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GLARE, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY MORNING, EEBRyAEY 10, 1939
New Series Vol. 4?, No. 18
CLARE CHAPTER
PLACES FIRST AT
VOCATIONAL DAY
Murray Moore Wins Honors
at Farmers Week
Contest
The Clare High School _Y F. A.
chapter participated in the annual
Vocational .Day at Beaverton Thursr
day, January 26th. Farwell, Standish,
Gladwin, Coleman and Clare chapters
were represented in the Grain Judging and Seed Identification contest.
Clare won first place in this contest
with a score of 1260 points and brought
home the pennant. The winning team
was composed of Jim Murphy with 440
points, George David with 415 points
and WalterBolle with 405 points. Jim
Murphy was also high point man for
tha^bqnfest with George David placing
third hi*'the e&tire meet.
'The boys are how working in preparation for tlie St&te contest which will
be held in East Lansing early in May.
Farwell finished a close second with
1225 points, Francis Varney of th«
Farwell team placed second in the entire contest with a score of 430 points.
Other teams placing were: Standish, 1175 points; Gladwin, 1103 points;
and Coleman, 900 points.
TUBERCULOSIS PICTURES
ARE BROUGHT TO KIWANIANS
AND SCHOOL CHILDREN HERE
The Clare Kiwanis club held their
regular weekly meeting at the Hotel
Doherty Wednesday evening with the
program in* charge of chairman Dr. F^
G. Slattery, Dr. Clayton Neff and Dr.
Kuno Hammerberg, the underprivileg,
ed children committee.
The speaker of the evening was Leq
Paskvan of East Lansing, a representative of the Michigan Tuberculosis Association. He brought-with him arid/
projected three films of sound motion
pictures showing the work of the asj
sociation relative to contact, control
and treatment of the white plague in
the state. . |
Mr. Paskvan explained where and how
the proceeds of TB Christmas seal
sales are expended and the results ac-
cpmplished.
He remained here to show the pictures in the high school auditorium;
Thursday, for the benefit of the school
children.
THIS COMMUNITY
REPRESENTED AT
SPORTSMAN SHOW
Attend Farmers Week
The Clare F. F- A. chapter, with
some of their dads, was well represented at the program at M. S. C. Farmers Week last Thursday, all day and
evening. The boys were especially interested in the Fat Stock Feeding
Contest and Sale.
Murray Moore, a senior in the Clare
chapter, won second place in the
milking Shorthorn division of an adult
contest. His calf was started in the,
project last July 1st and gained an
average of 2 1-2 pounds per day up
until the time of the contest, when it
weighed 940 pounds. The animal sold
at the sale for $10.75 per cwt.
An accurate account of all the feed"
used and time spent was made so that
Murray can show definite figures on
the costs and amount of feed necessary to make those gains. Such in
formation is of great value to every
farmer Who feeds beef cattle. As a re
suit of this year's contest, several
Clare boys have indicated a desire
to enter this contest, although it is
conducted primarily for adult feeders.
Mr.
and Mrs. Hugh Barnes
Attend  Toledo
Exhibition,
COUNTY REPUBLICAN
CONVENTION HELD AT
CLARE CITY HALL
Helen Hether Nominated Candidate for School Commissioner; Party Leaders Lauded
As scheduled, the 1939 official Clare
County Republican Convention, was
held in the Community room 'of the
City Hall at Clare' Wednesday, February 8th, at 10:30 a. in.
As the delegates, some 80 in number, representing the wards and townships, filed into .the Hall, it was apparent that considerable interest In
some issue," a't stake, was bringing
out the electors.    "    '    :
At the appointed hour, Don Holbrook, chairman of Clare County, called the meeting to order and Dr. Lamb,
.of Farwell, secretary! read the call of
the occasion. Immediately Mr. Hol-
Tbrook and the Doctor were made permanent officers tor the convention.
Chairman Holbrook,' then appointed
the various committees, appropriate at
this time, and in short order the business was on.
The name* of Helen Hether, present
incumbent, and that of Howard Hill-
iker, of Lake, were placed before the
Convention lor choice to grace the
Republican 'ballot for the office'• of
County School Commissioner and Miss
Hether won by a substantial majority.
It was decided, early in the meeting that 8 delegates, be elected to attend, the State Convention, to be held
in Flint on February 23, 1939,rwhich
resulted as follows; Mayor John W.
Dunlop chairman, N. L. Tibbils, John
Kentis, Frank Littlefield, Mabel. Mulder, Bruce Williams, O. D. Bayes and
Kenneth Barnes.
Several resolutions, praising the
sort of Government advocated by our
Senior TL S. Senator Arthur H. Van-
denberg, Gov. Frank Fitzgerald and
others were adopted as read and one
of Clare County's largest Republican
Conventions adjourned after a most
peaceful and -harmonious session.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Barnes returned
home Tuesday from a twelve day's
visit at Toledo, where they cooperated with the East Michigan Tourist
Association in representing Michigan
at the Toledo Sportsman and Builders Show1, held iu the Civic auditorium there, all last week.
The representatives of the association distributed approximately 50,000
pieces of travel literature to those in
attendance, who were conservatively
estimated at 100,000. 4,000 pieces of
this literature was provided by the
Clare Chamber of Commerce and exploited the tourist attractions of Clare
and vicinity exclusively.
E. M. T. A. cooperated with the
Michigan Department of Conservation
in taking a 102 foot exhibit to the
show. The exhibit was in charge of
C. J. Tinker, of East Lansing.
Oscar, the association's monster 12
foot balloon fish, was also there.
Local people will remember Oscar, as
he has been in Clare on several occasions, stopping at the Hotel Doherty
for a few days last summer.
These attractions were among the
most popular at the show, crowds
hovering about them each evening until the lights were turned out.
A feature of the show was a huge
bear trap, similar to ones owned by
a few citizens of this community. A
free meal at the best hotel in Toledo
was offered to the person who could
set it, but the first thousand *people
who attempted this feat failed. Finally
Dewitt Fought, of Roscommon, who.
operates cottages at Houghton -Lake
in the summer and is connected with
the Toledo police department in the
winter, set the trap. He refused the
meal, however, saying that setting the
trap was easy for. men of the north
who knew how to do it.
Radio station W. S. B. T. broadcasted the pr6grams of the show taking
information of, Michigan's great sum'
mer and winter outdoor playgrounds
into the home of the station's numberless listeners.
Among those representing Michigan
at the State's travel booth were Weston Gillingham, of Caseville; Frank
Davis, E. M. T. A» representative, of
Bay City; Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Barnes,
.representing the Clare Chamber of
Commerce and this portion of the
State.
Mr. and Mrs. Barnes' trip was sponsored by the local Chamber of Commerce and E. M. T. A. jointly and
while there they contacted 5,000 people personally who were either familiar with Clare or interested in it as a
vacation rendezvous.
They not'only took "the tidings of
the North" to those in attendance at
the show; but brought back much information that will be beneficial to
those interested in the promotion of
the tourist business Of the community.
Mr. and Mrs. Barnes both speak
highly of the hospitality of their hosts
and report a most enjoyable trip.
GRANT PIONEER
PASSES TO GREAT
BEYONDJEB. 2ND
William Henry Russell Had
Resided Here Since
Infancy.
William Henry Russell, Bon of William and Alvina Russell, was born in
Saginaw county, September 29th, 1880,
Where he resided until eight months
of age. He then came_ with his parents to Clare, residing here untH,
reaching the age of sixteen, when he
moved to Grant township and resided
until the time of his departure.
He passed away at the Clare County
General Hospital, in Clare, February
2nd, 1939, at 1:15 p. m.
He was united in marriage to Laura
Forbes August 16th, 1909.
He leaves to mourn his departure,
his faithful wife, two sons and two
daughters; one daughter having died
in infancy. The Sons and daughters
are: George, residing in Freeland;
Mabel at Adrian, and Mary and Fred
at home,.
He is also survived by four grandchildren, four nieces, seven nephews,
two brothers-in-law and four sisters-
in-law: Mrs. Alice Russell, of Whitter,
California; Ida Forbes, of Traverse;
Lewis and Roy Forbes, and wives, of
Freeland; Mrs. Russell's mother, of
Freeland; other relatives and a hos'i
of friends who mourn his departure.
Funeral services were held Sunday
afternoon, February 5 th, with a short
prayer service at his late home, at
1:00 o'clock, services at the Clare Baptist church, at 2:00 o'clock and interment in Cherry Grove cemetery. Rev.
A. D. Telder officiated and Thurston
& Sons Were in charge.
v The O. E. S. Rummage Sale will be
held at the Masonic Temple, Friday P.
M. and Saturday, February 10 and 11.
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ANNA L. SCOTT AND
PETER C. YENSEN WED
AT LANSING JAN. 29
Mrs. G. A. Roen Entertains in
Honor of Newlyweds Sunday Afternoon
Sunday, January 29th, at the Lutheran parsonage on Mt. Hope Ave.,
Lansing, Michigan, at 4:00 o'clock in
the afternoon, occurred the marriage
of Anna L„ daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
George Scott of Lake, and Peter C,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Yensen of Lansing. The ceremony was performed
by the Rev. Bubloz and witnessed by
Bruce Smdth and Paul Yensen, brothers of the groom and a friend Burdell
Elliott all of Lansing.
Following -the ceremony, they had
dinner at the home of the groom's parents and then went directly to their
apartment at 1023 N. Walnut St., Lansing, where they will welcome friends
at any time.
Sunday afternoon, February 5th,
Mrs. G. A. Roen entertained at a
miscellaneous shower honoring Mr.
and Mrs. Yensen at her home, 126 S.
Fairview, Lansing. The guests included the groom's parents and six
girl friends of the bride and Mr. and
Mrs. George Scott, Hazel, Vlema and,
Wayne, Mrs. Matthew Scott and Mrs.
Sam Muir, of Lake. The bride 'and
groom received many lovely and useful gifts. Mrs. Roen served a delightful luncheon at the close of the afternoon.
Wild Duch Makes
Report Mutke^op
Wildlife prefect
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News-travels fast fn'the world of
wildlife. E-roliees of Camp Houghton
Lake working.on the Muskegon River
dam pear Houghton Heights were
heartened and amused by a brief visit from a wild duck which; whistled
down to a patcjh o'f open water -at the
site of construction. J_hrolfees with
specially discerning vision assert that
the duck pulled a notebook from under
his wing and made a fe>w;notes, after
which he quickly rose and .set'out in
a dead line for the marshes ot Louisiana. No doubt he Is the central figure
at the mid-winter waterfowl caucus
and is reporting to the assembled
multitude as follows:
"Construction on the Muskegon
River Biological Development projects,
which when completed will flood an
area of three square miles adjacent
to the Muskegon river, || progressing
rapidly; this week seeing the finish of
driving of tlyee hundred foot wood
piling on the west side of the channel
which will form a oMoff wall at the upstream page.of the"'dike^cj prevent
water seepage. The Jdike is ready
for its surfacing of thirty inch clay on
the west .side of the river and on<
hundred and sixty yards of stone are
assembled for covering the clay. Built,
with an upstream slope of three to
one, the dike is approximately seventy-
five feet wide at the base with its
top fifteen feet above the presen'
water level. Steel piling across the
river channel will strengthen the
structure and ample provision will be
made for controling the. water level
The clearing crews hate progressed
half a mile upstream, removing all
trees within sixty feet of the river in
order that the channehway will not
be endangered by falling trees after
flooding." |
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BROTHER OF CLARE lOMAN
PASSES AWAY .FOLLOWING
HEART ATTAC.I SATURDAY
Roy C. Miller, 50, of Hadley, dropped
dead Saturday, February 4th, of a
heart attack. He was born in Hadley,
July 21, 1889. He marked Fjqankie _>,
Lamberts'on July 8, 19J._-,    *"
He leaves "his widow; four1 daughters, Mrs, Joseph Swantak, of Lapeer;
Doris Marie, 'Alice Mae and Ila Jean,
at home; one brother, Cecil, of Flint;
and two sisters, Mrs. George Teeter
and Mrs. Maude McDonald, of. Clare.
Funeral services were held Tuesday,
Februai-y 7th, in the Hadley Federated
church at 2:00 p. m. with Rev. Ralph,
Brown officiating. Interment was in
Green Corners cemetery.
METHODIST CHOIR
TO PRESENT DRAMA
THURSDJWEVENING
'An Old-Fashioned Mother'
Will be Enacted by
Local Talent
The senor choir of the Methodist
Church will present "An Old-Fashioned Mother," a three act drama by
Walter Ben Hare, in the school auditorium, Thursday of next week, February 16. The play centers around a
mother's love, and -much comedy is
woven into the drama.
The cast, made up entirely of home
talent, follows:
Deborah Underbill, the mother, Mrs.
Morril Clute.
Widder Bill Pindle, leader of the
choir, Mrs. John Empey.
Miss Lowiz Custard, plain sewing
and .gossip, Mrs. Earl Sternaman.
Isabel Simpscot, the city belle, Mrs.
Jack Paul.
Gloriana, as good as gold, Mrs. Paul
Lowrey.
Sukey Pindle, the
Vena Lee Gillespie.
John Underbill,  a
Orville Bailey,
Charley    Underbill,
Richard Greenfield.
Jonah    Quackenbush,    a
sepulchre, Theo. Wallington.
Jeremiah Gosling, "Jerry," a merry
heart, Paul Lowrey.
Enoch Rone, who makes good, Morrel Clute.
Quintus Todd, the sheriff, Charles
Church.
Rev. J. A. Rogers is directing the
play, with Dale Kennedy in charge of
properties and scenery. John Empev
is directing advertising and ticket
sales. .
widder's    mite,
wayward    son
another    son
Wjhited
MICHIGAN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY BOOSTS
FOR WINTER SPORTS
Series of Winter Sports Advertisements to Supplement
Program of Several
Years •
BANK CLOSED MONDAY
The Citizens State" Bank will be
closed all day Monday, February 13th,
a legal holiday, in observance of Lincoln's* birthday.
BAKE SALE SATURDAY
The Ladies Guild of the Congrega:
tional church will have a bake sale in
Young & Feighner's meat market Saturday, February 11th.
CLARE AND ISABELLA
DISTRICT ASS'N WILL
MEET HERE THURSDAY
Odd Fellow and Rebekah Grand
Officers Will  Be In
Attendance
.Next Thursday evening, February
16th, the Clare and Isabella District
Association,, I. O. O. F. will hold its
regular February meeting at Clare in
the Clare Community Building Auditorium.
Over five hundred persons, including several Odd Fellow and Rebekah/
Grand Officers are expected to be
present for this occasion. Most of
those in attendance will be members,
but as the meeting is open to friends
and relatives, a number of visitors will
be in attendance.
The meeting will be opened with a
program shortly after eight o'clock,
which will be followed by a pot luck
supper. Dancing on the auditorium
floor will complete the evening.
This Association includes the communities of Brinton, Clare, Coleman,
Farwell, Mount Pleasant, Shepherd,
Weidman and Winn. Officers for
1939 are: District President, Alexander E. Wylie of Clare; District Vice
President^ Jesse Lee of Brinton; and
District Secretary, Stanley* Glass of
Farwell.
5,000 AUTOMOBILE
TITLES UNCLAIMED
IN DEPT. OF STATE
Owners Must Have Them When
Applying for 1939 License
Plates
With the deadline approaching
when the 1938 license plates will no
longer be legal, Harry F. Kelly, Secretary of State, points nut that over
5,000 automobile titles,; lost by their
owners in the past, are being held by
the Department, -until-f their. Jowniers
realize their loss and inquire ior them.
If the correct addresses .were
known, these titles would of.course,
be sent to their owners, but the file
of "lost titles" contains only those,
which postal authorities have returned after not being able to deliver
because of faulty addresses given by
applicants for titles.
Kelly points out .that annually
thousands .of people are frustrated for
a time at least by a frantic search for
their car titles which they must
present when they apply for plates.
Wlith well over 1,200,000 motor
vehicles still without their 1939 license plates and the deadline set by law
at midnight, February 28, Kelly points
to an inevitable jam at every Department of State Branch Office in the
State at the end of this month. He
stresses the fact that the 1937 legislature designated the last day of February as the final date for plate or
permit purchase each year and neither the Secretary of State or any other
official of the State or municipal officer has any discretionary power to
extend the date permitting the use of
1938 plates. He suggests that those
deferring their purchase of plates
through necessity make certain at(
this time that they have their titles
available.
Motorists are urged to purchase
their plates as early as possible to
avoid the discomfort of standing in
line. Half year plates are now on sale
at all Branch Offices of the Department of State.
REVIVAL CAMPAIGN TO
COMMENCE AT CHURCH
•■■ OF GOD NEXT SUNDAY
The church of God, west Sixth and
Maple St., begin a series of meetings
this Sunday evening with Evangelist
Rev. S. J. Brooks. He is a man that
needs no introduction to Clare, being
a former pastor sixteen years ago, and
has been actively engaged in evangelistic work continuously in- Michigan,
and several other states. He preaches
the old-time gospel your fathers and
grandfathers used to hear" years'ago;
one that gave folks ah experience, one
that was enjoyed. Also Rev. and Mrs.
Chester W. Egert will be with us each
evening and have charge of the singing. They are fine singers both in
directing and special singing and you
will enjoy hearing these good people.
Rev. Brooks is a man strong in faith
for both soul and body. The Lord has
used him wonderfully in the gift o'
healing, number after number have
been healed in answer to prayer. Anyone unable to attend because of sickness obey Jas. 5:13-16. There is still
help today. God is on the giving
haud,
, H. L. Cleveland, Pastor
RACEDY enacted
HIGH SCHOO
GYM WEDNESDAY
All Principles of Basket Ball
are  Ruthlessly
Murdered
In the belief that Michigan provides
everything in the Way of both natura'
and man-made facilities for healthful winter sports, and that it is in the
interest of all its residents that the
state be promoted as a winter play
ground, the Michigan Bell Telephone
Company is carrying a series of win
ter Sports promotional advertisements
in the Sentinel and approximately 250
other Michigan newspapers, commencing with this issue.
These advertisements are designed
particularly to direct the attention of
Michigan residents to the fact tha'
their own state is unexcelled for
winter play. They also contain a list
of points where organized programs of
winter sports have been enounced.
■If travel to those and other points
in Michigan can be promoted, it will
be in the interest of the whole state,
creating business and employment fo
many persons, officials of the company believe—for "what helps Michigan helps us all." Therefore thr
company 19 advertising Michigan's
advantages as a "winter playground in
the "same Way it has advertised th<
state as a summer playground the past
dozen years.
Butcher cattle   wanted-
Feighner Meat Market.
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HELEN M. LIDDELL
BECOMES THE BRIDE
OF RAYMOND DWYER
Young Gouple Announce Their
Betrothal Which Took Place
January. First
The many friends of Raymond A.
Dwyer, son of Mr, and Mrs. Earl
Dwyer of Clare, and Miss Helen M.
Liddell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Geo.
W. Liddell of Farwell, will be pleasantly surprised to learn of their marriage Sunday, January 1st.
Both young people are well known
in this community and popular in the
younger set. Mrs. Dwyer was a graduate of the Farwell High School with
the class of 1937 and Mr. Dwyer
graduated from the Clare High School
with the class of 1936 and attended
Central State Teachers College. He is
a bookkeeper at the Citizens State
Bank, where he has been employed for
the past year.
They are now residing in this city
where they expect to make their
homo. The 'Sentinel joins their friends
in wishing them a iong and happy married life.
Special at Jacksona Market: Ring
bologna 10c; Lard 8c; Hamburg
steak 15c; Frankfurts 15c.
The battle of the ages (or was it
aged) took place in the Clare High
School arena Wednesday evening
when the "Clare Never Wases" cross-
eu bats and everything they could get
their hands and feet on, with the
"Mt. Pleasant Has Beens" in what had
a slight semblance of a basket ball
game.
The local aggregation consisted of
such well known players of past and
recent years as Harry Wehrly, Ace
Parker, Leo Brown, Wally Johnson,
Leo Hampton, Kirt Hearns, George
Ellis, Morris Greer, Tim Cotter, Roland Thayer and Bill Wilson,
The visitors were represented by
Danny Rose, Chet Potter, Ronnie
Finch, Les McCullum, Dave Cotter,
Bill Kelley, Ed. Graybiel, Arleigh
Osborne, Larry King and Al Moore.
Mr. Rose, head basket ball coach at
Central State Teachers College, displayed a few of the tricks which have
taken the college quintet places this
year and Mr. Finch, head foot ball
coach there, put a few splendid pig
skin tricks to work. Coach Brown of
the local high school covered a lot of
the floor at times in spite of the fact
that he forgot to bring his saddle.
At the half, after a remarkable exhibition of various gymnastics, gyrations and the highland fling, the score
was Mt. Pleasant 24, Clare 22. Between halves the Mt. Pleasant team,
mostly all coaches at some time or
other, went into a huddle and planned
an offensive that the locals were unable to cope with successfully. The
fjnal score was 40-31 in favor of the
"Has Beens."
The Clare boys had no excuses to offer, but explained that, had they had
tive or six more coaches, it might have
been a different story.
It was a "battle royal" irom start
to finish, the players evidently taking
advantage of the opportunity of doing
the many things they'had wanted to do
so many times when playing for dear
old Alma Mater. The absence of "out
of bounds" was very noticeable, in fact
the walls and ceiling of the gym apparently represented the bounds of the
playing floor.
The conflict ended when Danny
Rose ran to the locker room with the
ball and one of the officials obligingly
blew the final horn. Immediately all
the doctors in the audience were called
to the dressing rooms to reassemble
the players that they might start limping home.
Ralph Preshaw, of Ithaca, and Ed.
Johnston did their best to keep the
game in control in their official capacities.
About $42.00 was realized as a nest
egg for the school bus fund.
A return game to be played at Mt.
Pleasant Monday, February 27th, for
the benefit of their Kiwanis club is
being seriously considered. .Better
plan on going, there might possibly be
something that .was omitted from the
local game.
LOCAL CHAPTER RED
CROSS SENDS FIRST
CHILE AIT£ CHECK
Contributions May Be Left
at Citizens Bank or the
Damoth Insurance
Agency
The local chapter of American,
Red Cross last week forwarded _*_
headquarters in Washington, D. C,~
$25.00 as an initial contribution to -the
castastrophe which has overtaken the
people of Chile and which, hourly becomes more serious.
ft is desirable not only to make the
best effort we can to help our friends
and ne.ghbors who are in distress,
but to make this effort in tho most
effective way. Anyone wishing to
give toward this cause, leave donations at the Citizens State Bank or the
Damoth Insurance Agency.
Upon receiving cable, advices from
George E. Smith, American Red
Cross representative in Chile, of the
extreme need for tents for shelter
and medicines for 18,000 injured in
tne Chilean earthquake zone, the American Red Cross last week procured
500 U. S. Army tents to be shipped
tomorrow from Balboa, Canal Zone,
and ordered a large consignment of
medicines to go forward oy airplane
from the United States.
"Indications    are    that    additional
quantity of medical  supplies will bo
needed,  for  the wounded  in  Chile,"
Mr. Davis said today.   "We have asked our Red Cross Chapter to accept
contributions from the public for these
distressed  people,  and  as  fast      as
money is received we will be able to
send further medical supplies which
are so urgently needed to save lives."
Art Damoth,
Disaster Chairman
Mable Mulder,
County Chairman.
FUNDS RAISED IN
CLARE COUNTY FOR
PARALYSIS RELIEF
President's  Birthday Ball  Successful in Spite of Inclement
Weather
CONSUMERS POWER USERS
For prompt and courteous service
pay your light and power bills at the
Citizens State Bank.
NOTICE
The Mt. Vernon Grange will hold a
card partjr and dance at their hall
Wednesday evening February 15tn.
Everybody  welcome.
The President's Birthday Ball, the
principal feature of the local campaign
to raise funds for the assistance o'f
infantile paralysis victims, was "a.
splendid success both financially and
socially in spite of the storm that
raged all day.
- The auditorium, decorated by "_
committee in charge of Mrs. Florence
Gay, presented a sight that will b§
long remembered by those in attendance. Multi-colored balloons were,
the basic feature of the decorative
scheme.
The splendid attendance indicated
the appreciation of the public for the
efforts of every member of the committee in making the local function
outstanding among the birthday balls
of central Michigan.
The committee in charge of the
Presidents Birthday Ball extend their
sincere thanks to all those who helped in any way to make the party a
success and to Mayor John Dunlop for
his splendid cooperation.
Total receipts: Farwell $21.00; Harrison $12.63; c. C. C. Camp $2.95;
Temple $1.55; Lake $ .35; president
Ball $106.03; Card Party $9.78; Total'
$154.29. Expenses including $50.00 for
Orchesta $69.05. Balance $85.24.
Fifty per cent of this amount is
forwarded to the National Foundation
for Infantile Paralysis to aid in Research work. The remaining fifty.
percent is deposited in the Citizen-
State Bank 'of Clare, available to any
doctor in Clare County, for the care o_
Infantile Paralysis for any patient who
needs assistance".
This amount added to our account
of $97.03 makes a total of $139.65 now
on desposit.
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY
CONVENTION HELD IN
.    CLARE LAST SATURDAY
About forty townsliip and ward delegates and friends of the Democratic
party gathered in the auditorium of.
the city hall last Saturday for the purpose of electing delegates to the state
convention to be held in Flint, February 18th, and place in nomination
their candidate for County School
Commissioner.
Delegates elected were: Wm. E.
Sanderson and John E. Doherty. Alternates Nicholas Pfannes and Tim
Graves.
Mrs". Marie Bailey was nominated a*
County School Commissioner.
The convention was harmonious
throughout a spirit of good feeling;
prevailed.
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