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GtARE. MICHIGAN, FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 27, 1938
New Series Vol. 46, No, 3$
WO PRODUCING
WELLS BROUGHT IN
CITY LIMITS SUN.
Eight   Million   Gasser and
Oil Producer Found at
Approximately the
Same Depth
The city of Clare will soon be
Messed with plenty of oil and gas
wells if production in the future is to
be compared with the past several
weeks. Last Sunday marked the
bringing in of two more wells within
the city limits, one a gasser and the
other an oil well.
•'■ The oil producer was drilled by Jas.
ill, McKay on the Loveless property
*joi|t north of Cherry Grove cemetery.
.TSs Sprung a,surprise, when at a
dep-th.of 1316 feet and the bit was expected' to bring, in gas but the pipe
filled with oil to the top and it was
necessary to move in a tank to case
for same. The oil has been tested and
compares tavorably in grade with that
of the West Branch field, Friday the
well wili be tubed and placed on a
pump in order to guage the production.
The second well, an eight million
cubic feet producer, was brought in
on the Bradley farm at the northeast
city limits, just south of the mill-
pond. The well has been capped until
the pipeline in that vicinity has been
connected. The gas was struck at a
depth of 1320 feet.
WOMEN GOLFERS ENTHUSIASTICALLY PREPARE FOR
ALMAMATCH WEDNESDAY
Even though the skies were gray
and the morning was chilly <the eleven
women golfers who were at Twin
Elms to play on "Wednesday morning,
had a very enjoyable day, the weather
growing warmer as the day advanced.
A splendid spirit has been shown this
season, and it is'expected that all will
be on, hand next Wednesday for our
first match, with Alma there. The following Wednesday being our open
date, there will probably be a flag
tournament.
Three members were tied for low
putts this week, Mrs. Albert Haley,
Mrs. Harry Wehrly, Mrs. Norris Elden.
These will cut for a ball at our next
meeting.
MEMORIAL DAY
SERVICES PLANNED
BY LARMAN POST
Joseph Kitchin^ of Ann Arbor, Returning to Glare
to Give Address
Another day sacred to the hearts of
our comrades living, as a Memorial
Day to our comrades dead, is with
us. Ma.y 30th comes in the role of-
days and years to awaken slumbering
memories of past days of strife, when
heroes gave their lives in defense of
National honor. As we place a flower on the resting place of our love
ones, let us also retaember to pay
respect to those who made the supreme sacrifice and those who are carrying scars for our freedom.
The Walter Larman Post have arranged a program to be held Monday
morning at 10:00.
Members of the American. Legion
and Sons of the American Legion will
meet at the City Hall at 10:30 and
with the Drum and Bugle Corps as
their leader, march to the Clare public
school where the children will join in
parade to Cherry Grove. Here the following numbers will be rendered at
11:00: ,
,  Selection. Star    Spangled    Banner,
High School Band.
Invocation, Chaplain Rev. Geo. P.
Stanford.
Address, Mayor John W. Dunlop.
Selection, High School Trio, Recessional, Misses Leona Samborn, Lois
Lange, Aleatha McLaughlin.
Memorial Day address, Joseph A.'
Kitchin, Ann Arbor.
Selection, Officer of the Day-
March, High School Band.
Salute, Firing Squad
Taps, Alger Brown
Echo, Neil Sowle
The speaker of the day, Mr. Kitchin,
a former Clare high school teacher,
and now in the Department of
Political Science of the University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor, had the pleasure of attending a conference held in
New York City the past year, on
American Foreign policy sponsored by
Council on Foreign Relations, and was
also at the conference of International Relations' Clubs held at Kalamazoo
last December. His message will be
of real interest to the scores of people already planning to be in Clare
on Decoration Day.
CLARE'S NEW GIFT
AND FLOWER SHOP
OPENJO PUBLIC
Mrs. Florence Gay Returns
to Clare and Opens Business in Easier Block
Saturday morning Clare's new Gift
and Flower Shop will be open to the
public and the proprietress,, Mrs. Florence White Gay invites the public's
inspection of this opening day. Mrs.
Gay will have a complete line of gifts
suitable for graduation, weddings, any
member of the family, or as souvenirs
and prizes. The price range is from
25 cents to ?25 so it will not be difficult to satisfy every purse. She
will be assisted in the Shop by Mrs.
Coral Collins, of this city.
Flowers for all occasions will be
available and a special lihe will be on
hand for Memorial day.
Mrs. Gay is a graduate of Clare
high school and she also attended the
Toledo University, and graduated
from the Toledo Conservatory of
Music and Fine, Arts. She has had ten
years association with the practice of
Architecture and Interior decoration,
specializing in small house design and
construction. She plans to continue to
carry on with this work in connection
with her shop.
As soon as the school year is finished in Lansing, Mrs. Gay will move her
family of three children to Clare and
devote her entire time to her new
business venture where she welcomes
all her old friends and hopes to make
many new friends and acquaintances.
JUDGE RAY HART
HELD SPECIAL SES-
SION LAST WEEK
Two Chancery and Three Criminal Cases Brought Into
Circuit Court
egtonaires
Drum and Bugle Corps will meet at
City Hall Monday morning at 8
o'clock. Parade at Harrison at 9:30.
So as to be back in Clare to Parade
at 10:30 a. m.
President John W. Dunlop.
OIL NEWS
Drillers on the Campbell well, near
the center of section 11, Wise township, run the 6 inch casing Thursday
at a depth of 1500 feet.
On. the Chartier's Currie No. 4, near
the center of section 8, Vernon township, drillers have been busy for sev~
eral days on a fishing joh, having lost
the bit at a depth of about 410 feet.
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On Thursday of last week Judge
Hart held a special session of the May
term of the Clare County Circuit
Court at Harrison at which time five
cases were brought before him.
The first matter to be heard was the
Chancery case of Ethel I. Allen versus
David A. Mair, a Bill for an Injunction
to enjoin completion of a building,
brought by the Plaintiff upon an order
to show cause. David A. Mair who
•testified in his own behalf was the
only witness sworn. Before a decision
was reached the parties reached an
agreement and a stipulation was filed
in the case. Attorneys in the case
were Alexander E. Wylie for the
plaintiff and Joseph K, Naumes for
the defendant.
The next was also a Chancery case
4n which the Plaintiff had brought a
Bill for an Injunction, The American
Michigan Pipe Line Corporation versus The Central Michigan Pipe Line
Corporation. This case came before
the Court on a motion by the defendant to dismiss and was argued by
Clare J. Hall of Grand Rapids, Attorney for the Plaintiff and Frank A.
Picard of Saginaw representing the
Defendant. No testimony was taken
and after hearing the arguments
Judge Hart made a decree by which a
permanent injunction was denied, the
temporary injunction previously issued was dissolved and the Bill of
Complaint was dismissed.
The last three matters were criminal cases, The People versus William
Spence, The People versus* 'Charles
Donders and The People versus Russell Spence, all being charges of
statutory rape and in all of which the
Defendants had plead guilty ten days
previously. After due consideration
Judge Hart placed William Spence on
probation for two years, sentenced
Charles Donders to the Southern prison at Jackson for a period of from,
nine months to five years and sentenced Russell Spence to Jackson prison
-for a period ot from six months to
four years. Both were' taken to "Jackson by Sheriff Bates.-
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Battery C. 6th Field Artillery, 1st division, Captain I. R. MoLendon, commanding. Battery leapfrogged to a new position. Montsec in the distance. This Battery fired the first shot for the*. American troops on the -Lorraine front,
one of the same Batteries that defended Soissons, in which a local man took part. Beaumont, France. September
12, 1918.
JUSTICE SCHUETT
BINDS LIVINGSTON
TO CIRCUIT COURT
Two   Witnesses   Galled   to
Testify in Case Lasting
But Thirty Minutes
AMOS WATERS COMPLETES
THE BEAUTIFYING OF P. 0.
GROUNDS IN (RECORD TIME
Thursday  morning   in   the   Circuit
Court room at Harrison the examination in the case of Carl (Jack) Livingston,-charged with murder in the killing of Isaiah Leebove, of Clare, was j
held .before Justice of the Peace Fred ■
W. Schuett, of Harrison, with a fully)
padked court room, including   County
and State officials and representatives
of various newspapers throughout the
country.
The case was set for ten o'clock and
long before that hour the prosecution,
represented by Donald E. Holbrook,
Clare County Prosecuting Attorney,
and Albert D. Wing, Deputy Attorney
General of Lansing, were ready for
the proceedings to commence. Numerous officials from the State Police
and Sheriff's office were on hand to
maintain order and Circuit Court Reporter Winifred Post Dudd, of Midland, was present to make a record of
all of the proceedings.
At eight minutes before the hour
the Defendant and his Attorneys,
Charles Goggins of Alma, James B.
Ryan of Mt. Pleasant and Joseph K.
Naumes of Clare, arrived. Shortly
afterwards Justice Schuett took the
bench and both sides announced themselves ready for the hearing.
The first witness sworn was Dr.
Burton J. Sanford, physician of this
city, who "told what occurred at the
autopsy on Sunday, May Fifteenth. He
stated that the autopsy was called by
Coroner Andrew N. Friz and was held
in the city of Clare. After describing
the wounds received by the deceased
and the bullets used in the killing he
stated that he recognized the deceased
as the person known in his life as
Isaiah Leebove. Direct examination of
Dr. Sanford was conducted by Mr.
Wing,, no cross-examination being offered.
The second witness sworn was
Elizabeth Geller and she proceeded to
testify under direct examination by
Mr. Holbrook. She stated that she
knew both Mr. Leebove and Mr.
Livingston; that on Saturday evening,
May Fourteenth she and her husband
were in the cocktail room of the Hotel
Doherty at the time the deceased was
shot. She identified the scene of the
shooting and told where the various
parties were from time to time. After
describing the shots that she heard
fired she stated that Mr. Le'ebove became unconscious immediately and
died while she was present. She
identified Mr. Livingston as the p^r-
son who did the shooting.
The People rested following her
testimony and the Defense offered no
testimony. Mr. Wing, for the prosecution, moved that the Defendant be held
to the Circuit Court to answer the information to be filed against him. Mr.
Naumes, for the Defense moved that
the Defendant be discharged from lack
of evidence. Mr. Holbrook briefly
summarized the evidence offered and
renewed the motion made by Mr.
Wing. Justice Schuett granted the
motion of the prosecution and ordered
that the Defendant be bound over to
the Clare County Circuit Court to
stand trial. At thirty minutes past ten
o'clock Court was adjourned. It is expected that the trial in this case will
he held at the Septejtribef term of
Court.
Amos Waters, who sub-contracted
for the beautifying qf the postqffice
grounds, has done an exceedingly good
piece of work during the past six days,
that being the time before the original
contract expired.
During this short time Mr. Waters
and his workers have planted 150
bushes of shrubbery, 6 trees ahd laid
1,200 yards of sod, together with preparing -the ground for same.
This is a record that he may well
feel proud of.
JANITORS CLUB TO
TOUR NORTHERN
MICHIGAN BY BUS
Itinerary Planned to Take
62 Thru Upper Peninsula Next Week
Next Tuesday morning will be a day
of thrills for 62 Clare county people
as they leave for the north on. a bus
trip. This group is recognized as the
Janitors' Club, the name and trip
honors those who have cared for the
janitor work in their respective
schools in the county during the past
school year. The money allowed for
this service is appropriated to finance
this outing.
Those from Clare and tlie southern
part of the county will leave here at
6:40 a. m., Tuesday morning and pick
up Club members awaiting at designated stops enroute to Harrison. Here
another bus is added and the two
take off at 7:00 o'clock. Commissioner
Hether informs The Sentinel that
Manistique will be their destination
the first night and they have over-nite
cabins reserved for accommodations.
Iron River will be their second day's
destination. The college city, Houghton on Keweenaw Bay, Marquette and
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MRS. ELLEN BOODY
CLAIMED BY DEATH
AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS
Deceased  Went   to   Home  of
Daughter in  Hinkleviile to
Recuperate Where She
Passed Away -
Mrs. Mary Ellen Boody died Tuesday morning at 10:30 o'clock, at the
home of her daughter, Mr. and Mrs.
Adam Oliver in Grant township. She
had been poorly and Went" to her
daughter's on Thursday evening of last
week, believing that after a brief rest
she would be able to again return to
her home in Clare, but her condition
continued to grow worse, and death
claimed her at the age of 76 years.
Funeral rites have been planned for
this Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock
from the Church of God. • Rev. Egart
of Mt. Pleasant will rofficiate, assisted
oy Harry Cleveland. Burial will be
made in, the family lot at Cherry Grove
■cemetery.
CONSUMERS POWER USERS
For' prompt arud courteous service
pay your light xuid power bills at the
Citizens State Bank.
SIX LOCAL YOUNG
M1N CONFESS TO
SERIES OF CRIMES
Officers Clear Up Mystery
Surrounding Extensive
Siege of Robberies
The wave of petty thievery which
swept this county during the fall and
winter months baffling county officers
and state police has finally been
stilled. Those implicated were not
suspected as their record and conduct
in most cases was beyond reproach.
The case as mentioned last week
when the warehouse at Farwell was
broken into and a quantity of wool
stolen was too big a job for these
amateurs and when apprehended by
officers suspiclonlng them, with the
check for same, they confessed to
many former crimes in Clare and nearby counties.
In the above mentioned case, Ernie
and Bernie Cleveland, twins, 21, of
Clare, and their brothei'-in-law, William Hanes, 26, of Farwell, confessed
the crime and also several other
jobs to Sheriff Bates. They were taken
before Justice Fred Schuett, of Harrison, and waived examination. They
were bound over to Circuit court and
bail set for §1000 each.
This case threw light upon several
other chimes, and Fred Nehls 21, Bernard Kirkpatrick 19, both Of Clare,
and John Schroeder, of Grant township, were picked up by Sheriff Bates
and Deputy Jas. Clute Tuesday morning. This trio confessed to stealing a
fine Holstein cow valued at $60100
from the Howard Costello farm, better
known as the Lloyd farm in Grant
township, on September 2, 1937. They
sold the animal for $30.00 and divided
the money.
Among the crimes committed in
Clare county are the breaking and entering into the Thayer Creamery Co.,
Farmers Produce Co., Clare-Beaverton
Lumber Co., two attempts into the
Cities Service station of Clare, three
entries into the E. W. Br own grocery,
Elmer Godwin garage, Ann Arbor and
Pere Marquette railroad depots, Far-
well high school, all in Farwell, taking
of ?200 worth of iron from the road job
north west of Farwell and selling same
to a junk yard in Alma, also several
other jobs outside of the county.
Clearing up this list of crimes makes
local people fee.l at ease, and much
sympathy is extended to those closely
related to these young men, as they
too were greatly shocked when facts
came to light that their sons and relatives were connected with these cases.
Bail of ?250 each has been provided
for Kirkpatrick, Nehls and Schroeder
and they are at liberty under these
restrictions until their case's appear in
circuit court. The next regular session will be in September.
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
May 21, 1938
Clare Sentinel
Clare, Mich.
We, the members of the Walter H.
Larman, Post No. 128 Clare, Michigan,
wish to go on record this 21 day of
May, 1938 as being absolutely noutral
in the case of Jack Livingston. That
any statements made before this date
pertaining to the American Legion of
Bocuring funds for the defense of Livingston is absolutely false..
Stanley L. Masten, Commander
Walter H, Larman, Post No. 128
CLARE HIGH TENNIS
TEAM WINS CLASS C
REGIONAL TROPHY
The Clare high school tennis team
competed in the Regional tennis tournament held at Mt. Pleasant Tuesday,
May 24. At the conclusion of the meet
Clare was tied for joints with Lake-
view. The tie was broken by scoring
the number of victories won by each ot
the school and Clare received the
trophy given by the Michigan High
School Athletic Association. Clare
was represented in doubles by Lawrence Jackson, Ernie Bryant, Hugh
Maxwell and Ronald Brown. Warren
Sharp and Neil Sowle were entered in
singles. Lawrence Jackson, Ernie
Bryant and Warren Snarp won in the
preliminary rounds and completed in
the finals. They received medals also
given by the State Association.
THREE WOMEN PAINFULLY HURT IN AUTO
ACC1DENTJATURDAY
Isabella   County   Officials
Looking for Driver Who
Left Scene of Accident
Two auto accident occurred last
Saturday afternoon one and one-half
miles south of Clare in which three of
the passengers were brought to the
Clare County General hospital for
treatment.
The first accident occurred when
Donna Bellows, of Mt. Pleasant, suffered severe head cuts when the auto
in which she was riding, and driven by
Ann Fike, of the same place, left the
pavement and crashed into a tree
The aftermath of this accident was
the cause of the second. A car whose
driver has not yet been found by the
Isabella county officials, and who apparently had been driving south, had
parked at the left side of the road to
investigate the .first accident. As
another car containing Joe Glenn, of
Midland, Misses Marjorie and Rose
Marie McFarlane, of Vernon approached from the south, the parked car is
said to have driven across the road,
without lights, directly in front of
them. The parked car was not badly
damaged and the driver is said to have
left the scene of accident without giving aid to the injured.
Miss Marjorie was painfully cut
about the mouth and lost several teeth,
while Rose Marie suffered a broken
leg and bruises. The young men
escaped with only slight bruises. Rose
Marie will graduate from the Clara
School with the class of 1938.
MEMBERS OF KNIGHTS
TEMPLAR ARE GDESTS
HERE LAST SUNDAY
Sir Knight and Mrs. J. A. Nelson
Entertain With Luncheon
and Program
Thirty members of Ithaca Comm'and-
ery, No. 40 Knights Templar, from
Ithaca, Alma, and Mt.-Pleasant drove
to Clare last Sunday to observe Ascension Day by attending the morning
services at the Congregational church.
The church choir, under the leadership of Mrs. John Keschman and Mr.
Norris Bldren furnished splendid
music and the pastor, Rev. Dawe delivered an appropriate and inspiring
sermon.
After the church service they were
luncheon guests of Sir Knight and
Mrs. John A. Nelson, at their home on
East State St. Local people who were
also luncheon guests at the Nelson
home included Sir Knight and Mrs. B.
-N. Mercer, Sir Knight and Mrs. Art
Damoth, Rev. and Mrs. Albert Dawe,
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Dunlop and Mr,
and Mrs. Donald Holbrook.
Mr. Dunlop and Mr. Holbrook have
started their journey through the several Knights Templar degrees ahd
when finished will become members of
Ithaca Commandery.
Following the luncheon, the guests
who were served in the dining room
and sun porch joined those seated at
a huge 24 foot table in the form of a
cross and decorated with Knights
Templar colors, in the living room,
for a short program.
With Miss Anna May Smalley as accompanist, Miss Donna Hornbeck sang
and with, her mother at the piano, Little Miss McKee, young daughter of
Sir Knight and Mrs. Paul McKee of
Alma, dressed in a beautiful pink taffeta hopped-skirt gown, sang several
pleasing numbers. Both young ladies
proved themselves to be real artists.
In the abseqce of Eminent Commander Floyd H. Williams, who was
ill, the junior Past Commander, Lawrence E. Montigel very graciously presided and after a few remarks by himself and others, presented Past Com-
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FARWELL BOY
STRUCK BY CAR
DIESJNSTANTLY
Accident Occurs Near Fax*
well   Late   Wednesday
Night; No Inquest
Held
Gordan, the eight year old son of Mc
and Mrs. Wm. Secor, of near FarweH,
lost his life about 10:30 Wednesday
night when he was_ struck by a caa**
driven by Mrs. Olive Robineitt, o£
Grant township.
The accident occurred near theeaa(£
village limits of Farwell. Accordine
to reports the boy was riding home
with Jas. Rawson who was drivjhg; *
Ford pickup. As Mr. Rawson; turned
his car off the pavement to let Gord-HK
out the boy is said to have jump-oil
off before the car was stopped anil
ran across the pavement into the paUh
of the Robinett car.
Coroner A. N. Friz and Deputy Shoff-
iff Jas. A. Chits were called to the
scene of the accident and agaip
Thursday forenoon, together with tte
state police, conferred with" witnesaoa
and decided to hold no inquest as ffco
accident was entirely unavoidable cm
the part of Mrs, Robinett.
The body will be taken to Mt. Hoge
cemetery, Lansing for burial.
TWELVE BANDS TO
APPEAR IN CLARE
CITY PARK SAL
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Geo. Amos, of Kalamazoo^
Secured as Guest Director for 500 Musicians
Saturday, May 28, Clare high sehodl
band will be hostess to eleven ban-d*
as they meet in Clare for a masse*
band festival in the city park. Thi«
group including the local school basil
will give the public an opportunity *■_>
see and hear 500 musicians as thejr
rendered the various numbers choae«_
The program arranged for the &ar
will be as follows:
10:00 Massed band rehearsal, Georae
Amos, W. S. T. C.-directing.
12:00 luncheon. Directors Will haw
luncheon at Hotel Doherty.
1:15 Parade, line formed at Fin*
street, Vernon Hill, marching to Glano
City Park.
2:00 Individual bands present craft-
cert, two numbers each.
Immediately following these ninn-
bers, the massed band will pla*j*g,
"Anchors Aweigh" by Zimmerman,
Officer of the Day, "by Hall
Grandiose Overture, by Delmater.    '.
The Athletic Booster, by Miller.      s
New Colonial March, by HalL
Star SpangledJBanner.
The bands and directors coming ie
Clare for this festival are:
Ithaca, Wm. J. Coburn; Midland,
Theo Nicholson; T. L. Hardy Junior
High, Bay City, Neil Keyes; Mt. Pleasant, Presten Mayhew; St. JohxBg,
Rodney Wilson High, Harold Pixley'
Reed City, Kenneth V. Kincheloeji
Alma, R. A. Yoder; Eastern Junior
High, Bay City, Andrew F. Scholfc;;
St. Louis, Herbert Saylor; Elktess.
Orval E. Jessup; and Glare, Richart.
Greenfield.
The Clare school and band direct*****-,
Mr. Greenfield feel very fortunate Ea
having Mr. Amos here as guest direeS-
or. Mr. Amos is a graduate Crora.
Lindsborg, Kansas Conservatory, —-&
is director of a 90 piece band and —Iso
an 80 piece orchestra at Western.
State Teachers College, Kalama-oe.
He is a. member of several major syie-
phoniesralso plays solo clarinet in Uaa
Kalamazoo' symphony and has been si
member of Jhe St. Louis sympho^
orchestra. ■
Correspondents
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Due to the fact that no mail is cssp-
ried on Monday, May 30th, we maJas
a special request of all correspondeata
to get their letters to the nearest npnt-
office Monday if possible avoiding sw_rl
delay in reaching this office Tuesday**.
Special stories available from Hani-
son and Farwell will be appreciated am.
Saturlay. Complying with this reqoe*
will avoid disappointment, to thooa
writing same as well as our readers.—
Thank you. The Editor.
THE GREEN COTTAGE
Our week end specials at the "Grew
Cottage" on east 4th St. are—Whed
cakes and sausage or bacon.
Hot roast beef or pork «a*nawic_a«(
Bar-Be-Cue Sandwiches,
Toasted hamburg sandwiches. .
Home made pie, J*
Drop in for a snack ,      <
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