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GLARE MICHIGAN, FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 17, 1934
FEDERAL HOUSING
PLAN TO BENEFIT
SMALLLOCALITIES
Success of Plan  Will   Depend Much Upon Cooperation of Farmer
and Citizen
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Americans who live in small communities and on farms should benefit
' as much as the city dwellers from the
"Modernization Credit Ban of the Federal Housing Administration, under
provisions of the National Housing-
Act as proposed by" President Roosevelt,, enacted by Congress and put in-
.to operation by-Administrator James
A. Moffett. ■
Success of the Modernization Program is believed by Mr. Moffett to depend fully as much upon the response
and cooperation of the farmer and
the citizen of the small Community as
upon those who live in metropolitan
' areas. ' ' ?
At least, the need on the farm for
-repairs,      alterations    and    improve-
r''ments is as great as in the city, as
indicated by a current Farm Housing
Survey of the Department of Agricul-
■lure.
Preliminary figures,, cf this survey
indicate that out of "every 100 farm
houses, probably 50. are under the
minimum standard of livability; that
15 out of each hundred houses need
new foundations, 15 to 20 need new
roofs, 10 to 15 need new floors, ten
peed pew W^lls and a large number
lack bath facilities.
Through the Modernization Program of the Federal Housing Administration, which got under way August 10, the United State Government
offers the farmer as well as the city
dweller the means of bringing his
home up to modern American living
standards, and also of improving his
barns and other buildings, through
the regular banks and other lending
agencies of his community.
In the drought-stricken States
many farmers will be helped In deepening wells or digging new wells.
No money is given away and the
borrower does not deal directly with
the Federal Housing Administration.
But the money is made available as
"character loans" through regular
established lending agencies.
The Federal    Housing   Administra-
, tion insures the    lending   institution
L**A^. against 100 per cent of all loss, pro-
f  \vided the total of such loss does not
exceed   20   per  cent    of    the    total
volume of such credits advanced.
Property owners who receive an income in form of proceeds from the
sale of agricultural crops or livestock may pay the installments corresponding to the dates on wliich
they receive their income, provided
they make payments at least once a
year to meet the interest and reduce
the principal.
Any approved bank, trust company,
building and loan association, farm
credit institution or other lending
agency has all the necessary informa
tion for the person seeking a Modernization Loan. Here is a concise summary, however, of information the
property owner needs to go about getting such a loan:
1. A Modernization Loan is solely
for the purpose of repairing, altering
or improving your home, barn, silo,
shop store or other building (also
deepening or digging wells in
drought-stricken States). Diversion
of the money to any other purpose is
strictly prohibited.
2. The loan cannot be for less than
5100 or for more than $2,000. In addition, the borrower must have a
bona fide source of income equal to
at least five times the annual payments.
3. The loan can be made for terms
if one, two and three years, but may
be paid in full earlier than the maturity date if the borrower desires.
4. Maximum charges, including interest and all fees, cannot exceed an
amount equivalent to $5 discount per
year per $100 original face amount of
the note.
5. To get a Modernization Loan, the
property owner must present to the
bank' or other lending,   institution   a
, precise estimate of the cost of the
improvements and must be able to
prove" that _ they are necessary or advisable. '
6. In addition, the property owner
i   must file a Property Owner's Credit
Statement, showing his financial condition, sources and amount of income
and other information necessary to
determine his ability to repay the
loan.
(Continued on Page Ten)
LIST OF JURORS AS.
DRAWN FOR THE AUGUST
TERM OF CIRCUIT COURT
Hayes, Abe Durham.
Lincoln, Edwin McQuiston.
Redding', Jerry Vetr.
Sheridan, Fred Allen.
Summerfield, Earl Prielipp.
Surrey, John VanBttskirk.
Winterfield, Peter Cook.
Clare, 1st ward, Wm. Leis.
Care, 2nd ward, Andrew Friz.
Clare, 3rd ward, Fred Phillips.
Harrison, 1st ward, Delia Braeey.
Harrison, 2nd ward, Mrs. Frank
Town.
Harrison, 3rd ward, Richard McCartney.
Arthur, Chas.-Ott.
Franklin, William Fox,
Freeman, Kenneth Benchley.
Frost, William Spink. '
Garfield, Calvin Tryon.
'Grant, Jeff Hartman.
Greenwood, James Gordon.
Hamilton, Cash \Bailey.
Hatton, Harry Brockway.
Hayes, Sebastian Pfannes,
Lincoln, Ona Blain,
PIONEER OF GRANT
CROSSES DIVIDE
AUGUST^ NINTH
Joshua Miser Very Active
About Home Until Ten
Days Before His
Death
ONE CRIMINAL CASE
ON COURT CALENDAR
FOR AUGUST SESSION
Several Cases Carried Over
From June  Term  of
Court
Joshua Miser, one of Clare county's
oldest citizens, was born In Defiance
County, Ohio, June 13th, 1849, ancl
passed away August 9th, 1934, at his
home one-half mile north of Dover, at
the age of 85 years, 2 months and 20
days.
When Mr. Miser was eight years
old his family moved to Williams
county, Ohio; at the age of 25 years
they moved to Kansas where they
lived two years and then returned to
Ohio. In 1876 Joshua made a trip into Michigan which has been his home
sinces coming here.
In 1871 he was united in marriage
to Eva Felters, ancl to this union five,
Children were born, all of whom are
living except one daughter who, with
her mother died in 1893.
In 1900 he was again united in marriage to Florence E. Smock of Grant
township at Ashland, Wisconsin, returning later to Clare county, where,
he, as one of our oldest settlers,
cleared the land and built the home-
on which he has been living.
Besides his wife and children, he
will be missed by a host of friends
ancl neighbors.
Those that attended the services
from a distance were Mr. and Mrs.
Clyde Miser, of Cadillac; Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Boughner, of Grand Rapids, Ross Miser and Mrs. Flora Watson, of Dover Center, Canada, and
George Mc-Creary, of Wallaceberg,
Canada.
Services were conducted by Rev.
Chas. Kleinhardt at the home Sundayj
afternoon und interment in Cherry
Grove.
SEELEY REUNION
The Seeley reunion will   be    held
August 18th, at the residence of   J.
t' Seeley, 51 E.   4th   street,   Clare,
nner will be served' at one o'clock,
pot luck.
Committee.
THIRTY MEMBERS OF
GROVER FAMILY MEET  .
AT TOURIST PARK SUN.
As the Clare County Circuit court
opens in Harrison on Monday, August 27th before Judge Ray Hart, but
one criminal case appears on the calendar. Twenty other matters will be
settled according to law.
The calendar appears as follows:
Criminal Calendar
The  People vs.   Carl    Oman    and
Ralph Funke, grand larceny.
Issues of Fact
The Citizens State Bank, vs. State
Mutual Roclded Fire Ins. Co., assumpsit.
Northwest Engineering Company
vs. Chris Reger and William Holzhau-
sen, assumpsit.
Orl Sipe and Mae Sipe vs Harry
Vosburg and Margaret Vosburg,
ejectment.
Pereira Printing Co., vs. Isiah Leebove, also known as Isaac Leebove;
trespass.
Brack Weiss, Inc. a N. Y. Corporation, vs. Isaiah Leebove, assumpsit.
Allen R. Graham, Receiver for
Clare County Savings Bank, vs. Clark
H. Sutherland and Fred W. Hudson,
assumpsit.
Chicago Paint Works vs. Fred Bingham, Mrs, C, E.. Bingham, assumpsit.
Freda Sanderson vs, George Lewis,
appeal from justice court.
Phillip D. Dexter, trustee vs. W,
James Bernier, assumpsit,
Citizens State Bank vs. Tony Achard and Marjorie Achard, trespass on
the case.
Allen Tt. Graham, Receiver for
Clare County Savings Bank, vs. William Hawkins, Edward Hawkins and
Hazel Hawkins, trespass on the' case.
August Stutting and Ricca Stutting
vs. Ellsworth Comer, appeal from Circuit Court Commissioner.
Chancery Calendar
Mayme M. Barnes, vs. W. Ray
Barnes, divorce.
Union Joint Stock Land Bank ofJ
Detroit vs. Murray E. Hull ahd Amy!
P. Hull, bill to foreclose mortgage.
Allen R. Graham, Receiver vsi
Clark H. Sutherland, C. W. Perry,
Est., Carrie L. Stroup, Alfred P. Derby Est., George V. Collins Est, Fred
O. McGuire, E. B. Collins, Fred W.
Hudson and Lillian  Sanford.
Harry    Vosburg    and      Margaret
Vosburg vs. Orl Sipe and Mae Sipe..
James B. Graves vs. Earl Snider,
Clifford Densmore and" Herbert Anger.
Bert Scott vs. Lee Berridge, Dryden
State Bank and William W. Wicker,
bill to quiet title.
J. Fred Geiger, Belle Geiger, Elton F. Geiger ancl Martha Geiger vs.
S. E. Bortz, bill to cancel oil lease.
August W. Stutting and Rlcca Stutting vs. Ellsworth comer, injunction.
Causes in which no progress has been
made for  more than one year.
Albert L. Rule vs. C. W. Bedell, bill
to set aside agreement.
Thomas Reitz ancl Delliah Reitz, vs.
Edward Wieber, bill to cancel tax
deed ancl injunction.
Dell Boots vs. Emma.Boots, bill to
set aside deed and injunction.
Ella B. Hanley vs. John Hanley, divorce.
OIL NEWS
Drillers on the Flood- No. 1, near
the center of section vl5 are working
diligently to develop the well, Considerable oil stands in the pipe, but
has not sufficient gas to raise it. It
is reported that acid will be applied
in tlie near future ancl If this fails to
increase the flowage file well will be
made a pumper of about 50 barrels
per clay.
The Park Oil Co, resumed drilling
Wednesday pn their Russell No. 1 on
the northwest quarter qf section 22,
ancl will make a deep well test.
The Sovereign No. 2 of the Ann Arbor railroad right-of-way, on the
north side of section 2.2 are almost
through the Traverse.' and it is
thought will be drilled in the latter
part of the week. The dril is now
working at a depth of 3535.
Drillers on the Simpson No. 2 on
the southeast quarter of section 16,
have reached a depth of 1080 feet ancl
the 8 inch casing was run Wednesday.
The Durnin No. 3 on the east side
of section 22 is now drilling below
3700 feet and it is  thought will  be
drilled in Saturday.
ELEVEN CLAREITES
ATTEND LEGION
MEETING MONDAY
Sunday, August 12, thirty members
of the Grover family gathered at the
Tourist park to spend the day.
Soft ball games ana swimming
were the order of the day.
Those from a distance that attended were Mr. and Mrs. John Hudson
and family, of Corunna, Mr. and Mrs.
Vere Kinsey and son and Miss Edna
Grover of Detroit, Mr. and Mrs. Jas.
Wilson and family, of Geneseeville.
There were two visitors, Mr. Otto
Hosse, of Detroit, and Mr. Clarence
Tucker, of this city.",
Everybody had a good time and
agreed to make it an annual event.
NEW INSURANCE CO.
TO LOCATE IN CLARE
Announcement is made in the
columns of The Sentinel this Week oi
the locating of a new insurance Company in the city Which will be known
as the MoKinnon's Insurance Service,
With offices in .the Clare County Sav*
ings Bank building.
The business Will be under the personal supervision of Kyle L. McKinnon who Was born and grew to manhood in the vicinity of Clare, but fon
the past several years has been engaged in business, at Flint,
Mr. and Mrs. McKinnon have moved their household "effects to Clara,
and taken up their residence at 21Q
"East Fifth stfeet.
MRS. ANNA TURBUSH
DIES AT HOME ON
MAPLE CTREETMON.
Deceased Was a  Resident
of Vernon Township a
Half Century
Mrs. Anna Marshall Turbusn died
at her home in Clare Monday, the
13th. She was born in Rochester, N.
Y. in 1864.and spent her chilhood
days in Saginaw. At the age of 12
she came to Isabella county and settled on a farm, ln 1879 « she was
united in marriage to Jesse R. Tur-
bush. He preceded her in death by 25
years. Eight years ago she came to
live in Clare with her family. She is
survived by three children, Clara M.
and Fred of Clare, A. J., of Vancouver, Washington, two grand children
and one" brother, Thomas .Marshall.
Funeral services were held from
the home on North Maple street Wednesday afternoon, Rev. A. D. Telder
officiating. Burial was made in
Cherry Grove.
At Twin Elms
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IRENE RADCLIFFE AWARDED
MT. PLEASANT U. OF M.
ALUMNI SCHOLARSHIP
Miss Irene Radcliffe, graduate of
the Clare high school class of 1934
has been awarded a Michigan Alumni
Undergraduate scholarship. Miss Radcliffe received this scholarship on thej
recommendation of the U. of M.
Alumni Club, of Mt. Pleasant, which
has jurisdiction oyer the Clare county
area, and the Club was unanimous in
its choice. The scholarship is an
annual gift of the Alumni Club and
remits tha usual tuition fees collected. "Irene" was a very popular member of Clare high school and also reV
ceived distinction when chosen as a
member of the National Honor Society, with six other classmates. She
entered Clare high from Eagle River,
Wis,, in her sophomore year and
made "high" in three years.
TO THE PUBLIC
The City Council have been requested to take action to control the
speed of motorists in the city.
If everyone in the City would volunteer not to drive over 20 miles per
hour and observe the stop signs, the
results would be worthy of note. It
might be the means of saving the taxpayers and eity officials unnecessary
expense ancl trouble,
Jno. Asline,
City Marshall.,
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In last week's issue of the "Clare
Sentinel" in the golf news column,
there appeared a notification ot a
meeting to be held in the Ford
Garage on Wednesday night. The
idea of the meeting was an anticipation of the idea of holding a
"Charity Carnival" in the orchard at
"Twin Elms" on Saturday, Sunday,
and Labor Day, with the participation the various organizations of tho
County.
Here was an oversight on the part
of those instrumental in the suggestion and Mr. and Mrs. Bowler have
asked the Publicity Committee to inscribe in this Week's golf news, an
apology to the people of and around
Farwell who, for years have sponsor-
ed an annual event in our neighboring village on this date. So golferq
and fans, we will .meet you in Far-
well on Labor Day, Let's go!
Now in nearly every activity of
man, age plays an important part but
in some cases, at least, of golf it
proves a minor factor. For instance
Wednesday night I. E. Hampton played the 9 holes of our local course in a
perfect 36. If the President of our
Club, or any of the club's officials
could do this, they would be high
hatting tho rest of the "field" but not
so with the granddaddy of "Twin
Elms" whose ambition is to "birdie"
every hole, consecutively some day.
And was there sport at the meet
last Thursday, August 9th, when
Byron Gallagher and Leo Hampton
choose sides for a tournament among
the locals with a chicken dinner as
penalty to the loosers. Not, just a
Ifew,- were tlie arguments that arose
nor were there many concessions
made and when, it was over both
sides lay claim to a winning score
and as no agreement could be reached, the Publicity Committee was cal*
led into a huddle with a representation of each side and Only the fact
that "Sime" Bogardus had been
staked with a mis-mated Set of clubs,
a noticeable handicap to any good
player, ancl beyond the skill of his
partner, Homer Douglas to overcome,
was Leo's side given the "break"—
the game called a "tie" and arrangements left in the hands of a committee for a play-off with same participants at an early date. I
O boy! for Farwell Labor Day, but
in the meantime and thereafter—
■Dine, dance and golf at "Twin Elm".
Pub. Com.
A. E. Wylie Elected District
Adjutant at Annual Gathering at West Branch
Last"'• Monday, August 13th, the-
memb'erg,-,of the twenty-three Amer-i
ican Legion Posts in the Tenth Congressional District, together with
their Auxiliary Units, met for an all
day District meeting at West Branch.
'This was the annual meeting for the
Legion District organization with
election of officers for 1935 ancl plans
for the coming State convention; as
the Auxiliary had already held its annual meeting at Midland their meeting Avas of a more routine nature.
In accordance with a rule of the
organization voting at the annua) "j
meeting is by official delegates from
the various Posts. Walter H. Larman Post has a membership entitling
it to three delegates and Commander
Omer F. Hall, Jay O. Bellinger and
Arthur J. Morgan represented it in
that capacity,
A resolution was passed asking that
the Official American Legion uniform
be changed to include a Sam Browne
belt instead of a single belt as now
constituted.
A resolution was passed asking
that the Tenth District, at the State
Convention to be held next month,
invite the State Convention to meet
at the Hanson Military Reservation ai
Grayling in 1928.
Peter G. Mason, of Blanchard,
Tenth District Committeeman in 1932
and 1933, was endorsed "by the District organization for State Vice-Commander.
After the resolutions and endorsement had been acted upon the Dis>
trict proceeded to elect the following
officers for 1935:
Tenth District Committeeman, Leslie J. Stonehouse, of Bay City. Alternate, Alfred T. Hanson, of Grayling.
Tenth District Adjutant, Alexander
E. Wylie, of Clare.
Following the business sessions
those present sat down to an excellent banquet after which a short program was held. The principal address of the evening was delivered by
Rev. Father Ralph Day, State American Legion Chaplain. Rev. Father
Day said in part:
"There are two things that demand
your serious consideration.
"First, this country is threatened
with a peril' which never before,
threatened the American people.
The United States has been flooded
with Red propoganda. We have become imbued with a spirit of communism that is dangerous. Wc-t
Should be forever on our guard
against the doctrines which emanate
from Russia.
"Second, our country is threatened
by the doctrines of the socalled pacifists. War is a terrible thing; it
is cruel and blood-thirty. But to urge
men to refuse to fight for their
country is not a measure to prevent
war. We should protect the United
States with an army and a navy
which is sufficient to deter the in-
vador. The presence of a strong
navy and a strong army is the greatest protection against a war."
Eleven local people made the trip
to West Branch, of whom five were
from Walter H. Larman Post and Sis
from the local Auxiliary Unit, as fol-
Ioavs: Commander Omer F. Hall, Jaj/
O. Bellinger, Arthur J. Morgan, Conrad Walker, Alexander E. Wylie,
President Blanche Walker, Alta Bellinger, Iyone Gorr, Susan Hall, Betty
Walker and Adelaide Wylie.
STATEIFIRE RECORD SHOWS
MORE BURNED OVER LAND
THAN DURING PAST YEARS
Approximately 4~,S40 acres of land
were reported burned over by forest
fires in Michigan up to and including
the week ending August 6. The number of fires reported totalled 1,855.
These figures, when compared to
those for the same periods of 1933
and 1932, show that the current year
is ahead in the amount.of land devast
ed, but is low in number of fires.
The figures up to August 6 for the
three years are:
Year Fires •    Damage
1934 1,8_6 42,839 acres
1933 2,074 28,536 acres
1932 1,868 34,045 acres
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Clare Shipping Association will be on
Tuesday, August 21st and September
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