1936-10-09; Clare Sentinel

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Official   Paper   of
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Established 1878
GLARE MICHIGAN, FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 9, 1936
New Series Vol. 44, No. 52
UNG REPUBLICAN CLUB
SPONSORING RALLY AND
MUET NET WEDNESDAY
District and County Nominees to be Guests of
Honor
^'TPIans Made for Three Hundred
People at Clare Community
Building
' It is expected that one of the most
■ important political rallies ever to be
held in Clare county will take place
next Wednesday evening, October
14th in the auditorium of the Clare
Community building, commencing at
the hour of six-thirty o'clock. This
meeting is sponsored by the Clara
County Young Republican club and
every person in Clare county is invited to attend whether or not he or
she may be affiliated with the Republican party.
At this time Hon. Roy O. Woodruff
of Bay City, Congressman from the
Tenth district of Michigan, will be
the principal speaker and will deliv-"*
er an address of interest to everyone present. Hon. Miles M. Callaghan, of Reed City, candidate for State
Senator, and Hon. Bernie Hampton*
Of Harrison, candidate for state
Representative, also Senator Ben
Carpenter will be present, and these
four together with all Republican
nominees for county offices, will be
the honored guests.
This affair will commence with a
banquet, the charge of which will be
only fifty cents, and followed by the
address of the evening. Plans to
seat 300 people have been made and
already reservations from all parts of
the county have commenced to arrive.
The Clare County Young Republican club has recently been organized
with the following officers elected:
President, Donald E. Holbrook, of
Clare.
Vice Presidents, Don Luce, Farwell,
and Helen Hether, Francis Thomas,
Harrison.,
Secretary,* John Davy, Clare.
Treasurer, Cecil Davison.
The ticket committee in charge of
the banquet consists of Don Luce, of
Farwell; John Kemmis, Harrison;
. Mark Bicknell, Mrs. Mabel Mulder
and Mrs. Adelaide Wylie, Clare. All
who desire to attend are requested to
get in touch with these people at;
once so that proper provision for your
attendance may be made. The Club
must notify the Barnes Cafe, who are
acting as caterers of the number of
reservations by Monday night, so that
the exact number of plates will be
available^
This affair will be unusual, both
for the fine banquet and for the excellent program afterwards and no
one residing in Clare county can afford to be absent.
CLARE ELEVATOR CO.
ANNOUNCES SECOND
'     ANNUAL CELEBRATION
Event to Be Held This Year on
Saturday, October 10th.
Community Invited
The Clare Elevator Co., this week
announces in another column of this
issue the completion of its second
year of successful business in this,
city.
In keeping their .established policy
they will tender their second annual
celebration on Saturday, October 10th,
at which time they will hold an open
bouse during the afternoon. Useful
souvenirs will be given to the ladies
and a grand prize is to be offered at
this time.
Representatives from the Johns-
Manville Co., manufacturers of all
kinds of building materials, and other
companies which the local company
represents, have promised to be present for the event and in case you are
planning any future needs, will be
glad to assist you in any way.
The complete announcement will be
found on .page nine.
CLARE CO. DEMOCRATIC
WOMEN'S CLUB MEET
AT DOHERTY HOME
Mr. and Mrs, John Doherty opened-
their home last evening to about
fifty of the Clare County Democratic
women. The leaders of this club are
very happy over the reports of our
accomplishments in the short time we
have been organized. But we must
keep alert be always ready to correct
the false statements made in a spirit
of unkind criticism. County chairman
Sanderson was present and gave us
many points to . consider along that
line.
President Estella Artibee read an,
advertisement of Crowley Milners
Detroit, clipping from the Detroit
News of Jan. 3rd, 1934, in which they
asked that we all pause and pay tribute to Franklin Delano Roosevelt for
the aid he had given to business in its
efforts to "come back." Lets us not-
forget, as "Big Business'' has, the
benefits we have received.
There will be an open meeting in
the Odd Fellows Hall, at Farwell
Thursday evening, October 15. Everyone is invited regardless of political
affiliations. A. H.
LEAR J. DOHERTY
INSTALLS OFFICERS
AT POSTJEETING
Comrmtttees Appointed and
Great Plans Made by
Veterans for 1937
MISS DITTMAR TO
SPEAK BEFORE CLUB
TUESDAY EVENING
The Clare Good Literature club will
meet Tuesday night October 13, at the
home of Mrs. Marian Wagner on W>
7th St., at 7:45. The topic for the.
meeting is Modern Poets.
There will be a treat in store for
each one in'the talk by Catherine Dittmar. She lived in London seven
weeks the past summer and traveled
In Denmark, Norway and Sweden,
Monday evening, October Fifth,
Walter H. Larman Post No. 128 held
an important, meeting in the,* Glare
Community Building. At this time the
Officers for 1937 were Installed into
their respective offices by District
Committeeman Lear J. Doherty oi
Coleman.
Following the opening of the Pos*
meeting in regular form and in accordance with the Post ritual, Commander Walker turned the meeting
over to the District Committeeman
who proceeded with the Installation.
The Officers were then Installed,
commencing with the Sargeant-at-
Arms and concluding with the Commander, as follows:
Sargeant-at-Arms. William D. Harger.
Chaplain, Rev. George P. Stanford.
Finance Officer, Omer Parent.
Adjutant, Kyle L. McKinnon.
Acting Junior "Vice Commander,
Alexander E. Wylie.
Acting Junior Vice Commander, Leo
E. Oden.
Junior Past Commander, Jay O.
Bellinger.
Commander, Conrad Walker.
Two of the officers were unable to
be present and they were installed by
proxy. The two men acting in the
stations were requested by the District Committeeman to pass on their
respective charges to the men whose
places they filled in order that the
two officers regularly .elected might
properly assume their stations.
The complete list of Officers for
1937 is as follows:
Commander, Conrad Walker.
Senior Vice Commander, N. L. Tibbils.
Junior Vice Commander, Robert
Brown.
Adjutant, Kyle L. McKinnon.
Finance Officer, Omer Parent.
■Chaplain, Rev. George P. Stanford,
Sargeant-at-Arms, William D. Harger.
Executive Committee members for
1937 are as follows; Jay O. Bellinger,
Conrad Walker, N. L. Tibbils, Roberts
Brown, Kyle L. McKinnon, Arthur J>
Morgan, and Arleigh E. Gorr, The
committee commenced its work with
last Monday eyening.
There Was one other Officer chosen
at the annual meeting when the elections were held, that of Liason Officer at Gamp Temple. Eugene Gar-
nett was chosen to act in this capacity and has since fulfilled his duties*.
However as Camp Temple is no longer a Veterans Camp and as all tho
former enrolleps were moved out last
week no duties remain in this con*
nection.
Following the Installation Committeeman Doherty delivered a fine address  on the  subject  of "American-
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CLARE CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE AT HOTEL
DOHERTY MONDAY EYE.
The first fall meeting of the Clare
Chamber of Commerce will be held
at the Hotel Doherty on Monday evening October 12th, 1936.
The meeting will be preceded by a
banquet taking place at 6:30 p. my
Mr. C. W. Lucas of the Michigan
State Highway Department will be
the principal speaker of the evening,
and will talk about the monitary
status of the Highway Department
and will show the highway talking
picture which deals with the recently completed projects. This picture
has been show at many banquets and
meeting among which was the Northern Michigan Road Commission recently held at Clare. This picture re-,
ceived considerable favorable comment and it is believed that all who
attend will enjoy this entertainment.
CLARE FOOTBALL
TEAM REGAIN
SCHOOL GOAT
Green and White Were Victors Over St.  Louis
Here Friday
Friday morning our high school
was a scene of much excitment. Posters, signs, and banners were being
made because "Our Goat" was coming home from St. Louis.
The goat has b^en a symbol oi,
rivalship between the, two schools for
two years and the Clare boys were
out to get it back.
At the start of -Jie game Captain
Anderson won the toss and d* eided
to kick off. Harriger booted the
ball to the twenty and St. Louis carried it back to the twenty-three. On
fourth down St. Louis go off a bad
kick which rolled out of bounds on
their own 30 yard line. On a series of
running plays Clare took the ball to
the fifteen yard line. Maxwell then
substituted for Kleiner at right end.
-Sanford then threw into the waiting
hands of Neil Maxwell for a touchdown. Anderson caught a pass for the
extra point.
As they lined up again for the kick-
off Kleiner replaced Maxwell, St.
Louis made three successive first
downs being stopped on Clare's
twenty yard line. As the quarter ended. Taking the ball on their own
twenty Clare started another drive
toward their goal. Bell made two
sensational runs for a gain of fifty
yards with the help of excellent
blocking by his teammates. Sanford.
then picked up 30 yards on three
(Continue-, on _*age Ten)
PREPARE FOR COLD WEATHER
We have just received a line of
Winter auto supplies. See us before
you buy.   Clare Auto Parts.
MAGICIAN TO GIVE
PERFORMANCE IN
SCHOOL AUDITORIUM
Entertainment    Sponsored   b y
Athletic ^Association Thursday Evening
US-10 DELEGATION
ASSURED OF FURTHER
ROAD CONSTRUCTION
Paving of 8.3 Miles Connecting US-10 and M-66
First on,Program
A Western-Michigan delegation had
laid before them Monday an outline of
Highway Comntis_ioner Murray D.
Van Wagoner's construction plans on
US-10 in that section of the state.
The 4p-member 'delegation conferred Monday with Yarnum B. Stein-
baugh, deputy co-fmissioner and road
engineer. C. L..„|*ind, ]6t Ludington,
president of the £JS-10 highway Association, was^.theV-Hpokasman for the
delegation. ?
After explaining the restircted
state- funds available for construction,
Steinbaugh told the delegation tha$
Commissioner Van- Wagoner planned
improvements on each future cont
stVuction program- on US-10. The
first objective, heHsaid, will be tho
paving of 8.3 miles northwest of Far-
well to the. intersection of M-66. This
stretch is now beifag graded on a cooperative program with the WorJ*>n
Progress Administration.
Present plans, according to Stein,
baugh, call for the" surfacing of the
stretch east of ScottviHe to the intersection with M-37 with bituminous!
concrete. The deputy commissioner
pointed out that the section west of
Evart to M-37 has -,&. number of poor
alignments necessitating several relocations. This section, he said, will
be improved last.
Steinbaugh said that the U. S.
Bureau of Public Roads is "not satisfied" with the routing of US-31 in
Mason County and "May insist" that
improvement be ma;de on that route.
"In that event," he said, "naturally the
allocation of funds for US-10 in that
immediate area would be affected.
The deputy commissioner pointed
out to the delegation, that theree-flfths
of all state highways revenues are returned to the countiies and that tho
balance is so largely obligated by
statute th>t less .thl'a,*.t'S,50.QrQ00. a year
has been available for. construction.
This has been used to match Federal
Aid money, he said.
The people of Clare are to be favored by Marquis, popular American
magician who will give an entertainment in the high school auditorium
on the evening of October 15. Tho
program will start promptly at 8:00
and will contain two solid hours
packed with plenty of thrills and fun
for everyone.
Marquis says "two hours to see, a
lifetime to remember." If you have
never seen real acts of magic this wil)
be a great opportunity. If you think
you cannot be fooled, come and see
Marquis in these acts which have
baffled thousands.
In this entertainment you will see
the Oriental nautch girl float through
the air upon the behest of Marquis
who reproduces the miracle exactly
as he saw it presented in Hyderbad.
There will be amazing transpositions
of human beings, together with
blindfold tricks which will capture
the undivided interest of every person.
In addition to the multitude Of other
acts there will be one which is in itself worth double the price of admission. This will be a trip through a
modern "Spookeasy" where gbfoBts
walk and spooks talk. The "Spook-
easy" is similiar to a "speakeasy,"
only in the number of pink elephants,
purple rabbits and other apparitions
to be conjured therein. Marquis
promises to give a part of the seance
of the anti-spiritualistic phenonomena
which he presented in New York last
spring.
The admission price will be twenty-
fiVe cents to all. Tickets may ■ be
secured at tho Clare Drug Company.
The proceeds will be used by the
Athletic Association in the purchase
of basketball equipment.
GOV. FITZGERALD
TO SPEAK HERE
SAT.,W10BER 24
Republican   Banquet   and
Rally Now Being Planned
for Clare
Announcement was made Thursday
that Governor Frank Fitzgerald had
been secured to speak at a Republican banquet and rally to be held in
Clare on Saturday, October 24th.
The banquet is scheduled to be held
at the Hotel Doherty in the evening,
while the rally will be held at the
city hall immediately following.
Details of the event will be published next week. In the meantime, plan
to hold this date open. Advance
tickets can be secured from the committee.
OIL NEWS
VERNON  FIELD
The Currie well; one mile south and
three west pf Clare, has, reached' a
depth of 3800 feet with all formations
appearing normal. It is expected the
Dundee will be reached the first of
next week near a depth of 3920.
The derrick on the Stewart Beatty
well on the east side of section 21,
has been skidded fifteen feet to the
south since last week, when the drive
pipe collapsed. The new pipe is now
down to a depth of 300 feet.
The Fetters No. 1 well on the north.
w,est 1-4 of section 23 is now down
800 feet.
The drill on the Earl Beatty well on
the northeast 1-4 of section 22 is now
working below 1325 feet.
Equipment is being hauled in this
week for a well on the Marseilles
farm, thijee miles south and 1-2 east o»
Clare, section 23.
SEVERAL NEW
HOUSES BEING
BUILTJN CLARE
Demand for Locations Eased
by Erection of Modern
Dwellings
The City Council recently granted
several building permits for local people which will ease up the housing
question considerably in Clare. Fdr
years our city has been in dire need of
modern houses to accommodate the
families desiring to locate here.
Mrs. Winnie Tasker is erecting a
two story house on east Sixth having
engaged Lloyd Cole, of Mt. Pleasant,
as contractor. This is rapidly being
enclosed.
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Seeley have purchased the four building lots on Jackson street from Rev. and Mrs. E. T.
Smith and are erecting a house on
one location. We understand they
plan to complete two this fall. These
will be of the one-story type and ita
case of sale before completion they
will be finished to suit buyer. Bipen-
burg and Nass are the builders.
At the Oise Derby residence they
are converting their garage into a
four room apartment. Plumbers and
carpenters are busy making the rapid
change. We understand this location
has been leased.
Arthur Damoth has workmen bu^j'
on his location corner ot Jackson and
Sixth street where he will erect a
permanent dwelling.
E. H. STERNAMAN HONORED BY THE AMERICAN
PHOTOGRAPHERS ASS'N
Picture of Little Suzanna Irving
to be Exhibited All Over   «
the United States
E. H, Sternaman recently entered
prints in an exhibit contest sponsored
by the Photographers' Association of
America. The Association reserved
the right to retain for use in its loan
collections, its choice of any prints
entered. Mr. Sternaman was honored
by a letter stating that two of his
four entries were selected toi be hung
on exhibit, one being reserved for
loan collection.
He named his prize print, "Our Little Bit of Heaven," which is a very attractive photo of little Suzanna Irving,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew
Irving of this city.
The judges finally selected 'only
10% of the tojtal number of photographs submitted for the honor of being placed in the Loan Collections,
which will be exhibited by studios
and professional photographic associations all ojver the country.
Mr. Sternaman .will receive his original print, with seal and ribbon and
we are sure friends of little Miss
Suzanne join in congratulating she
and her proud parents, also E. H>
Sternaman for this honor of having
his work placed with the best in the
country.
FIRE CHIEF HALEY
TO INSPECT CITY
AS FIRE PREVENTION
State Requests All to Be Cautious in Order to Reduce
Losses
Fire chief Haley announces that the
annual fire inspection tour of the
city's business places will be made in
the near future. It is the aim of
chief Haley and his committee to prevent as near as possible, any fire disaster in the business district during
the coming fall and winter.
Last winter a number of families
in our adjacent communities suffered
loss of their entire household goods
and their homes by fire. Many times
this could be prevented if proper inspection and care is taken In the/
handling of fire equipment, and the
chimney and pipes cleaned before
steady fires are necessary.
Governor Frank D. Fitzgerald recently sent out a state wide request
that great precaution be taken to
lower the death rates by fire and fire,
losses in the state. To comply with
this issue property owners and ocj
cupants are requested to discover and
correct * existing fire hazards. Suggestions such as placing stoves and
furnace pipes far enough • into the
wali and woodwork to avoid overheating; cover nearest wooden surfaces with asbestos board, have furnaces inspected by one familiar with
these heating devices; inspect -where
stove pipes pass through walls or
floors, enclosing pipes with double-
walled thimbles; never pour kerosene
into a coal or wood stove, even if the
fire is out; put ashes in strong metal
container, and do not allow rubbish to
accumulate anywhere in the house or
building.
State Fire Marshall also asks that
all cooperate to reduce the heavy
toll of lives by fire and its heavy
property loss.
CONSUMERS POWER USERS
For prompt ana courteous service.
pay your light and power bills at the
Citizens State Bank.
IRWIN WELL BLOWS IN
MONDAY EVENING DURING ABSENCE OF DRILLERS
AUTO GOES ON RAMPAGE
ON EAST FIFTH STREET
LAST FRIDAY EVENING
A peculiar accident occurred last
Friday evening on east 5th street
when Miles Drallette of near Weidman parked his car pn the south side
of the street near* th. top of the hill
east of the creek, and walked across
the street in search of the Jos. Naum,
es residence.
Tb,e owner of the car had apparent,
ly not set the emergency brake and
the machine soon began backing down
the encline and the course it took
could hardly be equalled by an expert driver, Upon nearing the narrow bridge it swung across the roacj
to the north, passed a narrow open;
ing between the guardrail of the sidewalk and a post and dropped a distance of about eight feet to the bed
of the creek, coming to a stop rest-,
ing on the rear wheels.
The crash was heard by several
neighbors and upon seeing the position of the car their first thought wad
to. release the occupants, but their
fears were .arrested when it was
found that no one was in the machine.
But very slight damage was done
to one running board and it was?
necessary for the Clute wrecking company to lower the machine to the
level of the creek and drive it under
the bridge to the south where they
were able to raise it over the bank of
the creek.
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Oil  Contractors  Preparing
to Erect Derricks for
Four New Offsets
TAKING STEPS TO
KILL AMENDMENTS
TO CONSTITUTION
Dire Results Seen  If Proposals Carry at Novem-
/ ber Election
With the primaries out of the way,
the various interests are turning to
the November election, which this
year will be held on the third. Although a formal program has not been
laid out as yet, tentative plans for
fighting the proposed amendments to
the state constitution have been
made.
The two which are to be particularly fought involve a proposal to do
away with the sales tax on staple
food stuffs and toi abolish all property
tax even for local purposes.
The Michigan industrial conference
met recently in Lansing. This consists of representatives of farming,
educational, financial and industrial
interests. They all went on record as
being bitterly opposed to both proposals. They" felt that both the
schools and highways would be im7
periled by such movements. It is generally recognized that the counties
must have more mon,ey from some
source to properly take care of the
roads taken over from the townships
under the McNitt Act. Many townships were spending from ?20Q to $300
per mile for road repair and mainten*
anqe. Now they have less than
seventy for .he same job.
This means that nearly $S,O0Q,QOO
more will have to be found if the
roads are to be kept up as well as before. This must come either from the
sales tax or the property levy.
The governor favors still more aid
to many of" the local school districts.
This means that more money will be
necessary to meet the situation. This
can only comp from the sales tax and
liquor revenues. To take out all
taxes on food stuffs would seriously
decrease the income, is the view of
those who are fighting the plan.
Clark L, Boody of the Michigan
Farm Bureau was particularly outspoken on the situation. He showed
that farmers would be hurt very materially by such action. • One Would reduce outside income and the other
would block the only other source
from which the deficit could come.
M.s B. McPherson, chairman of the
state tax commission and president
Of the state supervisors association^
said that he believed that every supervisor in the state would oppose the
property tax amendment and that
moBt of them would oppose the other.
It is expected that all the powerful
influences which are primarily interested in education will unite on the
drive.
Three-quarters of Acre ILease
Brings  In 700 Barrel   ;,
Producer
The blowing-in of the Andrew Irwin
well four miles south of Clare Monday
night added another new hope to the
life of the Vernon oil field. For sev*
eral months drilling activities hava
been rather slow and in several weljs
the flow has receded to very small
quantities.
Dibble Brothers discontinued drilling on this well several weeks ago
pending arrival of five inch casing:
Monday when workmen resumed
action gas was struck about six
o'clock that evening. The well was
baled and work stopped, planning to
run casing the next morning. About
seven o'clock the gas pressure blew
the well in and oil went wild. Tho
baler which hung in the well was
blown out. State Police were on
gua'rd all night and the road east was
blocked off to avoid any mishap by
fire. The well is estimated at between 500 and 750 barrel, and'tank
cars are being used to care for the
overflow as the three emergency
tanks are too' small. The men have
removed all wood work from the derrick to avoid any fir.e hazard as it was
so completely soaked with oil. Just
whether the well will be drilled deeper remains to be determined.
This location is on a one-acre plot
formerly purchased by Elmer Bailey
from George House, who later sold it
to Leo Smock. When Mr. Irwin purchased it he tore the small house
standing square on the lot down and
rebuilt a residence and gas service-
station. After the present road loca>_
tions Were definitely' determined as to'
widths, this holding suffered the loss
of several rods making it now slightly
less than three-quarters of an acre*
Being in the center of the oil area
Dibble Brothers chanced the lease
which now warrants four offsets, that
of George House, and Icem Slentz on
the east side of US-27 and Louie
Thayer and Joseph Crowley to the
west. Space does not permit the company ample storage and sufficient
ground has been leased from Joseph
Crowley across US-27 for this purpose.
CLARE STUDY CLUB
MEMBERS ARE MAKING
STUDY OF CONSTITUTION
Interesting Meeting Held Tties*
day Afternoon at Home of
Mrs. J. B. Allen
Many bargains .are listed at the
Rexall store One-cent sale for next
week.
The Clare Study Club met at the
home of Mrs. Allen Tuesday afternoon, to continue their study of "The
Constitution of the United States."
Mrs. Adelaide Elden, in her role of
general program chairman, gavei us a
splendid paper entitled "The Historical Back ground of the Constitution
of the United States." In part she
said: What is,a constitution? In the
American sense, it is primarily a
form of government which seeks to
distribute governmental powers in a
manner that is most conducive to the
public security and the common
weal. It not only creates the mechanics of government, but establishes
as a great ideal a system of fundamental principles which have been
tested by long experience and so have
a peculiar sanction. Mrs. Blden told
us what conditions the constitution
sought to remedy and under what conditions it was adopted. General discussion followed, however, Mrs,
Eldeu's assistants Mrs. Thurza Dawe,
Mrs. Nellie Feighner and Mrs. Creole
Dalzell led in these discussions telling us. of the. classes qf people that
Settled America from which countries
and what conditions of life they had,
come, and what they were really
seeking. Also the influence tha
Magna cliarta and the English common law had on the constitution.
. Mrs. Lowrey. played several selections for us from books entitled*
"Music from the days of George
Washington."
Our hostess served dainty refreshments aud club adjourned to meet in
two weeks at the home of Mrs. Josephine Jackson when the Board of
Education, teachers and husband^
will be our guests. Mrs. Mabel Mub
der and her assistants Mrs. Myra
Asline, Mrs. Margaret McKnight,' Mrs*
Norma Pratt have charge of the program, " The Constitutional Conven*
tion.