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CLARE MICHIGAN, FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 7, 1937
.    New Series Vol. 45, No. 30*
Huge Class of Girls Appear
in Style Show Exhibiting
Dresses They Made
Winners Chosen to Attend Summer Gamps at Gaylord
The annual 4-H Club Achievement
day was held at the Harrison Community Hall .Wednesday with an attendance of over five hundred people.
The morning hours were- taken up
by judging thei work on display which
the members of the various club in
the county had made during the past
"year, also rhoving pictures were
shown.
After the dinner hour, the program
Including the following numbers:
Selection by Harrison high school
orchestra.
Style review, by Clothing division
including 103 girls.
Club pledge given by Wilma Bay,
Eagle'school.
Welcome, Supt. Chas. Amble, Harrison school.
Solo, Little Old Laxly, Norma Smith,
Long Lake school. »
Recitation, Alice Gallery, Grandon
school.
Negro Hunting Song, Bessie school.
Address, Commissioner of schools,
Helen Hether.
Song, Alice and Eileen Lux.
Miss Katherine Boyle, assistant
state leader from Michigan State College, appraised the work and named
delegates to the 4-H club summer
camp at Gaylord.   The winners are:
Eileen Loar, Brown school.
Barbara Houghton, Dover school.
Eva Belle Whltmill, Grandon school
Ethel Kapplinger, Randall school.
Pearl Andrews, Lake school.
Malina DeFreese,   Sharp   school.
Wilma Bay, Eagle school.
Alternate:   Alma   Rank,   Eagle
A dress made by Theobelle Allen of
•Dover school, and a dreBS, towels and
apron made by Barbara Houghton,
also of Dover were chosen for the
State Fair exhibit.
M. H. Avtery, assistant state leader, Michigan States College, in charge
of handicraft, appraised the work of
the boys and named the delegates as
follows for their sumer camp:
Morris Kapplinger, Clare.
Junior Malosh, Lake.
Robert Jerred, West Grant
Thos. Austin, Norway.
Marvin Heintz, Mann Siding.
Alternate: Walter, Garchow, Randall, Caloma Leitner, Brown, Robert
Mathews, Ladd.
The chest made by Morris Kap-
plihger was chosen as an exhibit
from the Club to be sent to the Michigan State fair in September.
List of the other prize winners
will appear in the Sentinel next week.
County Agricultural agent P. D.
Gibson assisted the several 4-H club
leaders in the county in preparing
this splendid program which attracted so large an audience.
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MOTHER'S DAY
Sunday, May Ninth
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Is for the million things she gave me,
Means only that she's growing old.
Is for the tears she shed to save me,
Is for her heart of purest gold,
Is for her eyes with love-light shining,
Means right, and right she'll always be,
Put them all together, they spell
Mother,
A word that means the world to me.
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MAY THIRTEENTH
IS DESIGNATED AS
COUNTY HEALTH DAY
Dr. Thieoff Will Return to District After Year's Absence
The county health meeting held at
the Greenwood school Wednesday
night was well attended and plan-
were made for Health day which has
been, designated as next Thursday,
May 13th. Mrs. Don Schaaf had
charge of the arrangment of the evening.
The following officers were elected
for the new year which opens the first
Wednesday in September.
President, Iyonne Gorr, Clare,
Vice President, Mrs. Violet Round-
tree,  Gladwin.
Sec, Mrs.  L. J. Wagner,  Clare.
Mrs. Gorr acted as vice president
the past year under Mrs. Madge
Lamb, of Farwell, who served as
president for two years.'
__n_nouncement was made that Dr.
<E. V. Thiehoff, who has had a year's
leave of absence, while attending the
John Hopkins University, is expected
to return to the Tri-County district
and resume his duties as director
Health district No. 7, replacing Dr.
VanDerSlice who has very capably
filled the duties in his absence.
For the program Thursday the
forty-nine schools of the county" have
divided into three centers, Harrison,
Clare ahd Farwell and at this time the
ratal eighth grade students will re*-
ccdv© their state diplomas.
ING BANQUE
COLORFUL AFFAIR
WEDNESDAY EVE.
One Hundred Sixty Mothers
and Daughters Dine Together at Corig'l Church
The spring banquet sponsored by
the Ladies Guild of the Congregational church Wednesday evening was a
very delightful affair. As the guests'
arrived at the auditorium each was,
presented with a carnation, a gift of
Charles Strange for the occasion.
Here all enjoyed the music furnished
by Miss Francis Anderson and Mrs.
P^ljl Lowrey at tha piano. j
Later all "<led to dining room
where the one-fhindred sixty mothers
and daughters were seated at tables
made attractive by colorful potted
plants and flowers. The speaker's
table was also decorated by a huge
basket of snapdragons from Mr.
Strange. The banquet was efficent-
ly served by men- of the church, after
Mrs. Albert Dawe offered prayer.
Mrs. Stanley Masten, co-chairman
with Mrs. L. J. Wagner, called the
ladies to order and all chatter subsided for a time. Corsage gifts
were presented to guests: the oldest
mother patesent, ;M_fs.. Worden. agfa
81, who also came the longest distance; youngest mother,, Mrs. Harold Jones; mother having the larg-
lest number of daughters present,
Mrs. C. A. Perry, who had four girls
in the audience.
Mrs. Masten introduced Mrs. Austin Bates as toastmistress of the evening who by her clever remarks added much to the enjoyment of the .program as the following numbers were
presented:
Piano number, Virginia Perry.
"Just a Token to Mothers", Donna
Rae Seeley.
Solo, Elizabeth Feighner.
Toast to the Mothers, Joy Groves.
Toast to the Daughters, Mrs. Jamas
Rassett.
"An Old Fashioned Picture" Donna
Rae Seeley.
Mrs. Harold Jones presided at the
piano for these numbers.
Miss Francis Martin of Central
State Teachers College, gave a very
appropriate talk using as her subject,
"Living Together in a' Home." She
illustrated her talk by many instances in her family where there, were
}_ight children, sons and daughters
of missionaries. She was born in
India and resided there as a small
girl. She stressed application in a
home, cooperativeness, unselfishness,
more tolerance or open nrnldedness
(Continued on Page Eight)
Clean-up Week
Next Tuesday and Wednesday, May
-,11th and 12th, has been designated
by Mayor John W. Dunlop as annual
clean-up day in the city.
All moveable rubbish should be
placed at the curb, and small articles such as cans aud bottles, etc.,
should be placed in containers.
Mayor Dunlop urges everyone to
do their part in helping to make
Clare the cleanest and neatest city
located on US-27 and US-10. This
can only be done by cooperation of
every citizen in the removing of ash
■piles, removing ot depleted fences and
access pillage about their property,
and as the season warrants—well
kept lawns and terranees.
Lets all boost for an attractive
city. -.
There wre ninety "Long" lafaefc   in
ttft stat© oi Mjtchigai-.
BOARD OF REVIEW
Notice is hereby given that the
Board of Review of the city of Clare
will meet at the city hall on Monday,
the 17th day of May, 193-7 at 9:00 a.
m. for the purpose of reviewing and
equalizing the asse_sment rolls of
the several wards of the city of Clare,
and will remain in session four days
as required by law, or such further
time as may be necessary to review
ahd equalize said assessment rolls.
Dated _W Bth, 1937.
30t2 Alex McKinnon,
City Clerk.
Do you know that you can buy a
new Willys sedan fully equipped for
$595.00, delivered, to your home1 in
Clare.   Cltite'd Garage—Adv.
FORSEES NEW
FIELD BETWEEN
PORTERJflJCKEYE
Operator Who Has Proved
a Good Prophet Promises
Prolific Deep Wells
Possibility of opening a new oil
field in Michigan, tentatively^ described as "between" the Porter 'and
Buckeye township fields, is predicted
by Jack Livingston, prominent oil operator, who also predicted in 1928
and 1929 that the Buckeye township,
Gladwfta county, oil field would be
th© greatest pool to the state's history."
Livingston recently announced that
he would erect a location at an undesignated site, "between" the Porter and Buckeye fields, which in his
estimation would be equally as productive as the new Buckeye fields.
The Gladwin county field is about 35
mrtles northeast of Mt. Pleasant and
the Porter field about an equal distance southeast.
In discussing the oil situation inMich-
igan, Livingston said: "Not only will
larger walls be found in Michigan in
the Dundee horizon but also in the
lower strata in which oil has not as
yet been produced. In Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas the early drilling
considered a 3",700-foot well a deep
one, whereas wells now under production range as deep as 7,900 to 70,000
feet, in which cases the production
is unlimited as compared with wells
of lesser depths."
Predictions of Livingston that the
Buckeye field would become one of
the leading oil fields in Michigan
were published nine years ago. Consequently his announcement that possibly exists that another high production field is Situated "between" the
Buckeye and Porter fields is taken
somewhat seriously by operators.
Livingston comes from a family
with 40 years' experience in the oil
business. He has been active in the
oil fields of Texas, Oklahoma and Illinois as well as Michigan. He was
identified with drilling the discovery
well in Clare county. In 1932 he drilled his Verrette NO. 1 in Vernon township, one of the largest wells in the
standpoint oi initial production at
3200 barrels an hour.
HOUGHTON LAKE
FINALLY GIVES DP
DROWNING VICTIM
Bpdy of Harvey CoffeY, of
Flint is Recovered After
Winter in Icy Grave
The body of Harvey Coffey, of
Flint, was recovered froim Houghton
Lake on. Thursday afternoon, April
22 by conservation officer Thos.
White.. '    '
It will be remembered • that Mr
Coffey was drowned on November
10th, 1936,, while fishing with Ernest
Hopkins, also of Flint. The latter's
body was found, after several days of
searching last falli
The hunt for Coffey's body was
given up by conservation- officers and
State Police last November when
high waves and strong winds preventing the launching, of a boat. Nona
of the larger power boats were available.
Hopkin's body was found • directly
under the overturned boat that told
the tragic double c?eath. An airplane
aiding in the searqh sighted the boat
and the searching" crew had no trouble in finding Hopkin's body. The
storm, however continued to increase
to such a degreie- that further efforts
were impossible, when the ice set in.
Coffey's body had washed ashore a
short distance from Geisel's landing,
thei point from which the two illfated
fisherman.had departed.
SCHOOL CENSUS
TO BE TAKEN IN
NEAR FUTURE
Clare County Commissioner
of Schools Making
Preparation
Heli-en Hether, County Commissioner of schools is this week making
-preparations for the-taking of the annual school census, which will be
taken throughout the county during
the last twenty days in May, as prescribed- by statute. Residences and
ages of children will ha reported as
of May 31st. -   '    .
A new law, which was enacted by the
State Legislative in 1935, provides
that the school board of each district
having a population of less than 3,000
shall appoint the enumerator to -be
paid from local school district funds
.and fix his or.her- compensation at
their discretion. **
The law provides also that the enumerator must report to the County
School Commissioner. Miss Hether
has prepared a calendar for the various districts stating the tinna at
which each is to make its report.
Full instructions for the taking ot
the census is furnished by the commissioner as on this report Is based
the annual apportionment of the primary school money.
Chancey H. Jones, has been appointed to take the census for tha
city of Clare.
A. H. Horton is a patient at the
Clare County General hospital where
it was necessary to have his foot
amputated Wednesday afternoon. We
understand Mr. Horton was in the
act of cleaning his 4S-80 deer rifle
and the same discharged, the bullet
entering his foot shattering the many
bones so that it was impossible for
/Dr. Wood to save the member. Mr.
Horton was alone when the accident
happened and while in the act of calling a doctor and other help he suffered greatly from the loss of blood.
A check-up late Thursday afternoon finds him resting somewhat
easier than in the early hours of the-
day. '
DR. DeHAAN COMING
TO BAPTIST CHURCH
TONIGHTJOR SERVICE
Floyd L^ary and  Singers   Will
Have Charge of Music
and Singing
Dr. M. R. DeHaan, pastor of the
Calvary Church of Grand Rapids, will
bring a special service at the Clare
Baptist Church this Friday evening,
May the 7th. He will be assisted by
his associate pastor, Mr. Floyd
Leary, a former resident of Mt. Pleasant, and a large teen age boys chorus
that Mr. Leary has developed especially for the regular weeMy radio
broadcast of the Calvary Church. Dr.
DeHaan, and Mr. Leary hav. a Wide
circle of friends in this part of Michigan having become well known thru
their regular programs from the
Grand Rapids church over station's
WASH, WOOD of Grand Rapids and
station WXYZ   of  Detroit.
A rousing song service will be enjoyed under the direction of Mr.
Leary during which several nujnbers
will be rendered by the "boys chorus
after which Dr. DeHaan will bring
his message entitled "Broken Thing-."
The service will begin promptly at
7:30 p. m. The public is welcomed to
this service.
CONSUMERS POWER USERS
For prompt and courteous service,
pay your light and power bills at the
Citizens Stat® Bank.
BAKE SALE
OIL NEWS
CLARE COUNTY
Drillers on the Bicknell No. 2 gas
W'ell on section 6, Grant township,
have reached a. depth of 1225 feet and
expect to reach .the; gas vein either
Saturday or Monday. The drive pipe
on this well was,landed at a depth of
510 feet' .    ■ •       ' __
Chas. Moore, driller on the Bicknell No. 2 gas. well had* the' forepart
of his foot crushed Monday when the
swing lever swung and hit him. Dr.
K. Hammerburg dressed the wound.
'     "    VERNON  FIELD
' -Owing to the wet- condition of the
ground the spudding on the Cope
well, ,on the east side-of'section 9,
has'been delayed for several,weeks.
WISE   TOWNSHIP
The Socony* O'il Co., Inc., after
drilling through.the Dundee to brine
on 'the Murphy well No. 1 on tha east
side of'-section 6, decided to plug the
pipe back to the gas' level of 1300
feet and blow same. They will thus
develop a gas well of about one million cubic feet capacity. This is said
to be a test as to the quantity of ,gas
in  this   vicinity.  '
CLARE'S NEW FEDERAL POS'
OFFICE BUILDING WILL BE
DEDICATED FRIDAY, MAY 14
Believe It or Not
A. H. HORTON LOSES
FOOT AS RIFLE SHOT
SHATTERS BONES
COLONIAL STRING
QUARTET TO GIVE
EVENINGjCONCERT
Public Invited to Program
Sponsored by Clare Good
-    Literature Club
Under the auspices of the Clare
Good Literature Club the Colonial
String Quartette of Saginaw will give
an evening concert at the High School
auditorium on Tuesday, May 11 at
eight o'clock. There will be no
charge for the evening's entertainment and: the public is cordially invited to attend.
The manager of the Colonial String
Quartette is C. Ashworth Swarthout
and the personel of the group includes Geraldine Swarthout, first
violin; Margarete Sovia, "Viola; Ruth
Provost,second violin; Margarete
Swarthout, cello, and Pauline Torpey,
soprano soloist
They offer the following very interesting program.
GROUP I
Largo (from opera 4 Xerxes), Handel
Ou Bord de la mer (Reverie), E.
'Dunkler.
Andante (from Quartette No. 3 op.
1), J. C. F. Back.
GROUP II
"Vocal Duets.
Merry Heart, Luigi Denza
O'er the Waters Gliding (from
tales of Hoffman), Offenback
GROUP III      .
Vocal Solos
Old Refrain, Kreisler
O Lovely Night, Ronald
Pauline Torpey
GROUP IV
Quartette Op. 125 No. 1, Schubert
Scherzo
Adagio
Minuet (from "the Six Symphonies
on Quctor 'dialogues pour 2 violins, alto  et Bosse)."
At Motgante store* by St.   Gecillaa
cshurch Saturday, May 8th,
RUDY TAVERN SDLD TO
CARP PEOPLE RECENTLY
Mr, and Mrs. Bert Walker are
moving to Clare after spemdihg the
jast six months" in charge of the
RJudy Tavern west of the city. We
understand Mr. Rudy has sold the
Tavern and tha three acre plot of
[ground to parties from Caro.
This building is an tfld landmark
in this community, known to many
of bur oldie* residents as the Hay
_H>iise. When Mr. Rudy purchased
the property he made many improve-
m->nt8 completely revamping the a>
pearance of the site.
Tuesday forenoon Murl Houghton,
of the Clare Drug Co., was found; by
a reporter to. be wearing • several
patches on his face and_ naturally we
began asking questions. After an extended interview this is the story we
obtained, or somewhat near:
"I was'-in Grand Rapids Monday
night and" thought I would take an
aeroplane ride over the city. There
were four passengers beside the
pilot. When the plane, had gained an
altitude of about 100 feet the engine
stalled and back we started for the
earth and before we had time to
speak, crash. The pilot was a good
one as he landed the- plane fine—considering everything."
The cuts on his face are supposed to have been caused from flying
broken glass. He claims also to have
suffered a bunch onthe back of his
head and a sprained' back. He says
"Never, Again." *
MAYOR DUNLOP
NAMES APPOINTEES
DAY EVENING
First Meeting of Council for
' New Year is Harmonious Throughout
At the first meeting of the City
Council for the new year held Monday night, Mayor J, W. Dunlop named
his appointees for City Officers and
committee appointments" for the ensuing year as follows:
Alderman-at-large, Chri_ Reger, of
the 1st Ward.
City Attorney, Donald Holbrook.
Health Officer,,. Dr. Jas. A. Reeder.
Water Works Engineer and Street
Commissioner, W. H. Erter.
City Engineer, John White.
Night Watchman, John D. Hanley.
Fire Chief, Albert Haley.
Mayor Pro-Tern., Arthur Parish.
Member Cemetery Board, 5 year
term, Ed. Johnston,
Committee' appointments were:
Ways and Means, Aldermen Cunningham, Holbrook and Feighner; Tax
and Apportionments, Feighner, Holbrook and Reger; Streets and Water,
Parish, Feighner and Reger; Fire
and Park, Holbrook, Hachmuth' and
Cunningham,; Bills and Accounts,
Hachmuth, Parish and Cunningham;
Bonds and Ordinances, Reger, Hachmuth and Parish; Building committee, Feighner, Parish and Cunningham.
Recommendation was given' by
Mayor Dunlop for the reengaging of
Norman Lackie as Sexton at Cherry
Grove  Cemetery.
The Annual clean-up days were set
for May 11th and 12th.
In behalf of the Chamber of Commerce Fred Morgan, Earl Sternaman,
Atty. Donald Holbrook and Richard
Greenfield appeared before the Council and solicited financial aid to assist in promoting a City Band, the
same to be a 22 piece organization
and directed by Mr. Greenfield. The
request was laid over until the next
meeting, May 17th.
A resolution was adopted by the
council recommending that US-10 follow 5th street through the city instead of partly on 4th street as at
present, was ordered sent to State
Highway Commissioner Van Wagoner.
The council also voted to grant a
$100 contribution as its share of the
payment of publishing a county map
and other advertising in the promotion of Clare County to the tourist. A
$25.00 contribution was also made to
the Larman Post of American Legion
to help cover expenses of Memorial
Day services and $10.00 to Kenneth
Rubles as the City's contribution for
road signs on county tours.
RECREATION NEWS
Our Achievement program, April 28,
was well attended and a very pleasant evening was enjoyed.
For Handicraft May 6 we met at
the home of Mr_. Newman in Gilmore
■and May 7 we meet with M'r_. Lena
Davison of Farwell for handicraft and
pot luck dinner..
As soon as the weather permit., we
will begin our ou,t-door sports of
games, playing croquet, flBhing, swim-
ing aiid picnicing.
Mina Van Buskirk
Recreation Leader of Wtest
Grant, Gilmorei and German
Settlement.
Chamber of Commerce Plan.
Program for Afternoon
and Evening ;
High Goverment Officials to Be
Here for Occasion
Next Friday afternoon and evening,
May 14th, will be a momentous occa-'
siori in' Clare at which time the new
United States Post office will be
formally dedicated under the auspices
of the Clar% Chamber of Commerce.   "
At one*o'clock the flag raising over,
the. Postoffice and dedication of the
building will take place. High Government Postoffice officials will bo
in Clare for the occasion and a number of speeches will, be given by prominent men in the State and Nation.
In the eivening commencing at sev-
jem o'clock the dedication banquet
will take place at the Clare Commun.
ity Building with Edward G.. Johnston acting as Toastmaster and Donald E. Holbrook, President of- the
Clare Chamber of Commerce presiding. Barnes Cafe is serving the
banquet and tickets at one dollar
each may be obtained from Chamber
of Comnferce officials. The banquet
will be followed by a dance in the
Community Building.
Francis Jackson, local Postmaster
has been working hard in making arrangements for moving into the new
Postoffice Quarters and he states that
tha new building is one to do credit
to a city considerably larger than
Clare.
Clare Chamber of Commerce Officials are busily engaged in working
out details and a complete account
of the entire program will be released in time for best week's issue of the
Sentinel.
SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL
HIGH SCHOOL MUSIC
FESTIVAL MAY SEVENTH
Glare School Among Eleven to
Participate in Fete at Central
State Teachers College
Eleven schools are defintely entered in the seventeenth annual high
school music festival which will ba
an all day event at Central. State
Teacher College Friday, May 7. Professor J. Harold Powers, head of the
music department (who founded the
event and has conducted -it every yea_!
since 1920), anticipates that late entries will increase ■ the number participating past last spring's figure
when 250 singers represented 12 high
schools.
The schools thus far registered for
the festival are as follows:
Ashley, girls' glee- club and mixed
chorus.
Bad Axe, mixed chorus and girls'
quartet.
Big Rapids m„le quartet and mixed
chorus.
Clare, girls' chorus.
Evart, girls' glee club and trio.
Gladwin, girls' chorus.
Greemvillei, girls' glee club.
Lakeviaw,  girls'   chorus.
Mt.  Plea,sant, girls' glee club.
Shepherd, girls' glee club.
Vassar, boys and girls' glee clubs
with double chorus.
The festival was conducted for the
eintire state in the form- of a music
contest until 1926, at which time it
had grown to the proportions where .
it was taken over by the state. State
officials conducted it until 1931, with
a regional contest here during those
years. At the -end of that time when
the idea was abandoned by the state
as a result of the depression the activity was resumed here in the form of
a festival, with the emphasis on competition and victory largely taken
away.
Professor Hardin Arthur Van Deur-
sen of Albion colleige .will be critic
judge this year.
YOUNG GILMORE RESIDENT
IS PAINFULLY INJURED
WHILE CRANKING TRACTOR
Ben jamin Wood, 17 of Gilmore town-
ship was painfully injured last Friday while working with a tractor oni.
his father's farm near Wood's store. .
The  accident happened while  Mr.
•Wood was attempting to    start   tha   .
tractor by cranking while the  sanaa
was   in- gear.    The -engine   starting
forward caught Wood, badly crushing '
and breaking the bones of his leg.
Hb was brought to the Clare Coun*
ty General Hospital, where he will b$
confined^or several weeks.
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