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GLARE, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 12, 1937
New Series Vol. 46, No, 5
ARMISTICE BAY IS
FITTINGLY OBSERVED
AT PUBUC_SCH00L
N- L. Tibbils Gives Principal "Address; James F.
Johnson is Honored
v Guest
Clare yesterday oljserye.fi Armistice
Day at the High School with a completely filled auditorium and a fine
program "with Past Commander N. L.
Tibbils of the local American Legion
Post, as the speaker ot the day.
Before, the gathering, the local
Drum, Bugle Corps with the color
guard] of "World" War "Veterans marched through the city and paraded to
the High School..
The meeting at the school auditorium' was opened by Commander Stanley L. Masten, who introduced the various numbers as they appeared on the
program.'
Led by Mr. Greenfield, Director, the
Clare High School Band played a
selection following which James F.
Johnston, local Legionnaire and veteran of the Civil, Spanish-American
and World Wars, was escorted to the
platform by Commander Masten and
introduced to the assemblage.
The. Invocation was delivered by
Rev. Cleorge P. Stanford, Chaplain of
the "local Legion Post, after which
scout Forest Garchow led the audience
in the Pledge to the flag.    -
Commander Masten then introduced Past Commander Tibbils who delivered a fine speech appropriate to
the Day.
Mayor John D. Dunlop, chairman
of the Clare County Bed Cross Roll
call drive addressed the audience, reminding them of the splendid work
of this national organization in disasters which but recently took place
in our bordering states. Clare, County responded promptly as did the
scores of chapters in the United
States.
The annual drive through which
such fine work is supported, is from
November. 11 to Thanksgiving Day.
Memberships, enrolled during that
time'.will support the work for the
year ahead'of-~_*fc^he RedUCrostf
askp .little from the community, yet"
contribute*? much to the general welfare of our people.
It gives me great pleasure, as mayor pf Clare, to set aside the designated period as the time when, all members will be asked to renew their
memberships and those who have not
enrolled before are urged to add their
(Continued on Page Bight)
NOVEMBER NINTH
MEETING OF C.S.C.
AT KENNEDY HOME
Mrs. F. W. McKnight Illustrates Talk on Period
Furniture With
Pictures
HOME DEMONSTRATION AGENT
STARTS DISTRICT WORK WITH
HEADQUARTERS AT HARRISON
Miss Mary Jones, recently appointed by the State Board of Agriculture
to succeed Estelle Nelson as District
Home Demonstration Agent in Clare,
Gladwin, Missaukee and Kalkaska
Counties, began her duties November
1st. .
Miss Jones who will make her district headquarters in the county
agents office at Harrison, comes to
this position after 4 years,of successful teaching of Home Economics at
Mesick.
Organization of the 4-H Clothing
and hot lunch clubs in her district' is
engaging Miss Jones' attention at
present.
LADIES NIGHT
OBSERVED BY
C.0FO0NDAY
Grand Rapids Speaker Talks
on Subiect, The Mettle
of the American
.There were twenty members present at the meeting of the Clare Study
club held at the home of Mrs. Kennedy
Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Willard
Bicknell presided at the business
meeting during which plans were
made for a public Benefit Bridge to
be. held at the Community Building
Wednesday evening, November 17th
at 8:00 p. m. Both men and women
are invited. Committees in charge of
arrangements are: General chairman,
Mrs. L. J..Wagner; Prizes, Mrs. Jay
Hansen and Mrs. Paul Lowrey; Food,
Mrs. Lawrence Jackson; Reservations, Mrs. Clayton Neff; Publicity,
Mrs. A. F. Bates. Refreshments will
be served and the charge of thirty-
five cents per person will be made.
Futrther plans were also made for
"reciprocity day", to be observed
December 7th. Those wh_ will assist
Mrs. Bicknell .with arrangements are:
Mrs, A. J. Doherty, Mrs.. Harold
Jones, Mrs. Alexander Wylie and Mrs.
Theodore Bowler.
v Mrs. Harold Jones, music chairman
for the .day, presented Mavis and Martin Kennedy who played „ piano and
cornet numbers, respectively, and also
duets.
■ Mrs. Frank McKnight, program
chairman for the day, gave a most interesting talk on "Period Furniture."
Her talk was illustrated with pictures
including ihose describing the following types of furniture: Queen Anne,
Chippendale, Adam brothers, Hepple-
whlte, Louis XVI, Sheraton and .Dun-
can Phyfe.
The, next meeting will be held at
the fao'me of Mrs. Harold. Fleming November 23, with Mr8. Seymour Andrus
'ch'sinrian of. *th«f programs The.dis-
cri__i6_r topic will fee1 "Modern Furniture Btyloa" »_.<_-•='''Rutstoring .-'old
Furniture." ..
The annual Ladies Night at the
Clare Chamber of Commerce was held
at the Doherty Hotel on. Monday evening November 8.
Rev. G. P. Stanford offered the invocation before the banquet, and
president Donald Holbrook presided
over the meeting and introduced several new members. In order to conserve time, the business session was
dispensed with.
Rev. Albert Dawe was introduced
who had arranged a very entertaining
and instructive program. Mr. Richard Greenfield, band director at the
high school, gave several violin selections with Miss Doris Gerow at the
piano. Mrs. Mildred Bretz, of Bay
City, favored with a group vocal numbers, The music was superb and
gave great pleasure to the members
and friends."
Rev, James W* Hailwood, of Grand
Rapids who besides being a Pastor is
also a State Representative, gave the
idd.i;es'j^o|Jt.Ueu igyeni^g_an*i.sjgoke^cuv
the "subject, "'The Mettle of the American." After a few very humorous
stories as an introduction which
greatly pleased his "hearers, he entered upon his theme with a seriousness and vigor that captivated everyone. - x
The speaker emphasized the idea
that America was the land of opportunity, but the better opportunities
came to them -who were best prepared and best fitted for the leading positions of the land. He stressed the
thought that whilst certain military
names stand out in American history
as leaders of our nation, it is not so
much the fighting man that we need
to day as the man and woman with
artistic and poetic minds. Men and
women who will inspire their fellow
men to carve and shape for themselves a democratic character that
will make them leaders in the building, of international peace and prosperity.
Rev. Dawe on behalf of the program committee and the Chamber of
Commerce, thanked those who had
contributed so graciously to the entertainment of the evening, then
turned the meeting back to Mr. Holbrook, who after a few Words of appreciation for the good attendance of
members and their lady friends the
meeting adjourned.
Clare's Newest Standard Service Station Opens
The above is the new Standard Service station, located on, the corner 'of "US-10 and Maple street, the official
opening of which is announced in another column of the Sentinel for Saturday, November 13th. A valuable gift
will be given to every customer on this day. The new station will be under' the management of Jerry Callihan
and will carry in stock a complete supply of Standard products, together with tires, tubes, batteries and auto
accessories. " ! —Photo by Sternaman
POST ENTERTAINED
AT FRANK KEPLINGER
HOME JJONDAY NIGHT
Old Fashioned German Lunch
Enjoyed by Legionaires in
Country Home
Monday evening the members of
Walter H. Larman Post-No. 128, journeyed to the home of Frank Kepling-
er four miles north of Farwell for
their first regular meeting Of the
mlonth followed by an old fashioned
German lunch.
The meeting, held in the Keplinger
parlor especially arranged for the occasion, was called to order by Commander Masten with eighteen members and one visitors in attendance.
Adjutant Arthur F. Damoth gave a
fine report on membership, more than
one-half of the members having already paid their dues for 1938. .This
looks like a big membership year
and all are urged to get their* paid
up cards at once.
The Armistice Day program and
dance were completed and Command"
er Masten appointed Kd. Johnston,
Chairman of the Committee to decorate" the 'Auditorium for- the dance.   „ •
The Post decided .to _pon»or,» Post
•    (Continued on Page Eight)
EUNICE PHINISEY IS
WORTHY MATRON OF
ZENOBIAJCHAPTER
Installation Services Will be
Held Next Thursday
Evening
On Thursday evening of last week
Zenobia Chapter No. 129 0. E. S.
held its regular November meeting at
which time the elective officers for
1938 were selected.
Reports for the year were given by
Treasurer Mabel Reynolds, Secretary
Christina M. Schutt and Worthy Patron Albert Dawe. All were excellently given and all showed the Chapter
to be in excellent standing, both financially and otherwise.
^-Three- - prominent members of the
Order in Michigan-were voted in as
Honorary members in accordance
with the laws of the Order. The first
new Honorary member chosen was
Grace L. Catterfeld, Chapter No. 138
of Flint; Milton E. Miller of Jefferson Chapter No. 489, of St. Clair
Shores, was next voted in; lastly
Gertrude A. Lewis of Ashley Chapter
No. 86. These comprise tbe Worthy
Grand Matron, Worthy Grand Patron
and Grand Treasurer in this State.
This is the first time that Zenobia
Chapter has ever voted in an Honorary member 'and the members are
justly proud of the selections made.
The first two selected have the task
of governing the Order throughout
the State for the year 1938. The last
one selected, Grand Treasurer Gertrude A. Lewis is well known to all
local Eastern Stars due to her many
frequent and pleasant visits to Clare
during the last twelve years. Two
years ago she installed the officers
of Zenobia Chapter including Worthy
Matron Adelaide C. Wylie and other
elective   and   appointive  officers.
The election of officers for 1938 resulted as follows:
Worthy Matron, Eunice Phinisey
Worthy Patron, Jay 0. Bellinger
Associate Matron, Iva D. Fisher
Associate Patrqn, Lemuel E. Mc
Culloch.
Secretary, Dr. Christina M. Schutt
' Treasurer, Mabel Reynolds
Conductress, "Annabelle Hampton
Associate Conductress, Esther Williams.
The Installation of these officers,
together with ten others to be ap
pointed by the New Worthy Matron
wiU be held on Thursday evening,
November Eighteenth.
The delegates to the Grand Chapter
Session who are automatically chosen
as the first three officers, are Eunice
Phinisey, 3 ay O. Bellinger and Iva D,
Fisher.
The alternates are, Nellie M. Sherwood, Annabelle Hampton, and Alta
Bellinger.
NOTICE
F. P. Alexander, the piano tuner,
will be working in Clare again soon,
Phone orders to .Mrs. Fred Doherty'or
Miss Frances Anderson.   .
ANNOUNCEMENT
i wish to announce the opening of
my "insurance Office, downstairs in
the Dunlop Building: Phone 339 2nd
Door.' Fire," Automobile, Sickness &
Accident Insurance.
Frances M. Koch.
JDrlllerj oh the McKay 'gas teat on
'the' SW-^se-tion" -4, "Lfn_oln town*-
■hip, started driving plp'-'Wed-tesday.
MAYOR'S PROCLAMATION
Once again the time has come for
our community to demonstrate its
concern for maintaining a very necessary part of our civic welfare program, the work maintained by the
Clare Co. Chapter of the American
Red Cross.
It is not necessary for me to remind citizens of our Community that
the work of the Red Cross is a vital
contribution to our community welfare. We have all seen, during the
past year, how effective Red Cross
was during the gigantic relief operation in the devastating floods in the
Ohio and Mississippi River "Valley. It
was a great work, done in an efficient
manner, and truly deserves our most
sincere commendation.
Our community, I am pleased to
say, carried its full share of the responsibility for making this great relief work possible, through contributions of our citizens.
The annual" Roll (-Call. of the Red
Cross, through which such fine work
is supported, is "from November 11 to
Thanksgiving Day. Memberships aen-
rolled during that time will support
the work for the year ahead of us.
The Red Cross asks little from *<the
community, yet contributes much "to
the general welfare of our people.
It gives me great pleasure, as
mayor of Clare, to set aside the designated period as the time when all
members will be asked to renew their
memberships and those who have not
enrolled before are urged to add their
names .to the ranks of Red Cross
members in our community.
John W Dunlop Mayor.
LAST RITES HELD
JOR VICTIMS OF
ST0VE_EXPL0SI0N
Mr. and Mrs. Truman Smith
Laid to Rest Amid Profusion of Flowers
Truman Vernelle Smith was born
March 31, 1907 in Isabella County,
and departed this life November 1,
1937 at the age of thirty years and
seven months. He spent his childhood near Farwell and attended school
in Clare County. At au early age he
W-~ converted and lived a very consistent life.
In February -1926, he .was united in
marriage to Marie House of Farwell,
To this union was born one son, Layle
Vernelle, and one daughter, Barbara
Onalee, the latter departing this life
in 1930 at the age of three months.
After their marriage they lived on
the Littlefield ranch for one year,
later moving to Clare. While here he
drove the Star Mail, route to Harrison for four years.
The past four years be has beenem-
ployed by the Central State Oil and
Gas Company in Mt. Pleasant.
. He Was a kind, loving father and a
loyal true husband. His unfailing
cheerfulness went with him even to
the end.
He leaves to mourn their loss one
son, Layle his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Lloyd Smith 'arid one brother, Orville,
of near Ithaca,,and a host of relatives
and friends.
Marie Beatrice Loudema House was
born September 32, 1906 in Isabella
county, and departed this life November 4th at Mt. Pleasant, at the age
of 31 years, one month and thirteen
.days* Death was1 cauBod by burns
Buffered1 when their home was des-
(Continued on Paige .Sight)
VIRGINIA MAE FRIZ
AND JOHN HUGHES
MARRIEDSATURDAY
Popular Young Couple Will
Make Their Home in
Harrison
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew
Friz was the scene of a very quiet
wedding Saturday evening at 8
o'clock when their only daughter,
Miss Virginia May, became the bride
of John Hughes, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Elmer Hughes, of Harrison, in the
presence of the immediate families.
Miss Stella Short, wearing a gown
of rust crepe, sang "O Promise" Me,"
and played the Mendelsohn wedding
march as, they took their places at
the altar of. PaJ,mj,.and jpink Chrvjan^
themums .where Rev. A. D. Telder
met them and performed the ring
ceremony. They were attended by
Miss Janet and Arnold Hughes, Bister and brother of the groom, of Harrison and Detroit, respectively.
The bride Was very lovely in a Du
Bonnet velvet gown trimmed in
white and Miss Hughes wore a gown
of red earth crepe, each wearing white
gardenias. The men were attired in
dark blue suits. The mother of the
bride wore a black velvet gown and
the .groom's mother wore burgundy
crepe.
xVfter the Wedding cermony all repaired to Barnes cafe where a four
course chicken dinner was served' in
the private dining room. Two bouquets of Johanna Hill roses and
bronze pompoms adorned the table,
and a large wedding >eake was the
centerpiece.
Mrs. Hughes was»a graduate of
Clare high school in 1935 and attended Lansing Business "University and
has been employed in.the office of
Bicknell's Dry Goods Btore for the
past year.
Mr. Hughes graduated from Harrison high school, and is assisting his
father in their store at Harrison.
The couple left for a short wed
ding trip and will be at home to their
friends at Harrison after November
20th.
Out of town guests were Mr. and
Mrs. Elmer Hughes and Janet and
Elmer Junior, of Harrison, Arnold
Hughes and Thomas R. McMahon of
Detroit, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hecker and daughter, Madelin of Flint.
We extend our sincere congratulations to the bridal couple as they
journey life's pathway together.
LIGHTNING STRIKES TWO
BUILDINGS DURING SUNDAY
NIGHT ELECTRIC STORM
During the electric storm, which
passed oyer central Michigan Sunday
night, lightning struck the barn .on
the Dr. B. J. Sanford farm, three
miles north and 7 east of Clare. Seba
Umphrey, the tenant, happened to
look out the window of the home and
discovered a light in the barn. "Upon
investigating he found a cedar post,
which had been splintered, on fire
and chaff on the floor also ablaze. To
gether with his son, they carried
water from a nearby creek and extinguished the blaze with a small
loss.
The same evening the State Garage,
at the west city limits, was struck,
the bolt following the roof along the
west.Bide of the building. TUittt* damage, waa done.      . ..'.._J '...'.,"'      *
CLUB WOMEN COMPLETE
PLANS FOR TREE PLANTING
ON RESERVATION NOV, 14
Th@ conservation department of the
Michigan Federation of Women's
clubs have completed plans for ..the
first tree planting on their reservation, Sunday, November 14th, at 10:30
a. m. Each person attending will
have the privilege of planting a.tree
during the dedication ceremonies.
Every one is requested to meet at
the Higgin'a Lake Reserve, eleven
miles west of Roscommon, at 9:30,
and Drive together to the spot where
the planting will take place. Every
club Woman in Michigan is invited
and a large attendance is. expected.
GAS CORPORATION
r PLANS TO USE GAS
FRQMMABELLA
Current Shortage to be Tided Over by Loan From
Consumers Power
COMMUNITY FAIR
DRAWS HUNDREDS
TO SCHOOL HOUSE
Auditorium   Packed   With
Crowd to See "Beads
on a String"
The Clare Community-Fair attracted a record crowd Wednesday afternoon aiid evening the number being
estimated at approximately 1400 who
viewed the exhibits in the class rooms
and thpse in the gymnasium sponsored by the Future and Farmers of
America, the Home Economics department and the Industrial Arts department.
The gym had the appearance of a
large display room with its colorfully
arranged agricultural exhibits and
Home Ec. articles. Doors were open
to visitors at 12:30 o'clock and Lee
Marsa, and Miss Clara Hasso, of the
Evart school, acted as judges.
A very fine interest was shown by
the rural schools and exhibits were
awarded as follow®:
1st, Carrow school, Armalee Gerow,
teacher.
2nd, Colonvillej'*. Hazel Bodkins,
teacher.
3rd, McKinley, Eleanor Caryo, teacher.
4th, Randall, Clara Rockey, teacher*
Honorable mention goes to Wildcat
^ch^fl^J^y^.^Qo^Mrs. DeUar,.ansU^^u?^^-   ™ "lay1_™U* "»r
^^SL^M.Ci.i «t-_,^r construction -6f*-_-^econd plant*-- * to
Brown"; Corners, Miss Blanch Strouse,
teacher.
The nail driving contest caused a
great deal of amusement, being won
by Mrs. Lena Frees, Mrs. A. E. Gorr.
Misses Effie Hales and Miss Helen
Waite.
The high honor in the spelling contest was awarded Philip Wazdatskey
of the Wilson school; Ernway Barber,
of West Grant school second, Roger
Garver, Of Brown and Bonnie Roberts,
Vernon Center.
Prizes Awarded
Identification of Materials—1st,
Doris Swager of Evart, 2nd, Marie
Wagner of Beaverton.
Baked good—1st, Thelma Shilling
of Farwell, 2nd, Fern Atkinson of
Farwell.
For Best Summer Profit Exhibit—,
Ruth Strouse.
Girl earning most 1st prize ribbons,
Erma Severson; 2nd, pribe ribbons,
Barbara Caple.
Prizes were also, awarded to Secretary of Fair, Barbara Houghton and
girls who worked especially hard to
make fair a success, Lucille Poet,
Phyllis Koch, Donna Leitner, and
Mary Clyde Sarver.
CLARE DEBATING TEAM
COACHED BY SUPT.
E. DALE KENNEDY
Timely Topic Argued  by  All
Groups is "Unicameral
Legislature"
Clare high school has become a
member of the Michigan High School
Forensic Association and will compete in tbe various state-wide speech
contests to be sponsored by the Association this season. Mr. E. D. Kennedy, Superintendent of Schools, will
coach the Contestants.
Over. 300 high schools throughout
the State have enrolled to date, and
additional enrollments are being^nade
daily.  .
The major activities directed by the
Association consist of. state-wide in-
terscholastic contests in debate, oratory, declamation, and extempore
speech. The earlier part of the season is devoted to debate, the other
speech contests opening in the early
spring.
The topic to be argued in all debates will be that of "TJnlcameraf Legislature." Much interest has already
been aroused because of the timeliness of the subject.
The Herrick Helping Hand Society
will Mold "a bake sale at Friz's Saturday,- November 13th. •       , ;*•:  -,
If present plans materialize, casing-
head or wet gas from the Sherman-
Broomfield oil field in West Isabella
county will be. utilized next year to
augment dry gas supplies used by the
Gas Corpoation of Michigan to supply
domestic and industrial services in.
Mt. Pleasant and Clare.      '
Negotiations to purchase the ^Sherman field casing-head gas already
have passed -the preliminary stage,
and only the discovery of a new reserve of dry gas which would be available to the Mt. Pleasant-Clare district, Is likely to alter the present
planned program.
II casing-head gas is brought into
Mt. Pleasant-Clare to augment or replace dry gas, it will mark the first
large scale use of oil field gas for
domestic purposes in Michigan. Heretofore dry gas has been used exclusively with the exception of certain industrial uses in West Michigan and
to: drilling, fueling and heating purposes in the oil fields.
To tide over, a current shortage o_
dry gas, the Gas Corporation of Michigan has negotiated a 100,000,000 cub»
ic foot loan of gas from the Consumers Power Company, Preliminary,
survey work already has Been started by the Gentry Engineering Company for the construction of 13 miles
of 4-inch line to the Consumers Power
Company Broomield compressor station. This loan is expected to meet
winter needs in Mt. Pleasant and
Clare along with remaining' reserves
left in the Vernon and Clare fields.
To utilize the Sherman field wet
gas it will be necessary to construct
a sulphur extractipn plant and compressor unit in the field. Wet gas is
heavily charged with sulphur and
other elements which to give satis-,
factory service must be removed.
Present plans call for mixing the
processed wet gas. with dry gas from
the older fields.    This may call-for
provide a proper mix, bring cartoons-
of the two different type.gasses*into-
proper relationships, and to provide' a
steady level of B. T. U. The wet gas:
has a lower B. T. U. rating than present available dry gas supplies,. Revis-'
ed rates are a possibility.
Engineering problems involved' in*
(Continued on Page Eight")
SPLENDID INTEREST
SHOWN IN FALL
PR0GRAMSOFG.L.C.
Local Club  Members Tell
of Personal Contacts With
Famous Women
There were 30 members present at
the meeting Tuesday night of last
week when the Clare Good Literature
Club met with Mrs. L. J. Wagner as
hostess. Mrs. Estella Holden preside.
ed at the short business meeting. Miss?
Anna May Smalley was program-
chairman aiid with her committee con*
tinued the program on "Great Women
in the* "United States." Mrs. Harold
Fie tning, a former resident of Chicago,
spoke of her work at Hull House in
conection with, Jane Adams; and of
her personal, connection with. Miss".
Adams. "Miss Mabel Reynolds, who
formerly taught in iron'River, Mich,,
told of" the- intimate life of Carrie-
Jacobs Bond who also lived in Iron*
River for some time. Miss Reynold*
met Mrs. Bond and had some personal
contacts with her. Mrs. Roy Harter
gave an interesting" account of the life
Susan B. Anthony, and* in the absence of Mrs". .Ralph Artibee, read a
paper on the life of Katiterin Cornell.
Miss Smalley gave a very interesting1
account of the work and life of Helen
Keller.
Tbe membership committee announced that two new members have
been added to the club's roll, -they;
are Mrs. Ed. Roach and "Sirs. Anthony,
Wollanger.
Refreshments were served by the
hostess and committee. The next
meeting will be held at the home ol!
Mrs. Harold Jones on November 16th,
Mrs. Clayton Neff will be prograni
-chairman and the topic for discussion
will be-"Great Women of Great Brit*
ian."    -.-•■• .
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