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GLARE, MICHIGAN. FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 2, 1939
New Series Vol. 47, No. 34
UDGE ALEX E.
WYLIE QUALIFIE
FOR U. S. COURT
Admitted to Practice Before
United States Supreme
Court
Another distinction was brought to
Clare county early this week when
Alexander E, Wylie, Clare County
Probate Judge and local attorney, was
admitted to practice before the highest tribunal in the land.
When Judge Wylie was admitted to
practice -before the United States
Supreme Court at Washington, D. C„
last Monday morning, it gave Clare
County its first attorney to be admitted .before this court in the county
and the third in tho Twenty-first
Judicial Circuit.
The venerable Chief Justice, Charles
Evans Hughes, and all of the other
eight Supreme Court Justices were in
their places when court opened and
during the procedure.
Judge Wylie's application was presented by Congressman Roy O. Woodruff, of Bay City, and his name was
presented to the court by Congressman Wm. W. Blackny, of Flint.
To be admitted to the United
States Supreme Court an attorney
must have practiced in the courts of
some state or territory for at least
three years and must have fulfilled
several other requirements in addition to making a personal appearance
before the Supreme Court while in
session at Washington.
Judge Wylie, accompanied by Mrs.
Wylie and their son, Alexander A.,
left Friday evening for Washington.
While there they visited the F. B. I.
Building, Patent Ofiice, Congressional Library, International Eastern
Star Temple, and other places of in-
trest.
They were extended every courtsey
by  Congressman  Woodruff while
the National Capital.
at
MIDLAND PILOT
CRASHELPLANE
NEARCOLEMAN
Attempt to Take Off With
Wind Proves Fatal to
Vance Blizzard
Vance Blizzard, twenty-six year old
student pilot of Midland, was instantly
killed at noon Monday wheu his Mono
plane crashed into a stump on the
farm of Clark Allison, three and one-
half miles east of Coleman.
According to reports, Mr. Blizzard
had landed in a field and went to the
farm-home for water for the plane.
Here he accepted an invitation to re
main for dinner, bat returned to plane
with the water. After filling the
radiator, he attempted to move the
plane to a field nearer the home, but
apparently took off with, instead of
against the wind and failing to gain
altitude, tried to bank into, the wind
while barely clearing a grove of trees
on the Lundy farm. The plane nosed
sharply into the ground, missing a
fence, but Btriking a stump three feet
inside it.
Blizzard's body was pulled from the
■wreckage by Darwin Throop and
Edwin Phillips, farmers, who were
working in a nearby field.
The pilot had purchased the plane
about three months ago; giving his car
as a down payment. > He had flown
alone only twelve hours.
Admitted Before
Highest Tribunal
Clare Telephone Office aridExchange in New Home
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JUDGE ALEXANDER E. WYLIE
Qualified to Practice Before U. S.
Supreme  Court
STATE OFFICES OF
GDLF REFINING CO.
COMINUO CLARE
Will Occupy Suites in Cit-
State   Bank
lzens
Building
Lester Lefavour, Field Superintendent of the Gulf Refining Company,
revealed in an interview Monday
morning that the Gulf Company was
leasing offices on the second floor of
the Citizens State Bank building and
would move their district offices here
early this month. The territory served by the local production department offices will include all of the
State of Michigan,,,.-■»-•
Olin Lynch will be manager of the
Clare offices and with other employees will bring four families to this
city immediately.
As soon as arrangements can be
completed the Gulf company expects
to obtain land and erect a warehouse
here.
The Sentinel joins the citizens of
Clare in welcoming this addition to
the business and social life of our
city.
Michigan Bell
Area Manager
Residents of Clare and vicinity will be- given the opportunity, Jur.e.8, 9, and 10, to see their telephone
operators at work and to observe the intricate operation of the equipment of the exchange, now occupying the
new home completed here this spring.
Exhibit of Fine
Arts at School
The annual fine arts and industrial
arts exhibit of the Clare Public
School will take place this year in
connection with Class Night, Friday,
June'2nd.
Tho exhibit, Which will be on display in the gymnasium-, will be open
to the public at 7:00 p. m. and will
be closed during the Class' Night Program,- but will' be open again after
the program. The general, public is
cordially invited to attend.    .
Art work done by people from the
fourth grade thru high school will be
on display, featuring creative work
In crayon, water color, pen and ink,
-charcoal, block printing, tempera, and
clay. '     •'.
The shop exhibit will be made up of
work done throughout the year by
the farm shop, general shop, and
eighth grade shop classes. Work
done by the advanced mechanical
drawing students will also be exhibited. ■   .,.'
For Graduation    Gifts.
Flower Saop.—Adw
Gift   and
ARTHUR TOWNSHIP
PIONEER PASSES
AWAYJATURDAY
Jeff Hartman Dies Following Operation at Pontiac
Hospital
Clai-e county lost another highly
respected pioneer in the passing of
Jeff Hartman, Saturday evening, in
the General Hospital at Pontiac following an operation.
Thomas Jefferson Hartman, eldest
son of John and Amanda Hartman,
was born in Vanloo, Hancock County,
Ohio, July 29th, 1857, and passed away
May 27th, 1939, at the age of 81 years,
10 months and 29 days.
He was stricken Thursday afternoon while visiting at the home of
his son, Glenn and family at Pontiac,
death following an operation from
which he never regained conciousness.
In the year of 1880, July 3rd, he
was united in marriage to Mary Catherine Sunday of Pleasant Lake, Indiana. To this, union were born nine
children, two dying in infancy.
The deceased will be well remembered as one of the early pioneers of
this county, having come here from
Indiana in the spring of 1882, settling
in Clare County where he had spent,
the remainder of his life.
He leaves to mourn besides the
faithful wife, seven children, Peai'l of
Grand Rapids, Will of Bay. City,
Claude of Houghton, Glenn of Pontiac,
John, Mrs. Maude Gordon and Mrs.
Carrie Green of Clare, 25 grandchildren, 6 great grandchildren, one broth-
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PATRICK BATTLE
PASSES AWAY AT
VERNONTWP.HOME
Funeral  Services Will   Be
Held From St. Henry's
Church Saturday
Patrick Battle, 73, a life long resident of Vernon Township, passed
■away at his home Thursday morning
at 2:00 o'clock.
He is survived by the bereaved
wife; three daughters, Mrs. Julia Coff-
man, Mrs. Mary Eleanor Mutters-
paugh and Miss Margaret; two sons,
Palridk 'and Joe; three sisters, Mrs.
Dan McConnell, Mrs. Joe McConnell
and Mrs. Margaret Morrison; one
brother, Francis; and many other relatives and friends.
Funeral services will be held Saturday morning at 9:00 o'clock from
St. Henry's church in Vernon township, with Rev. Fr. Tomaszewski officiating and interment will be made
in St. Henry's cemetery. Arrangements are in charge of Doherty Sons.
Y. F. W. PREPARES FOR
ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT
At a regular meeting of Veterans
of Foreign Wars. held in, the Dug-Out
Wednesday evening, May 31, 1939,
routine business occupied the major
portion of the session,
The high light of the session was
the certifying of Delegates and Alternates to the 20th Annual Encampment at* Grand Rapids, June 23, 24, 25,
as follows:
Delegates: Frank Kaplirtger, Ralph
Dupoat.
Alternatetl: J. M. Davis, Marion A.
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GRAND OPENING OF
MODERN FOOD MARKET
SATURDAY, JUNE 3RD
Lyie Smith Remodels and Adds
Equipment   to  Former
Chaffee Grocery
Lyie Smith, who recently purchased
the Chaffee Grocery here, announces
the grand opening of the "Modern
Complete Food Market" in the build
ing formerly occupied by Mr. Chaffee,
Saturday, June 3rd, and continuing
through the following Saturday.
Mr. Smith has had the building remodeled to provide nearly 250 additional square feet of floor space in
the store proper and has installed a
large walk-in meat cooler with a new
Brunner refrigeration unit and other
equipment to handle a complete line
of fresh and smoked meats. The store
was already equipped with a 12 foot
refrigerated display case and modern
equipment for handling and selling
groceries, produce, etc.
The store, will carry a complete line
of all varieties of foods and the cus
torhers may choose between self serve
or service. A full page of opening
week specials, appears on page 16 of
this issue of the Sentinel.
CURTIS PALMER, OF SMYRNA,
NEW YORK, HAS READ CLARE
PAPER FIFTY-SEVEN YEARS
The Sentinel .received a letter last
week from Curtis Palmer, Smyrna, N.
Y., R-l,-renewing his subscription and
saying:
"I've been reading The .Sentinel
since 1882 when it was the Clare
Presg, edited by Denny Alward.
"It keeps me in touch with toy many
friends of Clare and surroundings.
This April I was 84 years old and I
still think of Clare as "The Old Home
Town."
"Greetings to all my friends there."
We are sure his many friends, as
well as tho Sentinel, wilt be pleased
that Mr. Palmer has maintained his
interest in OUr city all these years.
TWO FARM HOMES
AND CONTENTS BURN
TO GROUND THIS WEEK
A defective chimney is thought to
have been, the cause of a fire which
destroyed the home of Mr, and Mrs.
Major Davis, of Sheridan Township
Tuesday afternoon-.
The rural fire truck, was called, but
was unable to save the building owing
to the flames having spread so rapidly. The building and contents were
a complete loss.
Wednesday, the home and a large
portion of the contents of Mr. and
Mrs, Wm, Lowrey of Vernon Township was destroyed by fire which was
caused by the explosion of an oil
stove.
Mrs. Lowrey,. who^was mick in bed,
was removed to the "home* of a neighbor.
The rural truck was called, but
could do nothing, other than protect
the out-buildings.
CLARE PIONEER
DEPARTS THIS LIFE
AT LOSrANGELES
Mrs.  A. E. LaPierre Succumbs to Heart Attack
After Year's Illness
The Sentinel this week received a
letter from Mrs. James S. Mullen,
formerly Miss Emma LaPierre, in
which she states the sad news of the
death- of her mother, Mrs. A. E. Da-
Pierre, of JBl Monte, California, who
was formerly a respected pioneer
lady of this city.
One year ago on May 31st Mrs. LaPierre suffered ' a heart attack and
was very ill for several months, from
which she partially recovered. Later
she suffered another severe one, on
May 2nd. In order that she might
have every chance for recovery, she
was taken to the hospital, where she
passed from this life on May 7, 1939,
at the age of 75 years.
The deceased was born in Germany
April 29, 1864. When she was three
weeks old, her parents, brothers and
sisters came to America and located
at Golden Lake, Canada. The trip
across the Atlantic was made in a sail,
boat and took three months for the
crossing.
They bued themeselves a home out
of a wilderness, building themselves
a house, barn and other buildings
with logs on land her father purchased
by mail. At the age of 16 she came
to Michigan and was united in marriage to Mr. LaPierre at the age of
18. Later they returned to Chatham,
Ontario, then moved to Saginaw and
in the year 1888 moved to Clare,
where they resided until 1913, when,
they moved to Los Angles, California.
Mr. LaPierre passed away in September 1926.
Funeral-services wore held from the
W. A, Brown's Mortuary on Wedhes*
day, May 10th. .Rev. Johnson, of the
Vincent. Methodist church 'officiating
and interment made beside her husband and daughter, Hazel, who died
in February, 1921, in the family lot of
the Inglewcod Park Cemetery.
Surviving are eight daughters and
two sons, eight of whom are in Los
Angles. They are', Anne, Emma, Margaret, Edythe, Clara, Rowena, Edward
and Louis, Helen, alow Mrs. Ray
Shoemaker resides in Phoenix, Arizona, and Lillian, Mrs. R. F. Moylor,
in Detroit,
CLARE COUNTY
BANK BUILDING
BEING CHANGED
Will   Be   Remodeled   Into
Modern Retail Business
Block
The Clare County Bank building,
now owned by Dr. C. B. Wood, is being remodeled for a business block.
The front of the building, which was
constructed of solid masonry, has
•been removed and will be replaced
with a modern store front.
The second floor, which now extends over only a small portion of the
ffbitt Hftd re"ar portions of the building, will be extended throughout the
building^ with One large room- on this
floor, which will be constructed in
such a way that it may later be divided into suites of offices.
The lower floor will be arranged for
retail business purposes. The construction work will be completed in
about six weeks.
Negotiations for occupancy have
been under way for several days, but
were not completed at press time.
T. C. MAKER
Will Welcome Guests at Open House
Next Week
CLARE YOUNG PEOPLE
MARRIED SATURDAY AT
LUTHERAN PARSONAGE
Miss Elizabeth Richey and Walter Schroeder Speak. Vows
Before Rev. Binhammer
Saturday morning, May 27th, at ten
o'clock, occurred the marriage of Miss
Elizabeth Richey, daughter of Hugh
Richey, of Fostoria, Ohio, to Walter
Schroeder, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Schroeder, of Clare. The
young couple spoke their vows at the
Lutheran Parsonage, ReV. C. Binhammer performing the ceremony.
Tho bride and groom were attended
by Miss Lucille Lammiers of Liepsic,
Ohio, and Francis Loomis, of Clare.
For her wedding, Miss Richey wore
navy crepe with matching accessories. Her attendant wore a printed
yellow gbwh with yellow accessories.
Each wore a corsage of sweet peas
and Lillies of the valley.
Dinner was served at high noon to
the wedding party and guests in the
Private Dining Room of Barnes Cafe.
Guests were Mr. and Mrs. Schroeder,
and Mi*, and Mrs. Omer Parent.
The table was very pretty with
bouquets of pink sweet peas and pink
candles in Crystal holders. A large
four tiered wedding cake with the
bride and- groom decoration was the
table centerpiece.
Mrs. • Schroeder is a high school
graduate of Fostoria, and a graduate
nurse of St. Rita's Hospital at Lima,
Ohio, and is employed as a nurse at
Woods hospital in. Clare. Mr, Shroed-
.er attended the Lutheran Seminary,
at Saginaw, for 2 years and is a
graduate of Clare high school Class ojt I
1935. He Is engaged in business with:
his father in the contracting and build*-
I ing trade. ■
J Both young people are well known
• in Clare attd iheir many friends wish
| them every happiness.
Tjiey left immediately following the
, dinner for a trip to Fostoria, Ohio, and
Jb'tirt Wayne, Indiana.   Upon their re-
COMMENCEMENT
WEEK BEGINS AT
SCHOOIJONIGHT
Class Night Exercises Presented  by Seniors in
School Auditorium
The fifty-second annual Clare High
School Commencement exercises will
open this Friday evening, at 8:00
o'clock, at the school auditorium,
when the graduating class of fifty-nine
young men and women present the
Class Night program.
Senior Vesper Service will be held
in the auditorium Sunday evening, at
8:00 o'clock^ with Rev. James.-A. Rogers deliveriOjf the baccalaureate address. '-"'"'' ;i*
The Commencement .program will
•be presented at the a'udltorium Friday evening, June 9th at 8:00, o'clock,
with Lee A. Whfte, Director of ,Public
Relations of The Detroit News, delivering the commencement address.
The program for the Vesper services and Commencement exercises
appear on page three and the pictures
of the graduating class on page nine
of this issue of the Sentinel.
COMMUNITY-CENTER
SCHOOL PLANNED
FOR THREE UNITS
Lincoln Township Will Vote
on Proposition Tomorrow, June 3rd
Considerable interest is shown in
both Surrey Township Unit and Lincoln Township Unit on the question of
consolidating the two present township Units into one larger Unit. The
Lincoln Board of Education has already been petitioned to call a special
election on June 3rd for the purpose
of voting on consolidating. Should
Lincoln vote favorably oh the question, it will be necessary for Surrey
Township Unit to call a special election to Vote on acceptance.
Mr. Dorr Stack, School Board Counselor from the Department of Public
Instruction met with the Boards of
Education of Surrey, Lincoln, and Garfield, on May 3 in joint session and
urged the forming of a Community-
Center school by consolidating the
three township Units into one large
Unit. Mr. Stack pointed out that the
State Aid would be increased over
$3,000.00 .by reason of consolidating,
stating that the increased State Aid
is the Department of Public Instruction's way of urging larger administrative units for school purposes.
This iB accomplished through the
State Aid Formula which provides but
$10 for each additional grade pupil
over the basic 12 pupils In the one
room, one teacher school, Whereas,
in a school that has 150 grade pupils
or over, and five or more grade teach-
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CLARE TELEPHONE
OFFICE TO HOLD 3
DAYS OPEN HOUSE
Individuals and Groups Invited to Inspect Equip*
ment and Service
How does your telephone work?
How do the words you speak into
it get to the ear of the person you are
calling—across the street, on the
other side of town, in Detroit, Los
Angeles or London?
What is back of your telephone
service that makes it possible?
All of that, and more, will be explained and demonstrated to residents of Clare, young and old, during
a three-day "Open House" program
at the new offices of the Michigan
Bell Telephone Company on Fourth
street, between Pine and McEwan,
Thursday, Friday aud Saturday, June
8, 9, and 10.
Announcement of the affair, which
will be free to everyone, was made
yesterday by T. C. Maher, manager in
this area for the Michigan Bell Company, who said that the company and
its local employees will-be hosts. He
anticipates that more than 500 persons will visit the telephone central
office plant during the three days.
Working with Mr. Maher on arrangements, for the affair are Mrs. Mabel
Parker, chief operator; A. W. Dicks,
plant chief; Mrs. Edith Sprague, senior operator; Andrew Irving and
Elmer Hagerl, combinationmen;
James Langston, toll repairman; ami
Warren Tice, installer.
Clare's telephone central office is
only a month old, the Company having cut it into service in the new
building on May 11, after spending
lf57,000 on the complete project.
.Fifty years ago there wasn't a single telephone in Clare. In 1887 there
was one, a long distance station connected to a line from Rosebush. Today there are nearly 600, served by a
telephone.,plant   as   modern  as   any
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MICH. COUNTIES
VOUCHERED TWO
MILLION_DOLLARS
Clare County Receives $21,-
485.36 to Maintain Former
Township Roads
Michigan counties were vouchered
another $2,000,000 this week from
highway revenues.    .
Highway Commissioner Murray D.
Van Wagoner turned over to Aud-
Gen. Vernon J. Brown the first, payments to the counties on the annual
$4,000,000 appropriation for the maintenance of former township roads.
Current payments raised the total
highway revenue returns to Counties
and cities to $13,012,584 to date this
year. They receive the entire amount
of the weight tax plus $6,550,000 a year
from gasoline tax revenues.
Current returns to the nearby counties follow: •;.
Clare, $21,485.36.
Gladwin, $19,622.03 ">
Isabella, $27,946.72 *
Midland, $24,755.43
Osceola, $22,998.21 T
Roscommon, $9,443.66.
turn they will live in one   of   the
Barnes Apartme"nts On McEwan St,
Wanted!
Twenty-five to fifty men who are
interested in conservation are invited
to come Out to the mill pond Monday, June 5th, and help the boys hoe
the corn planted there.
The present "Pride .of the Rod and
Gun Club" is a wild mama duck with
fourteen little ducklings,* whp will
soon be joining the denizens of the
wildlife preserve in search of "corn".
Let's have, a good bunch out to hoe
the com and provide feed for the inhabitants of the preserve.
Memorial Day
Observed Here
Last Tuesday
The elements of .nature bestowed,
their blessings Upon the participants
of Clare's Memorial Day parade and
observance, Tuesday morning, with5a
bright sunny day.
The parade was headed by school
children on gaily decorated bicycles,
followed by the American Legipn color
guard, Walter H. Larman Post drum
and bugle corps, Legionnaires, Vet-»
erans of Foreign Wars, Sons of
American Legion, Legion firing squad* .
Clare Boy Scout Troop with their colors, Clare High School band and many
citizens in automobiles.
The line of march was from the
City Hall Memorial Building "to the '
south end of McEwan street, north on
McEwan "street to State street and
thence to the cemetery, where the
services were Meld.
Following'the well delivered and an- .
propriate address of Rev. C. W. ftlc-
Kenzie, of the First Methodist Church
of Mt. Pleasant, an honorary volley
wa£ fired over the graves of the sleeping heroes of our Nation's wars and
Taps was sounded. •
The Elm Grove Townsend Club -tfill
serve ice ci'eam and cake at the"
Grange Hall on Wednesday evening,
June 7th. '