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CLARE, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 22, 1941
New Series Vol. 49, No. 46
TY-HFTH ANNUAL CLARE COUNTY FAIR TO OPEN TUESDAY
MT. PLEASANT MAN
KILLED AS TRUCK
HITS O. TRAIN
Week End Accidents Few
Here Despite Heavy
Traffic
One man was instantly killed and
another critically injured when a
truck skidded into a Pere Marquette
train near Remus on M-20 and then
struck a tree, shortly before 8:00
o'clock Tuesday evening.
Hugh M. Patterson, 38, of Mt.
Pleasant, driver of the truck, is believed to have died instantly. His
head was crushed. Gerald Johnson,
24, of Weidman, who was riding with
Patterson, suffered severe head injuries and was taken to Community
Hospital,  Mt.  Pleasant.
Coroner B. L. Franklin, of Mecosta
county, who investigated the accident,
said Patterson apparently lost control
of the truck, He said after the truck
hit the train it bounced away and hit
the tree. The truck was pratcically
wrapped around the tree.
Patterson, who was employed by
the Mt. Pleasant Beverage Company,
is survived by the widow and one
child.
Accidents  Few  Here
Accidents were few in this community the past week end despite the
heavy  traffic on TJS-27  aud  US-10.
A minor accident occurred at the
intersection two and one-half miles
bouUv and two miles west of Farwell
Sunday night, when cars driven by
Clifford W. Courter, 24, of Mt. Pleasant R-5, going south, and John A.
"Sevens, 59, of Farwell R-2, going east,
collided.
Mrs. Courter, riding in the car
driven by Clifford, received slight
cuts and bruises about the face and
body, was given first aid and treatment at the scene of the accident and
removed to her home.
Damage to the. cars was estimated
at about §100.       ■•'" >
Cars Mee. Head-on
An automobile driven south by
Thomas Morden, 68, Clare R-2, and
another driven north by Theodore
Bennett, 27, of Beaverton R-l, collided
head-on on tlie county road five and
one-half miles north and six miles
east of Clare, at 3:30 o'clock last Friday afternoon. Morden's nose was
cut. The accident was investigated
by State Police of the Mt. Pleasant
Post.
Girl Escapes Serious Injury
Ruth Rosenow, 24, of Manistee,
escaped serious injury Sunday, when
she ran her car into a ditch and
rolled it over one and one-quarter
miles south of Rosebush on US-27.
State Police of the Mt. Pleasant Post
report that Miss Rosenow escaped
with minor bruises.
THREE CLARE GOLFERS
PERFORM RARE FEAT AT
TWIN ELMS RECENTLY
A rare feat was performed Sunday
at the Twin Elms golf course, when
three Clare golfers played the fairway No. 6, a distance of 482 yards.
Budd Anderson, Homer Douglas and
Leo Hampton were the men that
claim the honors. Anderson and
Hampton lay on the green in two
shots, while Douglas lay just over the
edge of the green. Bach man sank
his ball in one stroke, making an
Eagle play or two below par.
Another feat performed recently
was accomplished by Jack Manee
when he teed off on No. 1 fairway and
reached the green, a distance of 3(55
yards, in one stroke. This he accomplished twice in one day.
Some golfers!
MICHIGAN LEADS IN
NATIONAL WILDLIFE
RESTORATION AGAIN
Game and Furbearers Support
More Trappers Than in
Any Other State
Michigan's No. 1 position in the
national wildlife restoration program
continues into its fourth year as the
state conservation department again
receives the biggest share among the
forty-six states cooperating— $143,946
for the 1941-42 fiscal year.
Michigan leads because of its area
aud because of its game and furbearers support more hunters and trappers
— 711,733 last season — than are
licensed in any other state. Because
of its huge area, Texas ranks second,
with license sales totalling 123,925.
Pennsylvania, with slightly less area
than Michigan and 661,314 licenses, is
third.
Pittman-Robertson wildlife restoration funds, derived from a federal
excise tax on sporting arms and
ammunition, are paying 75 per cent of
the coBt of land acquisition at Rose
Lake, Tuscola, Barry County, Gratiot-
Saginaw and Dansville projects, where
worn-out farm land is being" reclaimed
for public hunting grounds. Other
acquisitions are in prospect.
The funds also have financed three-
quarters of the cost of research on
raccoons, Hungarian partridge, musk-
i-ats, waterfowl, fox squirrels, pheasants, prairie chickens, forest fire
effects on game cover and relationship
of farm practices to farm game* Raccoon and htinky investigations have
been completed, and the others are
continuing on schedule,
TO CONSERVE STEEL
IN MANUFACTURING
'42 LICENSE PLATES
Only One Set of Plates to Be
Used for Half Year
License Buyers
In the manufacture of Michigan's
1942 auto license plates, approximately 1,000,000 pounds of steel will be
conserved for national defense, and
at least $60,000 saved the state in production costs, under a new plan announced this week by Harry F. Kelly,
Secretary of State.
In 1942 all motorists will receive
one set of plates, instead of 650,000
half-year plate owners receiving two
sets, one in March, and one iu September under the present system.
The half-year plate owner will- have
exactly the same plate as the full-
year owner, with the exception that
on the bottom pf the plate will be
carried the expiration date, which will
be 8/31/42.
The 1942 plate will be a trifle smaller as has been previously announced
to the press. The reduction in the
size alone conserves 287,303 pounds of
steel at a saving of $9,911 in manufacturing costs.
The plate for both will have the
same color combination, white
numerals on a dark green background. This is the first year that
the color has been determined not
only by the visibility test, but also
by conferring with the color stylists
of the automobile manufacturers in
order to secure a color that will harmonize with the colors of cars.
There is one other change made on
the plate. The word "Michigan" will
be spelled out in full, rather than as
it was carried in the past, with the
abbreviation "Mich."
There are, however, other changes
in this plate in order to make it
structurally a much stronger plate.
Michigan has used the same plate for
many years, and a problem arose in
regard to plates breaking off where
they were attached to cars. This
weakness has been eliminated, and
the 1942 plate is 'built so sound
structurally that without question it
should meet all requirements for two
years use upon a car. The 1942 plate
is a 'bondarized" plate so that the
paint should meet all tests for the
next two years.
When an owner applies for his last
half-year license he will not get a new
plate, but a steel strip, one and a
half inches wide by eleven inches
long, bearing the numerals "42" and
a serial number. These strips must be
attached to the old plates so as to
cover the August 31st expiration date,
thereby converting the plate into a
full year permit.
Thus the owner will have the same
license number all year, a substantial
amount of steel will be saved for
government needs, and the state in
addition to effecting a large reduction
in manufacturing costs will also conserve other materials such as ink,
paint and paper, of which large
quantities are needed in producing
plates, their wrappers, and envelopes.
FARWELL LABOR
DAY CELEBRATION
MONDAUEPT. 1
Auld Lang Syne Society to
Meet Saturday  and
Sunday  ;
Two important events will merge
into one at Farwell next week end
when the residents of days gone by
will return to the old home town for
the twenty-second annual gathering of
the Auld Lang Syne Society Saturday and Sunday, August 30th and
31st, and remain to be joined by thousands of others for the annual Labor
Day celebration Monday, September 1.
The Labor Day celebration is becoming more popular each year with
people coming from miles around to
enjoy the good old-fashioned Home-
Coming and Agricultural Fair, in
which the enjoyable features of the
"good old days" have been augmented
with plenty of modern attractions.
Premium lists will be circulated
offering a wide range of cash prizes
for exhibits of corn, grain, potatoes,
vegetables, fi'uits, domestic art work,
and miscellaneous items including
curiosities, oddities and antiques.
The premium list will be published
in next week's Sentinel.
High class street attractions will be
presented afternoon and evening, augmented by thrilling band music. The
program includes airplane rides and
stunts with two parachute drops; a
pennant deciding baseball game; free
street attractions, boys and girls contests, and many other features
throughout the day and evening.
Several airplanes will be brought to
Farwell for the. day and an air show
'will be presented with stunt flying
and a Blossom-Parachute Drop will be
made on the baseball diamond during
the game. Rides will be available for
all who care to "take to the air."
. A Merry-Go-Round, Ferris Wheel,
Kiddies Rides, shows and various midway attractions will be there- for your
amusement, to say nothing of hot dog
and pink lemonade stands.
Through the generous cooperation
of the Farwell business men and the
efforts of the committees in charge, a
full page announcement of the event
will be found on page thirteen of this
week's  Sentinel.
If you have never been at Farwell
on Labor Day, "you ain't seen
nothin'." If you have, we know you
will come again this year. Bring your
family and stay all day.
See the balloon ascension at the
Weidmati celebration iSattirday, August nr&r -5t_
DIONISE TAVERN NOW OPEN
IN COMPLETELY REMODELED
QUARTERS, FOLLOWING FIRE
The Dionise TaVern, which was
badly damaged by Are Sunday night,
July 27th, has been completely remodeled by local building contractor
Harold Moline, and is now open again
in considerably improved quarters.
John Dionise, the proprietor of the
tavern, announces that the Grand
Opening of the place will be held
the secoftd week in September, Further details will be announced in the
Sentinel.
Mrs. Charles Wilson, of K'ngaley,
is a guest this week at the hoiti. o.
Mr, and Mrs. C. A. Wellman,
WOMEN GOLFERS WIN
FROM ITHACA LADIES
WEDNESDAY MORNING
To Qualify  for Championship
Tournament Friday,
August 29th
The Ithaca Women Golfers were
guests of the Clare women at Twin
Elms on Wednesday morning. Clare
won the match 6-3.
Mrs. Vera Patterson, of Ithaca, and
Mrs. Lucille Haley, of Clare, were
each low with a 44, each receiving a
ball. Mrs. Neva Hampton won a ball
for low score in social play.
After a very delicious lunch more
golf was enjoyed and also bridge.   .
On Wednesday, August 27, the Mt.
Pleasant Club will meet Clare here
at nine o'clock.
Qualifying for the Championship
Tournament will be on Friday, August 29th, with eighteen holes played
by threesomes as far as possible. Fee
should be paid at this time.
On Sunday, August 31, at 1:30
o'clock, there will be a two-ball
match, both men and women players
invited.
Legion Ai^xiliary
Delegates Report
State Convention
The regular meeting of the American Legion Auxiliary was held Monday night. The delegates attending
the state convention at Grand Rapids,
last week, gave their reports.
The Clare unit was awarded the
Gladys Lee cup for publicity. This
award is given to the unit having the
greatest number of inches of publicity
in a weekly paper.
The next meeting of the auxiliary
will be Tuesday night, Septmber second, Officers for the next year will
be elected at this time.
CLARE SCHOOLS
OPEN FIRST WEEK
IN SEPTEMBER
Freshmen Enrollment Will
Take Place Wednesday,
September 3rd
The Clare public; schools will open
the fall term the first week in September, with Freshman enrollment
scheduled to take place Wednesday,
September 3rd, commencing at 8:30
a. m. The entire day will be devoted
to consultation for Freshmen and all
are urged to report at this time.
Classes for all grades through
Junior High School will also commence Wednesday morning, September 3rd.
Upper classmen will report Thursday afternoon, September 4th, at 1:00
o'clock.
Regular classes in the high school
grades will commence Friday morning.
Tuesday, September 2nd, will be
devoted to meetings for faculty members, a complete list ot whom will be
published In next-Wsgek"S Sentinel.
Clare Boy Gets
Wings as Flying
Cadet Recently
Homer W. Lear, of Clare, who enlisted in the United State Army tor
three years, has been awarded his
wings and the bars of a second lieutenant as a member of the class just
graduated from the Air Corps' Gulf
Coast. Training Center.
Other Michigan men graduated
were Ralph G. Martin, Detroit; Edwin
B. Crowe, Lansing; Stanley W, Hart-
son, Lenox (Richmond); HudBon G.
Dunks, Union City; Gordon O. Kibbe,
Allegan; Frederick J, Barnard* Ann
Arbor; ROnald G, Ndtrstilie, Gttand
Rapid_; and Thotiias E. Fowler and
Keith L, Hall, 0i Jackson,
ALVIN WELLS PASSES
AWAY IN VETERANS
HOSPITAL AUGUST 7
Laid at Rest With Legion and
V. F. W. Ritualistic
Services
Alvin Wells, a "World War veteran,
who was rushed from his farm home
near Lake to the Veteran's Hospital
at Dearborn Wednesday, August 6th,
in a very serious condition, passed
away there the following day.
Alvin "Wells was born in Virginia,
September 3, 1898, and passed away
at Dearborn, Michigan, August 7, 1941,
at the age of forty-two years, eleven
months and four days.
He was married to Anna Oman
September 28, 1929 ,and this union
was blessed by the birth of two
daughters, Madeline Evelyn and-Kathleen Marie. He was a kind and loving
husband and father and was respected
by all who knew him.
He joined the United States Nayy
in 1917 and served his country in this
branch of the armed forces for two
years and four months. He was a
faithful member of both the American
Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars
and will be greatly missed by his
buddies.
He leaves to mourn their loss besides the bereaved wife and two
daughters, his aged father, -who is
ninety-two years old, several brothers
and sisters in Virginia, other relatives
and a host of friends and comrades.
Funeral services were held from the
home at Lake, Sunday, August 10th,
with Rev. I. W. "Wyrick officiating,
and interment was.made'at the Lake
cemetery under the auspices of the
American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars.
TWIN ELMS CLUB
MEMBERS QUALIFY
FOR TOURNAMENT
First Rounds of Championship Tournament
Start August 31
Qualifying rounds for the Twin
Elms Golf Club annual championship
tournament are in progress this week
and will continue through Saturday,
August 30th. All members wishing to
qualify must call at club house, pay
the entry fee of $1.00, and post tlieir
names on qualifying sheet at club
house. Anyone wishing to participate
must signify intentions of qualifying
before playing and play with someone else qualifying.
The proceeds from the $1.00 entry
fee will be used to purchase suitable
prizes for the winners and runners-up
in all flights in the tournament.
First rounds of the championship
tournament will be started Sunday,
August 31st, in all flights. Finals in
all flights will be played Sunday, September 14 th.
Finals of the Tim Cotter Handicap
Tournament, now in progress, will be
held August 31st. Leo Hampton, defending champion, has been eliminated by club president M. B. Gallagher, who defeated him 2 to 1 last
Sunday.
Leo Hampton will defend his title
as club championship, which he has
held in 1933, 1934, 1937, 1938, 1939,
and 1940.
Defending champions in other
flights are:
First Flight—James Olson.
Second Flight—Homer Douglas.
Third Flight—Russell Glass.
This coming Sunday, August 24th,
will be a big day at Twin Elms, when
the men and women golfers will get
together for a mixed tournament. A
two-ball match is scheduled to commence at 1:30 o'clock. The winners
ot the tournament will be the guests
of the losers at a dinner at the club
house.
The annual banquet of the men's
club will positively be held Thursday
evening, September 25th, 1941; not
several months later as has been the
custom in the past.
NATIONAL DEFENSE
CLASSES TO ORGANIZE
NEXT MONDAY NIGHT
Interested  Persons to Meet at
Trailer Plant at 8:00
o'clock
NEWKIRK RODEO AND STATE
COLLEGE HEAVYWEIGHT HORSE
PULLING CONTESTS FEATURED
CONSERVATION OFFICER
FRANK BUSH PROMOTED TO
EXPERIMENTAL DEPARTMENT
W£.yne Tennant, of Mt. Pleasant,
has assumed duties as Conservation
Officer of Clare County, having been
transferred here from Isabella county, where he had been filling* the
position  of  Conservation  Officer.
Frank Bush, who has been the
Clare County officer the past year,
has been promoted and commenced
his new duties in the Experimental
Department of the Conservation
Hearquarters at Roscommon, Monday.
ROAD COMMISSIONS
MOVE TO CUT COUNTY
ROAD DEATH TOLL
To Work With State Police to
Obtain Warning Signs and
Uniform Roads
NewBuildingsforLivestock,
Produce and Handicraft
Exhibits
MRS. JOHN LIST DEPARTS
THIS LIFE WEDNESDAY AT
HSR HOME IN HATTON
Friends ahd relatives of Mrs. John
List were grieved Wednesday, when
it became known that she had passed
from this life at her. home in Hatton
township at 3:30 o'clock.
Funeral services will be held from
the Friz Chapel Saturday afternoon
at 2:00 o'clock.
The life sketch will be published
next week.
DAVIS REUNION
The twelfth annual Davis reunion
wilt be held at the Elm Grove Grange
Hall, Stohday, Ahgfi-t 31st,
.    Mary- iJayis, Secretary,
There will be a meeting at the
Clare trailer factory on Monday evening at 8:00 o'clock, August 25, 1941,
for the purpose of organizing fall and
winter training classes. Anyone who
is over seventeen years of age and up
to sixty-five years of age may be interested in these classes. There will be
no age limit within the above years.
There will be classes in arc welding, acetylene welding, metal lathe
work, forging, auto, truck and tractor
repair, and sheet metal work, farm
machinery repair and other units that
you may be interested in. A class in
electricity, woodwork, etc., may be organized if enough members are interested in the class. There must be at
least ten present each night the class
meets.
Don't fail to show up Monday night
if you are interested!
Plan to Exhibit
Fall Flowers at
Community Show
Are you getting your plans made
for a flower exhibit on Tuesday, September 9th? There are many fall
flowers such as: Gladioluses, dahlias,
asters, zinnias, chrysanthemums, etc.,
which will all be given special recognition in their own rights.
Better get busy on your clever ideas
and place one or more flower exhibits
in the show. There Will be several
prizes.  •
Watch the Clare Sentinel for names
of the judges and further plans
toward this event.
The county road commissioners of
Michigan today took a step forward
toward the reduction of an increasing
death and accident toll on the highways by naming a committee to work
with the Michigan State Police to
obtain more adequate marking ot
danger points and to bring about a
uniformity of rural county road design
and construction, particularly in blacktop surfacing jobs.
The action was taken by Lee O.
Brooks, president of the Michigan
Association of Road Commissioners
and Engineers, after Captain C. J.'
Scayarda of the Safety and* Traffic
Division of the Michigan State Police,
suggested to Dr. Louis-Webber, .executive director of the Association, that
an advisory committee be appointed
in an effort to reduce fatalities on
highways maintained by the eighty-
three county road commissions.
Brooks appointed the Association's
Engineering Committee, composed of
Ave county road engineers selected
from over the State and headed by
Allan M. Williams, engineer of the
Ionia County Road Commission, to
tackle the problem.
Figures released by Captain Sca-
varda show that 422 persons lost their
lives in 5,281 accidents on rural county
roads in Michigan* in 1940. Records
show that in- 85% of these accident,
of both the collision and non-collision
type, there were no warning or traffic
control signs at the scene of the crash.
Moreover, thirty-nine persons were
killed at railroad crossings on rural
county roads in 1940, while only 7 persons were killed on rural state trunk
line railroad crossings on rural
county roads in 1940, while only seven
persons were killed on rural state
trunkline railroad crossings.
Although the concentration of traffic
is greater per mile on the state trunk-
lines than on the county road system,
which is nine times larger in mileage,
1940 accident statistics indicate that
crashes on county roads are more seri-
out, Scavarda reports. He points out
that the ratio of death to accidents
is one to fourteen on rural county
roads and one to fifteen on rural state
trunklines.
Scavarda attributes the increasing
rate of accidents on rural county roads
to the fact that motorists often mistake a black-top road for a state trunk-
line, built to a uniform width and
possessing Other safety features
which make higher driving speeds
possible without dangerous risks. He
said the National Safety Council has
reported a 25% incease in deaths on
rural roads in the nation in the first
five months of 1941, and that non-
collision accidents, in which the
vehicle runs off the road or overturns,
usually from excessive speed, have increased 42% for the same period.
ATTENTION BOWLERS
A meeting will be held at the Twin
Elms club house Tuesday, August 26,
at 8:00 p. m. for all men bowlers
interested in league bowling for the
coming, season.
The purpose of this meeting is to
town a Clare Bowling Association and
line up teams fo*r this year's' men's
league botyliftg.
ERNEST GREEN CONFINED
TO HIS BED FOUR WEEK'S
WITH CHIPPED BACKBONE
The many friends of Ernest Green,
who was injured so painfully when he
fell from a tree Wednesday of last
week, we're very glad to hear that his
back was not broken as was at first
feared. However, the spinal column
was chipped and he will be forced to
remain in his bed in a reclining position for four more weeks.
He -was released from the hospital
to his home Saturday* where he is
Blowly gaining, with the pain diminishing daily.
Galaxy of Midway Attractions
and Fireworks Afternoons
and Evenings
Next Tuesday morning the Clare
County Fair grounds at Harrison will
be opened for the entry of livestock,
produce, handicraft, and all other exhibits listed in the fair premium list.
AU entries should be in place by 7:00
p. m. on this day. On Wednesday all
exhibits will be judged and the fair
will be opened in full swing.
All fairs, local, state and national,
present each of us with an opportunity to display the concrete evidence
of worthy accomplishments. Whether
it be the finest horse, largest ear of
corn, finest piece of needlework, or
best piece of work in the school exhibit, we all have an equal opportunity to make a contribution to the Fair
and win the recognition due the
results of our efforts. The officers and
directors of the Fair have devoted
every effort that the 1941 Fair may"
surpass all others in the history of
the exhibition.
The Clare County Fair is a community project and as such deserves
the whole-hearted cooperation p._
every citizen of Clare county and the
adjoining townships in preparing
exijilhits, in attendance, and in sup'
porting the Fair in all ways possible*
Exhibits in Department A include
draft horses, dairy cattle, beef cattle/
grade cattle, sheep, swine, poultry, 4-H
club cattle and-4*H club sheep.
Exhibits in Department B include
tree fruits, grapes, vegetables, potatoes, and grain and seed. ^
- Exhibits .in Department C include
needlework, baked goods, canned
goods, and miscellaneous items.
Displays of 4-H club clothing and
food preparation and school exhibits
will be featured.
The Clare County Chapter, Ameri-
man Red Cross, will exhibit the
materials used and articles made for .
our boys in service. All are urged to
visit this exhibit and anyone who
can spare a little time to help make
these articles for the use and comfort of our soldier and sailor boys is
requested to register at the booth.    .
The Harrison Study Club will hold
their annual flower show in the main
exhibit hall Wednesday through Friday. Particulars of the show will bet
found on the Harrison page of this-
week's Sentinel.
Wednesday will be School Day with
a program of entertainment directed
by County School Commissioner
Helen D. Hether, and all rides will
carry school children on this day for ,
half-fare. A program of sports will be
offered, with school chidren competing
and cash awards for the winners.
There will be horse pulling contests
on Thursday and Friday afternoons at
4:00 o'clock. The light weight contest will take place Thursday afternoon and on Friday afternoon the
heavyweight contest for teanfs weighing 3,000 pounds or over will be pulled
on the Michigan State College dynamometer. This equipment will he
used at the Traverse Fair Friday noon
and the local fair officials feel fortunate in securing it for the Clare
County Fair as it is in such general
demand. Pulling contests will be
open to residents of Clare county'and
adjacent townships only and entries
must be made by the bonafide owners
of the horses entered.
Exhibits of livestock, grain, farm
produce, farm implements and
machinery, home economics articles,
4-H Clubs, shools, etc., are expected
to excel those of any other Clare
County Fair and high class midway
attractions will predominate the concessions.
Col. Newkirk, who presented his
famous rodeo exhibition here last
year so successfully in spite of bad
weather, and who will be filling an
engagement at the Michigan State
Fair next week, has arranged to bring
his stupendous wild west attraction to
the Clare County Fair for exhibitions',
both afternoon and evening Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
Danny Montague, smallest colored"
midget tap dancer and singer, who<<
has recently completed a long and*;
successful engagement on the Show
Boat program, and a group of high*.
class singing cowboys will entertain*
between numbers each evening of fchfi!
fair. " •
Spike   Horn  wiil  take   time  away
from, his latest hobby of training a
bear   to   bite  Kentucky   Boy  Sconts
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