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THE  CLARE  SENTINEL
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CLARE SENTINEL
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Official   Paper   of
Clare and Clare County
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Established 1878
COURT CONTINUES
MANY CASES IN
DECEMBER TERM
JJntireCalendar Not Brought
Up Consequently Brief
Sitting
The Clare County Circuit Court
met Monday and Tuesday for a two
day session at the opening of the December term. Only a few matters
were brought before the Court and
all others were either continued or
dismissed. ,,-.
In the case of, The People versus
Ruel W. Fairbanks and Delbert Wilson, a Grand larceny matter, the
"Prosecuting Attorney asked the
"Court for permission to nolle prose
the case. This .was agreed to by
Alexander B. Wylie, attorney for the
defendants, an order of nolle prosequi
was entered, tho .defendants were dis"
charged and their bondsmen releas-
In the case of The People versus
Claud Reker, the defendant was arraigned on the charge of violation ofi
the liquor law, accused of having
liquor In his possession. The information was read to him by the Prosecuting Attorney and the defendant
then entered a plea* of guilty. Judge
Hart placed him on probation for an
Indefinite time and placed him in the
custody of the Prosecuting Attorney.
In the case of The People of the
State of Michigan versus Charles
Bennett the defendant was arraigned
on the charge of incestuous rape. The
Information was read to him by the
Prosecuting Attorney after which he
entered a plea of not guilty. He was
unable to employ an attorney and requested the Court to appoint an attorney for him. After considering the
matter Judge Hart appointed Leo J.
Campeau the attorney for the Defendant at the county's expense- A
jury was then drawn and the case
commenced. Five witnesses 'were
sworn and testified for the People as
follows: Elnora Bennett, Garland
Bennett,- Edmond Woods, Theodore
G. Bowler, and Neil Vandewarker. At
this point the Defendant's attorney
|nnounced to the Court that the Defendant wished to plead guilty and
this plea was .accepted. Judge Hart;
later sentenced him to confinement in
tne State prison at Jackson at hard
labor for eight t0 fifteen years and
the Defendant was remanded to the
custody of the Sheriff.
The case of the Citizens State
Bank, represe»te.d by T. Carl Holbrook, versus C. H. and C. C. Rockwell was brought on for a hearing
This was a Transcript from a Justice's Court judgment in which the
Plaintiff brought .garnishment proceedings in an attempt to collect the
wages of C. C. Rockwell,, a state employee. The Attorney General's Department sent, a representative tc
represent the State Treasurer and the
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CHRISTMAS SPIRIT IS
MANIFESTO AT ..HE
STIM CLUB MEETING
GLARE MICHIGAN, FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 8, 1933
New Series, Vol. 42, No. 8
Very much in keeping with the
* Christmas spirit was the program
prepared by Mrs. Schlegel for the
Study Club Tuesday afternoon. Mrs.
Mulder was hostess, assisted by Mrs.
Tatman.
"Keeping Christmas" by   H.   Van-
Dyke was read by Mrs.  Sternaman.
The true Christmas spirit is that of
doing for others.
Louise Mulder beautifully read the
^ poem  "Christmas  Morning". It made
**^? us feel how real the Christ Child was
by comparing it to any    child    with
pink cheeks and tiny hands watched
' over by a devoted mother.
"Is there a Santa ClausV If all the
doubting children could have heard
What the late Frank Church said tc-
llttle S year old- Virginia in answei*
to that question, their little minds
would be at rest; for he says there
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mor^ocnEgKs to
QUARTET FIGHTS DISEA
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Four tiny Morlok sisters, the only
quadruplets ever born in Michigan,
are growing up in a world made safer
for them through the work done by
tuberculosis Christmas seals. That is
why they gave their four-fold support
to the Michigan Tuberculosis Association, in its 1933 campaign for the sale
of seals, and posed with the double
barred crdss, symbol of the work
done by ami-tuberculosis  societies.
Good food, lots of sleep and many
happy hours of play" is the simple
program followed by the four little
girls'"whose birth attracted the curiosity and interest of the nation, when
they were born in Lansing about
three and one-half years ago.
To help other children and make
the world safer for themselves, the
Morlok sisters address their plea for
the generous purchase of seals, using
the middle initials given them to indicate the order of their arrival in the
world:
Edna A. —"Assure health for all
children."
Wilma B.—"£,uy tuberculosis Christmas seals."
Sarah C—"Christmas joy should
be shared."
Helen D. —"Delay can be fatal. Buy
seals."
PONTIAC CONCERN
GETS CONTRACT
IN CLAM COUNTY
Bartling & Dull's Bid  Accepted On 3.312 Miles of
Concrete Pavement
Contracts were awarded Tuesday
by the State Administrative Board on
nine new federal grant road construe-,
tlon projects totalling ?696,963.91 it
was announced by State Highway
Commissioner Murray D. Van Wagon-
-i\ Approval of the awards Is subject to concurrence of the Federal
Bureau of Public Roads.
'The projects follow:
Allegan County—1.83S miles of 20-
foot concrete pavement on U. S. 31,
Glenn rortheast relocation bid by
Eaitling £ Dull company of Pontiaq
at $74,986.37.
Barry a~>-i c&.Uioun Counties—3.116
miles of 21-foot gravel surface, M-78,
-.icrth on M-14 bid by Robert Hudson
of Bemiingion, Mich., at §69,005.56.
Cass County—7.200 miles of 21-foot
gravel surface on M-151, Edwards-)
burg to U. S. 112 bid by John Baker
and son of Kalamazoo at $59,871.94.
Charlevoix County-^-S^OG miles ot
20-foot concrete pavement on M-131,
north county line south bid by C. A.
HandeySide Construction Co. of Detroit at $84,436.53.
Clare County—3.312 miles Of 20-
foot concrete pavement on "0. S. 27
north of Harrison bid by Bartling &
Dull of Pontiac at $74,986.37.
Genesee County—3.505 miles of 20-
foot concrete pavement on "U. S. 10,
(Dort Highway) Lapeer road to
Stewart Avenue, City of Lapeer, bid
by Julius Porath of Detroit, at $98,-
.102.76.
Lenawee County—9.703 miles of
gravel surfacing on M-34, Clayton
east and West, bid by Julius Porath
of Detroit at $76,495.52.
Midland County—3.268 miles of 20-
foot concrete pavement on IL S* 10!
Midland relocation, bid by A. Mercier
Company of Detroit at $91,529.37:
Washtenaw County-^-Grade separation on U. S. 112, crossing Michigan
Central Railroad, bid-** by Reinger
Construction Company, Lansing, al
$64,818.90.
LADIES NIGHT MONDAY
AT C. OF C. MEETING
HOTEL DOHER.Y
The annual Chamber of Commerce
Ladies Night will be held Monday
night, December 11, at the Doherty
Hotel at 6:30. An interesting program of musical numbers is being
prepared by the committee. Mr.
Harold Nelson, Industrial Arts instructor of the Clare High "School,
will give a short discussion of some of
his1 impressions of the present
European situation as gathered, during his extended trip thru Western
Europe a short time ago.
Clyde Harris and E. A. Anderson
are in charge of the ticket sales and
they will appreciate your cooperation
in making this event a success.
notice;
As I have sold out my interest in
the Hollywood Dairy, I have for sale
eight milch cows, some giving milk
and some coming fresh. Geo. I.
Brown, 2 miles west of Clare on V, S.
10,
FOR SALE}—Stock "hog 2 years; old.
Cheap. Also 10 breeding ewes very
cheap. Norman Myers. 2 1-2 mileS
.east of cornwell farm,    * >
LEGION HOLD FIRST
MEETING IN NEW LOCATION MONDAY NIGHT
Pians Discussed for Redecorating
Rooms, Citation on Display
Walter H. Larman Post No. 128 oi
the American Legion held its regular
meeting Monday night. This was the
first meeting in the new American
Legion rooms at 4_5 McEwan street.
A large number of the members
were present; including a delegation,
from* Harrison. One visitor, Gordon;
Snelling, of the Clarkston Post was
also present.
The most distinguished citation,
recently received from National
Headquarters, given the Post in honor of it being one of- the few Posts in
the country to "go over the top"
prior to Armistice Day, was present,
framed and on display.
A large amount of business was
transacted, most Of it pertaining to
decorating, furnishing and placing in,
order the new Legion rooms.
Several Important communications
were read including a letter from the
State Commander who congratulated
■~e Post and expressed himself as
highly pleased with the Post's mem^
bership record this year.
N, L. Tibbils spoke "concerning a
recent trip which he and Commander
Hall took to the America.n Legion's
Children's Billet at Otter Lake at
which time they accompanied three
Clare County children to the Billed
where they now reside.
It was decided that the Post would
put on a feather party before Christmas and the Commander- appointed a
committee to act on this matter. The
Post will also have a party on NeW
Year's night.
It was voted that the regular meeting nights would be established as.
the first and third Monday nights of
each mOnth. All members ate asKed
to keep these two dates in mind.
IDEAL THEATRE
GETS LATEST IN
S0UNj> SYSTEM
First Movie House Outside
of Detroit to Install -the
"Wide Hang*?"     	
Equipment for the? nfew "Wide
Range" Western Electric -sound system, latest development Of the talkies, is now installed at the Idea*
Theatre which, opened wltifi a special
gala opening on Tuesday,) December
5. There will be no increase In.-admission prices although the- Ideal
will be the only theatre ■ within a
radious of two hundred, miles to
have this equipment,, James Olson,
the new manager states.   '
This new system, which is .the-result of more, than, five-years' labor of
scientists and engineers of the Beli
Telephone laboratories and the Western Electric Co, recordings .at the
Hollywood studios are made .at a
cost running Into thousariuB of dollars and Western Electric systems
are used almost exclusively in giving
voice to*the'Pictures, therefore it is
only reasonable assume .that for best
results an equipment manufactured
and serviced by the makers of the
recording apparatus should be employed. "Wide Range" is' the latest
improvement and reproduces sound
from the faintest whisper to the,
booming of the cannoijs with a
naturalness not obtained by otheil
equipments.
The only theatres that have installed "Wide Range" in Michigan are
the Fox," Michigan, United Artists,
State and Roxy theatres! in Detroit
and two in Grand Rapids, other installations are going forward as rapidly as crews can make the improvements.      . u
MRS. CHAS. CHURCH
PAINFULLY INJURED
IN AlFF0_WRE€K
Accident^&rc&jrsr al-S^cntord
Friday Night/While Re*
turning Home From
Detroit
While returning to -their home- in
Wise township .last Friday night,
from Detroit, -where they had spent
Thanksgiving with their daughter,
Mr. and Mrs.jChas. Church met with
an unfortunate -accident when their
car was crashed into by another -at
banford,
Mrs. Church was seriously injured
about the h.ead***a*nd body,* the most
serious being-a4leep cut over the eye
and the flesh torn away from the
forehead. Dr. Beck, of Coleman, was
called and .she iwas taken to a resident nearby for -first aid. Later she
was brought *to_her home by the Friz
Ambulance, *wher« she is recovering
nicely under the care of Dr. W. F.
Clute. Mr. Church escaped with only
minor bruises. Both cars were badly
damaged.
Public Invited To
Celebrate Christmas Festival
Whole community and surrounding
countryside are invited to celebrate
Christmas Festival at the High
School Auditorium Sunday afternoon,
December 17th at 4 o'clock p. m. at
which time the beautiful "Messiah"
will be given by a chorus of more
than, fifty voices. Professor Powers
from Mt. Pleasant will direct. A silver offering vwill be taken.
Watch for entire program in next
week's Sentinel.
HELP SOLICITED FOR
TRANSPORTING PLAYERS
TO VARIOUS ACTIVITIES
A committee composed of members-
of the Boosters Club and the Athletic
Board Was appointed at the regular
meeting yesterday for the purpose of
soliciting cars for transportation to
the various school events out of
town, such as basketball games, debates, .music trips, etc. The general
plan of the committee is to secure
a large list of cars and then schedule
them so that no one person will need
to drive more than once during th-:-
season. This will pass the burden
around and should enable drivers to
plan in advance for the trip. It might
be necessary to ask some to driv<
more-than once but the eommittee
hopes not.   •
The problem df securing drivers is
a real one-tand we hope this plan, will
help rsome-fcbatdn its solution.
RED CROSS GOODS
BEING DISTRIBUTED
THROUGHOUT COUNTY
Attorney Donald E. Holbrook, Pres.
of Gounty Red Cross Organization
wishes to announce that the county
allotment of merchandise has been
received and has been turned over
to several representatives in the
county for immediate distribution.
Mrs, Leah Garehow has full charge
in the City of Clare. She will be at
the I. O. Q. F. hall each Tuesday and
Friday afternoon from 1 to 5 for this
work. Mrs, Bernie Hampton, in
charge at Harrison for the city announces Monday and Saturdays for
distribution,
Mrs. G. E. Lamb at Farwell has
specified no definite days.
Thruout the county the supervisors will take charge of- their respective townships.
TIM DOOLITTLE
RADIO ORCHESTRA
'DRAWS BIG CROWD
Harrison  Opera House
Packed With Enthusiast
tic Dancers
is
"Here we are folks! All ready to
go!"—It was Tim Doolittle announcing for his Flying Mountaineers, that
they were ready to give their audience a real evening's- entertainment,
last Friday night at the Wilson Opera
House, Harrison.
He then, introduced his % five
mountaineers to several hundred new
friends: "Little Joe", Banjo; "Al",
Drum; "Mac", piano; "Curly", banjo
and guitar; "Ted", violin; and last
but not least*, their Pine Center
Sweetheart, Miss Dorothy Leader,
(Quoting Tim) 'All dressed up in her
Sunday best'.
-After the introduction, the boys
struck up a lively tune, and until one
o'clock, when Tim announced that
they had to head homeward; they
kept a large crowd well entertained.
Mi?s Leader, who held vocal honors-, made a big hit*/ with the crowd.
Not only Avas • she a lovely young
lady, but had a very pleasing • .con*
tralto voice ,and sang several popular,
numbers in a very charming manner.
Each and every member of the
orchestra know how to handle his
instrument and seemed to put his
heart in his music.
'.'Little*Joe" and "Curly" played a
special banjo duet for which they received hearty applause; and "Ted"(
although.'he didn't play a solo or a
special nutnber* was highly complimented as a violinist.
"Al" besides skillfully managing
the drums* played a few pieces on his
accordian; also exhibited several
dance steps, and although he did seek
a. back corner of the stage, his actions were witnessed, and much appreciated, "Ted" wdsn't quite as bashful as "Al"! He danced across the
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CLUB ENTERTAINED AT
SCHAEFFER HOME TO
THANKSGIVING PARTY
Progressive Bridge   Was   Evening's Diversion. Refreshments Served
The Thanksgiving party of the
Good Literature Club was held at the
beautiful home of Mrs. Sarah Schaeffer, November 28th. The hostess
announced a Progressing Bridge and
asked that the guests find their partners by matching slogans which they
had announced on the tallies. Tlfese
tallies were unusually attractive and
unique. The evening was very pleasantly spent and a delightful lunch
was served..
At the close Mrs. Wylie, the president announced that the next meeting w6uld be a Christmas party at
the home of Miss Doris Gerow.
All joined in expression of a very
pleasant evening spent in the company of congenial friends and a very
hospitable hostess.
FORMER CLARE RESIDENT
KILLED AT FLINT SUNDAY
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ackerman,
Mrs. Geo. Dennis and Mrs. J&ck Miller, of Farwell, attended the funeral
of a relative, Frank Pierson at Flint
Wednesday. Mr. Pierson was killed
when he drove his car into the side
of a freight train, during the fog Sunday night.
He was bol'u ahd lived his boyhood
days fn Arthur, township, Clare
county, th_ son. Of William B. and Ella
Lyons Piei-son. After the death of his
father ihV1897, tho family lived in
Clare a lew years..
HARRISON HUNTING AND FISHING
CLUB HELD ANNUAL BANQUET
WEDNESDAY EVENING DEC. 6TH
OIL NEWS
Vernon Field
The Rachel Russell well No. 1, the
Woods No. 3 and the Brief No. 4, all
located on the west side of section 22,
were spudded in the latter., part of
last Week.
Oil was_ struck in the Carmichael
No. 3, sec. 22, Wednesday afternoon
after the drill had penetrated but 1-
1-2 feet into the Dundee. The well
will be let stand thirty-six hours and
then drilled deeper.
Stough well No. 5, on the south
side of section 23, was * spudded in
Monday night..    ',.'.,
The Harry Wild well, near the
center of section 21, was spudded in
the first of the week. This well is
located between the Stewart Beatty
No. 1 and the Callihau No. 1, the latter two being in unproven territory,
but following the line of proven wells
in section 22, west.
Material is being hauled in this
week for the erection of a derrick on
the Dee  Stough farm on section  24.
The Sentinel was in error last
week in announcing that the Bowman
No. 4 well was located on section 22.
Instead it is located on the north
side of section 27.
A permit has been issued for the
drilling of an oil well on the Jas.
Walsh farm. The location is N. E„
N. W„ S. W. section 15 and will be
promoted by the Dokenva Gas Corporation.
FARMERS SELLING
DRESSED PORK
SUBJECUO TAX
Processor Required to Keep
an Account Each Month
On Record
, Inquiry' Was made of the Internal
Revenue Service, Treasury Department, Detroit Michigan, regarding
processing taxes to be paid by those
who sell dressed pork. The following
paragraphs are quoted from the reply received:
"In reply, please be advised that
effective as of th.e first moment o*.
November 5, 1,933, the Secretary of
"Agriculture declared the processing*
tax of 1-2 cent per pound, live weight,
on the slaughtering of hogs foi*" sale
or other disposition. The rate of tax1
will increase, to 1 cent a pound December 1st; on January 1st it will be
increased to 1 1-2 cents per pound;
and on February 1st it will be increased to 2 cents per pound and will
remain at that rate until further
notice.
"Under regulations prescribed by
the Secretary of Agriculture and interpreted by the Secretary of thct
Treasury, the slaughtering of hogs
6onstitutes "Bl'OQeBSlflg" anil subjects every person, partnership, firm
or corporation who slaughters hogs
.for sale to the taxes imposed by the
declaration of the Secretary of Agriculture. Therefore a farmer whq
kills hogs and 'dresses them for market is liable to tax as a processor and
will be required to keep such records
and file such returns as prescribed/
by the regulations. These regulations require that the processor ofi
hogs shall make a return during the
month succeeding the month in which
the processing was done, showing the
number of pounds (live weight) oi
hogs processed during the month and
make payment of the tax at the current rate thereon. Every processoi*
is also required to keep an account
which will Show the quantity on hand
•at the beginning of the month, the
quantity received during the month,
the quantity shipped or delivered during the month, the quantity put in
process during the month, and the
quantity On hand at the end of the,
month. This account refers to the
live hogs on hand, received and die-
posed of'by the processor."
Complete information on processing taxes is contained in Regulation
No. 81, Processing Tax and Compen-f
sation Tax under A. A. A. U. S.
Treasury Dept., Bureau of Interna),
Revenue, Washington, D.. C.
P. D. Gibson,
County Agricultural Agent.
Col. Hogarth, Geo. McCal-
lum and Jack Miner
Were the Speakers
Over 300 Members and Guests
Partook of Venison Dinner
At the present time Clare county
has three rather robust sportmen's
clubs. Among them is one, under the
caption of the Harrison Hunting and
Fishing Club, The aim of this Organization is to cover the north section
of the county, keeping in _ the heart
of both youth and grownup the propr
er spirit of sportsmanship' and oifeifr"
ing the Department of Conservation;
in Lansing the utmost cooperation in
the excellent work it is successfully-
endeavoring to perform for all tn_
people. *
The Harrison Hunting and Fishing'
Club held its annual banquet Wednesday evening. The attendance was:
the largest ever in its history. Without question the program was the
most pleasing, interesting • and instructive,' too. It seemed as if the full
membership of the club was out and
in addition many, many guests who
were exceedingly reluctant to remain away when such a generous in-i
vitation had been extended to all
those interested in true conservation
to come and freely partake, both
mentally and physically. The neighboring towns of Clare, Gladwin, Marion, Farwell, Mt. Pleasant, Houghton
Lake, Roscommon, Temple, * Lake
George, CCC Camp and Midland were
very liberally represented on the
roster of guests. From the latter
city came Judge Ray Hart and Mr.
and Mrs. Bobbie Heisman.
A slight departure was made from
previous years in way of arrangements for the banquet. The dinner
was served in the spacious basement
parlors of the Congregational church.
About one hundred fifty persons were
served at the first setting, so to
speak, and as other groups came in,
th'ey were Very courteously and
pleasingly cared Jor. In this way
over three hundred people were-' put
in contact with a most delightful dinner in which delicious venison, frony
the Gladwin division of the conserva*
tlon department was featured. Two
carcasses had been prepared * at the
Moore meat market for the occasion
and were cooked under the skilful dir
rection of Bert, Norris, a resident of
Harrison and one of the best chefs
in the state. Other than the cooking
of the vehisOn, the numerous details
common to serving such a bounteous1
meal to several hundred people was
completely in the hands of Auxiliary
Society of the church. Heaps Of
credit is duev this organization for
the excellent manner in which it performed its task. Meal completed, tho,
guests were piloted to the Wilson
Opera House down the street, where
the speaking program was to take
place.
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H. J. FOSTER INSTALLS    - .
NEW STITCHING MACHINE
Last week H. J. Foster installed a
new electric Landis G-12 stitching
machine in his shoe repairing department.
The machine is of the latest typq
and will sew through a, 5-8 inch board
or the same thickness of leather with,
ease. Mr. Foster has gone to considerable expense in the purchase ol,
this machine in order to give first-*
class and prompt service to his customers.
CHICKEN SUPPER
Chicken supper at St. Cecilia
cliurch Dec. 12th at 5:30 o'clock.
Price 25 cents per plate.
Mrs.  Leon. Gleason, , chairman . >
Ask ua how to secure a fr.eo tea set
at the Farmers Ind. Produce Co. -adv.
REMEMBER YOUR
CONTRIBUTION TO
CHRISTMAS BASKETS
Christmas baskets will be ready,
for filling, on tbe Friday before
Christmas. The work will be in
charge  of  the   Clare' Study  Club.
Cans of vegetables and fruit, al-*
so plenty of potatoes, • cabbage-,
onions, beets and any other Vegetable or fresh fruit you may havo"
with flour, pancake flqur, cornmea*
and sugar, will help to fill them.
Each basket, should have
enough fresh meat for one meal,
at 'least.
Most of the baskets, go into
homes, where there are little chil'
dren, who will be very glad to receive, any candy or toy; you maj;
care to give.
Each store from now .until
Christmas, will have an empty]
box, for that extra can or toy,
when you are buying ""/our own. _•
Let us each help, to make this,'
a Happy Christmas, for eyary ione
in Clare. ■ ..    '   '."•**   **   '
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