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CLARE, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 23, 1938
New Series Vol, 47, No, 11
ANITY TE
ORDE
BY
UDGEHART
Livingston Must Prove That
He is Sane Before Being Released
Carl (Jack) Livingston, acquitted of
murder December 13 when a Clare
County Circuit Court jury decided that
he was insane when he shot Isaiah
- Leebove to death in. a Clare snack
room May-14, must prove that he is
sane before he may go free, Judge
Ray Hart ruled Wednesday.
Judge Hart denied a defense motion to amend the verdict for an outright acquittal, and ordered Prosecutor Donald Holbrook to prepare the
necessary papers preliminary to a
sanity hearing. Judge Hart sent his
ruling from Mt. Pleasant, where he
held court Wednesday.
"There is no question that if the
defendant was suffering from a diseased mind and therefore insane at
the time of the verdict and up to
the present time, that proper proceedings should be taken under considera-
"j|jbn by consent of all the attorneys,"
Judge Hart's .arder said.
"Under the provisions of this statute
(317 P. A. 1931, Section 17241, Baldwin supplement) the court has come
to the conclusion that proceedings are
made mandatory by the law. The
statute can be followed in every particular. If the defendant has been
restored to sanity, he should be discharged. If not, and he is still insane,
after the hearing, he should be restrained by law. That question should
be settled now, and all should co-operate for that purpose."
The order remanded Livingston to
the custody of the Clare County
Sheriff until the hearing and further
orders from the court. Appointment
of examining physicians will be made
within a few days, and a date set
for a hearing after the members of
the examining board have made their
interviews and diagnosis.
FALL FROM SCAFFOLD
INJURES CLARE MAN
NEAR TEMPLE MONDAY
While working on a new building,
being erected near Temple by the
Pure Oil Company Monday, Albert
Askran, of this city, waB painfully injured when the scaffold upon which he
was woi'King gave way letting him fall
twelve feet to the ground.
He was taken to the McArthur-
Strange hospital at Mt. Pleasant,
where it was found that he was suffering from contusions of the back and
the dislocation of his right shoulder.
CLARE-ISABELLA
ODD FELLOW ASS'N
ECEMBER MEET
CLA
>
SENIORS
ENT COMEDY
UCCESSFULLY
A
"Big Hearted  Herbert"
Draws Large Audience
to Auditorium
The story of an' old grouch, "Big
Hearted Herbert," was capably presented Wednesday,. Dec. 14, at Clare
High School to an approximate audience of four hundred.
The leading role, of "Herbert" himself, was ably portrayed by Walter
Kleiner on extremely short notice, a3
Herbert McDonald, formerly having
the part, was forced to leave the cast
through   unfortunate   circumstances.
Credit is due Warren Watson who
also prepared his role in a short
time, as well as the other cast members, namely: Leona Pringle, convincing" as "Herbert's" wife; William
Foell, as the incorrigible younger son;
Mary Smith, the dumb though well
meaning Martha; Norman Sutton, engineering inclined son; Lola Sanford,
the daughter in love; Jay Green and
Dorothy Ouderkirk as the up and
coming Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence; John
Schaaf and Eunice Sprague, the Modern Goqdriches; while Mr. and Mrs.
Havens, patrons of Herbert Kalness
Jgrere portrayed by Don Shively and
"Clara Burdo.
Between acts the audience was en
tertained with musical selections by
Mr. Greenfield and Mrs. Doris Empey.
The Senior class wishes to express
its gratitude and admiration to the
following people in recognition of
their splendid cooperation and achievement: Mrs. Florence Gay, who
helped with make up and properties;
the Collins Beauty Salon operators,
especially Miss Helen Butler, who not
only gave all girl cast members hair
"do's" in the latest style, but also
remained at school during the performance to refresh their art; and
Bette Walker in charge of the offstage kitchen.
Not forgotten is the Stage Commit-
toe, consisting of Mr. Foell, George
David, Bill Bauer, and Murray Moore;
the Properties Committee, composed
of Wallace . Crigier, Tommy Dwyer,
and John Dunlop; or the important,
though inconspicuous Student Director, Maxine Hawkins.-
In appreciation of his direction of
;the play, a gift was presented to Mr.
Kennedy. He in turn thanked those
who by their loyalty and effort have
helped to make "Big Hearted Herbert"
one of the most notable events of the
school season, ... . ( .
The production returned an income
Of ,?76.60.
Interesting Program Presented to Two Hundred and
Fifty in Attendance
The Clare and Isabella County Dis
trict No. 20, Oddfellows and Rebekahs,
held their December meeting at Mt.
Pleasant, Thursday evening, December 15th.
President A. E. Wylie, of Clare,
took charge. The addresses of welcome were given by Maynard Downing and Mary Waters, Noble Grands
of the Mt. Pleasant Lodges. Response
by James Snider, of Winn.
A short business session was held
and communications were read by the
Secretary. Farwell's invitation to
meet there in January was accepted.
At this time Clare extended the invitation to the association for the February meeting, which was also accepted.
Roll call of lodges was taken showing an attendance of about 250.
Clare had the most members in attendance, next to the host lodges.
The program was as follows:
Guitar and Vocol Solo—Betty
Swartz, of Mt. Pleasant.
Vocol Trio with Guitar accompaniment—The Davis Sisters, of Mt. Pleasant, i
Reading—'Rebecca Abbott, Clare.
Piano Accordian Solo—Stanley Asb, j
Mt. Pleasant.
A Modern School Teacher—Sennith
Smith, of Winn.
Vocal Duet—Elizabeth Mcintosh
and Fannie Schultz, Clare.
Guitar and Vocal Solo—Lyle Nelson,
of Mt. Pleasant.
Story—Mrs. E. Campbell, of Coleman.
Guitar Solo—Ila Wilson, of Weidman.
Vocal Duet—Ruth and Betty Swartz
A* the close of the program, Christmas Carols were sung by the group,
with Mrs. Adelaide Wylie at the piano.
Lunch was served and dancing was
enjoyed, closing a very successful
meeting.
Congregational
Church Announce
Annual Meetings
Friday December 30 the annual
meeting of the Ladies Union will be
held with Mrs. Dawe at the parsonage.
There will be a pot luck dinner at
noon when all members and husbands
are invited. The meeting will commence a,s soon as* possible after dinner is served.
Wednesday January 4, the annual
meeting of the Ladies Guild will meet
with Mrs. C. A. Wellman. Mrs. Ida
Crigier will be  co-hostess.
The program will be in charge of
Mrs. Bert Greer. The program topic
is very timely as the election of officers and other interesting matters
of business will take place immediately following. "Speak now or forever
hold thy peace."
Sunday evening January 8 the annual church meeting will be held commencing with a pot luck dinner at
6:30 p. m., the meeting following immediately thereafter. It is hoped that
the officers of every department of
the church will have their reports
ready to submit.
In order to assist the treasurer to
balance his books on the right side of
the. ledger, it is hoped that all pledges
and gifts as far as it is possible will
be paid in before the end of this
year or. before the annual meeting.
C0NSUMERS_P0WER USERS
For prompt and courteous service
pay your light and power bills at ths
Citizens State Bank.
'GRANGE PARTY
.'■"The iit-Vernqri. Grange will "hold a
.car'd party and dance' Wednesday evening! "December 28th.   All are Invited.
KIWANIS DISTRICT
OFFICERS ASSUME
DUTIESJAN. 1ST
Nelse S'. Knudsen, of Pontiac, to Be Service Club
Governor for 1939
Nelse S. Knudsen, or Pontiac, governor-elect of the Michigan Kiwanis
district, ten lieutenant governors and
fifteen committee chairmen will take
office as of January 1.
Mr. Knudsen has been a Kiwanian
since 1932. He served as president
of the Pontiac club in 1936 and was a
lieutenant governor for the Michigan
district in 1937. He was elected at a
district convention held in Ann Arbor
last October.
The lieutenant governors for 1939
are: Robert M. Kay, Highland Park;
Clarence T. Fritz, South Haven; Tim
Cotter, Clare; Ray W. Hall, Owosso;
Joseph H. Alexanian, Lansing; Edwin
A. Schrader, Plymouth; Alton Noe,
Mt. Clemens; Dr. L. Showalter, Cadillac; Dr. Edward A. Christie, Cheboygan and Clarence B. Daw, Dearborn.
In the Michigan Kiwanis district'
there are 64 clubs with 3,654 members,
according to Mr. Knudsen. All these
clubs will be active in 1939 in public
affairs and community welfare activities.
Gladwin H. Lewis, of Traverse City,
the 1938 governor who ends his administration this month, will be an
ex officio member of the district board
of trustees for 1939.
Lieutenant governors who end their
term.of office this month are: Dr.
Frank L. Pierce, Detroit; Howard L.
Barker, Bangor; Rev. _ Charles -W.
Mackenzie, Mt. Pleasant; George M.
Algoe, Flint; Dr. Lemuel I. Gist, Cold-
water; Paul F. Niehaus, Chelsea:
Ellis C. Wood, Detroit; Frank J.
Shipp, Gaylord; Oscar P. North,
Charlevoix; Fred W. Frostic, Wyandotte.
H. G. Hatfield, of Oklahoma City,
Okla., is president of Kiwanis International.
S
ON
S THE BRIDE
BASIL HARVEY
.Mr. and  Mrs.  Arthur Johnson
Hold Reception Honoring
Bride and Groom
On Saturday evening December 17
at 8 o'clock, Miss Ruth Jackson,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Henry Jackson, became the bride of Basil Harvey,
son of Mr, and Mrs. C. D. Harvey.
The ceremony took place at the Brown
Corners Parsonage, Rev. E. R. Town
officiating.
They were attended by Miss Aleatha,
McLaughlin and William Jackson,
brother of the bride.
A reception was held at the home of
the groom's sister, Mrs. Arthur Johnson, in Clare, with twenty guests present.
The table centerpiece was a large
wedding cake, topped with a "bride
and groom.
At present, Mr. and Mrs.. Harvey
will make their home with, his parents on first street, until plans are
complete for building.
• Guests from out of town were, Mr.
and Mrs; Will Cunningham, Mr. and
Mrs. Ray Moody, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin
Beatenhead and -Mis* Doreen' Phillipj,
all of" Flint.
To the Boy Scouts
of America:
As a member of the Boy Scouts
ot America, I am happy to extend
to fellow members, my sincere best
wishes for a Merry Christmas. This
is a time in which it seqins particularly appropriate for all of us to
do a good deed for some other person, especially for someone who is
less fortunate than ourselves. Tq
Boy Scouts who are steadfast in
the principles emphasized by their
organization I look for future leadership in 'community and national
life. May the year 1939 be a happy
adventure for you in the service of
others.
(Signed)      Franklin D. Roosevelt
HENRY DELL DIES
SUDDENLY AT HOME
OF DAUGHTER SUN.
Resident of Farwell for 50
Years Departs This
Life Suddenly
Henry Dell, 84, who has been a
resident of Farwell for tbe past fifty
years, passed from this life suddenly
last Sunday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. George Orr.
Besides Mrs. On*, the deceased is
survived by ten children, Hiram, of
Lake; Reginald F., of Freemont;
Mrs. E. O. Nelson, and Mrs. James
DeGeer, of Midland; Mrs. John Gibson, Mrs. Harold Moore, Mrs. Hart
Holden and Willard Dell, of Flint;
Dewey Dell, of Riverdale, and Mrs
Murle Esterlein, of Farwell, together
with 29 grandchildren and 25 great
grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Tuesday
afternoon from the Church of God
and interment made in the Surrey
cemetery.
WELLS COMPLETED CONTINUE
TO BOOST PRODUCTION IN
FREEf^N-REDDlNG FIELD
The discovery area of Freeman
township continued steady develop;
ment with three new producers. Two
were lisi'ed last week as semi-completions,  both developing favorably.
The C. W. Teater's No. 1 Van Horn,
SW. SW. NE„ section 3, was acidized
to an estimated 1500 barrels daily
production and to rate the largest
producer of the week in all fields.
The Freeman Oil Company's No. 1
Christensien, NE. NE. SW., section 3:
gauged 750 barrels per day, after being acidized and C. L. Maguire's No.
2 Barlow, NW. NW. SE., section 3,
was estimated at 500 barrels daily,
natural, in the Semi-cOmpleted state.
Last week Wednesday the Pure Oil
Co. brought in the Bert Douglas No.
1, on the SW. NE. SW., section 34,
Redding township. Although not
guaged, the well is a good one and
proves out what was thought to be a
semi-dry vicinity.
BANK CLOSED MONDAY
The Citizens State Bank will be
closed all day-Monday on account:of
it being a legal holiday.   *
Butcher cattle*   wanted—Young;' &
Feighner. Meat- Market. ttt.
LOCAL AVIATOR
TO JOIN ANNUAL
FLORIDA CRUISE
Last Year's Successful Light
Plane Flight to be
Repeated '
Due to the very successful cruise to
Florida last year, the three leading
light plane manufacturers, The Piper
Aircraft Co., The Taylor Young Co.w
and Aeronautical Corp have joined fo*v]
gether to have another tour this ye.afj'-:
They hope to make this an aftn'n^'
trip every year. *«•■**;!
Last year there were 208 light
planes which flew hundreds of
thousands of miles, without a single accident, on this tour. The object of
these tours, is to prove to the public j
that the modern light planes are safe, |
economical, and fast transportation.
This year the tour will start in three
divisions. The Piper Aircraft Co. will
have charge of managing the Eastern
part of the United States.
The Taylor Young Co. will have
charge of the Central and Great Lake
states, and the Aeronautical Corp. will
have charge of the South-western
states. All three divisions will leave
January 2 and join together at Orlando
Florida, January 4, 1939.
From Orlando Florida to Miamathe
planes will fly in a huge formation.
Co-operating with the three light
plane Companys, is the Gulf Oil Co..
which is furnishing free gas and oil,
for the trip, to all^light plane pilots.
Courtney Bauer and Merrit Ogle of
this city were with' tb/e tour last year
and the boys said they had a very
good time on the whole trip.
Courtney Bauer is planning on making the trip with his plane again this
year, as he said "That is the only way
Io travel."
SURREY RESIDENT DEPARTS
THIS LIFE TUESDAY AFTER
MANY MONTHS. ILLNESS
Elmer Schofield, a resident of Surrey township, passed from this life
Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock following an illness of many years.
Funeral services will be held from
the home at 1:00 o'clock and from
the M. E. church in Farwell at 2:00
o'clock Friday afternoon, Rev. Ghas,
Kleinhardt officiating,
The life sketch will appear in next
week's issue of the Sentinel.
ANNUAL LEGION
CHRISTMAS PARTY
MONDAY EVENING
Post, Auxiliary and Children
Join for Yuletide
Festivities
JOHN Q. LOOK LODGE
INSTALLS OFFICERS
TUESDAY EVENING
Retiring Worshipful Master and
Three Past Masters are
Installing Officers
Tuesday evening "John Q. Look
Lodge No. 404, Free and Accepted
Masons held a Special Communication
for the purpose of Installing the 1939
Officers at which time the following
were. Installed:
Worshipful Master, Stanley L. Masten
Senior Warden, Rev. Albert Dawe
Junior Ward en, Charles A. Perry
Treasurer, Delbert W. Osborn
Secretary, Alexander E. Wylie
-Chaplain, Arthur J. Lamb   . '
Senior Deacon, James M. Langston
Junior Deacon, Conrad Walker.
-   Marshall, Russell Thurston.
Tyler, James W. Siel
Two. of the  1939   Officers,   Senior
Steward feenneth Hendrie and Junior
Steward, John Bruckhart, were unable
to be present and they will be installed, ih the near future.
The retiring Worshipful Master,
Donald E. Holbrook, acted as the Installing Master; he was assisted by
three Past Masters as follows:
Installing Chaplain, Martin R. Howlett
.  Installing Marshall, Jesse R. Hamp-
ton
:  Installing Secretary, Gordon E. Mcintosh,   .
The annual Christmas party of
Walter H. Larman Unit No. 128, American Legion Auxiliary for Legion and
Auxiliary members and their families
was held Monday evening in the Legion rooms with a crowd filling the entire
space and overflowing into the hall.
The program was announced by Mrs.
Greta  Masten,  chairman  of the  program   committee,   while   Mrs.    Iyone
Gorr acted as the Accompanist for the
vocal  numbers.    It consiste'd  of the
following numbers:
Recitation,  Shirley Wright
Recitation,  Marilyn  Masten
Song, Roberta Creguer
Recitation, Margaret Rose Gillespie
Piano   solo,   Eileen   Parent
Recitation,. Betty Wright
Recitation,'Joseph Johnston
Christmas    Carols,    Rita    Creguer,
Lucile    Creguer,    Maxine    Hawkins,
Barbara Loomis and Julia Smith.
Reading, Martha Ann Parent
Recitation,  Charles Wright.
y Piano solo, Vena Lee Gillespie
^Recitation,  Collette Barnes
,   Piano solo, Doris Maxwell
-..' Tap dance, Florence Hales
Following the program Christmas
songs were sung by all after which
Santa Claus appeared and distributed
toy balloons to all the children promising to come to their homes on
Christmas night. Those who saw
Santa closely noticed that he appeared about the height and weight of
Art Damoth but a comparison could
not be made as Mr. Damoth was called out to sell an insurance policy
shortly before Santa appeared.
Everyone had a good time and afterwards refreshments were in order
with Mrs. Adelaide Wylie, Mrs. Reva
■Maxwell, Mrs. Mary Ireland and Mrs.
Elma Clute in charge
AGED MAN MAKES
UNSUCCESSFUL AT-
TEMPTiT SUICIDE
Charles Hughes, of Harrison, Blows off Hat, But
Aim is Bad
Local Kiwanians
Trim Legion on
Army Transports
The 1938 sports season came .to a
close Wednesday evening with one of
the year's- greatest thrillers when the
Clare Kiwanis Club crossed hoofs with
the local American Legion Post in a
game of donkey basket ball, played on
the high school floor;
Due to this event and other holiday
activities ' the Kiwanians brought
their weekly meetin'g to a close immediately  following "dinner.
The preliminary sports event, a
game of basket ball between the local
eighth graders and freshmen, resulted
in a 15-11 victory for the grade boys.
In the main event of the evening the
Kiwanians -won" 16-8 mathematically,
but when it came to grace and poise
the score- was just :about a tie.
Art Damoth starred for the Legion,
taking the most fa^Is of the evening.
He was fortunate that the stature of
his mount kept him close to the floor.
Ed. Johnston was high score man for
the soldiers, piling up four points.
Jimmy Gillespie up-set the dopsters
predicitions when he made the first
.basket of his career.
. Han*y Wehrly was just too good to
be interesting and in spite of a
modest attempt not'to steal the show,
sunk four baskets to add eight scores
to the Kiwanians' column. Dr. Slattery furnished the fisticuffs for the
performance and managed to dismount several players, or displayer
several donk-eys, as the case may be.
' The Legion outwitted the Kiwanians
in the last half even if they didn't,
outplay them. At the beginning of
the -frame Arleigh Gorr benignly, rode
"Mae West" .(or. was it "Gracie Allen") to a position directly under
their own goal, stood on his tiptoes
on her shoulders, grasped the rim of,
the basket and valiantly attempted to
guard it against the onslaught of the
Kiwanians.
Due to the fact, that the players*
careers extended over many years
the game was played according to ail
rules ever used in basketball and several "new ones were inaugurated aa
needed.
Charles Hughes,. 81, a long-time Harrison resident, celebrated bis eighty-
first birthday at the Clare County Jail,
Sunday, where he was being held, following an attempted suicide on the
streets of Clare Saturday,
Hughes returned last week from a
trip to Wisconsin, Illinois, and other
states, which lasted several weeks(
and since his return, relatives and
friends state, he has been despondent
over ill-health, and finances.
That he had made several attempts
to borrow a gun in Harrison and vicinity was revealed Sunday, and when
unsuccessful, he engaged John Brown
of that City, to bring him to Clare.
Here his first act was to take a letter
to the Friz Mortuary and leave. Upon
reading the letter, which stated that
he would not be here long and when
he died he wanted Mr. Friz.to care for
the body.
From here he is said to have visited a local hardware store, where he
purchased a single barrel shot gun.
Returning to a parkinggspace directly
opposite the Friz place of business and
laid down on the pavement and pointing the gun at his head, pulled the
trigger. Mr. Friz, who had started
looking for him, heard the shot and
ran across the street.
Mr. Hughes' aim proved to be bad,
as the charge of shot missed its mark,
passed over his shoulder and thru the
plate glass window of the HotelDoherty
coffee shop. The only injury Hughes
received was a powder burned ear.
He was taken to the county jail at
Harrison by Chief of Police Wm. B.
Dunlop for the week end and then to
Traverse City Monday.
CHRISTMAS PROGRAM
AND PARTY ENJOYED
BY STUDYCLUB TUES.
Mrs. Art. Damoth's Home
is Scene of Annual
*   Event
A Christmas program and party *wa"s
enjoyed in Mrs. Art Damoth's lovely
home Tuesday, December 20th.
President, Mrs. Willard Bicknell,
conducted a brief business session.
Mrs. Clayton Neff announced that
January 10th is the next meeting. Qn
that date the club will celebrate the
20th anniversary of being federated.
Mrs. Agnes Gleason is serving .3
luncheon in her home, preceding this
annual meeting. Luncheon price is
50c.
Mrs. Bicknell read a list of nominated officers for next year. The nominating committee was Mrs. L. W-
Jackson, Mrs. W. H. Caple, and Mra.
C. C. Harris. The following list is
submitted for your approval and is
to be voted upon January tenth.
President: Mrs. Theo. Bowler.
V. President:    Mrs. E. D. Kennedy
Recording Secretary: Mrs. Austin
Bates.
Corresponding      Secretary:      Mrs.
Treasurer;    Mrs. Jay Green
Alpha  S. Crigier.
Many attractive Christmas packages
containing towels and wash cloths
were placed under the beautiful
Christmas tree. These packages were
given to the Welfare Department of
Clare.
Mrs. K. Hammerberg, chairman, and;
her assistants, Mrs. H. Jones and Mrs.
M. D. Feighner presented the program for the day. The sextette sang
several lovely Christmas carols rnOsi.
ably accompanied by Mrs. A. J. Deisr
erty.
Mrs. Irwin Schlegel cleverly, told
the Christmas story "Golden Cob-
Webs."
Two charming duets played by Mrs.
Jay Hansen and Mrs. John Empey
were entitled: "The Pines" and
"Hungarian National Dance."
Mrs. Damoth, a most hospitable
hostess, invited, the group to the
recreation room for Christmas games
and refreshments.
Guests, attending the meeting were:
MrB. A. E. Mack, honorary member.
Mrs. William Bicknell, associate member, Mrs. Wallace Johnson and Mis*
Frances Greer.
Please remember that January 10tl».
will be the next meeting.
FOR CHRISTMAS PARTIES
We have brick ice cream wit**
Christmas Center Molds for your
Christmas dinners and parties, PieaM
order early.'  Thayer Dairy." " . "
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