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Clare and Clare County
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Established 1878
GLARE MICHIGAN, FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 12, 1934
New Series, Vol. 42, No; 13
MORE CWA PROJECTS
PLANNED FOLLOWING
PRESENTJPROGRAM
; State Reports 29,377   Men
;;    Now Employed on Road
Construction Work
;    Exceeding the goal set for January
-■ 1, 1934, by more than a million dol-
> lars, the  State  Highway  Department
^ has  a  total  of  $7,4S3,144.97  involved
\ in the Public Works  road    projects
■■> definitely placed    under    contract or
ready    for    signing,      Commissioner
" Murray P. Van Wagoner reported'  to
the  . State      Administrative      Board
Thursday.
When the ¥12,736,000 federal grant
for road ' construction was made
available to Michigan in July, 1933,
Commissioner Van Wagoner stated
that the department would endeavor
to have half of the sum under contract by (he beginning of 1934.
"The total of ■ $12,593,588.72 has
been allocated to definite projects
throughout the state which have received preliminary project approval
from the Federal Bureau of Public
Roads.
'•The balance of the federal grant
has been reserved to meet unexpect
ed emergency. A total of $9,002,657,-
07 has been obligated by the signing
of contracts, the placing of advertisements, the reserve for engineering
and contingency costs, or by the
definite approval of plans and specifications by the Federal Bureau of
Public Roads.
"The Highway Department believes it can safely promise that the
entire amount included in the federal
grant will' have been placed under
contract early in the new year,
"However, there is one point which
might cause delay. In some of the
projects, new right-of-way is necessarily involved. We have kept these
right-of-way requirements down to a
minimum, but it is impossible tc
escape such requirements entirely.
"The Administrative Board probably can be of material help in making available without delay, when required, the necessary sums to clear
right-of-way so that contracts can be
let and men be put at work immediately."
None of the federal fund can he
used to purchase right-of-way. The
department now has 168 federal
grant road projects under contract
in. 68 counties. The department expects to put under construction one
• or more such projects in each of the
83 counties.
In addition to the Public Works
road program, the department is continuing its CWA program into tho
new year. The latest report revealed
that 29,377 men were employed on
535 CWA road projects, which reached into all but one county in the
sta,te. There were also 1,906 trucks
and 597 teams being used on these
projects.
More than 1,00 CWA projects have
been pi'gpared by the department and
submitted to Uw Civil Works Board
for approval. So If projects already
Started are completed in a short time
there will be others available to furnish employment as long as the fund
Jast,
FORMER CLARE LADY
-ESCAPES SERIOUS INJURY INJUTO WRECK
Car SJkids Down   Hill  on  Icy
Road and Crashes Into
Train "Near Flint.
Mr. ana Mrs. S. M. Callihan were
called tc. Flint Tuesday on account or
their daughter, Mrs. Lucille Nutter,
being injured the evening before
when the car, in which she was riding with her two cousins, Max and
"Rex ^rielman, ran into the side of a
moving train.
The crossing in question is located
at the bottom of a hill and the driven
was unable to stop the car on account
of the icy road and the crash resulted.
Mrs. Nutter escaped with a badly
sprained wrist and minor bruises, but
Max, who was driving had his chest
crushed, while it was necessary tq
take twelve stitches to close a wound
on Rex's head. The car was a complete wreck.
RED CROSS DISTRIBUTION
The Clare County Chapter of the
American Red Cross announces that
they will distribute'clothing from the
L O. O. F. hall, under the direction
of Mrs, Leah Garchow, once a week
oh Friday afternoons, instead of
twice a week as heretofore.
RULES VERY STRICT
AS TO APPLICATION
_ OF PROCESSING TAX
The Hon. Samuel T. Metzger, Commissioner of Agriculture, calls at
tefttioii to the fact that while the
farmer," in some instances, .as, for example, where he butchers ' and sells
a hog, is the first processor, and, as
such, subject to the processing tax,
such- tax should never be paid to or
deducted by the one to whom the
farmer makes the sale. Any attempt
by anyone buying any commodity
-subject to a processing tax to make
the farmer pay such tax or to deduct
it from the amount that would otherwise be due the latter should be
promptly reported to the State Department of Agriculture at Lansing,
with full particulars.
Where the farmer is subject to a
processing tax, the same must be reported to the Collector of Internal
Revenue at Detroit and paid by him
not later than the 30th of the follow:
ing month.
The farmer is required to pay no
processing tax on anything raised on
his farm and consumed by his own
family, employees or household.
CITY BASKET BALL
TEAMS WIN PAIR
WEDNESDAY NITE
Visiting Teams   Forced   to
Stand By as Glareites
Take Lead
One of the biggest evenings of
Basket Ball was enjoyed by the local
fans Wednesday night when both o5
the City teams came through with
victories. The first game between tho.
Clare Merchants and Remus Independents was a clean fast game with thci
lead changing often. Although the
Merchants were under a handicap foi;
size thoy emerged with a 29 to 23
victory. The game that followed
proved to be a thriller. The Gover's
Sport Shop from Mt. Pleasant
brought a talented aggregation with
them and when the first quarter ended the Doherty Travelers were trailing behind with the score reading IS
to 3. When the last quarter started
the Doherty team was still trailing
by 10 points but were out playing the
College town boys. At this stage oi,
the game it was plenty rough with
numerous fouls being called. However Clare tied the score in the final
minutes and when the timer's whistle
blew had a lead of 50 to 46. It was
quite fortunate that the game ended
when it did as it had lost lots of its
appearance of a Basket Ball game.
AMERICAN LEGION
MEETING AT GRAYLING NEXTTUESDAY
Winter Sports  at Widely
Known Park Will be
EnteriaJnffient
•v
IX)ST—-Roll of bills amounting to
about $60.00 on Clare streets\
Thursday, Finder return to Farhn
ers Ind. Produce Company, Reward.
The next Tenth Congressional
American Legion meeting will be
held at Grayling Tuesday, January
16th. This is the regular Mid-winter
meeting and all members of the Legion and Legion Auxiliary, togethei/
with the families, are asked to remember the date.
The meeting is under the auspices
of Legion Post No. 106 of Grayling.
Registration fee is one dollar or two,
thousand francs per person. Boy
Scouts of Grayling .will act as guides.
President Holger F. Peterson of the
Grayling Winter Sports Association
has issued a notice welcoming pros*
pective guests at that time.
The gathering will start at 1 o'clock
in the afternoon and for four and
one-half hours there will be sliding,
skating, tobogganing, bob-sledding,
skiing, and ski-jumping at the Grayling Winter Sports park. All equipment is free with the registration
ticket. ' Following will he a. business
session, for each organization after
which will come the usual banquet.
Following this the guests will have
their choice of dancing for four hours
or of returning to the park for night
sliding and skating under colored
arc-lights.
„A]1 those planning to attend are
aeked to notify Commander Hall of
the Legion or President Blanche
Walker of the "Unit if it is possible
to do so. However if you are eligible
to attend do hot let the fact that you
have not given this notice keep yOO
away. *
Join .the Xmas savings club at The
Citizens State Bank and liaVe money
for Xmas and taxes next- December.*
adv.
FORMER CLARE CO.
YOUNG MAN KILLED
NEAR OWOSSO MOE
Son of Mr. arid Mrs. Harry
Kress, of Lake George,
Struck by Gar On
TrunklineM.21
While returning to hi? nonie at
Owosso early Monday evening from
Flint, where he went in quest of
Avork, Elmer Kress, 26, son of Mr,
and Mrs. Harry Kress, * of Lake
George, was almost instantly killed
when struck by a car on State trunk
line. M21, eight miles east of Owosso,
Mr. Kress, Who was married onlyi
three months ago, and Benjamin
Buck, also of Owosso' were walking
west on the pavement, hut, it is said,
were not facing traffic. A large
truck passed them, also bound west,
and directly behind it wag a car
driven by George Worley, of near
Flint. The pedestrains had moved to
the edge of the pavement, but step
ped back when the truck passed
without noticing the approaching car
for the instant. Mr. Buck saw the reflection of the lights and leaped from
its pathway, but Kress did not jump
quick enough and was struck by the
machine being thrown about twenty
feet.
Worley picked up the injured man
and rushed him to the Owosso Memorial hospital, but he had died while
enroute.
The Kress family motored to
Owosso that night and made arrangements for funeral services which
were held from the Jennings-Lyons
funeral hoz:Q Owosso, Thursday
morning at ten. o'clock and Interment
made at the Oak Hill csmetery.
CLARE DEBATERS TO MEET
PETOSKEY TEAM IN LAST
.FORENSIC TltT OF SEASON
Clara high school debating team
will meet Petoskey in ;.the last, league
debate of the season^ this Friday
night at 8;00 o'clock in the school
auditorium, Clare will support the
affirmative of the question, "Resolved
'io.t all radio broadcasting in the U.
S. should be from stations owned and
controlled by the Federal govern*
ment." Petoskey defends the negative. Clare will he represented tot
Frank Reger, Mary Baxter and Mar.
garet Maloney. The public is in.
vited to attend.
NEW YEAR PAGEANT
INTERESTING CHURCH
FEATUREJUNDAY
Play Was Directed by Mrs.
Alex Artibee. Program
Draws Large Crowd *
The Pageant at the Congregational
church on Sunday evening sponsored;
by the Ladies Guild and directed by
Mrs. A. Artibee was greeted with almost a capacity audience.
The story of the pageant was a
New Year's Eve reminiscence by *.%
grandma to her two grand children.
This was done by Mrs. D. Komp' aj
grandma and Gloria Perry and Betty
Sutton the grandchildren.
The grandma had several quilts
which she was showing each reminding her of BOine outstanding event in
her Ufa time, including her courtship
and wedding days, and the thrilling
experiences of Indian camps and Cow
Boy trails.
The musical numbers which interspersed the story were splendidly
rendered. The church choir with
Mrs. A. E. Wylie at the' organ and
Ml?s Anna May Smalley at the piano
dia a wonderful piece of work.
The solos and duets by Austin
Bates, Norris Elden, Miss Jane Davy
and Miss Marjorie Sanford were
highly appreciated.
The boys who took part in the
tableaux of the Indian camp were,
Russel Koch, Wallace Creguer, and
•Arlo Oden. This scene was made
very realistic by the camp fire and
Indian garb. Miss Frances Davy was
responsible for this part of the scene
The wedding group which made
quite a hit includes the following:
Bride, Irene Radcliffe, Groom, Elizabeth Feighner, bridesmaid, Betty
Gordineer, maid of "honor, Virginia
Kirkpatriek; best man, Patricfa" Doherty, flower girls, Lola Sanford and
Margery Parrish. Bride's father, L.-
E. MeCulloch, bride's mother, Mrs. L.
E. MeCulloch. Minister, Rev. Albert
Dawe. Ushers, Mrs. M. D. Feighner
and.Mrs. Harold Fleming.
After the pageant the congregation
was invited dawn stairs where light
refreshments were served.
This event was somewhat unique
in its character and will long be remembered by all those who were
privileged to witness it.
AUTOS BECOMING
1SANCE FOLLOW-
JIT
1U
ING FIRE DEPT.
Chief Albert Haley  States
Practice Must Stop. New
State Law Will Be
Enforced
For sometime past it has been the
practice of many autoists in the city
to follow the fire department while
it is on its Way answering an alarm.
In one instance at a blaze at thpy
north city limits the second truck
was almost entirely hemmed in on
the pavement and was forced to stop
until cars, that followed the first
truck, could be driven to one side before it could proceed.
At another blaze on east Fifth
street the first truck had difficulty in
getting intp the block, let alone the
fire, on account of parked cars that
had raced into that block as soon as
the alarm was sounded.
This practice of motorists has been
going on for some time, and Chief
Haley has decided that in order to
protect people's property, quick runs
must be made and that the department  must have  the  right-of-way.
The law governing this matter is
Section 4714 of the Compiled Laws
of 1929, which is as follows:
"(a) Upon the approach of any.
police or fire department vehicle
giving audible signal by bell, siren or
exhaust whistle, "the driver of every
other vehicle shall immediately drive
the same to a position as near as possible, and parallel to the right hand
edge or curb of the highway, clear of
any Intersection of highways, and
shall stop and remain in such position unless otherwise directed by a
police or traffic officer until the police or tire department vehicle shall
have passed.
"(b) It shall be unlawful for the
driver of any vehicle other than one
on official business to follow any fire
apparatus traveling in response tc r
fire alarm closer than five hundred,
feet or to drive into or park such
vehicle 'within one block where fire
apparatus has stopped in answer to a
fire alarm."
OLD MAIL ORDER
OYSTER SUPPER TONIGHT
The Dover Busy Bees will serve an
oyster supper at the Herb Gilmore
home Friday night, January i2thi
Price tpn cents per bowel, jello and
cake served with it.
AUCTION SALE OF HORSES
I will sell at public auction five to
ten horses at my barn on east.6th
street on Tuesday, January 16th. All
good work horses ajid mares. Sale
will commence at 2:00 o'clock p< m.
sharp.   Terms cash.
A. J. Morgan.
UNIQUEDKPLAYS
Cloth Bound Book Sold for
$1.00 to Aid in Lowering Prices
Among the interesting curioa
brought to The Sentinel office recently is an edition of a 1902 Sears Roebuck & Co. catalogue, left for our inspection by Everette Allen, of Hatton
township. This is a cloth bound
book and sold for $1.00. This charge,
was marde to keep the book only in
the hands of people who wished tc
make purchases and to keep overhead expenses flown. Much unliko
the catalogues of today, the front portion is taken up with pictures of highly engraved watches, sliver piecen
and jewelry. The .harness section
takes twelve pages and no automo
biles are found displayed upon ita
pages.
The ladies Shoe department shows
very few oxfords but a varied assortment of high top shoes with medium concave heel and long narrow
vamp. Our special attention was
drawn to this description of a skirt:
"Made of good qiialify Heavy weight
repellent^ cloth, lined throughout with*
soft finished percaline, • interlined
With canvas around the bottom and
bound with,velvet. Neatly trimmed,
with three stripes of inbire, otherwise
called watersilfc,. and three folds oi
same material of skirt. The entire)
flounce is graduated and is very pretJ
ty. Sweep 125 inches'." We do not
advjse any one .trying to- duplicate
this garment .today when ^skirts are
again in vogutu'   ■   ..
; (CoWJatied on Page pjyfe)
REV. R. J. DEVINE
COMING FOR SERIES
OF CHART TALKS
Will Be at Baptist Church
Week of Jan. 21st---Is
Touring State and
Canada
A series of meetings will begin at
the Clare Baptist church the week oi
January 21st, The speaker Rev, R.
J. Devine, pastor of a Fundemental
church at Oak Park, III., is touring
Michigan and Canada, using a large
chart to help convey his message;
which is Of special interest to parents, Bible school teachers and all
Christian workers.
This original and unique chart contains a startling and heart searching
message, depicting the journey of life
from cradle roll harbor to bible class,
bay. All of the meetings for the
first week which will be held every
night except Saturday, will be given
over to the chart talks.
These talks should claim the at'
tention of every one interested in thct
youth of today because of its effective and novel appeal. Pastor De-
vine has carefully analyzed the thinking, the inclinations and the temptations 'of boys and girls and young
people. He also will present the only practical solution to the many and
varied problems that young folks are
confronted with in this modern day.
This information as given through,
the eye-gate as well as its appeal tluTj
the heart-gate is- especially impressive, and will be a challenge to the
youth of Clare.
The second week will be occupied
with a series of seven messages on
the Prodigal Son.
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
HOLDS ANNUAL MEETING
WITH SOCIAL GATHERING
The members aiuT friends of the
Congregational church gathered for a
pot luck supper at 6:30 p. m. Tuesday
evening lor the annual meeting of the
church. *
There was a splendid attendance
and .the tables were loaded with good
things to eat-. *
Immediately following the banquet
the Pastor called the meeting to
order with prayer.
Reports were given by the various
officers and representatives of the
various departments of the church
Which were very encouraging and
very hopeful.
The officers elected for the ensuing
year are as follows: Clerk, Mrs.
Norris Elden; Treasurer, Mr. L. E.
Davy; Trustees, Mr. A. E. Wylie and
Mr. Sam Loomis; Deacon, Mr. Norris
Elden; Deaconess, Mrs, J. Rodgers;
Music, Mrs. A. E. Wylie; Sunday
School Superintendent, W, E. Tich-
enor; Social committee, Mrs. Well-
man, Mrs. Rasset, Mrs. Rogers and
Mrs. Horton; Committee on Per
(Continued on Page Five)
MRS. MARY GREEN
RETAINED STUDY
CLUB_PRESIDENT
Annual Meeting Was Held
at the Sherwood Home
'""   Tuesday Afternoon
The annual meeting of the Clare
Study Club was held at the pleasant
home ot Mrs; .Nellie Sherwood January 9th. A delicious luncheon was
served at 1:30 in charge of the committee Mesdames Helen Doherty,
Nellie Sherwood* and Nellie Feighner.
It was served under the supervision
of Mrs. Leon Gleascn and her able,
corps'of assistants.
The meeting was called to order by
the President, Mrs. Mary Green, who
gave a short address. In part she
said, that we bhOuld be givers and
not altogether getters, and in belonging to the Club try to give even more
than we expect to get out of it, as we
should In Other activities in life and
this procedure would benefit all to the
highest degree. • She read a verse
by Edgar Guest, written on New Year
day, as follows:
May smiles on faces reappear
And men look forward as before,
Forgetful of the troubled year
And    the    rough    road    they've
journeyed o'er,
May shop and factory and store,
For eager wOrknien sound the call
Through nineteen hundred    thirty-
four
Good;luck, I pray, for one and all'
Mrs. Green called on Mrs. Adelaide
vWylie, Chairman of the program committee, who presented the following
program: Piano duet, Mrs. Wylie
and Frances Anderson, Pan American, by Victor Herbert, which was
greatly enjoyed. Mrs. Verna Harrold
teang a beautiful solo, "Carmena'e
with Mrs. Sherwood accompanist!
Some of the items of business transacted wad the reading of the report
of the holiday party for the Juniors
(Continued on Page Eight)
OIL NEWS
Material is being hauled in for the
erection of a derrick for P^ussell No.
3 on the north side of section 22.
. The Smock,No. 2 -well near the
center of section 26, was spudded in
Wednesday night and the drill is now
on its downward course.
The tunning of the casing on the
House No. 3 near the center of section 26, was. finished Thursday morning and the drill is now working below 1300 feet.
The Brooks No. 1 well, on the.
southwest quarter of section 14,
which was spudded in December 30th,
has reached a depth of 385 feet.
The drill in Smith No. 1 on the
horthwe*8t quarter of section 30,
Wise, has passed the gas level of 1300,
feet without encountering gas and is
now on its way toward the prized
fluid,  •
CLARE HIGH PLAYS
BEST GAME OF
SEASON FRIDAY
Evart'and Gladwin Appear
on Local Floor Next
Week
PROF. LARZELERE
ADDRESSESCLARE
c. of tmmm
Speaker Discussed Question
of Gold and Silver and
Their Purchasing
Power r
T. Garl Holbrook   GhOseri "as-
President With Able Corp
of Assistants for JNew Year.
The Clare High basketeers displayed theii best basketball last Friday
at Coleman only to meet defeat by a
23 to 21 score. The local team displayed a real offense which at time?i
was quite brilliant and gave Coach
Brown renewed enthusiasm for a
winning team. They displayed a
fighting spirit that nearly Avon the
game despite considerable odds. The
game was a- thrilling affair. Clarq
leading by a few points for a considerable part of the time,
Although the Clare boys^ did not
seem particularly rough, nineteen
fouls were called on them giving
Coleman a great many free throws.
They cashed in on..-11 of them which
meant the game. The Clare team
made 5 free shots out of 10 attempts,
when only nine fouls were called on
the Coleman team. Bowler, Doherty-
and Gillis left the game by the foul
route and every player had at least
two fouls. Eight men were used bj]
Coach Brown. Coleman used only
five men throughout the entire game..
The Clare boys made S field goals to
6 for Coleman.
Sutton and Bowler started at for-
(Continued on Page Eight)
CHAS. S. LEE DIES
AT HOOD RIVER
JANUARY FIRST
Family Return West Permanently in 1917 From
This City
The following life sketch was received Monday morning from the
family of the late Chas. S. Lee, of
Oregon, relating the facts of his sudden death on New Year day. The
family were former residents of Vernon township and also of this city
prior to December 1917 when they
returned west permanently.
Chas. Lee, a former resident of
Clare, passed away at his home in
Hood   River,   Oregon,  January  1st.
Apparently in* good health, he was
stricken with a heart attack early
.that morning passing away some
twelve hours later.
Born at St. Charles, Michigan May
18, 1868 he came to Clare at a very
early age. June 5th, 1889 he married-
Miss Charlotte Martin. In the spring
of 1911 he moved with his family to
Portland, Ore., residing there four
years then returning to Clare for two
years. In December, 1917 moving
back west to Hood River.,, He had
been employed by the Apple Grocer's Association the past thirteen
years.
He leaves to mourn his loss the
Widow, two daughters, Mrs. Zana
Lee Caraes and Mrs. Charlotte Mac-
<Leod, three grand children, Willard
Lee and Charlotte June Caraes and
Jimmy MacLeod, all of Hood River,
also one brother, - F. - E. Lee; of
OwossO, Mich.
He was a charter member of the
local camp of B. P. O. E. also of the
M. W. A.
Services were held Thursday at 2
p. in. at Anderson's Funeral Home,
Rev. Buckley officiating with* interment at. Idlewilde cemetery at Hood
River,' Ore.
The Clare Chamber of. Comraerco
met at the Doherty Hotel, for their
•annual meeting on Monday evening, •
January Sth, Before partaking of a
splendid dinner which was served by
the hotel management Rev. Albert
Dawe was invited to invoke the blessing of Almighty God on the proceedings of the evening.
After the banquet Norris Elden led
the members in community' singing
after wMch President Geo. White introduced John Doherty, the .chairman of the program committee, who
after a few remarks called upon Austin F. Bates and lie with Norris Elden sang a number of songs which
were well received. ; .     •
The speaker of the evening Prof.
Larzelere, of Mt. Pleasant, spoke on
the money question with emphasis
on the purchasing and distribution of
silver as proposed by President
Roosevelt.
The speaker said in effect that we
were all at sea just now regarding
the money question. The most we
know about money is the history of
it.
Going back to the days of primitive man he said, they lived by the
system of barter and exchange. Very
soon they felt the need of some standard of medium of exchange, so
things were rated as being worth so
much tobacco or so many guns, etc.
In time people adopted the use Of
money m the form of both gold and
silver coins. At the present time we
are off the gold standard, forced off
because of the repeated demands for
large amounts of our gold by foreign
nations in payment for goods receive
ed from them. '
Going back a little way the speaker said, that coins, both gold^and
silver dollars were very cumbersome
and awkward to carry around, s© our
government adopted paper money because it was much more convenient
to carry.
The system as it was worked out
was that gold or silver as the case
may be would be deposited in the
government treasury - and paper
money issued representing' an equal
value to that deposited with the government.        • •'•-'.,
Pres. Roosevelt is trying to get
prices up to the 1926 standard. By;
setting prices up he believes it will
stimulate business. One method to
that end is the boosting of the price)
of both gold and silver.
Regarding the silver question -as
introduced by our President the; in*
tention was as he saw it that {tjitQ
government would purchase silver
from the mining agencies at 62 1-3
cents an ounce then mint half of the
silver into coins, the other half
would lay in bullion in some government depository. The President's
hope is that it will stimulate business. .
(Continued on Page Four) -    /'t
BEAVER CAUGHT ALIVE
IN WIRE TRAP NEAR
n. s.jtniiGHWAY
Placed In Care of Conservation
Officer to Be Relocated in
County Waters.
Many local citizens had the opportunity to see a live beaver, a native
of our county, Tuesday through thej
courtesy of Chas. Ford.
This animal and its mate have
caused .the Clare County Road Commissioners much anxiety by r.heir amn
bitious desire to dam the waters of
a small creek west of Lake on US10,
building their obstruction but sevr
eral rods from-the highway, often
times causing it to overflow the rOad,
The Commissioners have tried* repeatedly to Capture them unharmed
and Wore successful when using an
"Alive trap", similar to a large wire
basket.
After being viewed on the streets,
Mr. For*' took it to the school house
where each class was allowed to see
the beaver and this was a real treat
as many who had never had a similar
privilege. «It was then taken to Harrison and placed in the care of Conservation Officer C. A. Hildebrandt
while the Commissioners attempt tq
catch the mate and both will be given a new location In Clare • county
waters. ..„': • ,