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THE  CLARE SENTINEL
The Official Paper of
Clare and Clare County
Established 1878
GLARE MICHIGAN, FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 19, 1937
New Series Vol. 45," No. 19
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TWO NEW WELL
: GRANTS IN CLOSE
VICINITYTO CLARE
.Ciirrie-No., 2 and Murphy
•. '' No. 1 to Revive Activity
in Isabella Gounty
Six- counties drew sites in tlie latest
release" of. drilling permits issued by
the State department of Conservation
numbering 16 to bring this year's
total to date 11 In excess of_ last
year's when ah all-time reetfrd was
.'established with 777 during'"the 12-
month span:
As of the several past few weeks
Gladwin county took the. lead in new
jgrantg, this week's allattment consisting of five, four in_Buckeye township and one-.in Gladwin township.
Only toaie of,the Buckeye.lot was for
the vicinity, of the, recent strike where
}aow mpre than two dozen tests are
in action. ■ Three were granted for
section 36r near the Oard discovery
Well and its? producing mates>, three
miles south of the Wicklund-Buckeye
pfopl. The* other can be classed as a
Semi-Wildcat seeking about three
miles of extension to the proven area
lying to the southeast of the new venture.
Ogemaw county received three new
okehs, all being offsets to producers.
Churchill, Ogemaw and West Branch
townships each received one of the
new drilling plays. Isabella county
ran close to Ogemaw, trailing with
a pair of new permits', one, for section
5 of Vernon township, an east offset
■to the Currie test that created the
first drilling boom in that area. The
second Isabella test is for the township of the same'name. It is located
a location south of a producer.
Three townships of Midland county
received assignments. A project is
slated for section 17 of Greendale
township. It is an offset test as is
the other two tests scheduled for section 7 of Porter and section 3 of Jasper.
Arenac county received a pair of
projects, lone a.wildcat in Lincoln
township about three miles south and
two west of the town of Standish.
The second test is an offset project,
diagonally to the northwest of the
discovery well in the Clayton area.
The wildcat scheduled for Lincoln
township drew a gas drilling location.
Only one new attempt    is    being
made for gas in the latest issue.   It
is for section 6 of Belvldere township,
{Montcalm,  county,   but   one  location
.■east of  Cato    township, which    has
hitherto been unexplored for gas.
GLADWIN
Buckeye township jumped far into
the lead this week in the interest of
the Industry  as   operators predicted
the most prolific field since   Porter
township first poured    its    pent up
wealth from underground.   The principle factor in centering the eyes of
the industry on this area was the def-
. inite .success  of the Mammoth Producing    &   .Refilling      corporation's
State A-l in" making   a   commercial
"producer of some 1200 barrel proportions as a sfouthwest diagonal offset
to J. V. Wicklund's discovery well in
Section  11.    The  State*was  drilled
under contract by Bob King and set
a record for other Buckeye operators
to shoot at by completing   just   25
days,'after the drive; clamps swung In-
-to'actiony^The well cut into the first
, P^X*. "at" Sfi^LG  feet after topping    the
•  TPundee lime at 3548 feet. It was drilled to a total depth of 3626 feet where
it made  64  barrels  hourly  the first
jiwa hours and settled to a daily run
of.better than 1200 .barrels. Mammoth
was driving pipe on Tuesday on its-
State A-2 nw ne nw, section 14, at
a depth of 331 feet.
Three tests liBted for completion in
the next few days ara forgeing ahead,
all drilling below the 3000 foot mark.
Two of them are in the same section
as the discovery well. Smith Petroleum, company and McClanahan Oil
company's Brenner 1, se se sw of section .11, is making hole at 3113 feet
and the Mammoth's Ockerman 1, sw
ne sw, is leading the pack at 3270
feet. Othtelr contender for third' Buckeye completion honors is the State of
Michigan 1, nW nw ne, section 14, being drilled by'Gdil, Graves & Mechl-
ing corporation of Saginaw for the
•Elzie S. Beaver estate. This test is
-rao'ning ne|ck and neck with the
lireqner in section 11 and was drill-
ihgvahead of 3100 feet the middle of
.ihe week.
In the lower portion of Buckeye
township this week, the play in Sec-v
, ^-tiohs 25 and 36,, squired by the Oard
discovery well, was rapidly assuming the proportions of the main pool
to the north. Leonard Drilling company's State 1, nw nw ne in section
(Continued  on Page  Twelve)
REV. E. J. KOLENB-A
Is holding a series of revival    meetings at Harrison Opera House
PIONEER OF CLARE
AND VICINITY DE-
PARTSJTDS LIFE
Funeral Services Held Tuesday Morning for Mrs.
Elizabeth Walsh from
St. Cecilia Church
Following an illness of many
months, death relieved the suffering
of Mrs. Elizabeth Walsh, of Vernon
township last Saturday morning at
the age of 84 years.
Funeral services were held from
the St Cecilia church in Clai-e Tuesday morning Fr. Stanley Morrison officiating and interment made in the
Calvary cemetery at Mt. Pleasant.
The deceased was born in Ontario
in January, 1853, and for the. past 60
years has been a resident -of Clare and
vicinity.
She is survived by three sons and
one daughter, Frank of New Jersey;
Harper, of Ionia; James, of Vernon,
with whom she made her home, and
Mrs. John Fitzpatrick of Mt. Pleasant.
REV. SKIDMORE
WILL SPEAK AT
BANQUET TUES.
Plans Completed for Annual
Community Dinner at
, Congregational
Church
The men of the Congregational
church, assisted by the Ladies Guild,
are sponsoring the Father and Son
banquet which will ' be -held next
Tuesday, February . 23rd in the
church parlors1.
Rev. Harold N. Skidmore of the
South Congregational church of Grand
Rapids will be the principal speaker.
His subject, "Attitudes/'—A technique of social control."
Austin Bates, Principal at tha High
School, will be the toastmaster.
Sergt. Lloyd Wagner, Commander of
the Michigan Post of State Police at
Mt. Pleasant, will give a toast to the
jboyfj, while Neal Joslin will give a
toast to the men.
Special instrumental music will be
furnished by a quartette of hoys under the direction of Richard. Greenfield, Band Master at the high school.
If you have not already got your
ticket call any member of the committee, Mark Bicknell, John 'Davy,
Stanley Masten, Ed. G. Johnston, Austin BateSi Judge A. E. Wylie, Har-
>cld Fleming, Geo. White, Homer
Douglas and Rev. Albert Dawe at once
as the number is limited.
Menu
Roast  Pork and  Dressing
Mashed Potatoes and Brown Gravy
Cabbage  Salad
Whole Wheat   ' and      White Bread
Fruit Salad     and     Whipped Cream
Apple Pie with Cheese and Coffee
DR. L H. GASTON REMOVED TO SANILAC CO.
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
Dr. L. H. Gaston, former director
of Health District No. 7 at Gladwin,
has been chosen to direct the new
Sanilac county . health department,
the first health unit 'organized in
the Thumb District. Dr. D. A. Vander
Slice, son of Dr. E. R. Vander Slice,
Lansing's health director, will assume
Dr. Gaston's work in Clare, Gladwin
and Arenac counties. No director has
yet been selected to head the new Bay
County 'health department.
Michigan ranks today with the
more progressive states in providing
modern health protection for rural
areas similar to that existing in the
larger cities, said Dr. Slemotns,
Rural Michigan, awakening to the
Bieed for full time local health departments, has organized more county
health departments during the past
year than in any other similar period. Only 30 of Michigan's 83 counties do not yet have such departments.
COUNTY LIBRARY   ,
HAS AVERAGE CIRCULATION OF 2350
Stations Located   at  Seven
Different Points to Serve
Patrons
Thus, 'mid the wreck of thrones shall live
Unmarred, undimmed, our hero's fame,
And years succeeding years shall give
Increase of honors to his name.
Drilling Report for the Week
ISABELLA COUNTY <3>
Vernon 16N. R4W --
Drillers on. the McKinnon No. 1, on
the south side of section 5, are busy
with a fishing job at a depth of 1115
feet.
Chappel No, 1, on east side section
21, discontinued drilling Thursday
afternoon to ran 5 inch casing at a
^epth of 3796 feet.
A monthly average circulation of
3,200 books and 150 magazines has
been attained ,by the Clare County
.library which maintains stations at
seven places throughout the county.
Started In 1935 under E. R. A. and C.
■W. A. programs, the library Is functioning today thru the W. P. A. assistance. Stations are located at Harrison, Temple, Lake George, Lake
Station, Farwell, Long Lake and
JWinterfield. Tha Glare library, center of the set up, is assisted by a W.
P. A. worker, making possible a six
day library service to the community.
•The book collection is made up of
loams from the sponsors, The Michigan State Library at Lansing, donations from the Various communities
and a quantity' of discarded books
given by the Flint Public Library.
The library was legalized by the Clare
County Board of Supervisors at their
1936 fall session.
Mrs. Nellie.. Sherwood, who is library project supervisor of the W. P.
A. office should be commended for
her untiring efforts in Clare County.
NATIONAL REEMPLOYMENT
SERVICE AVAILABLE TO
EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYEE
We wish to call attention to the
■fact that we have a free public employment office located on the second floor of the City Hall Building,
Clare Michigan and that the services
of numerous qualified employees are
available.
If you need additional help, kindly
call upon this office and we will be
pleased to refer applicants according
to your specifications.
This service is free to both the employer and the employee.
A call from you would be appreciated.    Our telephone number is 101.
National Reemployment Service
Orlie A. Allen, Manager
*y-
-CONSUMERS POWER USERS
For prompt and courteous service,
pay your light and power hills at the
OitlseBa State Bank,
CLARE WPA MANAGER
.TRANSFERRED TO LANSING
Lee Fisher, district director of tlie
;W. P. A., recently received notice of
his transfer from the Clare office to
the Central office at Lansing. .-He will
be replaced by Martin Holland, trans-
iered from the Iron Mountain office
of W. P. A. Mr. Holland, was a former manager of the local office.
SNAPSHOT CONTEST
PICTURES ON DISPLAY
AT WRIGHTC DRUG STORE
The Snapshot Contest is open to
all amateurs. Beg, borrow, or steal a
camera, and take It now. The pictures on display at Wright's Drug
Store were taken with a 2A Box Brow-
Inie, and enlarged. The contest is unr
der supervision of local W. P. A, project, and prizes are contributed by the
Clare Kiwanis club, and Mr. Sternaman.
BAKE SALE
Saturday, February 20th, St, Cecilia's society will hold a bake sale
at Morgan's? grocery.
THE HALL FAMILY MUSICIANS
AT MANN SIDING MONDAY NITE
The; Famous' Hull Family are talented musicians playing the piano, xylor-
imba, trumpet, cornet, clarinet, violin, saxophones and they whistle, sing
and yodel. Miss Beneta Hull, the
daughter, is said to be the greatest
living artist on the soprano saxophone
Captain Hull was for more than ten
years the world's champion fancy
rifle and pistol shot. The Farmer's
•Educational and Cooperative Union
of America presents this famous family to the agricultural people of Hatton Local No. 277. A free will collection will be taken. This entertainment will be given at Mann Siding school house on February 22nd, at
8:30 o'clock.
Who are Martha and George? See
them Friday at M. E. Church.—Adv.
4 .   GLADWIN COUNTY
Sec. 11, Beaviertpn—Rackel No. 1,
M.  F.    Whltehill,    owner.    Running
'Casing at 1585.
Sec  36, Beaverton-^-Yager No.    1,
Schooneas & Llnvlllp, owner.    Com-
" Secf 10, Billings—-Avery No. 1, McClanahan Oil company, owner. Rig
built.
Sec. 2, Btickeye—Flandorfer No. 1,
John Orr, owner. Standardizing.
Sec. 10, Buckeye—Jakab No. 1,
Daily Crude Oil company, owner.
.Drilling .below  2260.
Section   11,  Buckeye
Brenner No. 1—McClanahan &
Smith,  owner.    Drilling below  3113.
Ockerman No. 1—Mammoth Producing & Refining company, owner. Drilling below 3270.
Rathburn No. 1—Rex Oil & Gas
company, owner. Drilling below 630
ifeet
Salla No. 1—Sun Oil Company, owner.   Drilling below 1509. feet.
State No. A-l—Franklin Petroleum
Development company, owner.. Drilling below 945.
State No. B-l—Mammoth Producing & Refining corporation, owner,
SDrilling below 1590;
State No. A-1-^Wicklund Development company, owner. Drilling below
2950.
State. No. A-3—Wicklund Development company, owner. Drilling below
2390.
State No. A-4—Wicklund Development company, owner. Drilling below
1040.
Sec. 12, Buckeye—Campbell No. 1,
Hyatt-Norton, owner.   Rig built.
Sect. 12, Buckeye-^Shaffer No. 1,
Rowmor & Cryden, owner. Drilling
below 985.
Sec 13, Buckeye—State No." 1,
John Martion, owner.   Spudded.
Sec. 13, Buckeye—Thompson No.l,
Petroleum Investors, Inc. owner. Rigged.
Section 14, Buckeye
Fee No, 1, Garfield Petroleum Corporation, owner.   Drilling below 580.
Frances  No.  1,—Michigan Producers & Refiners corporation,    owner.
Drilling below 1880.
,  State No. 1—Elzie Beaver, trustee.
Drilling below 3100.
State No. 2—Elzle Beaver, trustee.
Drilling below 925.
State No. 3—Elzie Beaver, trustee.
Swedging out bailer.
State No. A-l—Mammoth Producing
& Refining corporation, owner. Completed.
State No. A-2—Mammoth Producing
& Refining corporation, owned'. Driving pipe below 331.
Thompson No. 1—-Marshall Bauman,
owner.   Drilling below 610.
Wager No. 1—Marshall Bauman,
owner.    Cemented at 763.
Sec. 15, Buckeyer—Foster No. .1, C.
L. Magulre, owner.    Shut down.
Sec. 15, Buckeye—Miller No. 1, Fort-
ney Oil copipanyi owner. Drilling
below 1850.
Sec. 25, Buckeye-'-McMahan JNo. 1,
Muskegon Development company,
owner.   Drilling below 1110.
Section 36,  Buckeye
Havens No. 1—Elzie Beaver, trustee.
jLocation.
McMahan No. 1—Clark & Johnson,
owners, Location.
State No. 1—Rowmor corporation,
owner.    Running tubing.
Lpton No. 1—Elzle Beaver, trustee.
Location.
Upton No. 1—Petroleum Investors,
Inc., owner.    Rig built.
Upton No. 2—Petroleum Investors,
Inc., owner. Rig built.
Sec. 34, Gladwin—Gray No. 1, Cryden Petroleum corporation, owner.
Rig built
DRILLING PERMITS
ISABELLA COUNTY
Isabella, T15N, R4W
3867 James and Marguerite Fitz-
ipatrick No. 1, Cnl-2 nw nw, section
12. Owner: The Char tiers Oil company, 808 Columbia building Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Contractor:
Ed. M. Shields'.
Vernon, T16N, R4W
3868 W. E, Currie No. 2, csl-2 se
sw, section 5, Owner: The Chartiers
Oil company* Contractor. Ed. M.
Shields.
Wise, T16N., R3W
Jack Murphy No. 1, 3 miles east oi
Clare, near center ef section 6, Soc-
omy Vacuum Co. Hauling in material
for derrick. Company has nearly
6,000 acres under lease.
(Continued. On Page  Twelve)
AMATEUR HOUR PROGRAM
BEING PLANNED FOR O'CONNOR SCHOOL FEBRUARY 26
The O'Oonner School will present an amateur hour program Friday
night, February 26, at the school
house. Anyone wishing to play, sing
or dance at this program please come
by seven o'clock with your application. Prizes will be awarded as follows: first, $1:00; second 50c; third
25c. There will be judges to judge
the applause.
Everyonef is cordially invited to attend and Compete.     Merle   Pulcifer
will have charge of the program.
Frances Funnell, Sec.
ADDED CONTRIBUTIONS
TO THE CLARE COUNTY
FLOOD RELIEF FUND
Contributions during the past week
added to the flood relief fund thru
the Clare County Chapter American
Red Cross, are as follows:
Clare—Elm Grove Ladies, Clare
.Kiwanis Club and Mrs. B. N. Mercer.
Harrison—Mr. and Mrs. Fred Smith
Frances Frey, Addle West, Irene West
and Mrs. Banninghoff,
A shipment of clothing also went
out last week concluding the effort in
this drive as an abundance is on hand
in the southern area,
Contributions Sent Direct to Flood
Area
The following persons and organization from Harrison recently made
contributions to aid in rehabilitation
work in the soluthern flood area:
United Brethern Helping Hand society, Mrs. Seaver Amble^ Mrs. Smith,
Mrs. Chase, Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell,
Mr. and Mrs. Wolf, Mrs. Bates, Mr.
and Mrs, B. Fisher,
Thjsiy also have two boxes of clothing available if needed.
CLARE SCHOOLS
RECEIVE $14,365
AS^TATE AID
Over   Six  Million   Dollars
Distributed During the
Past Week
The checks for the second installment of state aid were sent to the
County Treasurers this week. Dr.
!Eugene B. Elliott, Superintendent of
Public Instruction, announces the installment will amount to $6,671,627.95
and should reach the various school
districts in the state within a few
day. Payment to nearby counties
are as follows:
Clare, 14,365.00.
Gladwin, 15,638,00.
GratiuL, 42,766.00.
Isabella,  19,06,3.00,
Midland,  29,273.00.
Osqeola, 25,392.00.
Roscommon, 5,206.00.
CLARE JUDGING TEAM WON
A FIRST AND THIRD PLACE ,
IN FARMERS' WEEK CONTEST
The livestock judging team from
Clare County won first place in judging hogs and third place in judging
beef cattle in the Farmers' WeeK
Contest February 4th. The- team was
composed of Ray Harrold, of Arthur
Township, Stanley Schunk and Lowell Penrose of Sheridan Township.
Mr. Harrold was 3rd highman in the
contest.
The picture of a large Berkshire
boar is the prize won for the 1st place
in the hog judging.
Oakland County had the all-around
champion team.
In the sheep dog trails Glen Lower's dog placed 4th In a very Interesting and close contest.
MRS. L t SMITH OF BIG
RAPIDS HAS STROKE WED.
Mrs. Oris Penrose received a message Thursday from Rev. E. T. Smith,
Of Big Rapids, that Mrs. Smith suffered a stroke of apoplexy Wednesday
morning. She is in the hospital in
that city In a serious condition. Revv
and Mrs. Smith, who formerly were
In charge of the work at the Clare,
Herrick and Farwell Methodist
churches, have many friends here
who will regret to hear of Mrs. Smith's
affliction.
AUXILIARY'S ANNUAL DINNER
The Ladies Auxiliary annual George
Washington's Birthday dinner tonite
Will consist of
Roast Beef or Baked White Fish
Mashed Potatoes Brown Gravy
Cabbage  Salad
Escalloped Corn       Baked Beans
Brown and White Bread
Relishes and Pickles
Martha Washington Pie
— Coffee —
Served home, style 35c
INSPIRING SPEAKER COMING
TO FARWELL CHURCH MON.
Apostle D. T. Williams, the minister
in charge of the Great Lakes Regional Territory, will speaic to the Far-
well congregation of the Reorganized
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter
Day Saints Monday. February 22, s
p, m. at L. D. S. church, his subject
"The Fruitage of War and the Hopes
of Peace,"
By reason of his wide range of
travel and his keeping informed on
the ever-changing conditions composing the kaleidoscopic stage of European events Mr. Williams speaks with
authority on the subject he has selected.
LARMAN POST ORGANIZING DRUM
AND BUGLE CORP
Two Important Meetings of
Post and Auxiliary Held
Last Monday Evening
Last Monday evening, February 14,
Walter H. Larjnan Post, No. 128, ot
the American Legion and the local
American Legion Auxiliary Unit held
two important meetings in the Clare
Community Building. "
The Unit opened its meeting in the
Legion rooms while the Post met in
the basement. At the conclusion of
the Unit meeting a program was
held, the Post adjourning to meet for
the program. It was in charge of Betty Walker and followed out the plans
of the. National Auxiliary Organiza*
tion in the observance of Americanism.
A large part of the Auxiliary meeting was devoted to a discussion ot
the Unit's sewing sessions:. The loc-'
al Unit meets every Friday in the
Legion rooms commencing at tear
o'clock in the morning lor an all day
sewing session in behalf of the American Legion Children's Billet at Otter
Lake.
The principal subject for discuB-
slon in the Post meeting was the
formation of tha new Post Drum ana
Bugle Corps. The first meeting of
the new corps will take place next
Monday night, February 22nd, in the
Legion rooms in the Clare Community Building at which time election
of officers for the corps will be held.
All musically inclined World War
Veterans, whether memebers of the
Post or not, are invited to be present.
Clarence Dohson, Chairman of the
'Post Drum and Bugle Corps committee, gave a fine report, stating
that twenty-two men had signed up
for the Corps; since that time several others have signed up and by the
looks* of things the Clare Corps will
be off to a flying start.
William D. Harger, Chairman of the
\firing squad committee, gave a report showing the progress made in
securing a well drilled firing squad.
Alexander E. Wyli& gave a report
concerning a trip to Gladwin oh
February 8th and announced that the
next District meeting would "be held
at Bay City on March Seventeenth
(St. Patrick's day.)
Arthur F, Damoth was chosen Publicity Director for the local Post.
At the close of the Auxiliary meeting the two organizations met , to-,
gether and an excellent program was
held with Betty Walker acting as
Chan-man.
AH World War Veterans are urged
to remember the meeting next Monday night. It is open to all members
of the Legion, all World War Veterans who might wish to join the Legion and particularly all World War
Veterans who plan to piay in the
prum and Bugle Corps'. It is important that every prospective member
of the Corps be present at that time
as the Corps election of officers will
take place and future plans and policies of the Corps will be discussed.
SOILS CONSERVATION PROGRAM
BRINGS $22,683 TO FARMERS
The Soils Conservation cheeks for
.Clare- county amounting to ?2<2,683
will be distributed next ■ week to
farmers who have affiliated themselves with this project. /
Tuesday, February 23 fanners for
•the northern townships may call for
same at County Agent P. D. Gibson's
office at the Court House.
Wednesday, February 24, the Secretary will be at the Citizens' State
Barak in Clare..
Thursday afternoon,"' February 25,
checks will be available at the Far-
well State Bank.
CARD PARTY
Mt. Vernon Grange will give a card
party Wednesday, February 24th.
Ladies bring cake or sandwiches and
gents 25c   Everybody welcome.
REV. E. J. K0LENDA
DELIVERING SERIES OF
SERMONS AT HARRISON
Revival Services are now in progress at tho Hughes Opera House in
Harrison. The meetings which have
been going on for the last two weeks •
will continue indefinitely. Tlie in-'
tereist In these services and the crowd
has been Interesting.
This week Rev. E. J. Kolinda. is
going to bring a series of sermons
preaching: "Why couldn't Jesus come
Fifty years ago and why can He come
;any moment" — "Swatika, Fasces,
Blue Eagli£|, what next?'and climaxing with the great message, 'W'hat is
the mark of the Beast or 666"?
Saturday evening there will be an
Illustrated message of the trial ot
Christ in, a court scene. Sunday evening at 7:30 the subject will ho "Time
Marches On!"
Everyone is welcome. Come and
hear the specials in song and music
including a male quartette.
UNAS SANBORN DIES
OF PNEUMONIA IN WEST
Word has been received here of the
death of Linas, eighteen year old son
of Mr. and Mra Heniry Sanborn, ot
Wasco, Cal., on February 8th of pneumonia. The Sanborn family were
former residents of Clare county, living at Lake. They moved to Arkansas some fifteen years ago and late*
to California.   .
He leaves his -parents, brother, Jay
of Washington, and John at home,
two sisters, Adeline and Glejnna, and
many relatives and friends to mourn
his early departure.