1940-02-09; Clare Sentinel

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GLARE, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 9, 1940
New Series Vol. 48, No. 1$
WORLD'S MOST
RENOWNED SHOW
COMING TUESDAY
Local Black-Face Comedians to Present Premiere
at H. S. Auditorium
The long-awaited Minstrel Show will
open its doors to the. citizens of Clare,
Tuesday evening at 8:00, in the Clare
High School Auditorium. From curtain time to the Grande Finale, the
pace will be set by the Interlocutor,
the end-men, the chorus, and the
specialty numbers. Every number a
"pace-setter."
Produced in two acts, the show provides all types of entertainment. The
first act contains the traditional and
much-loved minstrel show chorus, and
all the things that go with that part.
The second act provides for the introduction of the many special numbers. Plenty of music, side-splitting
jokes, and action all the time, keeps
the evening from being dull.
Author and producer, John Speare,
will act as interlocutor. Under his
direction the show is being perfected.
Assisted by the boys of the chorus,
whose names appear below, the end-
men, the dancers, the special ssingers,
and the instrumental music, there is
bound to be an entertainment event
from which to count time. Mr. Speare
assures us that there is a probablity
that it may be necessary to present
a second performance on Thursday
night to accomodate the crowds he expects to turn away at the premiere
performance.
A very special surprise is being
provided by a group of Seniors and
will be announced between acts.
A complete list of all participants
is given below.
Mr. John Speare Interlocutor
Mr. Austin Bates, Mr,  Richard Wy-
song, Mr.  Paul Lowrey,  Mr. Ronald
Brown   ;   Endmen
Miss Geraldine LeRoux   Accompanist
Mr. John Hall, Sr. Soloist
Robinette Sisters   Singers
Girls Chorus—Elaine Frey, Joy
Groves, Lucille Creguer, Frances Morgan, Marybelle Ford, Phyllis Sherwood.
Boys Chorus—Paul Manee, Hugh
Maxwell, Gordon Kleiner, Doug Paxton, Paul Dionise, Bernard Wyman,
Henry Denton, Don Woolston, John
Hall, Jr., John Hall, Sr., Dex Elden,
Floyd Callihan, Junior Samborn, Neil-
an Cradit, Ivan Ankrum, George Parent, Danny Burdo, Neal Joslin, Zane
Walters. Sidney Court, Don Dunlop.
Pop Bottle Octet—Hugh- Maxwell,
Paul Manee, Don Woolston, George
Parent, Henry Denton, Doug Paxton,
Neilan Cradit, Bernard Wyfhan.
Betty's Dancing Girls—Patty Hall,
Jackie Frey, Eileen Parent, Mary Jane
Kane, Jalene- Hall, Dorothy Utley,
Rosemary Dwyer.
For further details- see the advertisement on page eight of this Sentinel.
HIGH SCHOOL GLEE
CLUBS PREPARE TO
'PRESENT operetta
"The Enchanted Isle" Will Be
Staged in  Auditorium .
March 12th
The cast has been chosen for "The
Enchanted Isle,-" by Ira B. Wilson, an
operetta in, two .acts, to be presented
by the Clare High School Boys and
Girls Glee Clubs. Rehearsals are
under way for .the performance, which
will take place March 12th, in the
school auditorium.
The scene is laid on the beautiful
Island of Mallorca, in the Medeter-
ranean Sea, in 1836. The Spanish fishing village is much excited when it
learns that Frederick Chopin, the
great piaaist and composer, is coming
to the island for a vacation and a
much needed rest.
Romance is found in the story of
Elena, whom Chopin discovers has a
beautiful!! voice, and her childhood
sweetheart, Ramon.
The music is based on themes by
Frederick Chopin..
The cast is asifollows:
Elena—TiPhyllis Sherwood.
Ramon—-Ronald Brown ;
Chophiir-rJohn Hall * ■ •
Papa Gomez—Paul Manee
ROsita, '.friend of Elena's—Elaine
Frey.       •
Conchita and Maria, girls of the village—June Cleveland and Romagne
Perry.
Miguel, Benito, and Juan, friends Of
Ramon—Henry Denton, Donald Woolston, andt Leland Gordon.
The chorus is composed of the boyB
and girls of the clubs of tho school. ,
n; c o i n
a man whose faith
was his best asset
Perhaps Lincoln is most revered for
his simple phllosphy of life, a quality that was never dimmed even, after
he reached the highest office in the
land. It was the expression qf a simple man, who respected the wisdom
of tha Almighty . . . who firmly believed that Faith was man's only hope.
Since then, the United States has
faced .other troubled times. Even today there are great problems to be
solved. It is not enough that we admit
these problems. It is more important, if we are to meet them, to have
that same faith in the ability of our
people to meet every emergency. The
Faith that Lincoln had.
KIWANIS CLUB
SPONSORS JORDAN
HOME APPEARANCE
Annual   Valentine   Dinner
Dance at Doherty
Next Wednesday
The local Kiwanis Club calendar
seems to be overflowing with interesting events at this particular season of
the year.
Last week the meeting night was
advanced to Thursday to coincide with
the "home appearance" of Forest
(Frosty) Jordan, a Clare boy who has
made a name for himself in college
and conference athletics at the University <:i Michigan,
Forest, this year's Michigan wrestling team captain, was accompanied
here by U. of M. wrestling coach Keen,
who spoke interestingly of the benefits.and technicalities of school wrestling; and last year's Michigan wrestling team captain, Harold Nichols, who
assisted Forest in demonstrating the
fine points of wrestling to the crowd
which more than filled the local
school gymnasium.
The program was in charge of
Albert Haley and Donald Holbrook,
and Coach Brown of the local school
welcomed the guests.
Local club president Harold Fleming, Art Damoth and Lyle Chapman attended the meeting last' Friday at Holland, where a new club has been
chartered.
The program this week Wednesday
evening was in charge of Art Damoth,
who had as his guest speaker Fred
Saye, President of the Grand Rapids
Safety Council. Mr. Saye, who is well
known as an authorit'ive speaker on
this topic in which he is vitally interested; gave a very interesting and
instructive talk on "Safety."
Bob Mair and L. R. Perkins, also of
the Safety committee, assisted Mr.
Damoth in presenting the program.
Kiwanians Art Fleming, Rolland
Maybee'and Chester Potter, of the Mt.
Pleasant club were guests.
The annual Kiwanis Valentine dinner dance will take place next Wednesday evening in the Hotel Doherty
main dining room, with Kiwanians and
their ladies participating.
Arrangements are In charge of Lyle
Chapman and Dr, C. B. Neff.
BANK CLOSED MONDAY   ;
The Citizens State Bank, will be
closed affray" Monday; February 12th,
in obsertfancfe of Abraftara £itxcoln*s
birthday/ .     .        •
Father and Son
Banquet Planned
February 26th
The annual Father and Son banquet
will be held at the Clare Congregational church Monday evening, February 26th.
Walter J. Webber, freshman football coach of the University of Michigan/has >foeeu engaged as the speaker
of the evening.
Plan now to devote an evening Of
fellowship to your son, or some other
son, and attend the banquet.
REVIVAL MEETINGS TO BEGIN
AT BROWN CORNERS CHURC|
Revival meetings will begin Sunday,
February 11, at the Brown Corners
United Brethern Church. Meetings
will be held each evening, commencing
at &; 00 o'clock.
. Rev. J, L. Tnwne, of Elkhart, Indiana, will be the evangelist. The public
is cordially invited to attend these
meetings and enjoy Rev. Towne's messages, .     ,
BEAVERTON FIRM
SUFFERS $10,000
FIREJUESDAY
Landmark of Village Burns
to Ground.  Six  Fjee
in Nightclothes
Fire, believed due to a chimney defect early Tuesday morning destroyed the two-story frame building housing the hardware store owned by the
'William PI, Hall company of St. Louis
and cuused damage estimated Between ?10,000 and ?12,000,
Six persons, resident in two secoad-
story apartments, fled in their night-
clothed and lost all their belonging.
Likewise, all the hardware store
stock was lost in the flames, only a
few records and articles being saved.
Beaverton's volunteer fire department was aided in fighting the blaze
by the volunteer department of Gladwin. Because of the headway the
fire had gained however, the volunteers were able only to protect surrounding 'buildings, including a large
lumber shed housing the stock of the
lumberyard the Hall firm operates.
Burning of the building takes from
Beaverton a landmark which once
housed a furniture store and the village opera house. The building was
sold to the Hall firm in May, 1937, by
William E. Woodard.
Occupants of the apartments were
Mr. and Mrs. William Hall; Mr, and
Mrs. Thomas Callas, their two-year-
old daughter, Patsy, and a household
employe, Loraine Onweller of Tobacco township, Gladwin county.
BUY LICENSE PLATES
NO W4IRGES SECRETARY
OF STATE H. F. KELLY
Additional Expense in Dept.
Eliminated if Motorists
Buy Early
Preparations for the greatest sale
of automobile license plates in the
history of Michigan are complete,
Harry F. Kelly, Secretary of State,
said today. "Few motorists realize
the extent of preparation necessary
to handle a business approaching
?20,000,000.00 in license plates alone.
The bulk of this business will be done
between now and March first, Kelly
added.
"Since the 1940 license plates were
placed on sale last October, fewer than
200,000 sets of license plates have
been issued. This brings us to the
tremendous task of issuing more than
1,440,000 sets of license plates between now and the first of March. I
want to urge every motorist to purchase their plates as early as pos-
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CONSERVATION COM.
TO CONSIDER LEASING
STATE0WNED LANDS
Operators Wish to Lease 12,500
• Acres  in Glare
County
Applications of oil operators to lease
more than 25,000 acres of state owned
land in eight counties will be considered by the conservation commission at
its February meeting today.
Lands the operators wish to lease
for oil and gas exploration and development include 12,500 acres in Clare
county, 7,000 acres in Ogemaw, 2,200
acres in Otsego, 1,880 acres in Midland, S80 acres in Montmorency, 56
acres in Manistee, 440 acres in Osceola
and 360 acres in Muskegon county.
Besides this wildcat acreage for which
application hap been made, 40 acres of
proven land in Redding township,
Clare county, have been applied for.
Among the lands applied for is
acreage which reverted to the state
November 3,
Leases approved by the commission
will be offered at public auction in
Lansing early in March, Last oil lease
sale was held December 4 and 5.
BOY AND CUB SCOUTS TO
ATTEND SERVICES SCOUT
SUNDAY MORNING IN BODY
Special services will be held at the
Clare Methodist church next Sunday
morning! at 10:00 o'clock, in observance oE Boy Scout Week* February
8th to 14th,
Scouts will meet at the Hi-Speed
gas statipn at 9:45 and attend the
services; in a body.
Rev, Rogers, will speak On a t"pic
appropriate, to the occasion and of
special interest to the boys. All
Scouts, are urged tp remember the
Twelfth Scout ;LaW and.attend church
services Sunday morning.
Chairman Pleased
With Rebuffs of
Paralysis Drive
I wish to take this means of expressing my sincere appreciation of the
splendid response to the annual campaign to raise funds for|infantile paralysis research and treatment in the
nation and Clare couhty. We are
especially grateful for the efforts of
the community chairmen, the Clare
Sentinel, and committeeimembers who
devoted much time to -the cause.
A full account of the .proceeds, half
of which will remain in Clare county,
will bo published in next week's Sentinel. Francis Jackson,
County Chairman
COUNTY LAWYERS
MEET AT DOHERTY
MONDAY? NIGHT
Tri-County Bar Association
Invited  to Clare for
March Meeting
Last Mionday night the Clare county lawyers met in the Lounge room
of the Hotel Doherty for an informal
discussion of several matters, principally the matter of entertaining the
Tri-County Bar Association in Clare
in the near future.
It was decided that the Tri-County
Bar Association would be invited to
meet in Clare at the Hotel Doherty for
a steak dinner during the early part
of March. It was also decided that
Circuit Judge John C, Shaffer, of
Gladwin, would be invited to speak
after the dinner. Maurice Black, the
only out of town attorney present, was
delegated to issue the invitations to
the Midland and Mt. Pleasant attorneys and to contact speakers for the
program.
Those in attendance were Probate
Judge Alexander E- Wylie, Theodore
G. Bowler, Joseph K. Naumes, Donald
E. Holbrook, Maurice Black of Harrison, and Philip M. Bertrand.
LOCAL CHIROPRACTOR
INSTALLS NEW HEART-
METER INSTRUMENT
Dr. G. G. Born Announces One
Day Clinic  Friday,
February 16
Dr. G. C. Born, local chiropractor announces through The Sentinel this
week, the purchase of a Heartometer.
This instrument is considered one of
the latest discoveries for the recording of the Systolic and Diastolic blood
pressure, pulse rate and the action of
the heart.
After the patient has been comfort-'
ably seated, an arm band is placed
over the brachical artery, then the instrument records on a graph the most
minute variation of the heart action.
This record is made with such ease
that even a child can be recorded
without undue suffering.
Heart specialists and general diagnosticians freely admit that the Heartometer Is an outstanding achievement
in. cardiac diagnosis.
To give the people of Clare and
adjoining vicinity an opportunity to
derive the benefits of this Heartometer, Dr. Born has arranged a clinic for
Friday, February 16, from 9:00 a. m.
to 6:00 p. m. This clinic will be conducted by a technition from the factory. Appointments must be made in
advance.
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aTART DAMOTH APPOINTED
1940 TENTH DISTRICT
BOYS' STATE CHAIRMAN
The Clare American Legion Post
was honored again last week when Department Commander Everett De
Ryks of Milan announced the District Boys' State Chairman for Michigan for 1940, Arthur F. Damoth of
Clare being selected for Tenth District
Boys' State Chairman.
Tha Third Annual Wolverine Boys'
State will be held on the campus of
Michigan State College at East Lan-
singfrom June 20th to 28th, 1940. Registrations are, being received at the
present time and only 966 boys will be
accomodated this year.   .
It is expected that the'Tenth DI*
trict will have a complete quota at
East Lansing this summer and With
the District Chairman from Clare it is
likely that this community will be
well represented along with the other
Tenth District young men who will at*
tend.
WOMAN'S CLUBS
OBSERVE GOLDEN
JUBILEEJN 1940
Local Club Will Celebrate
With   Silver Tea
Tuesday
More than a half century ago a
banquet was given in New York City
honoring the great literary figure
Chas. Dickens. The men of the time
planned alone, and altho Grace Crolic
and her friends begged to be allowed
to join in the celebration, they were
refused.
This group of women, to console
themselves, started the Sorosis Club
of New York, When they grew up and
wanted to celebrate their twenty-first
birthday, they invited delegates from
all the states to meet with them. That
was just fifty years ago, so this is
our Golden Jubilee year. From this
beginning the General Federation of
Woman's Clubs grew.
We in Clare will celebrate with a
silver tea, at the home of Mrs. Willard Bicknell, Tuesday,  February 13.
Mra. Ed. 'Waller, our first president
of tho local club, will be an honored
guest and recipient of a beautiful pioneer pin provided by General Federation officials.
A poem dedicated to Mrs. Emma
Fox will be read by the writer Mrs.
R. W. Ryan.
Appropriate music and dialogue
have also been arranged.
Don't miss this outstanding feature
of our Club year. M. W. M.
PRESS ASSOCIATION
WOULD ENFORCE FALSE
ADVERTISING LAW
Editors Pledge Full Support to
Maintain National
Neutrality
As s means of seeking strict enforcement of the state false-advertising law and of affording a review of
complaints as to misrepresentation of
merchandise or services in retail
advertising, the Michigan Press association, of which this newspaper is a
member, advocates the formation of
a retailer-consumer committee in
Michigan communities.
Action followed adoption of resolutions at the recent 65th annual convention of newspaper publishers at
Michigan State College.
(Continued on Page Ten)
X-RAY FORTY-THREE
AT TB CLINIC HELD
HERE JANUARY 10TH
Reveal One Suspect of Adult
Type Tuberculosis and.
13 Primary Cases
Findings from the Clare county
chest X-ray clinic held in Clare on
January 10, revealed one suspect
adult type case of tuberculosis and 13
primary infections. A total of 43
X-rays were taken at this clinic by
the Michigan Tuberculosis Association
in cooperation with Dr. E. V. Thiehoff,
director of health district seven.
An active adult type case of tuberculosis is the serious stage of the disease and calls for the patient's immediate hospitalization. Plenty of
fresh air, rest and good food is the
usual treatment for childhood type or
primary infection. Persons,having inactive adult type as well as healed
primary infection should be checked
every year, or as recommended, to be
sure that they are in good health.
Another X-ray clinic will be held for
Clare county later in the year. Anyone desiring, a check-up at that time
is requested to make arrangements
through his family doctor or local
health authorities. The association's
Work in county X-ray clinics is made
possible through funds realized from
the annual sale of Christmas seals.
There will be. no German services
at St. Jbhn-'s Evangelical   Lutheran
jH^ur,ehuSunfojr.
FORMER CLARE RESIDENT
PASSES AWAY AT LANSING
HOME SUNDAY MORNING
,    _—-—-
Charles K. Koontz, 63, a former resi-*
dent of Clare, who has lived in Lansing foi* the past sixteen years, passed
away at his home there, Sunday morning, following a long illness.
He is survived by the widow, Kit-
tie; a daughter, Mrs. Ruth Plowman,
of Mnrque'tte; a brother, Jerrie
Koontz. of Farwell; a sister, Mrs.
Myrtie Gorr, alBO of Farwell; and
three grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at the
Estes-Leadley funeral home, in Lansing, at 1:00 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, thfe key. Mr. Joseph Dibley officiating. * Intertneht Was made in Mt.
Advocates Fair
Play Advertising
FLOYD J. MILLER
Newly elected president of the Michigan Press association which advocates the formation of retailer-consumer committees as an aid to enforcing
fair play In advertising.
CHURCH OKOD
REDEDICATED AT
SUNDMSERVICE
Rev. B.C.VanEvery's Topic  "Building  the
Lord's House"
The Gospel Workers convention, a
monthly get-to-gether of the workers
of the Church of God, held their meeting on February 6 with the Clare congregation, The Theme for the day
was, "Sacrificial Service."
Morning Devotion,
10: Oil—Chairman, Rev. M. L. Van
Hoose.
Address—"The Joy of Sacrifice,"
Rev. Chester Egert.
12:00—Lunch.
1:30--Chairman, Mr. Harry House.
Address—"The Individual Call and
Personal Responsibility," Rev: L. D.
Wright.
2:^5 -Open discussion, led by Mrs.
Agnes French. "Solving the Church
School Problem."
4:00—Chairman, Rev.*L. D. Wright
Address—"The Anointing for Service," Rev. S. J. Brooks.
Business—Next meeting at Mt.
Pleasant, March 5.
5:30—Dinner
7:00—Christian Crusaders Hour.
Address—"Adventures in Service,"
Rev. Geo. Huber.
8:00—Dedication  Service.
Chairman, Pastor H. L. Cleveland.
Address—"Building the Lord's
House." Rev. Bi C. Van Every.
The speaker set forth in a very concise manner God's purpose In establishing His Church here upon the
earth. The Church was filled to
capacity and much commendation
was made the Clare folks on the fine
appearance of their house of worship.
The Church wishes to thank all for
their attendance and help, also the
florists of our city for their donations
in helping to beautify the church, and
extends a hearty welcome to all to
worship with them.
Pioneers Final
Appearance Here
Friday Evening
Local basket ball fans will have
their last opportunity this season to
see the Clare High School Pioneers in
action on the home floor this Friday
evening.
A much improved local team will
meet the Evart quintet in an attempt
to even up the 1940 slate, having been
defeated by Evart earlier in the season.
A good well.lighted floor, two scrappy teams, and a peppy high school
cheering section await your final visit
to a home game this year. You will
surely miss something worthwhile,
and the youngsters will miss you, if
you are not there—so let's go.
<AiB;Ope Cemetery.
HENRY FREES IN DEMAND
AS HAWAIIAN GUITARIST
The Guitarist, a magazine published
in interest of players of this instrument, in a recent article commenting
on the advancement of central Michigan players, states, "Henry Frees Will
be in demand for outside entertainment. In fact he has already played in
public a number of times and finds his
popularity is rapidly incrpasing."
Henry is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Jerome Frees, of north of Glare, and
his many friends will be pleased that
be has been recognized by this national, magazine.
DRILLING TESTS
GOING FORWARD
IN WISE TWP.
Only One Small Completion
Made in Clare County
Field This Week
One small well -was added in Clare
county's oil field during the past -week,
while two other tests in the area are
drilling out Traverse limestone thi$
week and are expected to reach Monroe casing point before the end of the
week.
The only completion of the week is
The Pure Oil company's No. D-l James
Bicknull, located in the c s% sw my
of section 27-19n-6w, Redding township. Operators placed the Bicknell
on production this week with an initial
production of 50 barrels per day. natural. It is doubtful that the test will
be acidized. Located on the extreme
northern edge of the field, the Bicknell -was formerly charted as the No.
B-2.
American Drilling company's No. 9
Ida Newcomer, c ny2 nw ne of section
32-19n-6'w, is scheduled for completion
by the end of this week or the first of
next, as The Pure's No. 1 Johnston, e
s% nw nw of section. 28.
Wise township failed to record a
new producing well this week but one
test is expected to reach a Dundee
casing point within the next few days.
Several other projects in the area are
active this week, with four or more
drilling below 2,000 feet. Moving in
of heavy rotary equipment by Robert
W. Atha and Twin Drilling company
is speeding up drilling procedure
through the upper formations, doing
away with tedious drive pipe operations.
Slated for lime testing before the
end of the week is Cities Service Oi\
company's No. 2 Thomas Ramey, se
sw nw of section 28-16n-3w, Wise
township, Isabella county, where more
than 3500 feet of hole had been made
at mid-Aveek. Another test neajing the'
Dundee is Gulf Refining company's
No. 2 Albert Reed, sw sw nw of section 16, which is nearly a* deep as
Cities' Ramey.
Cities' No. 2 McNerney, located in
the nw sw sw of section 21-16n-3w, is
drilling^ ahead .of 2400 feet, while Gulf
Refining company's No. 1 Snear, e ne
se sw, section 17, is below 1800, feet.
Of the .other active tests in the
area J. V. Wicklund Development company is drilling ahead of 1530 feet on
the No. 1 Busch, se sw sw of section
and Cities has cased six-inch pipe
at 1521 on the No. 1 Carpenter, se ne
nw of section 20.
Gulf's No. 2 Russell, ne nw ne of
section 20, was rotated to a six-point in
quick order, and R. W. Reading ha?
spudded in and is driving pipe on his|
No. 1 Burwash-Redding, nw ne sw of
section 16. '
NEW COMBINATION
BUILDING AT STATE
PARK IN HARRISON
Camp Houghton Lake Enrollees
Erecting Building for
Bath House
A new Combination Building at Wilson State Park in Harrison is now
under construction. All work on this
building will be done by a crew of
enrollees from Houghton Lake Camp.
The firew is under the supervision of
Camillus J. Golden, Foreman of- Laborers, while the construction work is
under the direction of George Munroe,
Construction Foreman with the Parks
Division of the State Conservation
Department.
This building will be approximately
one hundred and fifteen feet in length
by thirty-two feet in width. There wil^
be a basement under about one third
of floor area. Construction will be ot
concrete, native field stone and wanes
board siding. The roof is to be of
log truss construction and covered
with stained wood shingles. \
The interior of the building will
consist of toilet rooms, shower roomst
dressing courts and stalls for ladiea
and men. There will be a special room
equipped for stertizing bathing suits
and a shelter room for public use in
disagreeable weather.
The progress of this building to dat§
includes all excavation work and}
pouring of concrete for basement and
foundation, . '       .      ' ''
SUN-HAMILTON POOL
TOBEDEVELOPEDSOON
This week we learn that the Sun-
Hamilton Pool,   in    which a    large
quantity! of gas was encountered rer
cently will soon be developed either^
for gas Or oil or both.
The Sun Oil Co. have over 8,009
acres in this vicinity now under lease;
which covers Over 98 per cent of the*
total acreage.