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Established 1878
GLARE, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 17, 1929
New Series Vol, 37, No. 30
FEDERAL AND COUNTY
OFFICERS MAKE SURPRISE LIQUOR RAID
Seven Men Taken in Dragnet Set for Last Saturday Afternoon.
QUANTITY OfIlLEGED
WHISKEY AND BEER FOUND
Three Citizens Taken to  Bay
City, Where 1 hey Must Face
Federal Court.
Clare was the scene of a sensational liquor raid late Saturday "afternoon
in which large quantities of alleged
moonshine whiskey and beer was
found and destroyed, and David
Ward, Charles Williams ancl Law-
Tence Gibis were arrested and taken
to the Bay City jail. The officers
have the dragnet out for Joseph To-
maski.
P*red Parrish, Arthur Thompson,
Ted Crowley and Charles Golden
were arrested on a charge of frequenting a disorderly place and pleaded
guilty when arranged before Justice
Callihan. Bach one of these men
were assessed a fine of ?10.00, and
-costs amounting to $5.50
CROWD FILLS EDIFICE
AT DRAMATIC SERVICE
ON   MOTHER'S   DAY
Following a Very   Impressive
Program Mrs. Pierson, Oldest
Mother Present, Received
Gift.
Delegations from Dover, Rosebush,
Brown Corners, Farwell and Herrick
helpe'd fill, nearly to the last sitting
in the house, the local Methodist
church last Sunday evening. The'special Mothers' Day Seryice was preceded by a flne service of worship,
and a very beautiful anthem was
given by the choir. The organ numbers by Mrs. McGuire were very
much enjoyed. The invocation was
given by the Rev. MacDonald, of the
local Baptist church. Mrs. Willard
Bicknell gave a character sketch of
the life, and character," and work of
our Michigan poet, Edgar Guest, and
read an account of his achievements,
and followed with a group of readings
from his poems  about  our mothers,
chosen,
The raid was conducted by United
States Commissioner Quiun of , Sag- j Her selections were wisely
inaw, and Deputy United States Mar-'and were beautifully read,
shal LaBelle of Bay City, assisted by | This was followed by four poems,
Lieut. Kearney and troopers of the.from Guest, given by" Miss Doris Ge-
Bay City detachment of State Police, 'vow, and each illustrated by a page-
Sheriff Woods of Harriison, Sheriff j ant-tableau. The lights were turned
Schertel, of Mt. Plealsant, , Under • off, and the spot-light, from the "gal-
Sheriff Erter, of Clare and Under'iery, by Mr. B. H, Sternaman, made
Baumgartner of Mt, Pleasant. ja most striking picture out of each
About three o'clock Saturday after-1 scene. The first, depicted Mother
noon, while the rain was coming and Infancy,-posed by Mrs. Bicknell;
down in torrents, the state and fed-j the second, Mother and Childhood,
eral officers met the county officials,' posed by Mrs. Fred Pond and her
according to a pre-arranged plan, at:young daughter; the third, Mother
the city limits, and swooping down J and Son, posed by Mrs. Leffingwell
upon Williams' and Ward's places,and Durward Kennedy; while the
caught them completely unawares.    I fourth represented   the    disconsolate
Williams has been conducting a'mother, of the son, who had i'orgot-
garage on south McEwan street, in a' ten,  posed  by  Mrs.  Ernest  Stevens.
building that formerly had been used
as a blacksmith shop, and when the
officers arrived gnd took possession
of, the place, they found him reclining'
in an old barber chair in a rear room,
.while Parrish, Thompson, Gibis,
Crowley and Golden were lounging
about the room.
The place was dirty and the roof
Was leaking in several places. There
was a good fire in a heating stove
and the men were grouped about it,
but the center of attraction for the
occupants of the room seemed to be
a five gallon jug partly filled with alleged moonshine whiskey that was
on the floor, and two glass one gallon
"jugs that were upon a shelf.-..
Woodeii kegs, a mash container, an
old still and great quantities of glass
jugs and "bottles were all about the
place. All were destroyed by the-of-:
fleers in the presence of approximately two hundred persons who had been
attracted to the scene and stood in
the rain to watch the proceedings.
David Ward has occupied many
positions of trust and responsibility
in the city and county, and was-elected supervisor from the first ward af-
The audience so greatly appreciated
the scenes, requests came up for the
.repetition of two of them, Miss, Ge-
"iow's interpretation was perfectly
adapted to tlie central idea, as given
in the tableau.
The oldest mother in the house,
Mrs. Pierson was escorted to the
platform, and enthroned, and presented with beautiful flowers, by an
exercise by six young women. The
tableaux were arranged by Mrs. T.
Carl Holbrook, and did great credit:
to her ideas and taste.
TOLEDO MAN TAKES
VERNON BR1DH
Young Couple to Make, Home
at Pontiac Where Both Hold
•   Responsible Positions,
FIVE YOUNG MEN
GOING TO CAMP
The thirty-two piece band o^ the Clare High School undfer the direction of George Boyd, will present the
first annual spring concert in the high school auditorium tonight at 8:00 o'clock and a program consisting ot
ensemble numbers, solos, auets and novelty numbers will be feven. A brass quartette will be one of the features of the program.
The Girls' Glee Club, directed by Miss Thelma Cline, will assist in the" program and a full evening's entertainment which should be of interest and enjoyment to the people of the community will thus be provided by
the young people of our own school.
Tickets may be "secured from members of the band or kt the school house tonight.
SHERIDAN BOYS FIRST
TO ORGANIZE CALF CLUB
Lowell Penrose  Chosen   President and Group are Looking
For Well Bred Stock.
A happy event occurred at Toledo,
Ohio, Saturday noon, May llth, when
Miss Dorothy E. Brewer, only daughter of Mrs. M. E. Brewer, of Vernon
township, was united in marriage to
ter he had returned from serving a Mr. Frank c. Derby of PontiaCi Mich
year's sentence in Jackson State
prison. Ward was sentenced to Jackson about three years ago by Judge
Ray Hart following a raid on his
premises by state and county officers.
He was re-elected supervisor at the
election last month.
When the officers searched Ward's
office ancl garage building last' Satur
day, it is alleged that they found
liquor and he will be held in the federal court on a charge of possession
and sale of liquor.
igan. The ceremony was performed
by Rev. Paul Lehmann, pastor of the
Congregational church of that city.
The young people were attended by
Mr. Robert Durant ancl Miss Lena K.
Hahn, of Toledo, friends of the
groom. After a short wedding trip
the happy couple will begin housekeeping in Pontiac in their own home
which is furnished and ready for
them!.
The brice  was    born    in    Vernon
township  on the farm which has al:
Joseph Tomaski's residence on east j ways been her home.    She graduated
Third street was searched and liquors*, from   the   Mt.   Pleasant  high  school
and beer was found there, but
Tomaski was not at home at the
time and thus eluded arrest for the
time being, but officers throughout
the state have been notified and he is
expected to be apprehended soon.
Federal and county officers have
been gathering evidence against these
•three men for some time and previous to the issuance of the warrants
by the federal officers, there had
been a number of affidavits secured,
and the officers had quantities of
liquor in their possession that was
alleged to have been purchased from
these places.
The three taken to Bay City had
their preliminary examination Tues*
day and entered a plea of not guilty.
They were bound over to Federal
court and will be heard in the present term now in session.
BOXING AT MOLEASANT
A thirty-six round boxing show
will be held at Mt. Pleasant Tuesday
evening, May 21st. Watch Earl
Funkie and Walten Utley, Jimmie
Harvey, state champion. Alvin Vah-
est, champion of Canada. Guaranteed
all good bouts.~-adv. Tickets
Texaco gas station,    .
with the class of 1925 and holds an
excellent position in the office of the
General Motors Corporation at Pontiac.
Mr. Derby was born and grew to
manhood in Ohio and is a graduate
of the State University at Columbus.
He has a responsible position as
auditor at the General Motors Truck
corporation. ■
The many friends of Mr. and Mrs.
Derby join in wishing them a long
and happy wedded life.
To a group of boys in Sheridan
township goes the honor of organizing'the first calf club in Clare county.
Thursday evening, May,9, the group
met at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Howard Penrose ancl after some discussion of Club work, organized their
club with the following officers: President, Lowell Penrose; vice-president,
Nelson Carrow; secretary, Horace
Fancon. •
The boys are now looking for some
well bred heifers from high producing
families to round out. the personnel
of the club. The Jersey Holstein and
Milking Shorthorn breeds will be
represented. The club season covers
a period of 4, months* for club mem-
"jers whose animals are not in the
production class. Accurate' records
of weights of the animals, feed costs
and other expenses are made and the
animal is fitted and shown at the
County Fair in September, at which
time the county champion is selected.
Tlie objectives of calf club work
are to give boys actual experience in
ownership, scientific feeding, judging
of cattle and- fitting arid .showing their
animals. All of which trains the boys
to recognize and appreciate the value
of good stock.
Rewards-in calf club work a^*e
many and varied. Besides' the reward
of satisfaction of owning and developing a better animal, boys often
receive awards from civic and commercial clubs, fair associations breed
associations, and manufacturing conr
cerns. Many of county champions in
dairy club work in Michigan will go
to the National Dairy show at St.
Louis this fall. The trip will be
financed by local civic and commercial organizations, and supervised
by the State 4 H club officers.
Give the boy a heifer
Start him on his way.
Make; him feel he's starting in,
To be a man today
Let him know the value
Of a' cow or two
See him take a keener pride
In the farm for you.
Give the boy a. heifer
Tell him "take it, son,
May you have a dozen cows,
Soon instead of one."
Let him know he's wanted
On the old farm, too,
And he'll stay and work his way
Side by side with you.     <
Any community or parents interested in club work should notify
either the county agricultural agent
or Mr. Tichenor at Clare high school
or Mr. Johnson at Farwell high
school.
MICHIGAN SAFETY
COUNCIL APPOINTS
CLARE COMMITTEE
i   *N
Motor Vehicles Tested Free
of Charge During  Period
of May 20th to June 30th.
Rev. H. B. Johnson has o received
notification from the Michigan Safety
Council of his appointment as Chairman of the Clare Safety Committee
'and the other members of the committee are John Asline and James
Clute,
This committee will have general
charge of the Motor Vehicle' Safety
Test and Educational Campaign in
Clare from May 20 to June 30.
Official motor vehicle inspection
stations will be selected from local
community garages and. such garages
will test free of charge motor vehicles
which conie to. them, tor test during
the'.campaign.***'"" '  **~'" ' :
Cars iill be tested for brakes, regular ahd emergency, steering mechanism, head ahd signal lights, horn
or other sound signal device, windshield wiper, mirror on commercial
cars, license plates and drivers
license-.
When "the motor vehicle its found
to 'comply with the law-, ■ or is made
•tB/cSmply with?the law, adjustments
being charged ior at the- regular
rates", it will-be certified by placing,
a sticker on the lower right* corner j
01 the front:wiadshield..t!£-
iMRS. LUCINDA DAVIE
PASSES TO REWARD
Funeral Services Held Wednesday From Home oi
Daughter.
HAROLD C-ROBISOl?
LAID 10 REST TUESW
Lucinda Gordon was born in the
town of Ray, Necomb county, Michigan, on February 15th, 1850. December 9, 1875. she was married to Chas.
Davie. To this union were born four
sons and three daughters, all of
which preceded-her in death in infancy except one son, who, at the age
of 19 years, was killed, and one
daughter, Mrs. Jessie Bader.
Her home for several years was at
St. Louis where she was a member
of the Baptist church. She then moved to Stanton and from there to Gilmore where a Free Methodist class
was formed and she wa% a charter
mem'ber. In 1924 she with her husband moved to Flint, Avhere her hui.
band was killed. She, with her
grandson, then returned and she
made her home in St. Louis until
sickness caused her to live with her
daughter near Lake, where she passed jQ_her_reward May 13, 31929. at
the ""rip's* age of 79 years, 2 months
and 28 days.
She was" a kind and loving wife
and mother and faithful Christian
and will be greatly missed by ail who
knew her. She leaves to Hra'urn her
departure one daughter, Mrs-. Jessie
Bader, one grandson, Carl Williams
together With several nephews,
riiefcesj 'tine brother/- ana a host .of
friend's. .■
Funeral'services' were conducted
.by Rev.'V. Ray Russellof Cadillac,
jilted by Revs. D." Skanes, of -Mt.
Pleasant, and M. Bigelow.* of "St.
•Louis,, and interment made In
Oak Grove cemetery at St. Louis
Committee is Anxious to Have
Larger Quota at Fort Brady
This Summer.
Colonel G. L. Khudsen, Chief ot
Staff of the Eighty-Fifth division,
United States Army has informed the
Clare county Citizens Military Training ,Camp Committee that five applications have been accepted from
the county and the quota is now filled.
This is a fine record for Clare
county as there are only nye counties in the state that have reached
their quota. Clare may now continue to send applications until the
entire state quota is filled.
Chairman H, B. Johnson and the
other members of the committee are
making plans to continue with., recruiting in the hope that more of the
young men of the county may accept
this opportunity to attend the Fort
Brady camp this year.
Young men who are contemplating
making application for the camp
should do so as soon as possible for
as soon as the state quota is filled,
no other applications will he accepted.
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
H the person who took the .plank
from the road in front of my farm
Will return same, prosecution will be
withheld.
Sam Henderson.
EPWORTIIIANS
We want you in Ep worth League
next Sunday evening at 6:30.
Durward Kennedy4 is   the   leader
and this will  be a very interesting
meeting.    Be loyal to    your    league
at'and. lets make the rest of this .year
|better than the last LJst's go!   .
Princess Theatre
May 18 to 25 Inclusive
Sat. 18—Sunset Pass—A Zane
Grey picture starring Jack Holt.
' Sun.-Mon.*— Interference — Doris
Kenyon and Clive Brooks—A story
of the upper-world", and of four, persons whose lives are brought together
by a series of events, Avhich threatens to destroy a great love,
Tues.-Wed.— Synthetic Sin — Co-
leen Moore, You see four different
Coleens, and so have four times as
many laughs.
Thur.-Fri. — Margins Preferred —
Adalph Menjou and Farewell—Collegians.
Coming June 4-5—Cohens and Kel-
leys at Atlantic City.
Funeral   Services   of. Sheridan
Township Young Mart Held
From Thurston Funeral Home.
Harold C. Robison, youngest son of
Mr. and Mrs. Oi D.*Robison, of Sheridan township, was horn April 27th,
1902, and departed this life May llth,
1929, at the age of 27 years, and 14
days.
Besides his parents he leaves to
mourn his departure two brothers,
Earl, of Sheridan, and Du\vard, of Detroit, together with seven nieces and
one nephew and many other relatives.
Funeral services were held from
the Thurston Funeral Home Tuesday
afternoon, Rev. A. P. MacDonald of
the Baptist church officiating and the
remains laid to rest in Cherry Grove
cemetery.
the
MEMORIAL TREE PLANTING
AT FARWELL FRIDAY
FORMER GRANT
RESIDENT PASSES
Read the opening announcement of-
the E. S. Chaffee store in another
colvlmn.—adv.
Last Sunday evening occurred the
death of Mrs. Margaret Taggart of
Mt. Pleasant, at the age of seventy-
six years.
She is survived by five daughters
and one son; Mrs. W. H. Wilson, of
Grand Rapids; Mrs. Amasa Keith
and Miss Florence, of Mt. Pleasant;
Mrs. John Homer of Brown City and
Mrs. Joe Cavanaugh and Leland, of
St. Louis.
Funeral services- were held Wednesday.
Mrs. Taggart will be remembered
as a former resident of Grant township, moving to Mt. Pleasant abtfut
seventeen years ago.
MR. SHEEP MAN
We can furnish you with Cooper's
sheep dipping powder.
Miller Bros., Brown Corners.
A very impressive Memorial service was held Friday afternoon on the
school grounds in honor of the first
graduating class of our school, in
1891. The following program .was
given:
Singing, America The Beautiful,
The School.
Scripture reading, Supt. Johnson.
Prayer, Rev. Stratton.
"Recitation, "Trees", Layle Littlefleld.
DUet, Whispering Hope, Eunice
Johnson and Gladys Stanley.
Mrs. Minerva Richmond, the only
member of the class living, gave a
short history of each member and a
tree was planted in honor of Mrs.
Richmond.
Trees were also planted in memory
of the deceased members, Mrs. Lottie
Honeywell, Mrs. Nora Honeywell,
Jannette Holmes and Will Safford. A
tree was also planted in memory of
Mrs. Nellie Day-Palmer, who taught
in our school a good many years.
A great deal of improvement has
been done on the low piece of ground
south of the school house and trees
have been set out in honor of the
teachers, school board and members
of the high school, also in honor of.
the State workers sent out by the
Agricultural Department. t
YOUNG BUSINESS     ,
MAN TAKES BRID
Eugene Allen Surprises His
Friends by  Bringing  a
Helpmeet from Trip.
Eugene Allen, son of Mr. and- Mrs.
James M. Allen, was united in marriage at Angola, Indiana, Monday,
May 6, to Miss Eula Robinett, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Robinett, of Clare. The marriage was a
surprise to most of the friends of the
Allen family in Coleman, and many
of Mr. Allen's closest friends did not
know what was in the wind when he
left Golem,an Saturday night for an
ostensible visit to relatives in Lan-
*n~.
The bridal party was made up of
the happy couple and Mr. Allen's sister Nettie, and her husband, Karl
Botts of Lansing. Immediately after
the ceremony, the party returned to
Lansing, and Mr. and Mrs. Alls:.
arrived in this city Monday evening.
The groom is a progressive young
business^ man of Coleman, being al
member 'ot the firm of J. M. Allen &
Son, one of the business that has
been established here for many years.
He is a graduate of the Coleman high
school, and was - recently , elected to
a seat on the directorate of, the State
Bank of Coleman. ,. ,
. Mrs. Eugene^ Aliep; ?Is ojie of the
more popular members of the younger, set of Clare county's largest city,
a graduate of Clare High school, and
numbers 'among .hei* friends- and ac-
quaintances many . of the; young
people of this and her home city.
The newlyweds are at the home of
Mr. Allen's parents, and will remain
there until such .timfe as a suitable
residence is found.
The many friends of both extend
best wishes for a long and happy continuation of their new relationship.—
Coleman Tribune.
RUMMAGE SALE
O. E. S. Rlrmmage^ale Friday, Saturday and Monday, May 24, 25, and
27th in the store room at the rear of
the Citizens State Bank building.—
adv.
Note the specials offered at- the
new Urma store by E. S. Chaffee, Saturday.—adv.
HIGH TRIBUTES
PAID HONORABLE
DENNISJ^LWARD
Large RepresentationAttend
Annual Banquet at Hotel
Doherty Monday
Evening.        *"
"Michigan has had. one of the best
legislatures this year I have • ever
known, but the most important person In Lansing during this or any
other, session of the Michigan legislature, is the Honorable, Dennis "E-v
Alward," was the statement made by'
Lieut Governor Luren D*. Dickinson*,
as he paid tribute to Clare's distinguished citizen at a banquet served in the Doherty Hotel Monday, evening, and attended by nearly one hundred of the leading citizens of the
city and county and their wives, the
occasion being the annual ladies
night banquet of the Clare Chamber
of Commerce, with Mr. Alward as the
guest of honor.
Mr. Dickinson said that "Denny"
was a great statistician who makes a
record of each and every bill that is
introduced, and follows it with a record for each appearance in a com-
iKjittee and readings, until there are
enough records to bewilder any person who had not made that his life
work, but Mr. Alward is never confused and is rea'dy at any and all
times to give information on any bill
before the legislature.
In speaking to the ladies, Mr. Dickinson emphasized the importance of
the building of the spiritual nature
and thoughts of higher ideals and
things in the homes of America, iC
ihe crime problem is to be solved and
America saved for the future. He
said there was no hope for the future
if the home fails in its teaching of
proper things.
Preceding the banr.uct, the Clare
high school band, under the leadership of the director, George Boyd,
marched from the school house to the
hotel, where they played several* selections in honor of Mr. Alward and
Lieut. Governor Dickinson. It was an
inspiring sight to see the boys and
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MRS. JOSEPH YOEMAN
DEPARTS THIS LIFE
REV. FR. FLANAGAN TENDERED FOUR COURSE BMNER
Church Committee  and Wives
Also Guests at Farewell
Occasion.
' Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Jackson entertained at a four course dinner
Tuesday evening in honor.of Rev. Fr.
Flanagan. The guests included the
members of the - church committee
and their wives. Fr. Flanagan is
leaving the parish this week to take
up his new work as Chaplain of
Mount Mercy, Grand Rapids. ■ In behalf of the parish, Mr. John A. Jackson, senior member of the committee,
in a few well chosen words expressed
the regret and sorrow felt by the
many friends in losing their pastor,
who has labored so faithfully for
them nearly eight years. With the
love aud best wishes for success and
happiness in his new work, Fr.
Flanagan was, presented with a generous purse from the congregation.
BAKE SALE
The Brown Cornel's Ladies Aid will
hold a bake sale all day Saturday at
the Friz office. Home made fried
cakes, apples, whipped cream cakes,
pies, home made noodles, -oread,
cookies, cottage cheese, whipping
cream, beans, buns attd brown bread.
*--adv,
Anyone having rummage for the O.
E. S, sale please call phone 149F2\—
adv. .:..-..
The Deceased Had Been a Resident of This Vicinity Since
Early  Eighties.
Martha C. Smith was born in Genesee county, March 16th, 1854 ana
died at her home: on west Sixth,'
street, May 11, 1929, aged seventy-five;
years, one month- and twenty-five
days. She was miarried at Mt. Mo*v.
i-is ih 1879 to Alfred Conrad and, two
children • were born to this union,.
Frank Conrad of .-Flint; and Rev.
Viola Olsen, of Pueblo, Colorado.
Mr. and Mrs. Conrad moved from
Genesee county to "Vernon township, Isabella county in the early.
eighties and Mr. Conrad died in 1896.
She remained a widow for Seven,
years when she. was married to
Joseph Yoeman.
They Jived on his farm in Gilmore
tor about four years when they sold
that place and moved to the home she
owned on the state road south of
Clare. They resided there until three
years ago when they moved to the
residence on west Sixth street.
She was a true and faithful companion and although she lived a. quiet
life, she will be greatly missed by
her friends and relatives who knew
her- for the real womanly character,
which she possessed.
She leaves to mourn-her loss beside the aged husband, and son and
daughter, one brother, Fremont
Smith who lives northeast of Clare
and one sister, Mrs, Frank Falk of
this city, beside other relatives ' and *
•naiiy friends.
The funeral services were Iield in
the Congregational church Tuesday
afternoon with Rev. H. B. Johnson
officiating and interment was In.
Cherry Grdve cemetery.
DANCE AT TEMPLE
A dance will be given at Temple
every Saturday night. Everybody invited.      --
REBEKAHS
The monthly birthday party will be
held next Tuesday evening, May 21st.
A Mother's program is being arrang-'
ed by the committee.    Be there and.
help with the entertainment.'
This is the first night of nominations for our new officers. "We want
your support. , "
Spireas, golden and white. White's
Fruit and Floral Farm.—adv.      27tf.
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