1934-03-23; Clare Sentinel

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THE CLARE SENTINEL
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Official  paper of~~
Clare and Clare County
Established 1878
CLARE MICHIGAN,", FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 23, 1934
New Series, Vol. 42, No. 23
JOHN R. BROWN
ADDRESSES LOCAL
MEN
BUSINESS
Speaker. Tells of Conditions
in Philippines During His
Sojourn on Island
The Clare Chamber ot Commerce
met at the'lHotel Doherty on Mondajj
evening for; their regular meeting.
In the absence of both the President)
and the Vice, Ed. Johnston acted as
chairman. ' Norris Elden led the
members in some lively singing
There being no business of importance the chairman of the program
committee, H, C. Cudittey was called
upon to take charge.
The speaker of' the evening was
Mr. John Brown, who has spent 21
years In the Philippine islands, and
prior to that had -lived in Clare coun
ty. . Mr. Brown was in the teaching
profession and had resided in differ
ent parts of the Islands. He gave a
brief history of how the Islands came
into the, possession of the UnitefT
States of America. He pictured the
Naval Powers of Germany, England.;
and the United States. The speakei
said the Germans were there to see
that the English* didn't capture the
Islands; the English were there tt
see that the Germans did not g-'
them, but they were both willing that
United States should possess them,
consequently the other powers sold
ammunition to the U. S. navy which
of course, aided in their success.
Mr. Brown also gave a very interesting geographical sketch of the
country, revealing that in different
areas there is a higher or lower type
of development, both mentally and;
socially.
The speaker also ridiculed gently
the idea that the Constitution of the
U. S. A. follows the flag. That i-
not true in the Philippine Islands
neither,could it be for the charactet
of the people makes that impossible
consequently laws and regulations
are adopted to suit the particular situation,
Mr. Brown also critized one.phase
of our treatment of the education
system over there; he said we have
been trying to giye 4o an oriental people an- occidental, type of education
which can never be '.done successfully.
■ The climate is agreeably warm,
that is, about .84 degrees but is tempered, by the,ocean breezes from every side, consequently one does not
suffer with intense heat. The Phil
ippinos are a dying race because o-
the fact they are afflicted with all
kinds of tropical disease, 'furthermore
they give' no attention to their diet,
rice is their staple food with little or
nd vegetable.
• He thought it would-be to the best
interest of the Philippinos if the Is
lands were owned and controlled b)
"tho Japanese' instead of the United
States. 'The Japs would make then-
work and' that is not what they wish
to do.
The speaker answered a great
many questions which were present
ed in a very informal way. One
piece of information he gave us-waste the effect that no American money
.goes into their country, to pay'gov"
eminent" officers.
v.This was a very interesting tall?
aiid greatly appreciated.
After the address there being nc
further business, the meeting adjourned.
.   CONSUMERS POWER CO.
PICTURES SHOWN AT CAMP
HARRISON WEDNESDAY
Last Wednesday evening the offic-
-   /-era and members of Civilian Conser-
■Jt  vation Corps Camp No. 1613  (Camp
Harrison) enjoyed a program provided by the Consumers Power Company
and sponsored by "Walter H. Larman
Post of the American    Legion.     M
that time the Consumers Power Com
"  ttany was i-epresented by Harley   H.
Stephens of Alma, Russell O'Neil o'.j
Jackson .and C. A. Wellman, of Clare,
.wjiile the-  local, Legion    Post   was
represented by Commander Omer F,
Hail, Leo Hi Oden, Omer Parent, N.
it. Tibbils and A. E. Wylie.
The-   ehter tainm ent   was    in    the
n'atdre of .pictures thrown on a moving picture screen: and the.performance waa .entitled "Shade Trees and
-  eileir Relationship   to   Power    Com-
^•j^iuiication Overhead Lines". During
\-<me perforhianee Mr. O'Neil deliver-fr
^lecture explaining the pictures ln
jable and, entertaining 'manner.
Spue,pictures dwelt chiefly, with en-
JftheeVing* 'construction and tree trim
intngj showed how. trees, should be
^tt^fited. in a peniitiful .and artistic
_naptfei*->a-fld were of.especial interest
f\ite workers in the   forests.   One
_2ne showed North McEwan Street
Clare, in the summer t)m_ and it
as easy-tb nee that' our   city has
beautiful scenery compar.
_other communities.
STATE WCTU PRESIDENT
HERE FOR MONDAY MEETINGS
Mrs, Dora Whitney; state president
of the Woman's Christian* Temper
ance Union, arrived in the city Monday afternoon and addressed the stu
dents at .the high, scroool at three
o'clock. The local Union president,
Mrs. Leah Garchow accompanied ner
on a tour thru our school building
and she expressed much praise foi
such a splendid building and 3chooi
system.
The Clare Union and friends joined for a pot luck supper at the Methodist church. Members representing
the Mt. Pleasant, Midland and Far-
well organizations were present. Mrs
Whitney addressed a public meeting
in the evening relating many vital
issues of the day.
The quartet, Donald Woolston,
Mercia Lockyer, Phyllisann Slier
wood and Forest, Garchow, added
much to the program by playing sev
eral selections given over the air or
"March 12th from Ann Arbor. Miss
Hazel Stottlemyer sang a solo and
was also accompanied by Rev. J. E
Lockyer in a duet all of which added
to the interest of the meeting,
LOCAL TEACHERS
APPEAR ON PROGRAM AT CLUB
Mrs. Agnes Throop Hostess
for Tuesday Afternoon
Meeting
The Clare Study Club met March
20th with Mrs. Agnes Throop. The
subject considered was Art in its
many branches. The president, Mrs.
Mary Green called the meeting tc
order and the following business
matters were announced: the annua?
district convention April _ 17-18 < at
Gaylord; Saturday, March" 24th at
four o'clock i.Irs. Tresa Way Merrill
chairman of Poetry for the State
Federation ot Women'ssClubs will
broadcast poetry sent Jiej* by mem'
bei-s in this state. The Adult Educational Institute will be at Ann Arbor May 1448. All Club women aret
urged to attend. For further information concerning it address the
University Extension Division, . Ann
Arbor.
Our member, Mrs. Greta K.nnody
was reported as convalescing at present in the hospital at Ann Arbor. Tlie
secretary was instructed to send hei
a message of cheer.
As Mrs. Adelaide Wylie, chairman
of the program committee was ill,
the president announced the program. Mrs. Mabel Mulder gave a
pleasing and able talk about Chinese
Art. She described an illustrated
lecture which was given-at-the annual meeting of the Federated Club-
in Detroit last fall.- It was given by
two White Brothers, young Ameri-
(Continued on Page Twelve)
GOOD FRIDAY
UNION SERVICES
BEINGJPLANNED
Stores Expected to Close for
Two Hours Commemorating Christ's Crucifixion
Once more the churches of this
city have planned a community Good
Friday service beginning at 1:30 p.
m. on that day. The Methodist
church and the Ideal theatre have
both been offered for the occasion^
The necessities of musical arrangements may finally locate the service
in the Methodist church.
The Catholic and Lutheran
churches will hold their services
separately in their respective)
churches.
Mr. Norris Elden is in charge of a
musical program of anthems by the
.combined choirs as at the Messiah
rendition as well as quartette and
solo numbers. Some choice selections
are being rehearsed for use.
The pastors of the cooperating
churches met and arranged the pro
gram on Wednesday/morning assign
ing the various topics under a general head of "Christ for All of Life".
The Revs. Telder, Elliot, Lockyer,
and Dawe will speak respectively on-
the topics "Christ and Church Life;1
Christ and Domestic Life; Christ and
Civic Life and Christ ahd Individual
Life."
It is expected that the business
stores will close between. J. p. m, and
3 p. m. as in the two preceeding years,
with the approval of the Chamber "61
Commerce.
This type of community service is
in growing popularity because at the
greatest week of the christian calen
dar the churches and community are
forgetting their sect differences anc'
worshipping in unity the same Christ
of all. s
JUNIORS ABLY
PRESENT THEIR
ANNUAL PLAY
Director Much Pleased  By
Cooperation of Public as
House Was Filled
LAST RITES PAID
ESTEEMED RESIDENT
OF LINCOLN TWP.
Remains of Frank Newsom Laid
to Rest at Elsie Thursday,
March 15
Frank Newsom, a prominent and
esteemed resident of Lake George.,
passed from this life Monday, Marcn
12, 1934, following a lingering illness
of several months.
The deceased was born in Wayne-
county, Michigan, February 10, 1861,
where he resided until 1881, when he
settled in Gratiot county. In the year
,1895 he entered business at Bannister and continued the same until
1915, when ho came to Clare county
and located ln Lincoln township and
has since made his home in or near
Lake George..
He was united in marriage to Mary
E. Barton, of Wayne county, April 3,
1883. To this union was born one
daughter, Martha E. on July 19, 1884
His ,.wife, Mary E„ passed from thin
life. July 10, 1888^ On September 6,
1895, he ,was united in marriage to
Rose Roberts,-of Bannister.
Besides his 'faithful wife, ' he is
survived ,by his daughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Ryder, oi
Bannister; one brother, Chas. Newsom, of Romtilus* two sisters, Mrs.
Elisabeth Pullen, and Mrs. Mary Fry,
of Belleville; a'brother, ,Silas Hamilton, of Belleville; together with other
relatives and a host of friends.
Funeral services were held from
the home Thursday forenoon at i0:00
o'clock, Rev. Albert Dawe, of Clare
officiating and the ;body' taken to
Elsie,, where" the Masonic lodge, No.
238, 6f Elsie,, of which ho. was a life'
member, conducted "the last rites at
the Mausoleum' at._:(Jf0'o'clock in'tht*
a-ternoo**. _
(Continued on Page Twelve)
Wednesday night, March 14, more
than 500 people witnessed the pr-N
duction of the Junior class play, "An
You a Mason?", one of the outstanding school events of the year. It may
be safely said, that there was not a
man among ^he audience who failed
to share the emotions of Amos. Bloodgood, Walter Shroeder and Frank
Perry, Upton Tupper, as they
attempted to wriggle out of tight
corners into which one small decep
tion had placed them. Eve Perry.
Maryann"~Colllns, was sweet from
start to finish. Her two younger sisters, Ann and Lou Bloodgood, played
by Irene Radcliffe and Virginia Kirkpatriek respectively, were charming.
It was very evident that Edwarq
Bowler enjoyed his role of feminine
masquerade almost as much as the*
audience did. He was some gal.
We'll wager that 'Donald Gillis, who
played John Halton, will .never be a
mason in real life if they jput him tc
any such tests as not speaking out
loud for a whole hour. His wife, the
former Angelina was ably portrayed
by Patrice Doherty. The Irish maid
Jean Caple, was exceptionally well
prepared for. this presentation and
put a snap and punch in her lines
that added flavor to the whole play
And then we must not forget the little French model Fanchon played by
Vera Hendrie, the remarkable actoi
Ham Travers, John White, and the
policeman, Raymond Thayer. Kenneth Ritter, as Earnest Morrison
made a fine appearance on the stage
No better Caroline Bloodgood could
have been found in any Junior class
than Eunice Sunday. She was plainly the boss of the house and yet never harsh. Her pride in her husband's
Masonic connections was superlatively funny.
No small amount of the credit for
ttiis excellent'performance should goto Miss Dorothy Ryan,' class advisor,
and director of the play.
Around ?174 was taken in and
about $130 cleared after all expenses,
had been paid. These proceeds arc
the largest any junior class hap
realized for more than five years, and,
we wish at this time to thank all the
friends and 'patrons of the school
who, in any way, assisted hi its production.'
AGED COUPLE CELEBRATE .
SIXTIETH WEDDING AN-
N1VERSARY MARCH 18TH
Mr, and Mrs. Edward Delling. ot
Lake George, celebrated their 60
wedding anniversary March 18, at
the home of their daughter, Mrs,
Cora. Boyd, of Sumner with their
seven children, grand children anc{
great grand children. Mr, and Mrs.
l?rank Gilbert of, Saginaw, Mr. , and
Mrs. Atwell, of Lapeer, were outside
guests. Two large wedding cakes
adorned the table. Spring flowers
were used throughout the house as
decorations. Mr, and Mrs. Delling received many gifts from their children and friends.
GUILD ENTERTAIN
WITH ST. PATRICK
PARTY MARCH ,15
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Dinner and  Timely   Fjrq-
gram Furnish Pass Tipe*.
For Evening IVteet
On Thursday evening,'March I5th;
the Ladies Guild with:their husband!)
and a few friends: ine^in the churi^b
parlors for a, isupper and "social ¥Sinp,
Invitations had been seiit out previously to which a fine .group responded with their presence. '•, The invitations were to. the form, ot Shamrocks
made by Miss Finances Davy, who.al-,.
so supervised the distribution of the
same.* '_.■■.
Small tables^- tastily decorated with
Irish color's--were used for the Dccas*
ion. The dinner was -jerved in cafeteria style.'.by the committee "ffhlch
consisted of'Mrs-. J. Nelson as chairman, Mrs; E% E.,' Davy, Mrs.. '.Jay,
Green, and "i/Lta. Komp,
Mrs. Nelson had. charge of the",pr<j-
gram and called for community singing which wa_n led by JRev. Albert
Dawe, the Pastor. Mrs, "Harold Fleming, the President of the Guild,* was
called upon fofca few words of greeting, and welctjtoed the visitor.**. afij;-t
gave them arvfsry cordial invJfetlbrti
to visit the GuiE^agaih*«y
Mr. John' ^^sotf^et^sSied ^n. ;he-
half of the men taiut? frjerids, with'*'
few lines of original poetry. Both
speakers were .heartily applauded-.
Mrs. C. A. Wellman and Mrs. J
Rogers played the part of Pat. and
Patsy giving a number of very amus
ing Irish sketches which were greatly enjoyed.
Mrs. Jay Green had arranged a
series of old fashioned games into
which all entered with much zest and
great merriment.
It was one :of those events which
will be remembered by. its joyful inspiration.
ANNOUNCEMENT
We wish. to.announce to the people
of Clare -and vicinity that we have
purchasedthe Chaffee grocery in this
city and took-possession of same.
It will ie our earnest 'endeavor, to
give the -people of this vicinity tht
very best in service and our prices
will alwayB be the best where-quality is considered. We solicit a continuance of the excellent. patronage
given Mr and Mrs. Chaffee and .cortL-
ially invite .all .to call and get acquainted.
Mr. .and Mrs. C. W. Lohrke-..
PAUL ROOD WILL
ASSIST FARMERS IN
BALANCING BUDGETS
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Six Meetings Arranged  In
County by Agent Gibson
For Next Week
Keeping pace with the changing
conditions in agriculture requires
more careful planning for a more
self ' sufficient production schemo
than in former years when it was
convenient to sell or exchange surplus commodities for certain farm
products produced by others. Duringr
the past few years the need of a definite plan of farm production based
on a scientific study of t he farm
business has become more and more
apparent. Those who formerly made
a practice of specializing in the production of certain farm products and
exchanging them for others whicn
they needed find it difficult to adjust
themselves to the present situation
;aiter losing their former market oij
being unable to make exchange at
pat-ty prices.
.Adjusting tlie farm production
meet the livestock and family needs
will be discussed at six meetings ar
ranged by County Agent P. D. Gibson
for Clare County farmers. Mr, Paul
_Vood, of the soils department Michigan State College will lead the discussion at these meetings. Farmer-
attending the meetings will be giver,
assistance in making a detailed and
scientific study of their livestock
^needs and the crop production that
will supply the feed necessary to
maintain the livestock enterprise.
The requirements of pasture forage
and grain will be; determined in the
light of the farm program. Suggestions as to the crops to raise to replace winter killed seedings, emergency hay and pasture crops balancing
farm produced rations to obtain ut
most efficiency from the land and
crops, will be brought at the meetings. The family's food supply Willi
also be given attention.
Those attending the meetings will
be given Btudy sheets to aid in making the study, ot their farm needs.
Foi* this reason, it,should be.remem-
-.- '(Continued on Page Twelve)
CLARE'S NEW CITY
HALL TO BE COMPLETED AS PLANNED
Sufficient Funds Warranted
to Local GWA Officials
Thursday
That the completion of Clare's new
city hall and Memorial building is
now an assured fact was guaranteed
last week Thursday when ^Mr. Robinson, district manager of the C. W. A
and Miss Weaver, purchasing agent,
were in Lansing and wera warranted
the sufficient funds from the State
committee.
. Herb Randall, superintendent ot
the building operations, states that
twenty men are now at work and
more will be added later.    '•
Dry cleaning arid pressing. Get
your siiit ready for "Easter. Mrs. C. .0
Ogle,  213' W.  Fifth. St., Clare.—adv.
Whafs It All About?
See the meat specials at" Jackson's* Saturday—Hamburg steak 6c
per lb.—adr.
tH.'K. "Aid" baked "goods   sale   at
itrlz Store Saturday: morning.—adv.
Farms, homes, trading points, the
horse, cow, hay, grain, butter, milk—
Oleo and fats substitutes sold by.
merchants. Get your back issues-
of the "Clare Sentinel" for this continued item.
Having spent a night with workmen in one of Lansing's steel plants,
having seen the huge steel presses
work, the laTge, small and medium
size shavings,fall from the great
lathes, also the tempering of the metal, all for the first time, my grandmother informed me that we would
be on our -way home the followina
day, and 'take it from me I had no.
chance to  take another tour—alone.
Say boy, didn't it seem gpod.to get
back,, wasn't"! tickled to again: see:
Old.-Short JHorn, Old.short tail,,.cows
nicknamed from accidents causing
the abbreviated parts, old. Spot, Mol-.
ly, etc., didn't it seem good to go
down cellar and *ee the pan-r and
crocks of milk with nice .rich, cream
accumulating on the surface. Tc
those *who do .not know itt we had nc^
machine' to Tim the freBh milk, thru-,
a process .such as dairymen have now
a days, ."where creams pours, out' oi
one spout..~md..the "skmmed"portion
out" of wnother. In those days* ali
you,.iH_d :3d,..ai> was £o relieve-;, oltt
Bo_By-.-b_:.h_r luscious food- bearing
milk,-._i_*«aJfc-Jnto these rcceptacl-*:
and 'await .itatura's method of- sapa-,
attar:*h*"*TO<s*»nl4».
When I began this article I stated
that there were two things about the
trip that were not so good. The
first was my introduction to Oleo
etc., and here's the other.
1 had been home but a few days
when I became very 'irritable', that is'
whether sitting, standing or Iyinfe
down, I was uncomfortable and aftei\
considerable complaining to my par1
ents, Dad took me up town to our ole'
family doctor, who having ,caxefullj<
scrutinized a rash that had generously spread from my ears to my toes,
informed me that it was nothing,
just the- Itch, laughingly gave me a
mixture of sulphur and vaselin 'or
somethin", said I.would have to bq
greased with it for three days then
given a good; bath and clean cloth./'
and cheered me up with hopes J
would; 'be alright then and explained
tq me that it was not caused from
eating Oleo, etc, as I had decided i(-
must be, but from contact with som'
of" the boyB. I had. met. Well ii
might have been worse. The end oi
the third day falling on Saturday a?
it, did, my regular date set aside for
bathing purposes, it meant that I was
not to. be inconvenienced to two sucb
ordeals the- slime weeki
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." Quality- dry cleaning at.Code. price**
':t-lUyotir Easter gui'mentB, Howard \V.
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PUPILS OF HELEN LUCILLE
DOHERTY GIVE RECITAL AT
HOTEL STUDIO FRIDAY
A group of tho piano pupils -of
Helen Lucile Doherty entertained
their parents and specially invited
guests at a recital at the Hotel. Doh
erty last Friday evening.
Unusual talent and playing ability
were displayed by the students, sev
eral of whom appeared for the firs:
time. The following played piano
solos:
Wallace Krell, Alice Janet Bick
nell, Mavis Kennedy, Frances Mor-
gan, Kathleen Bogan, Regina Krell
Maxine Jones, Elizabeth Feighner
and Nelda Jones, while a piano trio,
played by Maxine Jones, Elizabeth
Feighner and Nelda Jones concluded
the program.
A social hour was enjoyed after the
program. At this time light refreshments in keeping with the St. Patrick's season were served. Mrs. Doherty announced that there would be
two other recitals at a later date and
these will be- public recitals.
GLEE CLUB WORKING ON "THE COUNT
AND TM CO-ED"
Operetta Will be Held Next
Thursday Evening at
School Auditorium
For the past several weeks the
Girls Glee Club and a group of high
school boys have been working on
the operetta "The Count and the Coed". This event will occur Thursday
evening, March 29 in the high school
auditorium. .     •
The story takes place on the
campus of Marden College amid the
preparations for a Spring Festival.
Kenneth or "Snooze" Andrews, the
comedian of thes college glee club,
played by Robe.i*|.:.I)~herty is a cheer
lul youth with a.'Slifciendenc^i&J' getting into, scrapes thUS ■ incurring the
displeasure of President McSpadden,
played by Dale Randall. This ^s un
fortunate for Snooze is in love, with
fair Doily McSpadden^ Rose Marie
Jackson, and'- desires the good-will o*
her severe father who is much worried over the raising oi fifty thousand
dollars for the college endownment
fund.
On the day of our story poor
Snooze has one more encounter with
traffic officer Dan Flanigan, Fred Mc
Donald. In his efforts to hide away
from the officer Snooze disguised
himself as the proprietor of a delicatessen store in the costume he hat.'
rented for the program that evening.
Now it just happens that Dr. Mc
Spadden is expecting some distinguished guests for the evening program, and among them is a Count
Gustave von Weinerheister, a
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E. S. CHAFFEE SELLS
GROCERY STOCK AND
BUSINESS TO BAY C1T1AN
Mr. and   Mrs.   C.   W.  Lohrke
Took  Possession  Of   Well
Established House On
Wednesday
A deal was completed the .first oi
the week iri which E. S. Chaffee sold
his grocery business to Mr. and Mrs.
C. W. Lohrke, of Bay City, who took
possession of the well established
business Wednesday morning.
Since starting the business ovei
eleven years ago, Mr. and Mrs.- Chaffee have by fair dealing and efficient
service have succeded in attaining an
service succeeded in attaining an excellent business from Clare and surrounding country that   any   persons
Mr. and Mrs. Lohrke come to thiH
vicinity as strangers, but have every
qualification of giving the people the
very best in service and price, Mr.
and Mrs. Chaffee are at present undecided as to their future plans.
BODY OF MRS. ELIZABETH
PERRY BROUGHT HERE
FOR BURIAL TUESDAY
The body of Mrs. Elizabeth Perry
was brought to the city and funeral
services conducted from the St
Cecilia" church Tuesday morning in
charge of Rev,. Stanley Morrison.
Commitment., services held at Cherry
Groye., Mrs. Perry passed away, ai
the home of her daughter, Mrs. Wm.
Clark in Detroit Saturday, being 79
years of age. She.will be remembered by our older citizens as a forme,
resident here, she and her husbano
owning what is known now as th;
Bowman estate in.Vernon township.
TRI-COUNTY BAR
ASS'N MET HERE
MARCHFIFTEENTH
Fifteen Minute Talks Given
by Attorney From Each
County
The Tri-County Bar Association,
composed of the lawyers of Claroj
Isabella and Midland Counties, met
for a banquet and meeting on Thursday evening, March 15th at the. Hotel
Doherty in Clare. Due to the fact
that several attorneys were away
from the Circuit, several were on tlie
sick list and for other reasons only
nineteen were present two of whom
were visitors from the Clinton'
Gratiot Circuit. .
After the banquet   the ladies   trio,
Doris    Gerow,    Jean    Glerum,     and-
Louisa     Rogers,     accompanied     b_*.
Nelda Jones,sang two vocal selection,
"I'll Take You   Home   Again   Katta- ,
leen" and *■_   Wish   I was   A   Little  .
Rock", .this was followed by a piano
trio "Grand Galop Brilliaist" by Nelda.
Jones, Maxine Jones   and   Elizabeth
Feighner.
President Hyde took charge of tlw
meeting and after the transaction of
the usual business announced that he
had asked three of the members, Attorneys Ferris, Donald Holbrook -ahd-?
Dudd, to make fifteen minute talks on
subjects, which he had selected, He
then introduced chairman of the
meeting, Theodore G. Bowler, who
acknowledged his responsibilities a»<!
called on the speakers in order, ~
Attorney Ferris spoke on .''The
Homestead Rights of the widow ancl
the heirs." He stated: "The exemption laws are ail statutory; there are
no exemptions for the widow and the
heirs at common law. The theory ol
the exemption laws is to protect ^he.
weaker members of society." He tlien
proceeded to give examples of the
exemption statutes of the different
states and concluded by discussing"
the theory of exemptions.
Donald Holbrook spoke on "The
Contractual Rights of Married
Women".   He said in part: \
"At common law the general rule
was that a married woman had no
contractual rights and had no righ^
to contract but the people, of. tho..
State of Michigan, as early as 1§50,
put in the Constitution tlie provision,
that married women had the right to
convey by deed or conti'aGt. But at
that time the Supreme Court decided
that her husband must join in the instrument of conveyance.
"However in 1S55 the Legislature
saw fit to pass the provision that a'
married woman had the right to dispose of her property without her
husband's consent in any way she
saw fit.
"Prior to 1911 the husband had the
earnings of a married woman. After
1911 this was changed by an Act of  .
the Legislature passed that year.
"In 1917 the Legislature. passed a '
statute allowing a married woman to
bind   herself  with  her  husband  but
provided that there must be a state-
ment in the- contract that there was
no duress practised upon the wife in
the transaction.    But this    provision
was  changed  by   the  Legislature  in
1929." However a    married    woman'
cannot become a surety for her hus- .
band or any other person."
Mrs. Dudd made an, excellent talk
on the subject "Rights That a Wife,
Has That a Husband Does Not have
and Rights That a Husband Has That
a Wife Does Not Have"'. She-conclud-
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HOTEL DOHERTY TRAV-
ELERS WIN TOURNAMENT
The Hotel Doherty basket ball
team came through with flying colors at'the McBain basket ball tourna
ment last week. Playing three nights
of high class ball the Hotel "Boys defeated Marion, Cadillac, and Lake
City by large scores—th'eBe three
wins put them into the- finals to play
Govers from Mt. Pleasant. This was
expected to be a hard fought gamo, -
and it was, but not from a scoring
stand point. The Clare boys proceeded to show the ,Mt. Pleasant boys
what it was all about, defeating them
43 to 23.
Coach Leo Brown oi the higu
School gathered a prize *fbr hi£l"
scoring honors dropping in .ST points
for Clare. Brownie was sure -hot! and '
dro'pped them from all angles. Quite a "
lot .of honor should be given to Wallace Johnson who played hangup ball
playing at both guard and forward
positions,. .-.•-.
The teijm brought   back   ii   large
trophy which' is now on-didplay at the ■
Hotel Lobby and   each   player   was".
presented' with a gold .basket.  Next*-
week the Clare team ia entered at the
.tournament at Grayling, {
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.Notice—Our gigantic one cent sale,
on pagd 5 of this issue. Clare Drug-
Co.—adv.       ' . " • '