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Established 1878
GLARE MICHIGAN, FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 30, 1932
New Series, Vol. 40, No. 50
CURE COUNTY SCORES ANOTHER BIG SUCCESS IN ITS
FORTY-SIXTH ANNUAL FAIR
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SixThousand People Present
Friday   to Hear  Gov.
Brucker and Take
Part in School
Activities
Our county scores another big victory in way of a huge success for its
annual fair. The slogan for several
years past has been, "Bigger, -Better
and Greater than Ever Before." The
exhibition of last week proved nq
exception to the rule. All other
efforts of the kind were completely
surpassed, without "question. Grains
vegetable, live stock, 4-H ancl school,
hoth rural and city, exhibits were,
never so large and complete before-
Although it was at the time of the
fall equinox, the weather was idea*.
in every respect. This seemed to
have just the right effect upon thq
people of the county ancl their en-*
thusiasm was aroused to an intense
degree. The officers, Dr. L, M.
Jones, President; Charles Spohn,
Vice President; Charles Kleinhardt,
Secretary; Fred W. Schaaf, Treas.;
Paul D. Gibson, 4-H Club Work, ancl
Asa Aldrich, Superintendent of
School Division, feel yery* gratefu\,
for the excellent cooperation given
them by everybody, .including farmers, merchants, professional men,
laborers, teachers, pupils and school
officials. ' Already the spirit of boosting for next year's fair is in the air.
All day Tuesday was spent in entering exhibits. Skilled assistants-
were on hand, so this task was done
very easily ancl is a most satisfactory
manner to all concerned. The teachers were given until Wednesday evening to bring in their displays. By
Thursday morning the exhibition hall
was resplendent, indeed, with the
products of the farm, the handicraft
of women and children, the canned
goods of the faithful wife and the 4-
H girls, and the school work of the
pupils. It was an inspiring and very
pleasing sight. If such an intense,
interest in the fair continues (and it
will) more space will surely have to
be provided for displays. Some suggest that the county road commissioners build their next storage,
building foi' machinery on the fair
grounds, with the end in view of
turning it over to the agricultural
officials for a few days each yeai at
fair time. The plan looks very feasible.
The judging of stock and produce
on Wednesday proved very interest-!
ing. The work was done by experts*
under the direction.of Cbunty Agent
Paul Gibson. Clare county has. many
line blooded animals and each year
the number is rapidly increasing. The
county agent is doing much to arouse
a keener interest in projects of thia
kind. The first barnyard1 golf con-,
test came on this day. It created
much interest and during the remaining days of the fair furnished enjoyable pastime for many during the
periods between other events. The)
heavyweight horse pulling contest
was even more exciting than the one
of the previous year. Some fine trot-
ing races took place in the afternoon)
Harrison won a most exciting ball
game from the Dover team, the score
being very close.
Another horseshoe pitching contest
came Thursday   morning.    This   was.
.followed by the second horse pulling
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CHURCH SCHOOL TEACHER
TRAINING CLASSES OCT. 10-14
AT THE IDEALTHEATRE
Fri. 30—By Whose Hand—Ben
Lyons—A Scream—Then Another,—
Who Was It?—What Was It?—Wha-
Happened?—The Last of the Mohicans—Harry Carey.
Sat., 1—The Sunset Trail—Ken
Maynard
Sun., Mon., 2-3—Skyscraper Souls
—Warren William. For Gripping
Drama and Tension, Few Pictures-
Can Equal This Production—The
Worlds Tallest Building 102 Stories?
—New York,—is the Scene of this
Faith Baldwin Novel—Skyscraper.
Tues., Wed. 4-5—Rebecca of Sunny-
brook Farm—Warner Baxter and
Marion Nixon—The Kind of a Pic-j
ture that Makes the World Seera
Kinder. A Thrill for AH Whose
Hearts Are Young.
Clare county council of Religious
Instruction has made arrangements
with the State Council to send Missj
lone Catton, of Lansing, to teach
(Primary Methods in the Church
School and the Rev, John E, Lockyey
of Clare to teach The Message ancl
Program of the Christian Religion.
Miss Catton is head of the Children's Division under • the State
Council ancl is well equipped to teach
her course which is open to all,
teachers and prospective teachers in;
church schools and will haye much of
helpfulness to parents of small children.
Mr. Lockyer is a graduate of the
Bibical School of Northwestern
University and was coached for this
course last spring at a special eon*
ference held in Grand Rapids. This
course will be open to all who teach
Bible classes or are Bible students of
religion or leaders of the church
work in general.
It is expected that the classes will
be taught in the public school classrooms, October 10 to 14th from 7:30
to 9; 30 in the evening. All the Sunday schools in the county are asked
to cooperate. If each school is represented in the classes then each school
will greatly profit in the quality ot
its work.
The individual costs will be small
(so as not to prohibit any attending.
Potato Tags—We are prepared to
furnish you with potato tags on short
notice at a reasonable price. The
Clare Sentinel.
MRS. MADGE LAMB
OUTLINES TRIP TO
CUBA AT CLUB
Speaker Noted Vast Difference in School  System
Compared to Our
State
Rl[MMAGE SALE
The St, Cecilia society will hold a
rummage sale in the rooms at the
rear of the Citizens State Bank beginning Thursday, October 6th. Prac-'
tlcally everything to Wear will be on
sale. 50t2.
Don't forget—dancing at the Wigwam every Saturday and Sunday.
Saturday men 30c, ladies free. Sunday park plan Sc.—adv.  *
The Clare Study Club met for its
first regular,meeting of the year with
the president, Mrs. Nina McGuire,
Tuesday. Over thirty members
answered to roll call by naming a
beauty spot in America which sho
had visited, after which Mrs. Doan
introduced Mrs. Lamb, of Farwell*;
who in her usual informal manneij
told of her trip and experiences in
Cuba, and illustrated part of her talk;
with lantern slides. She said Cuba
was called the Pearl of the Antilles,
and was eight-tenths as large as
Michigan. It has a population of)
2,500,000 over half of which are
white. Havana, the capitol and foremost city, has a population of 900,-|
000 ancl the religion is Roman
Catholic. It lies in the torrid zone;
thus having a very even te'mperature.
ranging from 65 to 90 degrees.
The government differs but little
from ours, having a president, House
of Representatives and Senate.
Cuba was founded in 1514 under
Spanish rule. The Spaniards took so
little care of the native Cubans, that
within a short time they were extinct.
Mrs. Lamb being especially inter-,
ested in the school visited one there.
She said the Cubans think they have
a public school system but it is fai|
different from ours. Each school is
under the auspice of a club, and held
in a club building. The school session is from 12:30 to 4 and includes,
the eighth grade. There is but one)
high school in Havana and it is called
a University. It has been closed foij
two years. The students ask for a
slight change in the curriculum, and
the government fearing an insurrection immediately closed it.
After this enjoyable educational
lecture Mrs. Wilson-gave a complete;
and fine report of the District con--
veittion held in West Branch May
17th and 18th.
Stove Depository
Proves Unsafe for
Thur stons' Money
Albert Thurston of this city, an
employe of the Clare county road]
commission, conceived of a novel depository for his roll of currency when
he hid it in the ash pan of the parlor
heating stove, but forgot to remove
it when a recent change of weather
caused his wife to decide that a fire
was necessary.
Thurston arrived home after the
fire was built and immediately began
to make a run on his bank. The bills
.were badly scorched but received
cash for them from Allen Crum who
took them to the Citizens State bank
where he was informed that they
would be sent to the treasury department and new ones given to replace
them. This experience will mean the
closing of ash pan banks as far as
Thurston is concerned.
JUDGE RAY HART
HAS BUSY WEEK
IN CIRCUIT COURT
Continuation of the August
Term Held at Harrison.
Was Jury Term
BAKE SALE
The Brown ( Corners Ladies Aid
will hold a ba'ke sale at Friz parlors'
Saturday, October 8th.
DANCE
The Mt. Vernon Grange will give a
dance at their hall Friday evening,
October 7th. Gents' 25c, Ladies free.
Sell your old hatteries. raciiators
and green hides at Samborn's. Phone
23.—adv.
The continuation' of the Angus*
term of the Clare County Court, sei,
last month for the twenty-sixth oi
this month, met this week at Harrison. A large number of matters were
finally disposed of, including one
matter which was tried at this time,
by a jury, ancl the session lasted for
the first three  clays of this week.
Tlie first matter on the calendar
Monday morning was the arraignment of Charles Gallagher wno had
been arrested on the charge of uttering and publishing a fraudulent]
check. The information was read to
him by the Prosecuting attorney after which Mr. Gallagher stood mute
and the Court entered a plea of not
guilty in his behalf.
Grover C. Dillman, State Highway
Commissioner for Michigan and the
petitioner for the condemnation ot
private property for public highwa>|
purposes in the city of Clare, Grant/
and Hatton townships had a motion
before the Court asking that the re-;
port of the Circuit Court Commis-)
sioners in the case be confirmed. Tha
petitioner was represented by Walten
A. Rice of the Attorney General's!
office in Lansing. Judge Hart allowed the motion.
A motion in the divorce matter of
Helen B. Bruce versus Edward R:
Bruce was argued by the attorney.'!
for the parties, Joseph K. Naumef)
for the Plaintiff and T. Carl Holbrooh
for Mr. Bruce. The motion was;
brought by Attorney Holbrook and
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FIRST APPEARANCE
OF "GHOST HOUSE"
THRILLTOSUCCESS
Local   Talent   Very   Ably
Present Mystery Drama
Sponsored by Legion
Auxiliary
The Clare amateur theatrical season was opened here Thursday night
with the presentation of "Ghost
House" produced with local talent
under the competent direction.-" of
Miss Dorothy Pickens,, of Kansas-
City, Mo.
The cast worked splendidly together making- each moment of'the play
more tense and exciting for an audience that sat breathless on the edge
of their seats awaiting the final outcome.
Miss Doris Gerow handled the part
of Paulette exceptionally well with
good comedy results. Marion Wright
as the Butler did well, especially in
his last scene with Paulette. Mrs.
Wylie-played Aunt Martha charm-|
j'ingly, ancl Miss Beatrice Seeor as/
; Barbara was very sweet and lovely.
'Bob Caple took the role of Ted Wilson, as newspaper reporter with the
utmost of ease and was enjoyed hjj
all, Leo Oden or Inspector Brooks
scored a success. Donald Jones was
the world-weary Donald Kent. Arleigh Gorr in the juicy role oil
Thompson dictatorial family lawyer
accomplishes much.
Miss Dorothy Ryan whom you will
probably see more of did wonders
with her part as Mrs. Bates. Omai|
Parent as the henpecked husband
who is always interesting, handled
his lines in a satisfactory manner.
Mrs. Gillispie did very well in her
work as the Colored Maid.
And who was the Ghost?
The   choruses   between   acts   were
very effective.  Music    by    the    high
school band was very good also.
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REPORT OF WORK ON
US. 27 CLARE TO HARRISON PAVEMENT
Detour Now Sends Motorists East at KrelFs Corners Over Good
Gravel
All work so far has been from end
of pavement four miles south of Harrison to 1 1-2 miles south to Corn-
well road.
From eight to sixteen men ancl two
or three teams, nearly all from the
north end of. county, have been employed, as they are nearest to the
work now. Six more men were pui|
to work Tuesday morning, September 27, at Hatton siding.,
Wednesday morning, September
28, found the road closed at Krell's,
corners and as work moves south
many more men will be employed,
probably for Monday morning, October 3rd.
Those who are positively entitle^
to work keep "in touch with your
supervisor,
The three northern tier of town-?
ships ancl city of Harrison have been
called on for their first quota 100%,
except Arthur township which is
being called on now. The southern,
tier of townships and Clare City wil)
be called on very soon.
Clare County Unemployment Com
mittee is well organized by thred
committeemen, loyally supported by
twenty-two supervisors, one from
each township and city ward in the|
county. Every supervisor is a pinchi
hitter with a keen eye for the besti
interest of his township oi* ward and
giving the county committee 100-%)
co-operation.
J. H. Wilson,
Chairman Co. Committee.
WESLEY ORTH INSTANTLY KILLED
TUESDAY NOON
Struck by Pere Marquette
Freight While Walking
on Tracks One M ile
West of City
Wjesley Orth, 59, of this city, Was
instantly Stilled Tuesday shortly af-y
ternoon when struck by a Pere Mar-J
quette freight while walking oii the*
tracks about one mile west of the
city.
According to the train crew, Mr.
Orth in response to a blast from thq
whistle stepped to on& side of thq
track.-and then back-onto it, thelieam.
of the engine striking him • in thq
backhand rolling him down tlie embankment, causing almost = instant
death.
Coroner Dr. W. F. Clute was called
to the° scene, but held no inquest. Thq
body was brought to the Friz Under-,
taking parlors from, where the funeral was held Thursday afternoon,
Rev. Albert Dawe of the Congregational church officiating and inter-,
ment made in Cherry Grove ceme-»
tery.
John Wesley Orth was born in
Huron County, "Ontario, Canada, May
23rd, 1873. He came with his parents,
to Saginaw in 1883 ancl then to Clare
in 1884. He was married in 1892 tc
which union there was born one son,
Arthur, who lives in Gary, Ind.
He was one of 8 children, 4 girls
ancl 4 hoys, all of whom have preced-j
ed him in death except one sister,
Mrs. D. Komp, with whom he has
made his home.for the past year, ancl
one brother, Dr. Emmerson Orth ot
Midland.
"Wes"-, the name by which he was
so familiarly called, was well known
in' this part of Michigan, ancl his
many friends extend their sincere
sympathy to the relatives in the Unfortunate circumstance of his deatlii
Some Pertinent
Facts A bout Mich'
igan Beet Sugar
■ Most of the Michigan Beet Sugar
"Factories are now in operation.- In
order that the maximum results from
an economic standpoint may be obtained for the people of the State of
/Michigan, some'' facts pertaining to
the industry should be known anc}
understood.
^Very few people outside of those
directly connected with the raising
of beets and the manufacture of beet
sugar, realize that the eleven beet
sugar plants operating in Michigan,
this year will produce approximately
350,000,000 pounds of granulated
sugar. The sale and distribution of
this large quantity of sugar is an immense proposition. The producers(
of course, will make every possible,
effort to sell in Michigan every pound;
it is possible to sell. The reason foi*
»     (Continued on Page Six)
CONSTITUTION
AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED TO VOTERS
Questions Worthy of Consideration Before Voters
Next Visit to Polls
REQUIRED NUMBER OF SIGNATURES RECEIVED TO RE-OPEN
CURE COUNTY SAVINGS BANK
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CLARE PLAYS AT INDIAN
SCHOOL IN ONLY "C"
CONFERENCE GAME
The only game scheduled for the
newly formed "C" conference is be--
tween Clare High school football
team and the Indian school of Mt.
Pleasant on Friday, September 30th.
Although tlie Indians were beaten
14 to 0 at Evart last Friday, it was
their first game. However Evart did
not score in the first half and although they put over two touch
downs, the Indians came back stronp;
and when the final whistle blew,
were only a few feet from the Evart
goal line.
Coach Bauer is priming his men
for this game in the belief that he-
can defeat Clare, but Clare in turn
is determined to "get going" and
show the fans that they are a football team. The game is called for
3.30 p. m. at Island Park.
CONGRESSMAN WOODRUFF
EXPRESSES HIS THANKS TO
ELECTORATES OF CLARE CO.
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"Through the courtesy of The
Sentinel I am privileged to- express)
my sincere appreciation to the people
of this county for the expression ofj
confidence in..my service as your
Representative in Congress given me
in the recent primary election. Mj*
majority of nearly 17.Q00 is a splendid
tribute to the loyal and enthusiastic)
work my friends put forth in behali"
pf my renomination, and 1 gratefully
acknowledge the many, many courtesies extended to me."
Signed, Roy O. Woodruff
(Rep.   Miles   M.  Callaghan)
Continuing the discussion of the
proposed amendments to the constitution of the State of Michigan
which is being submitted to the vot-i
ers at the November election, and
having discussed amendment No. 1,
the Prohibition amendment, in s
former letter I will now discuss
amendment No. 2.
This amendment is commonly
known as the Michigan Farmer Tax
Limitation' amendment to Article l(j
of the Constitution and this proposai
reads as follows:
"Section 21. The total amount of
taxes assessed against property for
all purpQses in any one year shall
not exceed one and one-half percent*
of the assessed valuation of saici
property, except taxes levied for the
payment of interest and principal on/
obligations heretofore incurred,
which sums shall be separately as-;
sessed in all cases; Provided, thati
this limitation may be increased for
a period of not to exceed five years
at any one time, to not more than a
total of five per cent of the assessed
valuation, by a two-thirds vote o\
the electors of any assessing district,
ot* when provided for by the chartei]
of a municipal corporation; Provided Further, that this limitation shall
not apply to taxes levied in the year
■1932," • .     '
If this amendment is adopted by
the voters in the November election
the limit of tax raised against property,- real or .personal, in this state
in any one year'• shall not exceed
1 1-2% of the assessed valuation of
the property except in the case of
governmental units, village,, townships, city or county having indebted
ness, bonded or otherwise. In that
case sufficient tax can be levied and
raised to pay sucli indebtedness and
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F. H. DrtLLIl
DIES SUDDENLY
AT PORTLAND ORE.
Former Clare Citizen Succumbs While Attending
Church Convention
Sunday Morning
Relatives and friends m Clare were
shocked early Monday morning
when Wm. H. Bicknell received a
message that his brother-in-law,
Frank H. Ballinger, of Los Angeles,
Cal,, had departed this life Sunday
morning while attending a church
-Convention held at Portland, Oregon.
Details of Mr. Ballinger's death-
have hot been, received here, but will
be published in the near future.
Mr. Baliinger, together, with his
daughter, Martha, had visited relatives liere last summer and had taken
many sight-seeing trips from here
throughout Michigan and was apparently in the best of health.
DANCE
Every    Saturday   uignt,    Duncan'!
hall, Clare. 47t4.
tf you want a lot for your .money
try- a classified liner in the Clare
Sentinel, and get results.
NEEDY IN HATTON TOWNSHIP MUST HAVE HELP
Mrs. Clarence Durfee, of Hatton,
wishes The Sentinel to appeal to the,
public for assistance in clothing
thirty-one children in her residence
township, who are without sufficient
clothing to attend school. Mrs. Durfee will have personal charge of the
mending, making over and distributing of any articles' or materials donated for this purpose. Kindly leave
same at the Welfare rooms in the
Doherty block marked "for Hatton"
ancl they will be called for and the
public can feel confident that they
will be placed where most needed.
REPUBLICAN CO.
CONVENTION BEST
ATTENDEPJN YEARS
Proceedings  Harmonious—
Entire Ticket Endorsed.
Aldrich Chairman of
Delegation
As the seventy delegates, to the
Clare County Republican Convention,
representing the various wards and
townships, filed into the courtroom
^Thursday afternoon at Harrison, it
was evident that they were interested in the events .of the meeting.
The regular routine of business
over, Ed. Johnston of Clare and
Bernice Hampton, of Harrison', were
appointed tellers by chairman Hether
and ballots were prepared for the
election of delegates to the State Convention. '
Recognizing his efforts and co-operation with the State officials in securing the road work on M-61 and
with the aid of Clare County Sup
ervisors, his Success in making it
mandatory to use Clare County labor
in the work now being clone on U. S.
27, together with his past adherence
to the Republican party as a whole,
and his keen interest in the election
o£ our present fine Governor Wilbei
M. Brucker, Asa H. Aldrich, of Harrison, -was almost unanimously
elected -chairman of the delegation to
the^ State convention. Oft times at
such a meeting there have been out-;
bursts of descension but peace and
harmony reigned as the tellers gathered the ballots which proclaimed N.
L. Tibbils, Orlie Stockwell and -Wm.
Krell duly elected delegates *to accompany the chairman. Senator
Ben Carpenter was elected chairman of the Clare County Republicans.
Thru some error Jesse R. Hampton, rightfully second choice as delegate from the Second Ward, was not)
notified nor presented with credentials but was finally seated by the ah-1
sence of N. A. Elden. This "Avas a
timely absence as it had been plan*
ned to dispute the election if Hampton was not seated which might have
changed things.
The delegation left Clare Wednesday noon and expected to hear Hani-
ford MacNider, past} , commander of
the American Legion and who
recently resigned as United States
representative to Canada, who was
to speak that evening at the Barium
hotel. The regular session being oil
/Thursday.
Officers and Committee Establish Record Through
Untiring Efforts for
Local Institution
Happine'ss rightfully prevails in this
community as it has been definitely
announced that the Clare County-
Savings Bank now has the required
amount signed which will permit the
reopening of the institution. The
Depositors).Committee has on display
in the bank lobby the following:
OVER THE TOP
THANKS
Co-operation   Has,
and Will Succeed.
This  message  means much and its
application  can  accomplish much.
The depositors can now rejoice
that the pledges now filed with the
Committee and those being filed
daily are proof of what unity of purpose can do". The Depositors Committee are leaving the soliciting of
agreements as other matters that
will expedite the re-opening of the
bank now need their attention. However, they wish to have it known that
agreements will be received until
further notice is given.
_ There are many more details in
connection with the program for re-j
opening than is generally supposed,
but these will be met as rapidly as
possible. The first of these is the rebuilding of the capital structure in
accordance with the terms of the reorganization  plan.
LIQUOR IS ALONG WAY OFF
Unless Congress should, in the
meanwhile repeal or amend the Volstead Act, the saloon is still a Ions-
way from returning to the cities and
towns of this Nation. Resubmission
means that Congress can by a two
thirds vote submit to the ■ States an
amendment repealing the Eighteenth
Amendment. This amendment must
then bo ratified by three fourths of
the State Legislature, or through
special conventions for the purpose
of passing on  the amendment.
The next Congress would be called
upon to decide.
1. Whether or not prohibition is
to be submitted to the States;
2. In what form the question shall
be resubmitted;
3. Whether ratification shall be by
the Legislature or by conventions.
National prohibition is now a part
of the Constitution Of the Unitect
States and the process recited here,
is the only way it can be removed,
from the Constitution.
' The- talk about a "referendum" is^
idle because the Constitution cannot
be changed by a direct vote of the
people—Piscataquis Observer, Dover-Fox craft, Maine.
TEN CHURCHES SEND
DELEGATES TO ASS'N
MEETINGHERE FRIDAY
E lucational Messages Given by
Visiting Speakers. Guild
Provide Refreshments
Dance
The Rebekahs will give a dance at
the I. O. O. F. hall next. Wednesday
night, October 5th. 25 cents per
couple.   Lunch extra.
The 69th Semi-Annual meeting of
the Muskegon Association of Con7
gregational churches held in the local
church last Friday were exceedingly
inspiring and helpful. Ten of the
churches of the Association were/
represented with a reasonable delegation.
The addresses of Dr. Topping, who
has spent twenty years in China, and;'
who has just recently returned from
the field, were very enlightening
especially as he reviewed the causes
leading up; to the" trouble between
-Japan and China in Shanghai and
Manchuria.
At the evening banquet Dr. Stephen A. Lloyd, State Superintendent
of Congregational* churches, gave a
very forceful and encouraging ' address of the condition of the
churches throughout the State of,
Michigan,
As this was not the annual meeting there was not a\ large amount oil
business. One item of importance
was the election of Rev. Charles
Meeker, of Muskegon, as the delegate
to the National Council! next year,,
which is to be held in Cleveland with
Rev, Albert Dawe, of Clare, as the
alternate. -
The resolution committee submitted a very gracious vote of appreciation to the pastor and the church for*
the splendid entertainment and hospitality.
The Ladies Guild had charge "of the
luncheon at noftn, and the banquet in
the* evening with Mrs. J. Murdoch
acting as general chairman.