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GLARE, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 20, 1940
New Series Vol. 48, No, 50
LUCILLE HALEY
1940 TWIN ELMS
CLUB CHAMPION
Defeats Mrs. E. A. Anderson 7-6 in Sunday's
Finals
Mrs. Albert Haley again becomes
club champion of the women golfers
of Clare, as a result of the final match
at Twin Elms on Sunday, September
15, in which she defeated Mrs. E. A.
Anderson, 7 and 6.
The following schedule shows how
the women were paired, and the
result.
Championship Flight.
A. Hampton.    A Hampton 4-3
D.  Morford
J. Anderson
M. Mulder
L. Haley
J, Anderson default.
L. Haley 7-6
H. Naumes
F. Anderson    F  Anderson 3-2
C. Titus
A. Hampton     j_ AnderBon
J. Anaerson
L. Haley 7-6
L. Haley 7-6
L. Haley
P. Anderson
J. Anderson
L. Haley
The winner of the first flight finals
-was Mrs. Ruby Garfield, who defeated
Mrs. Lu Hampton 1 up on the 20th
hole.
Second flight was won by Mrs. Elmer Hagerl, with Mrs. James Olson
i*unner-up.
Third flight was won by Marion
-Olson defeating Mrs, Theo, G, Bowler.
Mrs. Lyle Chapman defeated Mrs.
A. J, Doherty, to win fourth flight.
The consolation prize will be presented to Mrs. Jos. Naumes, Mrs. A.
_3. Mulder having defaulted.
The banquet which comes as a
Climax to the year's activities, will he
Tield in the near future, date to he
announced. Mrs. A. J. Doherty deserves much praise and appreciation
for her season's hard work as sports
chairman, as also the other officers
and committees.
AUXILIARY UNIT
ELECTS OFFICERS
MONDAY EVENING
Triple   Installation   of
Legion  Officers
October 10th
All
Last Monday night Walter H. Larman Unit No. 128, American Legion
Auxiliary, held its annual meeting and
election of officers for next year. The
meeting was held in the Legion rooms
with a large number of. members in
attendance and President Alice Loomis presiding.
The election resulted in the following officers being chosen to serve for
the year 1941:
President—Celina Creguer.
First Vice President---Elma Clute,
Second Vice President—Alta K.
Bellinger.
Secretary—Mary Ireland.
Treasurer—Ruth Parent.
Chaplain—lyone Gorr.
Historian—Blanche Walker.
Sergeant-at-arms—Wava Smith.
Elected members of the Executive
Committee—Belva Jackson, Hazel
Hawkins aud Bessie Perry.
Elma Clute, the Unit Child Welfare
Chairman, gave a report concerning
the Child Welfare work of the Unit
Iter the year. The delegates to the recent State Convention at Bay City,
Alta K. Bellinger and Celina Creguer,
gave reports concerning the business
sessions of the Convention. Alta K.
Bellinger, Celina Creguer and Adelaide C. Wylie, who served on Convention Committees at the Bay City
State Convention, gave reports concerning the work of their committees;
Sewing, Trophies and Awards, and Finance Committees.
Awards won by the Unit at the 1940
State Convention at Bay City were
discussed. Alta K. Bellinger presented the Publicity Cup won by the
Unit; Publicity Chairman Adelaide C.
. Wylie described the naval plate
awarded to her; and Alice Loomis dis*
played the Presidents Citation award*
ed to the Unit for exceeding his; membership quota for last year.
The Installation of the new Officers
•will beheld on .Thursday evening, Oc*
tober 10th, and will be a. triple installation, with, the Post and Squadron also
participating. • It was decided to hold
a pot luck supper -at .six-thirty o'clock
on that evening./>,   . •- •	
Pillowing. . the [meeting, • refreshments were, iservea.under the direction
of f»resid6fl,t'Alice loomis. . ••: .    .
Five Generations of W, S. Shumway
Family Gather at Farwell Home
When the members of the W. S. Shumway family returned to Farwell
for this year's annual gathering of the Auld Lang Syne Society, five generations of this pioneer family came to the Sternaman Studio in Clare
and posed for the above picture. The members are, standing left to
right, Dick H. Robbins, of Newberry; his mother, Mrs. Marie Robbins,
of Adrian; and Mrs. Etta Shumway Brown, of Farwell, who will be
seventy years of age October 26th; sitting, Mrs. W. S. Shumway, a
resident of Farwell the past sixty-years, who will be eight-nine years old
October 23rd; and on the bench in front of their father, Darlene Kay and
Richard  Lincoln Robbins.
FIVE YEAR OLD BOY
PAINFULLY INJURED
IN ACCIDENT TUESDAY
Lloyd, the five year old son of Mr.
and Mrs. William Battle, of Grant
township, was painfully injured Tuesday forenoon at Orin Reynolds farm,
northwest of the city.
The accident happened when the
little lad ran out to speak to his father who was working on an ensilage
cutter, when the machine exploded,
showering the little fellow's face with
broken pieces of metal and rendering
him unconscious.
The boy was rushed to the Clare
County General Hospital, where he regained consciousness the following
morning, but is still suffering from his
injuries and shock.
New arrMftla.4tt!. the.,Boc-i JNook jn-.
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RAM EXCHANGE
CLARE TOURIST
PARKWEDNESDAY
Sheep Ownersof FourCoun-
ties to Meet Here
Next Week
MARY L GILMORE
SERIOUSLY INJURED
IN AUTOJUXIDENT
Truckload of Pipe Parked
on Pavement Cause of
Accident at North
Bradley
Instead of swapping "hosses" farmers of four counties will assemble at
the Clare Tourist Park next Wednesday, September 25, to do some ram
swapping.
Sheep owners of Clare, Gladwin,
Midland and Isabella counties are invited to bring in purebred rams they
wish to sell or exchange and make
their own deals for new sires.
Pens will be provided and rams
grouped according to breeds as far
as possible. Each ram owner will be
responsible for his own ram and for
Whatever transaction is made at the
meeting. E. L. Benton, Sheep Specialist of Michigan State College, will attend the meeting and discuss sheep
problems at 2:00 p. m.
Another feature will be the judging
of the rams in order that prospective
buyers may do a better job of selecting rams.
Mrs. Hollis Walton
Honored at Shower
Last Week Thursday
Mrs. Dick Groves and Mrs. Dale
Groves were hostesses at a miscellaneous shower in honor of Mrs, Hol-
lia Walton, a recent bride of September 1, at the former's apartment on
Thursday evening of last .week. ' Two
table of contract bridge w.ere in play
and high.score was.won by Mrs. Wallace Johnson. The hostesses served
a-..lovely lunch.: at. the close- of .the
.evening, Mts: Walton receiv-ed many
beautiful and useful gifts,:-.- .   .*  ;
The many friends and relatives in
Clare and vicinity of Miss Mary L.
Gilmore were saddened last Monday
night when it became known that she
had met with a serious auto accident
at North Bradley.
Miss Gilmore had been visiting her
sister and husband, Mr. and Mrs. J. L.
Meachum, at Millington, and was returning to her home here when the
accident occurred.
While driving through North Bradley at about 10:00 o'clock at night,
she encountered a heavy fog and
crashed into the rear of a truck loaded with two inch pipe, said to have
"been- parked on the US-10 pavement,
while the driver went to seek information regarding a certain road.
One of the lengths of pipe crashed
through the Windshield and went completely through the car and out the
rear window. Another struck Miss
Gilmore in the right forehead, inflicting a severe wound and causing a
skull fracture. She also received a
puncture of the right shoulder, besides other severe lacerations and
bruises.   The car is a total loss.
She was rushed to the St,' Mary's
hospital at Saginaw in an unconscious
condition by Dr. Maynard of Coleman-
whera she remains in a serious condition.
The accident was investigated by
the Sheriff of Midland county.
Zenobia Chapter
"Friends Night'3
September 26th
Next Thursday evening, September
26th, Zenobia Chapter No. 129, Order
of tho Eastern Star will hold an out*
standing meeting when twp candidates are expected to. be initiated into
the local Chapter and "Friends'
Night will be Instituted here.
Worthy Matron Annabelle Hamilton and the other officers and members of the local Chapter have made
extensive preparations for this meeting which will attract many visitors
from other Chapters in addition to the
local membership.
Friends' Night is an institution in
many Chapters, but this.will be the
first time it has occurred in the local
Chapter, Once each year the officers
invite a friend, preferably a member
of another Chapter, although a member of the same Chapter is permis-
sahle, who will act for chat officer in
the Initiation Ceremony when candidates are to be admitted as memubers
of the Chapter.
Chapters which will be represented
in conferring the Initiation Ceremony
next Thursday night are Ashley,
Beaverton, Clare, Coleman, Farwell,
Gladwin, Harrison, Ithaca, Midland
and Mt. Pleasant. Those most heavily
represented will be Harrison and Midland, with three oficers from each
Chapter,
Following the Chapter session refreshments will be served and for
this purpose committees for both the
dining room and kitchen have been
appointed.
NEW BROWN CORNERS U. B.
PASTOR ANNOUNCES FIRST
QUARTERLY MEETING DATES
A change in pastors has been made
in the Brown Corners United Brethern church and Rev. H. R. Armstrong
is now in charge of the parish.
He announces that the first quarterly meeting Will be held at the church
this Saturday evening and Sunday,
Sepember 22 and 23. Presiding Elder
Jtev. Cook will be in charge of the
business meeting Saturday evening,
and the Communion services at 10:30
o'clock Sunday morning.
Christian Endeavor services will
now be held at 7:00 o'clock each Sunday evening ■ and other services will
remain as in the past.
V;        DANCING
Oldi tirhe and 'modern'Ounces at
.Lake \ Station *'* .very- Friday' night.
•Brfnto» every Saturday night. Public ..la invited.   Gooa- m'usfe and sound
eystfem. ■;  ••,. v   -; ■.     60$
CHAS. ARMENTROUT
PASSES AWAY AT
SHERIDAN HOME
Laid   at   Rest   at   Cherry
Grove Cemetery Last
Sunday
Charles Augustus Armentrout, son
of John and Nancy Awmentrout, was
born at Recaca, Ohio,-November 10th,
1863, and departed this life at his
home in Sheridan township at the
age of seventy-six years, ten months,
and four days.
He vas united in marriage to Ida
Holmes, of Ohio, in the year of 1S91,
who departed this life two years later.
After which he came to Michigan and
settled on a farm in Isabella county.
On October 15, 1902, was United in
marriage to Anna Mae Bergey of
Loomis. To this union was born three
sons, Harvey, Russell and Clarence,
iand one daughter,, now Hilda Strouse,
all of Sheridan,
In the year of 1911 he moved his
family to the present home where his
wife preceded him in death April 23,
1922.
He leaves to mourn their loss, besides the children, eleven grandchildren, three sisters and one brother, of
Ohio, and a host of other relatives
and friends.
Funeral services were held Sunday,
September 15, at 2:00 o'clock at the
Eagle church, with Rev. Honderich
officiating. Burial was made at the
family lot in Cherry Grove cemetery.
BOOKS OF COUNTY
OFFICES AUDITED
FOR FISCAL YEAR
Records Found to Be Well
Kept and Accounts
Accurate
The books of Clare County were examined and audited for the several
offices, for the period of June 1, 1939,
to May 31, 1940, by N. J. MeGillvray
and L. A. Raskey, with the following
findings and recommendations.
We thank the various county officers and clerks for their cooperations
in making this examination,
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
• In our examination of the County
officers' bonds, we find that the bond
filed by the School Commissioner, for
the new term commencing July 1,
1939, was made to run to the County
of Clare instead of to the People of
the State of Michigan. We recommend that this be corrected to comply
with statute.
A decrease in the debit balance in
the dog fund is noted. Receipts to the
fund as shown by the general ledger,
amounted to $1,701.90 and disbursements were $1,111.-9. To the disbursements from the dog fund must
be added the amount of $213.50 which
represents the amount paid the Supervisors for listing dogs and was paid
from the general fund and classified
under Board of Directors.
Appropriations made by the Supervisors during the October session of
1939 were withheld in compliance with
an opinion recently given by the Attorney General. The amount of ?208.00
paid to Michigan Children's Aid Society was for the care of the children
of the County cared for by the society
and was made in accordance with the
above noted opinion.
COUNTY TREASURER
We find the accounts and records of
this office being kept in a neat and
accurate manner and all recommendations contained in the previous
audit findings have been adopted.
We    recommend    that    Operator's
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DRIVES AWAY CAR;
STEALS CHICKENS;
DAMAGES AUTO
Officers Think That's About
Enough for One
Evening
Seymour Bauder, of Farwell, reported to Chief of Police William: B.
Dunlop Saturday evening, that he had
parked his 1935 Ford coach near the
Seiter Brothers Lumber Co. scales on
West Fourth street, at 8:00 o'clock
that evening, and upon returning at
10:15 the same evening, found his car
gone.
City officers found the car left
parked west of the Pere Marquette
freight house, on McEwan street, at
12:00 o'clock that night.
Upon investigation, clues left in the
car indicated that it had been used
to haul chickens, and upon a- check-,
up a description was obtained of a
party who had sold chickens ata local
poultry house that evening.
After further investigation.by Chief
of Police. Dunlop and State Police of
the Mt. Pleasant Post, Albert Courtney, .18, of Sheridan township, was
(apprehended . upons 'the charge • of
stealing, the car and also stealing
chickens . from Ed Herrick, ot. the
same township, by ■ whom, Courtney
was enjtployed.
While driving the <?ar, Courtney is.
reported iorjiave• connUderably <lan_-
aged it,
FORD ROLLING
MILL CRAFTSMEN
COMINGSATURDAY
Masonic Degree Team Will
Confer Third Degree
in Clare Lodge
On Saturday evening of next week,
September 28th, John Q. Look Lodge
No. 404, F. & A. M., will hold a special
communication for the purpose of conferring the third degree.
The degree work will be conducted
by the Ford Rolling Mill Craftsmen of
Dearborn and it is expected that this
communication will be the outstanding meeting of the year.
The Ford Rolling Mill Craftsmen
not only confer the degree but they
bring with them an orchestra and
twenty others who put on a splendid
program of music and other entertainment.
Sixty-five men will come from Dearborn for the evening; all of them are
members of the Masonic Fraternity
and all are employees of the Ford
Motor Company.
The Ford Rolling Mill Craftsmen
rarely travel as far away as Clare and
they only travel on Saturday nights,
as this one evening does not Interfere
with their employment.
It is expected that the Clare mem
bership will all be present and it is
known that many visitors are planning
to come from many neighboring
Lodges.
Last Tuesday night the Clare Lodge
held a special communication and
Conferred the First degree and at
that time some of the. arrangements
for the coming communication were
completed.
UNION REVIVAL MEETINGS
TO BEGIN AT COLONVILLE
CHURCH SUNDAY EVENING
Unioii revival meetings will be held
at the Colonville church, September
23 to October 6. The three churches
aiid pastors that are uniting in the
s.rvices are the Loomis church, Rev
W, Teale, pastor; and the Colonville
and Eagle ehurches, Rev. M. R, Hon
derlch pastor.
.Rev. J. Klopfenstine, of Detroit, who
will do. all ^he preaching, is ."well
known among the people here, having,
held a meeting at Loomis some years
Ag6t .. - . • .
A cordial welcome' is ' extended to
everyone, regardless of age, atjd to .the
pafetors and, pepple ot the. neighboring
churches. ,. • '-'■/]•, . ...'■'-,. .*..- '." \ • '.
' Devotional at 8:00 R.;jn„  ,   ' •„. ( •
tyfcjuiWhg at 8:00 p. to.
Ethel Jean Gerow
Awarded Ribbon at
1940 State Fair
Ethfci Jean Gerow, ten year old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wesley
Gerow. pf Sheridan township, was
awarded a red ribbon on her first year
clohting project (two towels and a
dress) at the 1940 Michigan State
Fair, at Detroit She is a sixth grader
at the Colonville school.
Mary L. Jones has charge of the
4-H Club projects in this district.
Ethel Jean's exhibit was chosen by
Miss Lola Belle Green, of M.S.T.C, at
the 4-H Achievement Day at the Fair.
HENRY AND THOS.
RHODES SENTENCED
TO NINETY DAYS
Tried in Circuit Court on
Steer Stealing
Charge
During the past week the September
term of the Clare County Circuit Court
has been in session at Harrison and
Circuit Judge Ray Hart, of Midland,
has had an unusually busy session.
The main case was the Criminal action of The People vs. Henry Rhodes
and Thomas Rhodes, two Arthur
township young men. This was a'
jury case and the verdict was guilty
for both defendants, resulting in a
sentence of ninety days in jail anl a
fine of one hundred dollars for each.
Last Thursday, September 12th, the
case of Ralph Teale, Administrator,
vs. Russell Lawler, an action of Trespass on the Case due to an automobile
accident was heard. Three witnesses,
Wilnam Peet, Russell Thurston and
Harry Wehrly, testified for the Plaintiff. At two o'clock in the afternoon
a motion for a verdict of no cause of
action was made, the motion was
granted and the case disEmassed. Judge
Hart then adjourned Court until last
Monday.
The Rhodes case was the first case
brought up last Monday, The charge
was larceny of a two-year old Jersey
isteer, belonging to C. A, Brewer of
Sheridan Township on or about last
August 1st. 'On August 13th an examination was held before Justice
Kyle L. McKinnon and at that time
■both defendants were bound over to
the Circuit Court.
Most of the morning was taken up
with the selection of a jury, the following 12 good men and true being selected to hear the case: Tim Graves of
Harrison, George Pearson of Summer-
field, Edd Bullman of Winterfield,
Charles Gearhart of Clare, Fred
Pruden of Redding, George Abbott of
Hatton, Claud Wheaton of Garfield,
Evelyn Caner of Greenwood, Fred
Schneider of Hayes, Hector Shaw of
Harrison, Francis Gharette of Franklin, and Clarence Ladd of Harison.
The arguments of the attorneys
commenced at two o'clock on Tuesday afternoon and before that time
seventeen witnesses were sworn and
testified. Of these C. A. Brewer, Leo
Loar, Bernadine Loar, Ocindo Cin-
gano, Dennis Fitzpatrick, Thomas
Morden, Mary Sheplar, A. H. Martin,
William Corey, Everett Morden, Daniel Morden, Ray Cowell and Seaver
M, Amble all testified for the People
while Henry Rhodes, Stacy C. Myers,
Charles Stirling and Paul Slater all
testified for the Defendants.
The jury received the case at five
o'clock Tuesday afternoon and
brought in their verdict early Wednesday morning. The detendents were
found guilty of petit larceny and
Judge Hart pronounced sentence
shortly after the verdict was returned.
Judge Hart also pronounced sentence .in the case of The People vs.
James Mills and David La Prade
charged With unlawfully driving away
an automobile. The defendants had
previously pleaded guilty and Judge
Hart placed them on probation for
two years and imposed a fine of
twenty-five dollars for costs.
One other case, Harry M. Myers and
Floyd E Perlberg vs. George J. Griffin and others, was heard before
Court closed. This was a Bill to
Quiet Title to certain real estate located in Harrison. No contest was
made and only two witnesses, Floyd
E. Perlberg and Marion C. Johnson,
testified for the Plaintiffs. Judge
Hart rendered a Decree for the Plaintiffs with costs.
LAKE GEORGE LIBRARY
RECEIVES GtFT OF MANY
NICE VOLUMES OF BOOKS
Another gift has been presented to
the Lake George Library. We thank
you very much', Mr. and Mrs. .Carl
Welty |syid Mr, and Mrs. Norman -Tolson, for the lovely collection of fifty-
nine book- and ;other good reading
material.- •   •, •   •
There are several children's boe-kR,
and- also ,a complete .set..of "Adair's
:New*Encyclopedias."' \ '..  < »  . .;
1940 SOFTBALL
SEASON COMES TO
SUCCESSFUL END
Substantial Amount of Receipts Applied  to
Light Debt
With the play-off in Class B between Gulf and Hi-Speed scheduled
within the next few days, the summer
softball program is being completed. A
large crowd of fans saw North Bradley come through in the play-off September 11 and 12 to defeat Brown.
and Herrick and win the Class C
championship trophy for the summer. .
At the conclusion of the games on
September 12th, the trophy was
awarded to the manager of the North.
Bradley team by Leo Brown who was
in charge of the program. Individual /
medals were awarded to each member of the winning team. Following
the presentation a gladstone bag was.
presented to Coach Brown by members ot the various teams in recognition of his work during the summer.
In reviewing the results of the past
softball season the citizens of Clare
jmay well be proud. During the first
half a total of Y5 games were played,
during the second 55, giving a total
of 120 games played during the summer. Approximately 250 players participated in the program. Some idea
of the interest shown in this project
may be gained from the fact that the
average gate receipt was $12.50. The
latest figures, which are not as yet
entirely complete, indicate that the
pi-oceeds from the gate wi llmake it
possible to pay ?400 on the lighting:
debt. The net proceeds from the re-«
freshment stand to apply total $75.
This represents nearly twenty-five
percent of the cost of installation and.
clearly indicates that there will be,
little difficulty encoutered in completing the payment of the balance..
The program would not have been
possiblo without the help of a great
many individuals who gave of their
time freely. In umpiring, the following men did a commendable piece of.
work: Wilbur "Shorty" Ireland, Ted.
Bowler, John Grove, John Trudell, O.
D. Bayes, Leo Oden, Ivan Oden, Leo-
Hampton, and Leo Brown- The posi-
(Continued on Page Bight)
ROBERT KLEINER
ELECTED TO HEAD
C0UNHA.C.A.
Same Staff of Officers Re-.
elected for Coming
Year's Work
Robert C. Kleiner of Sheridan township, was reelected as chairman of
the Clare County Agricultural Conservation Association, when the county
convention and election of officers-
was held Saturday, September 14, at
the court house in Harrison, with all
the delegates of the eight county
communities in attendance.
The election of officers was conducted at the opening of the convention
with every little competition for any
of the officers, and the same staff
reelected to their posts for another
year, having served very efficiently
during the past season. A brief business meeting followed the election, at
whick Ortho Boulton, of Harrison, waa
elected Vice Chairman;' and Frank
Littlefield, of Surrey township, County
Member. Mrs. Francis McKenna was
reelected to the position of Secretary
and Treasurer of the County Association.
Friday, September 13, the Community elections were held in the eight
districts of Clare county with the following delegates chosen to represent
their districts at Saturday's convention.
Arthur Kliener—Sheridan township.
Arthur A. Lower—Arthur township.
Thurman Robinette—Grant township.
Fred Bowman—Winterfield township.
Andrew Keysor—Hamilton and,
Franklin townships.
Lewis Light—Greenwood, Redding
and Summerfield townships.
Ortho Boulton—Hayes, Hatton- and. ■
Frost townships.
Frank Littlefield—-Surrey, Garfield,
Freeman and Lincoln townships.
Chairman Robert Kleiner and twenty-three county committeemen attended the recent state wide meeting in'
Lansing, at which they were given instructions for the county conventions^
as well as an outline of the ensuing;
year's *work.. • Dr. Montgomery, an.
Econoxnist of the University of Texas*
was guest speaker on the afternoon's
.program, talking-extensively on the,■
economic situation in the world today.
•Hunting licenses- nOw' available1 at1' '•'
Clare • Hi-Speed --Station. •Wii_cl_-i_ter< •>!■«
ammunition may siIbo be secured here. * »'']