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GLARE MICHIGAN, FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 14, 1937
New Series Vol. 45, No. 31
COMMISSION PLANS
REFUND TAX CASH
TO EMPLOYERS
Unemployment Commission
to Give Qb9.11.ces to
Three Thousand
A new regulation, permitting a tax
refund to an- estimated 3,QQ0 small
employers who failed .to delduct the
first ?6,000 in computing 'their 1936
payroll contributions, is announced
: by the Mi .frigate: unemployment compensation commission.
"Employers who because of error
. or misapprehension failed to claim
the permissive statutory deduction of
?6,000 are now permitted to file an
amended contribution within 120
days from the date when their report was dive," Frank A. Picard, commission chairman "explained.
"We estimate that about 3,000 small
employers not subject to the federal
excise tax on payrolls because they
did not have eight or more employees
during 1936, Will benefit from this
new commission ruling.
"In order forjjhem to claim the refund they must submit an amended
return together with a sworn statement setting forth thei circumstances
of thear error before July 20, next.
fThe commission then will pass on
their claim and authorize a refund.
.This amoutats to nine-tenths of one
per cent, of the employer's payroll if
the total was less than ?6,000. If the
tdtal was over $6,000, the refund will
be ?54.00, the contribution paid on
the first $6,000.
Mr. Picard stressed the fact that
the new regulation is beneficial only
to those employers not subject to the
federal tax regarding unemployment
compensation.
"Employers subject to the. federal
act get credit for their entire state
eontributioSos—if they paid before
April 1—against their one per cent
federal tax," he said.
Amencle_l employer's contribution
report forms and adjustment and refund claim reports are being printed
"ij8_tti:TViH "be** available f0!**.eanplbyers
.who desire a refund. Mr. Picard
said ""We will mail out these forms
to employers whom we note have erroneously paid a state contribution]
on this $6,000, but employers who do
.not receive such forms from the commission should write to our offices in
the Fox building, Detroit, and forms
will be sent them."
KIWANIS CLUB
BRINGING NEW
SOUMH»ICTURE
Public Invited to See Films
at School Auditorium
May 19th
The. Clare Kiwanis Club are bringing an evening of entertainment to
-the Clara school auditorium next
Wednesday- evening, May 19th which
is instructive, * educational and patriotic. Tbe public is urged, tb reserve
this evening and be guests of the
Kiwanians at this time When the
- new sound motitm picture, " George
Washington's Railroad," will be
shown. This is a professionally produced sound picture in. every detail,
and requires one hour to run. Pictur-
\ es show two hundred years of history,
-^'■^^-"Ijsglnning with the, early days of
George Washington as a young surveyor and his plans for American's
first transporatioh system to unite
the east and west. Also the first
locomotive used, Beautiful Mount
Vernon, Washington's tomb of his
own designing,' Arlington cemetery
and scores of othe.r historic shrines.
The music heard with this thrilling
story of America is produced by the
Nathaniel Shilkret and his Grand
orchestra of fifty musicians.
This is a program that all ages can
enjoy and the Kiwanis club are to
be complimented on the high class
entertainment that they have brought
to our city.
NOTICE
On and after May 17th the local
barber shops will charge the following  prices:
Hair cut 40c, shave 25c, tonics 20b.
F. M. Shumway
H. i_ Douglas
30t2 H. Bro-tfn
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POMONA GRANGE
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Isabella Pomona Grange will meet
with "Union Grango Wednesday eve-
ft_n&i May 19.  Pot luck lunch will be
Nellie B. WMte, Secy.
Will Move to
New Location
This Week End
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Who will supervise the moving of
the Glare Post office to the new building on Fifth street, this week end
and open for business' in the new
location Monday morning.
AGED COUPLE
CELEBRATE 60TH
ANNIVERSARY
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Sutherland Have Resided in
City Over Three
Score Yea/s
Otho Sutherland, of Willmington,
Deleware, arrived last week Thursday
to help his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C.
H. Sutherland celebrate their sixtieth wedding anniversary on that
day. The anniversary dinner ' was
served at the home of their daughter,
Mr. and Mrs. Homer L. Douglas. Mrs.
Cora Bell, of Flint, was also a guest.
Mr. and Mrs. Sutherland are among
the very C_av in our ' community to,
celebrate a sixtieth anniversary and
they ^are pleased -to have attained
this unusual event. Both came to
Clare as young people and later were
married and have been permanent
residents over this entire period of
time, being active in business and
social life as long as health wonld
■permit. Mrs. Sutherland cares for
her spacious home with but very little assistance.
When this couple had been wed
twenty-five years they celebrated the
occasion and a large number of
giiests were pnesent. Only three remain of this number, Mrs. L. McCulloch, Mrs. Winnie Tasker and Wm. H.
Elden, the latter sojourning in Florida.
' Their son, Clark H. Sutherland and
wife, and son, Jack, of Detroit, spent
the week end with them.
LARMAN POST AND
AUXILIARY MEMBERS
MET WITH GLADWIN
Tenth   District   Meeting' With
Social Eyening Attract
Many
Monday afternoon and evening,
May Tenth, the Tenth District Associations of the American Legion
and American Lefjon Auxiliary held
their meeting at" Gladwin with the
Gladwin Post and Unit entertaining.
The business meeting commenced
at five "o'clock, the men meeting in
the Circuit Court room and the
women meeting in the Community
Building.
At the meeting of. the Legion, District Committeemajni Lear J. Doherty
of Coleman, appointed two important
committees. The members were
■chosen as follows: Salvation Army
Memorial committee Al Geroux of Bay
City, Chairman, to be assisted by
Carl H. Smith, of Bay City and Kyle
<L. McKinnon, of Clare. Time and
Place Committee, Peter G. Mason of
Blanchard Chairman, to bo-., assisted
by Conrad Walker, of Clare, and
Burke Wilmot, of Gladwin.
Following the business meetings
those attending met in the Gladwin
Community Building for the customary banquet. Prosecuting Attorney
Burke Wilmiot acted as Toastmaster
and Circuit Judge John C. Shaffer
gave the Address of Welcome. A
dance followed the; banquet
Members of the local Post in at-
'tendance were District Adjutant Jay
iO. Bellinger, District Judge Advocate
Kyle L. McKinnon, District Sergeaht-
at-ArmB William D, Harger, Arthur
F. Damoth, Arthur J. Morgan, Conrad
Walker and Alexander E. Wylie,
Members of the local Auxiliary Unit
In attendance were: Alternate Com*
mitteewoiban Adelaide Wylie, Alta
jBellinger Velma Damoth, Augusta
Morgan, N._ule M. Sherwood, Betty
Walker and Blanche Walker,
REPORT OF DISTRICT
.    HEALTH DEPT. NO. 7-
CL0SED SECOND YEAR
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The District Health Department-
served the counties of Arenac, Clare,
and Gladtyin for the second year.
Dr. E, V. Thiehoff, Director of the
unit, was granted a year's leave, of
absence for the purpose of postgraduate study at Johns Hopkins' University, f  .      .   .
Or. L. H. Gaston and later Dr.
VanderSlice acted as director of the
unit. Their reports sliow-tha't the staff
made 4702 home visits.as well as 1006
visits to the schools where 4970 inspections for communicable disease
or specific defects were made." 614
children Were protected against diphtheria and 397 Vaccinated . against
smallpox. -609 x-rays were taken during the year and 3078 mefdieal examinations made. The sanitarian reports 1722 inspections.
Under nursing supervision were 26
cases and 207 contacts of tuberculosis,
69 prenatal cases, 456 infants, 1116
preschool and 79 crippled children.
Dr. Marian L, Stevenson, opthal-
mologist for the Children's Fund of
Michigan, made 648 eye examinations
and furnished 243 pairs of glasses.
. The dentist attached to the unit reports 1702 children made 2Sf94 visits
to the clinic. 3086 fillings were inserted and 2323 teeth extracted. In
addition 3539 other operations or
treatments were given.
MRS. PHILLIP VAN-
CONANT DIES AT
DAUGHTER'S HOME
Deceased   Believed   to   Be
Oldest Resident o£ This
Locality
Almeda Lyons was born May 13,
1843 at Prince Edward County,
Canada, to Thomas and Cynitha
Lyons. Four brothers and two sis-
teirs have proceded her in death. One
sister Mrs. Helen Pierson, of Flint,
sui"vives.
On February 20th, 1868, she was
wedded to Phillip Van Conant. This
was a happy union which continue.?
for 68 years. They came to Michigan in September 1868 and settled on
a farm in Macomb County. They
moved to Dover, Clare County in April
187S, where they lived a contented
and useful life until Mrs. Van Conants
health failed in January 1934, at this
time they went to the home of their
daughter in Vernon, where they
spent two more peaceful years together and where Mr. Van Conant passed
away, and she answered the final
summons sixteen months later, May
Sth, 1937.
A son, Edward and a daughter, Mrs.
Hattie Dennis, of Vernon, four grand
daughters, Mrs. Ellen Henderson, of
Vernon, M|rs. Grace Ackerman, of
Clare, Mrs. Ruth Miller, df Farwell,
and Mrs. Gertrude Marshall, of Pontiac, eleven great grand children and
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POPPY DAY SALE
WILL BE SPONSORED
BY LEGION AUXILIARY
Mrs. Ed. Johnston   Has Been
Appointed Chairman of
Committee
Poppy Day will be observed in
Clare this year on Saturday, May 29.
Mrs. Ed. Johnston, chairman of the
poppy committee of Larman Post
Unit of the American Legion Auxiliary, has announced Extensive preparations for the observance of the
day are being" made by the Auxiliary
women.
Memorial poppies, to be worn -in
honor of the World War dead and to
raise funds for the welfare of the
disabled veterans and needy families of the dead and disabled, will
be distributed throughout the city.
The laidies will organize corps of
"poppy girls" to offer the flowers to
everyone on the streets duiring the
day and to receive contributions for
the Legion and ■ Auxiliary welfare
funds. The flowers are made by disabled veterans. '
"Poppy Day is the day of personal
tribute, to the men who gave their
lives in the nation's defense". On
that day everyone can show that they
still remember and honor the sacrifices of those who lost their lives in
the war, The poppy is their flower,
made in their memory by their disabled comrades. ,
CONSUMERS POWER USERS
. For prompt ana courteous, nerrle*,
p«y your light and power bill* at tlM
CiUiwaa 8UU Bask.
CLARE COUNTY TO
RECEIVE $21,485.36
UNDER McNITT LAW
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Over Two Million Being Distributed to Counties
• ih State
This wieek" Glare county ■wp*3
vbuchered for ?2l,485,36 for the maintenance of' former township roads
which under the McNitt law abolished the ol_fVtoy^ship road system.
The payment represented the first
half of a- $4,000,000 anik.il return under this law. More than 62,000 .miles
of j:oads, which formifcrly made up
that system, have been taken over
"by the counties Binc_mhia enactment
of the McNitt Statute of 1931.
The current payment increases the
total retums to the counties from
highway revenues to $13,873^445 to'
date this year. Previous returns
were made up of ?l,276,0j30 from gasoline tax revenues and a ?10,598,445
first-quarter payment from weight
tax revenues. . ^
In addition to the McNitt law payment of ?'4,000,6q a yea. from the gas
tax, the counties receive all of the
Weight tax collections! and. an additional $2,550,000 from the gasoline
levy. The latter was/voted by the
legislature in 1934 wheij it reduced the
weight tax 36 per cent.
Current payments under tne, McNitt law, nearby counties drew the
following sums:
Isabella,   $27,946.72   J
Gladwin,   $19,622.03   \.
Midland, $24,755.43 .
Osceola, $22,998.21    (
Roscommon, $9,443.6$.
ANOTHER
AND A HALF GAS
WELL IN GRANT
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Mercier-Bicknell Number, 2
Gives Evidence of Abundant Supply of Fuel
The Mercietr-Bieknell No. 2 gas
well was drilled in Tuesday and is
rated as a million and a half cubic
feet of dry gas. This well will tie in
with the McKay field and is but one-
half mile from the pipe line.
Mr. Mercier was here from Detroit
to witness the completion of this
project, and was much pleased with
the volume of gas procured. Mr.
Mercier has another good producer
in Grant township, and drilled two
wells across the line in Hatton township several years ago.
It is evident that Mr. Mercier has
faith in a gas field in'Clare county
as he. owns otae hundred acres in this
.territory and has paid the highest
price for land for this speculation in
the county. The city of Clare has
been supplied by gas from this area
ifor several years.
VERNON TOWNSHIP
Drilling on the McKinnon Wejl No.
jl, on the north side of section 5 was
resumed Monday after being closed
down several weeks. The drill is
now working, at a depth of 1500 feet.
Corner Stone Laying and Dedication of the New Post Office Building
at Clare, Friday, May Fourteenth
PETER KASCHECK
INSTANTLY KILLED
SATURDAY NIGHT
FIRE CHIEF ALBERT HAtEY
ASKS STRICT OBSERVANCE
OF ORDINANCE NO. 117
Upon request of Eire Chief Albert
Haley we print the following ordinance for the benefit of those who
have containers available to dispose
of rubbish in the. business district of
our city. Mr. Haley requests that the
ordinance be respected):
Ordinance No. 117
The City of Clare, ordains:   :
Sec. 1 That all papers and rubbish
in Business district bei burned in containers with covers on, from' 7 a. m.
to 8 a. m., and from 4 p. m. to 5 p. m.
Sec. 2, Penalty for violation not
less than, five dollars or ten days in
Jail, or nroi"e than twenty-five dollars or thirty days in jail, of both fine
and imprisonment, in the discretion
of the court.
Sec. 3, This ordinance to take effect in twenty days.
Dated May 4, 1925,
Fire. Chief
ATTENTION,
Will the. party or parties who have
Written me various letters with their
names signed as "taxpayer," "voter,"
"resident," etc. please come to. me
personally or to the Council as a
body In regard to conduct ot "City
Employees.
John W. Dspfop, Mayor,
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DEDlCATION'-h'OOP.M.
AT POST OFFICE BUILDING
1:00 P. M.   Parade .by members of the American Legion, Boy Scouts
and Clare City Band.
1:30 P. M.   Music:—
March by Sousa   ______Clare City Band
.Richard Greenfield, Director
Corner Stone Laying  Francis Jackson, Postmaster
Flag Raising .: , , i American Legion
Star  Spangle Banner —__   Clare City Band
Presentation of Keys .-._, , , _ Lloyd Gensel
Federal Construction Engineer, Chicago, Illinois
Acceptance of Keys , Francis Jackson, Postmaster
Official Opening of the Building
BANQUET~7:00 P. M
AT   COMMUNITY   BUILDING
Banquet commemorating the formal opening of United States Post-
office Building of Clare, Michigan, sponsored by Clare Chamber of
Commerce to be held at the Clare Community Building, Friday evening
at 7:00',P. M., May 14th, 1937.
INVOCATION REV. GEO. STANFORD
PRESIDING DONALD E. HOLBROOK
President of Clare Chamber of Commerce
TOASTMASTER EDWARD G. JOHNSTON
ADDRESS OF WELCOME JOHN W. DUNLOP
Mayor
INTRODUCTION OF GUESTS
MUSIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE   QUARTETTE
Messrs Elden, Bates, Elden, Wehrly
REMARKS .. ...  FRANCIS JACKSON
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MtJSIC CHAMBER: OF COMMERCE   QUARTETTE
Messrs Elden, Bates, Elden, Wehrly
ADDRESS ■ " PETER WIGLE
Assistant Postmaster, Detroit, Michigan
PLANS RESUMED
FOR SPECIAL NIGHT
ZENOBjKHAPTER
PastlMatrons and Past Patrons to be Honored
May 20th
Next Thursday evening May Twentieth, the officers and members of
Zenobia No. 129, Order of the Eastern Star, are planning to hold the
initiation and Past Matrons' and
Past Patrons' night announced in the
Sentinel about a month ago. At that
time it was impossible to hold it due
to many of the members' families becoming ill With scarlet fever and the"
event was postponed.
The affair will start with a banquet commencing at six-thirty o'clock
which Will be followed by a Special
Chapter meeting at which time, four
candidates will be initiatedv The Mt.
/Pleasant Chapter is putting on the
Initiatory work and it is expected
that a large number of visitors particularly visitors from that city will be
pj?eSent.   -
Thei annual banquet honoring the
Past Matrons and Past Patrons will
be held at this time and all present
will be presented. A program has
been planned in this connection. All
members of the Chapter and all visitors of other chapters desiring to attend are urged to make their plans to
be present
FORMER RESIDENT OF
ARTHUR TOWNSHIP DIES
AT BAY CITY WEDNESDAY
Funeral af Mrs. William Blinco
Will bfe Held From Brown
Corners Church Today
Following an illness, of Only three
days, Mrs. Wm. Blinco passed from
this life Tuesday at her home in Bay
City at the age of 73 years.
Mrs. Blinco until twenty years ago,
wbb a wdll known resident of Arthur
township.
Funeral ierrices will be held from
the Brown Corners church tfti* afternoon .at* 2.M O'clock, Her. Chas,
Klelahi-dt; oBttci* .In* haft. interment
mad* in Gharry Orov*.
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MOTHER'S DAY FITTINGLY
OBSERVED SUNDAY BY
CONGREGATIONAL GUILD
Pleasing Program Rendered and
Carnations Distributed to
Attendants
The Ladies of the Congregational
church had Cull charge of the Mother's day service Sunday morning, Mrs.
Mabel, Horton was to have had
charge of the service but was' prevented from doing so by the accident of
Mr. Horton a few days „ previous.
Mrs. Alex Artibee very kindly topk
hold and presided over an excellently arranged program, adding some
pleasant » contributions . here , anc!
there. Mra. A. E. Wylie conducted
the preliminary part of ihe servl'-e.
Misses Mavis Kennedy and Donna
Rae Seeley gave very interesting
readings. The choir rendered special
and suitable musical selections and
Miss Elizabeth Feighner sang a solo
accompanied ,by our regular organist,
MissAnna May Smalley. The whole
service had a quality and dignity
about it which paid suitable honor to
our mothers.
Mrs. John Nelson and Mrs. Stanley
Masten acted as ushers and presented the carnations at the door as the
people assembled for worship.
The plants loaned by Mr. Ed.
White and the beautiful bouquet of
roses by Mrs. Emerson Chester added
much to the floral effect of the service. —-
CLERKS'WEEK TO BE ' ,
OBSERVED AT A&P STORE
The Managemient of the, A, & P.
store announces that the annual
Clerks' Week Sale Will be held for all
stores next week, May 17 to 22. Sam
Robert, head clerk, states that he has
(Prices that will be gratifying, to the
patron's pocketbook.
Mr. Robert also states that added
features to the Popular Band Wtlgon
program presented over the air each
IThursday evening from 7:00 to 8:00
■p. m, will be appreciated by the radio
public.
Tite store is undergoing a complete
change for. the eY«tot and every item
will be bo arranged as to be-c<_nven»
lent to th£ jmiblie. Watch for an-
n_unc«a-enU in tbe Sentinel next
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TO THE PUBLIC
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Clare, Michigan
"     May 11, i937.
We, the undersigned 'beer vendors!,
hereby agree that on and after May
15th, 1937 we will sellall bottle.d beer
at 16c per bottle or two (2) for 26c.
John Dionese
Nora J. Barnes, Barnes Caftf
Gladys Marlcelles
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ship Young Man Near
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Peter Kascbeek, aged 16 years, of
Wise township, was instantly killed
Saturday night about midnight when
he was i'un down by an automobile
driven by Charles Berthume 19, of
near Coleman.
The accident happened near the
east city limits 'on US-10. Kascheck,
was walking on the- pavement and
carrying a loaf.of bread, returning to
his home after spending the evening
in the city. The Berthume. car, also ^
traveling east, struck him, knocking
him down and fracturing his skull.
Coroner Andrew N. Friz took
charge of the body and removed same
to his undertaking rooms, where it
lay until Sunday afternoon before
being identified by his parents, touring this time State "Police Sargeant
Lloyd Wagner did everything possible
to assist iri finding some person who
knew the young man. Scores of people visited the place, but no one
seemed to recognize him, until the
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Kascheck were brought in.
At the coroner's jury at the inquest
held Sunday afternoon Mr. Berthume
was exonerated of blame, the jury
excepting his. word that rain on the
windshield and bright lights of an
approaching car prevented him from
seeing Kascheck."
The deceased was born in Burton,
Ohio, April 22, 1921 and moved to
Coleman with his parents and family
in 1930 where they resided for Beveral
Vears besfore taking up their residence in Wise" township. Peter -attended school in Coleman and also In
Clare, leaving the local school late
last fall.
Besides his parents he is survived
by one brother, .John .gnd a sister,.,
Mrs,: Katliryn • Molosky, of Detroit,
Stella, Mary, Alga and Helen, at
home.
Funeral services were held from
the St. Cecilia church Wednesday
morning,, at ten o'clock and burial
made in the church cemetery.
JUSTICE COURT
HOLDS ALL DAY
SESSION MAY 8
Two'Civil Cases Heard Be*
fore Justice George
Springs  ""-■''.       ,
Justice of the Peace George, Spring's
Court W^s in session all day Satur-z
day with two Civil suits being heard.
These were the replevin action of
Kuel W. Fairbanks- versus John C'
Kur._ and Mas ICurz and the assumpsit act on of the M.c'aigaii Produce,
Company versus Roy E. Joslin. •
The" Fairbanks  case" involved cer-.
tain    articles    of  personal  property .
claimed taken by mistake when/the.
Defendants moved from -ths    Plain-*
tiff's premises.    Tlie Writ,of Replevin' was  served  by  Constable  Arthur.
J. Lamb and a part   of-   the. .goods-
were found and seiSed.   At the hearing  the Defendants  did ** not appear
and Mr.  Fairbanks, represented    by^
Alexander E. Wylie, was granted    a -
judgement for the gpods > seized, with
costs of suit.       '
The Michigaa Produce Company
case involved money claimed due for.
merchandise purchased from the
Plaintiff.' Service- of the Summons,
was served by Deputy Sheriff Jam.es
A. Chitse. Both parties were represented by Attorneys, Josepb L, Hutting'
of Carson City, representing the
•Plaintiff, and Dbnald E. Holbrook
looking after the interests of the
^Defendant. Mr, Josim did not dispute
the fact that he was indebted to the
Plaintiff but he did dispute the
amount claimed. Both sides brought
in their account books and after an
exhaustive Search and comparison of
the figures a settlement was readied, the amount of the same paid and
the case dismissed.
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