1936-01-24; Clare Sentinel

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Established 1878
GLARE MICHIGAN, FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 24, 1936
New 3eries Voi.44, No. 15
WORLD WAR BUDDIE
GATHER AT BUDD
LAKE INNJTUESDAY
Post Members Congregate
for jSocial  Evening  at
County Seat
Tuesday evening Walter H. Lar-
jnan Post No. 128, American Legion)
held a social meeting at Harrison
with a good sized crowd in attendance of both Clare and Harrison
members together with several
guests. The meeting was held "at the
Budfl Lake Inn and was preceded by
a banquet.1 It was entirely social in
character as it was not officially
opened and no regular business was
transacted.
Following the banquet the meeting
was called to order by Adjustant
Kyle McKinnon in the absence of
Commander Conrad Walker. Two
war time songs were sung after
which Adjutant McKinnon introduced
the speakers for the evening.
Mayor Robert A. Burns of Harrison, a member of Walter H. Larman
Post, responded briefly and welcomed
all present to the city of Harrison.
Mayor Jesse R. Hampton, of Clare,
present as a guest of the Post expressed his pleasure at being at the
meeting and paid a tribute to the
local Post as always being ready and
willing to co-operate in any worthwhile project.
Prosecuting Attorney Theodore G.
Bowler, present as a guest of the organization, reminded the group of the
possibility of a future war and mentioned several ways in which such a
conflict might be avoided.
Tenth District Adjutant Alexander
E. Wylie spoke briefly on the national defense.
City Clerk Alex McKinnon, also a
guest, spoke briefly and stated that
he was glad to be present on this occasion,
Junior Vice Commander Paul D.
Gibson, who had charge of all arrangements for the Harrison meeting,
stated that he was glad to be of service in arranging the meeting and expressed his pleasure at the attendance.
James N. Buchan,    Proprietor    of
Budd Lake Inn and a member of the
Post, stated that he was glad to see
, all the members out and hoped to see
them on some future occasion.
Following the talks two Harrison
musicians, Willard Higgins with his
accordion and Don Sellinger with his
banjo were introduced. They furnished the music for twelve or fifteen
.World War songs and popular tunes
, to which the fellows joined heartily
in singing, after which Adjutant McKinnon declared the meeting adjourned. '■
CLARE AUTO PARTS
COMPANY OPEN NEW
STORE ON McEWAN ST.
This week the Clare Auto Parts CO,,
under the management'of Lyle Chapman and Frank Haynak, opened a)
new store on McEwan Street in the
building formerly occupied by the
Ogle restaurant.
They will carry a full line of auto
accessories for every kind of car, together with a complete assortment of
Firestone tires and tubes, and batteries.
The company will continue to operate its used car parts, etc., in the
building near the trailer plant, which
was their former location.
The announcement of opening and
invitation to the public will be found
on another page of this issue.
MICHIGAN BELL
GIVES EXTENSION
ON DISTANCE RATES
Changes Became Effective January 15th on Station-to-
Station Calls
Extension to all flay Sunday of the
same reduced rates which have been
in effect on long distance station-to-
station telephone calls after 7 o'clock
each night, and the establishment of
reduced rates every night and Sunday on person-to-person calls, became
effective January 15. These changes
.tip will mean a large annual saving to
T Michigan telephone Users, according
to T. C. Maher, manager here for the
Michigan Bell Telephone Company.
This additional discount in rates,
which affect most calls between
points on which the present station-
to-station day rate is more than 35
cents,is the sixth major long distance,
telephone rate reduction otfered by
the Bell System since October 1926.
This also is the flrst time that discounted rates have been offered on
station-to-station day long distance
Calls on Sunday and the flrst that discounts ever have been established for
person-to-person calls for any period.
A person-to-person long distance call
is one on which the operator is requested to locate a particular person
at the distant telephone, while a sta*
tion-to-station call is one made to a
telephone by number rather than to
? some person in particular. A static/a-
to-statlon call requires less time for
making the connection than does a
person-to-person call and therefore
the rate is considerably less.
As an instance of the savings made
possible under the new schedule
Manager Maher says that the day
person-torperson rate from Clare to
Detroit heretofore has been ?1.16 at
all times. Now the "same call can be
made nights and Sundays' for 76c, a
savings of 40C      -
The weelc end discounts" period on
both types of,long' distance calls will
ftixtend from 7, o'clock Saturday nights
Apntil 4:30 ot'clock Monday1 mornings.
DONALD HOLBROOK
REELECTED PRESIDENT^. OF C.
Meeting Held Tuesday  at
Hotel Doherty and Yearly Reports Read
The Clare Chamber of Commerce*
met at the Hotel Doherty Tuesday
evening, January 21. President Donald Holbrook presided over the meeting.
Prior to the dinner Rev. Geo. P.
Stanford offered an invocation.
As this was the annual meeting a
very limited program had been ar?
ranged, Rev, Albert Dawe gave a
brief impromptu talk in memory of
the death of King George the Fifth'
of England Representative Miles
Callaghan also made a few remarks
stressing the value of friendship between England and the United States
of America. Both talks were well received. '
Superintendent E. D, Kennedy reported there were a number of scholars from the country desired homes
in the city to enable them to complete their High school course, who
were willing to do housework for the
same.
Wm. Caple was called upon to report upon the new post office site.
This being the annual meeting reports were read and officers elected
for the year 1936.
Secretary Wylie's report was read
by Rev. Albert Dawe. Treasurer O.
D. Bayes also read his report, both
being adopted as read.
Officers elected:
President, Attorney Donald Holbrook.
Vice President, Geo. White.
Secretary, Rev  Albert Dawe.
Treasurer, O. D. Bayes.
Directors for the term of 3 years,
M. B. Gallagher, James Bicknell, and
Lance Thayer.
Chairman of the membership com-
mitttee, Ed. G. Johnston.
Ted Bowler was elected chairman
of the Clare Centenary celebrations
which we hope to put on this year.
There being no further business the
meeting adjourned.
CURE COUNTY ECONOMIC
LEADERS MET JANUARY 14
FOR THEIR THIRD LESSON
On account of bad roads several
leaders were absent at the meeting
held at the Clare high school January 14th. A review of the last lesson
was given in the morning, and then
the new lesson, "Making the old
kitchen new," was given. We learned that a great many conveniences
could be made at home: knife racks,
serving tables, drop leaf to have more
space, shelves, towel racks, etc.
Miss Julia Pond had an interesting
display of small kitchen utensils and
went very thoroughly into the subject of making and durability regarding each.
Each leader brought the most used
and the least used kitchen utensil she
had and it caused a lot of merriment
as some used the utensils most that
some others used least.
We studied the .cost and efficiency
of kitchen sinks, kettles and saucepans, Dutch ovens, waterless cookers
and pressure cookers, coffee and tea
pots, roasting pans, cake and muffin pans, biscuit and cookie she.etq
and baking dishes, egg beaters, can
openers, knife sharpeners, food scales
and graters.
It was an extremely interesting
lesBon. We are to take to the next
meeting which is February 25th, a
knife rack, a drawer we have rearranged or partitioned or a drawing
of same, or a drawing of a cupboard
we have remodeled.
Gertrude Baluss, Sec.
ZENOBIA CHAPTER
PLAN SCHOOL OF
INSTRUCTION TODAY
Evening Session With Initiation Will Also Be Outstanding Event
Zenobia Chapter No. 129, Order of
the Eastern Star, has completed all
arrangments for the School of Instruction, Initiation and Presentation
of Life Certificates to be held in the
local Chapter room this afternoon
and evening.
Grand Treasurer Gertrude Lewis of
Ashley, who will conduct the School
of Instruction, has informed local
Chapter officials that she will arrive before three o'clock, the hour
set for the affair to commence, either
by automobile or train depending upon the condition of the roads.
It is expected that a number of
members from each of the neighboring Chapters will be present, either
for the afternoon, the evening or
both.
Following the School of Instruction
time will be taken out for supper
after which the Chapter will convene
in special session starting at seven-
thirty o'clock. At this time it is expected that four candidates, recently
voted upon favorably, will be initiated into membership in Zenobia Chapter.
Following the Initiation, Life Certificates will( be presented to Anna
E, Mussell and Mary Cole, making
these two ladies life members of
Zenobia Chapter.
Refreshments in the dining room
Will follow the Chapter meeting; a'
special committee has been appointed
in charge of this part of the program.
PHILLIP VanCONANT
SUCCUMBS AT AGE
OF NINETY-SIX
Deceased Numbered Among
Few Nonagenarians In
This Community
Phillip Van Conant was born in
Prince Edward County, Canada May
29, 1839, son of Lester and Sarah
VanConant.
He was united in marriage to Miss
Almeda Lyons on February 20, 1868
at Owesgo, New York. They came to
Michigan in September the same year
and settled on a farm in Macomb
•County where they lived until coming
■to Clare County in April 1878, making
the same farm their home for 56
years. In January 1934 awing to ill
health, they gave up their home to
reside with their daughter, when
death called him January 16, 1936.
Besides his faithful wife he is survived by a son, Edward VanConant
and a daughter, Mrs. George Dennis,
both of Vernon, four granddaughters,
• Mrs. Ellen Henderson, of Vernon, Mrs.
Grace Ackerman, of Clare, Mrs. Ruth
Miller, of Farwell, an'd Mrs. Gertrude
Marshall, of Pontiac, eleven great
grand children and two great great
grandchildren.
He was a loving husband and father andjvill be greatly missed by the
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Tri" County
Health Unit
Activities
THE EXHAUSTED CHILD
Exhaustion and its effects on children have been occupying! the attention of investigators for some years,
and it is their opinion that the exhausted child is a far commoner
phenomenon than it used to be, and
that the condition is most insufficiently recognized by the profession, by
parents, and those to whom we entrust our children for education and
up-bringing.
It is, the condition' which shows
well-marked physical signs which depend upon the general muscular condition both of the voluntary and involuntary muscles. The most obvious
sign is that stance which is best described as "the child standing over itself." In fact, the child maintains its
upright position by the bony ligamentous system rather than by muscular
action. In advanced cases the face
is expressionless, though grimacing is
not uncommon in slight cases, The
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MRS. WM. GARCHOW
GIVESBIBLICALPAPER
BEFORE CLUB TUES.
The  Cultural Value  of  a
Thorough Knowledge of
the Bible, is Topic
The club's name "Good Literature"
clothed itself in vesture of purple and
gold through the splendid thesis on,
"The Cultural Value of a Thorough
Knowledge of the Bible" prepared
and delivered by Mrs. Leah Garchow,
Tuesday evening before an intensely
interested group gathered at Mrs.
Anna Northon's cheerful home.
That this subject of such broad
scope was handled in such a capable
manner proves the scource beneath
the surface as a well spring of
thought, study, knowledge" and imj
plicit faith in her subject of presentation.
Defining culture as growth and progress in character she set forth the
two aspects of cultural life as the
personal and the social. Centering
the cultural progress of the individual
in the moral, aesthetic, and spiritual
appreciation of values.
From the moral standpoint goodness is paramount and consists of
tnose virtues which are the result of
rigorous discipline and self correction; virtues of humility, kindness,
diligence, justice, cheerfulness, and
all which adorn and grace the human
personality and make each of us
more agreeable and attractive to live
with.
The motive for being good classified under definite heads: physical,
legal, social sanction, or in language
of the day—popularity, placing the
highest sanction of the good life as
reverence and love for the attain-
iment, separately expounded. >
The Bible is the one book which
portrays men as they are . . . the
deceitfulness, jealousy and hateful
plotting of the brothers of Joseph in
not hidden, neither in the weakness
of 'Moses as he deals with the Isrel-
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CLARE IRISH
FEATED IN GAMES
OF PAST WEEK
Second Team Suffers First
Defeat of the Season at
Lake City
Last Friday Clare met with an exciting but fatal end in its games of
basket ball at Lake City,
Clare grabbed the lead in the firsty
quarter and kept the Lake City fans
worried, for at quarter time the score
stood 6 to 0 in the Clare boys favor.
Coming back in the second quarter
with a rally of 15 points mixed up
with some hazy shooting, Lake City
led in the half by the score of 15 to 8.
The game was rough and fast, for,
one player on the green, wave was
taken out on fouls in the third quarters. The Clare boys kept even with
the "Huskies" throughout the rest of
the game, but could not overcome the
15 points advantage and the game
ended with the score 30-15 with Lake
City on top.
The second team met its Waterloo
for the first time this season. Playing
against a team much larger than
themselves, they played a fine game
and should be complimented on theiif
fine handling of the ball, staging i'
last minute rally the boys piled up 8
points but lacked the time to keep
going, as the game ended 24-20 with
Lake City winning by four points.
Tuesday evening tbe boys traveled
to Midland to play strong teams from
the Chemical City. The outcome was
a 39-12 defeat for the first team and
27-11 for the second.
Reed City from the west comes
here tonight and a hard even struggle
is expected. Tuesday night also
gives the local fans another game
when Midland comes to score against
the Clare Irish.
FOUR MEXICANS ARE
ARRESTED ON SHOPLIFTING CHARGE MON.
$75.00 Worth of Merchandise Taken From Local
Store
Four Mexicans, a husband and wife
and a brother and sister were arrested at Mt Pleasant Monday, charged
with shoplifting in Clare and Mt.
Pleasant stores, Sheriff Howard
Kennedy quoted the four as admitting the charges   and   saying   they
were trying to raise money to return
to their former homes in Mexico. It
is said that over ?300 worth of merchandise was recovered.
In Clare about $75.00 worth of merchandise was taken from the J. J.
Green store last week, when three
women and two men entered about
noon, when only one clerk was on
duty and he was busy in the back
part of the store. The women are
said to.have worn, large shawls, which
would make it easy for them to conceal the goods.
According to reports all four have
been bound over to the next term of
Circuit court,
The Michigan Liquor Control Act
and Proposed Legislative Remedies
CONSUMERS POWER USERS
For prompt and courteous service,
pay your light nnd power bills at th&
Citizens - State Bank.
By Rep. M. M. Callaghan
Clare-Osceola   District
The Liquor Control Act passed by
the Legislature in 1933 is now about
two years old and like any new piece
of legislation this measure has developed some weak or bad features
and under the powers granted the
State Liquor Control Commission an
attempt is being made to correct
some of the excesses and abuses in
the traffic.
We had gone through a period of
about fifteen years of prohibition in
Michigan and whether or not prohibition of the sale of intoxicating
liquors in Michigan is right or wrong,
is not a subject for discussion now.
What I am goingr to discuss in this
message to you reader is how the
Michigan Liquor Commission is set
up so that the Act may be studied
and the next Legislature Or future
ones make changes ,that will he more
satisfactory.'
Keep this In mind, that the Legislature of 1933.simply carried put a
mandate from the people in the election of 1932.
In the election in November, 1916
the People ot Michigan adopted an
amendment to, the Constitution of
the State prohibiting the sale of in*
toxicatlhgf; liquors for beverage pur.
poses 'by< a* vote of- 353,378    against
284,754, so for a period of about sixteen years we had State probition in
Michigan,    but    when    1932    rolled
around the people seemed to be dissatisfied with the condition and    by
petition of the required number    of
persons a new amendment was adopted to be known as Section 11,    replacing the old    Section.    The    new
bectioin reads as follows:
LIQUOR CONTROL COMMISSION,
•   EXCISE TAX, Section 11
Article XVI
Section 11. The legislature may by
law establish a liquor control com-
mission, who, subject to statutory
limitation, shall exercise complete
control of the alcoholic beverage
traffic within this State, including
the retail sales thereof; and the legislature may also provide tpr an. excise
tax on such salesi Providing,- however, that neither the legislature nor
such commission may authorize the
manufacture or Bale of alcoholic
beverages in any county in which the
electors thereof, by a majority vo.te,
shall prohibit the same.
This amendment was adopted by
this following vote. For, 1,022,608?
against, 475,265. A majority of more
than two to one and an exceptionally
large vote.   .
It will be observed that this amendment ta the    Constitution   provided
for the establishing of a Liquor Control Commission who would have
complete control of the alcoholic bev»
erage traffic within the State except that it reserved to the County
the right to prohibit the sale of
alcoholic beverages within its borders. This is what we call "local
option." The Legislature of 1933 did
set Up a Liquor Control Commission,
a large one composed of one member
from each Congressional District besides Some State officials and the
first Act provided for only the sale of
beer for the reason that the Federal
Prohibition Act was still on the books
but-at a later session of the Legislature of 1933 a new Commission .was;
set up composed of five members, three
to be appointed by the Governor together with the: Secretary of State
and the Governor himself.to be ex^
officio ahd by that time the Federal
Government had repealed the old Act
and enacted a new federal law and
ithe new Commission of five members
under the amended law were given
authority and directed to enter into
the sale Ojf so-called "spirits*'' (as well
as beer), which we commonly call
whiskey, brandy, gin, etc. and wine
containing more than sixteen jjer.
Cent alcohol. ;
This Commission was appointed by
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NOTICE TO FARM OWNERS
IN PROPOSED FOREST AREA
The AuSable Project Branch of the
Rural Resettlement Administration
which is operating in the northern
part of Clare County in an effort to
resettle farm families who are in tho
proposed forest area, and which has
its headquarters at Grayling, invites
all land owners who have good farms
to sell to the United States government for resettling purposes to get
their offers into the. Grayling office
by February 1st, 1936,
Offers for the sale of the farms
will be.taken at the local Resettlement office in Harrison. This office
does not resume any responsibility
except that it will forward the properly executed offers to Mr. H. A.
Fick, in charge of the AuSable project.
Herman G. Walt
Resettlement Supervisor, Clare Co.
STUDY CLUB MEET
TUES. AFTERNOON
AT THROOP HOME
Review   of   Phillip   Gibb's
Popular Book Given by
Mrs, Elden
The Clare Study Club met Tuesday
ifor their regular meeting in the
pleasant home of Mrs. E. A, Throop.
During the business session presided,
over by the president, Mrs. Fleming,
topics of vital civic interest were
discussed and voted upon. A committee of four was named by the president to act as advisory board with
a leader for the re-organization of a
Girl Scout Troop. Mrs. DslZell was
voted a new member, with a hearty
welcome.
The meeting was then turned over
to the program of the afternoon, £•
book-review by Adelaide Elden. She
chose to review "The Cross of Peace"
by Sir Philip Gibbs, an intensely interesting as well as highly educational book.
The New York Herald-Tribune
makes the following comment on this
book:
"The story is written openly as a
vehicle for the author's passionate belief in the futility and madness oi
war, but it is pleading on the basis
of actual experience, objectively considered: no sentimental parade of vice
and virtue, but an intelligent man's
statement of his way out of the impasse in which victors and vanquished alike must perish. Written in the
midst of current conflicts and alarms,
it Is a temperate and revealing commentary on. the news that meets us
daily in the headlines from London,
•Paris and Berlin."
The sixteen members who faced
the storm to get to club felt the afternoon very well spent.
We meet February 4th with Mrs. A.
Wylie. Topic, "Indian Study," Ethel
Schlegel Chairman.
RAYMOND MOLINE TO
REPRESENT FIRM ON
TOUR OF SEVERAL PLANTS
Raymond Moline, manager of the
wholesale, and assistant manager of
the retail departments of the Farm
Bureau Services Inc., of Lansing, is
leaving January 27th for an extended
tour of the various plants which
manufacture the products that the
Services  handle.
He visits the Westinghouse Electric
Co. at Mansfield, Ohio; and the Tennessee Corporation of Lockland, Ohio,
where the Farm Bureau fertilizers
are made. From there he will attend
the annual school of B. F. Avery and
Sons Co. of Louisville, Ky,, where the
Coop. Machinery is manufactured for
the Michigan State Farm Bureau.
On the return trip he will visit tlie
Farm Bureau Milling Co. at Chicago
Mr. Moline Is the son of Mr, and Mrs.
Vern Moline of this community, and
his friends here will be pleased to
iearn of his splendid progress.
IDEAL THEATRE TO
SPONSOR AMATEURS
Amateur entertainers are to be
given an opportunity to'display their
talents on the Ideal Theatrfe stage.
This feature, which is to be a regular Friday nlghij attraction starting
January 31st will be Mown as "Major
Bowler and his Amateurs," private
auditions are being arranged, all
amateurs are requested tot turn to
the classified adv. on page eight for
further particulars.
In addition to the cash prizes that
are being offered to the winner o?
each unit, there is to he a Grand
prize to the best act of the, series,
and arrangements are being! made for
the winner to appear on Detroit
stages*
SNOW REMOVAL
PROBLEM ISSUE
OF DEEPC0NCERN
Undoubtedly WillbeTbrash*
ed Out by Next Session
of Legislature
Indications today point to the probability that the question of using
state funds for local snow removal
purposes will be an issue in the next
session of the legislature.
The issue was initiated last week
(Jan. 7) when a delegation representing the 15 counties of the Upper Peninsula and 34 counties in the northern
part of the lower peninsula made an
unsuccessful appeal for an emergency
appropriation of $600,000 to remove
snaw off non-trunkhne highways. Of
this amount, $250,000 was asked by
the Upper Peninsula.
In laying its appeal before the high-.
way committee of the state administrative board, the delegation suggested that a portion of the sales tax
levied on gasoline sales to be used to
solve the snow-removal problem. The
delegation claimed that the allocations of northern counties from the
$4,000,000 McNitt Law fund is insufficient to meet additional maintenance
burdens and snow removal costs involved in the absorption of township
roads by the counties. The delegation
specifically opposed any further drain
on state highways revenues to meet
the issue.
Murray D. VanWagoner, state highway commissioner, endorsed the principle of using the gasoline sale tax.
revenue for snow removal although
he pointed out legislation would ba
required for this reform. He , said
that sales tax revenues not only front
gasoline but all highways equipment
and accessories including automobiles
should be used for I'oad purposes.
"There is a national trend to use
highway revenues tcp highway purposes," the commissioner said. "You
may expect that the state highway
department will have some recom-"
mendations to make along this line
at the next session of the legislature."
The state highway department is
removing snow from 8,807 miles of
trunkline highways this'winter. This
is 93 per cent of the entire trunkline
mileage. The snow removal program
on trunkline highways cost $756,823
during the winter of 1934-1935 inclu*
ing $497,610 in the lower peninsula.
GASOLINE AND WEIGHT
TAX RETURNS $85,488.78
TO CLARE COPNTY !N '35
Final Payment   Released   Last
Week to Help Finance
Snow Removal
Michigan counties during 1935 received a total of $21,639,248 from
State Highway Department revenues
derived from the gasoline and'
weight taxes.
Compilations announced by State
Highway Commissioner Murray D.
VahWagoner reveal that the amount
returned during the past year is the
largest in Michigan's history. . The
previous high was recorded in 1933
when counties received $20,045,348.
This was before the 3 per cent reduction :n the -svefght tax had taken effect.
Over the- last ten years, returns to
the counties from state highway revenues have increased approximately
3 1-2 times. In 1926 a lump sum of
$6,000,000 was returned from the
weight tax. In 1927 the legislature
passed an act requiring the return of
/half the weight tax to the counties.
Revenues from this source increased;
steadily until 1932 when they began
to fall away due to the effect of ths
depression. The deficiency was more
than made up, however by the McNitt
Act which provided for payment to
the counties from the gasoline tax in
return for the taking over of township roads.
Although weight; tax revenues continued to decrease in 1933, the counties did not suffer for in that year
the legislature directed the depart
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MANY THANKS
The editor wishes to acknowledge,
with many thanks, the'receipt of a
box containing a fine assortment of
citrus fruit, oranges, tangerines, grape
fruit and minature oranges, Tuesday
morning from A. J. Doherty, who together with his wife and little son;
A. 3. Jr., are spending the winter a*
St. Petersburg, Florida.
The fruit made its trip from the
sunny clime to the rigid weather o£
•the north in excellent condition, not
one of the lot having been touched
by the cold, .
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