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GLARE, MICHIGAN. FRIDAY* MORNING, OCTOBER 3, 1941
New Series Vol, 49, No. 52
WOMAN ARRESTED
ON DRUNK DRIVING
CHARGEJEPT. 21
Little   Girl   Severely , Cut
and Bruised  in
Accident
Mrs. Mary Madden, 38, of Flint was
sentenced to pay a fine of fifty dollars,
court costs and hospital and doctor
bills resulting from an accident, or
to serve ninety days in tlie County
Jail on a charge of drunk driving. Her
hearing was held Tuesday, September
23rd, before Justice Kyle McKinnon
and she paid part of her fine and was
released for a period of two weeks to
obtain money for the balance.
Mrs. Madden was arrested Sunday
evening Sepember 21st, by Sheriff
Seaver Amble following an automobile
accident which occurred about six
miles north of Harrison on US-27 at
6:45 o'clock.
Mrs. Madden was driving from
Harrison to Frost township, with Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Dowlaud and their
two small daughters as passengers,
when she lost control of the car, which
left the highway and overturned in
the ditch.
Charlotte, three year old daughter
of the Dowlands, suffered severe
bruises and lacerations about the face
and head, which were treated at the
offices of Dr. Earl Wilson in Harrison.
The child was brought to the Clare
General Hospital for x-rays which
determined there were no further injuries. The other occupants of the
auto escaped with a severe shaking up
and slight scratches and bruises.
Do You Realize
The Red Cross
Needs Your Help
The ever increasing demand for
men in our national emergency creates an ever increasing demand for
Red Cross services throughout the
nation, and the fact that we are not
near military centers or camps does
not lessen our responsibility to our
boys.
The National Red Cross is putting
forth every effort that each boy in his
country's service snail have a sweater
for Christmas and it is up to us to do
our share. A short period of time each
week is all that is needed to accomplish this goal i'f each one of us will
do our part.
Won't you come to the Legion
rooms at the Clare City Hall next
Thursday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock
and do your bit for the boys in the
service?
3,048 REFUNDED
CLARE TELEPHONE
PATRONS TODAY
Paid to Long Distance Customers  Using Intrastate Service
T. C. Maher, manager for the Michigan Bell Telephone Company, announced today that refunds totaling
$3,048 have been made to long distance customers iu Clare in connection with the April rate reduction
which brought intrastate toll charges
down to interstate levels.
Maher said the refunds have been
made to 409 customers in this exchange. A recent check by the company showed that forty-five per cent
of its customers are entitled to refunds.
Except for "final accounts" involve
ing discontinuance of service, change
of numbers, etc., and possibly further
pay-station claims, refunds have been
completed in this exchange. Claim
slips were provided customers making
pay station calls to identify the calling party and many of them have been
presented for refunds. On all other
calls, the company has complete
records.
The job of refunding involves the
checking of approximately 85,000,000
records of individual calls. The company estimates that a total of $1,500,-
000 will be refunded Michigan users.
The refunds apply to -calls between
certain Michigan points during the
period, August 1, 1938 to April 25,
1941, inclusive.
Refunds made since July 1 bear interest at the rate of one-half of one
per cent a month. Besides the refund, the company estimates the
April rate reduction is resulting in
savings of about $700,000 a year to
Michigan users, based upon current
usage of the long distance service.
Another Intrastate rate reduction
which the company put into effect
September 16th will result iu further
savings of about $230,000 a' year.
HEAVY PRODUCER
COMPLETED WED.
IN ROSCOMMON
Freeman Oil Co. StateNo.l
Potential Estimated
6,000 Barrels
The Freeman Oil Company, State "of
Michigan No. 1 well, located on the
N *j_ NW SW, Sec 34, Roscommon
Twp. 21N 3W, first struck oil Thursday, September 25th, at 3,271 feet. The
pay of oil extended from that depth
down about thirteen feet, which
flowed when the well was swabbed.
This level was approximately 100
feet higher than the level of the discovery well in the Roscommon field
and it was decided to drill deeper. The
second pay was struck at 2:30 o'clock
Wednesday afternoon at 3,365 feet.
As soon as the drillers hit pay they
were compelled to stop drilling because of the great pressure of the flow
of oil which threw the tools several
hundred feet up the hole while
drilling.
The well started producing with the
tools in the hole and flowed approximately 208 barrels the first fifty
minutes. The well was rated at 5,000
barrels per day at this time, but after
flowing a few minutes the velocity of
flow kept increasing and it was presumed the well was drilling itself
into more oil pay, bringing the potential to a possible 6,000 barrels per day.
It was necessary to cut the drilling line and drop the tools in the well
to the bottom of the hole in order to
control the flow of oil from the well.
After the tools were dropped to the
bottom ,the control head was closed
in on the top and the well was pinched
in to cut the production down to
around 1,000 barrels per day. It is
contemplated producing this amount
for the present.
J. C. Arthurs, Inc., who are part
owners in the well, drilled the well for
Freeman Oil Company.
The Freeman Oil Company holds
leases on 160 acres in this area adjoining on the west of the 160 acres on
which the discovery well was drilled.
The new well is on the northwest corner of the Freeman 1C0 rnd the discovery on the south east corner of its
160, which extends this new field a
mile in a northwesterly by westerly
direction.
The Freeman Oil Company and J. C.
Arthurs, Inc., are clearing locations
for three more wells to be started
within the next ten days.
MEETING AT GRANGE HALL
There will be a meeting at the Elm
Grove Grange Hall next Monday night
for the purpose of organizing a red
cross unit and to elect a chairman for
this unit. Anyone interested in .Red
Cross work, please come.
Red Cross Makes Plea For Aid
to Meet National Defense Needs
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A first commitment of Red Cross is
its program of Home Service. Today
with more than 1,500,000 men in the
active military and naval service of
our country, this commitment offers
an opportunity for participation in national defense which challenges the
fullest efforts of all of us.
Ninteen forty-one has been a most
extraordinary year in the history of
the Red Cross. The National Organization and the Chapters have not only
continued their extensive assistance to
war sufferers abroad but also they
have undertaken greatly increased
responsibilities in connection with our
own national defense. Everyone who
has participated in these tasks has
cause for justifiable pride in the work
thus far accomplished.
But greater tasks lie ahead which
will require increased resources. "Excluding foreign relief, for which special funds are still available, the present, iiaiional emergency has required
an expansion in the annual budget of
the national organization of the Red
Cross from $4,360,000 to $11,478,000.
Approximately $6,000,000 of this increase is for the one item of services
to the armed forces; indeed this
activity alone is more than $2,000,000
in excess ofthe entire amount which
the National Organization received
from the last Roll Call. Thus the
budget of the National Organization
has been increased more than two
and one-half times; Chapter budgets
also are increasing greatly. Obviously
additional funds must be raised both
for the Chapters and the National Organization and the first step is to
secure this Fall the largest membership which can be possibly enrolled—
a membership comparable to that of
the World War days.
Accordingly it,has been decided to
ask the people of America for a Red
Cross membership at least double that
enrolled last year, The national share
of such a, 'Stoll. Call will not adequately
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"Ted" Bowler Sells Goverhor First Wildlife Stamps
From Theodore G. Bowler of Clare, president of Michigan United Conservation Clubs, Governor Murray D. Van Wagoner buys the first sheet of the natural color wildlife stamps that are to be sold throughout
the state during Michigan's first Conservation Week, October 5 to 11. In proclaiming tbe special ■week,
Van Wagoner urged use of the stamps on mail to advertise Michigan's natural attractions. Schools, service organizations and garden clubs are joining the sportsmen in selling the stamps. Sale proceeds will
finance local conservation Drojects.
"SHINING" DEER
EXPENSIVE SPORT
IN CLAMC0UNTY
Young Men Fined for Carrying  Buckshot in
Game Area
Wayne B. Tennant, Clare county's
new conservation officer has been
busily engaged iu enforcing the conservation; laws since coming here and
his .elfoi'ts have netted several convictions.
About a month ago Officer Tennant
brought three men before Justice Kyle
McKinnon to face charges of making
use of set lines in attempting to take
fish from Little Arnold Lake.
Arthur Drerup, 30, Garhavd Drerup,
59, and Loyal Jorden, 24, all of Cor-
unna, Indiana, plead guilty to the
charges and were each assessed fines
of $10.00, costs of $6.85. They paid
and were released.
Carry  Buckshot Loads in Game Area
Wednesday of last week Officer
Tennant brought Albert Eaton, 23, and
Boyd McLaughlin, 28, both of Harrison, before Justice McKinnon to face
charges of carrying a shotgun and
buckshot shells in an area frequented
by wild animals and birds during the
closed season thereof, without first
procuring a permit to do so.
Both young men plead guilty as
charged, but leniency was shown in
their case because this was their first
offense and they had hitherto maintained good records in the observance
of game laws. They were fined $25.00
between the two of them and each
was assessed $6.85 costs.
Caught Attempting to Shine Deer
At 11:00 o'clock* the same evening
Officer Tennant apprehended Albert
G. Wilson, 25, and Basil Updike, 31,
both of Temple, on Section 19 Redding
township and brought them before
Justice McKinnon at 10:00 o'clock the
next morning to face charges of
making use of an artificial light
attempting to hunt, pursue and kill
deer. They shot four times with a.
twelve guage double barrel shotgun
using slug loads.
Both plead guilty and were assessed
fines of $25.00 and costs of $6.85 each,
and their gun and shells were confiscated.
Officer Tennant and conservation
officers from Gladwin and Clare counties were making a routine patrol at
the time these young men were
caught.
The reason for the apparently heavy
costs in these cases is that the law
provides that in convictions of conservation violations the first $3.50 of
costs be turned Over to the Conservation Department for maintenance
purposes.
Methodists Plan
to Observe Rally
Day Next Sunday
Rally Day and Promotion Day will
be observed this Sunday morning at
10:00 o'clock in the Clare Methodist
church.
Very fitting worship service and
promotion exercises have been planned
and all are especially welcome and
urged to remember that the time is
set for the usual church hour at 10:00
a. m.
Plan to stay for the fellowship pot-
luck dinner to be served in the church
parlors at noon, after which a short
rally day program will be given. Let's
make this a real rally day; one long
to be remembered.
GRANT COMMUNITY
GET-TOGETHER WELL
ATTEND
Topics of General Interest Discussed by Guest Speakers
The Grant Township Community
Get-Together was well attended Friday evening of last week at the Grant
i town hall. Mrs. Eva Schlafley, AAA
field woman for Clare county, presided. The program opened with community singing, led by Mrs. Doris
Empey, with Mrs. Florence Kane at
the piano. Invocation was given by
Floyd Smith, which was followed by
the AAA pledge, by Mrs. Schlafley.
A very unique and interesting number was given when the Dora sisters
sang "Any Bonds Today," and Leon
Schlafley, represented Uncle Sam.
Moving pictures were shown, using
the subject, "Food is Strength."
Mrs. Rhea O'Grady, Isabella County
AAA field woman, was present and
spoke of the nutrition work the extension clubs are doing; Earl Beatty,
member of the Isabella Welfare Board,
outlined the Food Stamp Plan and
Robert Kleiner led the discussion on
the mattress program. Several others
also took part in these and various
discussions.
At the close of this meeting, a
delicious pot luck lunch was served
and the group was entertained with
special music.
TOWNSEND RALLY TONIGHT
There will be a Townsend Rally this
Friday evening at the Grant Town
Hall, honoring Mr. and Mrs. Floyd
Smith, who are celebrating their forty-
third wedding anniversary. Pot luck
lunch. Come out for an evening's get-
together.
RUMMAGE SALE
"October 9th* 10th and 11th at J. E.
r)oherty*g Store. St. Cedilla's church,
Ethel Gleason Chairman. 51t2
Pioneers to Meet
Reeds in Annual
Football Event
The second home game on the
Pioneer schedule will get under way
Friday evening, October 3rd, at 8:00
o'clock, when Clare meets Reed City
on the Clare athletic field in the
annual event. The Pioneers lost a 6-7
game with St. Louis last Friday afternoon and will be out to mark a tally
on the winning side of the ledger.
The attention of fans is called to
the federal tax on admissions to high
school events which went into effect
on October 1st. According to the new
Act a tax of ten per cent must be collected on admissions at the gate. In
keeping with this the adult admission
charge will be 36c, with 4c tax, a total
of 40c. The high school admission
will be 25c, with 3c tax, a total of 28c.
Due to the fact that many season
tickets Were sold before the tax went
into effect, the athletic board has
decided to absorb the tax on season
tickets already sold,
JAS. M. WELLMAN
DIES SUDDENLY
AT LAKE GEORGE
People   of   All   Ages  Will
Miss His Kindly
Nature
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The people of the Lake George community and many others throughout
Clare county mourn the loss of "Jim"
Wellman, who passed away suddenly
there at 11:45 o'clock Friday evening,
following an illness of only three
days. He had been in failing health
for about a year and was taken to the
home of his brother, Henry, Wednesday, when his condition grew worse.
His demise was caused by a heart
attack caused by a complication of ailments.
James _>I. Wellman was born the
son of Augustus Milo and Patience
Rosana Wellman in St. Joseph county,
Michigan, May 26, 1S78, and passed
away at Lake George, Michigan, Sep
tember 26, 1941, at the age of sixty-
three years and four months.
The family moved to Clare county in
1895, settling on a farm two miles
northeast of Lake George.
In 1915 Mr. Wellman was married to
Carolyn Farnham, of Swanton, Ohio,
and to this union were born two children, James Henry who died as the
result of an accident at school when
he was ten years of age, and David,
who died in infancy. The wife, Caro
lyn, preceded the oldest son in death.
Mr. Wellman lived in Lake George
for twenty years and three generations
of children, of whom he was very fond,
learned to call him "Uncle Jim." He
was active in Sunday School work,
serving as superintendent of the local
Sunday "School for a number of years
His sudden death came as a shock
to all and he will be greatly missed.
He is survived by two sisters, Mrs.
Frank Luce, of Lake George, and Mrs
Herbert Lee, of Adrian; one brother,
Henry, of Lake George; a number of
nieces and nephews, and a host of
friends.
Funeral services were held from the
Lincoln town hall at 3:00 o'clock Sunday afternoon, with Rev. Thomson, of
Rosebush officiating, and interment
was made in the Lincoln township
cemetery beside his wife and sons.
The large attendance at the services
was evidence of the wide-spread
friendship that he acquired during his
lifetime.
New Insurance
Agency Opening
in Clare Monday
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Mowbray announced this week the opening of the
Mowbray Insurance Agency in the
Citizens State Bank building in this
city.
They will conduct a general insurance businesSj writing all types of
insurance for several old line stock
companies.
Mrs. Mowbray is experienced in this
business, having been employed by the
Clare Realty Company here, for eight
years, and more recently in Detroit.
The Mowbrays are well acquainted
in this community and will appreciate
a portion Of your insurance business,
They are already occupying theli? new
quarters aud will hate all services in
opei'&tiou by Monday. ■        *
Bridge Tourney
Opens at Hotel
Doherty Oct. 1st
Another of the popular bridge tournaments was started Wednesday noon,
at the Hotel Doherty, with thirty-two
ladies participating.
Luncheon was served at one o'clock,
Followed by the bridge session.
The following six teams had high
scores for the day:
Bicknell, Wood—12,860.
Forsberg, Adams—11,370.
Anderson, Garfield—10,990.
.Bayes, Haley—9,070.
Johnson, Douglas—9,020.
Stanfield, Jackson—8,810.
COMMITTEEMEN
FOR CONSERVATION
PROGRAM CHOSEN
Delegates Meet at Harrison
Last Week to Elect
Officers
(By Harrison Correspondent)
The annual election of the Community Committeemen of the Clare County
Agricultural Conservation program
was held in the various communities
Wednesday evening, September 24th,
with the following results:
Greenwood, Redding, Summerfield
Group—Lewis Light (delegate); AlvTn
E. Budd, and Bert G. Parshal.
Hatton, Hayes, and Frost Group—
Charles J. Heberm, Ira D. Miller and
Joseph T. Pfannes. Delegate, Ortho
Boulten.
Arthur township—Arthur Lower
(delegate); Kenneth L Roller, Harry
C. Davis.
Sheridan township—Floren J. Pudvay, Lewis F. Light and Stanley J.
Schunk.   Delegate, Robert C. Kleiner.
Franklin and Hamilton Group—
Everett L. Wallace (delegate); Andrew J. Keysor, and Joseph P. Sullivan.
Grant township — Thurman Robinette (delegate); Gottlob J. Nass, and
Harold Bradley.
Winterfield township—Fred E. Bowman (delegate); Symon VanderWoude,
and Roy Richardson.
Surrey, Garfield, Freeman, and Lincoln Group—Grant W. McLane, Richard A. DeGeei", and Arthur A. Smith.
Delegate, Franklin Littlefield.
A meeting of the delegates was held
Thursday, September 25th, at the
agricultural offices at the court house
for the purpose of electing the county
committee. All three officers were
reelected, namely: Robert C. Kleiner, chairman; Ortho Boulten, vice
chairman;- and Franklin Littlefield,
third member.
The county committee held their
first meeting Thursday afternoon, to
discuss the measures of the Clare
county farm program for the ensuing
year. They reengaged Robert C. McKenna as secretary and treasurer, of
the county organization.
A meeting of the community committeemen and the county committee
has been scheduled for Friday afternoon, October 3rd, at which time in-
sti'uction in the 1942 Farm Defense
Program will be given; and work of
the year discussed.
Saturday, the county committee, including Mr. Kleiner, Mr. Boulten, Mr.
Littlefield, secretary Mrs. McKenna,
Mrs. Marion Roth and Farmer's Field
Woman, Mrs. Schlafley, attended the
District meeting at Reed City for a
discussion of the 1942 Farm Defense
Program.
Thursday, October 2nd, County Agricultural Agent Paul Gibson, Chairman
Robert Kleiner; Bruce Williams, Farm
Credit Representative; and GoVden
Pudvay, Farm Security Representative; attended the state wide meeting
of the United States Department of
Agriculture Defense Board.
TWIN ELMS CLUB
ANNUAL BANQUET
HELDJHURSDAY
M. B. Gallagher Reelected
Club President in Heated Campaign
The annual banquet of the Twin
Elms Golf Club was served at the
club house Thursday evening of last
week with a representative attendance
of the club, in spite of the fact that
several were absent because they
thought the banquet would not be held
until spring, as has been customary in
the past.
Following the delicious chicken din-"
ner, the meeting was called to order
by President M. B. Gallagher, Tim
Cotter came in and took his seat.
President Gallagher stated that this
had been the most successful year the
club had ever had (giving full credit
to the club officers).
Treasurer Homer Douglas reported .
that the Twin Elms Club is the
smoothest running club in the world,
financially. Homer's records show that
not a cent has been taken in in the
past two years, and not a cent spent,
leaving a balance of $2.95 in the treasury. He expressed his belief that
these funds would finance the club for
another two years—if the same officers were reelected for another year.
He remarked that "better form had
been shown during the past year with
150 per cent more games won, but
regretted that the entertainment had
not been as good as in the past."
Entertainment committee chairman-
George Stanfield was called on to
"defend himself" and countered with
the report that after a diligent search
through the secretary's records and
due inquiry, he had been unable tc.
(Continued on Page Ten)
STATE HIGHWAY
OFFICIALS WILL
BE HEMSUNDAY
American   Ass'n   of   State
Highway Officials to
Visit Clare
A caravan of 150 members of the
American Association of State Highway officials and their wives left Detroit Wednesday on a tour of Michigan
highways. Their itinerary includes
East Tawas, Alpena and Topinabee,
with a tour of the Upper Peninsula on
Saturday, a stop at Traverse City Sunday, and they are scheduled to arrive
in Clare at 12:45 Sunday afternoon.
They will arrive here over "Michigan's Guinea-pig Highway," M-115, and
Chief of Police Wm. B. Dunlop and
Conrad Walker local State Highway
representative, will meet the caravan
of six to eight Greyhound busses at
the city limits and escort the highway
officials and their ladies to the Clare
high school, where they will remain
for half an hour before continuing on
to Frankemnuth and back to Detroit.
While here, they will be served a
luncheon in the high school gymnasium, by the Home Economics
classes. Dr. Strange, proprietor of the
Fowler Orchards, will furnish Clare
county apples as favors and,the Kraft
Chees Corportion will furnish a cheese
manufactured on their local plant for
the luncheon. Because of the limited
time the caravan will be in the city,
the luncheon will not be public.
The group includes State Highway
Commissioners, highway engineers
and other officials who are vitally interested in highway building and
beautification and many of them are
particularly interested in Michigan's?
nationally famous roadside parks, and
the experimental highway built Ok
M-115.
Michigan Conservation Week to
Be Observed Here October 5-11
Every organization in Clare county
is urged to make some contribution to
Michigan Conservation Week, October
5th to 11th, by the conservation clubs
in the county.
The principle purpose of Conservation Week is to make our own
people realize the value of conservation, not only to the state, but to
our own local community.
It isn't necessary that everyone buy
stamps to carry on conservation wortt.
Conservation Week is Something more
than that. It is hoped to have every
club and every School in the county
have some kind of conservation program during the week. The meaning
of conservation should be brought
home to our school children with special emphasis during that week.
If you purchase a sheet of Michigan
Conservation, stamps, don't put them
in a desk drawer and forget them.
While the proceeds froai the stamps
will be used to finatice couservation
projects both locally and "state-wide,
the stamps are designed to be used in
advertising Michigan's natural attractions.
The special commemoratory stamps
will be issued by the Michigan United
Conservation Clubs, an organization
including 118 affiliated organizations,
of which Theodore G. Bowler, of Clare,
is president.
At 8:00 o'clock Wednesday evening;.
October 8th, free moving pictures o£:
Michigan wildlife and tourist activities-
will be shown in the Clare high school'',
auditorium, sponsored by the Clare-
Rod and Gun Club. C. A. Paquin, of
the Conservation Department Educational Division, or his assistant wilt',
be the speaker of the evening and wilt«
interestingly explain the pictures*-
These pictures are very beautiful; as*
well as educational, and will be ■well"
worth seeing whether you are a conservation fail or not. Just pUt a ring:
around October 8th on your calendar
and be sure to be there to see the pictures.of your native state.