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THE  CLARE  SENTIUIL
Qfficial   Paper  of
CJare and Clare County
Established 1878
GLARE MICHIGAN, FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 30, 193!
New Series, Vol. 39, No. IS
B
AND
OPENING OF
NEW RECTORY
NewSt.CeciliaParish House
Gpmplete and Open to
Visitors Wednesday
St. Cecilia's congregation o? Clare
is vei*y happy to announce the opening of its new rectory. For twenty-
nine years it has been ministered to
by a pastor from Vernon, now it is
proud to have its own pastor arid its
own rectory. -The completion of this
residence adds a new liome to the
community and fills a distinct spiritual need.
It was no easy undertaking for this
small  parish, numbering as it does
about fifty families.    The idea, however,    was    given    direct     financial
furtherance by the magnificent dona-
"•^  tion of five   thousand   dollars   from
\ Mrs, ■ Margaret  Mulcahy    of   Akron,
f    Ohio. Mrs. Mulcahy is   a    sister   of
John B. Doherty, of this parish, and
of the late Hon, Alfred J. Doherty of
C Clare. An   equal   amount   was then
subscribed to by the members of the
congregation.
• The new rectory is modern in every
respect. One prominent feature is
the Trane system of concealed heat*
. ingj a system comparatively recent in
■ this locality. The windows are the
Fenestra steel casement. Colored
plaster was used throughout, buff,
golden buff, light green, pink, on thr>
different sidewalks; ivory on the ceilings. : The bathrooms are of tile; tht)
interior finish in walnut; and oak
floors. There are eight rooms, and
the building is tff brick veneer construction.
John E. Doherty had the general
contract, and Herb Randall, Clare,
was the superintedent. As far as
could be done local labor was employed. The furniture was purchased of
the Clare Hardware and Furniture
Co. Frank Hochstetler had the contract for the electric wiring; while
the fixtures were from the Thomas
Milloy Electric Co., of Mt. Pleasant.
As much labor as could be done with
teams in the construction was furn
ished by members of the parish.
With a lawn, trees, shrubbery flow-
"|j   ers, the church and rectory will con-
JL Btltute a.very attractive spot in our
;    city.
Since the congregation is not large
it relies for much of its .revenue on
carnivals, suppers, card parties ana
other ordinary methods, and is highly:
grateful to' the entire community for
its constant encouragement and cooperation.
The new rectory will be opened to
the public with a banquet next Wed
nesday, February 4 at 6:30. Only a
limited number of tickets are available.
CHARLEVOIX POLAR BEARS
HERE NEXT THURSDAY
The Clare Merchants announce a
game here next Thurs'day night with
the Charlev&tx fcea*s, champions of
northern Michigan. These teams are
evenly matched 'ana it will be remembered that last year it was necessary tq play two overtime periods to
determine the "winner, Clare break
ing fi*e tie.
This group* of former high school
basket ball stars promise their best
against these northern hoop tossers.
HOLLYWOOD STARS
Your favorite gilded screen stars—
have left Hollywood for a trip
through the east. They will be at the
Ideal Theatre, Thursday, February
12th, Watch for further announcement.
Congregational Guild Benefit.
SERVICES CONTINUING
AT SOUTHEAST SHERIDAN
Our revival at the Sheridan school
house is still going on with good interest and attendance. ,We are sure
that much good will be done. We
don't "know just how long they will
last but we want the Lord to lead and
when we feel that the Lord is thru
With us there it will be time to stop.
Some have already came out for the
Lord and we are expecting others.
On Saturday evening at 8:00 p. m.,
the Lord willing, we will preach   on
the subject of    "Long    Distant    Sin-
Xnlng."
Southeast Sheridan Church of God
"held their first Sunday School session
January 25 at 2:30 p. m.^with twenty-
nine ^adults and forty-six children and
young people being present. Great interest and close, attention was manifested and we expect an increase in
the attendance each week.. Truly the
fields are ripe and ready for the harvest of souls to be garnered in. Our
field missionary, Miss Pearl Johnston
a student from Anderson Seminary
Who is touring our state in behalf of
better schools was present at our
meeting last Friday evening and gave
a very inspirational and educational
address. The basis being the necessity Of giving every child in every
community the advantage of religious
training. Over 100 -persons were
present and agreed that she had
struck the key note of the solution to
the future prevention of the awful
crime wave that is so demoralizing
our country at this time. Her theme
was, Cooperation and the very thing
which we are expecting and are already receiving from most every one
in that section for which we are very
grateful.
The Pastor.
Specials at Jackson's Market—
Homemade ring bologna 10c per lb.;
round beef steak 20c; beef pot roast
16c; beef stew 10c; pure lard lie; 2
lbs, pure pork   sausage   25c;   fresh
■■i*.e^gs 20c; pork roast 16c; liver sau-
:,*f8age 10c per lb..--adv.
WOMEN'S EXTENSION
SEWING CLASS PLAN
ACHIEVEMENT DAY
Leaders of Eight Local Units
Prepare Program and Exhibits for February 20th
Local leaders of the Extension
Sewing Classes have begun preparations for an exhibit and Achievement
Day program to be held in the gymnasium of Clare high school Friday,
February 20th.
Eight local units under the direction of two local leaders in each
group have completed the Extension
project called "Home Sewing Made
Easy," In order to acquaint the public with the nature and value of the
instruction received in Extension projects of this type, the ladies will prepare exhibits bringing out the details
of the process involved in the work.
Each local unit is preparing an exhibit demonstrating a definite phase
of the lessons and processes learned.
In addition to the exhibit an all
day program of discussions, style
show, and addresses is being arranged. A dinner .will be served at noon
by a local organization.
ANNOUNCE RADIO
SHORT COURSES
M. S. C. Radio Station Will Offer
Opportunity  for Study of
Farm Enterprises
Radio short courses, offering an
opportunity for intensive study of
specific farm enterprises and some
of the more important problems oi
agriculture, will open over WKAR,
the Michigan State College radio
station, February 2 and continue
through March 27.
Five departments of the agricultural division of the college will take
part in the presentation of the short
courses. The short course radio program will start at 7:30 and continue
until 8:00 o'clock each morning except Saturday and Sunday.
During the first week of February,
the forestry department will offer a
course under the title of "Making
Money Out of the Farm Woodlot.'
The soils department will conduct a
study of soils improvement practices
recommended for the major soils
type^ including the use of lime, manures, and commerc'al fertilizers.
Recommendations for the production
of special crops will also be given.
The soils short course starts February 2 and continues through February 27.
The agricultural engineering short
course will start February 9 and con
tinue through March 6 and will include a study of farm buildings and
equipment as related to efficient farm
operation. Market and price outlook
information on Michigan's principal
farm commodities will be given by
the agricultural economics depart
ment from March 2 through March
20.
The farm - crops department will
give information on growing, handling and utilization of alfalfa from
March 9 through March 27. Ten
minutes daily from March 23 through
March 27 will be devoted to answering questions on farm crops problems. Questions should be mailed to
station WKAR or to- the farm crops
department of the college before or
during tlie week of March 23.
The soils department, the farm
crops department, and the dairy department will cooperate in presenting a course on pasture improvement
which will Include a study of the
economic value of pastures, choice of
pasture crops, and recommended pasture fertilization practices. This Information will be given from March
23 to March 27.
ALDREAD TEAMS
SCORE HIGH AT
Players Enjoy Banquet Following Game, Served By
'    Athletic Association
Clare's basket ball aggregation
motored to St. LonSs last Friday
night and meet the team of their
school for their first game together
on this season's schedule. Not as
many as usual accompanied the team
from Clare, which, altho weakened
by the loss of their regular forward,
diet Chaffee, entered the game with"
a determination to win.
Jordan started the game off almos^
immediately with two "field baskets
and in cseveral minutes again tossed
one more to Clare's credit, and one
foul was called. St. Louis was successful in this throw and scored their
only point during the first period.
Mike McKinnon made two points
which left the score 8 to 1 at the end
of the first quarter.
The second half Jordan, McKinnon
and Wait each tossed the ball through
the hoop and with two successful foul
shots against St. Louis' . first free
throw and one successful foul shot
the score board registered 16 and 4.
Only four points were made by both
teams in this quarter, all being on
foul shots.
At no time did the game look leary
for the local lads but they suffered
the loss of Jordan and were not able
to increase their number of points
during the last* period of play. St.
Louis made a field and two foul baskets leaving the score 17 and 11 in
Clare's favor at the close.
Second Team Win
The second teaxa lads put a great
deal ot pep and vim into their part,
of the program. The first half of the
game gave the Aldread trained group
the lead 11 to 5. The third period
was even by each having four points
accredited to their teams. Cheers
went up as the0 final score gave the
local boys a ten point lead—20 to 10
when the bell rang.
The St. Louis athletic association
again displayed their true spirit of
sportsmanship by inviting both teams
and members of -the -Clare faculty-
present to a banquet served in their
home economics department after
the games.
Reed City Here Tonite
Tonight the red and black from
Reed City invade the local arena for
what is expected to be a very fast
and close contest. The Clareites met
this team early in the season and lost
by a small margin. It» is expected
that the usual large crowd that taxes
the seating capacity of the gym will
be on hand to welcome the westerners and cheer for the local quintet.
SALESMAN HESITATES AS
HE VISITS WILD LIFE
VISTA NORTH OF CITY
One of our local businessmen boast
of being a licensed pilot and can
drive seventy per but was not quick
enough last Saturday to escape the
front runner of one of his newly
acquired pets. Upon visiting the new
Wildlife reservation north ot the city
on U, S, 27 where his latest favorite
Is being cared fort he ventured into
the enclosure without his clubvas ad-
Vised by Spike Horn Meyers and asked him if elk strike quick. Spike Horn
replied by saying, "Does lightning
strike slow?" The gentleman had
tamed oxen and wild horses when a
lad but learned this animal's disposition was different. He attempted to
pet the elk and immediately it disap^
proved and stepped back and struck
with his two front feet, parting the
salesman's hair. Just whether this
friendship will continue or not remains to be solved.
JOHN ASLINE
NOW CHAIRMAN
ROAD COM'RS
Senior Member of County
Commission Enters His
Seventh Year of Service
CITY FIREMAN FIGHTS
BLAZE IN OWN HOME
THURSDAY AFTERNOON
Residence   of   Alfred   Doherty
Damaged Thursday by Fire _
in Basement
The city fire department was called to the home of Alfred Doherty on
west 7th street Thursday afternoon,
where they found a stubborn blaze of
unknown origin in the basement.
With the use of two lines of chemical and one of water the blaze was
Soon placed under control but the
damage will amount to several hundred dollars.
"Mike" as we all know him, is sure
having his share of trouble. His wife
is at present seriously ill at the Bay
City hospital, two of his children,
who are ill with the smallpox, had to
be moved to a neighbor's and the fire
at this time makes it extremely hard.
OIL NEWS
CAR DRIVER NOT LIABLE
FOR PASSENGER, RULING
The supreme court Friday upheld
the constitutionality of the 1929 law,
which exempts automobile drivers
from liability when a passenger is
injured in an accident not caused by
gross negligence. The act, of course,
does not include drivers who carry
passengers for hire.
Passed by the legislature two years
ago in answer to a demand from drivers who were being sued by friends
and even relatives after being'involv-
ed in accidents, the law recently was
held unconstitutional by the Kent
county circuit court. It was held to
be a violation of the constitutional
provisions that prevents eny . one
being deprived of life, liberty or property without due process of law, and
of that provision declaring laws must
affect all equally. The latter contention was based upon the fact that
while automobile drivers escape liability, the driver of a horse can still
be sued by an injured passenger.
Are Classed Separately
The high court said the legislature
is justified in classing automobiles
apart from other vehicles inasmuch
as they have caused social, financial
and governmental problems peculiarly their own. The law is reasonable,
the court said, and cannot be held invalid merely because a court deems
it unjust or unwise.
"Whether this law. will create evils
such as careless driving which will
overshadow the evils to be remedied,
is a matter for the legislature to de-'
termihe," the opinion said. "The legislature has a fight to experiment."
The question reached the supreme
bench through the suit of Miss Albina
Maudzius, of Grand Rapids, who was
injured when an automobile, driven
by Clarence Lahr, ran into a ditch.
Radio repairing at Kirkpatrick's
Drug Store. Call phone 53 for quick
service.—adv.
Don't forget   tbe   Guild   rummage
sale.—adv.    "
In the McKay-Mercier field No. 6
well was"" ready to*Ee' brought in
Thursday, but on account of Mr. McKay being called to Detroit on business the gafeser will not be drilled in
until sometime today.
In the Vernon field the Durnin No.
1, three and one-half miles south of
Clare, has reached a depth of 3500
feet and is is expected to^be drilled
in sometime next week if no trouble
is encountered.
It is now conceded upon authority
that a gas field exists beginning at
the Remus field west of Mt. Pleasant
and running north to the McKay-
Mercier field in Grant, Surrey and
Hatton townships of Clare county. It
is thought to be about ten miles in
width.
At the meeting of the County Road
Commissioners at Harrison, January
21st, John Asline, of Clare, was elect
ed chairman of the board. Jos. E.
Ladd, of Harrison, who was recently
elected by the Board of Supervisors
to fill the vacancy caused by the
death of Wm. L. Hutchinson, was
sworn in,
Mr. Asline enters upon his seventh
year of service with the commission
•and during this time has seen many
changes in the county roads. At- the
time of entry into the County Road
System, there were thirty-two miles
of county road. At the present time
the county has one hundred 'and forty-
four miles, together with forty miles
of U. S. trunklines running north and
south and thirty-eight miles running
east and west and the commission
has had the contract with the state
for the maintaining of these roads
since it was established.
In an interview Mr. Asline gives
much credit to the commissioners
serving before liim as at that time
the county was confronted with roads
of a nine foot gravel bed which have
gradually been widened to twenty
and twenty-four feet. They had the
laying of plans upon a basis that
eventually placed the roads of our
county second to none in the state.
He also expressed an opinion that
the townships should receive some
benefits from the legislature this season.
Our Senior Commissioner received
his first experience in road building
when he was elected road commissioner of Vernon township and in
1903 built the first mile of gravel road
for that township.
IMPORTANT MEETING OF
ZENOBIA CHAPTER 0.E. S.
Regular meeting of Zenobia chapter Thursday evening February 5th
at seven-thirty o'clock, Important
business of vital interest to all members will come before the Chapter at
this time, . If you are a member you
are urged to be present.
,* Mrs. Delia Nelson,
Worthy Matron.
ST. CECILIA'S RECTORY BANQUET
"""■tow
At tho opening of the new rectory
of St. Cecilia's church a banquet will
be'served at 6:30, Wednesday, February 4. There is only a limited num
ber of tickets for this occasion and
they may be procured at any of the
following stores: James O'Connor, L,
W. Jackson, Fred Morgan, Gay's Five
and Ten; or from Alex Dora. Tickets
are 75c.
YOUNG PEOPLE'S WORK
There was an increased attendance
of the young people at the Methodist
church last Sunday evening. Conductor Allen is still ahead, with her
party, in the personally conducted
tour, which this week leaves Haiti,
and tours through Cuba. The trio by
the Misses Caple, Chaffee, and Friz
was much enjoyed. The mass of information, concerning these countries, which the young people bring
in, is surprising. The missionary opportunity, and need, here at our
very door, appears to be great.
RUMMAGE SALE
* »——^•
Warm winter clothing for everyone
—real bargains,and   lots   of   them.
Room back of Citizens bank. Friday
and Saturday, February 6 and 7th.
Cong'l Guild,
Laughs Galore in Apollo Program
Mr. and Mrs. Art Wells to Entertain With Music, Song
and Story—Clever Sketches—Musical Stunts
VETERAN WOODSMAN
EXPRESSES VIEWS
ON TAXJOESTION
J. L. Littlefield Offers Suggestion for Lowering of Burden Upon Land Owners
A cry has gone up all over the land
for a reduction of taxation, especially by the farmers and the owners of
real estate. The claim, and justly so,
they are beaiung a too large a proportion of the taxes.
The governors and legislators of
the various states throughout the
nation, are taking up the question as
to-just how these taxes can'be reduced.
Various methods are being proposed. The state of Ohio has had a one
and a half per cent on property
values, which has been in force for
some time, and now Governor White
comes out and tells his legislature
they must devise some other means,
as the farmers are paying an unfair
proportion of the taxes. He says
there is vast-wealth in the state, in
tlie nature of intangable property,
that is not reached at all, and that a
law should be passed to tax this
property.
Other plans are being proposed.
One state proposes a gasoline tax
sufficient to cover all taxes. Others
propose an income tax, or percentage
on sales.
Governor Brucker proposes econ
omy in the state administration by
reduction in wages and salaries of
our state employers, and d'scharging
others, where there is an unnecessary
number employed. This is all very
fine and worthy of commendation.
But economy in the state administration is not going to reduce" the total
sum of our tax bill materially. It is
the expense of our local government,
snd the school tax that cause the
pinch.
I will.give you just one sample,
taken from one of my tax receipts of
last year.
State tax, on $1,000 valuation 53.51
County including all highway on
$1,000 valuation 20.12
Township including cemetery
and library on $1,000 valuation 2.16
School and 1 mill on $1,000
valuation 14.87
§40.68
You will see from  this, the  state
tax is less than one twelfth of the entire <tax. :
It seems to me the only way to get
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'     ,,   , -   , The Apollos-—Mr, and Mrs. Art Wells.
Four and five return engagements in the same city is a regular experience for Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wells of the Apollo Duo because they are two
of the best entertainers iii the platform world. They are internationally known
musicians, composers, and headline artists.
Art Wells—they call him "three hundred pounds of fine fun and mus;Jc'.'—
plays the banjo, the saxophone, and the bassoon like the master he is, and
does humorous readings and tells dialect stories that "bring down the house."
Alta Wells sings, plays the piano; saxophone and other instruments, and
entertains charmingly..
Press and public, here and abroad, acclaim the exceptional cleverness
•f this program. It is full of good music, fun and up-to-date entertainment.
All music lovers will get a great deal out of this fourth number of the
lyceum course sponsored by the Sophomore class pf the Clare public
(schools, next Monday night, February 2nd.
MRS. JAMES BRADLEY
DIES AT ANN ARBOR
HOSPITAL WEDNESDAY.
Mrs. James Bradley, who was taken to the Ann Arbor hospital, passed
away • Wednesday morning at ten-
forty o'clock after an illness covering
several weeks duration. She resided
with her husband's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Bradley on the Kirkbride
farm in Sheridan.
The funeral will be held from the
Brown Corner church Saturday afternoon at two o'clock, conducted by
Rev. Kleinhardt.
HARRISON BOARD
COMMERCE MET
THURSDAY EVE.
Served Luncheon In Honor
of John Quinn, Dean of
Clare County Bar
The Harrison Board of Commerce
held its January meeting on Thursday evening, at eight o'clock. About
one hundred were present, including
women guests of the members of the
organization. Music was furnished
hy the Hillabrandt orchestra and
proved, as is always the case, a verv
rare treat. . • c "
While members and their invited
guests were arriving, tlie moments
were spent in chatting and social enjoyment in general. This was preparatory to a lively business meeting
of a brief half hour's duration, at
which President Paul Gibson presided while Secretary Charles Amble recorded the proceedings.
The committee appointed at a previous meeting to investigate the feasibility of providing the children with
a municipal skating pond, due to illness of |ome of the members, was unable to make its report. It was voted to pay the church for the use of
the parlors, cooperate with Mrs. Fred
Weatherhead and other women of.
the Auxiliary in preparation for the
annual Father and Son's banquet,
purchase more tables for the use of
the board, etc. At the suggestion of
Asa Aldrich motion was made, seconded and carried unanimously that
a fund be set aside to purchase occasionally a bouquet of flowers to be
placed upon Senator Carpenter's desk
in Lansing to show our appreciation
of the kindly efforts he is putting
forth to enhance the general welfare
of his home county and others of the
Twenty-eighth Senatorial District.
After a light luncheon the concluding hour of the evening was devoted
to doing honor to our fellow-citizen,
John Quinn, who came to, Clare
county in 1871, in the capacity of
bookkeeper for the lumber firm of W.
H. and F. A. Wilson. This company
first operated in a section south oi
Farwell and later transferred their
activities to Harrison.
Mr. Quinn held many positions of
trust before being admitted to the bar
in 1893. He was prosecutor at Intervals of Clare county, making in all a'
total of ten years of this kind of public service. His work in this capacity
was never slighted in the least, and?
none have made a more enviable record than he. Mr. Quinn is now dean
of the Clare county bar, having been
a practitioner of the law for thirty-
eighty years. Mr. Quinn is now
seventy-six years young, as advancing age is expressed in the language
of the optimist. These are the facts
of Mr. Quinn's life as given by himself on this occasion. It is surely a;
record to feel proud of and one that
'should be cherished to the last.
Messrs, Asa Aldrich • and Fred
Weatherhead spoke in some length
of their long and pleasant .associations with Mr. Quinn. Both speakers
I ta.ed their acquaintance dated back
''o the year of 1S86, when Harrison
wes a very lively town and filled
brimful of husky lumberjacks.' Whole
lections of stately pines and norways
were the common sight then, In concluding their remarks each of the
speakers spoke proudly and most,
•reverently of the loyalty, sincerity
end genuine citizenship of Mr. Quinn.
His devotion to the welfare of his
home town, county, state and nation
is rarely equalled.
The last act of this guest of honor
on this happy event was the cutting
of a large, luscious, three-layer births
day cake, the donor having had a
birthday a few days previous, and
the reception of a beautiful bouquet
of flowers—a token of the high
esteem in which this venerable law-
yer is held by the citizens of Harri- *
•gon.
AT THE BAPTIST CHURCH
The Evangelistic Campaign continues with increasing interest..
Rev. John W. Erskine, who is completely given up to this kind of work
came to our aid last night and will
preach to night and morning and evening next Sunday.
The meetings will continue thru
next week each evening, but Satim
day. . Evangelist Erskine will have
charge of all the services.
Mark the time, 7:36. Cornel Bring
others! ..
A.    4V«    M,
AT THE IDEAL THEATRE
Saturday 3.1st—Red Fork Range—*
Jack Perrin.
Sun., Mon. 1, 2—Those ■ Three
French Girls—Comedy cast, keep
your eyes and ears open, when you
glimpse those three French ba-bees
make the bug eyes at those three
American boys. From start to finish
the happiest talkie, you have ever
laughed at.
News reel and comedy—The Golt
specialist.
THE  SILVER   HORDE
Rex Beach's mighty story, of Alaska with gripping scenes from the
great salmon catch, staggering panorama of the Wjld northlands for a
vivid back ground. • f
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Ladies dresses and coats cleaned
and pressed to look like new at H,
W. Jones' tailor shop for 76q and up,.
adv. .