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CLARE, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 10, 1939
New Series Vol. 47, No. 22
MERICAN LEGION
MARCH FIFTEENT
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Commander Damoth Urges
All to Listen to Radio
Broadcast
Next Wednesday, March 15th, is an
important date to the American Legion Posts, American Legion Auxiliary
Units and S. ._.'. L. Squadrons throughout the world as this date is the 20th
birthday of the American Legion.
It was on March 15th, 1919 that
the Paris Caucus, which organized the
American Legion, met in the Cirque
de Paris; on this date one thousand
delegates from the A. E. F. arrived
in the French capital; they met in
the huge auditorium of the Girque de
Paris where they were seated according to their Army divisions.
The Paris Caucus was organized
with Bennett C. Clark as Chairman
and Eric F. Wood as Secretary and
during this session the name "American Legion" was adopted. The Paris
Caucus lasted for three days, nntil and
including March 17th, 1919, and during this session a permanent foundation was built.
The March, 1939, issue of The Amer.
ican Legion Magazine has a fine
article "Launching the Legion" -by
Eric F. Wood, in which a complete history of the early days of the organization is given. The original "Call
for the Paris Caucus" is also set
forth in this issue.
Next Wednesday night many American Legion Posts -will be officially'
holding Post meetings or dinners in
honor of the Legion's birthday. In
other cases Legionnaires In groups or
singlv will be observing the night by
listening to the American Legion
birthday program to be heard over the,
radio.
The climax of the program will be
a coast-to-coast broadcast, originating
in the studios of WJZ New York,
starting at 11:15 o'clock, P. M., Eastern Standard Time and which will be
carried over the blue network of the
National Broadcasting Company.
This program will be an hour in
length, and will be packed with entertainment and musical thrills. The
feature will he a special message by
National Commander Stephen " F.
Chadwick of Seattle. This program is
expected to eclipse all previous Legion broadcasts.
Commander Damoth of the Clare
Post is anxious that all Legionnares,
Auxiliary and S. A. L. members, as
well as the general public, listen to
this fine broadcast. Everyone in this,
vicinity, whether a member of the
Legion, Auxiliary or S. A. L. or not,
_ is urged on this evening to tune in on
this broadcast at 11:15 o'clock.
LOCAL PASTOR AND SINGERS
TO BE HEARD ON BROADCAST
EACH TUESDAY MORNING
A radio program that will be of unusual interest to local people will be
broadcast each Tuesday from 10; 30
to 11:00 A, M, from station W. M. P.
C, at Lapeer. Rev. A. D. Telder,
pastor of the local Baptist church, will
speak on'these "programs and will be
assisted by local musical talent.
Next Tuesday Mrs. Frank Pillsbury
and Mrs. Herman Rank will sing, accompanied by Mrs. A. D. Telder at the
piano, and Rev. Telder will apeak-.
The wave length is 1200 kilocycles.
Where the Livestock of the Community is Auctioned
HATTON YOUNG LADY
DIES OF BURNS AT
CLARE HOSPITAL FRI.
Flare - Back  of  Kerosene,
While Starting a Fire, is
Thought to Have Ignited Clothes
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
WARD CAUCUSES
The Democratic Convention for the
City of Clare   will be held    Monday
March 13th,  1939 at 8:00  o'clock  P.
M., In the City Hall, Clare, to place in
nomination, candidates for the following city officers:
Mayor,
City Clerk,
City Treasurer,
Justice of the Peace,
and transact such other business as
may properly come before said convention.,       »
Immediately    following    the    City
Convention,   ward   caucuses   will   be
held in the several wards as fpllows:
First Ward, Fred"   Smalley. Shop.
Second Ward, Jackson's Market.    .
Third Ward, City Hall.
to place in nomination candidates fop
Supervisor,
Alderman,
Constable,
and to transact such other business
as  may  properly   come  before   said
Ward Caucuses. •"   ■
Signed,
David Ward
Pearl Osborne
Harold Wyman
Martz Detwiler
M. A. Doherty
Jay Green
Committee
(By Harrison Correspondent)
Miss Clara Conn, 17, of Hatton
township, died early Friday evening at
the Clare County General Hospital of
third degree burns it is believed she'
re'ceived when kerosen she was using
to start a fire flared back igniting
her  clothes,  shortly afternoon.
Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ray
Conn, had left her at the home while
they went about a half mile to_ the
mail box and upon their return found
the girl in the yard leaning against
a post her clothing burned and her
body seared from'the knees up.
Noticing smoke coming from .the
house they found the floor and draperies on fire and the ceiling scorched,
which Mr. Conn quickly extinguished
with water.
Help was summoned from a neighbor, Emil Gier, who rushed them to
the hospital, where she died a short
time after being admitted.
Sheriff Seaver Amble and State
Police spent several hours investigating and decided the burning of the girl
was" accidental.
Fun,eral services were held Monday
afternoon at 2:00 o'clock from the
Thurston Funeral Home, Rev. A. D.
Telder officiating and Interment made
in the Harrison cemetery.
Besides the parents, she is survived
by one brother, Raymond, of Hatton
township, and one sister, Mrs. Arthun
Dent, of Breckenridge.
ANNUAL EASTER SEAL
SALE COMMENCES HERE
MONDAY, MARCH 20TH
Civic Organizations to Cooperate
in Raising Funds for
Crippled Children
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Local livestock raisers have realized over $178,000.00 in. "six months from stock sold _,at the Clare Livestock
Yards, pictured above. This 98x144 f _ot building, surrounded" by the vehicles used to bring in stock, is a very
busy place each Monday. ....-■
CLARE P0ST0FFICE
BUILDING ENTERED,
NOTHING DISTURBED
George Miller, of Marquette
Found Sleeping in
Basement
George Miller, who claims his home
is at Marquette, is being held at the
County Jail at Harrison awaiting investigation, he having been found
asleep on the floor in the basement of
Clare's new postoffice building when
Postmaster Francis Jackson and
Clerks arrived at work early Friday
morning.
The discovery was first made when
the basement door was found open and
upon investigation Miller was found
peacefully sleeping. Officials were at
once notified who took the sleeper in
charge. He was held in the hical jail
during the week end and then transferred to the county jail by Chief of
Police Wm. B. Dunlop.
A thorough check-up of -the office
showed that nothing had been taken or
disturbed. No charge has yet been
placed against the prisoner.
MT. PLEASANT ATTY.
ADDRESSES KIWANIS
CLUB WEDNESDAY
Speaker Lauds Under-Privileged
Children Program of Kiwanis International
SURREY REPUBLICAN CAUCUS
Notice Is 'Hereby given that the
Republican Township Caucus will be
Held at the Town HalL
On Saturday,  March  11th 1939.'.
At 2:00 o'clock P. M.   ,.::.
For the  purpose    of    placing,   in;
nomination candidates for Township
Officers for the ensuing term and-for
the transaction of such other business
as may,properly.comS befor it.  , -,.,
'-Dated;-March" 1st, Ii)-.! "'■•■■,
By order of Committee
Signed Guy Perry
Clerk of "Surrey; Township
Praising the activities of hundreds
of Michigan citizens who have backed
the annual -sale of crippled children
Easter Seals, Emmet Richards,
Alpena, President of the Michigan Society for Crippled Children, Inc., today officially announced the 1939
state-wide campaign Which will open
March 20.
"We are just beginning our fight
for handicapped youngsters," Mr.
Richards stated, "and. although we
have come a long way in-medical research and orthopedics, there are still
hundreds . of children whose crippled,
Condition will handicap them for life
Unless they.are given an opportunity
'lor aid.
"The .Michigan Society Inc., sponsor
of the seal sale for the sixth year, is
a pioneer agency in this field and has
carried on an earnest campaign of
education to get public recognition of
the whole problem," he declared. "The
crippled child is sot a passing calamity where the individual or family will
in time work out its own salvation; it
is a problem which will be with us
until Michigan's 20,000 crippled children have received medical care, special education and vocational rehabilitation, and crlppiedom itself is eradicated."
"Although public response to the
Annual Seal Sales has been generous
in the past, funds for the Society's
many activities have been "inadequate
to cope With problems which are evident to the" organization's seventy
directors, and numerous county committees,". Mr. Richards continued.
• .Pointing 'out that this year's seal
not only carries a graphic message but
is:highly decorative as well, Mr Richards .said that no piece, of mail at
.Easter-time should .be sent out. without' :'. bearing-' these" "gaily•'/co'Ior.e'd
stamps,'silhouetting "a" curly-headed
crippled youngster and an Easter Illy
against .a.,, background of. ■ the..-rising
sun...    .„ * ',.,, . ,„ t.
Benefits to be gained by membership in Kiwanis International was the
theme of the address given by Gerald
Cotter, Mt. Pleasant attorney Kiwanian, who spoke before the Clare
Kiwanis Club at the Wednesday evening program held at the Hotel Doherty.
Introduced by chairman of the
Classification and Membership Committee, Harry Jones., Mr.. Cotter pointed out that Kiwanis clubs all over
the country are doing an outstanding
work in the aid given to under-privileged children. "If there were no othey
benefit than this privilege, membership in Kiwanis would be well worth
the while of. every man" stated Mr.
Cotter. He pointed outthat the meeting" every week with his fellows permits a man to get away from the cares
and responsibilities which necessarily
accompany every occupation and gives
him an opportunity to better know the
personal qualities  of his  fellowmen.
He concluded with tho question of a
Kiwanis Prayer, • a prayer that man
may live a clean, straight-forward life,
fair to himself and his fellows and
so-living be a true Kiwanian. The
Club made welcome the following
former members: Leo Hampton, John
Keschman, Charles Strange and Ted
Bowler. Guests present were George
Sidwell, Kiwanian of Aim Arbor,
Glenn Sleight and Edward Grambaugh,
Kiwanians of Mt. Pleasant.
The meeting on Monday, March 13,
will be a joint meeting with the Mt.
Pleasant club. The meeting will be
in charge of the Inter-club Relations
Committee, of the Clare club composed of Sam BrauUstein and Art Damoth.
Clare Masonic
Lodge Invited to
Ithaca March 17
The members of the Cla*re Masonic
Lodge have been invited >iby Ithaca
Lodge No. 123 of Ithaca to attend a
special communication th^re on Friday evening, March 17th, at which
time the Ford Rolling Mill Degree
Team of Detroit will exemplify the
Master Mason's  degree.
The evening will open with a supper
to be served at six-thirty o'clock; this
will be followed by a stagd entertainment lasting one hour with j. cast of
fifty-five people. Lodge will then be
opened.
Over four hundred Masons are expected, including several Grand Lodge
Officers. All local Masons wishing
to attend should, make their reservations at once.
FOURTH ANNUAL
BOXING SHOW TO
BEGIN MARCH 16
Forty  Boxers to Compete
Chas. Strange Trophies
and Medals
RUSSELL HILL WILL SPEAK
AT CLARE ROD AND GUN
CLUB ANNUAL BANQUET
At a recent meeting of the Clare
Rod and Gun Club, the date for the
club's anu'ual banquet was set at Wednesday, April 19th. Russell Hill, of
the Department of Conservation, will
be the speaker of the evening and will
show conservation pictures that will
be of unusual interest to those who
have the. privilege of seeing them.
Mi',. Hill was here Thusrday of last
week, taking pictures of the pheasants
and other wild game at the local sanctuary, and was well pleased with the
number of pheasants and progress
made at the sanctuary.
MRS. GRANT McLANE
PASSES AWAY AT HER
HOME NORTH OF LAKE
Most of Her Eifty-ihree-^fears
Were Spent in Clare
County
Mora Maltby was born to Tom and
Mae Maltby 63 years ago this April.
She finished her schooling in Lake
and taught in the schools of Clare
County until her marriage to Grant
McLane in 1911. Two sons* Elmer
and Wilbur, were born to them.
Her entire married life was spent
in Lake with the exception .of a few
years spent in Hollywood, California.
She passed peacefully to her reward,
March 1st, after many months of patient suffering.
Left to mourn, besides the loving
husband and two sons, are an aged
mother, Mrs. Mae Maltby; a brother,
Thomas, of Lake; a brother Frank
and family, of Ann Arbor; and two
brothers, Harry and Kenneth, of
California; besides an aunt and nieces
and nephews.
The funeral was conducted froin the
home north of Lake, Saturday afternoon by Rev. A. D. Telder, Baptist
minister of Clare. Music was rendered
by Mrs. J. Stanley and daughter of
Farwell, with Mrs. Lamb pianist. Mr.
Friz of Clare had charge of the arrangements. Interment was in the
Lake cemetery,
This community expresses its heart
flet sympathy to the sorrowing family. '
GRANT REPUBLICAN CAUCUS'
The Republican Caucus for the
Township of Grant, will be held on
:Tu.esday,\ March 'lift, 1939, at 2:00
o'clock p. m., at the Grant town hall.
For the purpose of placing in nominal
tion candidates for the various Township officers to be voted on St the
Spring "Elect-oili.Monday, April -3,
1939, and to transact .such other business g.s- may properly come before
vsaidi caucus;. ;'.,..■ ... >.7t, .-■'■■ v* ■„•
..- -,-v  Townphip. Committee ■ __
Kiwanis Athletic
Banquet Will Be
Held April 12th
Announcement has.been made that
Bud Shaver, "Vice President of the Detroit Lions and former Sports Editor.
Of the Detroit Times, Will be present
on Wednesday, April 12, to speak at
the annual Athletic Banquet sponsored by the Clare Kiwanis Club.
At this banquet, which was inaugurated in 1936, the athletes of the high
school and the Coach are honored
guests. . On this occasion the name
of the senior who has attained outstanding achievement in athletics,
scholastic work and all around participation in school activities receives the
honor of having his "name inscribed
on tho Kiwanis trophy which'has an
important place in the trophy case at
the Clare High School. At this time
the winners of the Charles ■ Strange
trophy awards in the/boxing finals to
b_ held March 22 will be officially ah*
nounced for 1939.
The Fourth Annual Boxing Show,
sponsored by the Clare High School
Athletic Board in cooperation with the
Varsity Club, will be held in the Clare
High School gymnasium on the night
of March 16-20-22.
Due to the increased interest on the
part of both spectators and boxers,
plans have been made to extend competition to three nights instead of two,
as of last season. Boxing will be held
in all classes from light to heavy
weight with ten rounds scheduled for
.ach night.
The preliminary and semi-final
bouts on Thursday, March 16th, and
Monday, the 20th, will begin at 7:45.
The finals to be held on Wednesday,
March 22; will begin at 8:00. At the
conclusion of these final bouts the
ten winners will receive "j_oTd boxing,
gloves and the runners-up will receive
bronze gloves. At that time the announcement will be made of the names
of the three outstanding boxers in the
three classes whose names will be inscribed on the Charles Strange trophies. These boys will receive gold boxing medals.
The complete array of trophies and-
medals are on display in the window
of the Clare Hardware and Furniture
Company. Passes for the three nights
of boxing will be available Monday,
at the Clare Drug Company, E. A.
Anderson Rexall Store, and the Economy Drug Store, in Clare for seventy^
five cent's.
FURNITURE REPAIRING
' Horton, 103 West 7th.:Btreet, repairs
and .'recovers : all -furniture. Have
:»amplGB",'i estimate* .gladly -given. 2W*<
POULTRY MEETING AT
CLARE HIGH SCHOOL
TUESDAY, MARCH 14
Problems of Brooding, Feeding
and Management of Pullets
to Be Discussed
The third meeting of the poultry
short course will be held in the agriculture room 6f the Glare High School
next Tuesday evening, March 14, at
7:30.
Mr. Shear, BxtensionPoultryman of
M. S. C, will discuss the subject of
replacing the laying, flock or raising
the pullets. Problems of brooding,
feeding atid management of the pullet
flock will be Included in the discussion."
The poultry meetings assume an at-
.mosphere of a real -school room as a
sheet of statments requiring a yes and
no answer is distributed to the "students" before .each discussion. All
papers are graded and records kept
for the final meeting,, not to embarass
any one but merely as a guide to indicate the Worth of this kind of teaching to adults.
. Since local farmers will soon be
purchasing their baby chicks they will
find much inierest in the next poultry
course lessop.
Any one who missed the first lessons is welcome to attend any of the
meetings.
BUSINESSMEN AND
FARMERS MEET AT
HARRISONMONDAY
A. A. A. Crop Control Program Fully Explained
""*     and Discussed
CLARE LIVESTOCK
AUCTION YARD*,
A very successful meeting of the
farmers and business men of Claro
county was held at tte Congregational church in Harrison Monday evening when the Agricultural Conservation Association committeemen of the
county entertained a group of their
businessmen friends at a 7:00 o'clock
banquet and get-to-gether meeting.
The purpose of the meeting was tc
attain a better understanding of the
association's soil conservation and.
crop control program among and between the groups represented.
Following the serving of a sumptuous dinner by the ladies of the church,
County Chairman Robert Kleiner called the meeting to order and introduced the committeemen, who in turn introduced their guests.
N." L. Tibbils, of Clare, spoke brief'
ly on "What the businessman expects
of the farmer" telling in a humorous
manner ot some of the absurd things
that the city-dweller_ of the past hat)
seemingly expected of the farmers and
stressed the point that much of thfe
misunderstanding between these
groups had through the years been
eliminated, leaving a feeling of respect and fellowship between the
groups that is beneficial to the entire
community.
Franklin L. Littlefield, of Surrey
township, spoke of "What the farmer
expects of the businessman" likening
the problems of one group to- the other
and pointing Out that the farmer" only
expects of the businessman "a feeling
of mutual friendship and an opportunity to buy back the products of the
soil and flock, in a manufactured
form, at prices commensurate to the
compensation he receives for his products, in a raw state.
County Agentf Paul Gibson explain-
(Conttnued on Page Six)
DRUM AND BUGLE
CORPS ENTERTAINED
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
Mr. and Mrs. Arleigh Gorr Are
Hosts at Delightful Social
Event
AMONGIARGEST
Thousands of Head  Sold
Here Each Month by     '
Local Farmers.
Since the first .settlement of this
community the casual. traveler could
here, as he passed the farms of our
countryside, the lowing of cattle and
bleatfng of sheep as they grazed en the
sunny slopes of Clare county's farm
lands and the contented grunting "of
fat pigs as mey ted at their troughs
or wallowed in their pens. r?
At first they were few and only;
provided for the needs of their owners, but as the ytears passed and the-
area became more thickly settled the
farmers exchanged or bought and sold
for improved breeding and sold fatted
stock to the local butchers.
As the timber was cut and more
grazing land made available the flocks
and herds increased and as early as
1878 the Hay farm, located near the
present site of the Clare Livestock
Auction Yards, had 350 acres of chopping with 100 acres in cultivation and
the Bailey, Wright and Barnard, farms
had large clearings. _
Today the tens of acres of grazing,
land have grown to hundreds and the
hundreds to thousands,, and not only
are housands of liead of native stock
raised for market, but other thousands'
are shipped to Clare county livestock
ranches from the plains of the southwest to be fatted op. our green grazing
lands for the markets of the eastern,
central and midwestern: states.
Early last .spring John Sonley, of
Shepherd, and Harold Hancnett, of
Owosso, who had had former experience in the livestock auction business
and were looking for a location for a
livestock auction yards, saw not only
the need of bringing Clare county's
livestock raisers into closer contact
with the iarge buyers but also an opportunity to develop a successful business enterprise here.
The large stock farms and ranches
provided a source of supply and "the
Ann Arbor Railroad, Pere Marquette
itailroad and trunklines- US-27 and
US-10 provided excellent shipping
facilities, leaving only a suitable
means of selling and buying lacking.
' ■ The gentlemen purchased seven
acres of land just west of the city on
US-10 from John Rudy, who owns the
adjoining farm land, and started at
once to build a large building to house"
the auction yards.
On Monday, August ,29th, the first
sale Was held and during September
the building was completed, -in time
to care for the comiort and convenience of the steadily increasing numbers of people who were taking advantage of -the sales each Monday,
throughout the fall and winter months.
A sale has been held each week
since, twenty-seven, in all up to last
Monday, and to that "date 17,215 head
of livestock have been sold as follows:
Cattle 1,458
Veal ' 1,356
Lambs 10,487
Hogs 2,689
Miscellaneous 1,225
This livestock, was sold for a total
(Continued on Page Ten)
VERNON UNION CAUCUS
The Uriiom Caucus for Vernon township will be held at the townhall, Monday, March 13,..1939, at 2:00 o'clock p.
m-> for the'purpose of placing in nomination candidates to be voted on at
the spring election Monday, April 3rd,
and transact such other business as
may properly cotno before the Caucus.
Committee
Butcher - cattle .^wanted—Young   &
Eeighnet& Meat--Market, -'"'■ r.«-:'-8tt:
The party and pot luck dinner held
by Walter H. Larman Post Drum and
Bugle Corps at the Gorr farm southwest of Clare last Wednesday night
was a huge success, although due to
the • influenza epidemic, the blizzard
that night and the icy roads only
fourteen people were In attendance.
The party commenced' at seven-
thirty o'clock with several euchre
games after which Chinese checkers
were played. Most of those present
proved themselves quite proficient at
both pastimes.
At nine-thirty o'clock a sumptuous
pot luck dinner .was served, the feature of the meal being a buffalo roast,
meat of the American bison having
been secured from a Clare County
market which had secured a recent
.shipment from the West.
Following the dinner seven games
of progressive hearts were played
with Celiiia Creguer being high scorer
for the ladies and Arleigh E. Gorr and
Peter F. Creguer being high scorers
for the men, they being awarded prizes
for their efforts..
Florence Hales then entertained
with two tap dance numbers, she being accompanied by Iyone Gorr * at
the piaiio. Afterwards old fashioned
•square dancing completed the evening".
Those in attendance were Mr. and
Mrs. Peter F. Creguer, Mr. and Mrs,
Wilbur Ireland, Mr. and Mrs. Martin.
O. L6omis, Mr. and Mrs. Omer Parent,
•Mr." and Mrs. __!rjeigh B.* Gorr and
iotece,"'- Flortence; Haled,: Mr: ahd'MrsV
Alexander 'fir Wylie dtidis'on, "Alexander A. Wylie. !
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION
AND WARD CAUCUS
The Republican convention for the
city of Clare will be held Tuesday-
March 14, 1939, at 8:00 o'clock p. m.
in  the  city hall, .Clare,  to place in
nomination, candidates for the following city officers:
'Mayor,  .
City Clerk,
City Treasurer
Justice of the Peace
and to transact such other business as
may properly come before said con-.
vention.
Immediately following the city convention, ward caucuses will be held in
the several wards as follows:
First Ward, Johnston's Elevator Office.
Second Ward, I. E. Hampton's Office.
Third Ward^ City Hall
to place in nomination candidates for
Supervisor,
Alderman,
Constable,
and to transact such other business as
may properly come before said Ward
Caucuses.
Signed
Ira Richmond -
Jas. S. bicknell
Ed. Johnston
,.   :.21t2. ■   .    . Committee
Get' Jrotir '.icefcute /,j»._.ate.s.
Damoth Agency.-—Adv.""""
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