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CLARE, MICHIGAN; FR|DA¥ MOANING, AUGUST 12, 1938
New Series Voj. 46, No, 44r
CM. HOLDS VERY
SUCCESSFUL MEET.
AT MIDLAND WED.
Over 350 Members Attend
Twenty-third Annual
.  Event
The Clare, Gladwin,• Midland District
Association, Order .of the Eastern Star
held its twenty-third annual meeting
last "Wednesday afternoon - and evening, August Tenth, at Midland with
between three and four hundred members of the Order in attendance.
Each of the seven Chapters within
the District, Beaverton, Clare, Coleman, Farwell, Gladwin, Harrison and
Midland was well represented and
many visitors from other Cnapters
were present, Six Grand Officers were
in .attendance and these constituted
the Quests of Honor. They were:
Worthy Grand Matron Grace L«. Cat-
terfeld, of Mint, "Worthy Grand Patron
Milton E. Miller, of Saint Clair Shores,
Grand Marshall Edna B. Grills, of.
Flint, Grand Adah, Viola "Walker of
Bad Axe, Grand Esther Adelaide C.
Wylie, of Clare and Grand Sentinel
Richard J. Brown of Saginaw.
jt The afternoon session was called to
•"""v. Order by the District President Emma Holstrum of Midland with the
other 1938 Association Officers assist-
, ing at their stations*.    District Sec
retary Fro Tern, Eva Quinn of Midland; District Treasurer, Gertrude of
Coleman; District Marshall, Virginia
Ross of Beaverton, and District Organist, Adelaide C. Wylie, of Clare.
Following the formal opening Worthy
Matron Clara Winkler, of Midland
Chapter, delivered the Address of Welcome while Past Matron Maude Budge
of the Beaverton Chapter delivered
the Response. Hart Holden, of the
Midland Chapter, delivered a Tribute
to the Flag, after which the Grand Officers and other distinguished guests
were presented rto the assemblage.
In the absence of the Clare Worthy
Matron, a fine report concerning Zen-
obia Chapter and its activities during
the past year was given by Associate
Matron Iva D, Fisher. The local Chapter is in excellent condition, both in
the number of. its members and fin-
.akciitlly and.during the past year has
engaged in an unusual number of
activities.
" Following the reading of the reports
from the various Chapters, the District President announced her appointments to the three Association Com-
J- mittees. A member 'from Clare was
placed on each committee, Alexander
E. Wylie being appointed Chairman
of tho Finance Committee, Alta Bellinger .being appointed Chairman of
the Courtesies Committee and Doris
Gerow being made a member of the
Invitations Committee.
Following the closing of the afternoon Session the    official   delegates
from the seven Association Chapters
tCoiitinuea on Page Ten)
VETERANS OF FOREIGN
WARS TO ORGANIZE POST
IN CLARE AUGUST 16TH
Veterans of Foreign Wars will organize a Post for Clare and vicinity at
the Clare City Hall August 16, 1938,
at 8 o'clock p. m. Posts from Harrison,
Gladwin, Alma, Mt. Pleasant and elsewhere will'be represented. State Officers will be in charge.
The VFW is composed only of line
hitting vets who went 'Over There'
and does not Discrimate in Rank, It
only glories in being Distinctive in
Service, Buck-Private or General. It's
members are ordinary men with Ex-
traodinary histories.
Vets intereseted be sure to bring
your Service Record, The Old Discharge.   Forward: Hep—,
Committee
Exhibit of original colored etchings
at Gift and Slower Shop.—(Adv.
SMITH REUNION
HELD SUNDAY AT
TOURIST PARK
Seventy Members of Pioneer
Family Spend Happy
Day Together
Sunday, August 7th, the Smith family, descendants and direct relatives
of John Henry Smith and Eliza Smith,
who came to Sheridan township 56
years ago last April, clearing a home
from the wilderness on section 11, and
living there until he passed away 35
years ago, leaving a 240 acre farm
and a family of eight children, met at
the Clare Tourist Park, 70 in number
for a renewal of old associations and
for the younger generation to become
acquainted.
Those present were Mr. and Mrs.
Hai*vey Wilson, Clare; Mr. and Mrs.
Edgar Van Sickle, son and wife, Mr.
and Mrs. Roscoe Smith and family, of
Farwell; Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Smith
and son,-Gordon, of Otisyille; Mi*, and
Mrs. Roy Smith and four»children of
Davison; Mr, and ifCr'a. Abia Smith, son
Gordon, and daughter, Mary, Mr. and
Mrs. Harold Smith, two daughters and
families of Mr. and Mrs. Abia Smith,
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Burkholder, ^all-
of Saginaw, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Burk-
holder, of Lansing; Mrs. Mftry Barton
and Mrs. Amy O'Brien of Midland;
Mr. and Mrs. E. Metner and son, Mr.
and Mrs. Cecil Pudvay and four children, Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Carrow and
Doris, Mr. and Mrs. John Neithercut
and two grandsons and Leo Haring.
This reunion will be perpetuated for
years to come. Several more relatives
from Ontario are. to be included next
year.
A bounteous picnic dinner was enjoyed and old memories and incidents
of childhood" associations were renewed. The'history of the family, which
dates back to 1870, when the founders
of this family came from England, was
read and a family tree is being prepared with data of all descendants, some
who fought in the wars of 1776. and
1812.
Clare's Three Beautiful Parks
Are Enjoyed by Local People and
Visiting Tourists During Summer
The city of Clare, through "the efforts of its public spirited citizens,
past and present, has■■• three-: ample
parks.      ;).', —.,(«.■«»' ?-'- • -'■    •''
The oldest of these Is. the city "park,
one block west o£the Main Street, the
Bite which has been used for school
and park purposes since as far back
as 1886.
This park is bounded by 4th street,
^Beech street, 5th street, and Since 1905
'V the city water works plant.
We have not been able to determine
the date this plat of ground was first
used for park purposes, but a decided
effort for improvement was put forth
and accomplished in the early 1900's.
At this time a group of citizens
headed by Will Adams staged twelve
or fourteen musical vaudiville entertainments in the old Doherty Opera
House for the benefit of the band and
park improvement.
The entertainment of this group
known, as tho "Old Homestead" company, consisted of band and orchestra
recitals interspersed with solos, numbers by the male _ quartet and high
class vaudeville.
Among tha members of the' group
were: Will Adams, Ray- Canfield,
Frank Doherty, Floyd Doherty, Dr. A.
v ID. Mulder, Chas. Chase, S, C. Kirk-
bride, Prof. Stickle,; Atherton Rogers,
Lawrence Jackson, Burt Greer, Fred
Thompson an.d Nelson. Irish. The male
quartet were.:F. M. Converse, - Jas.
Roxburg, E.G. Welch and M. D.
Feighner. Mra.. E.- ,G-; Welch was piano
accompanist for, the quartet and Leona
Chaste Waite. wak the, piano soloist.
One x>t the,.most popular, numbers
of the company was,."Bird, iu: the
Guilded Cage?;, and-when;'1he nuinhfer
■was ahont to .he.rendered Amfel Her-
WISE
WILDCAT
IN MONDAY P. M.
New  Field  in Prospect as
Result of Find Four Miles
East of Vernon Field
Much excitement prevailed Monday
in Wise township and speculators
were racing for options in the* area 4
miles east of Vernon field on the
Coleman road, when a strike was made
at s. wildcat test which indicates the
discovery of a new field.
The new .find was made on the Jas.
White farm section 28, by the Turner
Petroleum Corporation, and drilled by
the Snyder Drilling Co., of Mt. Pleasant.
The well logged a showing of oil at
the top of the Traverse formation, but
drilling was continued to the Dundee,
which was topped at 3633 feet and the
pay zone at 3703 to 3712 feet, the oil
coming in. at 3719% feet, or 64 feet in
the lime.
The well was let rest until Tuesday
morning when drillers found over 1300
feet of oil in the casing. Within an
hour after 22 barrels of oil had been
swabbed out, the prized fluid had again
raised 200 feet in the casing and has
an indicated production of about 22
barrels per day, but this is expected to
be increased considerably by the application of acid.
Drilling operations have been discontinued temporarily while storage
tanks are being constructed.
schel always climbed into the "Guilded
Cage" and supported the cast,
. Through the popularity of. the entertainments and the efforts of *B. A.
Anderson, who had charge of ticket
sales, the ■ Opera House was packed
for each engagement and as high as
?l90 was realized for a single night's
performance. In all over ?1300 was
raised.
Under the supervision of Will
Adams, who served several terms as
Mayor about this time, the park was
graded and seeded and the pavilion
and fountain were built. Doc Gleason
and Walter Pettit did the most of the
work on the pavilion.
Trip Calkins, proprietor of the Calkins hotel, did the grading and Billy
Van Fleet, elevator operator and race
horse enthusiast furnished the seed.
The park has been well maintained
and today numberless people sit on its
benches in the shade 'of its beautiful
trees while children romp on the
velvety expanses of lawn.
Public gatherings and musical recitals are held," in the park regularly.
During tho past summer over five
hundred high school band' musicians
gathered here for their annual festival-
Al. Fisher has charge of the'park
and city hali grounds and takes great
pride in- their appearance.
.   Cedar Park
Cedar Park ia located on the west
side of. US-27- and lies along the south
bank of the Tobacco, Just across the
river from the. beautiful estate and
Wildlife Sanctuary of the late Isaiah
Leehove.
The site was presented to the city
for'park purposes hy„Mr. arid Mrs.
Waiter PeUlt*/October"' 9^ in*.
■ "•: (Continued on Paise "Three) •'"..-
"CLEAN UP RURAL
MAIL BOX WEEK"
SPONSORED HERE
Every Patron of Routes in
Vicinity Urged to Inspect
and Repair Boxes
What is the condition of your rural
mail hpx'i
-w The spotlight of the entire nation
will be focused on it during the coming week, which has been designated
by th.e Post Office Department as
"Clean Up Rural Mail Box Week" in
this community.
As a matter of community pride it
is urged that every resident on our
rural routes examine his box carefully
and determine whether it measures up
to the required standard.
Motorists along our highways, it is
declared, invariably judge a community by the condition of their rural
mail boxes. It can readily be seen,
therefore, that proper attention should
be given, the boxes as a matter of good
business.
Our postmasters and rural carriers
will be more than anxious to cooperate
with you in the matter of your mail
box. It it is one of those "antiques"
which is so unsightly, you are urged
to purchase a new one. There are
two sizes,- a small No' 1 box; and a
larger No.. 2 box. Purchase • of the
larger box is strongly advised if you
receive many parcel post packages.
Let's show the world we appreciate
our rural mail boxes, wb^ich have been
aptly described as "the symbol of rural
America*"
The condition of, your rural mail hex,
as a matter of fact, is a serious matter. The box is the.. receptacle for
millions of dollars worth of money
orders, invaluable documents and
priceless letters.
It is urged that our clubs and civic
organizations take cognizance of this
important week because they can play
a prominent part in helping to make it
a success.
It seems a plain duty to resolve to
aid our postal friends in eradicating
any undesirable rural mail boxes in
our town, as well as dressing up all of
them in Sunday clothes.
Following is the .text of the official
Post Office Department order oh the
subject:
"Unservicable and unsightly rural
mail boxes both retard the delivery of
mail and detract from the natural
scenic beauty of the highway. Particularly to be deplored are the nonregula-
tion ,old type, top-opening boxes, as
Well as makeshift receptacles which
expose mail to the elements.
"It is the desire of the Department
not only to correct the above-mentioned unsatisfactory situation but to encourage all rural mail patrons generally to.possess pride in their boxes;
both in the manner of -erection^ neat
stenciling," and tidy appearance.
"To. help accomplish these desirable
objectives the Department is designate
ing the. coming week as "Clean. Up
Rural Mail Box Week."
HOLLAND COMER INJURED
IN AUTO WRECK 1ASTFR1*
DAI MORNING NEAR SANFORD
While,returningiito Clare from visiting his mother at Bay City last Friday
morning, Rolland <3omer fell asleep at
the. wheel of,his car at the west village
city limits of Sa.nfbrd, '-.'■
The result .was that the Fotd V-8, belonging to Lawellyh Yarn Sicklen, went
to the ditch and thrned turtle and it
was necessary for,;"Buss" to tear out
•tha floor hoards ir| order to extricate
himseift '''
He suffered a severe cut and bruise
on the forehead and arm and the car
was considerably damaged.
SPICER FAMILY HOLD
ANNUAL REUNION ON
BANKS 0H0BACC0
Gather at Athey Farm Sunday, August 7, to Renew
Acquaintances
The Spicer family held 'their annual reunion in the little grove beside the Middle Branch of the Tobacco
River, on the Fred Athey farm, Sunday,
August 7th, where a crowd of about
100 partook of a bountful, pot luck
dinner, others joining the crowd in the
afternoon. August being 'the golden
anniversary ot Mr. and Mrs, Geo.
Spicer of Beaverton, the family had
planned to observe that event also.
They received several anniversary
cards and were also presented with a
beautiful wool blanket from the relatives at large. The old song, "Silver
Threads Among the Godl", was sung
in their honor, with Floyd Keller
furnishing the guitar accompaniment.
Those from a distance were: Mr.
and Mrs. Grant Keller and sons, John
and Floyd, also tha latter's lady friend,
of Vestaburg; Mr. and Mrs. Clyde
Bender, daughter, darol, and son,
Edsel, and Miss Ella 'Heiser, of Lansing; Mrs. Ida Wells of Dayton, O., Mr.
and Mrs. H. O. Bender-jot Los Angles,
California, Mr. and^JirS;-Eaxt^tfyers,;
of'Durtfnd; -Mr. •and-Mfs^Fralik^Myers,
of Harrison; Mr"".'and Mrs.'. Carter, and
Geo. Nunn an*d family, of Coleman;
Mr. and Mrs. Geo.. Spicer, Orin Spicer,
and Mr. and Mrs. Gorman Calhoun, of
Beaverton; H. X*. Cleveland and family
and W. E. Heiser and family of Clare.
The rest of the group included the relatives and neighbors of this community. The day was spent in visiting and ice cream was served as a
treat to all.
A business session was called and
Geo. Spicer was again chosen for
president, and .Miss Ellen Athey was
given the office of secretary. It -was
decided to hold the next reunion at
the same place on the last Sunday in
July, 1939.
SHEPHERD YOUNG MAN
TAKES VERNON BRIDE
SATURDAY HORNING
Mrs. Dorothy Border and Patrick Fanning Married. Will  *
ResideNear Shepherd    -
Saturday morning -at nine o'clock,-
Mrs. Dorothy Border, daughter of Mr.
and Mrsi Chester Thayer, became the
bride of Patrick Fanning, son of Mr.
and Mrs. John "Fanning, of Shepherd,
at the home tit Father Henegie at
Shepherd.
They were attended by Miss Mabel
Van Hoose, of Clare, and Joe Fanning,
of Shepherd brother of the groom.
The bride wore a gown of navy blue
crepe with white accessories. Her attendant also -wore navy and white.
Both men were attired in oxford grey
suits.
The young couple left for Detroit
immediately following the ceremony
and on their return will be at' home
on the gropms farm near Shepherd.
WORK AT COUNTY
FAIRGROUNDS
NEARLYCOMPLETE
Program  Committee Hard
at Work on Final Details for Event
That the final details for the Clare
County Fair to be held at Harrison
August 30th to September 3, has been
rushed during the past several days,
was evidenced Tuesday when Ira Miller, secretary of the Association, an
nounced that the grounds are now in
almost perfect readiness for the event.
The ^seihium books have been printed and were mailed Monday to every
rural boxholder in the county.
Among the new improvements that
the- public will enjoy are the "booths
which have been installed under the
grandstand and are now ready for inspection! These together with many
other small, but important details
have been arranged.
Mr. Miller announces that if there
is any home talent in the county that
would like to take part in the program,
they should contact him at once. Soft
ball teams should also see that they
are listed.
The secretary also states that he
has received notice that the many
pieces of fireworks have been shipped
and will arrive in plenty of time for
the event.
FRANCESANDERSON
WINS FIRST FLIGHT
AT TOURNAMENT
Fair Sex  More Consistent
and Congenial Says Sage
of Twin Elms
..Watch lor the Methodiit Ji^ilktt
•Rummage sale to he held (September
SI,-IB, ?8, 44.
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REV. JAMES ROGERS
AND FAMILY TO BE
TENDERED RECEPTION
Next Tuesday .evening members of
the Clare, Farwell and Herrick Methodist churches will terider Rev. James
Rogers and his family a joint reception
at the local church parlors at•8:00
o'clock.
Members and friends of the church
are cnrdially invited, to attend.
On first thought, one might think
n. achard task to write golf- news for
tha- fair sex mentioning thejr stance,
8p6rtsmanship,™'etc'., etc., but. not so
in the case of the fine ladies, who* fpr
a healthy pastime haunt the-greeiis
ahd faii'ways-^the hazards and roughs
of the beautiful "Twin Elms" course
just north of our fair city. All one
has to do. to maintain peace and harmony is to refrain from all refeience
to age and advoirdupois,—or . for instance in this case one might say
"She" is in the twenties and that—
were she purchasing a new set of the
famous Mac Gregor "Ba.be" Dldrikson
clubs she would not order the P. M.
(t'etite IVtademoisselle) style;
• The reason they should be dealt with
in these articles is because, as a
whole, they are a more consistent, more
congenial and less egotistic lot than
thd gents and .go about their matches^
m6re deliberate, and unhesitant—bent
on their best efforts and win loose or
ffiefy—capable of that cherrished
smile at the end. often absent among
the meh. Thus did three of our ladies
emerge from the. Central Michigan
Tournament, victorious in their.certain
flight"—the. winner of ;the first, being
this"week's' subject-r-and I'll- tell-you.
why.*: .:■■"'"
.Since the days when P. T. Barnum
was sCourihg the world for talent.and
brought the famous "Jenny Lind later
known as the Swedish Nightingale"
to Amerma-^-hifatory records that many
heroes and heroines' in many walks
of life—point with pride to their heritage from that Scandinavian peninsula*.
Thus^were King Gustaf of Sweden
now in his 80th year, a crackshot at
tennis known as the- modern streamlined King, beloved by his subjects—
Yes had he been visiting in America
and perchance paused at .the 18th
green, as Frances Anderson, sank her
putt making her winner of the first
flight-.of rthe Central Michigan Ladies
Tournament, at Ithaca—he could but
have marvelled with pride, at the ease,
the poise, the unassuming attitude of
this modist cheerful maiden as she
grasped the hand of the vanquished
opponent, nor could he have refrained
from praise-H3hould Frances have
greeted him with "yes, dad still
speaks Swedish fluently."
As the heroes of Mark Twain's
famous story "The Connecticut Yankee
in King Arthur's Court" marched before his gaze—thru the columns of
Clare's noted newspaper "The Sentinel"—will march the players of "Twin
Eltas" and next, week it will be ? ? ?
-The- greens and fairways are in • excellent condition in spite of the long
hot dry spell and the clubhouse never
seHred better' ltmches and. refreshments. .
CLARE COUNTY POMONA
The Clare County Pomona wilt hold
a picnic Sunday, :August 14th, at the
hew park at^W GeOrge.r All grang-
er«i are.urged *o*tteiid and brinjew^l
filled hwketn. ..JMt4--to. ...
' in^^PaiilJairhkVPomonfcSee*
Clare Golfers
in Retrospect
FRANCES ANDERSON
Prominent in "Women's Golfing Circles
SHERIDAN COUPLE
ON ANNIVERSARY
Children of Mr.  and Mrs.
Geo. Gilcher, Sr., Help
Them Celebrate
Golden Event
Mr. and Mrs. George Gilcher, Sr„ of
Sheridan township, Clare County, were
pleasantly surprised on Sunday August 7th, when their five children and
their families consisting of approximately thirty-five members dropped in
on them to celebrate their golden
wedding anniversary.
All brought well filled baskets and
a buffet luncheoit'whs serye<$ at noon,
after which the day was- spent in the"
family having Mr. and Mrs. Gilcher
recall the many events and happenings
of the last fifty years.
- Mr. Gilcher was born ih Germany,
July 16tb, 1863, and'imigrated to the
United States when only 18 years of
age, settling in Bloomfield township,
Saginaw County;- where he was United
in marriage to Miss Anna Kaul'on
xxugust 8th, .1888. They then made
their home In Saginaw for the next
five years. At that time they sold
their home in Saginaw and moved to
their present farm, where they have
made there home for the past forty-
five years, and turned forty acres of
forest land into a well planned farm
home, where they hope to spend tho
remaining "years of their life-.
Tbe children ahd 'families present
for this happy occasion were as follows: Mrs. Irma Rillett, of Coleman;
Mrs. Linda-Hardwood, of Ludington;
Mr. _and Mrs. Roy'Buckler, of Flint;
Mr. and Mrs.' Coomes, of-Detroit; and
Mr., and Mrs. George Gilcher Sr., of
Beaverton. '"" -     -
GULF'S VAN HORN
NO. 1 LEADS NEW
WELLSINfREEMAS
Acid  Treatment Increases
Production of Discovery
Well to 1000 Barrels,
The discovery well, known as the?.
Van Horn No. 1, on section 3, Freeman township, was treated with 200?
gallons of acid Tuesday and the production increased from 250 barrels to
about 1000 barrels per day.
GRANT TOWNSHIP
The spudding machine having been*,
placed the first of the-week on the <**}..
O. Whiteside farm on the west side
of section 36, drillers spudded in Wednesday evening for a gas test. Much
interest will be- manifested in this;
venture as it lies just' 'sbu't'H of the
large gasser of the Gulf Refining Co,
LAKE GEORGE
Shut down August 2 at 4,026 feet,
Gulf Refining Company's Ann Arbor
No. 1, section 21-18n-5w, Lincoln township, Clave county wildcat, may be carried another 200 feet.
Top of the Dundee-Monroe lime was
checked in at 4,014 feet, and before a
2,000 foot water encroachmtnt developed the wildcat bailed oil shows. They
were not regarded as offering commercial possibilities, however.
A bailer fishing job that threatened
trouble, Thursday had been successfully cleaned up by McClanahan on
Company on the Perkins No, 1, section
15-lSn-6w, Freeman township, Clare
county.
After putting in just short of 600>
feet of 10-inch drive, and haying drilled ahead to about 610 feet, a cave'
caught the bailer. Jarring on the.
bailer with fishing tools, drillers were-
flabergasted to see the near 600-foofc
string of drive start moving up. The-
long pipe string raised an estimated!
4 to 6 inches.
Hydraulic jacks put to the pipe later
lifted it far enough to disengage the
bailer from the bottom joint shoe.
Earl Ayres,. drilling superintendent,,,
said it was the first time in his..experience that he had ever seen as long;
a string lift while jarring., Aqua jell
had been used to lubricate the pipe„
and the fact that the drift section m*
Freeman is comparatively free of
gravei "beds, probably accounted tox?
the 10-inch starting its upward trip-"
WINDOVEtf  LAKE
Deepest of eight active operations ito
the Freeman-Redding township play,"
Clare county, at- mid-week was SGulT
Refining Company's Van Horn No.' 1,
NW SE NW, section 3-18n-6w, Ifree-^
man, direct east offset of the 3,893'&;
foot Monroe, lime discovery'*producer-
Gulf's offset, contracted for 1,850'feet
with rotary tools, was totaling at'1,441'
feet on August-2nd-.'"-       *" ""'•-.""'".
Operator and "contractor ate shooting for-an -1,850 foot - easing" depth"**"
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Local Drum and Bugle Corps
';.; Takes Prominent Part in Parade
at 10th District Legion Meeting;
R0PETT REUNION;  ;
■The*'24th annual-Rohinet't'reunion
-wtU-:he told,in, the Alwood Grove^in
•Arthur' Township';;,.Qn'jSunday, -'Au*
u8-tH4th. "*•■ ■'■'' '■'"" " '
■■■'- '■ Mrs. J. C. Newman, Sec.
Last Saturday afternoon and Sunday the Tenth -District Associations;
of,the American Legion and American.
Legion Auxiliary met'at East Tawas
for the final District meetings before
the Department Conventions at Battle Creek. . Most of the crowd attended Sunday, the military ball being held
Saturday evening, and several hundred
Legionnaires, Auxiliary members and
relatives and guests were in attendance.
The parade was held early Sunday
afternoon with the Clare Drum and
Bugle Corps, the Tawas City High
School Band and the Junior Auxiliary
Drum and Bugle Corps of Alpena in
the line of • march. Motion pictures
were taken of the entire parade and
many fine comments were heard regarding the work of the Clare Drum
and Bugle Corps.
Following the parade the crowd met
at the Grand Stand at * the Fair
grounds where the newly purchased
District colors were dedicated and the
District Legion officers were installed,
for 1938 with the members of the Bay
City Forty and Eight performing the
ceremony of installation. This was an
impressive ceremony and two. members of the Clare Post were among
those being installed, Conrad Walker'
becoming the new District Vice Commander and William. TJ'. Harger again
becoming the ' District Sergeant-tit-;
Arms.
. The Auxiliary then met'in .the Legion Hall; where- the meeting was opened by. the District President, Adelaide
C. Wylie of. Clare.' Mh the absence; of
the-' District' Secretary, Belvn Jackson
■of Clare',.Alta Bellinger,of Clare,"acted,
:|as«District. Secretary '■ Pro *" Tern! * A
corsage of pink sweet peas was pres
ented to- the-Distrrct'President "by the-
East.Tawas Unit as the business sesv
sion began.-;.The Auxiliary.-membens-
arer. attempting1 to secure a gavel bell
for the District and this was the chief
subject of discussion. A discussioi*
also took place regarding the Tentfcr
istrict Children's party to be held s&£
the Otter Lake Children's Billet at Otter Lake next Sunday, August 12th_
The business session for the Legion
was held in the East Tawas Community Building with the District Commander,, Bennett S. Azer of Mio, presiding and the other District offices®
at their stations. It was announces*"*"
that the Tenth District this year wpuM'
have second place in the Department
Convention parade and the Tenth Sis*--
trict delegates would be seated in set?1-
ond position at the Convention hus^
iness session. The annual conventioii*
will take place this month at Batete
Creek, the three days of August 2lstj.''
52nd and 23rd and the events to tafe
place at that time were thdrouglitg'
discussed.
The Convention caucus   will   take
place Sunday afternoon at, two o-'clocte
and all District-'delegates were askef£
"to be in their places at that timet   3n-_
as -much as the Tenth* District Las endorsed William D. Harger of Clare*-:
for Department Sergeanfe-at-Arnw ft is*
hoped that every delegate within the*
District .will be in his place 'when the ;
convention opens.     The-membership*
annual party will >take place* Sondair ■
evening at the .Custer Club' House*wo*1*
two pt the .Clare1 Members;, iH&n&*/.-
L. Hasten aAa CQ"nra'd"'*A"fet*ffcerJ "who
are members- djlstlie 1938 JFti&tXy Mtar*"'5
bership Cluh'ai'fe planTai&g-to-*"4t"teii&.-
The  National Convention    at itm.
(Continue* on. Pago Six)
U-jj.