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Clare and Clare County
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Establiahed 1878
CLARE MICHIGAN, FRIDAY JV10RNING, OCTOBER 23, 1936
New Series Vol.45, No. 2
DISTRICT ASS'N
I.O.O.F. MEETING
HELD ATJRINTON
Atty. A. E. Wylie Elected
as President for Ensuing Year
The Glare-Isabella District Association of Oddfellow* and Rebekah
/Lodges, consisting of fourteen lodges
in seven communities within the two-
counties, held an important meeting
at Brinton on Thursday evening of
last week with a good sized crowd in
attendance. This was the first Association meeting held since last.
Spring and at this time the election o-j
.Officers for 1937 was held.
The meeting was opened and all
present sang, two verses of AmericE*,
after which- all present bowed their
heads and repeated the Lord's Prayer. The following program was then
held:
Address of Welcome, Edgar Roberts
of Brintonj
Response, Claud Anthony of Shepherd.
Reading,. Eunice Harkins of Mt.
Pleasant.
Reading, Rebecca Abbott of Clare.
Vocal Trio, Shepherd Representatives.
Vocal selections with guitar, Allison
Sisco of Brinton,
Reading, Blanche Roberts of Brinton.
Vocal solo, Frank White of Brinton.
Guitar vsolo, Allison Siscon of Brinton.
No place was set for the next meeting which will occur on Thursday
evening, November 19h, although the
Winn representatives indicated thai
they would like to have it in their
community. It is likely that the next
meeting will occur at Winn.
Following the program a pot luck
supper was held and after this the
delegates were called to Order for the
election of Officers and other business. Delegates from Clare Lodges
were Thom'as B. Abbott and Emm?
Youmans:
The election of officers resulted ii)
**t'_e"following selections:
President, Alexander E. Wylie of
Clare.   '*
Vice President, Jesse Lee of Brinton.
Secretary, Ashev D. Knight of Mt.
Pleasant.
In the election the 1936 Vice Presi
dent was advanced to the Presidency
and a new Vice President was selected both without opposition. The only
contest resulted in the balloting for
Secretary between Asher D. Knight oi
Mt. Pleasant, the 1936 President, anc"
Otis Tripp of Shepherd, the 193G
Secretary, the former receiving a
majority of the ballots cast.
Following the election the evening
was spent in music and dancing, both
round and square dances taking uf
. the attention of those present.
SUB-DISTRICT METHODIST
LEAGUE RALLY HAS LARGE
ATTENDANCE OCTOBER 12
The Subdistrict Rally of the Epworth Leagues of the Big Rapids District met with the Clare Epworth
League Monday, October 12th. One
hundred and twenty five young people were present representing the Mt.
Pleasant, Gladwin, Beaverton, Clare
Hope, Edenville, and Sanford Leagues,
* After an evening of games, a pot
luck supper was served which was
followed by a devotional address
"Do you Know Him?" by Rev. Wirth
Tenant of Crystal Valley and an address "Friends bf C&rist" by Rev-
Ray Norton of Marion.
The Subdistrict officers ot the, year
were elected and included President
Mfes Verona Bowers, 4th Vice President and Recreationl Leaders, Alonzo
Stanford, both of the Clare League.
GOVERNOR FRANK D.
FITZGERALD TO BE
SPEAKERJERE SAT.
People of Clare and Community Invited to Hear
Him Speak at City
Hall
Saturday evening the Clare County
Republican Committee will be hosts
to Governor Frank D. Fitzgerald and
his official party. They are expected
to arrive in Clare about five o'clock
and a banquet will be served at the
Hotel Doherty in their honor. This
occasion will be open to ticket sale
only.
Immediately following this function, the party will be escorted to th*;
Clare City Hall and Community building where a general broadcast will
take place at eight o'clock,
The Committee feel very fortunate
in being able to have Governor Fitzgerald come to Clare and this will
give every voter a privilege of hearing our chief executive expound facts
in regard to our state government
since he has.been at the helm.
CLUB ENTERTAINS
AT CONGREGATIONAL
CHDRCH TUESDAY
Seventy-five Gather for Evening
and Hear Splendid
Program
WALTER H. LARMAN POST
Last Monday night in the American
Legion rooms in the Clare Community Building Walter H. Larman Unit
No. 128, American Legion Auxiliary
held its Installation of Officers for
1937 under the direction of District
Committee-wfoman Leona Smith, of
Mio, who acted as Installing officer.
She -vjas assisted by. Past President
Blanche Walker, of Clare, who acted
as Installing Sergeant-at-Arms.
The_meeting was opened by President Hazel Hawkins, in accordance
with the form prescribed by the rit
ual, after which it was turned over
to the District Gommitteewoman and
the following officers* were then Installed:
President, Hazel Hawkins,
First Vice-President, Ruth Parent.
Secretary,  Belva Jackson.
Treasurer,  Elma. Clute,, .   ,
Historian, Geneva Willey,
Chaplain, Florence Stanford.
Two of th,e 1937 officers, Second
Vico President Minnie Manee and
Sergeant-at-Arms Margaret McKinnon
were unable to be- present and these
1937 officials will be installed at a
later date..
Following the Installation the Alternate . Committeewoman, Adelaide*
JWylie, on behalf of the Unit, presented the Installing Officer with a
beautiful gift from the local organization. The District Committeewomar.
responded appropriately and spoke
briefly concerning Auxiliary activities
for the coming year.
Following' the closing of the meeting . refreshments consisting of sandwiches, pumpkin pie and coffee were
served by the committee in charge.
CONSUMERS POWER USERS
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For prompt and courteous service.
pay your light and power bills at the
Citizens State Bank.   .
The Teachers, school Board, members of club and husbands to the
number of seventy-five were enjoy-
ably entertained at the Congregational church on Tuesday evening.
In a pleasing manner, the President Genevieve Fleming welcome"
the guests. She then turned the meeting over to the program chairman.
Louisa Bowler, who introduced the
male quartet from the Central State
Teachers College. Their numbers
were much enjoyed and they were encored many times.
After the music, the President introduced Mrs. Mulder, Chairman oi
the evening program. She and her
assistants, Myra Asline, • Margaret Mc-
Knight, and Norma Pratt read papers
and discussed questions concerning,
"The. Constitutional Convention."
After this part of the program, Mrs.
Mulder read an interesting speech
given by Abraham Lincoln in Michigan during his campaign.- By the
comments, which I have heard, I'm
sure that this part of the program
was much enjoyed, especially by the
gentlemen.
Again the quartet entertained with
some fine selections.     . *
After much visiting, "The Refreshment Committee" consisting oi
Marianne Wagner, Creole Dalzel assisted by Ruth Neff, called the
guests to tasty refreshments served
cafeteria style, from a table decorated
beautifully in honor of Hallowe'en;
with Josephine Jackson' acting as
hostess. '
Everyone present, seemed to leave
voicing the same sentiment, "An enjoyable evening."
An invitation was extended by the
Good Literature club, at this time to
meet with them at the school music
room next Tuesday evening at 7:45.
CHICKEN SUPPER
CLARE DEFEATED
IN SECOND CON
FERENCE GAME
Lake City Outskilled Fighting Irish. Shepherd Here
Monday
Clare's Fighting Irish were defeated by a superior and more rugged
Lake City High team last'Friday 19-6.
Clare, althougih outweighed considerably, held the powerful Lake City
team under control during the first
half, until Lake City scorde just before the half.
Clar,e- came out inspired in the second half, received the Icick off and
marched up the field on two well executed passes. from Sanford to M-axf
well and Bell, which took the ball tq
Lake City's one yard line from where)
Jiggs Top/} plunged over for th<:
touchdown. Sanford's try for Ui8 extra point was blocked.
From then on Lake City had the
upper hand on a series of powe?
plays through the center of Clare's
line, pushing across two touchdowns
Then with four minutes to play Clare
opened up with a barrage of passer
which completely swept Lake City
backward, until Clare reached thei:
opponents ten yard line and the gamev
ended 19-6—Kochie,
LOCAL MAN CLAIMS
TO HAVE BEEN WAY-
LAID AND BEATEN
Fred Smalley Has Badly Bruised
Face and Head as Result
of Experience
Fred Smalley,. of the first ward, is
recovering from several painful injuries about the head, which he claims
he received from an unidentified man
as he stepped from the rear door of a
local cafe last Saturday night.
In an interview with Mr. Smalley
he stated that he was sitting in the
back room Watching a pool game
wli(6U. he became ill. He was assisted,
to the door and left alone. "Upon
feeling better I turned to reenter the
building when I was met .by a blow on
the forehead and fell unconscious.
This was about 9:00 o'clock. About
two hours later, when I regained consciousness, I was lying lengthwise o'.
the wall at the rear of the building.
I reentered the cafe and when my
friends saw my condition I was taker
to the hospital, where it was found I
had received four distinct blows oil
the head. I lost two pocket books,
one containing about $4.00, the. other
having several old, but valuable coins
in it."
I did not recognize my assailant
but I have a good idea who he was."
County authorities investigated tht
case.
CHAMBERLAIN SINGERS
APPEARANCE ASSURED
PUBLIC SUNDAY EVE.
B. M. Nottage Also Coming for
Special Meeting at Baptist
Church
Due to a misunderstanding the audience at the Clare Baptist Church was
disappointed last Sunday evening ir*
not being able to hear the Indian
singfers as advertised, however personal contact has been made and al!
arrangements for this initial appearance of the excellent singers know aa
the Chamberlain Indian Choir is assured for next Sunday evening at 7:30 p
m. These singers will bring a mmv
ber of ■ selections which will be rendered in their own unique Way,
Other special features being announced as coming in the near future
are the special meetings beginning
November 9th with B. N.Mottage, of
Detroit and New York, as the speak*
er and later P. D. Kady the talented
artist and pastor of Flint.
At present Miss Evelyn Wingfield
id sponsoring special efforts being
made by' the Baptist young people
towards a consecrated life in the
present hour of compromise. She wil?
be addressing the young people again
next Sunday evening at 6*30 p. m.
LOCAL PEOPLE INJURED IN
AUTO WRECK NEAR LANSING LAST WEEK WED.
Mrs. M. R. Hewlett Jias been confined to her bed for"several days with
cuts and bruises; while. Mr. Howlett
is wearing two black eyes, a bruised
nose and body as tbe, result of an
auto wreck near Lansing last week
Wednesday ni-ghti _ . •'■- *! ,
Mrs. Howlett suffered a cut on each
leg, one taking four stitches to close
and the other five,. .She also has several painful bruises about the heac"
and body.
The accident Is - Said; to have happened - when Mr. Hewlett turned tp
the side of the road in order to prevent, crashing into anofher car, while
another .car coming frojn the opposite
direction crashed into them. Both arc
recovering nicely.
ODD FELLOWS AND
REBEKAHS ENJOY
ANNUAUESS1GN
Event  Held   at■„ Bay   City
Forepart of Week; Clare
Lodge Commended
The 92nd .Annual Session of the
Michigan Grand Lodge*; Independent
Order of Odd Fellows^and the 52nd
Annual Session of the Michigan Rebekah Assembly convened on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of this
week at Bay City under the leadership of the Grand Master, Supreme
Court Justice Edward M. Sharpe, o;
Bay -City, and ,Assembly President
Myrtle Page, of Lansing.
Delegates from the Clare Lodget
were Alexander E. Wylie and Rebecca
Abbott, while Ernest Tiedt and Crystal Walters were unofficially in attendance. Adelaide Wylie attende.
the public functions oh Tuesday evening including the banquet and Grand
Ball. William _ Oden, delegate from
the Farwell Lodge, accompanied the
Clare representatives.
Clare Lodge No. 333, I. O. O, F. was
commended by tbe. Grand Master in
his report for its- .w'orfc in community,
service, the work of the Lodge during
Christmas week and its donation each
year to the Clare School Milk Fund
securing it this recognition.
The local lodge was also recognized by the Grand Master by the ap,
pointment of its delegates to the important Judiciary Committee. The
duties of this Committee consist of
passing upon all decisions of the
Grand Master rendered during the
year and the formulating of legal
definitions upon particular problems
where no such definitions exist. Thiy
committee was in session during near-
ly the ^entire Grand Lodge session
and did not conclude its progran*
until late Wednesday.
The last item of business for each
organization was the Installing or
1937 officers including Grand Master
Andrew J. Brodie and Assembly
President Mabel Alexander, both o:
Detroit. The 1937 sessions will be
held at Pontiac.
ARTHUR RESIDENT
DIES AT FLINT
THURS. MORNING
Funeral of Mrs. Mary A.
Balsley to Be Held From
Brown Corners Church
Mrs. Mary A. Balsley, a resident oi
Arthur township for over 52 years
passed from this life at the home ol
her daughter, Mrs. Ina Elllthorpe, at
Flint Thursday morning, October 22,
at the age of 75 years.
Funeral services will be held from
the Brown Corner church at 1:00
ojclock Saturday afternoon October
24, Rev. Chas. Kleinhardt officiating
and interment made in the Cherry
Grove cemetery.
Following a lingering illness, Mrs.
Balsley went to live with her daughter at Flint about three months age
to receive medical treatment, bu';
gradually lost her strength until
death ended her sufferings.
Besides the husband the deceased
as survived by two daughters, Mrs.
Grace Myers,- of Columbus, Ohio,an6
Mrs. Ina Ellithprpe,' of Flint, three
sons, Wm. H. and Ray Balsley, of Detroit, and Jesse A. Balsley, of Flint
■together with 18 grandchildren, 4
great grandchildren, three sisters
three brothers and a host of friends
CLARE REPRESENTED
AT GRAND CHAPTER.
IN GRAND RAPIDS
Zenobia   Worthy   Matron   Appointed as Member of
Committee
A chicken supper will be served by
the Rosebush Presbyterian church
^Wednesday, October 28th, commencing at five o'clock.   50c and 25c.
FISH SUPPER
Tonight, October 23, chicken and
steak dinners Sunday. Rudy Tavern,
1 mile west of Clare.
GREENWOOD GRANGE PARTY
In fashion of- an old masquerade,
the Greenwood Grange are giving a
checker and pedro party, Friday nite
October 30 at Greenwood Townhall,
25c per couple.
Prize for the funniest dressed person. There will be games for young
and old.   A cordial invitation to all.
Pot luck lunch furnished by     the
members of Greenwood Grange.
Olive M. Light.
KIWANIS CLUB ENJOYS
TWO EXCELLENT TALKS AT
WEDNESDAY NIGHT MEET
A real treat awaited the Kiwanians
on Wednesday evening after partaking of one, of the famous "Doherty
dinners" when they were privileged
to hear two very talented speakers.
County Agent Paul Gibson, of Harrison, ahd Dr. "Massolink, "of Grand
Rapids.
Mr. Gibson, who was secured by
Albert Haley, gave a very complete
detailed talk on soil conservation.
This was much enjoyed by the
Kiwanians and several farmers, who
were guests.
Joe Grigware, Lieutenant governor-
elect, then introduced Dr. Masselink,
who has been a Kiwanian for the past
19 years. He gave one of the most in*
spiring and snappy talk's that the
club has heard this year.
Jim Goodnight, after being properly garbed, was then welcomed into
the membership of the. club.
On Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of last week the. 70th Annual Session of the Grand Chapter of Michigan, Order of the Eastern Star com
vened at Grand Rapids under the
leadership of Worthy Grand Matron
Flora Sutherland and Worthy Gram'
Patron Winfield A. Gardner of Man
celona.
Delegates from Zenobia Chapter
No, 129 of Clare were Adelaide Wylie
and Nellie Sherwood who were present at all sessions commencing with
the Grand Chapter Banquet on Tuesday evening and concluding with th
Installation on Thursday afternoon.
In the work of the session the local
Chapter was recognized by the appointment of Adelaide Wylie to the
Charter and Dispensations - Committee.. In addition to the delegates frorr
Zenobia Chapter Iva D. Fisher, Anne
Northon and Alexander E. Wylie
were in attendance on the last day
and witnessed the Installation,
The 1937 siession will meet at Grand
Rapids and the elective officers fo:
next year are as follows:
Worthy Grand Matron, Cassa Leon
ard Howe, of Grand Rapids.*
Worthy Grand Patron, George C
Ferguson, of Bay City.
Associate Grand Matron, Grace L.
C&tterfeld, of Flint
Associate Grand Patron, Milton E.
Miller, of St. Clair Shores.
Grand Secretary, ' Genevieve M.
Nauman, of West Branch.
Grand Treasurer, Gertrude Lewis;
of Ashley.
Grand Conductress, Florence Ryck*
man, of Detroit.
Associate Grand Conductress, Ethe'.
B. Koronski, of Bessemer,
Grand Sentinel, Harry Lott, of East
Lansing,
CLARE ROAD LEVELER
STARTS LONG JOURNEY
TO OSLO, NORWAY
Last Saturday John Northon, of thq
Clare Road Leveler Works, started
one of his leveler machines for road,
and race track maintenance on-ity
long journey to Oslo, Norway, (
This is one of his'three product!)
that has been shipped to foreign
countries recently, and in each instance has received complimentary
letters praising the work done by his
machines.
The freight to this destination was
¥34.12.
ENTHUSIASM INCREASES
IN CLARE COUNTY DEMOCRATIC WOMEN'S CLDB
Gathering at Farwell Attracted
Many to Hear Nominees
and Broadcast
Wm——....    , ■
Two hundred people gathered in
the Odd Fellow's Hall in Farwelly
Thursday evening, October 15th and
Hatched via radio, to our President's
talk to the throngs in Detroit. Following this, local candidates, including Wm, -telly, Of Bay City, for Com
gnessman and Mr. North of Evart
-orvRepresentatives, Spoke to the assembly. Campaign songs were sung
and arrangements made for rallies to
be held throughout the county, be;
fore November 3rd, when thp. so called "Common People" are to decide
the most momentous political campaign in decades.
So much propaganda is being forwarded regarding the spending oi
President Roosevelt, what is not told
is the amount of increase in both
National Income and Federal revenues. During Hoover's administration
our yearly national income dropped
40 billion dollars and our Federal
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Oldest Citizen
Celebrates 99tk
Anniversary
The above is a likeness of John
Ford, Clare's oldest resident, who wc-
understand celebrated his 99th birthday October 15th. Mr. Ford, altho
confined to his home, is advisinu
younger sportsmen where to go deer
hunting to assure themselves of their
quota.
Mr. Ford is very active for hia
years and hopes to reach the 100
mark.
CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAW
COMMITTEE OF AMERICAN
LEGION MEET AT COLEMAN
Seven Prominent Legionaires of
District Selected to Act
Last Friday evening, American
Legion District Committeeman Lear
J. Doherty pf Coleman called a meeting of the Tenth District Association
Constitution ^nd*-By.Li»>s^^mm-ttei-:
at Coleman commencing at seven
o'clock at which time Committee
member Conrad- Walker and District
Adjutant Alexander E. Wylie were in
attendance from Clare.
Committeeman Doherty, who wa;
installed into his office at the recent
American Legion department Convention at Lansing, is proving that
the District made no mistake whet
it selected him as its leader for 1937
Among other plans for the District
he conceived the necessity of a written constitution and By-Laws in
place of the cumbersome system of
laws by motion and resolutions ac
written in the minutes over a perioc
of years.
With this in mind he selected seven promin-ent Legionnaires from as
many posts throughout the District
to serve as a Constitution and By-
Laws Committee, as follows: Carl H-
Smith, of Bay City; Edward D. Step
henson, of Big Rapids; Peter G. Mason ,of Blanchard; Conrad Walker, o'
Clare; Alfred Hanson, of Grayling;
John Thompson, of Midland; Norma.
J. Randall of Mio.
This committee, at its meeting las?
Friday night, spent several hours ir.
serious work. It first elected tht
District Committeeman as its Chairman and the District Adjutant as ite
Secretary, after which it proceedec
to propose a complete set of rules
for the District.
A * tentative Constitution and By-
Laws has now been selected and the
Committee will meet again in the
near future to consider further details. The. final draft will be mimeographed and this will be presented
to the next Tenth District meeting, to
be held at Coleman on November
Ninth, for approval, rejection, oi
further corrections.
ANNUAL MISSION FESTIVAL AT
ST. JOHN'S LUTHERAN CHURCH
Next Sunday October 25, St. John's
Lutheran Congregation will celebrate
its annual Mission festival, Prof H
Berg from the Lutheran Seminary at
Saginaw, W. S. will conduct both the
German and the English services ir
the forenoon. The German service
begins at the regular time 9:45 and
the English at 10t45.
In the afternoh service beginning
at 2:30 Rev. Harold Zink from Free-
land will be the speaker. All are
cordially invited.
HARRISON STUDY CLUB
The Harrison Study Club will hold
its November meeting at the home o!
Mrs. Wm. Murphy November 10th in«
stead "of November 3rd as first scheduled.
PERTINENT FACTS
REGARDING SALES
TAX INMICHIGAN
State    Authority    Outlines
Sources Where Money
is Appropriated
The amount of the last state prop.
erty tax paid was some twenty*-four
million dollars. This has been absorbed entirely by your Michigan Sales
Tax and the State of Michigan is otto
of the tew States that has no property;
tax of any nature. '     -
There was twenty-two million dollars appropriated by the last legislature for the support of the public
school system. There are over one
million school children who- have
been enabled to remain in school and
their schools kept open as the result
of the State Tax money. If this money
has not been available, countless
hundreds of these schools would have
been obliged to close.
The last legislature appropriated nine
million dollars for State Welfare
work and there is placed in this department every thirty days, three
quarters of a million dollars, which is
made possible as the result of the
receipts from the State Sales Tax
money.
The last legislature also appropriated
two million dollars for old age pensions, which was made entirely possible as the result of the steady increase in the receipts of the State
Sales Tax, which came not only as a
result of any improvement in business conditions but in tho vast
amount of sales tax that has been
secured by the present department as
a result of greater efficiency in the
management of this department. As
a result of this two million dollars being available in December, the State
of Michigan was the first state in tha
union that received a like amount of
money from the Federal government*,
as Michigan had the money available
to match that which was appropriated
by the Administration in Washington.
There was also appropriated by the
last Legislature one and a half mil-
Mbrr'-dollars for the aid of-crippled
children and to enable these childrea
to receive the proper medical and
hospital treatment. This likewise
was made possible as a result of the
receipts from the Sales Tax.
The State of Michigan also appropriates yearly two million eight hundred thousand dollars for the support
of the prisons of the State of Michigan, and as the State Sales Tax Department is furnishing 60% of tha
seventy-seven million dollars necessary for • the support of the general
fund, the maintenance of these, prisons is home to just that extent of
the, sales tax receipts. *
As above stated, the sales tax enable the elimination of the entire
State Property tax.
The items noted for the public
school system; for the State Welfare,
the old age pension, the aid of crippled children, and the maintenance
of prisons was made possible as a
result of the State Sales Tax receipts
furnishing 60% of tb^ese vast expens-
ies, which were met promptly, with
all bills paid with no necessity for
any added taxation and also enabled
the present administration to put th$
State government in the black in-teaa
of in the red. '        ■ ■■*
Whiki we cannot speak for the cost
of running the State government'anil'
its various departments in 'previous'
years our records show that the" Sales
Tax Department turns over to' We
general fund 98.35% of each dollar
collected. Thj6 cost of operation b*
ing only 1.65%. /    / ,     : A'   '
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GOOD LITERATURE CLUB
INVITES GUESTS TO JteF-
ING NEXT TUESDAY EVE.
Th6 Clare Good Literature Club are
extending an invitation to; the Study
chib to meet with them on* the eve1
ning of Tuesday October 27. This
meeting will be held in the Music
room of the high school at 7:45,
The topic for the program .is
Modern Poetry. There will be four
readers and each Will give several
selections of Modern Verse. There
will also b-e special music in keeping
with the program.
It is hoped that _ll xhembers ol
each club will be present as the evening promises to be very profitable aa
well as entertaining. Guests ate also
very welcome.
RUMMAGE SALE
The Guild will' hold a rummage
sale iu the basement of the Cong'l
church next week Thursday, Friday'
and Saturday, October 29,30 'and 31,