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THE   CLARE   SENTINEL
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Official   Paper of
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Established 1878
CLARE, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 21, 1929
New Series Vol. 37, No. 9
MERCEDES MODE!
GIVES TRAVELOGUE
AT CLTOJ-ETIG
Visits    Many   Historical
Places, Schools in Foreign
Land   Not   Equal
to Ours.
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Almost a year ago, the Program.
Committee of. the Clare Study Club,-
planned a meeting to be hold; this
•inonth. for the Juniors, with a Junior
speaker. This is how it turned out
•Qna of our own Juniors, Miss
Mercedes* Moore, together, with her
mother, "Mrs. W. P. Clute, and her
grandmother, Mrs. M. Clute, returned home last week, from a three
.months trip aboard, and on the invitation q£ Mrs, Horton, .the chairman of the Junior Committee, gave a
most interesting account of their
travels, Tuesday afternoon at the
high school auditorium, with "the
■ members of the high and junior high
schools present. As a speaker,
Mercedes has a most pleasing manner,
and speaks with the greatest of ease.
Our talented music chairman, Mrs.
"Helen Lucille Bicknell marked out
the following musical program with
the juniors which was very much enjoyed.
Piano solo—"Red Blossoms" by
Schuler, Mildred Krell.
Pianologues, "Beneath the Mistletoe".
Circumstantial and Evidence by
Eunice Mary Bicknell.
Duet, Marion Horton and Mrs. Bicknell,
Mrs. Ida Cregier was    elected    to
membership.
We give herewith a part of tbe interesting mentions made by Miss
Moore:
Leaving Clare the 23rd of September, we traveled to Montreal, Canada, where we embarked upon the
Canadian Pacific steamer, Montrose.
The trip upon the water was very
fine, with the exception of one day,
when we ran into the end of a sauall
and the ship rocked so badly that
most of us were seasick. I was
fortunate enough to be given permission to visit the "Crows Nest" which
is 60 feet above the deck. Then a few
of us wished to see the engine room
and the chief officer had the chief
engineer take us down* and show us
around, so time passed very quickly
and it was only a matter of eight
days and we arrived at Southampton,
England.
From Southampton we journeyed to
Birmingham. This is a large manufacturing city and here we made our
headquarters. While in Birmingham
I went to visit the schools, and one
of my cousins took me up and introduced me to the governess. She acts
as our principal does here. She told
me that she would be very pleased to
show me around and asked if I in
turn would answer questions about
America for the children. I told her
"gladly i" and we then went on our
way.
The schools there are not as fine
as ours. The buildings are made of
brick and very often not even plastered inside. The children sit two al
a desk and sometimes three. Then
there is very often a partition formed
from a curtain so that two classes
may use the same room, and this
makes it very difficult for the teach'
er.
The children were very interested
in America and asked me a great
many questions, among which were,
"'Can you see the tops of your buildings?" "What are the schools like?"
"What are some bf the children's
names?" "Are the streets dirty in
America?" "Is there much traffic?"
Finally one little girl said, "Please
Miss, I thought that all America were
black." So I explained that only a few
of them were black.
Then after staying in Birmingham
for about a week, we went on to London. We wore there several days and
while-there enjoyed a visit to the'
Tower: We rather expected the Tower to he one large building but when
we arrived thero we found it to be
composed of several buildings. The
most interesting- of these is the
Bloody Tower. Here the two little
princes Edward and his brother were
murdered. Here also are the rooms
where Sir Walter Raleigh was Imprisoned for seventeen years. Then
we saw the Crown Jewels- which are
kept well guarded in a room in the
White Tower and are only taken out
for the Coronation ceremony.
Of course we visited Westminister
Abbey, the Poets corner and tho Unknown soldiers grave. Also St.
Pauls Cathedral, Fleet street, Bond
street, Trafalger square, Picadilly
Circus, and Petticoat Lane,
London was wet ahd foggy all the
time we Were there, so we hurried to
' Belgium. We left England at Dover
and sailed across the„English'channel
to Ostend. The Channel trip was terrible. They say that It is always
rough and I fully believe that it is,
. Then' at Ostend we got a train right
up to Brus&els and this was an i'ntor- j
HERMAN LEICHTI
DIES OF APOPLEXY
Remains Brought to Glare from
Home at Flint and Funeral Will
Be Held Friday Afternoon.
The remains of Herman Leichti, |
who passed from this life suddenly ^
Tuesday of apoplexy at Flint; were
brought to Clare Wednesday and tak-1
en to the Friz Undertaking parlors,
later to the home of his stepmother.
The funeral will be held from the i
homo Friday afternoon, at 2:00
o'clock, and interment made in I
Cherry Grove cemetery.
The obituary will be published next ]
week, I     ■   .     ■-
LOCAL BASKETEERS
Second Team Wins In .Exciting Contest Witnessed
by 1 arge Crcwd.
The Reed - City, high school, basket
ball team defeated Clare high on the
local gymnasium floor last Friday
night by the score of 29 to 25, in one
of the fastest and most exciting contests' ever played in Clare.
The locals played a great game and
at the end of tho first, quarter, was
'leading their opponents by the score
of 11 to 2. During the second period
the Reed City quintet staged a rally,
but fell short of tying the game by one
point, the score at the halt standing
at 15 and 14.
The third quarter was a real battle
with Clare marking up two field goals,
and the visitors having to be content-
with but one point from a free throw.
The last period was a thriller and it
was anyone's game until the last three
minutes of play when two field goals
by Reed City was the deciding factor
The Clare team functioned beautifully in their floor work and passing
and had possession of the ball much
more than their opponents, but the
breaks of the game seemed to be
against them, and fouls were called
at a time that was most unfortunate
for their success.    •   •      ------ - « *» ■
The second team game resulted
in a victory for Clare by the score of
18 to 12, and this was also an exciting contest. The manner in which
tlie lads handled themselves on the
court gave promise of a good season
next year when the regulars of the
present team have graduated.
Princess Theatre
December 22 to 29 Inclusive
Sat. 22—The Flying Cowboy—Hoot
Gibson.
Sun.-Mon.—Lady be Good—Jack
Mulhall and Dorothy Mackail.
Tue3.-Wed. — Do Your Duty —
Charlie Murray —'■ Oh Policeman!—
Call a Cop!—There is a laugh riot at
the Princess Theatre.
Thur.-Fri.—Ham and Eggs at the
Front—Tom Wilson — Black-face
comedians in the trenches.
Do Your Duty—The Xmas, picture
-—Tuesday and 'Wednesday—-"25-lOc.
Matinee Xmas—3:30.
January 1-2—(The Fleets In, Clara
Bow)   C-7   ("Varsity, Buddy Rogers).
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O SPAKE the angel of theLqxd to the shepherds, guarding
their floclcs, one night: more* than nineteen hundred year?
ago. "Tidings" is an ancient word which means simply
''news". Thus it was that the-news of the'coming of the
Prince of Peace was made known tfiat night so long ago and all
down through the ages those tidings have been repeated at this
time of the year which we call Christmas,
Since those far-off times, the function of bringing tidings or ne\s/s
has devolved principally upon an institution which we know as
_ the newspaper. No such institotio-a "performs..that function more
" faithfully than the Home Paper in |*/ comm"unity such as ours, a
comm-unity of liqmes and hpme4Qving people. And in that community none is so humble but that his or her name is written in
its columns not once but many times throughout the years.
For it is the Home Paper that-welcomes you when you are
born, watches you as you grow up and records your youthful
triumphs. It tells the community- that a new home has been
founded when you marry, congratulates you and wishes you well
as you and your helpmate start out on a life together. It shares your
pride when*you become a parent and aids you'in molding the
minds and characters of those near andldear to you. It rejoices
when you rejoice, sympathizes with you in times of sorrow- it is
quick to record your good deeds" and your successes and slow to
spread broadcast word of your shortcomings or failures. And in
the sunset of your life, it is a companion and friend, keeping you
informed of the doings of those to whose youthful hands you
"pass on the torch" when your race is almost run. *
So day after day and week after week throughout the year the
Home Paper brings you the news of your community. What better
messenger, then, than the Home Paper to say to you "Behold, I
bring you good tidings" at Christmas time? For its tidings are the
same as those of the herald angels on.the hills of Galilee—"Peace
on earth, good will to men", and to every person in this community
the Home Paper brings this message of community peace,
comm-unity good will, comm*unity prosperity and an increased
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MRS. JAMES O'GRADi
DEPARTS THIS LIFE
Succumbs at Her Home Early
Monday  Morning   Followin-i
a Continued Illness.
The many friends of Mrs. James
O'Grady in Clare and vicinity were
grieved Monday morning to learn that
she had passed from this "life during
the night previous.
The funeral was held from the St.
Cecelia church Wednesday morning,
Rev. Fr. Flanagan officiating and tho
remains laid to' rest In Cherry Grove
cemetery, '
The life sketch of Mrs. O'Grady
will appear next week.
ATHLETES FETED
AT JOSLIN HGM
OHDAY EV
Boys Also Celebrate Leo's
Birthday and Enjoy
Theatre Party.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Joslin were hosts
to the twenty letter men of the Clare
high school football squad, Superintendent G. R. Bogan, Principal, W. E.
Tichenor, Coach, Floyd Alldread and
Rev. H. B. Johnson at a chicken din--
ner which was served at their home
Monday evening, in honor of the eigh-
t-ehtli birthday of their son, Leo, who
played tackle throughout the season.
It was   a    wonderful dinner   wita
LODGE TO OBSERVE
SAINT JOHNS NIGHT
New Officers to be Installed
and Degree. Work
Conferred.
FARWELL WOMAN'S
CLUB VISIT CLARE
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Provide   Afternoon    Entertainment and Refreshments
for Inmates.
Last week Tuesday afternoon the
Farwell Woman's Club motored to the
Clare county infirmary for the express purpose Of entertaining the inmates.
Fifteen men and women bf the farm
listened to a splendid program of recitations and songs, after which refreshments of ice cream, cake and
candy Were served, during which
time the yuletide ' spirit prevailed
throughout.
The occasion was much enjoyed and
appreciated'and it is such events a3
these that bring joy to the hearts of
our unfortunate people.
John Q. Look lodge F.-& A. M. are
making plans for the observance of
Saints Johns night, Thursday evening,
December 27th, and the new elective
and appointive officers will be installed, and a first degree will also be
conferred-
Rev. H. B. Johnson will deliver an
addr«ss at the conclusion ot the installation ceremonies. His subject
will be "The Significance of Solomon's
message to Youth."
Worshipful Master elect, N. L. Tib-
bils has announced the appointive officers as follows; Senior Deacon, M.
R. Howlett; Junior Deacon, Leo
Hampton; Tyler, Waiter Pettit;
Stewards, George White and E. G.
Johnston; Chaplin, H. B. Johnson;
Chef, Charles Thurston.
Arleigh Gorr and . William D.
Holmes are to have charge of the degree team during the comiug year and
Thomas Bruce, Gordon Mcintosh and
H. A. Dawaon will assist in some of
the more important parts of the
third degree ceremonies.
DANCE.
A dance will be given at the I, O.
O. F. hall Christmas Eve under the
auspices of the L. O. L. All are invited, i -
Mot ice
On account of a death Ira ouv family
I will not bo, able to be   at   the   Citizens Bank December 22, but v.lli be
there December 29th and January Dth.
.   ' , Chas. Heber,
Treas. Hatton Twp; '- •   •■
TO ALL ICE PATRONS.
Beginning January 1st, 1S2S, prices
and the system of procuring ice will
change. Ice cards will be furnished
each customer. These cards are to
bo placed in your window with the
number of pounds of ice wanted at
tlie top.    '
Ice books containing 1000 and 577
pounds can be purchased at the rate
of 60c per hundred pounds, same to
he paid for at tho time of purchase.
Wishing you all a Merry Christmas
and a Happy and Prosperous New
Year we remaiu, ,   /•
Sincerely yours,
.'-• ' • ■* Tho Clare Ice^Co.
EARLY CLARE RESIDENT
DIES IN WISCONSIN
Remains   of   Mrs. Al.   Smith,
' Brought Here for Burial
Wednesday.
The remains of Mrs, Al. Smith, an
early resident of this city, were
Brought here and the funeral held
from the Thurston Funeral home Wednesday afternoon, Rev. Frank Bates
officiating. .
Eva Herrick was born at Revanna,
O., January 20, 1856.    She spent her
girlhood days in Indiana, whqre  she
was united in marriage to J. D. Smith
In the year 1878.   To 'this union were
born  two  daughters, Vera,  or, Kitty
as she was better known, and Othie
L., both of whom survive their mother.   Mr. Smith was killed while working in the woods near Clare in 1889.,
- In 1901 Mrs. Smith was again mar-1
ried to Albert Smith, whom the early
residents will  remember   as
conducted
for several years.
The latter years of Mrs. Smith's life
were spent with her two daughters,
passing away at the home of her!
daughter, Mrs. Othie L. Broman, December 16th, 1928, at the age Of 72
yearn, 11 months and 4 days.
Besides her daughters the deceased
leaves to mourn their loss a sister,
one grandson, two nieces, and a host
of friends.
ILLNESS FATAL TO
MRS. LOILEMAN
Funeral of Hatton Resident
to be Held Saturday From
Congregational Church
at Harrison.
The passing of Mrs. I. A. Hileman
Tuesday evening at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Chas. Heber, removes
both husband and wife within a period
of thirty-nine days.
Although Mrs. Hileman had been
poorly for several years, and after
the death of Mr. Hileman, she made
her home with her daughter, where
every possible care could be given,
death summoned her to come higher
December 18th.
Funeral services will be held from
the Congregational church at Harri-
i --____.,-. «.- having son Saturday afternoon at two o'cIocK,
a meaTmTrkelTin Clare ] conducted by Rev. Kleinhardt and interment made in the Maple Grove
cemetery.
BOARD REFERS PAVEMENT QUESTION TO
HIGHWAYCOM-ilTTEE
Ten Cities Represented at
Lansing in Interest of
U. S. 10 Highway.
A delegation including representatives from Clare, Sanford, Midland,
Beaverton, Coleman, Evart, Gladwin, •
Saginaw, North Bradley and Bay City'
attended the meeting of the State Administrative board at Lansing Mon- •
day and asked for the continua'ion ot
the paving of TOT. S. 10 from Midland
to Clare,
This trunk line is how paired from.
Saginaw to Midland ahd was opened
to traffic recently, but the road from--
Midland to Clare is in very bad condition and difficult to maintain with a"
constantly increasing traffic,
The delegation was introduced to
the board by State Senator. .A. H.;
Gansser of Bay City.and its spokesman was T. Carl Holbrook, president
of the Clare Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. Holbrook had familiarized himself with all the facts relative'' to tho
proposed improvement and., presented
the matter to the board in a very ahle
and convincing maimer.
Mayor John A. Whitman, of Midland also spoke briefly, and the. Saginaw delegation' included 'William C.
Cornwell. R. C. Morley, Sr.", Rolla W.
Roberts and Secretary Charles W.
J Hansel of the Saginaw Board of Commerce.
After the presentation ' of the request the  board referred  the  entire"
, .. .„.,„•, , .matter to its highway committee for
platters of fried chicken and every; L 0I1Sjcieratjt,n
thing* else that boys love to eat, anti
when all,of the sv.ests■ had charged
..£ain_t this line of focd, executed the
forward p*-.ss aud every other possible
maneuver ih an attempt to dispose of
it, but without avail, a great birthday
cake fourteen inches wide and twenty
inches  in length was placed  before-.
the guests.   All admitted that it was
impossible to score a touchdown   or
kick goaf in the Joslin home, where
the supply of edibles  seemed to be
inexhaustible.
At the conclusion of the meal, Captain Roland Thayer, in. a brief address
expressed the appreciation of tlie boys
for their "coach and the splendid example he had set before them, and
the manner in which lie had taught
them clean and fair play. He then
presented Mr. Alldread with a beautiful set of military brushes. In accepting the gift, Mr. Alldread commended the boys for their loyality and
spirit during the season that had been
so successful.
Rev. Johnson, on behalf of the
guests, thanked Mr. and Mrs. Joslin
for the splendid manner in which
they had ' entertained these high
school athletes and in a few words,
brought birthday greetings to Leo.
All went from the Joslin home to the
Princess where the entire company
were theatre guests of Mr. and Mrs,
Asline.
The following are the letter men
who attended the dinner; Gerald Callihan, Leon Stanley, Leonard Stanley,
Byron Gallagher, H. B. Johnson, Jr.,
Roland Thayer, George Grover, Curtice Hearns, Otis Northon, Homer
Irwin, Joe Murphy, Donald McKinnm,
William Lange, Thomas Horton, Pal
McConnell, John McConnell, Donald
Jones, Leo Joslin, Francis McConnoIl.
and Burke Collins.
.AWES REIW.FEC/I
THREE IMIi W
IN Ir^tSflOHNTRIES
Mrs. M. D. Cluta'T^S.' W. F. Clute
and Mis3 Mercedes* Mo'are who spent
three months in Europe, and visited
most of the" places of interest on the
continent returned to their home in
Clare last week Thursday.
They went via Montreal^and Southampton and returned from .Southampton to New York. They report
a very enjoyable and profitable vacation, hut say that a few months spent
|4n the old. country will help.-ohe to aj> .
predate America much more than
ever before.
Miss Moore, who is a graduate or.
Albion College and is studying medicine, gave an interesting travelogue
at the meeting of the Clare Study
Club and her address appears in another column of the Sentinel.
CHRISTMAS PAGEANT AT
METHODIST CHURCH
CALENDARS NOWHERE.
The Sentinel's annual supply, of
Calendars arrived this week and
every subscriber is urged to call ah*3
get one. Those wishing one sent by
mail, please enclose 5c in stamps for
postage.   One to a family.
CHRISTMAS DANCES.
Monday and Tuesday nights, December 24th and 25th. Olympla Gardens, Mt. Pleasant.
Closing out entire line of toys and
holiday goods. Yako advantage of
these money saving" prices, at The
Racket, S. M. Carrier.—adv, .'
GRANT RESIDENT
RETURNED TO STATE
HOSPITAL SATURDAY
Oliver H. Birdeall, a. resident near
Dover, four miles northeast of the
city, attempted to take his-life Saturday forenoon by slashing his throat
with a razor. It was necessary to
take five stitches to close the wound
and he -was very weak from the loss
of blood, but physicians say he will'
recover.
Mr, Birdsall Was taken to the State
hospital at Traverse City last July
and returned home recently apparently in a sane condition. However, for
several days he had acted queer and
became violent Friday evening.
Under sheriff Thomas * Groves was
called and went to the home early
Saturday morning to take the patient
back to Traverse City, and when he
drove into the yard, Birdsall secured
a razor and slashed his throat on the
right sidd.
He .was taken to the state hospital
again the same day by Mr. Groves.
COMPANIES MERGE AND
MOVE OFFICE FROM
LANSING TO RAPIDS
H. Horton,  Vice President,
Will Continue to Reside
in Glared
The Michigan Highway Equipment
Company, of which A. H. Horton i3
vice president, has recently amoved
their executive offices and warehouse
from Lansing to Grand Rapids and
are now located on Scribner Ave. N.
W. ■  ,
This company is a sales organization and Was formed to care for the
Michigan territory of the Russel Grader Manufacturing company, and they
located their offices at Lansing In November of 1926.
The Caterpillar Tractor company
and the Ibussel company have recently merged and' Mr; Horton's company
has now secured the agency for caterpillar tractors for the western half
of Michigan, in addition to their regular line, and find that.Grand Rapids
will make them a better distributing
point for sales and service than Lansing.
There Is to be no change in management'or ownership and'the company
will continue to specialize in dir'
moving equipment.
Mr. ahd Mrs. Horton will continue
to reside in Clare.
. "If Ye Truly Seek Him," is the
Christmas service to be given by the
Methodist Sunday School Sunday-
morning at ten o'clock.
Mrs. T. Carl Holbrook:, Mrs, Fred
McGuire ancl Mrs-. A. E- Mulder are
directing the pageant, which promises
to be a very beautiful service.
An offering will be taken which goes
to tho Children's Home at Farming-
ton. The entire congregation are to
have a part in this service, as well as
the Sunday School, the choir and
several soloists. The Primary children will sing, "Sleep My Little Jesus"
during the pantomime, "The Nativity,''
while during the ensemble tableau,
the Nativity, the Shepherds, and the-"
Wise'Men, the junior and intermediate
children will sing "Silent Night."
Then the scene goes to a vision ot
the Nativity, by a Christian teacher,
and a Christian minister who are seeking the Christ anew.
During the pantomime they pledge
anew a life of service for the children
who rreceive ho ( Christian training,
for the immigrants who toil in minea
and beet fields, and for the Iudian
peoples. During the recessional the
Congregation sings "Joy to tho World."
We will join Sunday evening and
go to the Congregational Operetta.
balconyTTbe
built in gymnasium
The Clare Board of Education at
their meeting Monday evening voted
to build a balcony in tho high school
gymnasium to provide accommodations for the great crowds that attend
the athletic coiitesr.s which are held
there, ■   .      •
The balcony is to Ve eight "feet in
width and Will extend across the
south side of the gymnasium, a distance of 74 feet. It has been estimated thai from one hundred and fifty to
two hundred and fifty people can be
seated in this balcony.
Tho entrance will b'e from the main
floor corridor'and the construction
v.-'ll bo of steel and fireproof to conform with the rest of the buildings
The balcony will be completed and;
ready for use at the Lowell game Saturday evening, January 5th.
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