan, the county
will pay 50 percent and the townships
will pay 50 percent of the cost. It
will be a more liberal plan and will
induce- road building, just as" it was
an inducement to raise more moAey
when we raised our valuations to get
a lower tax percentage. •
It is not £W cure for the situation.
We should begin at home for lower
rates before we Can consistently ask
the state for lower rates. They are
doing a"* better job than we are, and
I think we axe as good as the average
county. Our county road commission*
er are* giving very good satiafaction
to the Board, per mile for maintenance, but if we raise too much
money for road building, Jhe commission will be'blamed just as they were
before.
I ata not trying to see how much I
can say, bnt how little I can say and
explain my n-iews tif the  50-50-road
P|an' , - ■ ." &
Very respectfully yours,
Lewis H. Thompson,
Mayor of the City of Clare.
Card of Thanks
I.wish to thank all people of Temple
and vicinity for -the kindness shown
me during my^ recent illness. Also
the Harrison Chapter No. 408, O. E. S.
for the beautful flowers. \
Grace L. Gagnon.
ML VERNON GRANGE DANCE.
The Mt. Vernon Grange will 'give
another of their popular dances at the
their hall Friday evening, March 23.
Good icmisic. Come and enjoy yourselves with us. ,
AUCTION SALE POStPOKED
The auction "sale of farm implements which was to have been held
this week Saturday on tlie vacant lot
east of the Zemmer Motor Sales building, has booii postponed* until Saturday, March 31st. The list will appear
next weelc. - -      •
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"' Davys', Inc„ and the Fleming Shoe
Company of Clare and Evajct, com;
pleted a business deal last week jVIdn-
day, -whereby these corporations became the owners of .the .entire stock
of the D, E. Harrison Clothing and
Shoe Company of St. -Louis. -■
. The ,D.' [E, Harrison'.company is one*
of the- old*-established' stores in. St,
Louis, and has.always .enjoyed .an eir-
;v)abl'e'..reputation as!-,well as having,
earned a..high gra'derline of merchant
disk, but.the stock was sold on account of the death of a meinber of the
firm. - '.'.'.,.•'".
The '.footwear stock has been taken
over by the Fleming Shoe .Company,
and moved one' door north to the St.
Louis Boston \Shoe ..store, which this
company lias .been operating! since
last October, Davys," have taken over
the clothing and furnishings, and both
corporations vo-arranging and re-marking the slock, and a sale will begin in
each of the stores today.
The people of StXouis are to be
congratulated on this valuable addition to their business life, for Davys'
and Flemings not only operate successful stores in Clare and Evart, but
they are reputable corporations that
are respected for their business integrity and honesty.
The footwear stock in the St. Louis
Boston-Shoe store is in charge of
Louis. McIIwain, who was in charge
of tho Fleming store here for a considerable time, and is well known as
a capable and efficient shoe man.
The men's clothing and furnishings
in the Davy store will be in charge of
Fred Thompson, who has been connected with Davys' for a number of
years, and is considered an authority
on clothing. Fred has always been
prominent in civic movements in
Clare, has served as a member of the
city council, and is popular with all
classes, in the city. s
UGHT VOTE EXPECTED ~
IN MOST TOWNSHIPS
FIFTEEN PUPILS PRESENTED -
IN RECITAL SATURDAY
- Mrs, Donald Bicknell, piano instructor, presented 'a", group of fifteen of
her students from Clare and Farwell
In another delightful studio recital
last Saturday afternoon at her home,
206 B. State street,
The first part of thg; program Was
made Up of solos and* duets by the
younger pupils, taauy of whom appeared for the first time. More advanced
students gave the latter half of the
entertainment,    -
Pupils from Farwell whD took part
were: Lucile Coulter, Ethel Coulter,
Dorothy Green, Jeannette Green and
Gerald Green.    „"
Clare students were: Alger Brown,
Mary Achard, Ester Chaffee, Agnes
Bauder, Virginia Friz, Maxine Bgrell,
lone Casner, ifyron Gallagher, Milpred
Stirling and Elizabeth KrelL "   6
A social hour followed the program
and Mrs. Bicknell served refreshments. ■
HOW TO GO BROKE
If you want to go broke at farming
just practice, the following suggestions they will.work in any state in
the union:
Theyswiil work in any state in the
union: .. \      -
Grow only one crop. -        «
Keep no livestock. ;
-Regard chickens and gardens - as
nuisance,
Take everything- from the soil anjl
return nothing.
Don't stop gullies or grow cover
crop's—let the top 3oil wash away
then yon will have "bottom" land.
Don't plan your farm operations.
It's hard work thinking—trust to
luck.
Regard your woodland aa,yoti would
a coal mine, cut every tree, sell the
timber and wear the cleared land out
cultivating It in corn. * .
Hold -fast to.-'the idea -that the
methods grandfather employed " in
farming are good enough for you.
Be. Independent—don't join your
neighbors in any form of corporation.
Mortgage your farm for every dollar it Will stand4o buy things you
would have cash to buy, if you1 follow
a good system of farming.'
Mrs. O. Kinne,
BANQUET POSTPONED.
The banquet .'for tho local basket
ball boys and fans, which was to have
been given this week Thursday evening has been, postponed two weeks
on account of illness and. spring vaca;
tion. ■        ■ .      .
Only One Ticket Appears on
Majority of Ballots Though*
out County.
The following gives, the names of
the candidates for the several township, offices as they appear on the
ballots for the spring election, Monday, April 2nd.
-vrhe county road /proposition will
also he 'before the voters, 'outline of
which appears under head of "County
Road Plan - Submitted" to Voters,",'in.
this issuer - -." •- -• .'..■
SHERIDAN^
Republican-'
Supervisor—P.aijl Zi'mmorman.        ;
Clerks-Ed. Herrick.
- Treasiu-er-^Jamcs Teale. ,
"*. Hwy, .Corn'r^-Frank Barton.
..Justice,  'Peace,    full    term—James
iYI'cCtung.   .',   \?
Member of Board Review, full term
—Robert Gochran. ■ „   s
.,■ Constables,- Frank Cotton, Howard
Cotton, John Rulapaugh, Oscar Rulapaugh.'   '
• '   GRANT
Republican
Supervisor, T. A. Dawson.
Clerk, Wm. A. Henderson.
Treasurer, Carl Bauer."
Hwy Com'r.—Milo -Robinett. "
Justice of Peace, full term—Fabiu
Hinkle."
Justice of -Peace, to fill vacancy—
John Colmus.
Board of Review, • full terriP—Wm.
ivrell. ■■    '
Constables — Emmet   Sutton,   Ed-
I'ourtney, Robt. Wilson, Roy Hoover.
HATTON
Republican
- Supervisor—Edd. .Modeiv
Clerk—Wm. Hileman.-'
Treasurer—Chas. Heber.
Hwy. Com'r.—All. Shaver.
Jusice Peace, full term.—Enierson
Burton.
Member Board of Review, full tertn
—Henry Magnus,
Constables-^John     Pannes,     Tony
Freed, Carl Monday, Stella Crewe.
ARTHUR
Republican
. Supervisor—Melvin E. Haines.
Clerk—Mary Sanders.
Treasurer—Irttie Shull..
Hwy-Com.—Bert Kinne.
Justice*., full term—Aubrey Chatter-
ton. - ^^ j.: _ v,tf. .
Roard of Review—-J.-C. Kewtnatf.
Constables—Harold Sunday, Lester
Kiggens, Charles JBryan, Ralph Shull.
Democratic
Supervisor—Fred Geiger.
Clerk—Maud Barber -{name with-
Irawn)
Treasurer-—Stephen Heller.
Hwy Com.—Ora Hale. '" •
Justice, full term—Clarence Shall,
Board' of Review—Warren Alwood.
Constables—R. Knispel, Coe Robinett, Clayton Allen, John Loar."
GARFIELD
People's ^	
Supervisor—Pearl Tryon.'
Clerk—tZina I. Cook.
Treasurer—Leo Brezichai
Justice Peace, full term, Grant Mc-
Lane. _.
Hwy, Com'r.—John Halstead.
Member Board 'Review, full term—
H. I). Green,
Constables—O. C. Somerviller Oscar
Sehermerhorn, Wta. B._ Cook, Fred J.
Burke.      ' •
__ FREEMAN      -      .
* Republican:
• Supervisor—M.' W. Finch.
Clerk—Stella Delling.
Treasurer^—Edith Burns,
Highway Com.—-Vick Finch.
Overseer—Oliver Campbell.
Justice, 2 years-—0» -E. Adams,
-Justice, 4 years—John A. Burns.
Constables'—Frahk B. Howey; Vick:
Finch, Stella Delling, Oliver Campbell.
Board of Review—J. J. Beard.
(Continued on page Four}
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CLARE CITIZENS TO
AGAIN VOTE FOR
■[■»  OFFICIAL TIME
Question ■ to Gome Before
People at Election Held
;.,  Monday, April 2nd.
!At the meeting of. the city council-
Monday evening, the -city "dads voted
unanimously to submit flip-' question;
of official time in Clare- to tlie voters
at tho regular election, -Monday, April
2nd,-by the use-of two ballots, one
,with the question; ,"§hall we adopt
Central Standard; -Time ■■ the ■' year,
around?'.* rand tile '''othe-r,.;-to..,,read:
,1'ShaH 'j'we.viadoptvJ-Easternj'.Stand&rd
Time'"th'e -year around?': ^-Either or
both.pi! these questions 'may. be .vo.ted
yes •or^no,'.))ut if the vp.tei's.of. .Clare
are satisfied witlvthe present 'arrange-,
nient of;slow limp in the.winter., and.
fast time-in the -'summer, they may
vote| ."No" >on both propositions.
The .question of official lime Is one.
which has' been'' freely discussed
throughout the country since the1 war;
when daylight savings Vme • -was
adopted by the government,- and Clare
voted on- the question two years ago
and adopted eastern time for the
summer' months by a small majority.
Those who advocate Central or
slow Mine, say that it is- the official
time for this section of the country,
and that it is used by the railroads.
They also claim that the farmers pre;
fer the slow time, even though they
use sun time, for the business houses
of Clare being open one half hour
later, they can .do their trading after
their work and chores are completed.
Advocates of Eastern or fast lime
claim that Clare should, be as pro-,
gressive' as other towns in this section, where'fast time has been "adopted. They say that passenger traffic
on the railroads is a thing of the past,
especially in the summer, and .practically all of the tourists have , fast
time. They say that most of the
faitaers prefer to have the stores
open one hour earlier in the morning
during the summer.
Whatever the results of this vote,
the official time for Clare after Sunday noon April flrst, will be Eastern.
or fast time, for at ' that hour the
clocks ot our city are to be $et ahead
one hour. ,
HOY HUBEL LEADS IN
■'     FORTY MILE J)GG DERBY
.The Daily Herald of Prince Alberts
Saskatchewan, under the date of
March 7th, gives an account of- the
forty Inile dog derby in whi.qh Roy
Hubel, of Canwbo'd, son of Mr. .and
Mrs. H. P. Hubel of this city, had his
dog team entered, and in which he led
for the first two days of the race, until his lead dog was taken ill, and a
Substitutioa~had to be made.
The second day, nis dogs made the
ten mile lap in forty-seven minutes
and ten seconds, and even with a new
leader for his team, he finished itf
fourth place in the forty mile'classic*
Mr. Hubel has been res\dent of*
Saskatchewan tor a number of years,
and is in the, employ of the gatate
branchbf the'Department of Agriculture, of the Province of Saskatchewan.
Princess Theatre
- THREE SiALtHBB
The Xilare fire department has been
'kept-busy during the past few days
with three calls, but none of them
were serious and little damage resulted. They Tvere called to the
corner of Firsthand McEwan streets,
Saturday afternoon, to extinguish a
blaze in a Chevrolet car belonging to
Zemmer Motor Sales, and in the afternoon they ;putK out a roof fire at
the home of Guy Hardy, on South
McEwan street' ,A: roof fire at the
Charles Williams garage in the. first
ward, Tuesday afternoon, caused considerable excitetaaent hut was quickly
extinguished,   - •-■»
GARRITY-BR0WN
"The-iriarrJage of M»g8 HauekJJM*
rity, who- la leaching in ihe- JHam-
tramack schools of Detroit^- and; Carl
Brown ot -HarrlBon, .occurred February 18th'in Detroit. Mrs. BroTfrn- is.
well known-here.and?Jb' the,,yoyngeat
daughter of Mrs, Vernle Gatrit^.
Th^ hride will bo jreVnomberedLaa a~
teacher in our city schools several
years ago.
Sat, March 24—One Woman to'Aur
other—Florence Vidor. Sh—h. Don't
dare- breathe this to a soul hut we
have it on good authority that this is
the most pleasing picture she has ever
done. It will tickle the women'folks
and entertain the men,
-Sum-Mon., March 25-26-7-Hdnie
Made—-Johnny Hines. Oh, boy! He
gets into more mixups than a bowl of
hash; but daesjhe get out of them—
and how—ih a way that will keep yon
laughing for-days and days. ' Its
Johnnys greatest.
,' Tues.-Wed., March 27-28—The Gay
Defender—Richard Dix. Dix is' a knife
throwing and whip tossing early Cali-
fornian. A regular Dix entertainment
with Fred Kohler as a mighty mean
villyun.
Thnr.-Fri., March 29-30—Foreign
Devils—Tim McCoy-. A Peter B. Kyne
story. A Yankee boy and a British,
maid—with a thousand armed, howk
ing Chinese calling for their lives, A
tense moment with - a ' surprising
Climax,
FONERAL SERVICES    -
OF MRS. A. MAN0FF
HELD MONDAY
Deceased  Succumbs   to Pneumonia While Spending Win-
•   -   • ter in'lxmisiana.
.Gertrude May Parsell was born on
'♦ imo .farni. near. Loomis, Mich., May
24,. 1893. "Her§,she spent the early
years, of her, .life and -.grew. to womanhood. She\"went"'to-,Detrpit[ several
years ago. where -she ^met. and was
married to ^riaharn.j-.Manofe'. They
went ..BQutij'. last; i|dl for .the' winter,
was takefi sick, with,- pneumonia and
though' 'every thing' possible was done
^orhef "she''passed .away on Wednesday/ ^Tchj'ttVaCNe^.Orleans./-ta. '.*
^.^he'yas/.ihe^mothe'r of two children',
^Torman; age 17 year/ and'Wivian, age
■j.3;years/ Besides"these children'slie
ledvefe a'loving: husband, mother, one
brother' and>three- sisters and other
relatives and a host of friends for she
was a^ch'ee'rful loving.disposition and
was well loved by all who knew her.-
The' -'funeral- was' . held at'- St.
■Cecelia .church, Monday morning a
7;0D o'clock, Rev. Flauigan officiating..
PIONEER COUPLE
CELEBRATE GOLDEN
WEDDING MARCH 4TH
Mr. and Mrs. William D. Strait
of near Sears Married
Fifty Years'.
The golden wedding anniversary ot
Mr. and Mrs. William D. Strait was
celebrated at their farm home three
.<nd one-hall^ miles northeast of Sears
•a Sylvan township on Sunday, March
1th. These most estimable people
came here in 1878 as bride and groom
and have spent the entire fifty, years
of their married life on the farm home
.where they fij'St settled. It has been
their privilege f0 g^e the sturdy forests
give away to tiled field's and the hardships of pioneer life fade into happier
days during which they have, enjoyed
the remard of their early privations.
Children and ' grandchildren who
were present to enjoy the happy and
memorable occasion were: Mr. and
Mrs. Robert- Strait and children, Doris
Warren and "Loulse.of Evart; Mrs.
Hirahi Dell, of Monroe; .Mr, and Mrs.
Bruce Strait and children'and-Miss
Ena Dell, of Owosso; Harry A, Strait
and son, Maurice, of.Lansing; Mr. and
Mrs. James Rosser. and children, Mr.
and Mrs- Ne.al Strait and Mrs. Cleva
Herman and son. Harley, of Sears;
other guests who . were present were
Mrs. Strait's sister and husband, Mr.
and Mrs, W. D. Cla*pp and their daughter, and husband, Mr, and Mrs. Roy
feorter, also of Sears,
* The dayjwas spent in. visiting and
listening- to music and at noon, the''
company, -thirty-one in number sat
down to a sumptuous dinner, a special feature of which was "a. beautiful
cake bearing* the inscription "Our Anniversary 1878-1928".
Mr. and Mrs. Strait were^ the recipients of a liandscfme .. portable
victrola a gift of love and appreciation from their children. ">
There are twenty , grandchildren,
none of whom are married.
^'Th'ese pioneer citizens of .sterling
worth, who have shared together life's
joys and'sorrows, for half a century,
have lived past their alloted time or
three score years and ten. Mr. Straits
birthday"-numbering 77 and Mrs.
Strait's 71.        , -
Card bf Thanks
We wish to express our. many
thanks to the. friends and. neighbors
for their kindness and sympathy extended to ns in our recent bereavement. -   - '
A. Manoff, >.
Norman ahd Vivian Sorenson  -
Mrs, W. b. Parsel!,
W. D. Parsell, -
..,  Mr. and Mrs.. Ivan Hanse.
.Mr. and Mrs. Job. Meyers,.
-    -Wto *nd Mra.' Harold Schofleid.
DEGREE TEAM
C0HW TO CLARE.
The Shepherd F, & A. M. degree
team will 'confer the third degree at
the regular communication of John
Q: Look lodge next Tuesday .evening,
March 27."* All members are urged to
be present.
LARMAN POST LEADS
TENTH DISTRICT IN
MEMBERSHIP DRIVE
Early Plans are Made for
Base Ball Season and
Memorial Day
Program.
A report of the recent campaign for
'members in the Am*3rican Legion was
given at the meeting of the Walter
A., Larman --Post, which- was held. at. '
Commander  T... Carl Holbrook's   . of-"
flee Monday evening, and it was very
gratifyingvto the members    of. this
post, to^learn that Clare county" had-
led-rthe' Tenth District ; withT'-an* ..increase of J73.4 per cent," and -the near- '.'
est competitor is-Bay county -with i,Q5
per cent.
A committee from the Clare Study
Club made, a request that the street
flags,, be displayed April 19 and 20,
i'or the meeting of the Northeastern
Michigan District Federation --of
Woman's Clubs which is to be held
in Clare on those dates. The- Legion.
voiced approval to .the request by
voting unanimously to raise no" objection' to the display .of- the flags on ■
those dates, providing tlia-Xiegion was -■
not required to put them out. The,
regulations of. the ^American Legion
relative to the flag states that the -
post, as an organization, are not permitted -to. display the flags on. the
street except on Washington's Birthday, Memorial Day, Flag Day, July
Fourth and Armistice Day, and the
Walter A. Larman Post has agreed to
attend to this work each year.
The committee in charge of the
dancing party reported that all ar-.
rangemonts had been completed for
the party to bo held a,t Duncan's hall,
Thursday evening, March 29th, with
Bruce Willis, of Saginaw, in. charge
of the music. ,The committee gave a
very enthusiastic report oj the plans
for decorations and various special attractions which are being planned.
The coming baseball season was
discussed," and it was announced -by
the manager of the team that practice would-begin as soon .as "the
weather would permit, and it is expected that new uniforms will be purchased this "year.
The war films, "Powder- River,"
has been - contracted for-, and -will be
shown at the Princess Theatre sometime in May, the eract date to be an?
nounced soon after Mr. Asline, tlie
owner of the Theatre returns from the *
west.
Plans for Memorial- Day were
formulated and speaker arranged for.
The high school" band will be ~ encouraged in every way possible, and
the Legion hopes that they may. be .
in the line of march May 30th. Uniform caps have been ordered for tho '
members of the post and these will
no' doubt,be, used for tlie first time
Memorial Day.
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Card of Thanks
We desire to sincerely thank everyone who," in any way helped to make
the revivals at Elm Grove Such a
great success especially for the generous donation which* amountod'- to
$121.00, for which we feel very grateful May God's richest blessings be
yours, is our prayer,
R&v. Chas. Kleinhardt .v
Rev. ,Frank, Bates.
AUCTION SALE.    -
Owing to ill health, Orin Smith will
sell his farm Equipment at the
premises located one mile West, one
mile north and '1 1-2-west of Clare.
Watch for list hext we£k.
Notice
I am prepared to do, all Kinds of
local ahd long distance trucking) rubbish and ashes drawn, gardens plowed.
m.
Sid, Johnson, Phone JSB.
RURAL WOMEN STUDY
WAYS TO EASE WORK
Many Groups Enroll in Courses
Given hy<Home.Manage- -
..   ;   menl Specialists.
Farm .women -Kavo no union hours;
but moro than l£00 of them Jn 'Mich-'
igap. are trying out methods of lightening tho tasks that they perform every
day, according to the reports of home
management specialists at Michigan
State College.        ""*
First year- courses in home management 'methods' are being given in.
Kalamazoo, Van Bureu, and Kent
counties. Farm women in Wayne, Ottawa, and Isabella are- taking the second year course. _,
One of the means of makiug-'the
aay's work easier is to adjust the
heights of tables and other working
surfaces so that they are the correct
height for the person working upon
them. To test the height, stand erect
before and table and place the hands,
upon the top. If the palms lie flat on
the tablo while the person's' arms are
straight and the body erect, the working height is correct.
Stoves can-be placed on blocks, and
fuel' boxes can have legs attached to
raise them to a desired level. In lifting objects, less effort is. required if
both knees are bent In lowering, the
body to start the lift.
The home management Specialists
say that a housewife wJio lies down
and relaxes a short time very day is
exhibiting good judgment rather re-'
bellion against work. Women are also
advised that the etiquette books do not
require that such tasks as irdriing,
peeling fruits, and dish washing be
performed while standing. A kitchen
chair or stool which is ihe proper
height will save its, owner a great
deal of energy, *
On the. Wayar'-Diamonds and
Hearts", a ?drama, ,f uif • of comedy,
pathos, and country Yifo ot the' niost.
wholesome nature, presented by .0.
JE. S<vCb"apter.—adv;