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GLARE, MICHIGAN. FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 22, 1939
New Series Vol. 47, No. 50
VERDICT OF
USE FOR ACTION
! GELLER CASE
Attorneys Prepare to Appeal Before Supreme
Court
When we went to press yesterday
noon ttie Clare County Circuit Court
was still in session, having met continuously since a week ago last Monday, and Judge Hart was engaged in
trying the Chancery case of John S.
Deubel vs. William Kubat and The
Pure Oil Company, a Bill To Quiet
Title to certain lauds located in Redding  Township
The case taking up the most time
was that of Byron Geller vs. The Doherty Hotel Company, which reached
the jury Tuesday afternoon. The
jury then deliberated upon this case
the rest of Tuesday, all day Wednesday and most of Thursday morning,
when they came in with a verdict of
no cause for action.
When we went to press a week ago
the Geller case was being tried. This
trial has occasioned considerable interest throughout the county and also
throughout the State. The Plaintiff
brought an action for damages suffered by being shot by Jack Livingston at the time Isaiah Leebove was
killed in the Hotel Doherty a year ago
last May.
Oil Thursday of iast week Dr. Cornelius B. Wood and Stanley Kleiner
appeared as witnesses for Mr. Geller
and the next day Richard Groves,
Stanley Parish, Jack Spencer, Roy B.
Comer and Malcolm Robinson also
testified for the Plaintiff. Mr. Gel-
ler's attorneys rested his case late
Friday afternoon and Judge Hart continued the matter until Monday morning and excused the jury until that
time.
One short case occupied the Court's
attention before Court was concluded
Friday afternoon. This was The People vs. Kenneth Green and Clarence
Horning, in which the Defendants
were charged with Grand Larceny,
the theft having been committed from
an automobile. The Defendants were
arraigned, the information was read
to them by the Prosecuting Attorney,
Donald £1. Holbrook, and both entered a plea of guilty to the charge as
read. Judge Hart deferred sentence
and allowed the Defendants to go upon their own recognizance and to report for sentence later.
Last Monday the Geller case reconvened with the Defense puting
forth the other side of the controversy. Four witnesses gave testimony in
support of this side of the matter,
they being Harry M. Bishop, Dr. John
T. Sample, Dr. William C. Anderson
and William A. Henderson. The De
fense rested Monday night.
Tuesday morning the Attorneys conducting the Geller case took the entire morning in making their arguments to the jiiry and Tuesday afternoon Judg Hare charged the jury. The
jury was out from two o'clock on
Tuesday afternoon until eleven
o'clock yesterday morning, before
coming to au agreement, when they
found for the Defense bringing in a
verdict for no cause of action. Mr.
Geller's attorneys thereupon took
steps to perfect and appeal to the
Supreme Court.
While waiting for the jury to reach
a verdict Judge Hart started the Deubel case on Wednesday morning. Witnesses testifying for the Plaintiff
were William A. Henderson, John P.
Kirk, Lynn Schaffer, Clara Sweet, F.
C. Maher and John S. Deubel. After
the Plaintiff rested his case Wednesday afternoon one Defense witness,
Leslie A. Buell testified. Yesterday
morning one additional defense witness, Harold J. Mulder, testified and
this case was still being tried by
Judge Hart yesterday afternoon.
Michigan Road
Commissioners
Meet Next Week
Clare county road commissioners
will join those of 32 other counties
for the annual convention of the
Northern Michigan Road Commissioners' Association in Traverse City
Thursday and Friday, September 28
and 29,
The convention will be held in the
nine story Park Place hotel. It will
bring several nationally known authorities on road builuing and maintenance before the county commissioners
of this section.
Principal speaker of the convention
will be Michigan's popular highway
commissioner, Murray D. Van Wagoner, who is president of the American
Road Builders Association, He will
address the banquet Thursday night,
A big entertainment program for the
banquet is being prepared by the convention committee of the Traverse
City  Chamber  of Commerce.
CLARE TO PLAY
BEAVERTON HER
TONIOT AT 7:30
First Game on Glare's New
Lighted Athletic
Field
The _ii'8t game on the newly lighted
athletic field will be played Friday
night when Beaverton comes here for
the opening game of the season.
Light crews have been working during the past few days to complete the
lighting equipment, a forty unit system with forty 500 watt bulbs with
reflectors mounted on ten poles standing fifty-five feet above the ground
and arranged live on each side of the
field.
Boys in tho shop classes, faculty
members and men In the community
have been working to erect permanent
stands to accommodate the crowd
which will attend the opening game.
Carleton Garthe, Industrial Arts Instructor, drew the plans for the
bleachers and has supervised their
construction. Mr. Foell, school engineer has helped considerably with
this work.
Time will not permit the completion
of the entire stand before the Beaverton game. However two sections
will be finished which, along with the
high school bleachers, will seat a
considerable number of people. The
entire stands will be complete for the
Reed City game on October 6th.
The game will start at 7:30 and
between halves the Beaverton high
school band, the Clare high school
band and the Clare Drum and Bugle
corps  will parade on the field.
The completion of this fine athletic
field mark, a great accomplishment
for Clare and members of the Kiwanis
Club who actively started this project
and the citizens of Clare who have
shown a sincere interest in the work
may well be proud of the result.
DR. CAREY SPEAKS
AT CHILD HEALTH
MEETING FRIDAY
Accomplishments and Plans
of Health Unit
Discussed
More than fifty members of the
Clare County Child Health Association and interested people met at the
Clare High School auditorium Friday
evening to discuss the achievements,
possibilities and future course of action of the Tri-county Health Unit in
Clare County, with Dr. B. W. Carey,
of Detroit, Medical Director of the
Michigan Children's Fuud, principal
speaker.
Dr. B. V. Thiehoff, Director of
Health District seven, including Clare,
Gladwin and Arenac counties, opened
the meeting with remarlrs regarding
the comparatively very small cost of
the work to the county, and presented
Dr. Carey.
Each member of the Board of Supervisors was invited to the meeting
and many were in attendance, but for
the benefit of the supervisors and
hundreds of people who were unable
to attend, we will review the work of
the unit for the four and one-half
years it has been organized here.
Since the inception of the unit in
February 1935, Dr, Thiehoff has been
director continuously except for a
leave of absence in 1936-37, when he
was relieved by Dr. Lloyd H. Gaston
for fiye months and Dr. D, A. Van
der Slice for three and a half months,
that he might continue his studies.
C. I. Webb has beeu sanitai*ian
from the beginning and Dr. Edwin
Boonstra was the first dentist, with
Dr. L. F. Richards, Dr. Arthur Bloes-
ing and Dr. Max L. McConnell succeeding him.
Eye programs were conducted in
the fall of 1936 by Dr. Marion Stevenson and In early 1939 by Dr. Ralph R.
Sachs. '
(Continued on Page Eight)
S AT LANSING
AST WEEK THCRSDAY
Body Brought to Clare Monday
for Interment in Cherry
Grove Cemetery
The remains of Claude Rockwell,
61, son of C. H. Rockwell, of this city,
were brought to Clare Monday afternoon for interment, he having passed
from this life at his home in Lansing
Thursday, September 14, following an
illness of several weeks.
Funeral cervices were held from
the homo in Lansing and services at
the grave here.
The deceased was born in Clare
September 5th, 1878. He . attended
the Clare schools and for several
years held the position of clerk in the
Clare County Savings Bank. Nine
years ago _e was married at Lansing,
where .he has since made his home.
Besides his wife, Lottie, he is sur-
Y-ved by his aged father.    -     '   :
LOCAL LEGION POST
DISTINGUISHED FOR
MEMBERSHIP DRIVES
Membership   in   Local   Legion
Organizations Expected to
Exceed 250 This Year
GOOD LITERATURE
CLUB COMMENCES
YEARL7PRQGRAM
First Meeting Held at Derby
Home Tuesday
Evening
The local American Legion Post,
Auxiliary Unit and S. A. L. Squadron
are now in the midst of their annual
membership campaigns and dues for
the year 1940 have been- coming in
with increasing frequency.
Legion dues are $2.50 for both old
and new members; Auxiliary dues are
$1.26 for new members and ?1.00 for
members renewing or joining on
transfer; S. A. L. dues are $1.50 for
those joining for the first time and
50c for renewals and transfers.
The first organization to go over
the top (exceed its last year's membership) was the local S. A. L. Squadron which last Monday had two more
members than its 1939 membership;
this included all 1940 Officers who are
paid in advance and two new members, Sons who have joined for the
first time.
The new Legion cards were received from Headquarters on September
8th and yesterday noon only four
memberships were needed to place
the local Post over the top. All 1.40
Officers are paid in advance*" and in
addition to the cards written many
others have promised their dues in
the near future. It Is likely that the
local Post will be "over the top" before tomorrow night.
All 1940 Auxiliary Officers and   a
large portion  of the other members
have paid their dues to the retiring
President, Mary Ireland, who is plan-
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The Good Literature club held their
first meeting of the year at the pleasant home of Mrs. Oise Derby on East
Fifth street, Tuesday evening, with
thirty-two members and guests in attendance.
The retiring President, Miss Mabel
Reynolds opened the meeting and introduced the new President, Mrs. Eva
Lowrey. Mrs. Lowrey welcomed the
new officers and presented the retiring President with a beautiful bouquet
of flowers in appreciation of her
splendid work during the past year.
Miss Martha Knecht, County Health
Nurse, spoke of the achievements and
future plans of the Tri-county Health
Unit and requested that a representative be appointed to meet with the
Clare County Child Health Association at their next meeting. Mrs.
Madge Lamb also spoke interestingly
and educationally on the Child Health
work, soliciting the cooperation of the
club.
Miss Betty Powers was in charge of
a"mixer," plesantly acquainting the
new members and guests with one
another.
The program chairman, Mrs. Morrel Clute, presented a unique one-act
play, "The First Dress Suit". Mrs. E.
D. Kennedy and son, Martin, and Mr.
and Mrs. Morrell Clute masterfully
portrayed the characters of the play.
Dainty refreshments were temptingly served by the hostess.
The next meeting of the club will
be held at the home of Mrs. Frank
Hachmuth on East State Street, Tuesday evening, October 3.
Clare Fans Watch
Brown Bomber Knock
Out Boh Pastor
Tenth District Legion Officers
Attend Clare Convention Friday
Among the Clare people who watched Michigan's "Brown Bomber", Joe>
Lewis, retain his World's Championship heavyweight title by knocking
out his challenger, Bob Pastor, in the
eleventh round, at Briggs Stadium, in
Detroit, Wednesday evening, were:
James McKinnon, Mayor John Dunlop, Stuart Bicknell, Willard Bicknell,
Burt Kane, Ed. Johnston, Mr. and
Mrs. L. W. LaFavour, Mr. and Mrs.
O. W. Lynch, Mr. and Mrs, M. B.
Cramer, John Stach, Horace J. Foster, Art Damoth and Donald E. Holbrook. Dr. S. J. Higelmire and L. R.
Perkins also attended the bout.
COUNTY SCHOOL
CHILDREN TO SIN
OVER WKAR FRI.
Miss Miles Will Direct and
Miss Hether   Will
Announce
CHANGE IN PERE MARQUETTE
TRAIN SCHEDULE EFFECTIVE
HERE SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 24
A change in the time schedule of
Pere Marquette mail trains will become effective here next Sunday.
Mails will bo dispatched from the
Clare post office as folows:
P. M. train No. 1 mail leaves post
office at 7:35 a m,
P. M. No. 6 mail leaves.post office
at 3:55 p. m.
The Ann Arbor is unchanged from
10:40 a. m. and 2:00 p. m.
Trains will leave tie local union
depot as follows:
P. M. No. 1 West 7:64 a. nt.
P. M. No. 6 East 4:21 p, m.
A. A. _fo. 52 Sout_i0:58 p.'in.
A. A. No. 51 North 2:1?, p. in.
The  following  will    sing    in    the
chorus which will broadcast over W.
K. A. R., Michigan State College, on
Friday,   September  29th  at  10:30  a.
in.
Catherine Kube, Hinkle school
Elva Lee Mcintosh, Hinkle school
Hazel Sandra, Brush College school
Donna Loar, Brush College' school
Beulah Loai', Brush College school
Cara Kroll, Brush College school
Annabel Schunk, Carrow school
Doris Carrow, Carrow .school
Ila Allen, Wildcat school
Ronald Court, Wildcat school
Betty       Hildebrandt,       Hardwood
school
Naomi Allen, Hardwood school
Rose Athey, Hardwood school
Barbara Murphy, McKinley school
Erma Eberhart, McKinley school
Edward Blum, McKinley school
Henry j_be**hart, McKinley school
Ruth Rank, Dover school
Dwaine Hoover, Dover school
Mary Lou MaghliST'JBrown school
Leora Town, Brown school
Marlin Town. Brown school
Donna Garver, Brown school
Arlene Winn, Myers school
Betty Orvis, Myers schoool
Arlene Orvis, Myers school
Raymond Spicer, Myers school
Gertrude Hess, Brewer school
Dorothy Hess, Brewer school
Alberta Rhodes, Brewer school
Betty Slater, Brewer school
Geraldine Garchow, Randall. school
Irene Smith,-Randall school
Jean Da-*ris,Colo_"viil_-school
Naomi Pudvay, Colonville school
Marion Rutter, Colonville school
Caroline Kershner, Colonville school
Betty Loker, Lake school
Eunice Smith, Lake school
Linda Cornell, Lake school
Glenn Hickling, Lake school
Wava Tryon, Lake school
Charlotte Lyons, Lake school
Myrtle Caulkins, Lake school
Richard Lewandowski, Lake school
Norma   Smith,   Frost   Unit
Patsy Miller, Norway school
Margaret Kirchmar, Norway school
Arvilla Tousignaut, Harrison school
June Bruce, Harrison school
Janice Woodin, Harrison school
Marjorie Hileman, Harrison school
Norma Woodin, Doty school
Ellen Knapp, Doty school
Anna Green, Mann Siding school
Doris Siel, Mann Siding school
Phyllis Worstell, Freeman Unit
Janice Nederbood, Austa school
Vera Keelm, Austa school
Ruth Haught, Temple school
Athena Stan.baugh, Temple school
Percile David, Temple school
Ferris Pruden, Temple school
Vernon Mcintosh, Temple school
Elmer Otter, Redner school
John Butters, Redner school
Miss Mabel Olive Miles will direct
tKe chorus and Helen D. Hether will
announce  the following  songs which
will be sung.
1. Thanksgiving Prayer
2. Morning Song
3. Pippa's Song
4. The Cradle Song
5. Danny Boy
6. The Postillion
7.. My Little Owlet
8. Billy Boy
9. Evening Song
10. Auld Lang i Syne
11. The Little Ship
12. I Love Little Pussy
13. Fiddle-Dee-Dee
14. My Old Dan
15. Rlggety Jig
Front row, seated: (reading from left to right) District Commander, Conrad Walker, Clare; District Vice Commander, Edward J. Donoghue, Bay
City; District Adjutant, Omer Parent, Clare; District Finance Officer, William  Griffiths,  Blanchard.
Back row, standing: District Historian, Daniel J. Baker, Bay City; District Welfare Officer, Charles Crotty, Blanchard; District Sergeant-at-
Arms, Edward F. Oliver, West Branch; District Americanism Chairman,
Alexander E. Wylie, Clare.
KIWANIANS HEAR FACULTY
MEMBERS AT WEDNESDAY
EVENING DINNER MEETING
The Kiwanis Club met at the Hotel
Doherty for their 6:30 dinner meeting
Wednesday evening with Vice President Harold Fleming presiding, in the
absence of President Willard Bicknell.
Richard Wysong, teacher of Social
Studies at the local high school, spoke
interestingly and educationally on the
Constitution of the United States.
Coach Leo Brown, also of the local
high school, spoke on the prospects
of his 1939 Clare High School football
team, which goes into action against
a strong Beaverton team at the new
athletic  field  this evening.
MORLEY WOMAN
DIES SUDDENLY
FRIDAY MORNIN
High  Blood  Pressure   and
Excessive Heat Contributing Causes
Mrs. Mildred Grace Veersma, 42, of
Morley, was brought to the Clare
County General Hospital at 1:00
o'clock Friday morning, September
15th, by her husband, Henry Veersma,
in a very serious condition. Upon examination at the hospital she was
pronounced dead.
Coroner Andrew N. Friz was called
and took charge of the case. An
autopsy was performed at 10:00
o'clock Friday morning by Dr. C. B.
Wood, revealing the cause of death
was a tfub-tcntorial hemorhage into
the substance of the cerebellum in the
mid-line. Contributing cause was
arterial schelerosis with hy-perpen-
tion.
Mrs. Veersma had potato salad for
supper at the Bungalo, at Beaverton.
She then went to Prout's Tavern, two
and a half miles east of Rosebush, at
about 7:30, and met friends there.
After drinking about a half bottle of
beer and dancing to the music of
about four records she seemed to have
something in her eye, at about 8:45,
and upon examination by one of the
friends nothing could be seen in her
eye.
At that time her husband came
over where she was and she said she
felt faint and he took her outside and
{•at on the running board of a car and
he -".farted fanning her. She said
'Oh, 1 got a pain in my head". That
is the last she talked.
She was put in a friend's car and
taken to Dr. Johnston's, at Rosebush.
Dr. Johnston recommended taking her
home and putting her in bed.
They returned for their own car
and upon her apparently being in a
more weakened condition, decided to
bring her to the Clare hospital.
Chief Of Police Wm. B. Dunlop and
Btate Police from the Mt. Pleasant
post were called and in company with
Coroner Friz, investigated the case.
ANNUAL TWIN ELMS
BANQUET THURSDAY
EVENING^SEPT. 28TH
First    Women's    Dress-up
Day Proves Successful
Wednesday
The aunual banquet of Twin Elms
Golf Club Will be held at the club
house next Thursday evening, and
although np outside speaker has been
engaged, there will be plenty of
speaking by local talent.
Leo Hampton will be presented with
the Twin Elms Championship cup for
■the fifth time aud only those who
havo attended these banquets in the
past can even guess at what the other
prizes will be.
Officers fcr the coming year will
also be elected (?)
All goiters and their guests are
sure Of a delicious dinner and an evening of genuine entertainment. Let's
ail be there.
CHICKEN DINNER
The Center M. E. Church, 3 miles
west of Rosebush, will hold a chicken   dinner,   September 28.
Women's Dress-up Day
Fourteen women golfers 'dressed-
up" to play golf at Twin Elms Wednesday morning. Much merriment
prevailed as the women appeared for
play.
After the day's play, the women
came to town and were treated to ice
cream by E. A. Anderson and had
their picture taken in front of the
drug store.
The antics of some of the ladies reminded one of a colt playfully prancing about in a pasture on an exhiler-
ating. spring day.
Guests were Miss Georgia Doherty,
of Coleman, and Mrs. Lance Thayer.
FALL CHURCH SCHOOL
PROGRAM COMMENCES
AT M. EJHURCH SAT.
Mrs. Nettie Fillmore, of Dearborn, Will Be in Charge
of Services
ANNUAL FALL CLEARANCE SALE
This is a wonderful opportunity to
•select beautiful, things for your home
and, gifts for your friends at a remarkable saving. Gift and Flower
Shop.   See Ad. on page 3.
BAKE SALE
The Rebekahs "will hold a bake sale
Serving Satul.,jay September 23rd at Morgana
will start at 5:30 p. m.  Admission .0c Grocery.   All members are urged to
and 25c,
•I
contribute.
49t2
The Methodist church school will
get into active swing Sunday, September 24, with Rally Day, Installation and Dedication of teachers.
Our program and Workers Conference conies a week early, due to the
fact our guest speaker, Mrs. Mattie
Fillmore of Dearborn, is.available at
this time only.
We are very fortunate to secure the
services of this able consecrated
Church School worker.
Saturday, September 23, at 2:30 p.
m., in our church parlors, she Will conduct a workers' conference at 6:00
o'clock, pot luck supper and round-
table discussion.
Sunday at 10:00 o'clock a. m. the
usual church services, followed by
Installation of teachers and  officers.
Sunday afternoon Young Peoples
Conference, Mrs. Fillmore in ch&rge,
We especially urge our own workers to be on hand for all of our
meeting, and we cordially invite
teachers and Officers from the other
churches to join us.
Mrs. Fillmore is outstanding in
Church School Conferences. Bring
yGUr problems to her and be assured
of a solution.
Mrs,  Clara Sternaman, Supt,
NTH DISTRICT
LEGION MEETING
FRIDAY EVENING
Post and Auxiliary District
Officers Installed at
Ceremony
Last Friday afternoon and evening
the Tenth District Associations of the
American Legion and American Legion Auxiliary met in Clare with more
than two hundred people present from
all over the District, This meeting
was the first since the recent State
Convention and marked the beginning
of the new Legion year. For the .first
time Clare was honored with the District Commanclership and it was fitting that the new District Commander, Conrad Walker, should take over
the reins of the office in his home
town.
The Tenth District contains twenty-
three Legion Posts and nearly three
thousand Legionnaires located in
fourteen counties of north-eastern
Michigan. Communities having Legion Posts within this area are Bay
City, Beav-erton, Big Rapids, Blanchard, Clare, Coleman, Evart, East
Tawas, Gladwin, Grayling, Lincoln,
Marion, Midland, Mio, Mt. Pleasant,
Oscoda, Prudenville, Reed City, Roscommon, Rose City, Standish, Tawas
City and West Branch. Auxiliary
Units are located in twenty of these
communities. The Clare people are
proud that one of their number has
been chosen chief Legion official in
this area and the occasion was a fine
testimonial to one of Clare's most
popular citizens.
The business meeting for the Legion
was called at the Odd Fellow Hall by
the retiring District Commander,
Ernest Q. Andrews, of West Branch.
Due to the heat and the pleasant day
outside it was adjourned to the Clare
City Park pavilion.
It was announced that a Tenth District Post, Big Rapids, had received a
plaque for being the leading Post in
the State in Child Welfare Work last
year. Charles Crotty, of Blanchard,.
was elected District Welfare Officer
and Daniel J. Baker, of Bay City, was-
elected District Historian. The resignation of the recently elected Adjutant was accepted and Omer Parent,
of Clare, was selected in his place.
An invitation to hold the next. District meeting in Reed City was accepted.
The Auxiliary Session was held at
the Thurston Funeral Home, this being the last meeting with the 1939"
officers in charge. The meeting was*
called to order by the District President, Rhea Donoghue, of Bay City,
with the other District officers, assisting, including the District Chaplain,.
Ruth Parent, of Clare. Reports were
given including a report of Rehabilitation work at the recent State convention by Adelaide C. Wylie, of Clare,
District Rehabilitation Chairman,
Following the Auxiliary business"
session District Officers were installed for the year 1940 with the retiring
District President conducting the
Ceremony. District President Nell
Willey, of Mt. Pleasant, and District
Vies President Minnie Myers, of .West.
Branch, were installed at the State
Convention at Escanaba and were interested spectators. Those placed into office last Friday were:
District Secretary, Ida Hall, of Mt.
Pleasant.
District Treasurer, Leona Smith, of
Mio.
District Chaplain, Ursa Sullivan, of
Prudenville.
District Historian, Florence Baker,
of Bay City.
Following the business meetings the
parade was held, forming at the Clare
City Hall.   It was formed by the Disccontinued on Page Eight)
Butcher cattle   wanted—-Young ; &.
i/eigbner Meat Market. SU
COLLEGE SPECIALIST
ASSISTS WOMEN WITH
- CLOTHING PROBLEMS
Leaders   From   Several   Communities Attend Meeting at
Clare School Friday
Last Friday at the Clare school Marjorie Eastman, extension specialist in-
clothing, met with the leaders of the*.
Clare County home economics clubs.  ■
Tips for restyling and altering out-
of-date dresses were passed on to the
leaders. Miss Eastman used as, _■
background for her lesson the trends.
in. fall fashions and newer .processes. ,'
used in construction. A demonstration showing Ways to spruce np old!
hats interested the women.
Leaders representing the following*
communities were present: Elm
Grove, Lake, Greenwood Senior, East
Greenwood, Mann Siding, Eagle and
Frost.    . •
The next lesson topic i_ "Line and!
Design in Dress" and the training;
center wi_ be in Harrison, November
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