1935-02-15; Clare Sentinel

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Official  Paper  of
Ciare and Clare County
Established 1878
CLARE MICHIGAN, FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 15, 1935
New Series Vol. 43: No. 18
C. S. C. TO TAKE
PART IN STATE EDU
CATIONAL PROGRAfi
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Interesting Meeting of Club
Held Tuesday With Mrs.
Helen Lucille Doherty
Clare Study Club met Tuesday)
' February 5, with Mrs. Helen Lucille
Poherty at the Hotel Doherty. The
weatherman was not kind to ns, but
those who came were w;ell repaid fou
their efforts. A communication from
the State Educational Department
urging us to take active part in the
State Educational program for Feb-
uary was read. A representative
C from the Glut) is'working   with   the
Faculty and Board of Education   to
I '*&. ^~jh~.*'*'arrange a mass meeting. Watch for
notice of it.
After business meeting, Mrs. Doh-
. erty  presented   Miss   Margaret  Mor-
• gau, who played for "us   two    piano
solo—Rustle-" of     Spring,      Sinding,
' Sef anata—Moszkowski.
The numbers were beautifully ren-
.j^Ldered and-.much enjoyed hy members'.
'W   Mrs,  Martha Bicknell then gave a
book report on "Dusk in the Grove"
by Samuel    Rogers/   Mrs.    Bicknell
. chose this novel because it was the
■      '. Atlantic $10,000 prize novel for 1934.
This  is  the  first  time an American
- * author has won this prize.   It was not
•   awarded in 1932 because no novel entered came up to standard.
■   •      The story is a very, lovely human
Story of an American   family.     The
chief characters are the father, mother, three children, two boys   and    a
girl, and their childhood friends. The
^ , ^.setting is a beautiful summer home
r      " of \be Warings.   The story starts in
3.909 "then takes up the story after si
lapse of 10 years and then again in
j!934. The entire story is ft>ld mostly
. ^ In reveries.    The characters are very
's*n'm..      lovable and some not so lovable, but
■"k-T*. '-.- -■ all very human.     The    descriptions
g- "'■ ■    atfe beautiful, also the style of writ-
'V.\     Ing; 'The test of a good book review
J. , ,. js said to be if you- have made your
■' audience desire to read it. Everyonq
present are now very anxious to read
jDusk in the Grove after hearing Mrs.
Bicknell's splendid report.
.'The author has written in the fly
leaf a- short "biography of his life as
follows:
I was   born in   Newport,     Rhode
'»• Island' in 1S94.     My   father    is   an
^Episcopal clergyman.   I attended the
-^BeLancy  ftcho.ol in Philadelphia and
graduated from Brown "University in
1*15.    I .received  a  Master's  degree
.   ,at "University of Chicago, and in May,
,1917,  sailed for France to drive an
amhulaiice In   the    American    Field
*    '»Service,"* When this was taken oven
" • '•    by  the  army,   I   enlisted,   remaining
.   with my' section    on   duty   with    a
'' -   -French "division.    In fall of 1919,    I
''" '   ^narried   and' came  to  University of
,.'*/;* ^Wisconsin to teach English.   After a
. ":'    year of!'correcting freshman themes
'■        1 sought* refuge in the    French    department.' The year following I went
to,Paris -on an American Field ser-
.'\   s Tice, Fellowship,    to    study    at   the
■' Sarbbnhe.' Two years later I returned
to    the ! University   of     Wisconsin,
where' I am now associate professor.
My specialty is-French contemporary
-'       ' literature.   I am deeply interested in
music  and  play  the  piano.    I have
three children, two girls and a boy.
■ Alter a, short discussion the meeting adjourned to meet February   19
with Mrs. Throop.   The committee is
.    planning   a   Michigan     Educational
program.'    Members    are    asked    to
bring auggestions for hext years program.—M.-E-. G.
CITIZENS STATE BANK
INSTALLS DELAYED TIME
LOCK SAFE RECENTLY
In complying 'with Burglary insurance requirements,; the Citizens State
Bank last week installed a delayed-
time lock safe that will Insure)
against a forced opening'.
Jas, S. Bicknell, president of the
bank, in explaining' the workings o^
the combination, stated that a burglar might force an employee to turn
the combination for the opening oi
.'the safe but there will not be many
Who will "stick around" for a half
hour waiting for the automatic lock
ito open.
RESPECTED SHERIDAN RESIDENT
DEPARTSTHIS LIFE
MS    ■
Last Rites for Thos. Hutchinson Held Wednesday
From Eagle Church
Another pioneer resident of Clare
county, Thomas It. Hutchinson crossed' the Great Divide Monday, after a
brief illness. His years of close contact with residents of this community, leave many to mourn his departure and in his passing a man oil
great influence has been removed.
Thos. W. Hutchinson, son ot
George and Sarah Hutchinson, was
born at Port Hope, Canada, April 27,
1S57. He came with his parents to
Port Huron, Mich., when about six
years. Later the family moved tc/
Burnside, Lapeer county, where he
grew to manhood. August 23, 18S1
he was united in marriage to Miss
Mary A. Erb. In 1888 he moved, with
his wife to Clare and settled on the
farm where they have lived until he
passed away February 11th, 1935, at
the age of 77 years, 10 months, and
16 days.
Besides ihe faithful wife he leaves
to mourn their loss, two brothers,
Henry, of Bertland, Colorado, Robert, of Clare, and one sister, Mrs.
Winifred Harrington, of Ravenna,
Nebraska, and a host of other relatives and friends.
Mr, Hutchinson ana wife were
among the pioneers who came to
Clare county intending to make
themselves a.home and they were
successful in bringing this about. A
few remain who can remember the
county as it was 47 years ago and the
Hutchinson homestead was covered
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TWO NEW TEACHERS
FILL VACANCIES IN
SCHOOL FACULTY
Resignations of Misses Glerum
and Howe Ably Filled by
Board
TRI-COUNTY BOARD
MEET AT GLADWIN
TODAY TO ORGANIZE
Detailed Plans for Health Unit
to Be Formulated Through
F. E. R. A.
A meeting will be held this Friday
afternoon at' Gladwin County Court
House to' Complete plans for the Tri-
county Health Unit for the counties
of CJare,'-?GIadwin and Arenac. Nine
supervisors Who serve as. the Ways
^nd Means committee of their respective'county boards will constitute
the board in charge of this arrangements, Dif. Bernard W. Carey, of De-
*•   irfrltf director of    Medical    Division
■Children's Fund  of Michigan   (Couz-
i - enjft) and Dr. C. C. Slemmons, of the
State- Board of Health    at   Lansing,
■" and Dr. A- H. Robertson, F, E.. R. A.
Administrator,   Clare-Gladwin    count-
'    ies will be present to assist in com-
'   pleting the set-up for the Unit.
Those Representing Clare county
are Plenty * Gardner, of Harrison,
Jesse Hampton, Clare,, "and H. A.
Bradley, of Sheridan,
SPECIAI-—Saturday   and    Monday
Hjjae ties cleaned   free with   every
t ' jMt, ^Howard W. Jones.—adv.
The vacancies caused by the recent
resignations of two members of the
faculty of Clare Public School hare
been filled by experienced teachers.
The. Music and Art department is
now headed by Lois Hetzman and
the Seventh Grade Home room by
Edna M. Heal.
The resignation of Jean Glerum
from the staff brought to a close a
very splendid career of tw& and one)
half years in charge of Clare's Mjisio
and Art department. Her work in
the school and community was of the
highest type. Under her direction
the violin classes of the school were
begun last year, culminating in the
attendance at Chicago of four of our
students, Forest Garchow, Mercia
Lockyer, Phyllis Sherwood, and
Donald Woolston. The direction of
the Messiah which was presented in,
1933 was another achievement by
Miss Glerum. The mixed chorus
work begun this year as well as other new types of musical work in the
school were organized by her.. In the
various community programs there
have been representatives from tha'|
department ready to assist. The Art
work was also carried on a high' level
of achievement.
Miss Hetzman comes to ' us from
Big Rapids, where she has had
charge of the music work in Mecosta
county for the. past year and a half.
She has also had experience in this,
work in addition to the above. Mrs,
Heal comes from the Berkley, Mich.,
school system with a splendid experience in Junior High School work.
CITY TAXPAYERS
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I will be at the citizens State Bank
to finish collection of City taxes on
the following afternoons in February
the 16th, 21st, 23rd, 26th and 28th.
Mrs. Vera B. Peterson,
City Treas,
CLARE COUNTY FARM
CENSUS STARTED
THURSDAY MORNING
Four Men Assigned to Work
Which Will Take Several
Weeks to Complete
The Federal Farm census in Clare
county was started, Thursday morning with four workers in the field.
Robert Long, of Saginaw, E. R. A,
district supervisor, was in the county
Wednesday making his appointments
and instructing, the workers. Mr.
Long has charge of the work in the
eighth and tenth congressional diS'
tricts which comprised twenty counties.
The assignments are made as follows:.
Orin Ward—Arthur and Sheridan
townships.
Gerald Schofleld—Farwell village,
township of Surrey, Grant, Garfield,
and City of Clare. *
Harry Kress—Lake George, townships of Freeman, * Greenwood,
Lincoln, Redding, Summerfield and
Winterfield,
George McKeever—Franklin, Frost,
Hamilton, Hatton, Hayes townships,
and Harrison" City-
Mr. Long states that in other
counties his appointees have received wholehearted cooperation in this
task and they found a noticeable shift
of population from industrial centers
to  the farms in many communities.
The information asked each farmer
is kept secret. The Department of
Commerce at Washington, D. C, does
not release any information except in
form of totals and will not announce
totals in any township with less than
five fai'ms.
This census has been taken every
five years since 1840 bo a large majority of the farmers will know what
to expect and will be ready to assist
when the census taker calls.
This work will take several weeks
to complete.
LOUIS KIMS' LUCK
STILL HOLDS AS
AEROPLANE CRACKS UP
Louis M. Nims, director of the
work division of SERA, has begun,
the new year true to form. Survivor
of a series 'of disasters in 1934, any
one of which easily might have cost
his life, he still is tempting fate and,
we strongly suspect thumbing his
nose at the ancient l^dy.
The Upper Peninsula was the.
scene "of his latest narrow escape.
Taking off from a snOw-laden field at
Crystal Falls, the lanclihg .gear of the
plane bearing Nims as a passenger
and piloted by Col, Floyd E. Eyans
of the State Dept. Of Aeronautics,
caught the edge of a snowbank and
crashed. Both Nims and Evans
escaped with minor injuries • and
were able to take a train, home..
Ah interesting, sidelight on the
story is that a local camera enthusiast, oh the scene to. take a; few
prosaic feet of film of a' plane in
flight, caught instead a rare movie of
a plane cracking up. He has
promised Nims a duplicate print as
a souvenir.
LOCAL TEACHER IS
HOSTESS TO H. E.
CONVENTION HERE
Groups ot Instructive Meetings are Being Conducted
by State Advisors
The convention of Home Economics teachers in this.particular part of
the state and leading Michigan
Home Economists are meeting in
Clare today and tomorrow, Miss
Novia Osgood acting as hostess.
The various instructive meetings
are being conducted by Miss Ruth
Freegard, State Supervisor of Home
Economics Education, Miss Gladys
Love, State Advisor of Student
Clubs, Mise Estella BOuch, head of
Home Economics Education at
Ypsilanti, Mrs. Merle Byers, head of
Home Economics Education at Michigan  State  College.
A joint luncheon has been arranged
on Saturday for the home economists
and guests who will include a school
board member, our superintendent, a
mother, a daughter, and civic club
presidents.
MR. AND MRS.. R. E. JOSLIN
TENDERED SURPRISE ON 25TH
WEDDINGJNNIYERSARY
While Mr. ^and Mrs, R. E. Jqslin
were attending the matinee at the
Ideal theatre Sunday afternoon with
the children, relatives took possession of their home on west 7th street
and immediately set to work preparing the table for a delightful lunch in
honor Of their 25th wedding .anniversary. A very beautiful bouquet of
flowers was the centerpiece adorning
the table.
Mr. and Mrs. Joslin were the recipients of several very pretty pieces
of silver presented them by their
children.
Among those present were Mr. and
Mrs. F. J. Adams and son and Mr.
and Mrs. Robt. Schlafley, of Midland;
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Joslin and Mr. and
Mrs. Edw. Schlafley ahd family, of
Clare. All report a very enjoyable
time and hope to be able to celebrate
many more anniversary events with
Mr. and Mrs. Joslin.
WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY BALL AT
.HARRISON NEXT FRIDAY EVENING
A real old fashioned good .time is
planned by the Harrison Masonic
Lodge for Friday evening, February
22. There will he card games and
dancing for all. A special invitation
is extended to all Masons and their
families.—Committee.
CLARE BASKET BALL
TEAM LOSES TO
IAKE_CITY 37-25
Sacred Heart Defeated  on
Local   Floor ■ Tuesday
Evening
The Clare High basketball team
traveled to Lake City with high,
hopes of adding another win toward
the conference title, but were denied
by a really great team. The Clare
boys fought valiantly- and were ever
dangerous, but could' not quite key
up the fast game set;by their opponents. The first half "nras a great ball
game, which ended one-point in favor
of Lake City. The score was 16-15
which indicates the closeness of- the
game. But when the third quarter
began the home team boys showed
their stuff and drew away from Clare
scoring ten points before Clare could
count." After that the "t tame was
rather even again, although an extra
basket wa's made that increased the.
lead to a twelve point advantage at
the close of the game. This was two
points more than Lake 'City beat the
boys when they were here a few
weeks ago. The final score was 37-
25.
The boys played a real ball game
and it _was exciting from beginning
■to end. Ther,e was some mighty fine
offensive work by Lake City which
was the deciding factor. Clare also
showed some good- offensive work but
were not fast enough to guard the
fine ball handling and fast break of-
their opponents.
Everyone scored for Clare with
jTupper having an edge with nine
points. Wallington and B, Osowski
were hot for Lake City making practically all of Lake City's points*. Anyway one looks at it, it was a.fine ball
game.
The second .team could;- not ■ tget
away fast enough an5 again It was
the last half spurt that gave the Lake
City,; team the game. 4 •
Sacred   Heart   Defeated  Tuesday
Night
The Sacred Heart basketball team
threw a score into the local team by
coming from behind in the second
quarter to lead by a 10 to 9 score.
Neither team showed a very great advantage, although Clare led 8 to 1 at
one time in the first quarter. The
second quarter was Sacred Heart's
best for they were held to one lonq
point in the third period and were
outscored in the final quarter although Coach Brown put in all tho
substitutes.
Bowler had been sick Monday and
Tuesday, so only played about half
the game. Watson and Parish alternated With Bowler at forwards. Maxwell and Sanford were at guards and
Tupper at center. Anderson and Kanarr played in the last quarter. The
final score was 29 to 18, which shows
that it was Clare's second half spurt
which carried them to victory, after
a slow start in the first half.
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
Clare, Mich., Feby. 13, 1935.
Due to vicious propaganda circulated in some parts of Clare # County,
relative to the qualifications of' one
of the candidates for the office of
County School Commissioner, I have
been • requested to examine the qualifications "of the candidates for said
office and find from tue records of
The State Department of Public Instruction at Lansing that both candidates; namely, Helen Hether and
Raymond Nash, are eligible to said
office of County School Commissioner
of Clare County.
Theo. G. Bowler
Prosecuting Attorney
Clare  County."      Adv.
LINCOLN BIRTHDAY
PROGRAM ENJOYED
BY G. LC. LADIES
Annual   Meeting   Held   at
Home of Mrs. Eunice
Phinisey Tuesday
Evening
The Clare Good Literature Club enjoyed another profitable and delightfully pleasant meeting-Tuesday .evening.
It was the annual in charge of the
teachers,. Therefore how very appropriate that the hostess be nono
other than one of our most worthy
ex-teachers, Mrs. Eunice Phinisey,
who still retains close "fellowship
with the school, by filling vacancies
in her old' field of service. Hospitality
was high note; 'and congeniality run
rampant throughout the entire evening.
Three new members e. g. Mrs.
Heal, Mrs. Noffsinger and Miss Hetzman were the esteemed addition tq
the club &nd roll call was responded
to with something about "Lincoln"
whose birthday was commemorated
with many inspiring, interesting facts
interspersed with bits of 'Abes' wH
and humor.
New officers elected, as slated:
Doris Gerow, Pres.; • Susan Foell,
Vice Pres., Ava Hoard, Treas., and
Novia Osgood, Secretary bears
promise of continuation of highest
efficiency as club leaders for the ensuing year. With Miss Jtelderhouse
acting as chairman, the program, as
follows was presented.
First she put us all to work, (Isn't
that typical of one in her profession?) But it was met with a rousing
response. Joining in those old
Southern ballads from the yellow
book of favorite songs stirred, slumbering chords of patriotism^ and turned every ear ,for Miss Rogers splendid presentation of "The Perfect Tribute" a booklet setting forth the
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FORMER CLARE LADY
NOW A MEMBER OF
DEMOCRATIC STATE COM.
The. following item, taken from the
Lapeer County-Press, will be of interest to many Clare friends of Mrs.
Florence P. Miner, formerly of this
city.
"Mrs. Florence P. Miner, who attended the State Democrat Convention at the Statler hotel in Detroit
January 30. as one of the delegates
■from Lapeer County was elected a
member of the State Central Committee. It has been some time since Lapeer County has had the honor ol
having a member on the committee."
Mrs. Miner will be better remembered as Miss Florence Elliott.
AGED PIONEER
DEPARTS THIS LIFE
LASTJ5ATURDAY
Funeral of Mrs. Mary Ann
M6t>immon Held From
St. Cecilia's Church
Tuesday
Following an illness of over four
years, during which she was confined most Of tne time to her bed, Mrs.
Mary Ann McCrimmon departed this
life Saturday at the age of 80 yearsl
Fuheral services were held from
the St. Cecilia church Tuesday morn;
ingt Fr. Stanley Morrison officiating
and the remains taken to Saginaw,
where interment was made in the St.
Andrew's Cemetery.
The deceased has been a resident
of Clare and vicinity for many years,
and bet departure will be mourned
by the many, friends she has made
during her residence here.
VERNON PIONEER SOCIETY
ORGANIZED AT MEETING
HELD AT TOWN HALL
Saturday night a number> of Vernon people gathered at the Vernon
town hall to hear a talk given in behalf of the Pioneers of Vernon, and
also the cemetery. A society was
organized attthls time and shall be
known as the Vernon Pioneers Society. Mrs. Pearl Fetters was elected
Chairman; Mrs, Martha Irwin, Sec;
Mrs. Mary Hopkins, Cor. Sec, The
purpose of this society is to learn
more about the pioneers' lives and
make a historical ^record of Vernon,
also to make Our cemetery more
beautiful. Any one who knows of
any old soldiers buried in-this place
that has no head stone, please let
one of "the committee know. We
want .the cooperation of all who are
•interested in this work and any one
who has any records we may copy,
your help will be greatly appreciated
by the committee.
Pot luck dinner at the hall and a
bee to Work in the cemetery will be
announced later.—Chairman.
GLADWIN HIGH
PLAY HERE TUES.;
SHEPHERD FRIDAY
Two   Strong   Basket    Ball
Teams to Oppose Locals
on Home   Floor
Next Week
The next home game is Tuesday
night when the fast traveling Gladwin team mets our Clare bo,ys. Gladwin is right up at the top and the
winning or losing of this game may
mean the winning or losing of the
"C" conference championship.- They
have a game with Lake City tonight,
which may decided the winner or it
may mean that Gladwin will have to
win Tuesday night. The natural
rivalry between Gladwin and Clare
Will make the game an important one
besides perhaps deciding the "C"
conference championship. If you
want an exciting time, come out
Tuesday night. The second teams of
the two schools open the evenings entertainment at 7:30.
A week from tonight is the last
home game with Shepherd furnishing
the opposition. Shepherd has a fing
ball club which defeated our boys
rather badly just before Christmas
and revenge would be sweet. So there
are two home games to wind up the
regular 1934-35 season.
Tournament play starts February
28 with drawings to be made Monday,
February 25 th.
MASONIC LODGE TO
HOLD SERIES OF
ENTERTAINMENTS
Kangaroo Court Held Tuesday Evening Following
Regular Session
BODY OF JOHN B.
JOHNSTON BROUGHT
HERE FOR BURIAL
Young Man Was Born in Grant
Township WJiere He Resided
Until the World War
DANCES AT TWIN ELMS
The public is invited to Twin Elms
Club House tonight and every Friday
night to enjoy the old time and modern dance steps.    Peppy music.
BANK CLOSED NEXT FRIDAY
The Citizens State Bank will remain closed all day Washington's
birthday, Friday, February 22nd.
John Burton Johnston was born in
Grant township, Clare County April
13, 1895 and departed this life in"Detroit, Mich.. February 6, 1935.
Burt was born on the farm in West
Grant and lived there through his
boyhood and early manhood. He war/
called from here to the service of his
country during the World War. He
saw considerable active service in
France and was honorably discharged
at the close of the war.. He returned to the farm and some time later
went with the family to Detroit. During his residence in Detroit he was
employed at the Chevrolet Motor
plant.
His final illness was brief, but his
suffering must have covered year's
and have been far greater than anyone ever knew. He was taken to St.
Mary's hospital, Detroit Wednesday
morning at 2:30 and died there the
same' day at 12 o'clock. A postmortem examination showed the cause oj,
his death to be cancer of the stomach.
Burt was always uncomplaining,
accepting his responsibilities quietly
and sincerely. Thinking of others,
always first; putting himself, always
last. It may truly be said that his
life was spent in devotion to others.
Those who will miss him most are
his father, John R. Johnston; his sisters, Mrs. Ada Litner and Mrs. Florence Griffin, and his brother, Floyd.
These with their families and his
friends will have to console them for
his departure the memory of the
great unselfishness of his nature.
NOTICE TO GRANGERS
The Clare-Isabella Pomona Grange
will meet with Mt. Vernon Grange
Wednesday, February 20th. All members urged to attend.
R. Buooks, Master.   .
After the . Clare Masonic Lodge
meeting held last Tuesday evening,
the members of the Entertainment
Committee, with the assistance oJ
several others, put on a mock trial
with the balance of the membership
as an audience.. This is the first of a
series of tintertainments planned for
the membership after lodge meetings
and the Entertainment Committee
has several stunts planned to take
place after future meetings.
The Clare Masonic Lodge Kangaroo
Court was called to order with Judge
Johnston on the bench. Prosecuting
Attorney Wylie announced that' one
case was in call, The Brothers of the
Clare Masonic Lodge versus Eugene
Throop, and that the Prosecution.was
ready. Jesse Hampton. President pf
the legal firm of Hampton, Hampton,
Hampton, Hampton, Kennedy, White
and Hampton announced that the de*
fendant was also ready, whereupon
the Defendant, was dragged before
the bar of the Court properly handcuffed by Sheriff Clute. The Defendant was then placed at the left
counsel table with his three Attorneys, Jesse Hampton, Kennedy and .
White; the right counsel table waa
used by the Prosecuting Attorney and.
Complaining witness Woodcock.
During the taking of the testimony
many heated conflicts took place between the different attorneys which
Judge Johnston was called upon to
straighten out. Many perplexing
prohlems "arose but by frequently
consulting "Gray's Anatomy" and the
"Practitioneers' Encyclopedia" the
learned jurist was able to conduct
his court in an able and impartial
manner and with the utmost decorum.
Witnesses Woodcock, Bicknell and
Bayes testified for the prosecution,
while Attorney White, Tichenor and
the Defendant testified for the De?
fense. The climax of the entire procedure took place when the Defen-*
dant himsolf took the stand and in a
voice which choked with emotion
denied  everything.
After th<3 arguments had been com-'
pleted Judge Johnston spent several
minutes in consulting "Gray's
Anatomy"; he then announced that
this was the most difficult case ever
to come before him while on the
bench and that it would be necessary
for him to reserve his decision until
the next regular Masonic meeting at
which time he would render a verdict
and that if the verdict was guilty he
would also pronounce sentence.'
The Judge's decision will be made..
known immediately after the next
Masonic meeting and all members
are urged to be present, inasmuch aq
this is a matter vitally affecting
every member of the Order. In ad- -
dition the Entertainment Committee,
has planned a sketch which no mem-!
ber of the Lodge can afford to misty
BREAKING AND ENTERING
IN SCHOOL BUILDING
CHARGED TO RENNER
Fingerprints Identified as Those
of Slayer of Coleman Deputy
Last Month
BAKE SALE
■ The Crusaders of the Church of
God will hold a bake sale at Friz's
Undertaking Parlors Saturday, February 16th.
!..•■'"■*
irt, -;J
You can still buy Dr. Dunlop's Go%
den Rod Balm at Dunlop's Cafe. —
adv.      '
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Monday of this week Superintendent E. D. Kennedy received a letter
from the Michigan State Bureau of
Criminal Identification, East Lansing
that the fingerprints taken in our
city school building November 6th
have been identified. The letter
states in part:
J'The  fingerprints  of John Eenner''
who is now serving a term of life in „
the State House of Correction    aiid ,
Branch prison at "Marquette,    Mich- '
igan, were received here   and    same-';
were compared with the latest prints,
found  in  your  school.    Renner  was
positively identified."
It will be remembered that on the-"
,night  of  November   5th,   the  school
building was entered and the culprits
chopped a hole in the   door   of   the 4
safe with an axe   and    stole   about
$25.00 in change. •'    •
Through      Prosecuting      Attorney ,
Theo. G. Bowler we understand that'
John Renner, slayer of Deputy Earl'
Martindale, of Coleman, died at the   .
Marquette  prison last week. Renne?
was injured in a tilt with the ofllcer
on the morning of January 17th by a
gun wound in his hand.   Bloodpoison
is given as the cause of his death,   ,
*y tt