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GLARE, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 7, 1940
New Series Vol. 48, No, 35
VETERANS TAKE
PART MEMORIAL
DAY OBSERVANCE
Rev. Rogers Delivers Ap-
priate  Address   at
Cherry Grove
Thursday forenoon of last week,
Memorial day services were held at
the Cherry Grove Cemetery, -with several hundred persons taking part and
ia attendance.
The line of march was formed at
the Clare Community Building at ten
o'clock, with the American Legion
Color bearers and color guard leading
the way. They were followed hy the
Walter H. Larman Post Firing Squad.
The Clare American Legion Post
Drum and Bugle Corps members made
an impressive spectacle in their first
public appearance ol this year and
their marching and music was well
executed.
The Spanish-American and World
War Veterans of this community next
appeared and this year there was a
better attendance than usual of Veterans of both wars. The Clare Sons
of the Legion Squadron followed in
the foot-steps of their fathers.
The Clare Boys Scouts were next
in line and the parade concluded with
the Clare High School hand making
its last public appearance of the present school year.
At the Cemetery the program was
taken in charge by Commander John.
W. Dunlop, of the Clare American Legion Post. Following the Invocation
by William D. Harger, American Legion Post Chaplain, the Drum and
Bugle Corps played '"America."
The Clare High School Faculty Male
Quartet, composed of Mr. Bates, Mr.
Greenfield, Mr. Lowrey and Mr.
Wysong, accompanied by Mrs. Lowrey at the piano, sang two numbers,
"Keller's American Hymn" and
"We're Tenting To-Night."
The Clare High School Band, under the direction of Mr. Greenfield,
furnished one selection, "A Medley
of War Tunes," arranged by M. L.
Make.
The Memorial Day Address was delivered by Rev. James A. Rogers,
Pastor of the Clare Methodist Church.
Mr. Rogers delivered a fine address,
appropriate to the occasion and to
the present time. He spoke of the
significance of the day and the reason
for holding Memorial Day Service, dis-
cussing the duties a person living in
America owes to his country, and
America's attitude toward the present
World conflict.
The services were concluded by the
firing of a salute to the dead, by the
American Legion firing Squad, followed by Taps, rendered by the Clare
Post Drum and Bugle Corps.
Consumers Power
Board Chairman
WEADOCK STATION
TO BE DEDICATED
BY WA WILKIE
John G. Weadock to Hear
Address at Bay City
June 20th
WENDELL L, WILKIE
To speak at power plant
dedication  June   20 th
PAUSE AND RELAX
IN CLARE GREETS
CITYVVISITORS
Highway Signs and Tourist
Park Improved by
C. of C.
Clare County to
Raise $500 for
European Relief
In response to National Red Cross
headquarters raising Clare County's
quota for relief to noncombatants in
war torn Europe, to five hundred dollars, Clare County Chairman Mrs.
Mabel Mulder, Clare County Vice
Chairman Mrs. Madge Lamb and
Clare County Roll Call Chairman John
Empey cooperated the fore part of
this week in inaugurating a drive to
meet the quota,
Although a person to person campaign will be conducted, all who are
able are requested to leave their contributions at the Clare, Farwell or
Harrison banks.
W. C. Cornwell and N. H. Smith
were the first to contribute to the
vitally important and urgently humane cause.
Local motorists have undoubtedly
noticed that the signs located near
the east, west and south city limits;
at the Tourist Park; and near North
Bradley, inviting tourist and all who
drive our highways, to "Pause and
Relax" in Clare, have been improved
by general repairs, repainted and re-
lettered. The first mentioned three,
have also been moved to new locations where they will be more plainly
visible to motorists.
This work, which is pleasing to the
eye of all .yfaitors^ptfilug'this way,
and directly or indirectly beneficial
to all living in this community, has
been accomplished by the Clare
Chamber ot Commerce,' through its
President -md Director of Advertising.
The improvement program at the
Tourist Park is also receiving its
share of attention this year. Kenneth
Barnes and Joe Sproat drove up to
the Higgins Lake State Nursery Tuesday, May. 14, and brought back 500
Norway and 500 Jack Pine seedlings,
which were set out by a group of
members and friends of the Chamber
the following Friday. Ample spring
rains have been beneficial to the
seedlings and the majority of them
are showing satisfactory growth.
More small pines and a quantity of
larger trees, including weeping willows to be planted iu the swale near
the entrance to the park, will be set
out as soon sn available.
The new ratio of membership fees
has worked out satisfactorily, with a
very gratifying results. Tlie activities of your Chamber of Commerce can
progress only according to the support and cooperation of the community, and the officers and directors
wish to express their appreciation of
the response to the membership drive
.Wendell U Wilkie, chairman of the
board of Consumers Power Company
and president of the Commonwealth
& Southern Corportion, widely discussed as a dai-k horse possibility for the
Republican Presidential nomination,
will snake two appearances in Bay
City, JtiMe 20.
Both "will be non-political. In the
afternoon Mr. Willkie will dedicate
Consumers Power Company's new
electric generating plant, the John C.
Weadock Station, at the mouth of
the Saginaw River, The dedication
ceremonies, open to the public, will
be held outdoors. John C. Weadock,
distinguished former Bay City attorney for whom the plant is named,
will hear Mr. Willkie's dedication
address. Before his election as president of Commonwealth <8? Southern,
Mr. Willkie was Mr. Weadock's partner in the New York law firm of
Weadock & Willkie.
In the evening the two men will
be guests of honor at the annual dinner of the Bay City Chamber of Commerce, and Mr. Willkie will make the
principal address. His speech is expected to deal with relationships between government and business.
Flags Will B
Displayed Mag
Day, June 14th
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The Clare American- Legion Post, in
co-operation with the other Legion
Posts in the Department and in the
Nation, is emphasizing '. Flag Week
Observance, which occurs this year
from June 8th to June 14th. Citizens
of this community are urged to display
the Flag from home and places of
business on Flag Day, June 14th, On
that day the Flag* will* be flown on
the streets of Clare, as has-been done
in past years, and It is hoped that
every home and business house in this
vicinity will likewise display the National colors.
COUNTY TAXPAYERS'
ASSN. TO DISCUSS
COUNTY INFIRMARY
Operation Under Clare County
Welfare Commission Topic
of Meeting
Operation of the Clare County Infirmary, under the supervision of the
Clare County, Welfare Commission,
will be discussed at an open meeting
of the Clare County Taxpayers' Association, to-be held at 8:30 p. tn.
Tuesday, June 11, in the Greenwood
Town Hall.
Invited as special guests of the association, State Representative Bernie
Hampton, and Fred Schaaf, Ben Mercer and George Scott of the Welfare
Commission, are expected to take leading parts in the discussions.
All taxpayers of Clare county are
invited to attend. A pot luck lunch
will be served after the meeting.
Bring your own dishes.
BOY BADLY INJURED
IN CAR ACCIDENT
SUNDAY AFTERNOON
Billy Brasington, five year old son
of Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Brasington of
R. F. D. No. 1, Farwell, was injured
Sunday when he ran across US-10, two
miles east of Lake into the side of
a passing car. He was admitted to
the Community hospital in Mt. Pleasant and is reported Monday as responding to the medical treatment.
He suffered a jaw fracture, bad head
and face lacerations and possible
skull fracture. .He ran into the rear
fender of the car. The driver stopped
but failed to report the accident to
the state police or Officers in that
area and they are searching for him.
There are two stories in regard to
this accident, The other is that the
car struck the boy, but we are unable
to confirm either story.
CLARE F.F. A. BOYS
ELECT NEXT YEAR'S
OFFICERS MONDAY
Will Send Wm. Leosh to State
Leadership Training
Conference
Two motorists driving on. US-ltfnehr
Farwell reported being fdrced from
the highway to prevent ah ac'cHgnfc
by a hit and rim driver early Mdh'day
inorBing.  .Neither driver was hurt, " ''
Clare F. F. A. Chapter, No. 110, held
its annual meeting at the Clare
high school, Monday, June 3, for the
election of next year's officers. Retiring President Roger Haring presided and the following officers were
elected:
President—William Leosh
Vice President—Bernard Scott
Secretary—Morris Kapplinger
Treasurer—Harold Brooks
Reporter—Gordon Kleiner
Student Council Representative—
Walter Bolle.
Conductor—John Murphy
Farm Watch Dbg—Kenneth Kapplinger.
Plans for summer activities include
a chapter trip to the Upper Peninsula.
Secretary Harold Brooks presented
the retiring president, Roger Haring,
with an F, F. A. pin and president's
gaVel. The chapter also voted to send
the president-elect, William LeOsh, to
the State F. F. A. leadership training
conference.
FUNERAL SERVICES
HELD AT BEAVERTON
FOR ROBERT PERDUE
Brother of   Mrs.  Wm.   Parks
Passes Away at South
Bend
VIOLATORS FORCE
PLANTING TROUT
DURING SEASON
Local Sportsmen lflantCorn
for   Feeding  of
Wildlife
DON W. CANFIELD
CANDIDATE FOR
ilEOTJGOVERNOR
Former  Clare Newspaper
, Man Announces His
Candidacy
Twenty-tivo members and friends of
the Clare Rod and Guh club met at
the wildlife* sanctuary ■ at the north
edge of Clare, Monday' evening, May
27th, and "planted their -corn." The
boys got in five acres | of corn to be
used as wildlife feed the coming winter—or if there wasn't quite five
acres, there will be hqeing time.
Next Tuesday evening, June llth,
everyone interested in outdoor recreation is requested to meet at McKay
Park, four miles north and one and
one-half miles west of Clare, to clean
the park for the summer season.
The ladies are invited to come along
and bring baskets of eats for a pot
luck lunch, to be served when the
work is finished. The club will furnish the coffee, so bring your cups,
plates and "tinware."
We regret to announce that due to
continued violations at the State rearing ponds north of Farwell, it has
been necessary to remoye all legal
sized German trout ahd plant them in
the streams of the county.
This will deprive Clare county of
its usual fall planting of legal size
German browns and retard the work
of the Conservation department in
restoring the trout in our streams.
It is well known to sportsmen that
trout in rearing ponds and recently
liberated iu streams are not desire-
able for eating purposes, because of
their commercial feeding diet and
comparative inactivity in the ponds,
but some persons, who can hardly be
classed as sportsmen, have not only
violated the law. but very selfishly destroyed months of effort in proportion.
Let's all cooperate in restoring good
trout fishing in this community and
in giving the trout and law abiding
fishermen a break. It's up to you
boys!
Don W, Canfield, former Secretary
of the Democratic *State Central Committee, announces that he is a candidate for Lieutenant Governor in the
Primary Election to be held on September 10, 1940; ' c
Oanfield's experience not only includes his "position as Secretary of
the Michigan State Senate in 1933-34,
but also many State Conventions. In
1936 he made the necessary arrangements for the Michigan Delegation in
the National Convention at Philadelphia: He was Examiner of the Michigan Public Utilities Commission during 1937-38-39.
As an old time Democrat, Canfield
or some member of his family has
been connected with politics in Michigan since 1906. Canfield's first experience in National and State Conventions was in 1916, when. Woodrow
Wilson was reelected. Since that
time he has been active in National,
State and County organization work
in practically every campaign. He
is an active member of a Lansing
Post of the American Legion and served overseas during the world war.
Canfield's father served as Secretary of the Democratic State Central
Committee from 1906 until the time of
his death in 1926,   -
Don is well known in Clare, where
he was born and for many years was
assistant editor to his father, and
later editor of the Clare Courier. He
spent his boyhood days here and was
a graduate of the Clare schools.
Candidate for
Lieut Governor
DON W. CANFIELD
Former Clare newspaper editor
announces candidacy
ODD FELLOWS ELECT
OFFICERS AT MONDAY
EVENING MEETING
Noble  Grand   Frank   Mitchell
Presides at Business
Session
Frank Mitchell, Noble Grand, presided at the I. O. O, F. lodge meeting
Monday evening. Following the usual business procedure election of officers was held.
New officers elected are:
Noble Grand—Charles Howe.
Vice Grand—Herbert Leonard.
District Deputy Grand Master—
Martz Detwiler.
Delegate to Grand Lodge—James
Irwin, Alternate—Ernest Irwin.
The proceeds of the Benefit party
was announced as $46.73.
Mrs. Wm. Parks received word
Tuesday, that her brother, Robert
Perdue, had passed away at South
Bend, Indiana.
The remains were brought back to
Beaverton for burial Thursday afternoon at 3:00 o'clock.
Robert was a world war veteran,
having fought in France with the
85th division, and was badly wounded
in the battle of the Aragon Forest,
from which he never fully recovered.
He was a member of the American
Legion Post Berry Hill, of Midland,
which had charge of the burial services.
He leaves to mourn his loss, his
aged mother, Mrs. Wm. Perdue, of
Midland, and two sisters, Mrs. Herbert
Anderson, of New York, and Mrs. Wm.
Parks, of Clare.
HOLINESS CAMEETING
TO BE HELD AT MOUNT
PLEASANT JULY 4-14
COTTON REUNION
The, Cptton1 reunion will be held at
Josephine Cotton's .farm Sunday, June
ieth,',;-.'";    ]  '.,    ■,, *■   ;•'•
,   ,.<.•' ..'■,'. J ;•■-.   Secretary; .:•■ '  '.•■■■
The annual camp meeting of the
Isabella County Holiness Association
will be held at Mt, Pleasant from July
4 to 14.
There will be services all day on
July 4 with pastors from various
towns and cities participating In the
day's program.
The personnel of the summer camp
includes Reverend-J. M.: Haines and
daughter,-Miss Ruth Hames, of Greer,
South Carolina,. and Professor and
Mrs. J. B. 'Childs, of. Central, South
Carolina. Tho latter will have, charge
of the mlisie.
For further 4n|t>rmatib» Write- the
president* Edna l£ Fuller, 702 $, College, Mt.; Pleasant, Mich., or Vena
Bt~yes, Corr. 'Secy,, Shepherd, Mich.. ,
Butcher'" cattle'' wanted—Young** '&
•Feighner M^t'Ma*^ v-' ' V,",' Mj
CITATIONS AWARDED
STUDENTS IN POPPY
POSTER CONTEST
Posters Outstanding in State Due
to Superior Art in Local
School
Last week Walter H. Larman Unit
No. 12S, American Legion Auxiliary,
awarded Citations of Merit to all
students in the local schools who took
part in the 1940 Poppy Poster Contest.
The Citations of Merit were prepared by the Joint Poppy Committee
of the American Legion and American
Legion Auxiliary, Department of
Michigan, and are suitable for framing.
The Poppy posters prepared by
Clare students have always been outstanding among Michigan posters,
due to the superiority of the Art Department in the local school.
The Citations were presented by
Mrs. Iyone Gorr, Chairman of the local
Auxiliary Poppy Committee, having
been forwarded to her-by the Joint
Poppy Committee.
Students who received these Citations were as follows:
Senior Division (High School):
Ruth Bradway, Rita Creguer, Frances
Davis, Russell Eberbardt, Norma Fisher,, Betty Green, Eleanor House,
Cecil Lloyd, Olive Russell, Gail Sowle,
Henry Denton, Betty Murphy, Cleo
Paxton, Betty Pope, ahd Mary Clyde
Sarver.
Junior Division (Seventh Grade):
Tony Burdo, Doris Maxwell, James
Ostrowski, Doris Stoll, Moiean Ankrum, Anita Gay, Joanne Richard;
Theda Hall, Vena Lee Gillespie, Pat>*
ty Cour, Marguerite &egtie;rF~NataIie
Smith, Billy* Chaffee, Douglas Masten,
Billy Hawkins, Motta Ra£ Johnson,
Betty IiOvett ahd Alexandelr Ai Wylie.
KIWANIANS PRESENT
SCHEDULED PROGRAMS
WEDNESDAY EVENINGS
To Attend Opening Ceremonies
of   Softball   Season
Next Week
BENTON LOOMIS
PASSES AWAY AT
HOME HERE TOES.
Services    Held   Thursday
Afternoon With Burial
at Cherry Grove
The Glare Kiwanis club met at the
Hotel Doherty, Wednesday evening of
last *w.e$k, for their 6:30 dinner and
the observance of Memorial day.
President Harold Fleming presided
and an appropriate program was in
charge of Harry Wehrly.
Wednesday evening of this week,
the Vocational Guidance program was
in charge of Paul Lowrey, assisted
by Harold Jones. Mr. Lowrey showed
some very interesting W. P. A, pictures as a portion of the program.
The regular meeting Will be held at
the hotel next Wednesday evening,
and the Kiwanians will go to the high
school athletic field, immediately following dinner, for the opening of the
1940 Softball season.
B. F. Loomis, a highly respected
resident of this community for many
years, passed away at his home in
Clare Tuesday.
Benton F, Loomis, son of Hibbard
N. and Mary Loomis, was born in
Kent Countyf< Michigan, in 1876, and
passed away "h\ Clare, June 4, 1940,
at the age of^i-gyjhree years, ten
months and fou£ d^St *;.
When an infant, his parents took
him to Pennsylvania, and returned to
Michigan when he was a small boy,
where lie has since resided. ^
In the year 1906 he was united in
marriage to Miss Goldie Fordyce. To
this union four children were born,
Harold, of Clare, Kenneth, of Farwell,
Violet, of Clare, and Marjorie, at
home.
The last ten years, he has held a
position with the Merrill-Palmer Motherhood School in Detroit.
In early liie he accepted Christ as
his Savior and joined the Church of
Christ, in Gilmore township, and has
been a faithful follower of the One
who said, "As ye would that men
should do unto you, do ye even so unto them,"
Always fair as well as kind in his
dealing, his life has been an inspiration to those who know him best. He
is worthy of emulation of everyone
and had many iriends and no enemies.
He leaves to mourn their loss, besides his wife and four childifen;',
eight grandchildren; four brothers,
Sam and Fred, of' Clare, Chester, of
Greensville, and Frank, of Saranac; a
sister, Kathryn Fergurson, of Detroit;
six nephews and nine nieces.
Funeral services were held from the
home Thursday afternoon at 1:00
o'clock, and from the Gilmore Church
of Christ at 2:00 o'clock. Interment
was made in Cherry Grove cemetery.
McNITT VOUCHERS
TURNED OVER TO
AUDITORGENERAL
Recertification IncreasesRe-
turns to Metropolitan
Areas
Vouchers for the first half payments of gasoline tax refunds to the
counties under the McNitt Act, were
turned over to the Auditor General
this week by State Highway Commissioner Murray D, Van Wagoner.
Amounts vouchered under this payment totalling $2,000,000 varied widely from those previously vouchered because of recertification of mileage included under the Act. The recertification was the result of an Act of the
1939 legislature and was agreed upon
by a joint committee of representatives of the Michigan Association of
County Road Commissioners and Engineers and the s'tate highway department. It principally called for inclusion of streets and allies outside incorporated limits. Previously, the
mileage included former township
roads only.
The recertification increased the
total mileage taken over by the counties since 1931 from 62,200 miles to
67,080. Payments of the so-called McNitt funds are based on the proportion of this mileage in each county.
The mileage increases were primarily in the counties below the Bay City
line, and particularly in Wayne, Oakland, Genesee, Macomb and other
counties in the southern industrial
section of the state.
Wayne County's increase totaled*
?37,500, Oakland ?24,500 and Genesee
and Macomb each about |9,000. Compared with these increases, the total
gain for all Upper Peninsula's 15 counties was only ?2,800.
Roscommon County made the largest mileage gain of any county outside the industrial area. Its county
road mileage jumped from 293 to 739
and its apportionment from ?18,887 to
544,084, an increase of $25,197 since
the 1935 certification.
While :he Metropolitan area, composed of Wayne, Oakland and Macomb
counties; shCtw,ed a net increase of
?7l,000, the Eastern Upper Peninsula,
and the Lower Peninsula outside o£
the metropolitan area showed decreases.
A list of nearby county apportionments follows:
Clare, 21,419 14 -
Gladwin 19,090.58 ■    r*
Isabella 25,742.32 ;
Midland-22,203.28 ,
Missaukee 23.914.66
Roscommon 22,042.27
INFANT SON OF MR. AND.
MRS. CARL SEITER PASSES
AWAY SATURDAY, JUNE 1
Carl Richard Seiter, Son of Carl
and Madelon Seiter, was born January 7, 1940, and passed away June
1, 1940 ,at the age of four months and
twenty-four days.
He Is survived By his parents, Mr.
arid Mrs. Carl Seiter; one sister,
Lavonna Jean; the grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. Christian Seiter and Mr, and
Mrs. Richard Brooks; besides a host
of relatives and friends..
Carl Richard -was beloved Ify all
who knew him and his bright smile
will be sadly missed by those -ys-hb
lOteti him best.
• Funeral services were held at the
Rosebush Presbyterian church, with
jft-V. ■rhoMfJson officiating,.and: burial wi*? madei in Vernon cemetery.
FIVE GUY M. WILSON
SCHOLARSHIPS TO BE
AWARDED IN STATE
Only Sons of American Legions
Members Eligible fo
Receive Them
This week the Clare American Legion Post received an application
form for the Guy M. Wilson Memorial
Scholarship in case any High School
Senior, the son of an American Legion member in this community, might
desire to apply for it.
These scholarships are available to
the amount of Three Hunred dollars
to first and second year students at
four year colleges. Only sons of fully
paid-up American Legion members are
eligible to receive them.
Applications must contain a history
of the applicant, his academic accomplishment, character, family data, general promise of success, personal and
financial data, estimated college budget and military data oi his father.
They should be made, out on the proper form and submitted not later than
June 15th.
The Guy M. Wilson Memorial
Scholarship was established by the
Department of. Michigan of-the American Legion three years ago. Five are
awarded in the State each year and
the annfl-ttneeinent of the awards will
be made around July 15th,
Children's Day
Congregational
Church Sunday
The Childrens Day exercises will
be held next Sunday morning in the
Congregational church. This willbe
a union service of the church and
Sunday school, commencing at 10:30
o'clock promptly, and will be an hour
service.
The teachers have been workins
with their classes in preparation for
this annual occasion and have a very
interesting program in store for us.
There will be a baptism service in
connection with- the above and all
parents wishing to present their children are requested to call or see your
Pastor, sometime before Sunday morning.
HARRISON RESIDENT PASSES
AWAY TUESDAY NIGHT AFTER
20 YEARS RESIDENCE THERE
Chas. Welty, a resident of Harrison for the past twenty years, passed
away at 9:00 o'clock Tuesday evening,
following several months of ill healtiiv
at seventy-two years of age.
Mr, Welty was well known at the
county seat where he had lived in a
cottage at Budd Lake.
The life story will appear in next
week's Sentinel.
MRS, ARCHIE LOWREY
DIES AT HER HOME
IN MARION WEDNESDAY
Word was received in Clare Wednesday by Mrs. Doris Teale of the
death of Mrs. Archie Lowrey, of Marion, Funeral services will be held.
Friday.     '
Mrs. Lowrey will be renlembere;<r by
her many friends in Clare and vicinity
as formerly Miss Mary StolL
RUMMAGE SALE
The LadiS3 Of St, Cecilia's church
wjll hold a rummage -Sale Thursday,
Friday and Saturday, June iHh,1%4m.
and 16th< in the jbuilding.-next torfche
Cities Service Gas -Staticm, m iXtiak
street. MtM